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Fact 1: In most versions of Dungeons & Dragons, when infected – as opposed to natural-born – lycanthropes transform under the full moon, they assume the default alignment of their type during the ensuing mindless rampage.

Fact 2: In most versions of Dungeons & Dragons, the default alignment of werebears is Lawful Good.

Conclusion: When an infected werebear transforms under the full moon, they go on a mindless Lawful Good rampage.

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"i tried my hardest for i'd never learned / god's very simple and love shouldn't burn." [Mitski, Square]

#spotify playlist #playlist #dark academia #high hopes low rolls #spellbird #oldmanshipping #sareth x shrike lunera #hhlr #sareth hhlr #shrike lunera #posted it in the discord so now im posting it here #the playlist goes from sareth and shrike in their Youth to sareth taking in rook #it's angst town boyssss

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okay but the potential for an unrequited!sareth x shrike is OFF THE CHARTS. like???? the idea of sareth just being There with his feelings for a multitude of reasons (either too focused on magic, denial, or otherwise - maybe the good 'ole later, but not now) and then shrike find's rook's mom and sareth is even MORE JUST. THATS FINE. but then shrike DIES and he's like. welp. and then ROOK COMES AND HE'S LIKE AW SHIT. AW SHIT I GOTTA TAKE CARE OF SHRIKE'S SON NOW I HATE IT HERE (he doesn't, but think of a steven universe pearl type thing)

#man i love that trope #i dont know what that trope is called but #but like!! #the poTENTIAL FOR FANWORK THEREEEE #sareth hhlr #shrike lunera #sareth x shrike lunera #oldmanshipping #spellbird #friends and i cant decide on which one we like better #there's also sarelune or lunasare #hhlr #high hopes low rolls #rook lunera

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oh and also (check the tags of og post for actual synopsis) walter melons and ava green (yes i realize ava's from hhlr not teve tv but shhhh) also team up and try to solve the murder. just because i wanted ava "im too sober for this" green and walter "it's too early for this, yes i know it's 2 in the afternoon" melons to team up because either they'd absolutely be the best of friends or hate eachother, no in between and that's WONDERFUL

Victorian England, Murder Mystery and Coffee Shop AU, Borbo Bamsey x Dick Merryweather, Slow Burn, Enemies to Lovers 150k+

#green haired buds

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Victorian England, Murder Mystery and Coffee Shop AU, Borbo Bamsey x Dick Merryweather, Slow Burn, Enemies to Lovers 150k+

#teve tv #bards4bards #not writing #just got around to watching/listening to Teve TV today and i was struck with inspiration #borbo bamsey is a philosopher student in London #who somehow made the question 'ham or cheese?' a philosophical debate among academics #who also happens to be the murderer of famous classical musician and composer David Bettany #the police are pretty much useless in the investigation and david bettany's late husband #who is a factory owner (is that the right historical era? im pretty sure no but whatever it's fiction i can do what i want) #and is also borick jackson #so anyways borick is desparate #and gives out a 500k today money prize to whoever can solve the case #enter aspiring chef dick merryweather #and his roommate who is there because she's bored and wants something interesting to happen named earlana grey #and tldr merryweather gets unwillingly roped into solving the case and earlana supports him #BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! #as merryweather and grey get closer and closer to discovering the identity of the murderer #they start getting death threats from the man himself in the form of notes! #and also #who is this guy at merryweather's cafe #who does NOT UNDERSTAND #that they RAN OUT OF HAM AND DONT HAVE ANYMORE #JUST ORDER SOMETHING ELSE SIR ISTG MERRYWEATHER ISNT PAID ENOUGH FOR THIS #and that's it that's the fic

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hi ! i know im not really all that active on here anymore (im more active on my main), but just wanted to say that i changed my ao3 account's name to strawb3rry_tea! my old one was viawkwardperson, which was a username from when i was like. ten lol

#i forget what tags i used on here! #whoops! #anyways #as hard as it is to believe i AM actually in the middle of writing a hhlr fic rn!! #its sort of long and im waiting until i finish the entire fic to post any chapters so #you'll just have to wait and see :)

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latin phrases worth knowing:

