#I mean they're canon but just in case!

[ride-a-dromedary]

The thing that I find interesting to think on, is that Halsin isn't wrong about framing himself as old, even from an elf perspective. Not just operating under the framework that he's a survivor, and seems to have likely been the eldest in most groups he found himself in, so it's a habit to assume younger unless informed otherwise (especially considering he's the last of his line, and suffered through the deaths of his similarly aged fellows and elders during the Shadow Curse), and not just operating under the premature maturation that seemed to stem from this, thus him likely feeling older than he really is.

No, he's just stuck in 2e DnD lore (which considering that is what BG1 and 2 utilized, he's not technically incorrect to be, as he would have hypothetically been alive in canon during that period of time - consider it as a generational gap in thinking what constitutes as "old", and how previous generations aged or viewed aging compared to current generations):

(Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition: The Complete Book of Elves, pp. 37 Table 4)

[Info: A chart taken from the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition Rules Supplement, indicating the age ranges of various types of elves, including Aquatic, Drow, Grey, High and Sylvan. A section of the chart is highlighted in reference to Sylvan elves. Sylvan elves are listed as being considered at venerable age by age 325+]

According to this chart, Halsin - by other elves' standards - would have been considered to be in "Venerable" territory, which is usually applied to those who are afforded a great deal of respect, particularly due to length of experience or age. And Halsin being in this category further informs his physical appearance, as according to the same manual:

"Only at venerable age do elves begin to show their years, yet they still appear younger than most humans do at age 50." (pp. 37)

and

"[At Venerable Age] the elf, at age 350 [on average] or older, begins to show signs of age. Wrinkles start mapping her face. Her physical condition deteriorates still further, but her knowledge and her wisdom continue to grow even greater." (pp. 39)

Which could partially explain *why* he refers to himself as old; by all technicality he's earned the right to do so.

And while the 5th edition of DnD does nuke this specificity of lore in favour of opening the floor to more creativity, and this is by all means technically outdated, it's still interesting to take previous lore into consideration in how it might inform choices and characters.

#BG3 Musing #Halsin Posting #Halsin #i'm just messing around with lore stuff while bored at work #yes bg3 operates under 5e lore but that gets more complicated when you consider characters like jaheira and minsc #were directly in 2e lore in canon which means it informs their existence to an extent #and then halsin astarion and minthara who hypothetically would have *also* been in it should they have been introduced in BG1 and 2 #so i don't think it can be discarded completely because previous lore informed current lore #so if your tav/durge/etc is older than halsin welcome to venerable age territory friend #he's also referred to as 'elder' in the epilogue and while that canon might be a lil debatable i think this may be a case #of actual elves viewing aging very differently than people on the outside do - their stages of life may very well #have someone 350 be considered older because they've reached that category #even if they don't look it to others and may not be considered so *because* they're only about half way through the average lifespan

[bylertruther]

isn't mad/wheeIer like. 90% fanon 🧐

#s2 he was pushing her away by her face until she proved herself as zoomer n then they had no scenes n then s3 came along and they're #fighting and then when they're taking care of el they have moments of calling a truce to find her n then in s4 they literally just stand #and sit next to each other briefly. so like. doesnt that mean that the majority of their stuff is jus . fan conjecture kshsgsjsjs #which there isnt anything wrong with that............. but 🤨 #and isn't she constantly roasting him even when he's not there 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 BDVJDBDGSJSNDNDJ #not saying they're Not friends bc obviously everyone in the party is and they'd fight to the death for each other #as we've already seen. but. but................. #disclaimer in case it wasn't clear: im not being a hater i was just asking w/in the context of strictly canon scenes 💔

[fluffalpenguin]

@ygoc-week Day 1: Introductions

I couldn't think about what and how much to write about them, so I'm letting them speak for themselves (literally)

Image heavy post, so the rest is under the cut!

