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skitskatdacat63 · 8 months

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catie I NEED more vettonso lore for your au. please. (love u)

Aaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!! C!!! Thank you so much for asking!! This took me a bit cause there’s a lot of stuff I want to cover and I had to figure out how to balance the explanation of the historical context and how I apply it to my AU. But seriously thank you for asking because I did more research to write this post and learned a lot of things that make me feel deranged but I cannot bring any of this up to anyone irl without sounding like a lunatic. I’d apologize for the length but you should expect this from me by now! (I realized this doc for this was 1.5k+ my god)

Basic Info: early 1700s historical AU with arranged marriage plot

Historical Context:

Okay, so this AU is based on a real historical event: The War of The Spanish Succession. Which is when the Spanish Throne was without a clear line of succession because the bloodline(Spanish Habsburgs) died out. So then, even though the previous Spanish King named his successor(Philip V, a Duke related to the French Royal family - representing Fernando in this AU), the Habsburgs still thought they should be allowed to keep the throne within their dynasty, thus offering up the second son(Charles VI - representing Seb in this AU) of the Holy Roman Emperor. So obviously they had to start a war because of it. But then the end result ended up being that because Charles VI’s older brother, the Holy Roman Emperor at the time, died during the war(because of illness though so it would have happened regardless), he became the next Emperor and Philip V ended up becoming the Spanish King after all, rendering it all pointless imo.

How does this relate to Vettonso?:

I'm not overly interested in either Charles VI and Philip V as people, but rather the roles they fulfill in this conflict, but obv I can’t help but draw on details from their lives. As I mentioned, Fernando is now Fernando I of Renault/France Spain and Seb is Sebastian I of Red Bull Austria. This is supposed to be like 2010-2012!Vettonso with Ferrari!Fernando and RBR!Seb(but like Fernando's title of Duke coming from France, because of his championships with Renault.) This AU is kinda just me looking at this historical event and thinking: wouldn’t a gay arranged marriage solve this succession quandary? But also just that it reminds me of Fernando and Seb’s rivalry, and the nationalities/kingdoms fit pretty well!!

Think about the throne of Spain as akin to winning a race, but becoming Holy Roman Emperor as winning the whole entire competition.(Also side note: real life Charles VI didn’t become a king until he became Emperor and adopted all of his brother’s titles, but I want Seb to be a boy king in this AU, so he can have a title as a treat.) Imagine you’re competing for something and you win it, but the only reason you win is because the other competitor won an even bigger prize!!!! Yay you got what you wanted but the boy king is now the emperor of most of Europe. And now you are stuck with him through lawfully wedded arranged marriage because they let you have what you wanted but only under the condition that the two kingdoms are still united. Yeah Fernando got the title, but Seb gained even more titles(get it???)

They probably have a lot of animosity coming into the marriage, like “how could I ever build a relationship with the man who tried to steal my birthright?” but then realize they’re pretty similar after all. Though obviously Fernando has a lot more resentment than Seb because Seb won the whole damn thing! He would have control over Spain as he’s the king but since it's still within the domain of the empire, Seb would always have the final say. And Seb tries to be magnanimous like “Don’t worry, I won’t interfere”, and Fernando is all snide with comments like “Oh thank you great imperial majesty, can I really? Would you really allow me to do so?” But eventually become loving co-rulers that still constantly snipe at each other over different decisions the other makes.

Some headcanons(I guess you’d still call it headcanons even if it's your own AU bcs it still comes from your head) + some fun facts from real life that have brainrotted me so I’m putting them in:

Their dynamic is just Seb being a very righteous, bratty boy king emperor who is unabashed about being that way, because he feels that it is his right, but still has a heart of gold and wants to treat his husband well no matter the circumstances leading to their marriage. And then Fernando is like a stray cat that keeps hissing and scratching because it’s really hard for him to accept the circumstances because he still feels humiliated, even though he got everything he wanted, but he still can’t help but be charmed by this baby emperor because he sees attributes of himself in Seb, and can’t really fault him because he would be the exact same, flaunting his power, if he were in Seb’s shoes.