(in case you wanted to know because i fucking love this language) 

ad astra per aspera - to the stars through difficulties 

alis volat propriis - he flies by his own wings 

amantium irae amoris integratio est - the quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love 

ars longa, vita brevis - art is long, life is short 

aut insanity homo, aut versus facit - the fellow is either mad or he is composing verses 

dum spiro spero - while I breathe, I hope 

ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem - with the sword, she seeks peace under liberty 

exigo a me non ut optimus par sim sed ut malis melior - I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better than the bad

experiential docet - experience teaches 

helluo librorum - a glutton for books (bookworm) 

in libras libertas - in books, freedom 

littera scripta manet - the written letter lasts 

mens regnum bona possidet - an honest heart is a kingdom in itself 

mirabile dictu - wonderful to say 

nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit - there is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part 

omnia iam fient quae posse negabam - everything which I used to say could not happen, will happen now 

poeta nascitur, non fit - the poet is born, not made 

qui dedit benificium taceat; narrat qui accepit - let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it 

saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit - often, it is not advantageous to know what will be 

sedit qui timuit ne non succederet - he who feared he would not succeed sat still 

si vis pacem, para bellum - if you want peace, prepare for war 

struit insidias lacrimis cum feminia plorat - when a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears 

sub rosa - under the rose 

trahimir omnes laudis studio - we are led on by our eagerness for praise

urbem latericium invenit, marmoream reliquit - he found the city a city of bricks; he left it a city of marble 

ut incepit fidelis sic permanet - as loyal as she began, so she remains

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🌗 seeing as the original story im writing is lovers-to-enemies, im legally obligated to say angst LOL

🧑 have not written fanfic in literal years but malark, i suppose. if not my oc, evelyn

💕 have only really published padark (is that the ship name?) so that by default. if not, tara/evelyn, my wonderful lovers-to-enemies oc's.

📚 again hhlr by default, but if i were to write other fanfics, probably hades

🍑 absolutely not!

🥰 him! i poured my life and soul into that one and even if it wasn't a literary masterpiece it was very cathartic to write

🏆can i say none of them? LOL all of the fics ive written are from over a year ago so now naturally i look at them and cringe LMAO i should definitely start writing more dear god i didnt think it was that long ago i published him-

💎 any trope that will make the reader suffer! but also as for actual writing, probably cute coffeeshop/cafe au's that are aesthetic and have no real plot but they're still nice. probably why the main character in my original story was a baker LOL

🌍fantasy au's if the source material is modern, modern au's if the source material is fantasy

🍄lmao bold of you to assume that i write. but in all actuality for my recent writings, i brainstorm parts of the plot and about the characters as a sort of brain writing warm up, and then i start writing the parts that need writing.

💡my life and the feelings that come w/ it! for my recent works (that are unpublished LOL), other books!

🕶 au's babeyyyy

📒maybe! i had a lot when i was into hhlr, but then i fell out of it. mostly it's my oc's that i write abt nowadays, but i have been thinking abt possibly writing hades fanfiction!

🎤"Jaxson really did hate the wind." Oh you thought this would come from a serious fanfic that i published on ao3 or tumblr? lmao no! this is from a fan/friendfic that i wrote about my friend's oc's and it was a comedy about a modern, no powers au about how the main two love interests meet - by jaxson's final project for his art class blowing into ophelia's face.

🎁 "She left the pie to burn." :) the pie has absolutely no symbolism for tara's character whatsoever :) hope and faith in that if you worked hard enough at something it would work out, like her and evelyn's relationship? in a pie? noooooo :))))

fanfic writer ask game that’s definitely not an excuse for shameless self promo

rb if you want to play!

🌗 fluff or angst?

🧑 favorite character to write?

💕 favorite ship to write?

📚 favorite fandom for write for?

🍑 do you/would you write smut?

🥰 fave fic you’ve written?

🏆fic youre most proud of?

💎 fave trope to write?

🌍fave type of au to write?

🍄how do you get yourself in the mood to write?

💡what inspires your fic ideas?

🕶canonverse or au?

📒any fics planned?

🎤fave line in a fic you wrote?

🎁 have a quote from a WIP?

#did i do this instead of my science project #yes #is it literally the easiest part of said science project that i could finish in five minutes? #also yes #anyways maybe more fanfic coming your way in the sometime near future pog??? #idk should i #i say this but like #finishing??? #a fic????? #not in my house

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him (hhlr fanfic)

Fandom: High Hopes Low Rolls

Pairing: Paddock “Paddy” Whitlaw/Malark Dundragon

Summary: Bathed in the fading golden rays and with a sparkle in his forest-green eyes, Malark almost confessed to Paddy right then and there.

But he decided against it, to wait for another time. And then the new coffee shop opened across the street.

Words: 1,089

ao3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23973205

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That week… was rough.

    Malark had been laid off from his job and his mother was in the hospital. And he remembered that one Saturday night, where he was lying in bed and staring at the ceiling when he got the call. White light illuminated the dark room, and he was going to let it go to voicemail, but then he saw the caller.

    Paddy <3

    He dragged himself into a sitting position and answered, “Hello?”

    “Hi! I’m sorry for calling but you know that one guy I talked about earlier? From the coffee shop?” This was the happiest Paddy had sounded in weeks. He sounded happier than when he had gotten his cat. “I asked him out! And he said yes.”

