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sage-is-in-fact-very-tired · 3 months ago

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so like . maybe opening a Google doc for this is a bit much however (future sage after they finished, it was not. it was not a bit much) . consider . who cares

the paragraph analysis (that isn't 2k words) - morally grey, maybe leaning more villain, some vague concepts of like- power? (of the magic kind?), probably was part of a group / company and isn't anymore . also like . getting vague toxic ex vibes from at least two of those songs.

anyway. I've gotten very good at analyzing songs as we all know. and so - a short little analysis based on nothing but the vibes of those songs <3

-> [Bones]

-> giving very morally grey kinda vibes? something about like- “I'll take the long road home that's lined with blood and snow” have they killed people? maybe their past involves some kind of death? the whole thing of innocent but they'll still serve time, maybe they're being blamed for some kind of death? The line about being your own worst enemy - do they blame *themself* for something that happened? do they think they're a bad person and keep going on anyway? Also that first like “can you believe in something that you can't even see? Can you agree we're part of something bigger than you and me?” Very ‘part of a suspicious group” kinda vibes, especially with the other lines about blood and innocence. “The mirror's always showing me a shell of who I used to be” maybe they used to be a better person than what they are now? (Looks at Little Wolf. looks at Little Wolf so hard)

-> vaguely kinda . toxic (or more than just toxic) ex vibes if you look at it in the right lens . like the lines about “you can give and take” and “Crack my bones but my heart won't break” like. yeah

-> [AC/DC]

-> this one is giving me . a time . because okay the main thought is of course like- robot. or some kind of mechanical parts, connected somehow to something like that?

-> if we go robot route, you have the obvious of like- morally grey robot being used by slightly evil group / company to do their dirty work, but in combination with all of the other songs I'm not quite sure that really fits completely?

-> could actually be more *the group / company* talking to starbound!sherb as opposed to starbound!sherb themself, which in context to the other songs I feel might be a bit more likely? honestly this song is the most confusing one to me-

-> [Rats]

-> something about how the group they work for is a little evil and they're all kind of rats and rats aren't considered good or clean or anything (something about having blood on their hands?) “Guess he's only got himself to blame” Something about how they've done bad things but (they believe) it's kinda their fault because they kept doing it without any question

-> and the other thing . toxic ex vibes . just very toxic relationship vibes . something about “love me like the rats in the cupboard” but like they wouldn't be loved because no one *wants* rats in their cupboard. the “watch me me burn and feed the flames” something about a possible partner (or I guess this could be like- okay I have brain worms and they definitely *were* apart of some kind of group so this could be referring to that but . lemme have my fun <3 - and this doesn't feel like the kinda song sherb would pick if thats the case? soooooo /silly) letting them wear themself down and feed the fire of why they're not a good person? “Do you ever get sick of watching me cave in” like ??? okay now . something about getting close to someone and then just . They don't help you and just watch you from afar. mmm. “Pull me apart and spreed me thin” do I need to elaborate . like. same reason as the last one- “told me she was back and here to stay, said she loved me and she wants my money, well I told her not today” very like- maybe controlling past partner maybe? this whole song gives very toxic relationship vibes and I dunno how else you want me to say that- “love me like the rats in the cupboard, not enough to keep a dying flame” something something starbound!sherb finally walking away from this? finally going off and trying to distance themself from this person?

-> half vaguely coherent thought of maybe like- them leaving the possible group they could've been apart of and like- getting into a relationship that isn't healthy in the slightest bc they haven't been able to process and the other side is just toxic? you know? shrug

-> [Sinners]

-> very just . morally grey vibes. not like lyric wise just like Vibe wise you must listen to it to understand I feel. “I must be good for something” so they want to be useful huh? is that a thing they wanna do? hm? /silly “oh Sinners come down, come gather round” something about maybe formerly being in a group - maybe being in some sort of higher up position? who knows, not me, clearly. “Let's go have some fun before they put us in the ground” so there's people after their group or just them perhaps? (with the addition of leave me alone later on the playlist, this is highly likely that *someone* is after them) “lions sit in solemn lines, drinking gin and dropping lines” something about whatever they do being very like- controlling? (could tie back to AC/DC maybe?) like them being on a tight ship perhaps? there's a lot of repeating lyrics in this one so there's not too much for me to look at with my eyes :(

-> [Little Wolf]

-> so this is the outlier of the group it'd seem . and . okay I've been brain worms about this one. because there's like- two ways yoou can see this one. also they're for sure not Athena I hope we can agree on that-

