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judasgot-it · 1 year

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Soft hc for tecchou please, I love him🥹

Thank you so much for requesting!! I haven't done headcanons yet so sorry if the format is weird or if it reads odd, I'm still figuring this out

These are really self-indulgent ngl but I am trying!!

Soft Tecchou HCs

Tecchou definitely speaks his own love language, so what might be considered 'inappropriate' or weird is just him showing that he cares

He probably reaches over and fixes your shirt collar or hair a lot. He likes to use it as an excuse to touch you - like yea he could just be normal and give you a hug or a kiss, but instead, he'll just keep reaching over and brushing off some lint on your shoulders

He looks almost like a weird butler since he keeps reaching over so you don't have a hair out of place. You've had to tell him to stop multiple times before. He just coughs and pretends like he wasn't hyper-fixated on you for the last 30 minutes.

Occasionally he might feel like being annoying and shove his hand in your pockets. This is one of his favorite places to leave you little gifts too - like rocks or flowers. Your pockets are unfortunately always covered in dirt because of him, no point in trying to clean them out.

Speaking of gift-giving - this man is always giving you something. Usually, it's a snack he knows you like or just a water bottle so he knows that you're hydrated. Despite his diet I can see him being the type to constantly drink water 24/7 and would want you to at least drink a glass of water a day.

He just tries to give you gifts that make you happy or to show that he cares - big fan of him giving you little rocks.

He strikes me as a geology/nature science guy so would probably tell you about what he just gave you in great detail if you let him (This is important knowledge btw so indulge him)

Definitely has said "you remind me of them in some ways" after describing the most horrific creature you have ever seen/heard of (He means it as a compliment)

Dude definitely admires your personality and work ethic more than your physical features - he would probably say that's his favorite part of you if you ever asked (he's really good at dodging the "am i pretty?" question so don't even try it)

Tecchou probably stares at you a lot and like 9/10 times he's thinking about how much he loves you.

He also definitely doesn't realize he's been doing it for so long until someone tells him.

You're just really fun to look at - you grab his attention easily, which is the perfect time to give him a little kiss btw

He loves it when you do that - give him a kiss and he stops what he's doing just to look at you for a bit.

It's cute, he gets these big ol' puppy eyes and everything. Would wag his tail if he had one.

When you're alone he is a lot more physical - in public he tends to be a bit standoffish since he is usually on guard 24/7, but when you're alone together he definitely loosens up a lot

Probably is a little annoying about it - if you're not doing anything important he will forcibly drag you to the couch so you can cuddle. Doesn't matter what you do, he will pick you up for cuddles.

They're not bad though, since he's really warm and actually a good hugger. You just have to accept them since he likes to give affection quite randomly.

Sorry if this isn't the best but I am being super self-indulgent here. Trying my absolute best though but I'm so glad you requested especially Tecchou cause I am in shambles rn and he is my glue

#bsd x reader #bungo stray dogs x reader #tecchou x reader #tecchou bsd #tecchou headcannons

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firelonewolf · 4 months

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Wretched Spawn of the Nine Hells

Summary: Tav/reader in this is a noble born tiefling from the Nine Hells. Tiefling that's also a dark urge, and Astarion bonds with them. Since they're both outcast.

Pairing: Astarion x Durge!Tiefling!Reader

Note: I've been playing BG3 a lot lately. Been loving it and so I thought I'd cook something up, I don't promise it's good. But hopefully you enjoy it and have a good day!

Being a tiefling wasn't the greatest. Especially since you're a descendant from the actual hells. Part of the noble family, but you managed to get cast out of hell. You could go back, but it's not like they want you. Even the devils shun you away, all except for your father. Your father was a devil who carried you out the Nine Hells to give you a better opportunity. You were four years old when he flew out of it and dropped you off in Baldurs Gate. To where your memory gets foggy, you only recall your father partially. You were raised there, and that's all you remember, of course. That was your life before, and now you're simply a nobody. Nobody from the family of the famous devil Mordai.

And now you carry an illithad tadpole in your head. Causing you a great deal of pain. The Mindflayers snatched you up in Baldurs Gate, and now here you are. Traveling with several victims of the Mindflayers, and now you're trying to recover the past. Even though your butler has provided some insight, it doesn't change things. And because of all of these events, you've managed to encounter a Devil. Mizora, in particular, who has a contract with Wyll.

Meeting her, you've already managed to piss her off. "Why you wretched dog" Mizora hisses from the comment you've made. She was so smug previously, and now she isn't. All because you intimidated her, and now she's very displeased. "No wonder why the hells discarded you, dog. You have no respect!" Her saying that made everyone in the camp shock them. None of them up to this point knew anything about you. All they knew was you have no memory of who you are, not really. She was about to strike you with a fireball or something, but before she could, flames came up. Catching her hand in mid motion was a devil even larger than her. He was tall and had gigantic wings on his back. He was dressed very classy, yet he seemed to be a large brute. Mizora glared at this other devil who was standing across from her. "Mordai." She hissed at the sight of this devil who looked similar to you.

"Looks as if I've come at the right time to pay a visit to my daughter. Mizora," he remarks back with a cheeky grin. Mizora yoinked wrist away and glared in you're direction.

"Of course you show up the moment your spawn is in trouble." Mizora glares at him. The other devil releases his grip on her. "To think you're considered a respectable devil." She hissed at your father. "Yet you act like a mother bird when it comes to your spawn." You're father snickers at this mischievously he was already plotting something.

"It's called being a parent, Mizora. But then again, what would you know? You have more in common with a worms shadow." He says to which Mizora is about to speak again. She's clearly insulted by this. Yet your father interrupts her by casting her out with hell fire. In a fiery blaze, Mizora disappears with a screech of frustration follows as she disappears. That wasn't by her doing, it you're father. He seems to like doing that to Cambions and fellow Devils. With that he turns on his heels. You're father is a classic mischievous Devil compare to most.

He's not the average type to only create deals and pacts and attend to contracts. He's the classical type that likes deceiving people. It's who he is, a trickster, compared to most. That's what he's best at, but it makes getting a contract out of him nasty.

Your mother was a human, not that you remember much about her. Your father grins satisfied with pissing off Mizora. He seems pleased with doing that often to anyone he can for the most part. You cross your arms at this and keep it to your chest. "Salutations, father," you remarked back to him. Dramatically, your father gasps partially throwing his hand over his chest.

"Salutations?" He gasp as if that a shocker that you'd use that word. You didn't seem to giggle or anything. All you did was stare at him. Your tail swayed back and forth lightly at this behavior. "Why so formal cub? It's been about a year and a half since I've last seen you. Yet you act as if I am merely a stranger!" He says going to you. "Come, give your old man a hug." He commands, stretching his arms out. You didn't step out of how you were currently standing. He tilts his head in disappointment before grabbing your horns he locks in your head. Seizing the opportunity to ruffle your hair.

You struggled to get out your father's grip, but he laughed at the attempt. Once he let you go, your hair looked as if you had bad bed head. "Really?" You huffed, "not only do two devils pay me a visit, but one messes up my hair." You're father laughs in response at this.

"I'm just a devil to you, cub? I used to be father to you!" He remarks back to you. Brushing your hair back to its normal, you straighten it out. It's as if it was like before.

"What are you doing here?" You inquired to your father. He simply smirks and snaps his fingers with hell fire comes a black chest. He gestures for you to open it. To much of you're dismay you open the chest. Inside were clothes and clothes you have not seen in a long while. Armor that you haven't seen in a long while. Taking it out, you see the leather padded armor. It had a hood and face mask attached to it. Placing it on the ground, you spot a short sword, bow, and a dagger. "Couldn't find your favorite dagger. But I managed to track down your old dagger. Enchanted in Nine Hells."

Narrowing you're eyes you contemplated this. Your memory still seems like a blur, but you recall all of these gear. "Why are you giving me this?" Trying to search you're memory you feel the tadpole squirming. As it squirms, you feel a shock wave of pain, to which you wince and grip your head. Your father's eyes shoot open immediately, going to you. He grips your head and investigates your eye. To which he sees the illithad tadpole and stares at you.