They would have to speak in French to each other because that’s their shared language but eventually attempt to learn each other’s native languages! Imagine Seb has to travel to Spain to give some Emperor speech and Fernando then bullies him for his bad Spanish.

They would probably split where they live based on a schedule or by need. Yes, Fernando is the King of Spain but he is also the Emperor’s husband so he does have to spend time in the capital, Vienna. And then since Spain is a part of the empire, Seb has to go routinely, but y’know also to spend time with his husband. They find that their marriage as well as their politics is full of having to make concessions and compromises in order to make it work.

Something I find funny is that as compensation for not getting the Spanish throne back, Spain had to cede some Italian territories to the Empire. That is literally the Ferrari plot with the transfer from Fernando to Seb!!

I’m not sure how the titles would work in this AU because obviously a m/m political marriage has not ever happened(as far as I know.) But I guess Fernando would just be King Fernando I of Spain and then Seb would be Holy Roman Emperor Sebastian I with the million titles that come with being in that role(though like most importantly Archduke of Austria and King of Bohemia and Hungary, etc.) I like the idea that Seb tries to share some titles with Fernando as a show of good will but Fernando is so affronted, mostly just from embarrassment, like “oh you think I need your good will?? I can’t be happy with what I earned in my own right??” But their kids would receive both titles and would be split in the traditional way, like first kid getting it all mostly, but the others still being nobility obv(yes.. there would be mpreg because of the plot need for succession….don’t ask who…)

They bond through their love of horses, particularly fast horses. The first time they go riding together, they’re both like awkwardly trying to act very proper as a sense of showmanship to the other like “I’m more mature than you”, but then can’t stop trying to get ahead of the other person and eventually break into a full-on race. Their aids are mutually like “oh god, they’re both the same type of insane.”

Irl Charles VI was so salty about losing the throne that he wouldn’t stop dressing like a traditional Spanish monarch. I can totally see Seb doing that and Fernando getting so pissed with him like “you became emperor!! What more could you possibly want???’ and Seb then fixing him with his biggest pout and saying “your throne!” But also Fernando being weirdly into it because it’s basically Seb presenting himself blatantly as Fernando’s spouse.

In that same vein, I’m going crazy over how there’s a painting from before the war, of Philip V wearing vestments from both the French order of chivalry and the Habsburg order of chivalry. Like basically stating the desire to see those two lines combined into one kingdom, which fits so well into this AU. Just Seb going crazy over how Fernando is willingly branding himself as belonging to Seb’s house.

A testimony of Philip V’s personality is that he was a “neurotic, vacillating ruler, concerned with outward decorum and brave only in battle,” god can you not sense the energy of Fernando in that statement???

Very important to me that Charles VI reportedly had many male lovers, and that his soulmate was one of his courtiers. Maybe there can be a bit of Martian or Sebson cheating plot with them being his courtiers hahaha

Not very relevant in this AU but there’s something about how Philip V had the longest ever reign of a Spanish monarch. Is that not Fernando??? Old man who will rule on forever, or should I say, forever keep his seat

I already obv posted the wip for this but I'll include it here again as visual rep hehehe:

I've spent way too much time lately trying to research the fashion of the time ugh. But this, as I said, is like first joint portrait session into the marriage. And I guess I kind of want them to be wearing their corronation clothing, which I'm pretty solid on for Seb but still need to research more for Fernando. I think I'll maybe try and just put him in the afformentioned traditional Spanish monarch clothing, but the fact that it's all black kinda bores me, I'd rather he wear red!! This is like a typical royal couple type pose, except they're being more tactile. Also there's something to be said about the symbolism of Fernando being the one standing and Seb being the one sitting hehehe....

