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vaalthus · 8 months

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The threat to the Plane of Darkness, the inevitable return of the Shadowscythe, and what lead to the Exalted Alliance theory and speculation

Something has been on my mind lately, namely regarding the Proclamations and Reckoning war. At the conclusion of the Reckoning War, all eight Avatars of the elements were essentially left diminished, reduced to the form of elemental orbed embodiments, and are now being contained by Lock and Key until they remerge from their dormancy. The current inactive state of the Avatars explains much of why the Proclamation rifts have been such an issue to the extent that they’ve been. If the Avatars were active, we’d likely be having less of a harder time closing the ones that clearly link to the section as. What bothers me now though is that out of all the Avatars rendered dormant Voidstar is probably the one we would want down the least right now. I say this of course due to the ever-present threat that is the Shadowscythe and their agents of Doom.

It has long since been established that the Shadowscythe and its agents will never cease in their quest to plunge all of existence into Darkness in this current timeline. To remove, in their eyes, the pollution of the Elements influence on this reality at any cost.

And now, their biggest rivals, the Avatars of all eight prime elements have been forcibly placed into stasis for the time being.

Meaning the avatar of the only elemental plane that is safe for them to move freely in without heavy risk of annihilation is no longer in a position to bring the hammer down upon them to halt their corruption. While I have no doubts that much as it appears to be the case with other avatars that Voidstar has left behind some form of entourage or progeny to govern the Plane of Darkness in his absence, like Celeritas's family or the Lagohmorph royalty in the case of Haeos' plane,

I fear that may not be enough to hold back the problem the Shadowscythe present.

The Shadowscythe have shown numerous times in the past that they are more than content to manipulate and corrupt those around them when they feel that overwhelming force simply isn’t a viable course of action for a plan to be set in motion. These manipulations have ranged from outright lies, offers of comfort, or the corruptive properties of their powers. Hell, sometimes they'll use all three of those methods.

We even know that they are capable of convincing those that hail from the Darkness Plane to support them despite the fact that it is within the interest of Voidstar to maintain the balance of the elements.

So, with Voidstar now out commission, what’s to stop the Shadowscythe from attempting to gain some real ground within the Plane of Darkness, outside that potential back-up of governance I previously mentioned? Even if the Shadowscythe choose not to attempt shall we say some sort of combative assault on the governing powers that might remain in the Darkness Plane, they might still have the option of indoctrinating or persuading its inhabitants to support their cause in bringing about Darkness everywhere.

I don’t think the Shadowscythe would have a hard time amassing more followers at the moment either. There are elementals that seem to be somewhat guilty of desiring for the element they are aligned to win out over the others, so I imagine it's not going to be too difficult for them to convince some darkness elementals to side with them outright. From there it might be a simple process to make note of the absence of Voidstar to point out that perhaps to float around the idea that it’s time for the plane to be placed under a different vision and management. One that they might allege serves the interests of the Darkness plane, whether this would be an outright lie or them conflating that to what the Darkness means to the Shadowscythe would be irrelevant I imagine.

Which brings me to another advantage the Shadowscythe might have here: the chaos of the Elemental Wastes. It was established back in Awakened Depths that the Wastes are effectively a battleground for elemental beings of all shapes and sizes to duke it out to gain dominance over the others.

Furthermore, as King Thorin would imply, there are champions of the Wastes, with no specified allegiance to a single element, that seem to attempt to encroach upon the sovereignty of the other elemental planes which would indicate even more factions vying for more control within the overall Elemental Plains.

I could easily see the Shadowscythe presenting themselves as the solution to darkness residents that will end or at least ward off the chaos presented by the Wastes: namely its champions and warbeasts alike. This of course is dependent on how well the Plane is when confronted with the onslaught of forces from the Wastes, but as I’ve speculated in the past, I suspect not all planes are handling the matter equally, especially now that their avatars are gone.