You spot the dread appearing on his face. "So it is true. You're infected with one of those tadpoles." He says to you, to which you look away, lowering your head. "I'm sorry, (Y/n)."

"Don't be. Things happen, as simple as that. The only downside is I don't remember much." You remark back to him.

"You don't? I wish I could tell you your memories. But I can't do that." Your father replies back to you sorrowfully.

"But why are you giving me this stuff?"

"Since I've been notified of your infection, I took it upon myself to recover some of your previous gear. I figured you'd need it in your journey back to Baldurs Gate. An assassin without their gear is a vulnerable assassin. I'm you're father after all, cub. I would rather rest easy to know my cub will make it safely. No God or illithad will violate that," he says.

"So you just wanted to get my gear back for my safety?" You inquired to him.

"No, I've come to warn you."

"About?"

"About what is in store for you. It's been brought to my attention that you've been destroying the Absolute. The Absolute's Chosen is not pleased with you. You've created quite the reputation amongst them already. They are scared. Rattled to the bone. And because of this, they are threatened. I'm not surprised, though. You're my kin. Raising hell is in your blood. Regardless, I want you to be weary of these people. Those chosen are going to say things to you and try to break your mantle. I don't want you to succumb to that. Therefore, you started something, and for that, I want to encourage them to rip them apart root and stem."

"Why? What have they done to you?"

"Let's just say they're part of the reason why I lost something important to me. In a way, they broke what meant the world to me." You were about to ask what it was, but he interrupted your chance before you even spoke. "Ah, sorry, cub. Times up! Duty calls." You were about to speak, but fiery blaze surrounded him. With that, he vanished in thin air with nothing else to say. Leaving you speechless, and with that, all of your companions came over. Not that you noticed since you pulled the gifted dagger out of its sheath.

The blade was polished and cleaned to perfection. Enough to where your face was visible in it. "Your father is a Devil?" Karlach inquires to you.

"I should've figured. You never striked me as boring." Gale comments to you.

"Honestly, I'm not sure what I was expecting. A friendly Devil was not something I expected from you're lineage though." Astarion comments.

"I'm just surprised that he seems to hate the Absolute." Wyll comments, "a devil like him must've had something important snatched away from him."

"Or perhaps he just finds it entertaining at the mere idea that his kin is causing terror." Lae'zel suggest to everyone. "He's a devil at the end of the day. They strangely like the idea of certain things."

"You're father, not what I expected. But I see where you get that humor from." Shadowheart comments to you.

"Mordai, I think I've read a few stories about that Devil. He's quite a charmer and trickster from what I've heard." Halsin remarks back to you all. "He's your father?" Sighing to yourself, you stand up. That is one thing you've tried not to mention directly to anyone. Being a tiefling is bad enough people finding out you're a literal spawn of a Devil is another thing. Recalling the past, you remember subtly the minor things in you're childhood.

Like how the moment someone found out that your father was a Devil, they mocked you. Calling you hells spawn or even accusing you of not being trustworthy because of it. You're deceitful and nothing more than just a trickster sent to Faerun to torture those who walk on the surface. Being an assassin on top of it was another thing that made things worse. But it did help those you had a contract with fear not paying up to it. Not only could you assassinate them and make it look like an accident, you could send a devil after them. In many people's eyes, you were a monster that walked in the daylight.

Standing up straight, you take a look at your companions. Regardless of the tadpoles binding all of your fates together, you want to speak your mind. All of the comments about your father being a Devil make you want to state this. Especially since you know how people can be to you once they find out. Boldly, you open you're mouth not even regretting the plausible outcomes of this. "If my lineage is a problem to any of you, feel free to leave. I'm very well acquainted that no one trusts the Devils. I don't really trust them at all. Yet, regardless, if this is a problem, you're welcome to leave. I'm no stranger to the judgment of others. There's a reason why many people call me the wretched spawn of the Nine Hells, I have no time to hear how untrustworthy I am or be scolded for something out of my control."

Surprisingly, they all remained silent at that. Perhaps they didn't expect that kind of statement from you. Usually, you're more of the strong, silent type, but not now. Right now, you're bold and careless. You don't seem to want to bother paying anyone who thinks that way about you any mind. Grabbing your armor set and weapons, you head to your tent. Dropping them off on your bed roll just to head to the woods.

Acknowledging the fact that your companions may end their journey with you here because of it is a possibility. You're willing to face those facts even if it's harsh. After your incident with Alfira and now this, that may be enough tallies. Your dark tendencies are something to be weary of, but these factors seem out of your realm of control. Retiring to the woods, you don't expect anything more or less.

With the moonlight on your shoulder and the shadows of the trees on you, you go towards the lake. Grabbing a pebble, you fidget with in your hand before skipping it. Watching it skip across the before plummeting into the water. Again, you do it not focusing on the red set of eyes on you.

Skipping pebbles, you focus on it. Not paying any mind to anything else. Just you and the pebbles. That is until a throat clears, turning your attention to no other than the vampire spawn. Funny the Wretched Spawn of the Nine Hells and the vampire spawn. As you wonder what he's doing here, you feel the tadpole squirming. Wincing you get the sudden sense as to why he's here now. He's here simply because he wants to talk. Mostly because you get the sudden feeling he knows how you feel.

Astarion knows exactly how it feels to be seen as a wicked creature. Granted, yours isn't entirely intwined with your nature, but he still understands. What it's like to he looked at as a monster. Once the intrusion of the tadpoles stops, they quiet down. This allows you to think clearly once more. And with that, you eyed him curious. "You don't have to comfort me, you know?"

"Oh darling, I know that. But I figured you could use a friend." Astarion, he remarks back to you. Despite the recent events, you didn't expect Astarion to ever say something like that. Sure, you slept with him at the Tiefling Party and let him feed on you. But that doesn't change the fact that you didn't see Astarion as the type to ever get attached to you.

It's the fact that you viewed him remaining at camp so he could get help. Not to mention, Cazador wanted him back. Cazador wants him back, but also, he doesn't want to go back. Do you blame him? No, who would want to go back to their abusive master? Now that he's free, you don't blame Astarion if he cuts and runs. He runs to the other side of the world where no one can reach him. Yet here he is, offering some comfort to you. You didn't expect such a behavior from him. Wordless Astarion takes a seat beside you he didn't wear that dangerous smile like before.

No, he had a more soft expression. Regardless, you couldn't help but feel as if your interest was peaked at this. Such as why was he doing this? Why did he follow you out here? As you looked at him, he queried a brow, making that soft expression become secondary on his face. "What?" He inquired to you.

"Why are you here?" You quietly asked him. Astarion's face morphed, but you can't quite tell. It's as if he was withholding the sorrows that remained in the shadows of his persona. But there seems to be a wave of confusion on him as well.

"Why wouldn't I be?" He questions you to which you. But your face remained questioning him. Your tails tip curled as if you're trying to figure it out. He sighed in response to this, taking note of your silent questions. "I know what it's like to be an outcast. To be seen as a monster. I know that's what you feel like. I know people don't treat tieflings the best, and no one is a huge fan of the Devils. Just like no one's a fan of vampires and vampire spawns. So yes, I have an accurate idea of what you feel. You're not alone in that department because you have me."

Empathy, he's showing you empathy. Astarion is one of the most high-strung people who tries to convince you not to help some people display empathy. He's not a bad person. You always thought personally he hid it. Mostly because he was enslaved to Cazador, it makes not want to express it because someone would take advantage of it. You always thought he did it to protect himself from any other darkness in the world. Or perhaps it's because he grew to believe nothing else matters since all of it is gone. Searching his face for something else you couldn't detect on the surface. But you found nothing he only looked at you sorrowfully with his red eyes.

Once your eyes interlocked with his, you couldn't help but stare back at them. It's as if a thousand words were just exchanged between the two of you. Only you two, whereas the rest of the world would be able to hear nothing. Wordless, you scoot a little closer to him on the ground. So you rested your head on his shoulder, looking out to the lake. For some reason you didn't say much to each other. It's as if the silence spoke for you two.