-> so option number one that- I think makes the most sense, is that in the context of this song they'd be antinuous. Kinda of more of that “morally grey, leaning a bit more ‘villain’” kinda vibes they got going? Just very antagonistic and stuff like that? (To who is another question but we probably can't get that just from the playlist)

-> other option is they're telemachus - a younger version of them only hoping to be a good person (perhaps joining a group in hopes they'd be able to help out with space horrors?), being taken under the wing of someone older and willing to protect them. (something about how arguably, under this interpretation, they could very easily be *both* telemachus and antinuous, trying to be good at the beginning and only ending up a worse person despite. Perhaps this is some kind of internal dialog, who knows. it's funky thinking about what's up with them)

-> [Dark Science]

-> This is the part I get the vague power vibes from? it just has that vibes and I can't explain it more than that-

-> actually on second thought it could also just be like- the group they were / could've been a part of? like something about their leader or a recruiter talking to starbound!sherb? and or star!sherb talking to like- a victim, but I lean more to the first option? something about the pre-chorus “Of your cold heart, no spark Restarting your true dark With mismatched animal parts Cannibal starved, natural Death is just the start” Feels very like- trying to convince them that it's gonna be fine and whatever they're going to do to star!sherb will all be fine (maybe they're like- cyborg? or along this song maybe some funky alien things? which could maybe also add to the powers idea that I've slightly squashed) and the chorus telling someone to not be afraid feels very “someone trying to convince someone else this group / these people are good and this is completely normal and ethical :)” also this - “With every draw I paint a picture Perfect murder scene But if these mortuary walls could talk We both know that they’d scream Hindsight is the only judge and jury that I need” feels very like- their story has *something* to do with death of some kind, be that literal or like- something else I'm not sure we can figure out. also the bridge talks about control and being a “cog” and. yeah I think their story perhaps also has something to do with control . I feel like those are the two major vibes I get. (Add the toxic ex idea to that? mmmmmm)

-> [Cavalryman]

-> something about being a soldier something about doing people's dirty work something about being apart of a slightly evil group something something. I don't have big brain worms about this song its just very big vibes honestly. also a lot of stuff about death yet again? like I feel like this could perhaps be a big part of their story… just guessing here though who knows… /silly

-> [Do What I Gotta]

-> morally grey bitch <3 /pos - also, seems like they might be on their own now perhaps? not apart of a group anymore - something like they left it for something better? (being morally grey still <3) anyway. “This city got issues lucky for us though I'm a one man armada” something about them trying to fix everything on their own (points back to that idea in Sinners of “I must be good for something” perhaps?) “I'm a bottle half full cause I got a good feeling that this world will truly start healing long as I do my part and keep a head start” very funky vibes going on here - seems a but more optimistic than the previous songs seemed? maybe they're trying to change their ways (albeit still in a definitely morally grey kinda way) or something like that so they can reverse any harm they could've done? “Imma do what's best if I get knocked down i'll start from the bottom” something about how they're willing to start all over if they get knocked off wherever they are? thyre *willing* to start over and still climb their way back up to the top. and then the . “count your days, I don't care what city you stay, I don't care what path you walk, the fact that you walks enough to get slain” Oh so like they're definitely killing people . so like regardless of what they did before they're probably definitely killing people still- “”we are your friends, we're in your crew, we are like you,” or that what they say” so maybe they're killing the people they used to associate with question mark? “Your choice is easy just pick a side but pick the wrong one and you'll probably die” funky funky funky for sure guys . normal

-> [Leave Me Alone]

-> puts my fingers together . toxic ex makes an appearance perhaps . I dunno something about this song in combination with Rats (and also Bones a little) is giving very toxic ex vibes and also probably like- their past group too but. lemme toxic ex truth here for a little bit please <3 “you took the money but the money couldn't buy a friend” points, there was a reference to money in rats and it was In a very oh this person wants this but I won't give it to them and this also maybe has that kinda vibes. also the whole just . leave me alone idea . toxic maybe kinda controlling vibes from rats and bones - it's not a *long* stretch to assume they might be after star!sherb? “The devil that you is better than the devil that you don't” perhaps like- maybe star!sherb not wanting to hurt whoever after them despite everything (the devil they know being the person after them, and the devil they don't being star!sherb? something about how star!sherb definitely is like . okay with murder-) “go fly a kite until your tangled in the hanging tree” Well that's a way to tell someone to kill themself- okay no for real something about how maybe in this case star!sherb doesn't want to get their hands dirty? and they want someone else, or even the person after them, to do it themself as opposed to otherwise (if we go toxic ex situation, something about still feeling things for them despite everything?)