Toyhouse link! (with mostly empty bios and two of them aren't even on it yet but at least most of their galleries are updated)

Also, Noelle isn't actually mine (she belongs to @shshshotsz) but her gallery on TH is all me anyway 👍 just kidding i was forced at gunpoint to include her

➞[Next] Day 2: Family

#pasu makes ocs #yugioh oc week 23 #the duel disks come out on day 3 #can you tell i made this in google docs #its 6am and i have work later blinks for help #theyre not all gonna feature in all of the days unless i have something already done ish haha just kidding unless (dies) #in case it isn't obvious yes they're all arc-v #some of them have ties to canon characters but they aren't that strong #i mean one of them is like arc-v rio which like (gestures to the air)

[madmadmilk]

lol to the people who keeps leaving hate comments on my dumb anime ships,,. thanks for reading 10K of gibberish, i guess?? i hope u continued to be haunted by them 👍

for reference i started writing for my hero academia, for ochako uraraka x bakugo katuski [kacchako] (i am already writhing in embarrassment, ok)... and it's just for fun.... i'm not like expecting anything but omg very chapter is just SPAMMED....

is this normal in anime fandoms?? is this normal anywhere????

like can someone just confirm with me that this is crazy:

like oops sorry to put these people on blast but like... is this normal.... ??? i'm scared to block them cos if what they just post more??? i'm so lost bruh

i've hesitated making other anime-fandom-centric friends cos of this lol, so yeah anyone well versed and like... reasonable, can you just like tell me what to do LOL

anyway for now i've gotten this on all my (TWO) fics:

#lol i've never really posted on AO3 but like this is sincerely the firs time i've gotten mean comments lmao #their analysis is irrelevant but the fact that they're spamming my account is what hurts my feeling slmao #WHY DO YOU HAVE SO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS TO HATE A NON CANON JUST FOR FUNSIES FIC #i'm kind of scared to block or delete the comments in case they come back to spam more like.. they're THAT crazy #am i even writing something controversial? no #continually just shocked at the fact that people are just commenting huh #mha #personal #madmadmilk #kacchako #ao3 #ochako x bakugou #bnha #discourse #long post

[snixx]

good GOD can we stop gendering everything. I swear some of y'all just took the futch scale and decided to run with it as gender roles 2.0 (yassified edition)

#like use whatever labels you want for yourself and your communities idc! i love femmes i love butches im happy for you #my issue as always comes when yall start imposing those labels on anyone and everyone unsolicited #and ESPECIALLY when you tear apart other people for not being femme/butch enough #me personally i dislike both those labels because i know i will never be enough for them even if i try #plus i dont see the correlation between how a certain article of clothing or way of wearing my hair makes me more masculine or feminine #for ME that is. like if a skirt/kurti makes you feel more femme thats great. but that doesn't mean it has to universally be feminine #and telling me im femme because i like skirts is just reinforcing a universal gender to a piece of clothing #me personally i can't wear pants cause they're uncomfortable #anyway tangent aside. those “this is the most butch woman twitter can handle” posts were funny at first #but then they devolved into “HAHA twitter thinks girl with long hair is butch they don't know what a real butch is” #which is so annoying. what makes you butch. who gets to decide that #there is a problem when characters who express their butchness a certain way canonically get miscasted with traditionally femme stuff #and i get that butchphobia is very real #but also when that's not the case just let people express themselves man. you don't have to be dragging everyone all the time #girlblogging.pdf

[marshmallowgoop]

Spoilers for the ninth Detective Conan OVA, "The Stranger From 10 Years Later."

Realistically, out-of-universe, I know it's little more than fanservice. It's a peek at what a popular recurring character's future could be, a snapshot of how things may turn out for him. But in-universe, I can't help thinking about the implications of 26- or 27-year-old Heiji's short cameo appearance in Shinichi's literal fever dream.

There's an immense level of detail to the entire scenario. The tree in the Kudo yard has grown taller, downtown Tokyo is littered with new buildings and renovated old ones, a high school teacher's face is lined with more wrinkles than he ought to have after a mere "few months." It's a vibrant, breathing world that Shinichi's imagined—one that indicates to me that he's deeply considered the possibility of never returning to his old life. He's walked by his home, in a body so small that he can't even unlock the gate, and thought to himself, "One day, that tree will tower over the fence, but I'll still be stuck as tiny Conan." He's ruminated about it, wondered and speculated and deliberated, how the city around him will change while he hasn't been allowed to, not in the way he wants.

And he's done the same concerning Heiji. And... it's positive. Immensely so.

Interviewer: For today, we'll be interviewing... The famous detective from Naniwa, Hattori Heiji-san! He has brilliantly solved numerous intricate cases and is now recognized all over Japan! He's even opened his own detective agency!