#astarion #astarion x tav #astarion x reader #astarion x you #astarion x dark urge #astarion ancunin #astarion ancunin x reader #astarion ancunin x tav #astarion ancunin x you #astarion ancunin x tiefling!reader #baldurs gate 3 #baldurs gate astarion #baldurs gate tav #baldurs gate fanfiction

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chaifootsteps · 5 months

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(long ask, sorry!) the new media HH/HB thread on TV Tropes is doing the 'Viv gets scorn no matter what because she's a queer woman who makes things' routine atm (they're blaming TADC fans for toxicity and discussing the 'write like HB' trend, for context)

I've definitely seen creators (anyone, really) get far more hate online when they're female for stupid reasons, but it's frustrating to see them do the 'Viv can't win no matter what she does' thing because I can't really think of an instance where she hasn't responded to criticism she doesn't like, or has actually tried behaving like a professional for a minute - even some of her fans on subreddits have said she needs to step away from Twitter for her reputation's sake or hire someone for PR.

The reason she 'can't win' is not because she's a woman - she's not Rebecca Sugar and she's not Tracy Butler who know how to behave professionally (and before Viv started mudslinging at Lackadaisy, neither Tracy nor the LD crew had any drama attached to them despite Tracy being a woman herself... curious)

Viv's a creator who acts as though she doesn't have the confidence to let her work stand on its own merits and can't bring herself to ignore criticism (given she seems to disagree with practically all of it; the only thing I've seen Spindlehorse try to improve is not using red as a bg color so much and cutting down on the constant sound effects), & as a result she has cultivated a fandom who feel rewarded when they make tweets either defending her or explaining the show on her behalf because she keeps liking those tweets, which only makes it happen more. the lack of distance she keeps from her fans and the way she actively rewards the ones who put down criticism of her makes them act like she's their friend instead of someone whose show they like and someone who is actively using them as both a shield & sword. This is why the fandom has a bad rep, it's not just that the Hellaverse shows suck - it's that their creator will paint all criticisms as bad faith and only makes the effort to address fans not when they harass, bully or threaten people, but when they do something that affects her personally (like celebrate a ship on the same day as her birthday). and I understand social media feels like overwhelming toxic noise: but that's why creators need to learn to step back and not engage so much. enabling toxic fans aside, this level of enmeshment strikes me as bad for anyone looking to hone their craft and create something meaningful

as much as I want to offer some pushback in that thread I feel the plagiarism accusations will be immediately downplayed or ignored and any mention of bad pay or treatment in the workplace will be met with accusations of 'debunked!!' or 'some of the reviews were fake therefore all of them are, even the ones that line up with consistent accounts of bullying or misgendering or a pattern of no deadlines being given!!' asking 'I don't understand what she's done to attract this level of vitriol' kind of suggests they haven't looked that hard or listened to anyone who would want to tell them

but if I was to put it to them, I think I would say - Viv will 'win' when she behaves like a professional, credits people properly, doesn't just drop people when they're no longer useful, stops burning bridges with other people working in the indie animation space, stops vaguing and painting all criticisms as bad faith and understands that even behaving professionally will not make people stop criticizing her show, because every artist in the world has to deal with the fact that people will want to discuss and critique their work. and though I doubt the writing on her shows would ever improve, I'm sure people would at least respect her trying to act more like the professional showrunner she's supposed to be. no one can 100% control their own narrative with her level of Internet fame, but the best way not to make it actively worse is to stop trying to imo

Agreed, and also I feel like it's been years since TvTropes was right about anything. Although even the Viv pages on TvTropes have been very slowly getting more and more critical.

#Anonymous #viv stuff #actual blog post

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all-pacas · 5 months

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BG3 EPILOGUE STUFF

since i had a save from just before the final battle and, for one, had been dying for details all afternoon: this is from a game where i was durge and romanced astarion.

It's in the slightly random order of "who I happened to talk to in whatever order."

MINSC: Taking his job of "working with" the Guild seriously, and shows up to the party with a random thief he had been in the middle of dangling from a high tower. Says he visits Astarion a lot, but that Astarion keeps accidentally forgetting to tell him when he moves. You can ask him if there are others from the first Bhaal crisis left alive, because you're studying it.

OWLBEAR CUB: Been having fun fighting! You can suggest he settle down with Halsin or Shadowheart (I picked Halsin) and he's very excited.

SHADOWHEART: Says she's almost surprised you came; you can joke "what, just because I don't have a butler anymore?" and she says she was worried, but is glad to see that old memories haven't kept you away. She's found a little cottage in the country and is having a nice time living peacefully. Her parents are doing well, and her mother is teaching her to cook. She also has EVERY SINGLE pet she can find. Just gone from full goth princess to cottagecore.

You can tell her that you went Candlekeep to research Bhaalspawn history, and you agree you'll keep in more proactive touch.

JAHEIRA: The Bhaal temple is still standing, but she assures you it's empty, thanks to you. Jord has joined the Harpers, and Rion has rejoined the Flaming Fist, and is spending her time bullying them. Jaheira is mildly/proudly worried they'll kick her out. Again. She's wrangling Harpers and working to rebuilt Baldur's Gate. She asks if you plan on starting a family of your own, and you can tell her that you plan on letting Bhaal's line die with you.

VOLO: He's writing a tell-all, and says he's gotten very good at faking your signature for the disclosures. He wants to call it "The Hero and Me," and you can suggest "The Bhaalspawn 2." He doesn't think you should think of yourself as a mere sequel.

KARLACH: "I've missed you, you old Bhaalspawn. Oh - do you not want to me to call you the B-word any more?" You can joke that your "army" is bath salts and scented candles, tell her that everyone slips up from time to time, or brag about not thinking about it AND not killing anyone in six months. The answer I picked: "I see my blood not as a curse, but a duty. I have been studying Bhaal, so I can fight him, if his cult ever strikes again."

Karlach and Wyll have been having a lot of fun fighting and surviving hell. She feels a lot better, and tells you about their plan to heist a new heart for herself. You promise to meet up again.

WYLL: Mizora hasn't been bothering him much, sending him after legitimate demons and evils. She's set him on a new mission he doesn't know the details of, but apparently his target is a devil. He's happy to be traveling with Karlach. He's been able to visit Baldur's Gate and his father a few times, and dad's doing well, leading the city and rebuilding. No Bhaalspawn talk.

HALSIN: He's still hanging out in the former Shadowlands, and Moonrise has been torn down to make new houses. He gives you a wooden duck. No Bhaalspawn talk.

LAE'ZEL: Is just on her full YA Youth Hero phase. Has been fighting and leading and just being super cool, allying with the githzerai. She's currently a dipomat, and you can be like "lol, seriously?" She's amused and says you taught her that diplomacy and words are as sometimes as important as a blade. She's clearly joking around a bit (she calls herself bossy and that it's her charm), but as deadpan as ever.

GALE: HE'S A PROFESSOR, school of illusion. As a sorceror, you can say you're surprised he's only teaching one school, and he agrees and admits he offered to teach them all, before being told he had to pick one. He talks about how much he likes illusion and imagination, and so now I feel like I have to make him illusionist in my runs. He gave the Crown to Mystra, and feels great relief to have the Orb gone. He clearly really, really loves teaching and spends his time trying to make his students love magic as much as he does. He complains they sleep a lot, and Tara butts in to call them cheeky and offers to swipe them.

He asks what you're up to, and you can joke you're napping and thinking of becoming a massage therapist — he jokes that he's glad you found a new career, but maybe leave off your "neck snapping" past when meeting clients. Gale offers you a "guest lecturer" spot, and you can remark that "the healing of my cranial trauma would be a prime case study for the school of Evocation." Gale invites you to stay in his — SORRY, TARA, OUR — tower.

TARA: YOU CAN PSPSPSPSPSP TARA. She does not deign to respond. She asks if you're the one who helped Gale with the Absolute, and if you politely say that Gale helped you, she doubts it very much — obviously he's the hero. She then invites you to visit them, and if you accuse her of having no respect for the "co-savior of Faerun," she retorts that she's here, isn't she? Before dismissing you.