uhhhhhhhh, I think that's all. word count on all of that is like two thousand words . thought that'd be shorter guess I'm just too much of a loser for that. anyway I have brainworms about starbound!sherb I hope that's clear 🧍‍♂️

#uh #haha yeah sage can be normal for sure #its not like i wrote this in an hour and a half #no #nope #anyway yeahhhhhh #hi chat this is why you shouldnt encourage my behavior <3 #starbound smp #bound smp #sherbertquake56 #a tag to help find my own posts

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adamanteine · 3 months ago

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⊹⠀⠀DRAGONS IN KHORĀSHEM AND THE ATHYAN INFLUENCE.

in most modern narbaradi languages, dragons are called vazhdrük. the most common word for dragons in ancient times, vazh, originally meant only snake, a meaning which is still used to this day. most people know very little about the ancient dragons that used to roam around the seas and skies in the early years of creation as they have now disappeared, but it used to be said that at the time of pre - narbaradi unity, the people must have imagined dragons restraining the waters and causing drought and not releasing them until slain by a god or hero, as in the zaryan - khel (a race of desert mountains and ancient citadels, known for their mastery of fire - based magic) myth of jahanzeb and nazheen.

in most narbaradi literature, however, other than dûzhak who lives in the zharûn sea, dragons are rarely mentioned in connection with water, though they are sometimes said to dwell by rivers. the spirit which causes drought seems not to be a dragon. instead, the dragons, materially huge monsters with ravenous appetites, have been given their place in the order of the world. before the gods rose to dominance, the dragons were said to worship their own forgotten deities. the greatest of these was zharvak the world - serpent, a primordial dragon whose coiled body was believed to form the foundations of the earth. some scholars claim that the first dragons were not mere beasts but fragments of zharvak’s shed scales, each carrying a sliver of his divine essence. when the gods arose, they warred against the draconic pantheon, casting them down into the abyss or binding them beneath mountains.

the zharûn sea, where dûzhak dwells, is rumored to be the prison of one such fallen draconic god, its waters boiling where its heart still beats.

dragons in narbarad, unlike their counterparts in different regions, share physical similarities with zaetian dragons. their forms are sinuous, more serpent like, with undulating, graceful movements. yet they possess the regal presence of a lion, with powerful shoulders and a broad chest. some have two forelimbs, ending in curved, raptor like talons. others are entirely limbless, moving like flowing rivers in flight. like the dragons of zaetian art, they have long, flowing tendrils from their jaws, sometimes resembling a wise elder’s beard, other times crackling with lightning or smoke. unlike leathery dragons, their wings are vast and semi translucent, like stained glass or peacock feathers, catching the light in iridescent hues. some vazhdrük do not have physical wings at all. some have curving, spiral horns, resembling those of persian ibex or qilin, frame their elongated faces. some have multiple horns.

their pupils are vertical slits, but the sclera shifts color: gold for wrath, blue for sorrow, green for amusement.

TYPES OF DRAGONS: it all began with the true dragons.

first there were the stormsingers, vorynd’s kin. they had long, serpentine bodies with feathered wings that crackle with lightning. their scales shift between cobalt and silver. their voice can summon hurricanes and their blood, at the moment, is used by the daryan energy mages. most were slain for their storm - binding hearts, used to control weather. only vorynd remains.

the silent ones, khalzûn’s kin. they are limbless, obsidian - scaled and had golden scars where words were carved into their flesh. no mouths: they speak through visions. they had the ability to absorb sound, memory and even time in their vicinity. the last, khalzûn, waits on qaf.

the tidebreakers, dûzhak’s kin. they are massive, fin - winged leviathans with bioluminescent veins. coral grows from their hides. they can manipulate currents. most were hunted for their pearl - encrusted bones. only dûzhak lingers in the zharûn sea.

the flamedancers, ninetya’s kin, extinct. they're ruby - scaled with wings of living fire. their bodies emit no heat until they choose to burn. they breath weapon is "storyfire", flames that force victims to relive their worst memories. their hearts were said to grant immortality (a lie spread by athyan hunters). all were slain. the last, ninetya, died singing a lullaby to her killer.

after their creation, lesser dragons came into the picture.

the bone puppets, undead dragons. they were reanimated by athyan necromancers using dragonbone rituals. they are hollow - eyed and can mimic the voices of those they killed. true death requires erasing their name from the silent archive.

the eclipse wyrms, parasitic spirits. born from solar eclipses, these are not true dragons but shadows that wear dragon - skin. their bodies flicker between solid and smoke. they cannot cross mirrored water.

the last are the cursed dragons, who were transformed by divine wrath or their own sins.

the goldscaled, athyans who became dragons. those who consumed too many dragon hearts underwent horrific metamorphosis. they have half - human faces, molten - gold blood and their wings are brittle and glass - like. most went mad, now lurking in ruined cities.

the chainbound, dragons who served the gods. enslaved by deities, they are now bound with divine iron collars. the collars suppress their will, turning them into living siege weapons. the last known, zahariel, was freed by khalzûn and now haunts battlefields.

the hollow ones, vashkhor’s legacy. lastly, dragons whose hearts were stolen but bodies lived on. they have empty chest cavities and are drawn to places of mass death.

