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how am I supposed to exists in the world in may without stopping every 3 minutes on the streets to smell the jasmines
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-Merry Christmas!šāØ
the tags (ā) are more important!!!
#I couldn't prepare anything for Christmas other than this... which I didn't like but ok. that's fine. that's what I have for now..!#*sigh* I'm very tired and still. it's not even the end of the year. it's christmas.. a date that I really like. by the way. I'm just tired..#but anyway. like I say every year. today. I'm going to say the same thing! christmas is not santa claus.#It's not mother claus and MUCH LESS āmel creator clausā.#christmas is not a āsimple celebratory dateā and it is also not a day just to think about gifts/food#(even if we want/like these things a lot and it is difficult not to think only about them)#at christmas. the birth of jesus. the birth of christ. is celebrated! a more than important date!#It is a special date and should be celebrated with those you love or at least āhave some affinity withā.#or if you want to celebrate alone. that's fine. but don't forget to celebrate! christ was born and there is no better news than that!#celebrate. enjoy and make the most of this thought. don't forget to remember that this day is important.#that it is not just another āsimple commemorative dateā. but rather. a more than special date.#the birth of a person who came to save the world with his miracles..š#a kiss and a hug. I love each one of you very much and I hope you will be patient with me if I don't answer you...... thank you very much!š«¶#mel creator#my oc character#oc stuff#merry christmas#christmas art#i'm mel and this is my blogāļø#my art blog#art#my art#my art <3#art mel#my art style
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for the question thing!!! do you have any silly hcs about the clan boys (+ the familiars/eito)? can be as wild as u want
sorry in advance if i don't have any HCs for ur beloveds bc i can only offer what my brain chooses to fixate on.... but let's see........
i like to imagine clan members enjoying fun little hobby hours
i pretend they're not busy adults with their own obligations and schedules.... so they just get together like a bunch of retirees and partake in shared hobbies whenever they want š¤
e.g.,
book club: oli, blade, yaku, garu
horny book club: eiden, morv, blade, edmond if he works up the courage to discuss his fave BDSM PwP short novel with the 3 most shameless creatures ever ... honestly oli could join as well but i'm gonna excuse him from ONE book club so he can get some sleep. maybe he'll alternate days between the two š
sewing and knitting together like a couple of serene grandmas: yakuoli. eiden joins sometimes (all serenity is lost when he does)
TARGET PRACTICE! NEW ACTIVITIES!!! DARTS!! ! PIN THE TAIL ON THE EDMOND! sorry idk this is just my way of saying that after the cowboy event, i want to imagine edmond/dante/garu all playing target striking games and it becomes a contest of how split one dart can be down the middle (you can't all be perfect aimers ok aster can't keep buying new darts can u PLEASE throw them anywhere but dead centre).
i know blade could join as well but would it take the competition aspect out of it? he's kind of calibrated to never miss right?? it's not a game anymore. it's just superior blade and pissed off dante and garu cheering (he's just happy to be there) and edmond trying to be civil about letting everyone participate
they are out in the garden. touching grass: yaku is gardening. blade is collecting bugs. garu is digging holes. kuya is bewitching plants at random to spew sex pollen into someone's face (i feel like this is his superpower in SEVERAL fics and i am not complaining). quincy is trying to nap
.but .
he chose the worst place to do it. in the middle of nature's playground (aster's garden)?
garu's kicking up dust into his face. blade is shoving random insects into his face and asking identification questions. yaku screams when he inevitably falls to the kuya traps. kuya can't resist watching the little ones (yakugaru) play with dirt. WHY would you choose to sleep here.