ASTARION: He's happy all your friends are well, but hesitates on joining the socializing himself, because he's just so good at "skulking." He says he doesn't want to hog you because he gets you all the time.

LETTERS: (This was not a 100% completion game.)

Art is rapidly declining, his age catching up to him. He doesn't have long to live, but is happy and content seeing the Shadowlands cured.

Duke Ravengard does not even mention Wyll in his letter.

Arabella is being trained by Elminster! Love that for her.

The Gur write their letter to Astarion specifically, saying they've been keeping an eye on him and admire his restraint and control over his bloodlust.

THERE'S A LETTER FROM ALFIRA ahaha. I did the Durge Savescum to save her, and her letter basically goes: Yeah, I heard you're a Bhaalspawn? I saw murder in your eyes whenever you looked at me, and I'm glad you're doing well, but I'm not going to tell you where I am now. Thank you for sparing me! Bye!

Barcus Wroot has the single most Barcus Wroot letter of all time. "Withers gave me this address and said I could consider writer. Well, I considered it. Return address included. Best, Barcus Wroot." I love him so much.

Dammon 100000% has a crush on Karlach. His letter is basically: "Are you still alive? I think of you all the time. Will you write to me? Yours faithfully." Omg.

Nocturne is in a new Sharran cloister, but she hopes Shadowheart is well and wonders if maybe one day she'll also be brave enough to leave.

ROLAN DID NOT WRITE ME, woowwwww

CONCLUSIONS:

Durge gets two threads: I am living in a spa, and I am spending my time researching Bhaal. Or maybe both!

Wyll and Karlach definitely seem to be hinting towards some kind of DLC, with Wyll's new devil target and the whole heist situation. Withers also has an unreadable note on his desk with Hints Of Important Things.

#the alfira letter makes me cackle #i'm glad the devs Know Us #bg3 epilogue #bg3 spoilers

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nabateaprodigy · 9 months

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hello! can i ask for a dimitri x f!reader who is like cardia from code realize? basically, she has a gem embedded in her chest that causes her skin and blood to be poisonous (not her hair) so anything she touches melts away because of the poison. she has been isolated basically her whole life so is kinda clueless about social interactions and stuff.

also, her whole life she has been called a monster and told that she cannot love anyone. so, how would dimitri feel about that kind of person? how would he feel if he fell in love with her? what would he do to protect her? that kinda stuff!

sorry this is a little long, but thank you in advance!

- 🧊 anon

The Prince and His Maiden of Death

Series: Fire Emblem.

Character: Dimitri.

Genre: Angst/Comfort.

Proofread: Yes.

Reader: Female.

Notes: Cardia from Code Realize reminded me of an anime I'm a fan of. It's called The Duke of Death and His Maid! (Which is what I based the title of this fic on!) The way you described Cardia reminded me of the Duke so I had fun writing this! (I hope you don't mind that I based some things in this fic from the anime.)

Alone. That's something that you had been constantly reminded of from a very young age. You wanted nothing more than to make friends and play with other kids.

However, in the area you lived in it was common knowledge that a family had "A Maiden of Death" living with them and this hurt the name of your family.

You were supposed to be the next head of your house. However, your mother passed that responsible onto your sibling. If you ever wanted to be the head of the house or live with your family again you would "Have to get rid of that dreadful curse" as your mother put it.

Oh that's right you didn't live with your mother or any of your siblings. You had been living in a mansion deep in the woods anyway from anyone or anything. However, you did have someone with you your loyal butler.

You were thankful for him choosing to stay with you even knowing about your curse. You couldn't have asked for anyone more kind and loyal than him. That's how it had been for many years until you were a teenager.

It had just been you and him in that mansion so naturally you were very close with him. You didn't have much social interactions with anyone else your mother never even bothered to pay a visit or write a letter to you.

Your Butler wanted nothing more than to see you happy and make friends. So one day he suggested that you attend the Officers Academy. Naturally, you were against this idea of his.

There would be so many people around you who wouldn't want to accidentally touch someone and kill them. Not to mention you would have to be around and speak with other people. It's just something you wouldn't want to deal with so you were against doing it.

After some more discussion with your butler, you managed to strike a deal with him. You didn't have to stay for a while at least for some time to see how the experience would be for you. So you agreed to this and after some time you were on your way to enroll in the Officers Academy!

When you arrived you discussed with Archbishop Lady Rhea. She was understanding of your situation and would do anything she can to accommodate your stay at the Officers Academy. After that, you had been enrolled in the Blue Lions class.

You were extremely nervous, to say the least meeting so many new people at once. Lady Rhea had made your classmates aware of your condition. Just in case any of your classmates were overly friendly and wanted to hug you as a greeting.

Before you could even think of how you should greet your classmates you've already arrived in front of the classroom. 'There's no turning back now.' You thought you should just get this over with now. If you didn't like this you could return home but nothing wrong with giving something new a try right?

So you opened the door where all your classmates were waiting for you. You felt nervous with so many eyes on you all at managed to push that feeling back and introduced yourself. "Hello everyone it's nice to meet you I'm your new classmate my name is Y/N."

(Time skip brought to you by Ingrid bonking Sylvain on the head for flirting with every woman he sees.)

It had already been a few weeks since your arrival at the Officers Academy. To your surprise, you had been enjoying your time here. However, that was mostly thanks to one person in particular Dimitri.

Out of anyone you were most close with him and spent the most of your time as you could with him. He made you feel safe and you could truly be yourself when you were with Dimitri. Of course, you wanted nothing more than to hold his hand and hug him.

However thanks to your curse it made things like that impossible. But there was one thing you could do together that made you happy. That was Dimitri playing with and styling your hair. Dimitri was a man who didn't know his strength so even with just playing with your hair he was afraid he'd hurt you.

There was also the issue that well Dimitri didn't know how to style your hair in any way...However thanks to your friend Mercedes he was able to learn and style your hair. It's something you enjoyed as it was the closest you two could get physically.

He was someone you could easily open up with and talk to about how you truly felt. Whether that be about your curse or just how you were feeling that day. You couldn't be more happy to have someone like Dimitri in your life.

It was just another average day for you and Dimitri nothing special so far. However, that song changed as this would be the day that truly defined your love for Dimitri.

"Y/N I know for the longest time you lived in isolation because of the curse. For the fear of others hating you or yourself hurting others. However, with the time I've spent with you, I can see that you want nothing more than to be around others to have friends.

You are kind and caring considerate of others and how they feel. And for that, I love you Y/N more than you could ever know. Together let's find a way to break your curse when all is said and done. Will you rule over Faerghus by my side as Queen?"

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bizarrejalix · 9 months

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am curious, do elaborate on your feelings of the red butler arc if you feel like it, please.

Okay what I was thinking about was this: my first encounter with the story was the anime (rip me) and then I read the manga, so as I was rereading the red butler arc now it was notable to me how Grell is really not... A character in it. I was posting all of the little tiny Grells (cute) and really, it's because that's all we see of her. She has maybe five lines before the reveal and then she never shuts up. And I realised (after my disappointment) that that's the point. Grell is not only a background character in the manga, she's a background person in the main character's lives. It's so effective to have not only Ciel fail to take notice of her because she's masquerading as a servant, but the entire narrative as well. In the anime however, she's a character with comedic (depending on your taste 😒) gimmicks and lines out the wazoo and it's too much... It cheapens the reveal- it's always the one you least suspect. In the manga she's clearly present the whole time, so it's not like "and the culprit is... this random stranger!". But to know anything about her or to take any notice of her at all defeats the clear purpose of her early character (and, importantly to me, disrespects her acting skills). And she's not even that incompetent in the manga- because she's not anything at all! The anime made the strange choice to have her act involve the most extreme comedic incompetence (not knocking her acting skills, fantastic choice queen) and extreme comedic stupidity. Idk it just strikes me as a stupid choice for the anime. The manga, to be fair, faffed around a lot less and so perhaps it simply didn't have space for such things, or perhaps it was just purposeful in its storytelling. It's not as though the anime needed an extra source for comedy because like the manga it had plenty. It simply serves to.. kind of cheapen the reveal. Grell's true self is flamboyant and outrageous and impossible to miss, so when Grell's persona is... Also flamboyant and outrageous and hard to miss- just in different ways- instead of perfectly unassuming and 100% under the radar, then it doesn't work.

