#bird does a relationship

[cozylittleartblog]

had a(nother) nightmare

#deltarune #rouxls kaard #lancer #queen #art #lancer had a bad dream. rouxls comes in to fall asleep in the floor like he always does. queen followed because she needs to #Familiarize Herself with The Rituals and also hey her boy is sad #and then they ALL fell asleep in the floor literally right next to his bed #-- i had tire marks on the bedsheets but they vanished somewhere. damn it #this one isnt old btw i just drew this This Morning HEHEHEHE #its kinda scrungy but thats ok #ok 2 tag ship but not explicitly ship either if ur not into it #i love that half my 'qk' art can very easily be read platonically #i think thats an important aspect of their relationship is that they are good friends and coparents. and THEN they're kissing sometimes #this is hardly the first family cuddle and or sleep pile ive drawn. i never posted my favorite i dont think #i am just all about sleep and cuddle piles. did u know swatchlings love to sleep in piles (headcanon) #if one bird falls asleep in the cafe the odds are very good that one or two more will join them #theres a pile of birds in booth 4 all shoved in there haphazardly and eeping. swatch is coming with pots and pans.

[tricoufamily]

added tattoos and some skin details :)

#hinnry pulled off the commune just having a rocking twink body is so funny to me. he should have been at the CLUB #he's a lot softer here bc this is toward the end of the Events but his hands are actually really rough and cut up and scraped #this skin actually had hands like that and i never noticed???? i just changed the stomach and gave him back dimples and he's golden #anyway ilya tattoos. the roman numerals are when his dad died then the squirrel skeleton bc yknow #the bird thing on his back thigh is because he does taxidermy. badly. and the rest he just thought looked cool #and yeah that's ilya's handwriting on his name he did that one at home. as their relationship was deteriorating rapidly! :) #ts4 #ts4 edit #ts4 render #the sims 4 #hinnry #ilya #two-headed lamb

[bisayawa]

thinking abt bruce having beef over clark having a pet parakeet, having to listen to it say "how ya doin? good morning!" having to listen to it ask clark for, "kisses?" & chirp & dance around clark's shoulders, seething to himself because clark kisses the little guy.. and said little guy mimics the little muah sound

what im trying to say is the little parakeet communicates what he wants better than bruce can & so bruce now has beef over a bird

#superbat #pre relationship sb obv #ive never had a pet bird (aside from chickens) but birds asking for kisses is always nice #bruce once snapped a pencil in half when the parakeet kissed clark on the cheek. i was there. i saw it #where does this fit into canon? who knows. not me #blub.

[feroluce]

When Al Haitham dreams, it's in shades of sandy blonde and red, metallic gold and feather-blue. His nightmares are colored much the same.

Kaveh leisurely strolls ahead of him, shoes leaving deep treads in the soft desert sand. He keeps a careful distance, arms length, and in return Al Haitham keeps an eye on him, the other man's back dead center in his sights.

He curses the sand in his boots and the long line of footprints he steps into, already the exact shape of the soles of his shoes.

They aren't lost. Al Haitham knows where they are. They've been here before. They are still here.

Kaveh doesn't watch their feet. His head is constantly tipped back with his eyes on the stars and their constellations (of which Al Haitham only knows two, Vultur Volans and Paradisaea). He'll walk right into a cactus like that. Al Haitham yells ahead for him to watch where he's going.

Kaveh reaches up to touch the side of his head in a strange motion, but otherwise there's no acknowledgement. They press on into the dark of night.

Something squelches beneath Al Haitham's boot.

It stops him short, pulls his attention like a magnet and as much as he wants to, he can't ignore it. He doesn't want to lose any more ground. But something won't let him move on. Al Haitham watches as red seeps into the golden sand, spills beyond the border of his bootprint until he slides his foot aside.

It's an ear.

It's a human ear, and there's a heavy earring attached, metallic gold, gems red and green, a familiar shape, a familiar shade-

Al Haitham opens his mouth to yell. Chokes. Swallows the lump in his throat as he quickly restarts his pace. Tries again.