(Topper is nibbling all the edible plants in the garden while skillfully avoiding all the porn plot traps with his superior Toppinstincts)
now for 3 ! single character HCs.......
kuya: wanders the marketplace, and often sees those anti-aging creams with LOFTY claims to their power... he always mocks them and insults the intelligence of all the vain people clamouring to buy the stock. later that day you will see kuya at home, trying those very same creams (procured illegally, of course, because why pay for anything ever) and pretending like he's zero percent interested in the results
rei: in the same situation will just as quickly mock the creams but unlike kuya he'll mean it and will NOT be caught applying the gloop all over his face later. "lmao it's just sunscreen who even believes this shit"
yakumo: i like to give him sneczema sometimes. i know it's implied that everyone in gay gacha has perfect skin forever *waves hand dismissively* BUT
imagine that he loves working with his hands but the sneczema can flare up if he's too rough on em, so he compromises by wearing his gloves. protect that vulnerable skin, yaku!! [insert pun about scaly skin]
His SR clothing material seems soft. Aesthetic reason: slippery smooth like the idea of snek. Practical reason: coarse textures can aggravate skin š only the silkiest coverings for a scaly boy...
i mean. yaku prefers the wet cave environment so we gotta keep an eye on his humidity. too dry and he'l'l turn into a wafer (like in Solaria that One Time)
is this just an excuse for me to mist him with a spray bottle ? at random times because it just seems like fun? perhaps. spritzspritz
#i wanted to only respond to this ask when i had the biggest most brain blastingest thorough intrIGUING headcanons but#i. i don't think we're gonna reach that point.#whatever's floating in my brain is as good as we're gonna get haha#and you've waited long enough... probably? i've lost track of days#can't...t hink... of a specific theme of headcanon.... encompassing every clan member..... *furrows brow in concentration*#sighs. you know how you could have a bunch of ideas but they're all swimming around rapidspeed and you can't actually collect them#until someone prompts you with a VERY SPECIFIC casting line and oh! suddenly! access to thoughts unlocked!!!!#if u just ask me what i think about generally it's. fluff. fluff and food. brain simple#but if u ever wanna try and target my cortex with a specific prompt#throw it at me šš#feesh answer
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What do you think Henry whispered in Camilla's ear at the end? It's a moment that really stuck with me somehow and I love hearing theories about it
what can possibly be more personal, more ponderous and intimate than i love you?
i'm sure this is something everyone who has read TSH has previously wondered about. i know i have. what i also know is that the most common theory is "live forever", and yes ā it would make sense, given that henry is undeniably a devoted little teacher's pet to julian, but it does seem a little melodramatic to me (specifically because julian did abandon them all in the end as well, lol). henry going out with a bang (literally) wouldn't be defined by something as simple as that, however much meaning is attached to it in theory. besides, we've all heard that theory a million times over. i'll offer a new one.
he's goddamn pretentious. to the bone. he refused to take his SATs and thereby consciously denied himself the opportunity to attend any prestigious schools (which he would've certainly gotten into and dominated) for singularly aesthetic reasons. you simply can't get more pretentious than that. i always say that he's too intelligent for his own good ā to the point it no longer benefits him at times. just too smart to possess any ability to reflect on himself. almost amusing in that way.
therefore, i believe it was something along the lines of a riddle ā something that would keep camilla puzzling over it for a long time succeeding his death. and yes, you can say that his suicide was an impulsive decision and all that, but he had been (even verbally) entertaining suicidal ideology way before he actually went through with it. plus, he just seems like someone who would have something like that ā his last words ā memorized and ready to go at all times, specifically at a time as dangerous as toying with the possibility of being detained and thrown in jail for murder. just a thought.
i'm almost 100% sure it was also in any language other than english, according to his customs. i've already elaborated on how pretentious he is. he wouldn't make it easy for anyone to figure him out that quickly, not even camilla. the i love you was just a premise, nearly nothing compared to the whisper. and if it's not english, then it must be one of the languages that he does know. assuming that it's either latin or ancient greek, he would go out of his merry way to make it as complex and hardly translatable as he can. he would apply the most archaic of archaic versions of those languages, even with one simple phrase. as i said, he would've planned it out beforehand deliberately. it makes perfect sense.
what it would be, however, is a whole other conversation of its own. maybe that very "i love you" or previously mentioned "live forever", just in a different language. that is the simplest answer i can offer. i like to dig deeper when it comes to mysteries such as this one, though, so i've been gathering my thoughts all day today in order to predominantly satisfy myself with an obnoxiously pretentious answer. how about: "to the stars" (kitsch but fitting, obviously convoluted, and in a different language) or a translated version of "ashes to ashes, dust to dust" ā just to deride religion and tradition one last time. or, perhaps, "permanence". something that perpetuates his convicted disbelief in vanitas. "never gone"; "the conclusion". and i know, all of these sound dumb as hell in english, but do remember ā they would be uttered in a different language, and in a complex way, too. to be mulled over; wondered about for a long time, even as a scholar.
someone needs to hook me up with ms tartt's phone number so we can settle this once and for all, lol. but then again, i don't want to know. i don't want a simple answer to such a mystifying, ponderous question. i'm fine with eternally musing over it ā it certainly keeps me entertained.
