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spitblaze · 1 year

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Men and masculinity are not inherently bad or untrustworthy things and I don't mean that in a 'misandry is real and a problem' way, I mean that in a 'I think some of you might have contracted minor radfem poisoning' way

#spitblaze says things #its...not normal or good to look at two gay men living their life and go 'EW GROSS MEN BLEGH DISGUSTING'#being fed up with patriarchal structure and a general 'men' is one thing. i get that shit #disgust and disdain at all who (or DON'T but you think they do) identify as such is uh. worth maybe thinking a lil harder about #doin numbers

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sheepwithspecs · 3 months

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i don't normally make posts about things myself but i keep thinking about how the whole point of EW was that the strength you needed didn't come from a god, or a supreme being, or a primal or anything: it all comes from you

your love for this world and your friends and everything that you allow purpose and meaning- that is what gives you the strength to climb to your feet, even when you feel utterly alone at the end of the universe

In Shb we had Ardbert who gave us the strength to take that next step, but in EW we are alone (save for Zenos i guess but this ain't about him). That's why even though I agree that "it was the ancients" is becoming an extremely stale take, I still forgive MotR and the Twelve because it's hammering in EW's theme of being enough to handle what life throws at you without needing to rely on something much larger than yourself

EW's plot- and even the Omicron quests -point to the fact that dynamis alone does nothing. It has to be moved to action by feelings/emotions for it to work. As N-7000 says, "all [dynamis] requires is for us to ask "what if?""

Zodiark did not save the Ancients. Hydaelyn cannot save Her Children. The Twelve do not answer your cries. Primals are bound to the prayers of those that summon them.

The Warrior of Light is an imperfect being. More talented than most, but imperfect yet. EW does not make you a god. It shows that change can be wrought by anyone, at any time. You need not do it alone: there are others willing to come to your aid. But when you are alone, at the end of your rope, facing insurmountable odds: the strength you need can only come from within.

#ffxiv #i've been thinking a lot about this lately #bc i do agree that the ancients are starting to become boring #and this is from someone that loves the idea and enjoyed Elpis immensely #i really hope it's just EW tying up the last few loose ends though and they don't play a big part (if at all) in DT #that being said... i can see where the story is leaning in myths of the realm too?#like when you step back and look at it everything ties together around this central theme of ''don't appeal to a deus ex machina''#anyway that's just my opinion on it y'know

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guntapon · 2 years

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Kim kicking ass for Chay (again). ↳ [EP12] KinnPorsche the Series (2022)

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yoinkschief · 4 months

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Ouuuhhh look I did an art trend ouuuhhh

This is my first EVER comfort character, Darkiplier, you've come a long way bbg never forget your god awful roots but also oh my god I never wanna see you like that ever again I'd kill you

And then my biggest/most current comfort character, naturally, Tord

Which is SOO ironic since Tom used to hold that spot but then shit happened and suddenly I have a type or something I dunno you tell me after looking over my simp list

My,,, THEORETICAL, simp list, of course

No such tangeble thing exists of course, no sense in looking for it

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wheels-of-despair · 1 year

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Draw Me Like One of Your Dwarf Girls, Eddie Pairing: Eddie Munson x You Summary: Eddie decides to work on his drawing skills, and accidentally awakens a monster in the process. Contains: Titanic references, female nudity, a brush with death. Word Count: 1.3k-ish

"Draw me like one of your dwarf girls, Eddie," you say in a sultry voice, trying your hardest not to laugh.

"What did I tell you about talking?" He pauses to give you a pointed look, since he's already told you to pipe down several times. You roll your eyes, and he returns to his drawing with a renewed vigor.

It's early 1998, and you've recently dragged your poor Eddie to a theater to see that damn Titanic movie everybody and their mother keeps raging about. All 3 hours of it. You may have neglected to mention the runtime when you bought the tickets. You owe him.

He survived, but was suddenly faced with the desire to "work on his people-sketching skills." Which of course meant it took him less than a week to convince you to strip and pose like Rose on the couch, wearing only that red guitar pick necklace he's had since high school.

You're stretched out and exposed and already bored. Two hours ago, he'd adjusted your hand a quarter of an inch this way, your knee a quarter of an inch that way, and you'd been instructed not to move.

Well, it felt like two hours, but it was really only about 30 minutes.

With nothing else to do, and being mildly disappointed that he didn't find your commentary amusing, you watch his eyes follow the pencil scratching across the paper you can't see. He's cute when he's concentrating. Tongue poking out, brow furrowed, that spark of creativity in his eye. It must be going well, because he smiles occasionally. He even giggled once. If you had to guess, you'd say it probably had something to do with a nipple. It was a little chilly.

"Just as I thought; it's a masterpiece."

"Are you done?" You'd only been in this position for an eternity.

"Oh yeah, this baby's getting framed." Ignoring you, he holds his sketch pad out to view it at an arm's length, beaming at his creation.