Tldr: anime Grell too stupid to live, god bless her, and I think that the anime should have had her be smart and stealthy like manga Grell to make the reveal of her true self and the solution to the mystery more effective.

Then again maybe the solution to the mystery is just 50% anticlimax and I'm reading into it too much lol what do you think

#grell sutcliff #anewp0tat0 #asks #ty so much for asking ❤️

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fatehbaz · 1 year

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Hannah and Chris: [...] For Ruth Wilson Gilmore, for example, “Life in rehearsal” is one way to describe abolition. To her, this means “building life-affirming institutions” whilst refusing to reproduce rules or remain with regret. Instead of signifying absence, it is both a present and about presence. Ariella Aïsha Azoulay makes the case for “rehearsals with others”, to question sovereignty and its operative mechanisms. For her, this entails imagining camaraderie and alliances and reversing the temporality of opposing sovereign violence “to imagine its demise not as a promise to come but as that which others have already experienced and made possible”. Moten and Harney use the term “rehearsal” to explain their idea of “study” as an always unfinished and improvisatory collaboration: “And since we’re rehearsing, you might as well pick up an instrument too.” [...]

Robyn: Every day I wake up and rehearse the person I would like to be. [...] To use the words of the late, great, C.L.R. James, “every cook can govern.” Organizing, whether formal or informal, whether geared toward a short term goal or a massive, transformative shift: this is what happens when people consciously decide to come together and “shape change,” to think with Octavia Butler. And to move through the world with the intention of making it a better place for living creatures to inhabit. [...] And most importantly, it’s an invitation to join in. And it is a reminder that liberation is not a destination but an ongoing process, a praxis. Every day, groups of parents, librarians, nurses, temp workers, ordinary people, tired of the horrors of the present, come together to decide what kind of world they want to inhabit. [...]

[T]here were 21 hunger strikes in Canadian jails, prisons and detention centers between March 2020 and March 2021 [...]. Indigenous prison organizer Cory Charles Cardinal [...] wrote, too, that “within this architecture of oppression, we are a vibrant community of strong, intelligent brothers who eat together, wrestle and play together, and protect each other from a system that has exploited us.” Cardinal, with others, had organized mass hunger strikes across multiple Saskatchewan prisons, where Indigenous people make up three quarters of state captives. Abolitionist struggle is expansive. In a historic time of mutual aid, newly created support networks, and old and new freedom strategies, we bear witness to rehearsal, study, experimentation in form, a multiplicity of formations of struggle being waged, often most strongly by people for whom freedom has been most denied.

I’m thinking here of Claude McKay’s words from “If We Must Die”: “Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!” Now of course fighting back looks like many things: street protests, statues beheaded, rolled through a city, and thrown in the sea [...]. But it’s also much more: for so many people, whether abandoned by the state in a pandemic or abandoned by society in a carceral site, fighting back, by virtue of necessity as well as of ethics, is building, always building. This is the freedom work, and the love work, and the care work, of rehearsal.

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Text by: Robyn Maynard, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Hannah Voegele, and Christopher Griffin. “Every Day We Must Get Up and Relearn the World: An Interview with Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.” Interfere: Journal for Critical Thought and Radical Politics. 19 November 2021. [Bold emphasis and some paragraph breaks/contractions added by me.]

#abolition

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spellshite · 3 months

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Well hello there! Got some Tav asks for your crew~

6) Best Kept Secret?

11) Pet Peeve(s)?

19) Fondest Memory?

Cheers! :)

Hello again!! And asdsdfdf thank you for the asks!!! :D

(ask game here)

6) Best Kept Secret?

Xarann: that he killed Alfira. He'll take that to the grave even if sometimes he still tries to wash off the blood from his hands à la Lady Machbeth. He couldn't keep his Urge secret anymore, but will never say anything about that first and only kill. He regrets it so much he asked Withers to get her back.

Hrodak: I feel like he's not really type for secrets, unless keeping things from others might be useful to keep their trust. The whole Bhaalspawn thing is a big secret, but currently he doesn't even know it and it's not like he'd tell about that creepy butler he'd kick like a gith egg football to see how high it soars. OH! Oh, there's a well kept secret: he can't stop fantasizing how he'd kill each one of his companions. (<- since the first thing he thought seeing astarion was how he'd be a beautiful corpse, I imagine that at a certain point he pictured all the others in a similar way)

Kylech: other than he's an insecure guy that keeps an optimistic and cheery facade? Hm. That for a good moment he was seriously thinking to strike a deal with Raphael, how worse it could go since he's in the middle of nowhere with a mindflayer worm in his head and cultists hunting them down? Also, he's still holding onto the Necromancy of Thay but lacks the courage to actually read it.

11) Pet Peeve(s)?

Kylech: basic stuff I think? Don't call him "naive" only because he's nice, anything racist against Tieflings (but also racist towards others), being treated like an idiot... and blatantly out of tune musical instruments (or people who do not even bother to get a note right).

Hrodak: being bothered while he's eating/drinking, being considered all brawn and no brains (sorry bud but you have -1 int you *are* all brawn), being provoked but he's quite...snappy and it's difficult to narrow that down. Don't touch his things or you'll lose an arm. People too nice/good annoy him a lot but he doesn't know if he hates them because they are benevolent or because he has no clue on how he should react to them.

Xarann: call him "under elf" and in all his mighty -1 strength will sock you one in the face like he did with Aradin. Do not comment (negatively ofc) his decision to follow Lolth even if he's trying to be a good person. Doesn't like being considered the stereotypical evil Drow, but he can be a bit of an asshole and that doesn't help.

19) Fondest Memory?

Kylech: it's difficult to pick a fondest memory for him. Probably when he first received compliments for his magic skills and when people applauded him during his first spectacle. More recently, there's the memory of dancing with Wyll at the camp: a light in that endless night of the Shadow-Cursed Lands.

Hrodak: memories are all messed up and he's not sure of what he remembers. Has a very vague memory of him playing in a field with someone or something but nothing much. Otherwise, most of his kills are fond memories, at least for his Urge.

Xarann: Gale reassuring him and calming him down that night the Urge wanted to kill him, and that other night spent with Gale. Those make him feel that there's hope for him and that someone cares about him. There's also a vague memory of himself as a kid reading a book, he doesn't remember the content but remember an illustration depicting Lolth.

#tavsboots #asks #tav: kylech #durge: hrodak #durge: xarann #bg3 oc #bg3 ask game

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aziraphales-library · 2 years

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Hello! Thank you for everything you do. This blog has been life line. I was looking for some creative human or fantasy aus? Something like outside the norm. Take your time and no rush! thank you so much for everything :)

Hi and you’ve welcome! Here are some fun and different human/fantasy AUs for you...

Among The Living by ineffablefool (T)

Crowley pulled the Bentley up to the corner and checked his watch. He was early, because speed limits were only that if you were willing to be limited, so the guy might not be ready yet. Crowley could wait. Not like he had anything else to do. The passenger door opened. “Oh, my,” said a gentle, precise voice. “Are you Crowley? Only, this is an awfully nice car for a rideshare.” (Crowley is a rideshare driver. Aziraphale is a passenger. Crowley is pretty sure his instant crush can't go anywhere because he also has a spooky secret, but fortunately for him, he's in the Soft Zone(TM).)

Ghost gardener by Joseph_Amadeus (T)

The Fell brothers buy a castle - and they get their fill of the castle experience when it turns out that the castle is - haunted. It's not a ghost, so maybe haunted is not the right word... Anyway, Gabriel doesn't have any time for this, so it's up to the butler and Aziraphale to sort things out and find a boyfriend for Aziraphale.