"Hey!"

Another squelch under a hurried footstep. He doesn't stop to look. Al Haitham is pretty sure he knows what it is.

"Kaveh, hey!"

The path becomes littered, little slices and small pieces, fingertips and knuckles, Kaveh's arms once held casually behind his back now strewn along the sands. Every time Al Haitham extends his hand to him, reality warps and bends like the twisted image in a broken mirror, lines mismatched and edges jagged. Kaveh flits just beyond his grasp, fleeting fae, no longer able to hear him or to reach out to him. Al Haitham can only grit his teeth and follow.

His right foot marches forward. His left follows. His right again. His left suddenly doesn't follow, and Al Haitham is thrown off balance and pitches forward, swinging his arms outward to land on his palms and keep his face off the ground, because he's been in the desert enough times to know what a foot suddenly being stuck can mean.

Quicksand.

Al Haitham curses and swears in just about every language he knows as he tries to spread his weight as evenly as possible, stay afloat at the top of it because if he sinks, he knows he'll be done for, and shit, Kaveh.

His neck cranes uncomfortably in his search, Kaveh had only been a few feet in front of him, he can't be sunk much further, and he's in the desert much more often than Al Haitham anyway, he'll be familiar with what to do-

Kaveh stands in front of him, empty sleeves fluttering loose. Still just out of his grasp, still watching the stars. The quicksand is already up to his calves.

"Say, Al Haitham..." It's the first he's spoken this whole time. His voice resonates somewhere deeply nostalgic in Al Haitham's chest, produces a ripple that momentarily stuns his heart.

Kaveh is sinking.

Al Haitham stretches out on his belly as far as he's able, it's quickly up to his knees, Kaveh isn't even trying to redistribute his weight or pull himself out, it's at his thighs, Al Haitham sucks in a breath and yells for him, his hips, yells louder, his waist, Al Haitham's trembling fingertips can almost reach, his chest, Kaveh drops level with him, quicksand about his neck like a noose.

Kaveh's head tips back, back, impossibly far back, until it hangs, angle awkward, and he's looking right past Al Haitham with his tired smile and gouged, blinded sockets full of starlight.

"Do you believe in karma?"

The quicksand swallows him entirely and Al Haitham dives, shoves his arms deep and pushes off with the one foot he'd had left on safe ground, because he can't, he can't, it's not the same without Kaveh, not anymore, he needs him, no one else keeps him sharp, no one else challenges him like Kaveh, if he can just grab him, if he can just pull him back up-

Al Haitham thrashes, against the sands, against gravity, against the hardwood of his bedroom floor. Clumsily scrubs the back of his hand across his face to rub the grit of quicksand and sleep out of his eyes.

Sometimes he thinks he preferred it when the Akasha was still harvesting his dreams.

He pops his head out from under his weighted blanket and lays where he'd fallen out of bed for a moment, blinking blearily against the lamplight shining from his desk in the corner. Deep breaths. His consciousness shifts along the blurred line of nightmare and reality, crosses over the slow transition into wakeful awareness.

He's home, Kaveh is home. It's dark out. The house is dead silent.

He's just going to go check, he tells himself as he peels himself out of his sweat-soaked shirt and roots around for a replacement. He's already losing memories of his nightmare, the details spilling away from him like wet ink, but he knows he needs to see Kaveh. It'll feel better to do something, anything, than try to go straight back to sleep.

He's quiet when he slips out of his bedroom door, because they both keep late hours but their bedrooms are right next to each other, and Al Haitham will never hear the end of it if he wakes his roommate up.

Lights off, door shut. Nothing conclusive. He moves out to the main room.

Kaveh sits on one of those ridiculous sofas he'd ordered three of for some reason, back to him as he tucks a lock of hair behind his ear. A mostly-empty wine bottle stands tall on the table, next to the cobbled-together remains of an architectural model that's been picked and fussed over for four days straight now.

"Kaveh? What are you doing?"