#astrum asks#henry winter#the secret history#donna tartt#camilla macaulay#tsh#tsh theory#live forever is a very good guess but it's simple#and i don't like simple answers to complex questions#especially when it comes to theorizing about books#i have an english major mind through and through
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tl;dr GHOST CORES ARE COOL YO (danny phantom word blast)
ok but like the idea of ghost cores is so fascinating to me???? idk if itās the lore obsessed eldritch creature in my brain or what but PLEASE fanfic writers, take the helm of the danny phantom ship and steer us towards more ghost core lore!!
Thereās so much exploration to be found there, in the connection between ghost cores and the Infinite Realms, and cores and d*ath circumstances, and cores and how powers or abilities manifest!Ā
How many different kinds of cores are there? Is it just a simple divide based on temperature i.e. cold v hot? I feel like thereās too much variation between people of theĀ āghost zoneā and people who can form in the zone to simply leave it at a temp divide! Would it then be based on the common elements of water, earth, air, fire, and their many derivatives? In that case, where do Ancients like Clockwork and Pandora come in?Ā āTimeā andĀ āSpaceā (in the physical, spatial sense, not the galactic sense) donāt seem to be ability types that are just thrown around willy nilly, so does that mean these two (and other Ancients) arenāt truly ghosts? and that they donāt have a realĀ āghostā core?
I find it so very interesting that the writers chose to give Danny frost-based abilities, and therefore a cold core. Does that decision alone technically indicate there isnāt any kind of link between core formation circumstance and resulting core type? Since Danny formed his core during an electricity-based event, would it not have made more sense to give him a heat core??Ā
And then thereās Vlad! His core was technically formed during the accident with the miniature ghost portal , which didnāt seem to involve anything other then drastic exposure to ectoplasmic radiation, and then we as the fandom have taken to saying he has a heat-based core (I canāt remember if this is actually mentioned in the show). Which heat andĀ āradiationā are sorta connected so that one actually makes sense??
I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS AHH my brain just wants to throw them all at the screen rn!
Shortened List:
What actually determines the type of core a ghost forms?Ā
How many types of cores are there, and what are those types? How are they categorized?
What is the connection between a ghostās core and the ghost zone? Do cores come into existence spontaneously, and tie a ghost to the zone, or is there already a core created for every creature capable of becoming a ghost, based on a yet-to-be-experienced life?Ā
How can a ghostās powers/abilities manifest based on their core type?Ā
Does a ghost form around a core, or does the core form inside the ghost? Is a core the source of a ghostās capital O Obsession?
Is a ghost core really equivalent to a heart? Or is it something entirely new, different?
I could definitely go on. All this to say I greatly enjoy fic writers exploring what it really means for Danny to have aĀ ācold-typeā ghost core! Heās cold all the time but he doesnāt notice, or he needs to exist in cool environments to be comfortable, or when it comes to medical aid he needs a very specifically cold physical and material environment to be treated well. He finds Frostbite to be a comforting figure and the Far Frozen feels like a second home (the first being Clockworkās Lair) because his very coreĀ is telling him that this is what he needs, that he will be embraced best by the arms of the ice.
#I COULD DEFINITELY GO ON#questions just keep popping up but they don't make much SENSE#danny phantom#danny phantom fanfiction#danny phantom fanart#Does any of this post really make sense??#These questions feel like they should be simple to answer#but then I keep finding more threads to tie in#and suddenly THEY"RE NOT SIMPLE#also#most of this is in reference to a very specific danny phantom fic#that I'm obsessed with actually#danny fenton#sam manson#tucker foley#the fentons#amity park#danny phantom fandom
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If you're still doing character bingo and haven't gotten her yet: Laura Murdoch Collins <3
a few people requested her and i think it's because everyone knows that i'm batshit (ha) insane about this woman. what if bertha mason was a blonde femme fatale in the middle of collinsport's most toxic manslaughter polycule. i'm in love with her. laura collins wants to grill me to a crisp? medium or medium well my beautiful beloved terrible wife?
