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magneticmage · 3 years

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I'm in the mood for it (plus it's Disability Pride month) so here are all my disabled ocs;

Under cut for Length

Additional Notes; Please do not judge me too harshly. While I have a few of these disabilities (most notably PTSD, anxiety-depression, and visual impairments) myself and personally know people who have some others, every person and their experiences are unique. I try my best to give these disabilities the space and gravity they deserve in my writing, but it is difficult for ones that I have no personal experience with. In addition, I am still learning and only human. If I have done something wrong or phrased something badly at any point now or in the future, let me know and I will do my best to fix it/do better. Apologies for the abrupt disclaimer but there we go.

Anyways!!!!

On the the List!

RWBY;

Selene Argent=Has PTSD, one prosthetic eye, and some physical scars on face and torso. I'd safely say she counts.

Baldur's Gate;

Sable Shades=Is an albino and was rendered mute at birth. He sunburns extremely easily and is near-sighted. He also often communicates through sign language.

Roan Roarke=Beyond some minor PTSD symptoms (increased anxiety and stress levels) surrounding fires, he's perfectly fine.

Faenerys Elendir=Has PTSD from her time imprisoned particular involving whips and brands as torture implements.

Rune Mistsea=Post-lycanthropy encounter, he is notably more short-tempered around the full moon along with a distinct craving for meat and violence. Otherwise, nothing else of note.

Lucine Mistsea=Beyond a notable paranoia issue when it comes to demons and cambions (but not fellow tieflings), she's fine.

Lyr(e/a/an) Lovemoor=Autistic. Too much light and noise and surrounding activity is draining and makes them short-tempered with occasional blowouts/meltdowns. Has a Thing about certain textures (very much hates slimes and oozes and squishy things for this reason, likes silks and furs and leathers). Has a fascination for all things shiny and glittery (gems and currencies are a special interest). Also often fidgets with their daggers.

Saga Musehart=Was rendered blind due to torture at the hands of prison guards. She also lost a hand (initially) and a forearm (later due to infection) and wears a prosthesis.

Cei Gloomdraft=Autistic or at least neurodivergent of some kind. Might have some ADHD, it's not quite clear yet in the few pieces I've written so far to help develop her.

Mass Effect;

(Solo Shepard Canon)

Annette Shepard=Has some lingering PTSD symptoms from surviving a raid on Mindoir, then thresher maws in Akuze, and then being spaced at the beginning in Mass Effect 2. She also suffers from some survivor's guilt Post-Virmire due to losing Ashley, and then all of Mass Effect 3 puts such a huge burden on her that she's fighting off some severe depression and despair from all the losses. She's got an old war injury in her shoulder that acts up from time to time, occasionally making her biotics misfire a barrier. She's on immuno-suppressant drugs to prevent her body from rejecting her Cerberus-added cybernetic implants and upgrades, and also some antidepressants for depression and anxiety symptoms for said lingering PTSD symptoms. Girl's a walking disaster-fire mentally but she keeps on surviving and she still looks for the good in life as it comes, so there's that.

(Shepard Siblings)

Joanna=Like Roscoe and Riley, she's also on immuno-suppressants to prevent cybernetic implant rejection. Notably, she's the most well-adjusted of the three mentally, although the losses and struggles of ME 3 start to take their toll due to depression. She spends an awkward month on the Normandy adjusting to the new medication while adjusting the amounts needed. In addition, she also goes through a whole existential crisis come the Citadel DLC about if she is really Joanna Shepard or a clone (which Riley, Roscoe, and the Normandy crew snap her out of). Her survivor's guilt is much less pronounced than Riley's though she does start the early stages of a martyr complex (it's a source of frequent and well-humored debate between Riley and Roscoe if it was already there or not) about the of Thane's death. But she does her best and keeps on going.