#*oh also posting this in my typical habit of scheduling posts for when i sleep so sry if i dont respond bcs i am in fact asleep #*sorry for making you wait for this C! I said in a bit but then i didnt...i like waking up to notes okay ...BUT AGAIN TYSM FOR ASKING #alternate title for this post: what being in Austria does to a man #I mentioned to my friend from the trip abt how having been there has affected me and has made me think way too much about the history #and shes like 'oh yeah ive not really thought about austria too much since coming back'#me just sitting there with my phone gallery full of historical paintings for reference and my head full of research like: 'haha oh okay...'#often my thoughts about AUs is just a bunch of rambling thoughts in my head #so its very nice and helpful to have to write it out like this and turn it into something more than absent thought #most of the headcanons spontaneneously popped into my head while I was writing out the main section hahah #hope you enjoy!!!! hopefully I'll be able to finish my drawing of them !!#especially since I'll prob never end up writing a fic bcs i like writing rambling but anything more formalized is soooo difficult for me #vettonso #catie.rambling.txt #catie.asks.#formula 1 #boy king au

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baeddel-txt · 2 years

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#emi koyama #idislikecispeople #as deeply intrenched in baeddel rhetoric as kat was #kit was never really one of them #like #i’m not using “baeddel” here to refer to the specific politics #(here being my url)#but rather the specific friend group #anyway #baeddel #baeddels #baeddelism #b/c let’s be real #the only reason kit is harassing emi in the first place #is because the Baeddels TM also were #intersexism #transmisogyny

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mewkwota · 1 year

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The Tale of the “Poltergeist King”

There’s this very strange character that is mentioned in CV3′s ENG manual called the Poltergeist King, and he has no relevance to the plot of the game, only acting as the “keeper” of sorts to the Belmont’s sub-weapons (it’s just a made-up explanation for why they appear in random places).

In fact, he’s depicted in Captain N (which is how I even knew about this character in the first place). And altogether with the depiction given to him in the show along with the manual, I decided to make my own connections, oh-ho-ha.

“But Mew, how did you even get to this conclusion??”

Well... in Captain N, the Poltergeist King could take the form of a whirlwind.

Also, here’s another thing. Trevor isn’t entirely sure of the details in this tale (maybe Leon was a crummy storyteller). I have it so the “Poltergeist King” is not actually one person, but the name given to the Getsu Clan member taking on the role, and so it is possible Leon had met a different Getsu on his journey.

#this is a totally random thing I put together #but I was doing it for my own lil'rabble and reference #also I may as well get more used to trevor's (pretty) hair again #anywho simon was planning on visiting his ancestor here and his friend happened to tag along and got noticed #and that's when simon would explain his story with the getsu :>#now I know fuma is considered the 1st leader of his clan #but he had brothers and their swords were passed down for generations before them #so there are other getsu members preceding him I dunno #maybe it was one of his brothers-- let it stay open to interpretation ;V #doodle-daas #comics #castlevania #getsu fuma den #ralph c belmont #trevor c belmont #simon belmont #fuma getsu

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teadocs · 2 months

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you ever get so inactive in the group chat that when you come back, you're hardly recognizable?

#for context btw moss went camping a lot btwn s1-2 and they're not great w/ tech so. very few appearances in the chat #they came back w/o dyed hair and w/ a completely diff style #also tbh i kind of threw moss+annisa together b/c of a lack of ideas/direction but i actually love their friendship sm #didn't intend for bambi to become friends w them either when i drew this but love that she's included w/ the right text too!!#by theo #annisa anwar #moss macleod #i kinda love the sketch but i kinda wanna clean it up idk!!!#i think this was my first time trying to draw smtn that wasn't straight on w/o heavy references actually<3 #season 2

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inahallucination · 1 year

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there should be a law that forbids people from taking cartoons and making more ‘adult’ versions

#you know what im talking about #hey we're gonna take these fun shows that actually have interesting characters plots concepts and themes and replace them with bitchy flat c #haracters predicable and basic plots and various references to sex drugs and bad references #also out of all the childish things to take out of cartoons why is it always the fact that the characters r supposed to be friends

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unproduciblesmackdown · 8 months