#i don't mean this in a I Defend Her kind of way but laura can do whatever she wants forever#(although ā if i spoke at length about it. i do think there are elements to laura's story that are very sympathetic#aside from the whole witch child-murder thing she has going#and marrying her grandson. can't really support her on that one)#but ā i really really Really get her with the 1956 plot#and taking the human rather than the supernatural perspective is soooo interesting.#if you consider that she was already pregnant; burke was probably going to go to prison and take the fall for roger;#roger is the objectively Better choice as far as both material wealth and prestige goes#of course she marries him. of course!#and she finds herself in an utterly loveless marriage founded on hate and betrayal ā a husband who is indifferent at best and cruel at wors#and she likewise to him!#finding herself under such pressure that she turns to liquor; that she falls to female madness; institutionalized; exiled;#and the one connection she has in the world (her son) becomes warped beyond all recognition#through the supernatural; to become something unjust and unclean#as his very conception ā an event warped through her and roger's betrayal of burke#on our watchthrough i've also been Extremely interested in the relationship between her and vicki#both in a simple 'i love r/v and it should be more jane eyre' kind of way;#but also in the way that... vicki is one of her only allies at the start? she's extremely on laura's side ā as someone without a mother.#and she's also a reflection of her in the past ā in the middle of roger and burke (not so literally)#relatively poor ā hoping to find belonging through marriage ā existing primarily through the repetition of her own name.#wanting david as their son desperately.#dying-suffering-french-stalkers#ā¤ answered. ā Collinsport 4099.#ā¤ meme responses. ā boo !
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i don't think i'll ever get over how people treat kids that aren't good in school as worthless no matter what. "oh it can't be that bad" my guy idk how to tell you this but the last time i went to a normal high school the principal called me into his office to brag about how he failed me in all of my classes before the semester was even finished & i should quit while i'm ahead cuz i'm too stupid ("officially" diagnosed as such by a school counselor & a psychiatrist!!) to succeed. & this is considered normal
#''poor teachers!!'' yeah well at least they can fucking quit & go work somewhere else#''okay but times are different than when you went to school in the 1970's'' this was 2016 my guy. shut the fuck up#''well maybe you were a violent & severely misbehaving kid!'' i wasn't. i have ADHD & severe anxiety disorder & depression#my biggest crime was being too exhausted & dopamine deprived to do my homework#my dad talks about how he was treated in school & i'm like damn dude i went through the same exact shit#how is it that a majority of teachers & principals are still abusive power-tripping pieces of shit 60 years later#why haven't things changed#well actually the answer is simple & it's because they want disabled people to disappear#& if abled students that simply disagree with the way things are done get caught in the crossfire then that is acceptable#because anyone not fit to make billionaires a billion more dollars should just die!#anyways here are my original tags from that gravity falls post i just reblogged:#I know this is supposed to be an appreciation post but like. ''for being the ''dumb one'' he's surprisingly rational.'' seriously??#as ''the dumb'' but ''surprisingly rational'' one of my family this is THEE biggest misunderstanding & it drives me up the fucking wall#just because a person struggles in one area doesn't mean they're stupid & should be an irrational dumb dumb idiot baby holy fuckkk#sorry to OP but even when people try to ''appreciate'' stuff like this they can't help but throw in insults#simply because they genuinely believe that ''even though you're stupid you SURPRISINGLY act competent sometimes'' is a compliment#I'm less mad about this & more sad that this kind of shit is still so prevalent in 2024#both Stanley & Stanford are smart & competent & rational#they just show it in different ways & exceed in different (sometimes overlapping) subjects#this is normal for human beings but the big societal scam is that if you don't do it in the way Ford does then you're stupid & a failure#& being surprised that Stan is also smart & competent in his own ways is the biggest sing that you fucking fell for it dude#btw before i get @ ed for this. i WAS that kid#i was so much that kid the school actually diagnosed me with stupid & spiteful & i was told to quit while i was ahead (they failed me befor#obviously this is very personal for me but also i don't think people realize the language they use is on purpose & it's used specifically t#& it's still happening right now & that just. makes me wanna cry honestly#like why are people still surprised that people can specialize in something despite bad grades in school#you know. the thing we all know is literally rigged to either put you in jail or in a factory to make billionaires more money.#man sorry for the rant the original spirit of the post is super correct but like fuck HS grade-centric judging of people's entire character#Stan being able to defeat Bill is just not at all surprising if you were him or knew/know someone like him#or really paid any attention at all to the show while watching it
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Hey Mx. H, question:
Whatās your favourite part of the human body to eat? Iām very curious :p
(Also OOC- youāre cool have this š«“š»š¹)
IT DEPENDS...