This earns him an exaggerated startle, but Kaveh doesn't turn to look at him, preoccupied with whatever new sketch or blueprint he probably has in his hands. "Ohhh, nothing," he slurs cheerfully. "Just working. Just thinking."

Kaveh has always been the world's chattiest drinker. Al Haitham waits for the rest of it.

"Say, I think...I think I asked you this years ago, back then, but you never answered me." Al Haitham feels all the blood drain from his face in ominous familiarity, drip cold down the length of his spine. Kaveh sinks into the couch until he can tip his head over the back of it, looking up at him with a tired smile and exhausted eyes.

"Do you believe in karma?"

#genshin impact #haikaveh #al haitham #kaveh #kavehtham #these two have had me chewing concrete lately god #3.6 got me frothing at the mouth #something about al haitham trying to save kaveh from himself and his own guilt complex and self-sabotage wheeee my heart #and he's normally so self-assured but he fucked it up spectacularly the first go around- good job baby- #and now it's years later he's trying again but it's something he's barely chipping away at not to mention Kaveh not wanting his help lol #and so some of Al Haitham's nightmare is objective fact and some of it is his own subjective pov #Kaveh loses his arms and ears bc al haitham is frustrated that he won't hear him out or reach out for help #and he keeps his eyes up and eventually blinds himself bc al haitham thinks of him as too idealistic and blind to reality #and kaveh does all this to himself bc when you ask al haitham about his troubles he talks about people who cause trouble for themselves #kaveh pondering the concept of karma in relation to his bad luck and misery and guilt about his father's death in the quicksand *fans self* #al haitham starting to get just a little nervous that maybe he really he can't do anything about this #or that one day it'll be too little late ough. love when I can whump character by whumping the other. #two for one special buy one get one two birds stoned at once type of deal #i have a Vision about them and their stupid dumbass relationship dynamic that I need to yell about later but for now: this #written while listening to A Sadness Runs Through Him by The Hoosiers which hilariously was introduced to me as a pla Emmet song #'but here was a man mourning tomorrow; he tried to finally drown in his sorrow' #'oh he could not break surface tension; he looked in the wrong place for redemption' #'don't look at me with those eyes; I tried to unheave the ties; turn back the tide that drew him in' #'but he couldn't be saved' #'a sadness runs through him' #extremely kaveh and haikaveh song for me ough #my fics #gore #body horror #I mean it's pretty unrealistic but still just in case

[incorrectstarwarslegendsquotes]

If y'all want to date anyone 5'4 and under I'm going to need you to recognize that there is effort involved. They need their outside time, but you have to be willing to stand there with them too because you never know what birds of prey are in the area and it is your responsibility as their partner to make sure they don't get scooped up. Like. That is the bare minimum. C'mon.

Mirax Terrik

#mirax terrik #corran horn #i recognize that Mirax is also short #but i feel like she's definitely the one swatting birds of prey in that relationship #corran is probably flirting with the birds. it does not help. #star wars #star wars legends #incorrect star wars quotes #original: tumblr #corran is so short

[shellem15]

My baby girl Desirat is FREE, letsgooo! She's so interesting to me I hope we see her in-session. I want to dissect her brain please and thank you. We dont know much about her but she's everything to me. Fucking firebird time baby!!!

#my wife #favorite bird ever #shes here #she is the moment #she wants to murder the cerberus assembly #fiery vengeance time!!! #pls pls pls mighty nein one-shot #matthew mercer i am BEGGING you on my knees #what is she like? #what is her dynamic? #does she have a mysterious connection to the everlight? #cause pheonix #what is her relationship like with asmo? is he her dad? coworkers? does she hate him too or does she want to return to his side? #i need answers #cr spoilers #cr3 #critical role spoilers #critical role #Desirat #cr asmodeus #the mighty nein

[welcometogrouchland]

[ID: a digital illustration of Luz and Hunter from the owl house. Luz sits on the right with her hand on hunter's shoulder. Hunter sits on the left facing Luz. They're both in their designs from the end of Thanks to Them. Hunter has his eyes closed and is crying with a pained expression, while Luz looks on with tears in her eyes. The background is dark and the scene is dimly lit. The second image is a variation on the first image where a spectral version of flapjack sits on hunter's shoulder and Manny's hand in on Luz's shoulder. End ID]

Felt like posting something devious today. Do you think they'll ever talk about what they've lost? Bond over it? Mourn??? Grieve????