Alternatively, it may also be plausible that the Shadowscythe could cause havoc within the Elemental Wastes. How could they do that, you might ask? How can the Shadowscythe, beings so reliant on the darknesss that smallest candlelight can make them go poof, be active within the Wastes? A place likely filled with a myriad of elemental entities that can harm them. Well, much like the Wastes has its champions within all that elemental dissonance, I suspect that the Shadowscythe and its doom spirits might function similar to warlords within certain “safe zones” in the Plains for them. We know that, when necessary or strategic, doom entities are capable of engulfing regions into shadows and darkness, either as means of spreading their influence or protecting themselves from being outright destroyed by outside elements, namely the light.

So, with that in mind, what if members of the Shadowscythe, if not the entire organization, have managed to section off certain parts of the Wastes for themselves by employing these shadows, on a larger scale, though not so large they would draw attention from the Avatars, and have these sections act as bases or outposts as both as a means to not always be under the watchful eye of Voidstar and to conduct operations in the Wastes and Lore abroad. It might be possible then that they might find ways to agitate other forces, be it elemental factions in the Wastes or leftover Warbeasts, into attacking all other Planes or just the Darkness Plane should taking it over be in their interests.

Now of course this is all speculation on what the Shadowscythe might do with Voidstar gone for the time being. It could be easily feasible that the Shadowscythe are simply patient and will do nothing with this opportunity as they coalesce in the shadows when they feel like the right moment is on hand…as much I doubt they’ll do nothing for now.

It is here where I want to address something else as well. I cannot help but think back to the Last Stand of Ehr’Ishin, in which the Engineer mentions specifically those that stayed low in the shadows would survive the firing of the Exalted Artillery.

This could of course just be an off-hand reference to practically any creatures or entities that would have stayed far away from the blast radius of the weapon as is the case for the other locations mentioned on the same page. However, given that beings derived from Doom and the Shadowscythe respectively are so often affiliated with shadows throughout the games. I suspect a more sinister element here.

You see, ever since we got the reveal back in Rebirth that the Shadowscythe managed to sneak their way into the current timeline, avoiding being removed after the Reset, and it was revealed that they had an embodying force that exists in opposition to the Aequlibria, I came to a suspicion.

A suspicion that the Shadowscythe, this Whisper, as Notha and Remthalas call it, was in some shape or form responsible for the Exalted Alliance forming against the Aequilibria. I don’t think that Notha was wrong in her analysis that ‘doom’ was considered to be analogous to freedom as labeled by the Exalted even when it was revealed there was a tangible force of Doom they made note of alongside the Aequilibria.

I suspect that the Whisper, whatever exactly it is, was able to instill within certain Infernals and Celestials the need to break away from whatever vision or mandate the Aequilibria had for them. Perhaps a dose of ambition if you would consider. Essentially, the basic idea behind the Exalted is to yearn for something beyond what they were meant for at their very cores and wills upon their creation. How exactly the Whisper did this I’m not sure. Coming into contact with it in some way could have corrupted/influence a few members, like what is believed to have happened with Lock and Key as well as the Avatars, and let the idea of rebellion spread from there.

Perhaps they could have actually communicated philosophical ideas with a group of Celestials and Infernals and that’s how the Alliance got started. Perhaps even the mere existence of the Whisper was enough to get the Exalted started as displaying an entity that is opposed to your god may have been enough to convince some of them that the Aequilibria were not the absolute and final law of their universe. In achieving this rebellion, the Whisper and its Shadowscythe were given the perfect opportunity necessary to remove their polar opposite off the playing field for a time.

If the Whisper and its forces playing a role in the Exalted rebelling against the Aequilibria and subsequently putting them to sleep is true, as I presented it as such, then it only further displays how conniving they are when pulling off their schemes.

Furthermore, it cements that they'll always keep coming back and that feels clearer now more than ever now that a certain doom bomb is on its way to the Mana Core of Lore. Ah, but that concludes my thoughts regarding the Shadowscythe and the role they could play in the Elemental Plains and the role they might have played in the Exalted rebelling against the Aequilibria.