FOR ACTUAL FOOD, FOR MEANINGFUL NUTRITIONAL QUALITY... I FIND THE THIGHS, UPPER ARMS, OR ORGANS (ESPECIALLY THE LIVER OR LUNGS) TO BE BEST...
HOWEVER, I LIKE TO THINK OF MYSELF AS A ROMANTIC...
SO I READILY ADMIT THAT MY FAVORITE PART FOR A... PERSONAL DINING EXPERIENCE IS PROBABLY THE HEART.
IT CAN BE SO BEAUTIFULLY CARVED OUT TOO... WHERE YOU CAN KEEP THEM ALIVE LONG ENOUGH TO WATCH THEM REALIZE WHAT YOUR GOAL IS... YOU CAN FEEL THEIR PULSE SPEED UP AS YOU GET CLOSER TO REMOVING IT FROM ITS CAGE...
IT'S INTOXICATING.
[ REGARDS, HABIT ]
(( gwahhh- thank you for saying you think I'm cool!!!! :'DDD I'm really not, I'm just a goober. And thank you for the digital rose!!! *I left a rose. /ref* sorry btw if this ask is really triggering in any ways to anyone... cannibalism is bad but so fascinating to hear about. :']] I'm weird so I know a lot about it. ))
#HABIT speaks š ā ļø#habit emh ask blog#habit rp blog#answered asks#ask response#( ooc > )#cw caps#cw cannibalism#cw gore#cw murder#cw blood#cw death#not me having to actually recall my knowledge of cannibalism-#i know too much aboht the calorie and nutritional value of various parts of the human body#i was a very abnormal and curious kid#i memorize a lot of facts and most of them would be considered ādarkā#i hold onto the ādarkā stuff the most...#i know too much stuff#for all legal reasons ALL PURPLE TEXT IS IN CHARACTER.#why do i know so much about cannibalism? simple. i had no safety restrictions and was overly curious#i could get answers to whatever weird dark little questions popped into my mind#and i memorized most of them.#so... yes. all of that is true. the liver is the most nutrious part of the body#the thighs shins and upper arms have the best caloric counts#lungs also have high caloric counts. i am unsure of nutritional value#also ooooh mx??? I've never been referrednto with mx!! i like it! but also use mr! i only don't use ms.#also... ah yes... my first cannibalism ask. š
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How do you come up with your sona designs? They're so cool and have such fun silhouettes!
thank you!! ! š most of my sonas are just me, or me + some added features i think will help me fit into whichever universe i'm selfinserting into
but the sonas for looney tunes or lackadaisy were a little different because..... ..furries. body type aside, i had to think of how i wanted to translate the rest of me into a fox and a cat lmao
and that's kinda the gist of it, what i want or think will look nice, with inspiration taken from a lot of other stuff!
#sorry for the Very Late Reply- there's no way i could've answered with just text gdskgds#still i tried keeping this as short and simple as possible#fOR THE RECORD i did research 1920s fashion for both my hazbinsona and lackasona. don't take that last bit too seriously lmao#asks#anonymous#how to tag#me tag
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What of they kissed (Yamamoto and Squaletta)
((KEKEK, I didn't reblog this particular meme, but I know the one being referenced.)) || @squaletta
Yamamoto leaned in towards Squaletta, his hand that was cupping her cheek guided her towards him with a gentle tapping motion. When their lips met, the silken tresses of her hair briefly brushed against his fingers, almost tickling his skin.