Roscoe=Definitely mentally ill. He's got some trauma around abandonment that starts to get fully addressed around ME 2 in part due to Jack and Miranda and is mostly resolved around ME 3 though naturally scars remain. It often manifests as anger, depression, and even callousness. Like Joanna's and Riley, he is on immuno-suppressants to prevent the potential rejection of his cybernetics. He's also got an old wound from Torfan in his abdomen that acts up under stronger pressures like before a rainstorm or different gravity levels as well as drastic temperature changes such as cold (he HATES Noveria for that reason in particular though it isn't the only one, man). Beyond all that, he's very strong-willed and gives no fucks to shit.

Riley=Much like Annette except a bit more well-adjusted due to a larger support network and character drive. Has notable flashbacks/triggers around batarians, thresher maws (this one includes panic attacks once the direct danger has passed), and hardsuit complications (they always makes sure that their helmet and everything is in working and optimal order). Has survivor's guilt from their losses on Mindoir and Akuze but between meeting Talitha and Toombs in ME 1, they confront and deal with it, beginning to heal from it. Even on Virmire with the loss of Honora and all the failures of ME 3, they do better at handling it though it still remains to varying degrees. Like Joanna's and Roscoe (and Annette again), they're on immuno-suppressant drugs to prevent issues with their body rejecting the cybernetics, with the additional ones of antidepressants to help manage some of their anxiety-depression symptoms. They also have some degree of chronic pain (maybe some kind of cystic fibrosis?) due to past overuse of their biotics that damaged part of their nervous system and occasionally causes it to misfire for no reason, often causing intense pain. Rarely and only if the pain isn't treated with extensive biotics-free rest periods and numbing agents in the form of more pills, the biotics will manifest and they'll accidentally move shit around, including themself a few times. This is most notable in ME 3 due to the nature of the larger and longer combat sequences with shorter and shorter rest times between. Though they manage as best they can with the help of their crew and family, it is still a struggle and they notably stop joking about retiring when they're dead and seem to consider it more seriously around ME 3 but save the final decision for the end of the Reaper Wars.

(Shepard Family)

Honora Hartford=She had an eating disorder when she was younger that left some lingering issues with her health but overall she's fine up until her death.

Riley's deceased siblings were overall healthy though Payton had Down's Syndrome and Brooklyn had ADHD. Harley had moderate asthma and used an inhaler.

Clover has anemia quite often and takes iron pills daily

The rest of the Shepard cousins don't have any disabilities to much knowledge though I am still fleshing them out.

(Andromeda)

Sara and Scott Ryder have some lingering damage from their cryopod accident and the Kett leader fucking with them, but otherwise they are okay.

Asher has ADHD while Shiloh struggles with a mild form of chronic fatigue. Evander, Rebecca, and Lucas are all able-bodied.

Dragon Age;

(Fereldan Wardens)

Lynera Mahariel=Dunno if this counts, but am putting it here anyways since it affects her overall health. Occasionally suffers from a type of sleep paralysis that is mixed with night-terrors. It doesn't appear to have a rhyme or reason as to when it occurs beyond perhaps stress and it's only every few months. However, it often leaves her completely drained for at least a week afterwards. She also occasionally has insomnia post-terrors as well which she self-medicates with sleeping draughts. She also has crippling period pains that appear to be consistent with ovarian cysts on her left side (though she later has it removed by Catriona once it ruptures due to injury). She also suffers from bouts of depression during Origins but that could be due to the extenuating circumstances she was under at the time.

Isemaya Tabris=When overly stressed, being exposed to strong amounts of concentrated Taint in a short period of time, or sometimes simply for no apparent reason, she suffers from intense migraines that are often treated with herbal painkillers and lying still in a dark and quiet room. Also due to a past injury to her left eye by humans, she has a harder time seeing on that side but is not completely blind.

Catriona Surana=She seems to be autistic due to her ability and predilection to hyperfocus on various studies (often Blight and magic-related but other areas do occur) as well as her obliviousness to social cues (she didn't realize she was liked by her suitors until Cale outright told her and by then she had decided she liked them already). Notably, she adapts a bit better Post-Origins due to Alistair and Leliana's influences but it still happens.

Cale Amell=Had some minor amnesia surrounding the exact events leading to his magic manifestation but later learned it was because he had set his eldest brother Azul on fire and believed he killed him as Raven helpfully supplied (Azul had instead faked his death as Cale discovers around the time of Awakening).