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already was musing on how like, here's an intro that's Establishing Things, and it's like, does it matter that we were given a quants interaction of winston being like "hey you were nice to me there, actually. it reminds me of how" only for rian to pull the nice maneuvers of not wanting to listen to him share anything, being willing to just issue an order to someone about what he gets to do (talk for ten seconds) and doing so, then some underwhelming flair used to insult him surely, i guess that he's so stupid(tm) or whatever. like, wondering does that mean anything really that that was just about rian being an asshole, as has been sprinkled in before, just little moments that deadend with winston just feeling Disheartened b/c rian was shitty for no reason. does it mean anything that she did anything for the quant duo before that in refusing a chance to not sit next to him. theoretically just a [we're still tmc] kind of choice to stick together, and sure didn't move her to even treat him like a person she dislikes, just a nonperson she also dislikes

and relatedly it's going to be just as hilarious as rian, what, implying winston hasn't heard / of the french language, that the theory that rian and dollar bill become some kind of duo based on being Hilarious(tm) but also just terrible to any & everyone and bullying people has only more plausible, And that this episode of billions' introduction / establishment of dollar bill is decidedly centered around "yeah nobody likes this guy or can stand to deal with him. not even the people paid to be there, not even the self-declared Too Nice guy who kept choosing hanging out with dollar bill & his bullying over working & hanging out with his friend taylor" so it sure doesn't seem like that's leaving much room for [oh that was an oversight] if dollar bills going to fuck off into mpc hq on the regular and rian's immediately going to be like of course i can roll with this fuckin asshole

and truly a distillation of "rian's supposedly gets the 'good' treatment of More Material & being taken more seriously by other characters, but this only meant that instead of any sense of character &/or her own actual subplots ever, she's whatever a different more prominent character needs for their plot at any given time; winston's peripheral funny little guy unimportance & insulting treatment is still so much better re: being a character" if winston gets the worst treatment of being shoved out of mpc by episode three and rian is graced with hanging around most or all season only to be judged & condemned to now have that loss of [quant duo] replaced with being insufferable bullying horrible person dollar bill's New Friend and like, right away, with ease. and like i was saying like i would not argue with that, if rian had the consistent principle of treating anyone with basic respect she wouldn't be treating winston as a nonperson, and of course she has a broader capacity for being an asshole to anyone at any point that's just drier and less [outbursts of physical aggression] than dollar bill's style.

no idea what rian's overall arcs could be when yknow, why is she here, why has she stayed here, her most relevance right now gets to be "has the dialogue capacity to talk about getting prince with a sex scandal. also has zero thoughts on how power factors into one rather than that you just need to be polite about it?" which only feels truly character specific when held up against "rian was supposedly bullied but also Above even hating the people who did it. but she is also a bully and not even especially emotionally detached about it, even though how she treats winston is more important than how she feels about it" like basically "also a bully" is her most coherent deal. and it's just Interesting that simply being mean to winston is again basically pointed out, and her future bestie or [put in the same shots duo status] dollar bill is Impending but the episode was like "yeah of course everyone hates this guy, for being awful" and the joke nonjoke the whole time that unfortunately rian might get along just fine with bill as workplace (and probably also life in general, it's not a honed strategy they limit to the office) bullies

so that That's what rian gets for getting to stick around, while winston Might get to be shoved out of the fund hq with any character flair from him and, i do unfortunately have to wonder harder now, maybe any relevance afforded to the way people have treated him, indeed maybe rian especially, his personal bully and abusive friend. and because other people also see rian as better than him & maybe also winston as [not a person], if winston does anything that's indeed deliberately petty, mean, Angry, etc, towards rian, That will be seen as unacceptable vs the yknow checks notes years of cruel interpersonal treatment from rian to winston, but nothing hangs in the balance on that front, people won't suddenly be like "nice. winston's a person to me now, which, why am i even in a position to Decide that" if he's shoved out & goes quietly & politely and creates no problems in return. and, very much like dollar bill, i don't think rian will change, but for winston's own sake it would be Heartening if he voices his experience such that we know he knows it was bullshit, even though of course rian, and probably anyone else, isn't going to choose to listen past 5 seconds, least of all when he's clearly indicating a general state of irritation. rooting for flair and idiosyncrasy for him and indeed that the best sources for that could be with taylor, please, the person he's always been here for, rian, the person for years now bullying him more than she does anyone else or more than anyone else does to winston, and even fun if there's anything with tuk his apparent genuine friend tuk, and by "fun" i mean "such a delight i daren't really think much abt it From Canon"