The Serpents Writer by Vincent_Van_Crow (T)

All Aziraphale wanted to do was enjoy his quiet life, writing his fanfiction and enjoying days spent with his friend Anathema. But life isn’t as quiet as he thinks, and wonders and fantasy begin to come alive around him. Will he continue to write after things begin to change? And what of his handsome prince? Where will this all lead Aziraphale?

The Fallen Prince by NightValeian (T)

Ezra Fell had read The Trials of the Serpent King numerous times throughout his lifetime. He could quote nearly every line by heart and owned multiple versions of the entire series, including a recently obtained first edition of The Fallen Prince.

Upon opening the cover, Ezra finds himself within the pages of the book and traveling alongside Anthony J. Crowley, the exiled king of Eden, while he marches the path towards the redemption of his throne.

Playing With Fire by JoyAndOtherStories (T)

Crowley was sure of exactly one thing: He and his new next-door neighbor were not going to get along.

He wasn’t sure of much else in his life, if he were honest with himself (something he generally tried to avoid, but he was having a moment).

Not that Crowley cared. He was here to make music, not friends. At the moment, Crowley was much more concerned with how he was going to get home, balancing the three plants he’d just bought from the local garden center, without getting soaked in the sudden summer downpour that had just let loose in Tadfield.

“Bloody, blinking lead balloons,” Crowley swore.

“I beg your pardon?” came a posh, fussy, old-fashioned voice to his right.

Crowley looked in that direction, straight into the posh, fussy, old-fashioned face of his next-door neighbor, holding a posh, fussy, old-fashioned umbrella over both of them.

Playing With Fire: An AU with art by smolalienbee and writing by JoyAndOtherStories that’s a little more than it seems! Featuring Ace Ineffable Partners, a bit of adventure, magical creatures, and a very happy ending. Created as part of the Good Omens Reverse Big Bang organized by Do It With Style Events!

Angel in Cinders by ShesAKillerQueen98 (M)

(Good Omens Cinderella AU) Ever since Aziraphale's mother remarried, his life has been nothing but misery. Before she died, she told him to have courage and greet the world with kindness, even if it doesn't give him the same kindness back. Lately, Aziraphale has been finding it harder to follow that advice. But when the royal family announces a masquerade ball to celebrate the birthday of the youngest prince, who bears a striking resemblance to a mysterious young man he met in town, things go from bad to worse. All he wants is to attend the festival. But perhaps with a little luck, and perhaps some magic, he can find happiness.

- Mod D

#good omens #ineffable husbands #human au #fantasy au #mod d

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thelonesomequeen · 6 months

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Love all this discussion RE: acting/movies/agents, etc.

Way more fun (for me) than the fandom fighting.

Anyways, some random thoughts w/respect to Mr. Evans. The discussion about ensemble casting has been done, but one thing that struck me during the talk about Jeremy Strong is just how many talented actors in that general age group exist. I'll go with the around mid thirties all the way up to the getting a little crispy Leo D. (I'm kidding sort of with him--he's still 'young' per se, but I wish Scorsese had cast a younger actor in Killers of the Flower Moon). Fifty isn't really 'old' but it starts to show differently on people's physical form and thus IMO begins to change one's script offers. I digress.

So, in that mid-thirties to fifty cohort, think of some of the best actors world-wide and it's a larger group than in the past. Note: no scientific research was done to back up that claim. Some of that may be due to the Biz (FINALLY) very slowly beginning to bring in more diversity (keep going because you're not there yet, studios) and some of it could perhaps be to something discussed on your blog earlier-- the streaming networks?

Streaming has opened up eyes to more shows (along with socials like X/insta), IMO and despite the negatives to streaming, some actors may perhaps gain a bit of a following due to a show and that makes them a little more competitive when names are tossed around the table. That used to happen in the days of my grandparents (like the soap opera/or themed tv large cast shows) but it just seems like there's MORE now (almost too much more but again I digress).

Case in point--Regé-Jean Page is a fine enough actor, but w/o Bridgerton I wonder if he'd have made as quick a leap into other high profile discussions (like 007). I have to wonder if streaming has helped actors who have talent but being that it's so hard to get one's foot in the door having a vehicle helps to just plow through it because the viewers are behind the wheel saying, "hey pay attention to this guy, he's good!"

To me, for Chris that means that regardless of awards interest, anytime there is a role, there is a range of people whose names are also being considered--from Benedict Cumberbatch and the rest of the UK crowd to the homegrown talent like Austin Butler (younger but I'll hedge on him) to Lewis Pullman to Jake Gyllenhaal to the two Ryans among others. It's a tough field and always has been, but the 'relegation' tier between film and it's A list B list and television has been blurred more than in the past. Now you have Eddie Redmayne starring in not only the FB series and Oscar nominated roles in film, but once again appearing in the film/streaming category with The Good Nurse. If you're a solid talent, then you might have a miss here and there, but too many strikes at the plate and you may get sent to the minors. It's just my opinion and sure I don't know what the man thinks, but it's his life and I'm a fan of film and actors/actresses so I'll give most anything a view, regardless of critics/general sentiment. I sat through Aloha recently because I had missed it the first go round and I'm a fan of Emma Stone but yeah, that was a hot mess of a plot that was.

Sorry for the length. TLDR: Chris is in a competitive business and he'll have to figure out what he wants if he hasn't done so already (not like I have the man in my contacts) and go from there.

*Side note: I almost ended up with an entire paragraph on the MCU but that really deserves its own discussion and I've clogged up your ask box enough with this soapbox oratory on Chris and the competition.

This is actually a very interesting take, thank you! 🧜🏻‍♀️

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What do you think life would be like as hovis’ partner and getting introduced to the cats?

oh man that’s a great question, thank you! i love hovis so i’m happy to talk about him in any capacity.

first of all, hovis strikes me as someone who tries to keep work and personal life separate, but let’s face it: because his employers are also his family, whoever he’s involved with is inevitably going to be pulled into their world of chaos. (i hc hovis as a gay man, so when i talk about a prospective partner assume i’m referring to someone who is male or male-aligned.)

i feel like one of two things would happen, in this particular scenario: either hovis is going to prepare his partner extensively for the cats’ respective quirks and habits (while additionally preparing the cats FAR in advance for his partner’s first visit), or in typical catscratch fashion the trio are going to stumble upon hovis and his beau by complete accident — probably because they noticed hovis was acting secretive, slapped some goofy disguises on and followed him to his very public date. OR they just so happened to notice the happy couple while in the middle of one of their trademark misadventures.

needless to say, option 2 is much more likely.

blik… really doesn’t take the news well. he has his own reasons for being possessive of hovis; like the fact he (canonically!) views him as a father figure — and the last remaining parental figure he has, now that edna and audrey are gone — his self-worth issues, and a spoiled rich boy sense of entitlement. at first, he’d make it clear that he doesn’t want this new person around and would likely either try to drive them away himself or keep hovis so busy that he doesn’t have time for them anymore. of course, hovis wouldn’t tolerate that and blik would be presented with an ultimatum: get over himself and accept hovis has people in his life outside of him, or find a new butler. needless to say, blik backs off.

gordon and waffle i see being a lot more accepting of hovis’ partner. the hopeless romantic that he is, gordon would be happy that hovis has found someone special. he wouldn’t approve of blik’s shitty attitude and would go out of his way to make the newest member of the family feel welcome, right down to cooking them a welcome dinner. (i can’t promise it’ll be GOOD, but it comes from a loving place.)

waffle would be mildly protective of hovis, but possessive? god, no. she’s more likely to express her concerns by having the partner fill out a questionnaire so she can better determine what kind of person they are. once she’s inevitably satisfied with that, she’ll insist that hovis’ SO come meet her newts and try to initiate them into her special newt club.

as for blik, don’t worry. he’s a tough egg to crack, but he’ll come around — especially if hovis’ partner is able to match wits with him.