Or, at least, it is at first, anyway. It's quickly revealed that Heiji and Kazuha's relationship hasn't progressed in the slightest, which, while obviously not a particularly favorable outcome for either of them, does say something about Shinichi. Because you could argue that Shinichi envisions Heiji living the life that he himself so desperately desires. You could say that the true purpose of Heiji's appearance in this OVA is to accentuate the future that Shinichi craves but cannot have, not yet and never as himself, where he's the mastermind behind a thriving, well-renowned detective agency, where an interview with him is unquestioningly broadcast on a huge screen overlooking Tokyo streets, where busy passersby stop in place, look up, and listen to what he has to say.

And... where he's also popular with girls.

Heiji is known as "The Lady-Killer of Naniwa" in Shinichi's imagination, and especially early in the manga, Shinichi does explicitly enjoy that kind of attention (File 10, included as File 1 in Volume 2, spells this out directly).

Interviewer: I've heard that the young ladies have a certain nickname for Hattori-san... "The Lady-Killer of Naniwa."

But the fact that Heiji and Kazuha have gotten nowhere points me elsewhere. This isn't an idealized fantasy that Shinichi wishes he could have for himself in the slightest. Ran is his dream. The emotional heart of this special, the dominant, overarching tragedy, is how Conan's overwriting and erasure of Shinichi prevents him from being with his lifelong love. There's no way that Shinichi would ever imagine a "happy end" that's anything like what Heiji and Kazuha have going on in this OVA.

So, what does Shinichi's conception of 26- or 27-year-old Heiji mean? A few things:

Even in this nightmarish "bad end," Shinichi cannot conceive of a life without Heiji, just as he cannot conceive of a life without Ran. It's unthinkable.

Shinichi wholeheartedly believes that Heiji will be wildly successful in his career.

Shinichi wholeheartedly believes that Heiji is so attractive and good-looking that of course he'll be wildly popular with women. Undoubtedly.

tl;dr, Shinichi's thought about Heiji's future, and those thoughts are really essentially, "Yeah, there's no way that my boy Hattori isn't going to have his own fantastic detective agency one day, and also, he's a hunk, so he'll be called 'The Lady-Killer of Naniwa.'"

Seriously.

#detective conan #case closed #the stranger from 10 years later #shinichi kudo #heiji hattori #heishin #ramblings #shut up goop #i know i'm a broken record but you can't tell me that shinichi doesn't think highly of heiji #or that he could never be romantically attracted to heiji #even if it's vague i think this is the only time that shinichi has ever openly acknowledged the physical attractiveness of a guy #like c'mon he literally thinks heiji is so attractive that he'll be called 'the lady-killer of naniwa'??? i seriously cannot get over that #and sure this is just an ova and probably not canon but if some of the kazunari kouchi-written films are apparently getting canonized (?) #i don't see why this kazunari kouchi-written special can't too #it's canon in my heart in any case lol #anyway of course thinking highly of someone and that they're physically attractive #doesn't necessarily mean that there's any romantic attraction #and i never ever ever mean to discount the significance of platonic bonds or imply that they mean any less than romantic ones #i'm all about focusing on friendship first (which is why i rarely tag ships) #but at the same time it *really* rubs me the wrong way to see the argument that shinichi could ~never~ reciprocate heiji's affection #it feels a lot like 'well of course the desirable protagonist could never romantically love the dark-skinned boy' #and maybe that's unfair of me but i can't deny that that's how i feel #shinichi clearly has a lot of love for heiji and this ova shows that he finds heiji attractive #like... i really don't think it's as implausible as it's made out to be

[fezwearingjellybananas]

Whoops accidentally started another Barriscowest Sherlock Holmes fic for a Multiamory March prompt.