Fion Cousland=Briefly suffers from a minor alcohol addiction but has treatment while he is still in the functional phase courtesy of Catriona. Since then, he heavily monitors his intake and even helps Oghren get treatment for his own. He also occasionally has painful muscle twinges due to an injury that stretches from his temple to his eye and ear down to his neck on the right side. This is most notable in bad weather or when he is sick.

Barran Aeducan=Suffered from a superiority-inferiority complex towards his siblings growing up though it has greatly lessened with time and experience. It is mostly gone by the time of Inquisition though prominent traces still remain.

Tatha Brosca=She is hard of hearing and has manged to cope by learning to lip-read (not always successful, however, especially with languages she is not familiar with) in Origins and a pair of hearing "horns" designed for her by an admiring Smith caste man by Awakening. She often jokes that now she has even more in common with her Bronto companion, Salroka, due to their shared horns.

(Origins)

Vireth Mahariel=Suffers from epilepsy and often treats it with various herbal remedies, though it is not completely effective and large amounts of intense stress on his body make it worse. He also begins to develop cataracts around the time of Act 2 of Dragon Age 2, though the cause is unknown (presumed genetics or simply age at the moment).

Elthorn Tabris=Has a stutter speech impediment.

Alaros Surana=Unknown at the moment as I haven't written too much about him.

The Amell Siblings=Probably doesn't count but Azul gets motion sickness, especially on boats. Raven, Carmine, and Reed are all perfectly healthy and fine, however the latter two are the ones I've written least at the moment. Marigold has asthma that she treats with herbs.

Aelynne Cousland=Nothing comes to mind. She does have some old injuries (mentally and physically) she acquired from the attack on Highever by Arl Howe that color her later interactions with the family during the Fereldan Civil War.

Valda Aeducan=Has a notable visual impairment that is corrected with glasses, albeit there is nothing to be done for her slight colorblindness (she has a hard type distinguishing between greys, greens, and blues).

(Orlesian Wardens)

Dion Caron=Suffers from sleep apnea that is eased by a special breathing herbal-incense infused mask he wears as well as whomever in his group is on watch to check on him periodically to ensure he still breathes (most often this is either Victoire-Ainsley or Garam). He also snores and coughs due to this. Loudly.

Victoire-Ainsley Caron=Nothing of note.

Isenna Andras=She's an albino and so burns and rashes in intense light and heat. She also has a lame leg that cannot be fixed with magic and so wears a reinforced brace to aid her walk. This creates a noticeable limp.

Garam Kader=Alcohol makes him sick and he suffered from intense gender dysphoria before paying a huge sum to have an ex-Tevinter magister turned fellow Warden help him transition.

(Hawkes)

Jasper, Skye, and Violet Hawke are perfectly healthy. Albeit with some diet restrictions due to various allergies.

Gray Hawke=He is diabetic and so often has to monitor his energy levels to ensure his health. It's part of the reason he doesn't actively endanger his life like his siblings (not that he won't, just less often in comparison). He acquires a truly impressive diet regime and treatment plan upon becoming a nobleman of the Amell family, allowing him much more freedom than before.

(Marquises)

Aurore and Marcel de Serault both suffer from mild hemophilia. Marcel also has a lyrium drug addiction he is trying to break (and is actually doing quite well via weaning himself off it) due to a brief stint as a Templar while serving the Chantry.

(Inquisitors)

Armashok Adaar=Poor eyesight that cannot be fully corrected by glasses and later loses an arm due to the Anchor. He also lost a few fingers and some right hand mobility due to pre-nquisition injuries as a mercenary. He also wears a brace on his left shoulder. He wears a prosthetic eye and replacement arm.

Ransley Trevelyan=Like Cullen, he is working on breaking his own lyrium addiction from his time as a Templar and, like the other Inquisitors, loses his arm due to the Anchor. He had it replaced with a prosthetic arm for his shield side.