    Malark’s heart sank. “Oh, really? That’s.. That’s great! Where are you guys going?” 

    Paddy didn’t notice Malark’s strained voice and went on, “The apple orchard! We’re gonna go there after we both get out of work on Monday, right before sundown.”

    Malark had been there when Paddy had gone to that orchard for the first time. He was the one to show it to him. Paddy had been practically bouncing with excitement the entire time. Right before sunset, Malark had led him to a hill overlooking the orchard. Bathed in the fading golden rays and with a sparkle in his forest-green eyes, Malark almost confessed to Paddy right then and there.

    But then he had decided against it, to wait for another time. And then a new coffee shop had opened across from the bakery Paddy worked at.

    “That’s amazing! Are you gonna lead him to that hill during sunset?” Malark felt like crying. The words he said weren’t his.

    “Yeah! I, uh, know you’re dealing with a lot right now so if you don’t want to that’s completely fine, but can you come over tomorrow and help me pick out what I’m going to wear? I have a couple ideas but I want a second opinion.”

    “Oh, sure,” Malark choked out.

    “Oh, thank you so much!! I’ll make it up to you somehow, if you ever need my help, I’ll be there in a jiffy!” Paddy seemed so happy.

    They said their goodbyes and then Malark was left alone in the darkness of his empty room again.

    And then the next morning Malark was staring at an array of oranges, yellows, and reds flung across Paddy’s room as the man in question paced back and forth.

    “I’m doomed.”

    Malark laughed, and said, “You’ll probably look good in anything you decide on. What about this sweater with those pants?”

    Malark knew it was an awful decision, as Malark himself wore nothing but black and very, very dark blue. But Paddy stopped and considered it. “Maybe those pants with that jacket and that shirt?” And when Malark had a spark of hope, he said, “No… then I’d need something to balance it out…”

    Out of the corner of his eye, Malark saw a simple grey scarf that he gave Paddy in high school. He didn’t know that Paddy still had it.

    Paddy followed his line of sight, and then gasped, “That’s perfect! I like your way of thinking!”

    “I didn’t know you still had it.”

Paddock walked over to where it was perched, by the window, and picked it up. “Of course I do! Perfect for all occasions, even in the summer!” He then stopped, and then burst out, “Oh of course! I absolutely have to wear it! The date would have gone terribly without it! It’s my good luck charm, of sorts.”

Malark’s heart twisted at the sight of the jubilant brunette, but he laughed anyways.

A couple months later, and he got a call from Paddy. His boyfriend, Oscar, hadn’t shown up to the restaurant that they had made a reservation for weeks ago. Apparently, a couple of friends from Paddy’s job were also there, and Paddy seemed close to crying.

And then Malark made the second worst decision in his life.

“Do you want me to come over there and pretend I’m Oscar?” Malark asked, “To avoid the extra embarrassment, y’know? I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of them before.” 

Paddy gave him the okay. 

And that was how Mr. Dundragon found himself sitting next to Paddy, pretending he was the man Paddy loved. Every word made his heart sink lower and lower. Once, Malark had to excuse himself because he felt much too close to crying and his chest was wound too tight and his breaths just a little too close together and a bit out of his control.

The lights were a bit too bright as he walked to the bathroom and everything was a bit too loud. He quickened his pace and the second he shut the door to the bathroom, tears spilled out of his eyes and his breathing had no rhyme or reason. Gasping, he clawed at the navy blue tie that was choking him.

He was in there for fifteen minutes. When he came out, his face was blotchy and red and he was so, so tired. As he came back, silence filled the table and everyone stared, but no one questioned it out loud. 

“Sorry about that.. I, um,” He tried to fill the void.

“Oh, don’t worry about it! What’s important is that you’re here now!” Paddy tried, and Malark had no idea what he felt. Was he mad at him? Embarrassed? Something else?

    The next time the waiter came around, Paddy asked for the bill. Malark felt like shrinking into his seat and went to pull up his hood, only to realize it wasn’t there. 

    It was an old habit from college and Paddy noticed.

    After his coworkers left, they awkwardly stood in the parking lot, and then Paddy asked about it.

    “Oh, that, uh, it was just the, ah, it was just that I didn’t expect the restaurant to be so crowded, is all.” Malark found he had been saying ‘um’s’ and ‘ah’s’ a lot recently.

    Paddy didn’t buy it, but he didn’t push the topic. 

    As the years went by, Paddy and Malark drifted apart. Or, more like, Malark pushed Paddy away. He didn’t mean to, but about half the time he saw Paddy, Oscar was there too, and he couldn’t take it. They had been friends since elementary school, and Malark had ruined it.

    He hadn’t heard from Paddy in half a year, when he got something in the mail.