#the great thing about this au is its whole concept is filling in the gaps in a story i haven't told #so there's this huge amount of time to fit in anything #there's all these cases they solved and i'm not planning on writing any of them so there's just so much time anything could happen #also i get to put sussex in it #(as opposed to what i often do which is central city in canon has an area called new brighton #so on the odd occasion i need a one-off road name i just pull up a map of actual brighton and borrow one of theirs #and also fantasy au means i'm slipping a mud word in there) #anyway they're setting sail from newhaven to dieppe instead of dover to calais #also i just looked up newhaven port (someone once told me the reason the road signs in newhaven are in english french and spanish #is you can also get a ferry to spain but i think it's actually just dieppe) #and it says newhaven lifeboat is one of the oldest in the county and is older than the rnli (who are 200 years old this year) #which i think works nicely in the one where barry is a lifeboat man in his spare time #(because obviously barry's got to still be a hero somehow and the rnli are all volunteers who go out in all weathers to save lives) #anyway i have become distracted time to get back to fic writing #*

[science-lings]

idk if I'm going to ever write for it so I'm gonna put it here, my reborn Yatagarasu AU. I guess if I get a little encouragement I'll want to write it more but I have to get some thoughts out or I will explode.

It started because I thought Beanix and Kay should meet and do crimes together. I think they should fight corruption and be overly dramatic while annoying Edgeworth. I mean, think about it, in the first game, Phoenix's whole thing was exposing notorious blackmailers and corrupted officials and generally being unafraid of facing mob families when everyone else is kinda scared to take any action.

before the cut to so much rambling, I need to get one question out of the way so...

anyway, lore below, I just didn't want to put that under the cut where no one will read far enough to see it lol

That and he also has experience with eccentric thieves. Also, they're both named after mythical birds and named specifically to be silly with their dialogue ('Mr. Wright, right?' "Kay 'kay?'). I also just want a reason for them to pose as father and daughter and be able to pull it off perfectly.

Now for actual plot stuff, I am of the opinion that Phoenix has acquired some weird-ass skills that he uses in weird-ass ways, I mean in canon he has a talent for bluffing and he uses it to absolutely dominate at poker. So I'm thinking this guy, who hasn't risked his life in over a year, fresh out of leads to fight the case with his disbarment, needs enrichment. This comes in the form of Kay investigating him out of interest as his role of 'that man' and discovering that he's pretty neat actually. She looks at his case files and finds him silly enough to recruit for a new project.

The re-emergence of the Yatagarasu is directly correlated to the dark age of the law and the increasing corruption practically everywhere. The law makers and law keepers of Japalifornia ignore the truth for their own self interest and that is Not Good. Kay recruits Ema, who is interning at the police department and on her way to becoming a detective turned forensic investigator. She is also stem girl extraordinaire who wants to use her tech for good and not to help the police. Funded by Franziska (because the best use of Manfred's fuck you money is actively fighting the corruption he was a part of) the Yatagarasu plan to expose as much corporate and legal filth as possible. Because to build a new legal system, the other one must be destroyed a bit.

In comes Phoenix, who through past cases and his work at the Borsht Bowl, just happens to have a pretty good amount of criminal connections. He's inconspicuous, already kind of undercover, and he knows how to get people to talk. He's disillusioned with the law and settled into a character that requires him to convincingly act at all times. Also his daughter is a magician and I think it would be really funny for him to learn a little sleight of hand and how to use throwing knives only for him to turn around and use those skills for Crime.

In return for info and his help with the Yatagarasu project, Phoenix gets more assistance in his investigation into Kristoph, which makes it easier to keep him and Trucy safe. Also in this AU Kristoph is worse and more invasive and more willing to cause problems if he catches Phoenix learning too much. Every one of their shared dinners consists of Kris poisoning Phoenix's wine and them switching it until they're both confused and Phoenix ends up drinking it but survives anyway.

Another part of this AU that I would want to touch upon would be Phoenix's reputation outside of being a fallen famous lawyer. I think that his work getting multiple mob members, prosecutors, a police chief, and generally terrifyingly powerful people incarcerated would get him noticed by people. I like to think that he's trying his best to look pathetic and depressed but the whispers around him make him sound kind of terrifying and it's only because of that that he feels secure enough to take Trucy along with him to the bowl for poker matches. He also is trying to learn her perceiving power, which he can't do but he does get really good at silently communicating with Trucy to the point that they become a kind of terrifying duo.