Paeriel Lavellan=She loses an arm alongside all the other Inquisitors, but takes the loss much harsher due to her archery skills suffering. While she will wear a prosthesis in battle or when hunting, she doesn't wear it in her day-to-day life, instead preferring to make due as needed. She also has anxiety.

Naranka Cadash=She loses her Anchor-wielding arm and gains a crossbow-and-dagger prosthetic one courtesy of her Inner Circle, much to her delight. She also suffers from some damage to her reproductive tract due to past injuries and is uncertain if she could have children.

(Inner Circle)

Kara Adaar=Beyond an intense hatred of slavery due to being kidnapped and almost sold when she was younger before being rescued by her father, she's perfectly healthy. She does require bedrest for her periods though.

Emilyse Trevelyan=She suffers from some PTSD from her abuse at Templar hands in the Circle, though she begins to recover towards the end of Inquisition.

Samrel Lavellan=Has dyslexia and uses reading aids and memory devices.

Pyrmar Cadash=He might have some PTSD from his Carta days due to a notable cave-in that lasted for a few days before his rescue.

#disability mention #trauma mention #amputation mention #eating disorder mention #my ocs stuff #mentions of addiction to drugs and alcohol #gender dysphoria mention

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luke-biwalker · 7 years

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I finished Mass Effect Andromeda. Spoilers and thoughts below, beware of unpopular opinions.

I had to start the game twice because the beginning really burnt me out quickly with how virtually everything went wrong with the Andromeda Initiative. I wasn’t expecting everything to work out from the get go, but there’s only so much bad news I can handle before I start getting stuck in a rut.

The story shares entirely too many similarities with Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. Everything from strikingly similar ship bridge designs to plot elements to ‘mysterious black goo’ seems to have been lent from one of the worst the Alien franchise has to offer into Andromeda, and I didn’t like it one bit.

It’s painfully clear that Bioware meant for this to be another trilogy of games, since there is entirely too much left unanswered. The benefactor has Cerberus and the Illusive Man’s fingerprints all over it, and we never found out if Cora really is his daughter or a relative.

The Kett bored me because it was been there, done that as far as the Reapers went. What the Kett call exaltation, the Reapers called indoctrination. It’s the same thing and lazy writing.

The crew were a mixed bag. My team consisted of Drack and Vetra unless I had to swap one out for a loyalty mission. I loved Drack, Vetra, Suvi, Jaal, and Lexi. Kallo, Gil, and Peebee grew on me.

I did not like Cora or Liam.

Cora’s unending dependency on leadership and Asari higher ups stunted her character for me, and the way she spoke over Vederia’s fears during her loyalty mission. She earned a few points back with me after showing a bit of humility in the end, admitting that she is too much of a follower to be a Pathfinder. I also liked the mission where we went and spread flower seeds together, that was a really sweet scene.

Liam, though... where do I start? I don’t think he’s horrible or anything like that, I just don’t get his eternal optimism in a sea of bad. His want to include everyone and to illuminate the idea of outsiders is commendable, but then he willingly ignores the channels to leak info to the Angara about the Nexus? Damn, that was... not smart or practical or a good idea by a long stretch. And it seemed to me that Liam didn’t respect Ryder for taking issue with that when confronted by how bad of an idea the whole thing was. I have no idea how this guy managed as a cop while having the mindset that passing valuable info around to potential allies was the best course of action he had. That was downright dangerous!

Also, him snapping at Vetra during party banter about Sid and things that aren’t his business whatsoever? I benched him for that, not sorry.

I romanced Gil and while I thought things weren’t as bad as everyone else said, turns out the game was playing me for an utter fool when it came to the ending and Gil decided to have a baby with Jill regardless of the fact that I said no and he accepted that at the time! Bioware, you want to fix the m/m in this game? Patch that shit out now. I know the long spanning joke ‘your choices matter’ that hangs over Bioware games, but how could you give me that choice, have both my Ryder and Gil agree not to have a kid with Jill, then have Gil turn around and go against what they both wanted to avoid?

What a load of shit. Fix that, Bioware. You know better, or you should.