#dragonfable #dragonfable lore #the shadowscythe #Doom #The Whisper #The Darkness Plane #I seriously hope Voidstar left some people behind to maintain the darkness plane while they were away #Wills. Ambition. Choices. Chaos. Freedom.#dragonfable theory #It also might be simultaneously possible that the Exalted form to rebel against both the Whisper and the Aequilibria alike.#But that's just me spit balling.

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bestmothertournament · 8 months

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#female villains #female villain tournament #lenny busker #marvel #legion #the whisper #in from the cold #faith btvs #btvs #buffy the vampire slayer #jenny franklin

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bluesucanuse · 7 months

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BLUES: SONGS OF THE DAY

THE ARTIST IS: MATTHEW SCOTT

THE SONG IS: "THE WHISPER"

#MATTHEW SCOTT #BLUES #THE WHISPER

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mandarinasart · 1 year

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Little sketchwork I had in a drawing session with two of my closest friends.

Sigma is a passionate skater and Xavia wanted to try his hobby...I think she is doing great xD

#slasher oc #the farmer #slasher #xavia #original character #mini comic #slasheroc #i need a slasher #sigma #the whisper

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mariocki · 1 year

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Man in a Suitcase: The Whisper (1.16, ITC, 1968)

"McGill! Don't be contemptuous, nor disbelieve me. I do know things. Be careful! I see death when I look at you... walking by your side."

"Oh, well don't worry about him, sir, we're old friends."

#man in a suitcase #the whisper #itc #classic tv #1968 #charles crichton #morris farhi #richard bradford #patrick allen #colin blakely #sheila brennan #clifton jones #wallas eaton #patrick jordan #jerold wells #brian hawksley #didi perego #tommy ansah #michael williamson #dick offord #another somewhat challenging episode... there's enough depth to the central character study of Blakely's priest here‚ and the plot is #honestly rich enough‚ to stand a full film treatment‚ perhaps even a novel. it's wonderfully mature and probing television of a kind itc #rarely bothered with; unfortunately it's also problematic in its handling of race and its treatment of Africa. the attitude towards the #african characters is largely condescending (with a beautifully measured performance from Clifton Jones the exception) and the character #responses are tricky. Pat Allen's plantation owner is of course an ignorant and repugnant racist with white supremacist assumptions but it #takes McGill WAY too long to actually react to that (and by extension‚ perhaps‚ it takes the script too long also). he gets a brief #broadly anti colonial monologue at the end of the ep‚ but there's little to show he truly appreciates the issues; nor is there ever any #evidence that his opinion is ever influenced by the black characters around him‚ instead his railing against Allen seems to come as much #from his own personal dislike of the man and his growing understanding of Blakely as he is now (and not as he was in the files and reports)#Bradford‚ incidentally‚ was delighted to find Blakely had been cast in the series again‚ and writer Farhi was similarly starstruck

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extractandrecite · 2 years

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“You choose to do the things you do. And when you make a choice, you reveal the person you really are.”

— Aaron Starmer, The Whisper

#Aaron Starmer #The Whisper #quote #quotes #lit #literature #book quote #book quotes

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lesbian-hannibal · 2 years

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in mizumono when hannibal says ‘in the pantry’

#THE WHISPER #ITS ONE OF KT FSGORUITE BITS #also i’m watching 2x13 again bc i hate myself

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chiekodivine · 5 months

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girlhood never stops we just evolve…

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pandoratheprocrasticreator · 7 months

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like honestly just give your non binary characters traditionally "gendered" features. just do it. it's not like being androgynous ever stopped non binary characters from being misgendered.

frisk undertale and kris deltarune were androgynous and are only ever referred to by "they/them" and ppl are still arguing over how the "main character is not the player but their own person" message didn't apply to their genders bc they refuse to wrap their head around different pronouns. raine owlhouse was paraded around as "disney's first ever nb representation" by everyone and their mother but bc they have short hair other countries dub them as male. this also happens to most anime nb characters bc of how japanese pronouns work. halara raincode literally has the color scheme of the non binary flag AND their in-game profile says that they, and i quote "have no specified gender" AND several characters remark on it in the actual game but bc theyre voiced by a female voice actor ppl still call them a woman.