anyways the tl;dr i suppose is that winston getting apparently thrown away in the first third of the season is insulting treatment but rian getting to stay and be dollar bill's wretched bestie is truly the worse fate and basically that distillation of like. oh winston's bringing it on himself he's so annoying nobody likes him, while in actuality all the ways he's never fit in or done things "right" and how he would never have been hired if taylor hadn't done it are all compliments and endorsements. while rian's been viewed as a capable valuable person by all from the start and treated as Better Than even others who are still also seen people, but her "success" and the shit she gets to continue to do in how she treats people b/c nothing about being at work stops that and some things facilitate & reward it, see: also dollar bill being around the whole time & now also back, definitely include treating a friendly coworker any which way, which she usually chooses to be: badly. and of course shoutout to the thread of taylor being like "if you stay btw you'll probably get all fucked up" but like also rian just Brought the [i'm a bully but it's fine when i do it. it's bad when it happens to Me] stance from the start, but like, obviously always the opportunity to get worse and just be left off with that implication of Never Trying To Learn, just like your new good friend dollar bill

real tl;dr As Fates Go winston being shitted on & fired / driven to quit >>>>>>>> rian sticking around, befriending dollar bill. and like not in the way i'm arguing that the fate is worse like In Conceptual Quality. it's just a hell of a potential condemnation / indirect illustration of like, here's this person it's horrible to be around, here's a reminder rian is cruel to this coworker on a dime anytime, here's rian deciding the horrible person is Alright anyways. maybe they'll be busy with a bullying power struggle the whole time. and maybe winston will get to appear outside the fund actually. just really something to be going like "oh my god lmao rian and dollar bill might actually be specifically getting along well as fellow [be horrible to coworkers] bullies and assholes who feel Above It, it being many other people, this being a kind of requirement there" and to be wondering if billions will make this fact that rian's job is being an asshole more relevant at all, if even to be like yeah leaving off with a lost cause here, including that i really doubt winston can Get Through To her even with his ability & willingness to air his grievances, and like, as though oh actually winston brought it upon himself b/c rian just didn't knowww, that's on him and his visible pain & verbal expressions of that pain & requests that she stop which Weren't Enough, and as though maintaining that onesided dynamic for bullying and demeaning and shutting down and abusing was like an unconscious accidental coincidence every time and not its own Active Process, regardless of what the other person does or doesn't do, and with the agenda of maintaining that [i'm the person who chooses how things go; they're the object that reacts accordingly like it's laws of physics level of demands of reality] one-sided relationship, so they'd only just be looking to react to what that other person does or doesn't do in ways that serve those purposes anyway. sometimes rian's "nicer" but she's still the one deciding how everything goes, winston can only roll with it like a ball at the top of a ramp like, of course, unquestionable. cue space winston, zero gravity

haha another tl;dr. winston being disposed of is a warmer Fate to assign a character than rian's potential "of course she's friends with dollar bill now" like lmfao Ouch. but yeah of course.

#one wrench in things is no idea if [winston :/ing at rian hugging taylor out in the open] will play into anything #didn't seem to affect him now and if it was absolute Need To Know we might've been reminded. but it's billions; no guarantees #and similarly; whatever bullshit gets him shoved out &/or leaving on his own is bound to be unguessable #already dealing with tmc problems; being on on the floor; not much taylor time; though their being Away is new / unknown #winston billions #rian could've at least been nonbinary. but they can't be like no NO rian is not [still Questioning] [and in part thus still closeted too]#winston quant billions sees his new nonbinary person he wants to impress & will be penciling in [swoon about it] immediately #at least with taylor he's just largely had to deal with that distance / lack of access already in general #re: rian it's like yeah here's your new devoted bully to sit next to you who Doesn't actually want you to Never talk to her #b/c he has to have hopes to be dashed & speak up to be made to shut up & be more Available in general than if he Avoided her in general #iconic to take your autistic bestie's interest & hang out to engage w/them abt it until you lash out at them over it for chatting abt it #[rian calls winston a slur] is truly there in spirit even if it doesn't manifest #or that the difference in her & dollar bill is in just variations in affect & specific strategies. not in spirit #like she might do the office: you don't call [rworded] ppl [rwords]. it's bad taste. you call your friends [''s] when they're acting [''ed]#but that's also in a world where it's an episode abt everyone hatecriming winston for being himself Out as autistic #and idk if rian would refer to winston as a friend. she would if it kept him strung along with that hope on his end anyways but #5x05 through 5x07 riawin really had so much potential but it's being realized in taylip #and itself became ''yeah rian could get along fine with dollar bill'' b/c she won't regard winston as a person #true of many other people but they want to ignore him most of the time vs use him as a chew toy so