I just... weird girl crime group (Maya is not allowed, she'll just get falsely accused of murder again)

#this is all just an elaborate plot to get Phoenix to pretend to be Kay's parent so they can commit fraud #it's already canon that phoenix only cares about the crime of murder #he thinks thievery is a fun crime just as long as no one gets died #his sister got her culturally and personally important urn stolen and he was like 'lol funney masked man' #he appreciates the theatrics of the filler cases #i mean seriously they're all at a tv studio and a circus and with a dramatic heist #he can appreciate a good performance #Yatagarasu Reborn AU #Fem!Phoenix AU #phoenix wright #ace attorney #kay faraday #ema skye #pwaa #i hope this made sense i kinda just put words here

[six-of-cringe]

Ok guys so anytime you think something you want is impossible to achieve. Just think of me, and how I have just encountered a homophobic six of crows fan in the wild. Nothing is impossible you can be anything you want to be ❤️

#like why. are you HERE. #'just girls?' 'yes of course.' #'i am a respectable young man wylan.' #i feel like in this person's canon wylan fucking dies right then and jesper settles down with a good religious girl #sorry that a handful ppl headcanoning inej as bi disgusts u so bad lol. cry #does this person skip all the chapters narrated by Queers #i mean like 'you people need to stop shoving it down our throats' homophobic #not just like minorly accidental homophobic #i'm being slightly dramatic but god this is the last thing i need right now. #I want to Win the Argument but i don't have the surgical prowess to remove this person's head from their ass #my anxiety tells me this person will See this Post and then doxx me via my instagram. oh well don't care enough lol #sure send biphobes to my address. i'm not trapped with them they're trapped with me #six of crows #soc #soc shitpost #cw homophobia #cw biphobia #just in case <3

[lobotomyladylives]

What site are you on is it ao3 bc my god has that place gone DOWNHILL. Or maybe I just got older and more discerning.

yup. ao3. if I were a millionaire I'd literally hire someone to dig through this sludge for me so I don't have to see it

#i know throwing tantrums over free stories not being to my liking but its not even just that they're written badly its the total disregard #of the character. in this case kurapika bc i just finished yorknew on my rewatch and i #want to read a story where hes treated more nicely than he is in canon. i want him to be happy but NO LETS SHIP HIM WITH THE GUY WHO RUINED #HIS LIFE AND HAPPINESS. SURE. GREAT. #i wouldnt even be as annoyed as i am if i hadnt made the mistake of sorting by kudos and . listen. im pages in and not only is there way #more of *that* ship than the blessed otp but like literally all the lp fics that ARE here are like . gender nonsense lol #how do so many people think a character looking feminine means they have to be trans nb whatever. why would he care about his gender he has #MANY OTHER THINGS ON HIS MIND #ok. im normal now. im calm. i do not get angry over things that literally dont matter at all. #words of affirmation

[noxiatoxia]

I like that the majority of people on this website's experience with narrative analysis began and ended in elementary school and you're out here still trying to drill it into their heads. It's so English Teacher-coded. I'll bless your heart because god certainly won't.

anon be careful saying these things to me because i'm already delusional about anything related to the carriage allegory youre gonna give me a superiority complex about this shit ..

#;noxiatalks2ya #/j in case you couldnt tell but i am still delusional abt this sadly ... #actually fun thing is ive had people say my media literacy is shit bc of my autism AUGH AUGH AUGH #bc im very .. how do u put it... particular ? about words and their meanings ? #like calling something ''canon'' when it's just implied (not jokingly but like seriously) #i'd say something like ''you cant say that it's canon it's not stated in the media or by the creator'' and they're like #''does it NEED to be stated for you !? are u a THIRD GRADER !? '' #and what i mean by that is .. canon means like. this is true. 100%. right ? #but when it's not stated outright then technically it isnt canon ..? it's very plausible and ur probably right but you cant say #it's 100% canon. does this make sense. it's the autism. #like there's a difference between canon and very-likely #kinda like how. our understanding of the laws of physics are only called 'theories' because we cant 100% prove them #but for all intents and purposes they are correct and true #ya dig?

[essektheylyss]

the weighted thread of foresight - chapter 1

Chapters: 1/6 Word Count: 2,246 Rating: T

Summary: The rule is this: Essek is required to take lessons in all schools of magic in order to be allowed to specialize on the dunamantic path that he wants to follow.

He finds himself in the Skysibil's planetarium within the Marble Tomes, learning the art of divination.