Focusing on the kiss, he notices how she didnāt pull away and seemed to move in closer, which he took as invitation to wrap an arm around her waist to pull her in closer to his chest.
She could probably feel the way his heart skipped a beat or two, and the thought of that was embarrassing, but he could almost swear that her heart was beating quicker as well. That at least was a bit comforting.
He started to pull away from the kiss but something seemed to pull him right back in. Stunned, he was locked in another kiss. Was it the attractive force of this woman, or was she the one who pulled him in for another kiss?
He forgot to pay attention, so he couldnāt tell you.
#squaletta#Meme answered#Answered ask#Thanks for the ask!#Yamamoto answers#((Muse; Squaletta))#The Enchanting Predator AU#NeoRequest Muse only#((Very short and simple))#((In other news Neo realizes she's really not good at coming up with ideas on the spot. I need themes/guidelines LOL))#((It also doesn't help that they're currently not in that stage at all so I don't have much canonical material to reference))#((So I couldn't do any set up alsdkfjaldf))#((The meme is situated so that this is just a scenario which means this cannot be continued))#((We didn't really build up much in this regard anyways so I wouldn't know how to actually write him alskdjfalksjfla ))
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I think multiple things can (and are) true and important to recognize:
1. Cis people are trans people will more often than not have a ton in common. Trans women and cis women, for example, can have a ton of experiences in common as women
2. Trans people oftentimes do have very different experiences from cis people, and it can be irresponsible to say that trans people have to have the exact experiences as cis people of the same gender identity. The experiences of transness can overlap with experiences of cisness, but by no means does that require them to overlap in every instance. Trans people don't need to be the same as cis people in order to be authentically their gender.
3. Trans people aren't solely responsible for "saving" their gender, or for making people better men/women/people.
4. For the love of all that is holy, cisness is not the default. It is simply one human experience of gender and/or sex, and transness isn't an anomaly - it is just as much a human experience as being cis.
These are complex conversations, and I know it can be hard to navigate sometimes. I'm not here to condemn people for not being the most Nuanced about trans topics, in fact I want to invite more people to the table. We all have something to contribute to making the world a better place for trans and cis (and those beyond or inbetween) people
#trans#transgender#lgbt#lgbtq#ftm#mtf#nonbinary#i notice as a trans man that people /expect/ me to be the exact same as cis men otherwise my manhood isn't 'real'...#...or that people sometimes /expect/ me to save manhood and be a better man than every other (cis) man...#...and it's just hard sometimes to navigate because i do have a lot in common with cis men...#...but i also have very different experiences because of transphobia and queerphobia...#...so yes i am the same 'amount' of man as a cishet man or whomever else...#...but that doesn't mean that i'm not going to have differences...#...basically my point is that trans people and cis people can have common ground but to not lose sight of dismantling transphobia...#...because it's GREAT that trans and cis people can relate with one another but that doesn't necessarily solve transphobia#i wish i went into more depth with my thoughts on that post#because this is a complex topic and there aren't simple answers and that sucks - people want simple answers#and i don't blame people for wanting simple answers. but that's not where we are at right now i think#*screaming* DOES THIS MAKE SENSE /nm
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Ok, maybe this is a really stupid question, but why the hell did Tuunbaq consume souls? What does it do with them? Digest them? Tasty snack nomnomnom? Why not just kill those pesky sailors? I have an understanding of what Tuunbaq represents, but why the soul sucking? Sorry, I still have whiplash from that showā¦
Anyway, thank you for enlightening me in advance! <3
Not a stupid question at all!
I'm going to give an answer based more on personal knowledge and opinion rather than cold hard fact - apologies in advance if that's not what you're looking for. Rest assured though that this is something I intend to chase up further sources on and think/write a great deal more about in future. :)
For all you couldn't strictly define it as cannibalism, when I think of the Tuunbaq and its consumption of souls, I think of what I know about various cultures throughout the world that have practiced cannibalism historically, and I think about the reasons why they did so.