#hc.#hovis.#blik.#gordon.#waffle.#this was fun thank you sm!!!#might have to hc that hovis gets a boyfriend at some point #it would be really good for him and for the cats too i think

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kelmcdonald · 9 months

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August Newsletter: Back From Comic Con

Hi everyone! And welcome to everyone who signed up for my newsletter at San Diego Comic Con. It was fun to see a San Diego Comic Con where comics were the focus again. If you're new here I'm making these comics:

Blue Moon is a werewolf romance gn I'm writing and Meredith McClarren is going to draw. I'm late on its script.

The City Between is my webcomic about werewolves in the future. It updates Wednesdays. The current story is called Shards of Reflection.

You are the Chosen One is a fantasy comic about 23 kids who got the same prophecy dream. It was posting on Fridays on my Patreon. But my editorial work has been piling up/overwhelming me lately. So it's on hold until I finish up some other stuff.

My day job is an editor at the manga company Seven Seas and the indie comic publisher Iron Circus Comics. I like folklore, fantasy, and especially like werewolves.

This month I'm making tweaks to my website. So we finished some more minor switches like adding more social media buttons to the top bar. But this month we are gonna revamp the store section. Speaking of the store, Misfits of Avalon volume 1 is out of print. I just sent the last ten copies to White Squirrel who handles my store fulfillment. I'm not gonna sell it at cons anymore. In about a year or so, I'll probably talk to Darkhorse about putting it back online and printing an omnibus.

This month's werewolf movie is The Howling 2. I'm showing it in my discord server August 30th at 5pm PST. Pop in to join if you like!

As always I'll be streaming art on Twitch. My schedule is currently the following:

Tuesday 8pm-10pm PST

Wednesday 8pm-10pm PST

Thursday 6pm-9pm PST (during the Iron Circus Geekshow)

On August 24th, we'll have Tracy Butler of Lackadaisy Cats on Iron Circus Geekshow as a guest to close out the wildly successful Iron Circus crowdfund for Lackadaisy Season 1.

So last month I was too wiped to post photos of going to the Del Tor that I went to in June. But I sat down and put them in a drive that anyone can browse. So have a look if you wanna see some of the puppets used in the Pinnocino movie.

While I was at San Diego Comic Con, I went to a Junji Ito exhibit. It was very cool seeing his originals. I always think its cool to see how different artists end up using white out or what needs correcting. All the photos I took during SDCC are also in a drive for you to browse.

If you just want to see cosplayers though and not horror art I posted cosplay photos on my instagram.

As for what I'm working on, I'm still playing catch up on stuff from shake ups at Iron Circus Comics. So I'm officially putting You are the Chosen One on hold until I have Blue Moon scripted. I might put it on hold longer because I realize I'm almost half way through Shards of Reflection and haven't finished the next City Between stories's script. I'm pretty sure more people read/are interested in The City Between than You are the Chosen One. So it's got to take priority.

Some time this month I need to find time to clean up Murky Water. It got it's first proofreading pass and I need to fix text. Then I need to start building a crowdfund for it and decide when and where to run it. Iron Circus has been having good luck with Backerkit, but it's back end is overly complicated in my opinion. Meanwhile, I said last year that I probably wasn't gonna use Kickstarter again because of them moving to the blockchain. They have kinda walked that back, but not 100%. Either this month or next, I'll type something up and ask what you all think of both platforms.

With all this on my plate, I haven't had much time to check out new stuff. Plus with the writers/actor strike, I don't want to promo any TV or Movies I've been watching. The makes my what I've been checking out section pretty focused/brief.

I started reading Berserk.

And it's really really good.

If you are unfamiliar with Berserk, it's a classic manga/anime. And about a year ago it's creator, Kentaro Miura, died. Since then more and more people online have been giving it new attention and encouraged people to sit down and read it. The youtuber Super Eyepatch Wolf had a video that got me interested, Then FD Signifier brought it up in his videoessay about masculinity and anime. And then War Rocket Ajax reviewed it on Comic Catch up. So I pulled the trigger and read a big chunk of it.

And like I said, it's really really. It's extremely violent and frequently indulges in edge lord levels of grim dark. So skip it if you don't like extreme violence. But there is some beautiful character moments that are all the more touching because they contrast the violence.

It's just some really good comic storytelling.

That's it for this month. Thanks everyone for your support!

#comics #webcomics #newsletter

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kbius6 · 8 months

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Ranking my favorite IkeVamp guys because I'm bored and felt like it lol.

Was just gonna rank them and put what I like about them and stuff but ended up adding extra headcannon-y(?) stuff(like stuff I'd show some of them from the future lol(ADHD strikes again 🤦‍♀️) Im not changing it. Enjoy my rambling lol, or you can ignore it and just look at the pictures, your choice 😂

Im using the pet cards because they're my favorites 🖤🖤🖤

1. Charles. He is an absolutely precious baby. He made me cry. So damn much. I hate that I understand how he feels 😔 just wanting love. I just wanna hug him and comfort him and tell him how much I love him. He's so sweet, and SO kind, he deserves to be happy and loved. Imma make him watch Fruits Basket with me and listen to my favorite bands, that always makes me feel less lonely so maybe it'd help him too 🖤

Fuck it, why not rate the pets too lol.

Louis 9/10 adorable, wants attention, basically a palm sized fluffy Charles lol.

2. Dazai. Apparently the more they make me cry the more I like them 🤷‍♀️ there's just something lovable about him. He's another one I can't help but relate a lot to, and like with Charles I would 110% be showing him my favorite music, maybe it'd make him realize he's not the only one that feels like he does. Also curious what his reaction to Bungo Stray Dogs would be...hmm

Bunta 6/10 cute little bird.

3. Leonardo. This motherfucker...where to begin 😂 he like naps. I like naps. His room's a cluttered wreack. My room's a cluttered wreck. He has a black cat. I have 2 black cats. He has hobbies in basically everything. I end up with new hobbies monthly(yay ADHD) and in his route he takes the MC on a freaking boat ride. Which made me think of the most romantic scene ever(imo) from Tangled(my favorite Disney movie(which I will make him watch) and I would quite literally implode if someone ever did that with me irl. Also I love Italian food and I bet he can cook 🤤

Lumiere 10/10 I am completely biased, black cats are the best cats 🖤🖤🖤

4. Mozart. He was the first route I decided to read. Music was quite literally my first love and I actually enjoy listening to classical music, so he was a no brainer to start with. And stupidly I have a soft spot for tsunderes lol. I have the horrible urge to show him the weirdest stuff from my music playlists just to watch his head explode trying to comprhend how anyone could actually like such things 😂 also think it'd just be fun to show him how much music changes through decades and such. And Imma be nice and show him the soundtrack from Violet Evergarden(it's soooooo pretty) and Final Fantasy XV(and probably some of the other games too)

Schelm 6/10 another bird. Im not a big fan of birds but this one looks like Hedwig 🖤

5. Jean. Again, I like the tramatized ones 🤷‍♀️ I think it's adorable how innocent he actually is. Cherie is adorable, I would gladly be mauled trying to hug her(think the one scene from Black Butler, that's me) 😂 why Comte let Jean keep a freaking TIGER is beyond me but sure, okay. I would LOVE to introduce him to Disney movies(even if there's really only a few I truly love), I just feel like he'd enjoy them 🤷‍♀️ especially wanna show him Lilo & Stitch(I mean, he was reading the Ugly Duckling and that sends my brain straight to that movie okay)

Cherie 9/10 big baby kitty!!! 🖤🖤🖤

6. Vincent. Precious angel. 💛 AND HE HAS A PET RACOON. Granted being that happy all the time isn't healthy(If you were happy every day of your life you wouldn’t be a human being. You’d be a game-show host.) but he's a sweetheart and like Theo if anyone even looked at him funny I'd be yelling ever swear I know at them 😁 I already had an interest in him before I decided to download IkeVamp, I particularlly like his older paintings and eventually want a copy of his flying fox for my living room. He'd be so much fun to do arts and crafts with 💛💛💛

Brush 10/10 he's so freaking cute and the way Vincent came up with his name is adorable and never fails to make me laugh. I wish I could have a pet racoon.