#the owl house #toh #hunter toh #luz noceda #hunter noceda #flapjack toh #(BARELY i did not put the effort into that bird that i should've) #manny noceda #(also barely but I feel like it's more obvious here) #i sketched this out months ago when TTT first aired but the lines were giving me trouble and i shelved it #until now when i really just wanted to finish something but wasn't happy with any of my sketches #it was inspired by the interview dana did where she said grief would be a major theme of season 3 #both bc it scared me and also bc it made me start thinking ''hm okay. which characters are grieving rn and how might they interact?'' #my money's still on darius if hunter does get to talk through some of his grief in the next few eps #(just to tie a nice bow on their relationship and maybe dicuss the previous gg a bit more and flesh darius' motives out) #but like. luz is his sister. grief is sooo central to her arc as well it's like. even if they don't get time in canon #(which is understandable. they do not have a lot of time rn for extended fanfic-esque character exploration conversations) #but that doesn't mean i can't rotate the idea in my mind at terminal velocity until i get sick #i would apologize for not posting festive art at this time of year rn BUT YKNOW WHAT. I'VE HAD A ROUGH COUPLE OF HOLIDAY SEASONS #THIS COUNTS AS FESTIVE FOR ME! #it's getting better this year though. slowly #anyway this piece isn't perfect and there's a few bits I'm not happy w/ that i could've spent more time on #but to my own credit i pushed myself to use reference and do a (albeit simple) pose I don't normally do! #so props to me in that sense #anyway happy holidays! think abt these devastatingly sad children with me please!

[shrikeseams]

Some days I want to do a survey and analysis of attitudes towards Huan, and the Celegorm-Huan relationship, and whether people have actual hunting/herding/other working dogs (or other animals!) in their lives. Not housepets, or not just housepets. Not livestock, not breeding stock. And not just dogs from working breeds. Dogs with jobs. Dogs who like to do those jobs. Dogs who develop specific working relationships with at least some humans.

#Tolkien #Like I don't even have direct experience #I just have family members with bird dogs #But huan is not (or not just) a good doggo #Huan is not a housepet #Huan is a dog with an occupation. That occupation is hunting and killing. #Like just imagine the kind of trust it takes to spend so much time with an animal large enough for *an adult to ride on* #Who also does shit like *killing werewolves* for their day job. And to rely on their judgment for *you* to survive! #And you don't just work with said animal. You live with them! They live with your family! Your little brothers/cousins/nephew! #Just. Just think about it. #Because I think it is SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT to the celegorm and huan relationship and specifically how it breaks #And that's not even assuming that huan is some kind of maiar (and therefore that much more powerful)

[wander-wren]

hey do you know what would be a sad as fuck fic concept

yknow that trope of aizawa adopting various students. and when it’s todoroki there’s always that extra little bit of conflict because of endeavor, the number one hero, we can’t prosecute him, yada yada yada.

but it always works out, because fanfiction!

but consider. a version where it doesn’t work out. where todoroki—or really it could be anyone, i suppose, but todoroki is who i’m thinking of—doesn’t get adopted. and has to go home. where he finally managed to speak up, to ask for help, and it didn’t work. maybe, maybe he gets pulled from UA entirely. and aizawa just tries and fails and despairs for two entire years, because all the willpower in the world won’t actually change the law.

then, in the middle of a january night, as aizawa is preparing for his very last term with the class todoroki used to belong to, there’s a knock at the door.

and todoroki shouto asks if there’s still a spare room for him.