SYMBOLISM OF DRAGON - SLAYING. while untrue, dragons in narbaradi mythology are a destructive demoniacal force. one theory links the legends with solar and lunar eclipses and with lunar waxing and waning, which lay at the root of moon worship. the popular explanation for these phenomena was that a dragon comes up from the hels every month on the eastern side of the sky and swallows a piece of the moon’s disc every night until the night comes when no part of the moon can be seen. then the moon - god kills the dragon from inside its belly and triumphantly reemerges. in later times, however, the sun took over the moon’s role in the celestial combats and it was the sun which slew the dragon and rescued the moon from the dragon’s belly twelve times every year. later still the celestial combats were brought down to earth.

the sun - god or god of light was replaced by a hero and the belief in the dragon’s swallowing of the moon was transformed into the myth of the dragon’s swallowing of a maiden. compared to many things in narbarad, however, dragon slaying has lost its mythico religious importance. in the national legends this development is carried much further, to the point where the theme of dragon slaying has nothing whatever to do with service to religion and becomes an instrument of royal or heroic ideology. thus in the legends it comes first among the marvels and bold feats required as proofs of the king’s or hero’s legitimacy. when the dragons used to roam around freely, it was the model for kings that they should demonstrate the legitimacy of their status by slaying a dragon.

though dragon slaying became a symbol of kingship, not all saw the creatures as mere monsters to be destroyed. secret cults persisted, especially among the athyans and certain coastal tribes, who believed that dragons were the true first rulers of the world. the most infamous of these was the cult of the everwing, which taught that the last dragons did not flee to mount qaf but instead entered a state of "scaled slumber", buried deep beneath the earth. these cultists perform rituals with dragon bones, seeking to awaken their sleeping lords. some even claim that the athyans’ hunger for dragon hearts was not mere greed but a desperate attempt to keep the dragons’ power alive within mortal veins, lest it fade from the world entirely.

"when a snake lives a century and its length becomes thirty gazes, it is called a vazhdrük. because of their ferocity to other creatures, the gods eventually throw them into the sea and it is there where their bodies continue to grow, such that their length becomes more than ten thousand gazes. in the sea they evolve to have two wings and the waves of the sea are due to their movements. eating the heart of a vazhdrük brings courage and bravery. their skins are suitable for healing the wound of love and if someone buries their head in soil, the condition of that soil will become good." — anahit davtyan, known nature philosopher (kensagir in masisyani or dânâmeshîn in zoryani) of narbarad.

because of this text, the athyans came into place. they were once a noble race born from the covenant between ancient dragons and mortals. according to legend, the first athyans were forged when dragons shed their blood into the veins of chosen warriors, gifting them scales of molten bronze and ember - lit eyes capable of detecting lies. for centuries they served as dragon riders, scholars and the bridge between reerakind and the monstrous. and as beings already connected to the dragons, they felt their power diminishing as they watched both humans and reera alike kill them. as twisted as it may sound, they found a solution. they too, shall kill as many dragons as they see and will eventually eat their hearts to strengthen their magic and physical bodies, especially their wings.

the first murder started with vashkhor the hollow, who slew his bonded dragon azhrîndar and devoured its still - beating heart. dragon hunts began in secret, then openly. athyan clans turned on one another, each claiming the "last heart" for themselves. the last two dragons were almost butchered in their sleep, but legend said they disappeared into thin air. it is found out centuries later, by shams, that they have reached mount qaf and reside there peacefully. the two dragons that escaped were azhrîndar’s kin, vorynd and khalzûn. legends say they did not flee out of fear but to enact a final vengeance. unbeknownst to many, however, there are still dragons hiding in narbarad itself, but they are in location many dare not seek.

#yeah....... yeahhhhhh #who wants me #i wanted to go into mount qaf but i think that deserves its own post #so soon <3 #anyway!#⅋̳.⠀ ﹝⠀ headcanon. ⠀﹞ and the violence of men was not dear to me‚ but the voice of the wind i could understand.#if this flops i'm reblogging this again you will be subjected to this

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