Regardless, I don’t regret romancing Gil. I like his personality, I have a thing for guys who have a sense of humor and hide serious things behind jokes. I really loved the intimacy scene between him and my Ryder, the careful way Gil asked if it was alright to keep going further in their relationship.

More of that, Bioware.

For all my complaining, I started really getting into the game during the mission A Trail of Hope. The high energy and story related revelations (though similar to Prometheus) hooked me and didn’t let go until the end of the game.

The final mission was absolutely fantastic and definitely felt worthy of the name Mass Effect. I had all worlds at 100% viability and found all of the arks, so watching as everyone came together to fight against the Archon was something to behold. The last fight was perfect too, how even though my other squadmates weren’t on the team, they were there at the battle anyway, helping my Ryder push through the last of the Remnant defenses.

It might seem as though I disliked Mass Effect Andromeda from my critical view above, but when the story ended, I felt like I missed the game’s adventures already. Just because I think critically of this game doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy aspects of it or that I didn’t wish there was more. More of Gil tenderly asking my Ryder if their relationship could deepen, more of Drack and Kesh, more moments like the last mission and the final scenes after. I want Bioware to give us a good game, nothing more, nothing less.

And perhaps they will. The Citadel was one of my favorite things about Mass Effect 3, and it was a DLC. The same could happen here too.

For now, I’ll think critically of Mass Effect Andromeda but also remember what I enjoyed, while remain optimistic about future endeavors for this series.

#Mass Effect #Mass Effect Andromeda #Bioware Critical #Unpopular Opinion

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winemum-ignis · 7 years

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yoo, im vibrating like we know nothing about ignis?? & im ready to learn more like ive seen theories like he was groomed to be next if lucis line fell, he was a nif agent and his use ran out and etc. like does he only have an uncle? was he nobility or a commoner picked off the streets & groomed into nobility since theres never meant of scientia line like amicitia? why him? imagine each dlc is gonna get more depressing and ignis dlc is gonna hurt so bad. aaaah sorry 4 ranting i just love ignis

ohohohoOHOHOOOH anon you have opened up a whole can of worms bringing this to my inbox and i lowkey love you for it. Never apologise for ranting to me about Mr Scientia ♥ This means it is my opinion o’clock o/

I’m going to apologise now for how long this may well end up because as I am pretty sure you have all picked up by now, I have A LOT of thoughts and feelings about Ignis Scientia. and i have zero regrets and could talk for days about him if given the platform. I will try my best to keep it to a reasonable length though.

Okay. So. *cracks knuckles*

EDIT: wow that is a wall of text I will put in a read more here to save your dashes from my incessant ramblings ☆⌒（＊＾∇゜）v

First off I have a very sinking feeling that there is a reason we know so very little about Ignis and his background because SE are cruel and have basically already said that the Ignis DLC is going to shit on us from a great height the most out of the three so I wouldn’t be surprised if they pull something out the bag that will just. yeah.

So all that follows is just my opinion, and will probably all be null and void if/when we get more info but you think that’s gonna stop me? I think not!

Any family he has outside of his Uncle I do not believe is in Insomnia, if they are even alive. I am positive I read something somewhere about how he is originally from somewhere outside of Insomnia/Lucis hence his different accent to the rest of them, however I can’t seem to find this anymore so I may have been imagining things, but i feel it is most likely.

No matter where they were from, I believe his Uncle was established in Insomnia with his place as an Attendant of the King and he was sent to go and live with him for any of multiple possible reasons. They recognised from a young age his skills, there were better opportunities and education in Lucis so he went, was enrolled in the gifted school program and originally was being prepped for the same job as his uncle. Alternatively, his parents were dead or ill and unable to look after him so, shipped off to the only other family they had to be his legal guardian. And what I believe to be the last option they were in a Nif controlled area/under threat from them and they didn’t want their son to be caught in such an area so somehow got him out and sent him over to Insomnia. Or any combination of the above. and i bet you they are all wrong.