Often, it was a reverential and sacred practice, enacted in a very focused and particular way. In many cases, specific body parts were eaten with the intention that one would gain characteristics associated with the deceased - eating a man's heart to gain his courage, eating a person's eyes to gain insight or their brain to absorb in some way their wisdom.
I think that's part of why Tuunbaq eats souls. The men are invaders within the landscape who are alien in every conceivable way so it make sense to me that Tuunbaq could gain knowledge of/insight into/power over them by absorbing their souls - the very essence of who they truly are.
But I also see Tuunbaq's consumption of souls as something potentially more akin to exocannibalism - eating one's enemies as an open expression of hostility, the ultimate indignity, the most extreme act of domination. And make no mistake, Franklin's men are enemies.
They've invaded and desecrated the land, killed Silna's father, caused Tuunbaq to go "off" in the first place. It makes sense to me that an enemy of that magnitude would warrant the extra horror and indignity of their soul being consumed as well as their body.
#Asks#The Terror#The Terror AMC#Tuunbaq#These are just general preliminary thoughts really#I am no expert!#I hope they make at least some sort of sense for now#And don't sound like I'm espousing that awful 'native deity is just a spooky savage inherently evil monster' type trope#Because that's absolutely not what I'm trying to get at at all#The Expedition's invasion of its territory and slaughter of its shaman made Tuunbaq what it was#Any savagery it enacted was clear and simple retribution#The Netsilik mourned Tuunbaq when it was gone - wept for it#I don't think one would do so for a being that was inherently savage or evil#All that said - I know the book has very different thoughts on this than the show/showrunners do#So watch this space!#I have every intention of looking further into this - book/show/scripts/Q&As etc. - and coming back with a more fact-based answer
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I get what youāre saying youāre busy thatās why you donāt get to every ask but it just sucks when I send a creator a thoughtful/ heartfelt ask and they skip over mine to answer their moots or something.. (I hope this doesnāt sound rude or out of touch) š
i'm not saying that i'm busy i'm saying that i struggle with very basic things such as Socializing. and i'm not trying to make excuses for myself or defend myself i think it's more than fair for you to be upset with me bc i still haven't gotten to your ask. i will tell you that i don't really prioritize mutuals over anons when it comes to asks because i have a lot of them stuck in my inbox too,, i have messages from ppl who i interact with regurarly still sitting there just bc it takes a lot of energy for me to properly reply to things, no matter how short or long the message is.
and i want to reply properly i don't just want to answer back with just like.. 'lmao' or smth yk? on days when all i can do is just play video games and not move from my place on the bed for hours on end i simply don't have it in me to show the enthusiasm I HAVE. i am excited to read your ideas and thoughts and i am over the fucking moon when i get a compliment but again, i just want to be able to give you a deserved reply.
you don't sound rude or out of touch, you're asking for a very reasonable thing and i am sorry that i can't give it to you
#i have bunch of selfship asks and i think everybody knows how much i love talking abt selfships considering i do it all the fucking time#AND I WANT TO ANSWER THEM#i just don't .#have the energy or i don't have the words#i just don't have them sometimes#very simple things are very fucking difficult for me#again though i'm not defending myself i think if you wanted to chop a few of my fingers off or smth that'd be very understandable#i'm just trying to explain it i guess#anyway yeah i have moots and anons alike in my inbox i am giving you all the same shitty treatment#friends!!
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Bonne anniversaire! Happy Birthday! Hope it's filled with joy.
MAGGIE. I am so sorry I didn't see this and get round to answering until now but honestly, had I seen this at the time, I might not have had a birthday celebration due to passing the fuck out. That dancing clip and gif does things to meeeeee. (I don't know what it is. The patented jacket shimmy? The hip movements? The shirt? The fit of that suit? The hint of solid, inviting, tummy underneath? The urge to absolutely dance the night away with that man? I could write a thesis on it.)
MERCI BEAUCOUP, Marguerite. And thank you for an excellent gif choice.
#i'm so serious i blush so hard whenever i see this clip or gifs thereof#i don't know what it is it just hits me on a visceral level#which is ridiculous given how fucking silly this dancing is#lord i'm a simple woman and i have a very specific type and it's that man right there#asked and answered#rose apologises#resuming normal service
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kasander + š“ please!