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willczek-art · 1 year

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Portrait of my bro, she lives in a nachos~

We're taking part in a small fanart collab competition and this was a bonus round prompt ^u^

#all of my friends joined and i wasn't about to miss out on the fun ;P #also lets me bother my sister for art!! and we can hang out drawing!!! which i love very much!!!#im yet to get us a lineart for the actual piece but the concept we worked out is solid and im excited to see where it goes ;P #and if we fail early it will be one less deadline this month so no matter what happens im happy xD #my art #portrait #digial art #drawing #doodle #crystal collab #competition #art competition #csp #clip studio paint #my broether #triangle is a reference to her old username #ninjacheese #post preview messes up the transparency but its not that messy if you click on it! c:#im really happy with this one c:

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xannerz · 8 months

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been on the verge of a boohoo sesh all day reee

#this trashy ass rude ass entitled ass person kept calling our call center today #reps were messaging me asking what to do b/c his attitude was so rancid. like the dude's insane if he had any friends i'd be surprised #anyway we managed but i hate bullies and i'm mad we cant just 'we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone' him #b/c this dude was traaaaaaaash #absolutely demented #on top of that im just. not having a great time physically. i feel unwell constantly and can barely eat and when i do i feel nauseous #and i called the GI office today and they said i cant get the endoscopy they referred in til NEXT MARCH.#my pcp didnt help im gonna call insurance and see if they can do anything about this. bc this. this is bs lmfaooo #also did a brain mri this year and they found nothing (thankfully) but that doesnt explain why i constantly feel woozy or lightheaded #the kind you feel when you're drunk or high? i went 2 weeks without weed and i'd still feel it at random #maybe it is just the Stress #guess ill die #xangoeswah

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flailingart · 1 year

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I heard you burnt yourself again Lighting fires with someone else Just because you're cold, just because you're bored Just to watch things burn

#c; k. blackthorn #s; dnd #dnd; tLG #got to thinking about 'hot mess/open wound' era kai and well. yea #to be fair this portrait has been done for like. a year. i just never felt like it was 'done'.#but like. i'm not going to touch it anymore. i messed with line color and added a few things here and there so it can fall under 'this year'#i'm also just. still thinking about the man who knew kaidan at his worst referring to kaidan with a name that kaidan reserves for friends #to another pc. in private? ish? sending is a spell that exists.#point being: it's still spinning in my head like a rotisserie chicken #oh looking at this and looking at the last kai piece here makes me e mo t i on a l he's grown so much and gotten better i am sobbi ng

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businesstiramisu · 9 months

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Hi! How are you? Your ask box is open again! Would you like to see cats? What is the difference between Ayin and Tsaddik? How did you make the Dreamwidth captcha thing? It looks very professional! I got the book "Witch King" by Martha Wells! Unfortunately, it seems that the Murderbot Diaries are colluding against me to prevent me from reading it. Also your tagging system is very great! I love it!

Hello! I don't remember why I closed it, but usually if it's been a while and it's not open it's b/c I forgot indeed *that* I closed it, and you can ask me to open it again (that's what happened here lol).

Ayin vs. Tsaddik (Romanization/spelling varies) -- re: this post

As you can see, they are slightly similar looking letters. I expect no one actually literate in Hebrew would make this mistake (any more than you would mix-up lower-case 'a' and lower-case 'c') but lots of us are not literate in Hebrew. Hence the humor of the mis-spelled mug. My tags were b/c I tend to make a game out of trying to read all foreign-language text I come across, if I've got the time. I'm actually pretty good at sounding out Russian, now, and sometimes also Japanese (I blame all the weebs on here). But I'm absolutely terrible with Hebrew, and part of me feels I ought to be better b/c I have relatives who speak it. (I don't talk to those relatives nearly as much as I read weeb things online, though, so it only make sense). I don't remember for sure but I think with that post I also mixed up Bet with something stupid like Nun or even Resh.