7. Isaac. Another precious baby. I just wanna tell Arthur and Dazai off everytime they mess with him lol. He'd be fun to just hang out with, but with how awkward and anxious we both are(and tbh he reads as probably Autistic to me 🤷‍♀️ I might just be projecting(then again all of them have SOMETHING if we're being honest 🤷‍♀️) it probably wouldn't happen often ☹️ I hate math, but I will gladly sit and let him ramble on about it for hours because it's clear just how much he loves it. I wonder what his reaction to us landing on the moon would be. I bet he'd enjoy watching How It's Made.

Harry 8/10 he's small and spiky and so cute 🥰

8. Arthur. I hate him. But I can't deny he is stupidly charming at the same time. 🙄 but I sure as hell wouldn't be telling him that. Deep down he's an okay guy. Just a horny idiot lol. I've always liked mystery/detective stuff(I blame being raised on Scooby Doo) so I could see us bonding over that. I will be showing him bbc's Sherlock and nobody can stop me. Also I feel like he's the type that would enjoy video games 🤷‍♀️ so that could be fun

Vic 7/10 Im personally more of a cat person but I love Charles spaniels, they're just so pretty

9. Faust. He annoys the crap out of me, but in an slightly enjoyable way? If that makes sense? Lol. I feel like we'd probably be constantly seeing who could annoy the other more 😂

Mephi 7/10 absolutely adorable, but I don't like the idea of him snatching my things, I lose things enough on my own 😂

10. Theo. Another one that annoys me. I like him, and his love for his brother, while sometimes a bit too intense is endearing, I just cannot stand all the "teasing" he does. But overall he's fine. Kinda intimidating(I am easily intimidated lol) but his heart's in the right place. I bet he'd probably cry seeing how much people love his brother's art nowadays. I think it'd be cool to take him to one of those interactive art exhibts(I went to a Vincent one and it was so cool)

King 8/10 BIG PUPPER 🖤🖤🖤 the bigger the dog the more I love them and golden retrivers are just so lovable

11. Napoleon. Honestly, he just feels like the big brother type 🤷‍♀️ dk what else there really is to say lol. I would 1000% beg him to teach me sword fighting because it looks fun.

Jupiter 3/10 I have a fear of most birds that are bigger than a fist. I like where he got the name though.

12. Shakespeare. He reminds me of Loki tbh, so it's odd he'd be this low on the list but honestly, he gets on my nerves sometimes. And I always have to Google words whenever he shows up 😂 I feel like we could probably get along okay. I do have a love for drama...I'd love to expose him to musicals(I think he'd like Les Mis) and horror movies, he'd probably enjoy those too.

Puck 7/10 fluffy bunny, so cute

13. Comte. Just not really my type. I literally dk what else to say about this one. Uhm.....🤷‍♀️ he's obviously a really nice guy, sadly I like them less mentally stable than him though 🤦‍♀️ I just don't think we really have any common interest or anything 🤷‍♀️ apart from him being a vampire, I'd love to grill him for as much info as possible lol

Time 8/10 basically a long rat(I love rats) another little theif lol

14. Sebastian. I mean...he's cool I guess, but when you compare him to everyone else...🤷‍♀️ he'd defiently be fun to be friends with though. Keeping a book of things he learns while stalking observing the residents reminds me of when I used to like a certain boyband as a kid 😂 fun fact, I have a grey cat named Sebastian. And he WASN'T named after Seb from Black Butler...unlike somebody else 😂

Fraulien 8/10 cute but not exactly a favorite animal of mine 🤷‍♀️ she would still be getting cuddles though.

15. Vlad. He knows what he did to deserve being dead last 😡 He was higher up but then all the bullshit went down in Charles route and now he sucks 😤 should have known better than to trust someone who loves strawberries as much as he does(Im allergic) lol. Positives, I love his garden. And his taste in decor is just gorgeous. Im sure after I get over all the crap from Charles route we could get along okay 🤷‍♀️

Marshmello 9/10 so damn fluffy and beautiful 🤍 100% would try to steal him from Vlad to keep as my own lol. Foxes are cool.

All of them have their good and bad traits, this is just MY personal opinion. I don't really dislike any of them tbh, even if it kinda comes across that way from what I've put(even Vlad lol, Im just gonna be bitter for a good while). Feel free to add you own rankings.

In conclusion, IDK why I made this post lol. My hyperfixation took over I guess and I wanted to ramble 🤷‍♀️

#ikevamp

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was on a bit of a bender, sent a bonkers ask to a another poor blog and forgot about it, but now I think about it, it mightn’t have been as bunk as I thought? I think it went like this

“The clowns are playing their part to perfection” -> thinking about clowns with set parts/roles, Pierrot’s sad relationship/love triangle with Columbine and Harlequin -> pierrot’s character over time has had a lot of range (mostly a sad underdog jokester) -> a 20th century/modernist interpretation of Pierrot as part of ts elliot’s inspiration for the Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock -> (loki reading other Elliot texts) -> “prufrock” poem pretty lokius-flavoured ? -> is mobius or loki in the sad pierrot role ? Maybe both? Sad little clowns, playing their parts to a fault :(

ok looking back at it again it is a bit of a mess, yet I yeet it unto you

Anon if this is you on a bit of a lark I can't even begin to imagine your full power, lol! What an fascinating take that tbh I wish I had even an ounce of the literary awareness necessary to process as thoroughly as deserved but will happily give it a go anyway 😅

I've always found that "clowns are playing their part to perfection" line of Loki's especially striking because while I'm sure it was meant to imply a dismissal of the situation and nonchalance over loss of control, there's no reason it would have the intended impact when nothing about the TVA had come across as less than hypercompetent?? From B-15's seamless takedown of Loki in the first place to the efficient process of variants, swift guilty ruling as his lack of access to magic is scoffed at, and Mobius having the upper hand as a Loki expert there's not really anything for that line to do except hang there as much higher symbolism so I think you're right to look at it in perspective to both Loki and Mobius considering how much they ended up mirroring each other right down to the temporarily (forever an optimist 😂) tragic romance of their ending.

On that note it's very interesting there are such clear comparisons between Loki and Pierrot since as you mentioned Pierrot's known for being an underdog and prankster to hide his unhappiness, flawed and in search of love, not to mention having a near "obsession" with Columbine only to often end up pining for his best and only friend the Moon 👀

While I'm biased and usually think of everything in terms of Mobius so I see both Pierrot (with his sense of endearing, eternally youthful energy) and Harlequin in him, in this case it makes sense to look at him in terms of Harlequin and how he's usually in high spirits, uses his clever nature to solve and escape problems easily, and unlike those around him doesn't hold onto grudges against those who have wronged him. There's also his TVA service that later turns into full devotion to Loki similar to how Harlequin is later considered a witty, faithful valet (""Why aren't the two of you in cahoots with him and his butler?") and it's notable how Loki is described by Mobius as a man of action when in pantomime Pierrot eventually takes on many of the characteristics of Harlequin, ending up representing the symbol of the artist just like Loki created a new story in the end.

Apologies that Prufrock I'm not quite as familiar with outside of a general awareness, but if I remember correctly it ultimately conveys an isolation or distance from the world after being too afraid to confront the surface level emptiness of life?? Which if so talk about Lokius being doomed to the narrative after failing to escape their past circumstances and getting (temporarily!!) confined in the very places they feared 😬

#basically for now they sadly are clowns performing set roles and so am i after choosing to also spend eternity by that tree lmao #would love if anyone else wants to chime in since like i said i fear i'm woefully underqualified to really expand here #(said after the usual far too long ramblings 😅)#but enjoyed this ask more than i can say so tysm for sending it!! completely unexpected and very welcome start to the day 💖#and granted i'm aware there are countless tales of pierrot and harlequin etc all of varying beginnings middles and endings #so who knows if my musings even apply but had fun tossing out some thoughts based off prior understanding of the characters #sending lots of love your way and hope you've got a great day ahead 😊🥰#ask

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