Thank you ā¤ļø Sleep questions about D&D elves always lead peculiar places, don't they?
hc + š“ for a sleep-themed headcanon
Kasander seldom sleeps willingly. Their trance is already haunted by half-alien memories of blood and darkness, disorganized images they struggle to stitch together and match to their origins. It's upsetting even without any supernatural incursion causing more extreme visions, and it makes them fear resting. Sleeping, on the rare experiment trying to avoid the memories, is much worse. They always dream, and they always dream Bhaal's dreams. And it takes such a terribly long time to wake. So they avoid sleeping, and they're thankful not to have a reason to.
However, sleep is the most convenient way for the Emperor to contact them, and the Emperor has a way of pulling them under whenever he pleases. When they first met and the Emperor was still in the form of the Dream Visitor the Emperor offered to soothe their nights from the restless, terrible trance by quieting their dreams- if only they would sleep, of course. Disoriented, still largely amnesiac, and distressed by the visions, Kasander agreed eagerly (there was a lot of agreeing with the Emperor then) and committed themself to the psionic protection out of desperation for any relief from the growing fear there was something wrong with them. It did seem to work- mostly- but when Kas began to break with the Emperor they stopped sleeping nightly as well. By that point they were ready to grapple with the horrors of trance again, as painful and difficult as they were.
#any time something comes up around kasander and sleeping I have this moment of 'do elves sleep in pathfinder'#and you know what? I still don't know the answer. I should. but I don't.#I have become intimately acquainted with trance in D&D thanks to periodically being forced to fact check a bizarre and incorrect belief#that elves have to learn to trance properly and there was a cultural aspect of it. this isn't true and I don't know where I got it from.#anyway do you ever think about how fucking funny it is that trance is genuinely such a deeprooted and unique part of cross setting D&D lore#and so much shit pretends it doesn't exist. I'm guilty too it's the easy way out but god. it's such a simple alien touch#our conception of life is hard to separate from sleep huh#elves sleep an absolutely SILLY amount in bg3 despite there being flavor text and the guy scene acknowledging that they. y'know. don't.#the flavor text takes an especially hardline stance even. very silly. are we just supposed to pretend the sleeping is trance for elves#I'm about to sleep and not trance myself this was not a night of powerful focus for me#sorry you're getting my most scattered and incoherent one of the night :')#emi plays bg3#ask me emithing#ask game#kasander#archduke-enver-gortash#hm. that feels like I'm summoning something. ominous.#anyway if I've just missed some in game explanation for what's going on every time elves appear to be sleeping please lmk
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Good evening! If you're still doing the nosy meme I'd love to hear 0 & 26 please :)
0:Ā Height
Between 177-178cm (you can plug that into google for a conversion!)
26:Ā My biggest pet peeves
Oh probably too many, but:
Lateness. If this is consistent I will end a friendship over it pretty happily. Like 5 minutes I can handle. But if it's consistently around 10-30 minutes, then I don't think it's great that I value my time more than someone who claims they care about me does. If it's like over an hour twice, that's it, we're done.
When it's really obvious from someone's comment that they haven't read the tags or author's notes at all so they manage to waste two people's time at the same time lol.
When folks misdirect their anger (i.e. getting angry at Tumblr for the porn purge when it's Apple's fault, getting angry at another site for something when it's like SESTA/FOSTA's fault) - I mean people can misdirect to their heart's content! But when they try to make it my problem it gets frustrating.
Just as a hilarious ones - antis in the Sebaciel fandom, because why.
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From the personal questions meme!
#asks and answers#memey goodness#some people's neurodivergence makes them late all the time and i get that#my neurodivergence doesn't allow for lateness just about at all#unless it's incredibly minor and consistent (like if i know you're always going to be 5~ minutes late that's easy to deal with)#sometimes people just aren't compatible that way#and that's fine#the ones about people who comment but don't read the tags#is a particular subset of commenter who just... - i mean i encounter them rarely#but often the response is 'oh this thing you're angry about'#'or expect me to explain'#'is in the tags'#'go back and do your due diligence'#'my job is to write the story and tag it appropriately'#'your job is to read the tags before reading the story'#'it's very simple'#AND YET#administrator gwyn wants this in the queue
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