2. Dreamwidth captcha -- re: this post -- INSPECT ELEMENT BAYBEEEE Seriously, it looks professional because it literally just the dreamwidth website with one word added by me. Two clicks and a bit of time poking around CSS you, too, can use this knowledge for evil

3. The Witch King by Martha Wells-- Oh, nice!! I actually read quite a bit of Wells' fantasy catalogue this month, and i've been meaning to write up a post reviewing and comparing them. Wells definitely has some favorite motifs that she keeps returning to (e.g. prominent ruins of past societies) and it would be fun to compare them. I really enjoyed The Witch King, but I will say as one fan of Unsounded to another, I actually really recommend The Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy! I think it has some overlapping setitng and characterization stuff that I think might especially appeal to an Unsounded fan. (TREMAINE. LOVE TREMAINE)

Though you should really keep trying to get Murderbot b/c those are by far her best work IMO (not to say any of her fantasy is bad, just Murderbot is 11/10 for me on so many axes). (How is reality colluding against you, if you don't mind sharing? sounds like a story lol)

4. Tagging -- thank you!! i do it for myself b/c I like to find my old things but glad it's working for you too <3

#chatter #really should finish writing up that book review post of Martha Wells' fantasy series #also maybe a meta/explanation of The Witch King magic system and chronology #b/c my friends who read it were a lot more confused than me #OH SO HEADS UP: you might want to pay really close attention to details when you start reading The Witch King #like the politics and worldbuilding aren't especially complicated (compared to other high fantasy)#but the narration deliberately avoids laying it out clearly until the end of the book #i figured out most of the important stuff by noting small references #but yeah my friends were annoyed about it #hebrew #martha wells #computers #long post

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gods-favorite-autistic · 1 year

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If y’all have ever wondered what my friends are like

This is it

Featuring an image sent straight from @olliesprettylame

#maddys friends make a guest appearance #literally every contact name in my phone is a joke/pun/vine reference so that’s why one of their names is Saharah Desert #maddy says dumb stuff and no one listens #also I had to name the group chat that because they wouldn’t stop f u c k i n g renaming it #it was at one point straight up called ‘we have all agreed we can make jokes about bees trauma’#which it was changed to by Bee

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silvcrignis · 10 months

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The Boooys’ Room || Claude & Ivon || Open

“DUDE... She just ASKED if you had a big cock?”

“She did. I said GOOGLE it.”

“... We’re SO putting that shit in our NEXT song together!”

“Wig.”

#Open RP #Open Starter #x: Open Starter #c: Ivon #c: Claude #t: The Boooy's Room #v: Long Live Evil #v: Repeat Stuff #((Yeah they're friends & coworkers jfjfjfj lmfao))#((Also yeah for anyone who gets the reference in canon THEY released that song together))

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thedeadthree · 1 year

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coming in remarkably Late to ask for 🎵🎵 + iryna and maybe 🎵 + iryna/raul 😌

AJ YOU DEARIE PIE YOU! the sweethearts of my heart! those two ! iryna the fool in love and her affections for the dearest dear ever raul!

OCS AND SHIPS + SONGS ASKS

🔪 — IRYNA PASTERNAK

ONLY HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS — garbage

i’m only happy when it rains // you know i love it when the news is bad // why it feels so good but feels so sad

WITCHES TALE — jah phnx

such a pretty depression // blood spills cheap thrills make for great art

💀⛏ — IRYNA X RAUL

VIVIEN — ✝️✝️✝️ crosses

i saw you in the water clutching to my hand // falling deep into your dripping heart again