like literally at this point just give your nb characters huge tits and a massive beard. if ppl refuse to accept the existence of non binary characters in media, then there is no way to make a character non binary "enough" to convince them otherwise. no matter how much you hammer in their androgyny in an attempt to detach them from "male" and "female," there will be people determined to assign gender roles to any trait you give your character.

creators being hesitant to give their non binary characters traits that could be associated with a binary gender is why every goddamn genderqueer character that the creator wants you to take seriously in popular media has shoulder length hair and a board-flat figure and a perfectly neutrally pitched voice. like. just do what you want at this point. the character is non binary because your story said so and people who misgender them would have done that no matter how androgynous they look.

#shut up pandora #frisk undertale #kris dreemurr #deltarune #undertale #raine whispers #the owl house #halara nightmare #master detective archives: rain code #nonbinary #representation

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vaalthus · 2 years

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And with this latest war my third alt is finally fully upgraded.

#dragonfable #FASHIONFABLE #It's just a shame it all came at the cost of completely ignoring my second alt but meh #Think I'll dub this one the: Royal Winds of Doom #considered the outfit fitting given how much I've been thinking about Doom #The Shadowscythe #The Whisper #And more #my third born doomed daughter

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uncanny-tranny · 4 months

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I think so many people are so deeply alienated from themselves that they have no clue how to exercise their free will and autonomy. For some, this alienation runs so deep that they are afraid of their own autonomy and humanity. It is completely understandable why one would have those feelings, but it can be worrisome.

I want to help others who feel this way, so here are small things I have done to exercise my free will:

Add "guilty pleasure" songs to playlists and actually listen to them (I have a ton of late 1990s-early 2000s music I listen to now proudly that I never listened to in the past out of shame)

Getting the décor item, bath set, bed spread, ect. in the patterns you like, even if it's "childish" (I got a dinosaur-themed wastebasket from the kids' décor section and I adore it)

Taking a new route to get to a place you go to often

Eat dessert first

Celebrate well, and often

Collect things that are "odd" or don't seem like an "acceptable" thing to collect (somebody on my "for you" page collects dandelion crayola crayons and it was so cool!!!!!!)

Incorporate one new piece in an outfit you wear frequently (e.g., a new chain, a necklace, ribbons, bracelets, ect.). Challenge yourself to add onto the outfits if you feel up for it.

Sing along to songs without worrying that you sound "good" or your intonation is completely accurate

Read a book from a genre you weren't allowed to read as a kid (comics, thrillers, mysteries, anything!)

Walk without having a specific destination or goal

Pick up a new craft without expecting yourself to master it or to ever be "good" enough. Get your hands messy.

I don't want to shame anybody for not feeling as though they have free will or that they are exempt from exercising it. However, I wanted to give ideas so that you might read this list and find your own ways to express your intrinsic autonomy and will. You deserve to be a person, to feel alive, not just living. That is what our lives are for.

#mental health #mental health support #positivity #if anybody has ideas of their own definitely include them!#i just think being stuck with this feeling that you don't have autonomy and that you ultimately aren't an equal person or a person at all..#...in comparison to other people can be a really troubling and dangerous place to be in...#...and that isn't the person's fault for feeling that way. they didn't pluck those thoughts out of thin air...#...like i have felt that exact way all my LIFE because i have been abused for. probably 2/3s of my life...#...only within these past few years have i even FELT alive. frankly it's going to take a while to repair what i have been left with...#...so i know the feeling and i want to help others feel even a LITTLE bit alive. you deserve it...#...you deserve to take in a deep breath before slowly realizing 'oh my gd this is what it feels like to be alive' and SMILE about it #i want that for you even if it is brief. even if it is small. even if it is a whisper. i want you to feel alive #unironically getting rid of the idea of 'guilty pleasures' has made my life SO much better

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