But now a slight detour to if it does involve the latter option in anyway I am going to put my theory of origin location forward; Tenebrae. One and the most obvious reason; the accent. It is the only place where we have seen multiple people from their with a British accent in particular the Recieved Pronunciation. Another theory I have; Noctis was sent there to recover from his accident 12 years ago which to me hints that maybe the Tenebraens have a more natural nack for the healing arts. Maybe it is just more of a prominant thing there but I think that accents quite nicely to how Ignis is the main support for the group; he is the only one with specifically healing abilities and techniques (not excluding that in I want to say episode duscae he full on had ‘cure’ as an ability so…). While Tenebrae was seized by Nifleheim a while ago, Fenestala /manor remained independent so what if one or both of his parents worked in the manor under the Oracle? They would see what the Nif’s have done to the rest of the territory, want better for their son, there has always been that bond between the Oracle and the Lucis Royal Family plus they had a brother over at the Citadel; it would be entirely plausible that they sent him there to try and safeguard his future knowing Insomnia’s defences etc. He went at a young age so they would have gotten him out before the Empire seized full control with the attempted attack on Regis twelve years ago.

Idk to me it just makes sense but that could just be me. Also, this is just what I think is the most likely of different area’s we know about, there are so many out there we don’t know about and more than likely a more viable location ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And as for grooming, I am not sure how much of that was done externally and how much he actually brought it on himself. I firmly believe that if Noctis never got married and something happened to him and he left no heir apparent that, if he was still around, Ignis would probably take what would be the Kings position. ( I can’t say ‘he would be king’ because that is a lineage thing and he doesn’t have it and I don’t think he would want the title) But I think he would do all of the kingly duties just with a different title just for the sole reason that there is no one else qualified to do it all. He knows the expectation of what has to be done, and above that he knows how to do it. He would lead the ‘royal’ council and see that what had to be done was done.

BUT, I don’t think that was ever the primary intention on anybodies part, more just a happy coincidence.

So either way however he got there, he is in Insomnia more than likely with the intention of becoming one of the King’s Attendants. So they get him started, turns out this little blonde kid is hella intelligent and intuitive so yup, there he goes into the Gifted Education programme. This much we know happened. He is the dog’s bollocks, the bee’s knees, and on top of that little Noctis really takes to him and vice versa and they become adorable little citadel buddies. All of this has happened before Noct has had his accident so we are talking Ignis is no older than 9/10.

The incident happens and Ignis see’s just how shaken the little prince is and takes it upon him to try and get him back to his former happy self. He starts going above and beyond to do things for him and this is picked up on and I think this is the point where they enhance his intended path. He is special so they begin introducing to his education things that would be beyond that of an Attendant, that’s when they are looking at more specialised skills and guess what, he excels at that too. There is this kid, not even a teenager who is so selfless in the things he does for Noctis and the thing is, they don’t even know the half of it; the things he does for him that they don’t know about i.e. how he takes the fall for Noct every time he follows him out on his escapes from the citadel, the fact that he learnt how to bake solely to try and put a smile on his face. They’ve seen the potential, so they push it a bit, try and see how far it goes.

A few years down the line, Noctis is supposed to be attending all these meetings and crap and learning how to rule a kingdom but guess who is doing most of it on his behalf? That little blonde kid who appeared in Insomnia to live with his uncle. A few more years and he is all grown up, perfect human being, full on adviser to the heir, strategist extraordinaire, knows all the ins and outs and workings of Insomnia who, if push came to shove in a dire situation, would be fully capable of leading. Happy coincidence that nobody ever would have expected to happen 15 years prior.

And I am going to stop this here as I already spent muuuuuuch more time on this than I intended but I just had to get it out! He just. He makes me. щ(ಥДಥщ) Uuuughhhhhh he gives me so many feelings and I know it will only get worse with his DLC. Look what you have done to me SE, look at the monster you have created.

#Anonymous #ask #final fantasy xv #ffxv headcanons #ignis #ignis scientia #ffxv ignis #ignis stupeo scientia #this fucking man i swear to god #if he was real i would punch him in the face #for the things he makes me feel #his stupid perfect face that shouldn't be allowed to exist #wmihcanon

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