#bird noises #bnha #todoroki shouto #aizawa shouta #i’m so! thinkin about this now #theres not a lot of point to it. and ofc it could continue past that #but i’m so SAD about it you guys #everyone trying so hard and just. no. no! go back to your dad #and then how do you even….what is todoroki and aizawa’s relationship after that #like its been TWO YEARS #and he has every right to be like #mad about it #aizawa is DEFINITELY mad at himself #and theres the issue of shouto’s birthday falling where it does and his last term of high school #he walks back into 3-A like hi everyone #and they collectively lose their gd minds #idk i have Thoughts and Feelings clearly #if anyone wants to they can steal this from me god knows i cant write it rn #but you legally have to show me bc i DO want it in my life ty

[void-tiger]

…sometimes I just. Think about. How literal siblings get stuck with rumors they’re dating, and m-f friendships often don’t get a chance to truly start or develop because of the strain those assumptions and pressure causes…

…while literal same-gender and aspec-affirming couples get slapped with “like siblings” this and “just really good friends” that.

And then how this gets even more reductive with infighting like “m-f friendships can only occur when one of them is homosexual,” or aspecs picking at eachother over rep until it’s a very specific type of aroace on the aroace spectrum of the aspec spectrums (and nobody’s actually happy), and of course fanon ships pitted against gen-no-ships…

…and how everyone just ends up feeling stressed out and invalidated. Because anything—and I do mean anything—that doesn’t fit neatly inside of the heteronormative narrative of “men and women can’t be friends, men and women must be romantically involved, people of the same gender and/or aspec/any other queer identity(ies) must never date.”

And how it makes the queers and cichets alike absolutely miserable.

#tiger’s musings #…that post about The Gay Birds and conservatives losing their fucking minds #and how many times I’ve had people Just Assume or Consistantly Forget my brother and I are dating…not helped by we look Nothing alike #and just. the utter BULLSHIT I have gone through to guard friendships and the chance to even be friends at all #and often wondering why I’m even doing this…besides the Good Men are often timid and This Problem Will Exist Everywhere #so…either I fight. or I remain isolated. #…but I’m so tired of fighting. #and. nevermind when emotions aren’t so Clearcut. it’s not even worth mentioning when THIS. Friendship AT ALL. #just can’t be allowed to exist. gets scrutinized to death when it finally DOES like a dandelion growing through pavement #but without that resiliency. especially when I get tired of being the one to fight for it #or if the other party ever is…I’m so so weary of them all being silent about it #just. let friendships and queer relationships EXIST already #and let them be ‘complicated’ too

[kindlyones]

I’m doing a Sandman rewatch and seeing so many things I missed the first time because I was too worked up over it finally being here.

Roderick Burgess after taking the sand and ruby: Let’s see what other treasures he has! *rips off Dream’s clothes*

A WHOLE ASS BIRD FLIES OUT

Can we just take a moment to acknowledge that Dream kept Jessamy UNDER HIS CLOTHES and doesn’t have underwear? Just a whole bird down there?

#the sandman netflix spoilers #the sandman spoilers #the sandman #the sandman Netflix #our boy has a bird for underpants #when is his relationship with Matthew going to progress to the under the robe stage? #Morpheus #jessamy #jessamy the raven #dream of the endless #does he still find her feathers in his pants?

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads / storygraph

Untethered Sky

fantasy novella

about a young woman whose mother and brother were killed by one of the wild manticores that roam the country

so she becomes a rukher, trained and paired with a giant roc, the only creature capable of hunting and killing the manticores

falconry but with rocs, devotion, obsession, and revenge

#Untethered Sky #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #I enjoyed this a lot! interesting concept. liked the exploration of the relationship between a person and a wild animal #In some ways I wanted to know a bit more about the world and characters. but I also appreciate a succinct story. #it does end quite abruptly haha #(is there a more generic name for falconry but with other birds. i dont know) #theres ALMOST no romance but also like her friend has a crush on her maybe? it's unclear if it's true or she just thinks that #due to the shortness of the story i probably wont tag as such

[bitchfitch]

[a drawing of a wet and miserable looking Toi'uhla clinging to Lordakai's arm after a failed attempt at Lordakai trying to teach zer to swim]

#Toi'uhla is not a water bird #Toi'uhla does not like water #does not tolerate being wet outside of taking a brief and light shower #ze hates how heavy zer feathers get when theyre wet #ze hates Everything when ze is wet #wettness is hell #ze is married to a semi aquatic man who does very much enjoy swimming #its the only thing about their relationship that has ever made zer question if it was a good idea to marry him.