    You’ve been invited to Paddy Whitlaw’s and Oscar’s…

    He stopped reading there.

#padark #paddock whitlaw/malark dundragon #malark dundragon #paddock whitlaw #paddy whitlaw #high hopes low rolls #hhlr #hhlr fanfic #fanfic #writing #ngl this one kinda hurt to write lol

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What's your guys opinion on fans making OCs (some say FC's for "Fandom Characters") in the HHLR world? This is a fandom, but it's also a personal campaign you all made and we wanna respect you guys, so I wanted to ask how you guys felt about HHLR OCs before doing/making anything. I don't know if anyone said anything in the past and I apologize if something was said and I couldn't find it.

We’re ok with it!

I would imagine it might be hard considering you don’t have much world info to go on but I would love to see some Kadarians appearing for sure.

#it's free real estate #lol

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Will definitely be trying this...

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thanks!! @yramsz

It’s the hols, y’all!

I’m feeling very much in the giving spirit lately, so I decided this would be a fun time to run a giveaway! The winner will receive a custom bust portrait of the character of their choice.

But wait, there’s a catch…

You can’t win this for yourself. 

In order to enter, you must reblog and tag someone else you wish to nominate for an entry. Maybe there’s that mutual who’s always liking and reblogging your work with super sweet tags, or maybe someone surprised you with a fic or a piece of art recently and you’d like to do something kind in return. Or maybe you just know of someone who could use a little extra cheer this month. This is your chance to share some fandom love with them!

Rules:

1 reblog = 1 entry. For the purposes of this giveaway, likes will not count as entries. (Because you can’t tag someone in a like.)

Tag as many folks as you like! Each tag will enter that person into the drawing.

Reblogs without any tags don’t count, as you can’t win for yourself.

Subsequent tags won’t enter someone twice. It’s gonna be hard enough to type all these names into a spreadsheet once! (But even if you think someone might have already been tagged, you can still do it–it’s always nice to know someone was thinking of you!)

The winner will be chosen and announced on December 26th. They will receive a digital piece of art featuring a bust illustration of the character of their choice on a transparent or solid background.

What I will draw: 

Original and canon characters - I’m most familiar with the Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and Harry Potter fandoms, but I can also draw your D&D Character or an OC from another fandom, as long as they’re mostly humanoid and you can give me plenty of info and references! (Piercings and tattoos are welcome as long as they aren’t super intricate.)

Humans, elves, qunari, dwarves, goblins, tieflings, etc. are all on the table!

What I won’t draw this time:

Mech and/or furry characters. I’m just not great at them, TBH.

Complicated outfits/armor. The finished piece will be a bust, so I’ll do whatever is visible from the shoulders up if you want clothing and jewelry included, but it should be fairly simple.

Animals. They take more time, and I need more practice at them to really feel good about doing them for other people.

Happy holidays and good luck to everyone!

#hewwo #uwu #happy early borthday to u

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aaaascb

spell your username without using the letters in your name

mine is ptipi

#lmao I just thought this was funny

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discord hates me and stopped working a while ago lol on another note I'm in Japan now wth

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hello i am sorry to my friends who have had to listen to me screaming for the past 24 hrs

#but like chapter 1 #I loVEEEE #like jakdjsak #and neW MERCH THAT I CANT AFFORD #not that its overly expensive #it's just I cant afford anything rn lol #but like asdjklsjd #im like I get to ask for like about one thing for my birthday #and I might ask for like a print #but likejakdlsj I loVE #and the video is sooo pweettttyyy likej adfskldjkl #atalantaclamat #like #I love it so much???? #its prob unhealthy but goDD #also I just had like 5 cupcakes #but like I am #vibrating rn #its just like?? #im so happy??? #words cannot describe #ajdkslsjdlds love

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The wait is over! Chapter 1 is here!

The team at The Shrieking Wizard Co. would like to thank everyone for your patience leading up to this moment, and for your ongoing support! We really hope you enjoy this episode are looking forward to what is yet to come.

It would mean a lot to us if you could like the video and leave a comment telling us your favourite bits - all your feedback is so helpful! If you want to show your support in the meantime, then please share the series with your friends; and consider checking out our Patreon for bonus and behind the scenes content, as well as our Merch store where we have a bunch of HHLR designs

Again - thanks so much.

#screaming #I don't have time rn but later I gotta go at this w a notebook #and the ART #IS BEAUTITFUL

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oh yeah also i was trying to get a new fic out today but i just got home a little while ago and it’s 10pm so but here’s what the name of the google doc is at this moment for it: “MALARK HELP ME SHE’S ON THE FRIDGE”

#it was supposed to be for like. #alex's birthday #but when can i ever get something out on time lmao #i swear i tried for this one lmao #but i also want it to be of good quality y'know #aiyoo #sadd