#critical role #cr fic #essek thelyss #abrianna mirimm #(my beloved) #this is mostly cute but for the record I mean. abrianna in canon is a reborn goblin. and goblins only live to a bit over 60. #and essek is 120. so like. take that as you will and note the tag. #the death is only discussed in case anyone was concerned and technically canonical. #this is really just for fun cuz I loved writing these two having conversations in luminous worlds #they're a delight together #'these characters' relationship is so important to me' [two characters who have never directly exchanged a word in canon] #it's FINE guys they're fun #you know. in case we're not all burned out on oracles this morning. it's FIIIIIIINE #I for one love oracles and I think they should all be as weird as possible.

[mayax81]

.

#like i don't deny the dude cares for his students--he canonically does. #but there's a disconnect w/his methods #and he just kinda exemplifies that old masculinity myth abt how logic and feelings are contradictory instead of complimentary which. #the more we learn abt the human brain the more we learn they're actually complimentary. and the best way to handle humans #& get good results from them is to treat them well (not poorly) in body & heart #aizawa #bnha meta #mypost #the ppl who respond well to mistreatment are a statistical minority but that doesn't necessarily mean *better* #it just means *different* or in some cases *worse* (since those who respond well to toxic environments #tend to be toxic themselves & view that as normal)

[michaelmilligan]

I’m getting more and more Dean-critical. But in my defense. He has pulled some serious bullshit. :/

#Like on the one hand he is full of love and he just wants to be loved BUT #He has a really warped way of showing that and his no. 1 response to anything is anger #And yeah that's a trauma response but that's an explanation not an excuse #He has some serious therapy to go through #Sam too honestly if for slightly different reasons #I mean Cas is a war criminal and all that but he was also high on souls #And he usually tries to do the best he can all by himself because experience has shown that he has no one else really #Sam and Dean only call when they need him and yeah maybe that's ingrained #From John or sth like 'don't call unless there's a serious problem' aka a case #But still. Fucked up. #And I guess they're all trying but somehow no one ever acknowledges how hard Cas tries. #It's always about the Winchesters. Which yeah it's on the writers but it's also canon so. #Idk what the point of this post is just venting I guess #I need to stop writing most of my posts in the tags... #Dean-critical

[girlyliondragon]

Imagine calling two characters that are canonically just friends exactly that and how people telling you why they don't ship them 'doesn't make any sense' and "the anti-*insert ship here* movement" and only shipping that ship because it has a guy in it because you can't stand guys apparently and feel the need to act like we were attacking you for it back then.

And being salty about it a year later.

Yes this is about the TroubleBlog couple and Floofty.

(not talking about anyone here obviously)

#Yes this is about someone I want to talk about but shouldn't out loud #Not putting this in the main tag but if you know who I'm on about you know #Em Speaks #This person is really so salty they're going on about this a year later like man #Seriously thought wtf is the ''anti-floofany movement'' you literally just making shit up there was no ''movement'' #and that you don't like that people didn't like how much you hate W*mbus that much #Like woo0oooo0oo you hate him so bad wooo0ooo0ooo #I'm tempted to hate the non-canon ship out of spite now because I'm like that. Granted I already extremely dislike it thanks to these peopl #There's just this weird vibe that I get whenever people ship a non-straight ship over the m/f one just because the canon is straight #and that is basically the case here like. exact example and thinking people are mean for agreeing with that vibe or somethin idk #turned reblogs off too as this is just a ramble #idk if I'm making sense and hopefully I don't get piled on for feeling weird about that #I just don't like breaking up canon ships unless the ship is like... so bad it makes me uncomfortable and/or actually abusive

[jasontoddssuper]

Am against Glim/adoras.You are all so biphobic.Godbless

#one of them liked one of my post so i went to check their blog like i always do when there is a new person in my notifs(in case they're a #weirdo)and saw that their most recent post was an rb of g/a fanart that they tagged as 'lesbians' so i told them that it was bi erasure bc #glimmer's canon bi and they waved it off by saying they just meant wlw in general so i told them that's not what it means and to unlike my #post bc it made uncomfortable as a bi woman and they replied to me like i'm an idiot and deadass ended it with 'lmfao' #i hope they [GUNSHOTS] #glimmer spop #adora #anti glim/adora #she ra #biphobia #letters from summer #if you want to know their url pls send me an ask instead of asking here on the post