[constantvariations]

gimme your top 5 hot takes about rwby

I'm afraid I don’t have an accurate gauge of what qualifies as a “hot take” (or even what it actually is. Is it merely a controversial opinion?) so if any of these are ice cold I apologize

Adam and the Rose family should be connected in some way. Visual cues are important and there's so much spicy potential, especially if the dynamic originated with Summer

For Roman, the best and longest standing villain of the show, to be one of the few on-screen Grimm deaths is borderline parody. Personally, I think Ruby should’ve had a more active role in his death, even if by accident or setting up circumstances like she did Neo

Ozma’s situation is far more horrifying and sympathetic than Salem’s. The gods proved that they could bring Ozma back to life in his own body, but instead he’s forced to be a body snatcher? That’s fucked up in so many ways. She may be able to die again and again, but I think it’s way worse to die knowing you’re dooming several people at once

May Marigold isn’t that great of trans rep. She’s so unmemorable and inconsequential to the plot that the only reason I remember her at all is because she’s The Trans One. Like, glad they made her trans, and the reveal was respectful and clear and not even plot-relevant!, but maybe make her a good character first?

If we’re going by the show’s queer golden rule of blushing = romantic feelings, then Ruby had a crush on Emerald in V3 and it should have been explored way more for angst purposes

#rwde #thanks for asking #i will never shut up abt adam/rose family connections and theres nothing you can do abt it #blake or weiss being the one to take down roman would also be interesting but i think the most effective dynamic is ruby and roman #honestly you could make a sitcom w those two and id watch the shit out of it #'my roommate is a mob boss' #(depending on how old Roman actually is. RWBY isnt great at depicting ages unless youre on an extreme end) #(idk age them up for college lmao) #also i 100% hc ruby as a trans lesbian #qrow took her to get her first dose of E #trans solidarity babeyyyyy #this is a completely different topic but yangs existence in canon makes way more sense if both tai and raven are trans as well #canon raven does Not seem the type to allow herself to be in a long term relationship much less get pregnant #or if she did she'd take the child to raise as a protege. a true heir to the branwen name #not leave the kid behind for... reasons #why did raven run again? i think the show ended on 'she was scared' or smth. or didnt trust oz bc... bird #idk the show was dumb abt the whole thing #anyway i'll happily explain if anyone wants more elaboration ^w^

[dutybcrne]

Cloud Retainer will act so formal and put together, but. In a romantic relationship, there will be. A Notable increase in how affectionate she is to her person.

#hc; cloud retainer #//She likes close physical contact; be it prolonged hugs or even casual touches meant to be special #//Is why it is a Big Deal to her if people esp men touch her so casually #//Either you are family (adopted/seen as such) or you are a s/o #//Or you aren’t; and you will instead end up with a Very Annoyed bird lady #//At BEST #//She wasn’t so clingy before Guizhong’s death—even then; Guizhong was the one who could most easily get away with casual touch #//Now; Xianyun adopted her habit; to honor her and bc she realized time can be Short for loved ones #//Getting an attachment like that can spark Hella anxiety; esp considering anybody she’d ever deem worthy to get close to would be fighters #//All her dearest friends and/were after all #//Save Guizhong; but look where the lack of fighting skill got her #//Xianyun cannot bear to be with someone who can’t fight on par with an adeptus; at Mjnimum #//Too easy to lose; and she doubts they’d let her keep them in her realm for the rest of their life #suggestive #//BC it is worth knowing her sex drive also takes a hella Spike once she’s comfortable in a relationship #//You think she’s affectionate? wait until she gets the go aheads to initiate intimacy #//She will NOT hesitate to nor will ever refuse if her partner initiates #//Is a soft dom for the most part; but give her the right partner; ESP if they are competitive like her #//Well; she does love a good healthy wager/competition to get in the mood; if they wanna top her so bad; they should try & aim for the gold #//In public with her s/o; she does love walking arms linked or pinkies brushing at very least #//She thinks it’s cute #//She sometimes does so with Madam Ping on a whim—shes her closest friends; after all. if she ain’t wed; Xianyun has plans to court her