#🌸: aj #jendoe #oc: iryna pasternak #leg.ocs #x: iryna x raul #x: i saw you in the water clutching to my hand #oc: raul alvarado #friends ocs #leg.asks #leg.txt #listen we gotta make a ship tag for them WE GOTTA SOON 🥀😭#i was thinking water references for new harbor and them <3 and this line from this song fit really well with that?#i have to find more songs with them in mind <3 there’s also a song that also fits for olgie + logan that would be cute for iryna + raul too!#she believes in the healing art of arts and crafts and another line for her ‘thank you for the tragedy i need it for my art’ energy <3 #also if u listen to c*rosses and the lead voice sounds familiar it’s the lead singer from the d*eftones other project <3 #IT TOOK ME EONS TO FIND THAT OUT I WAS LIKE I KNEWWW SOMETHING SOUNDED FAMILIAR skjsjzjx but anyway !#babies babies ty ty so much for the ask! our gothic grumpy girl and her grumpy leader boyfriend <3 grumpy together! 💀🖤#AND UR FINE DEAR ur not late at all <3 i posted the ask game at like a super late hour UR ALL GOOD DEAR <3

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gas-stxtion · 2 years

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@freeddead said: “I asked to have the case reopened.” (//for jack! from pre-death gerry who is working on solving the unknowing with gertrude perhaps)

Jack looks up from where he’s sitting at one of the shitty little booths in the gas station to see Gerry standing there, a grim expression on his face. He’s only spoken to the taller man a handful of times at this point, and he still doesn’t quite know what Gerry wants with the gas station. Not that this is something Jack would normally be concerned about one way or the other, but the dude hasn’t exactly been subtle about his snooping around. Clearly, he thinks something is going on.

Especially because he’s been asking after the disappearances in the area, especially that of Jack’s coworker, Vanessa Riggin. The poor girl’s been missing for three weeks now, though admittedly Jack hasn’t had the time to focus on that. Between Spencer beating the shit out of him and leaving him with a mangled leg and a cast up to his thigh, the worryingly high number of Kieffers piled up in the walk-in cooler, and the not-so-subtle death threats he’s been receiving… yeah, he’s been a little busy.

Still, if this stranger is as interested in Vanessa’s disappearance as he is, then there may be something to it. She isn’t the only person to disappear from the gas station, after all--even if the local police don’t seem to think there are any connections between the cases.

“The sheriff’s probably not going to cooperate that much,” Jack warns him with an exhausted sigh, lifting one hand to rub his face. “They’ve already ruled Vanessa a runaway, and they’re probably gonna be stubborn and stick to that story as long as they can, no matter how much you or anyone else pokes and prods to try and make them look into it again.”

He lowers his hand, glancing absently toward the register. One of the newer part-timers, a girl named Jess, is working the register today, giving Jack a much-needed break. She isn’t being subtle about her eavesdropping, curious hazel eyes flicking their way every few moments, but Jack figures that it’s not too big of a deal. People in small towns are nosy by nature, after all, and it’s not like he or the goth stranger standing before him have said anything incriminating.

He turns his attention back to Gerry, taking in the intensity in the man’s expression. He lowers his voice slightly as he speaks again. “Do you really think Van’s disappearance might be… connected, I guess? To the other disappearances in the area? I mean, it’s not too outlandish to assume that, but a lot of people wander into the woods around the gas station and just… never come back. I even have to tell new employees not to go too close to the trees, and especially not to follow anything that might be calling out to them, and Van was a smart kid, so I can’t imagine her disregarding that-”

He cuts himself off as he realizes that he’s starting to ramble, and he clears his throat uncomfortably as he breaks eye contact.

“Sorry,” he says automatically. “I guess I’m just… kinda on edge. There’s a lot going on here lately.” A pause. “Though, I guess you’re already aware of that.”

#closer to canon verse: sharp left turn #freeddead #//i'm already so normal about this #//gerry my beloveddddd #//also filing this under 'starters that had me looking things up on the tma wiki again'#//and also thinking 'wow i should really keep listening to this series at some point huh'#//so fun fact. both tma and tftgs have an entity known as the anglerfish!#//though the tftgs one isn't really explained #//they both seem to behave pretty similarly though so :3cc #//decided to tie those together for this :3c #//and yeah for context this is set in the book one era!#//and also i was originally planning that jack would probably refer to gerry as gerard b/c i imagine he doesn't know him well #//but i felt weird writing that so sadjfkl; gerry it is i think.#you and your friends here are all kinds of messed up {in character}

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