[swordmaid]

in my hc the noble houses of menzoberranzan operate similarly to the houses in ice and fire where they’re constantly feuding with each other but instead of trying to take the throne/control of the whole realm they’re all fighting for lolth’s favour instead. and because they can’t outright declare war on each other (forgot the reason for why they can’t exactly do that but iirc lolth doesn’t like it?? she loves the drama I guess) and if they rise too quickly lolth casts them down so they have to be cunning about it. not to mention if they stay too long in power and do nothing about it that also displeases the spider queen so the nobility’s game of intrigue is constantly moving and working both for self gain and for self preservation.

shri’iia also plays the game but more of a pawn than a player. she’s not born from any noble house (she’s actually a commoner). the only reason why she has any foot in the game is that she’s taken in by the matriarch of faen tlabbar - one of the houses who fervently worships lolth to the point of zealotry - when they’ve heard word that she—a commoner—have managed to succeed lolth’s trials and gained her blessing. lolth blessings are rare to come and making someone a paladin is even more rare so for a zealot house, that’s a a sign they can’t pass up. so, the house matriarch takes her in and keeps in a tower where she’s supposed to pray and train to lolth day and night. the paladin oath that shri’iia swears is both for lolth and her matriarch; she swears to punish the enemies of her mistresses and forever keep her loyalty to them. her matriarch’s word is an extension to lolth’s will, so to disobey her will be disobeying lolth herself.

and ofc shri’iia being born poor with everything to give and nothing to lose, who thought that there is more to her life than a merchant’s daughter, to be known by the goddess she worship and noticed by one of the most influential houses in the city, swears herself to that oath. she never regretted that choice not even when she’s kept in that tower in complete isolation with her matriarch being the only person she could interact with.

#shri’iia’s backstory to me is like og fairy tale of rapunzel but instead of the witch raising her to be a daughter #the witch raised her to be a very well trained guard dog instead #see I’m just thinking; in a setting where subterfuge is key and the truth is what people is made to believe instead of the actual #factual truth .. the fact that you have a person that no one knows about and is unquestioningly loyal to you that is like your biggest #asset. since she can do everything for you and leave without a trace and no one can link it back to you nor accuse you of being the one #responsible. like in ice and fire she’d be the equivalent of varys’ little birds but she’s only one person lol #anyway does shri’iia develop a toxic codependent relationship with her matriarch? ofc she does #shes trapped in that tower for 100+ years and that’s the only person #not to mention constant isolation can fuck up your mind so ofc she gets obsessed with her. and her matriarch KEEPS her obsessed esp in a #city where you’re not supposed to trust anyone .. her matriarch says that shri’iia is the only person she trusts so ofc she’ll feel special #and this is also why she feels so out of place and paranoid in act 1 events where she gets kidnapped and dropped off on the surface #bc not only that’s her first time being in the surface she also hasn’t gone outside nor interacted with anyone in a long time #and her choice of being compliant and following instead of asserting her own dominance and being a general menace as expected for lolth’s #followers is a survival tactic since she literally doesn’t know what to do or how to go home #and that’s the first choice she had made for herself in so fucking long and that’s what also leads her to her oath breaking #= which is being free from lolth’s dogma and her mistress essentially #anyway I have more thoughts abt this but I’m like … it makes sense.. TO ME ..!