"Can I move now?!"

"Yeah, you can move."

You stretch your stiff limbs and get up off the couch, reaching for the flannel he'd discarded on a chair nearby, buttoning a few buttons as you pad over to where he sat admiring his work.

You place a hand on his back and look over his shoulder at the figure on his sketchbook. You're confused, but you can't take your eyes off of it. You can't think of anything to say. Until…

"What. The FUCK. Is THAT."

He looks up innocently and says, "What? I was just following instructions. You kept talking, figured I better listen."

You have no words.

You do, however, have a fucking BEARD in Eddie's drawing.

He sits there, looking up at you with a proud grin on his face, waiting for you to react.

You stare at him wordlessly, still in a state of shock.

Until he laughs at you. LAUGHS AT YOU.

Your brain begins to swirl furiously, until it flashes one word: KILL.

You clench your fists, and he begins to sense that you're not going to start laughing with him. His eyes widen, and he jumps out of his chair, vaults over the coffee table, and stands on the couch.

"I can explain," he says quickly, trying to sound calm, steps unsteady on the cushions.

You can explain too. Explain to the responding officers how one Edward James Munson met his gruesome demise.

"It's Tolkien."

You ignore him and advance slowly, like a predator stalking its prey. Eyes unblinking. Blood boiling. Steam probably coming out of your ears. He jumps off the couch as you approach the coffee table.

"It's from a book!" He's walking backward, holding out his sketch pad like a lion tamer with a chair.

His eyes bulge as he hits something solid. You've backed him into a corner. Literally.

"Tolkien! Middle-earth! The Hobbit! Nerd shit!"

Nerd shit won't save you now, Munson. You narrow your eyes and prepare to go in for the kill. He panics.

"Dwarf women have beards! It was a joke! I'm sorry! I love you!"

The "I love you" makes you pause, just as you were about to pounce and slash your prey to pieces. The hell?

"What?" you ask, giving your head a slight shake in confusion.

"Dwarf women have beards. In the books. You said to draw you like a dwarf. It was a joke. I thought you'd know what it was."

"You thought I'd know some random detail from a book I haven't read in over a decade?"

"I mean, it's a pretty memorable detail…"

You roll your eyes, heave a sigh, and pinch the bridge of your nose. Why is this not surprising?

"So you're not gonna kill me?" He's still backed into his corner. You consider it for a moment, deciding that you've played with him enough for today.

"Not tonight, Munson."

He exhales and leans his head back against the wall.

"But I WILL get you for this," you threaten, pointing a finger at him. He nods, used to this constant back-and-forth game you'd both been playing for over a decade. He knew you'd never really hurt him, just like you knew he wouldn't hurt you either. It was just a game.

You turn to walk away, and hear him whisper to the abomination he's still clutching: "Don't worry baby, you're still gettin' framed."

You whip around, eyes flashing. He gulps. You step closer, making him lean further back into the wall. He's cute when he's scared.

"Give it."

He stares at you with those big, beautiful brown eyes of his.

"Give it," you repeat, holding out a hand and waiting for him to place his sketchbook into it.

Reluctantly, he hands it to you. You maintain eye contact as your fingers find the thick cover page, not wanting to give him the satisfaction of looking at his ungodly creation again. You slam it shut and he flinches.

"What are you gonna do with it?"

Beat your nerdy ass to death with it.

Still clutching his sketch pad, you step back silently and gesture for him to walk on by with your free hand. He slowly peels himself off the wall and begins to move with an apprehensive look in your direction, and a thought occurs to you.

As he scurries past you, you smack him on the ass with his sketchbook. He whirls around with a yelp, hands clutching his cheeks. It's cardboard, you drama queen. You step closer and swing the book at his arm.

"You made me lay there for AN HOUR! While! You! Drew! That!" You punctuate each word with another smack of the sketch pad. He continues overreacting to each hit and falls to the floor with a wail when you finish yelling, clutching his imaginary wounds. You lift the book above your head with both hands, ready to finish him.

"It started out real! But I couldn't make it look like you! It wasn't pretty enough!" You graciously decide to let him continue, still holding the sketchbook in an attack position, just in case. "I tried," he explains calmly now, "but it wasn't working out, and then you said the dwarf thing, and I thought it would be funny. I'll make it up to you."

"Damn right, you will." You lower the book and release it. It lands on his chest with a light thud. He grins from his position on the floor. You step over him and make your way toward the bedroom.

"Starting now," you inform him from the hallway, not slowing or turning around. You hear him scramble to get up, knock something over, and curse before he hurries in your direction.

He's lucky he's cute.

#writings of despair #eddie munson x you #eddie munson x reader #oh look she finally wrote a sexy story #psychhh #*cackles*#keep in mind that this is pre-lotr movies #tolkien specifics are not common knowledge #even when you live with a nerd who probably rambles nonstop #i've been trying to read those books since 2001 and have never made it more than one chapter into the hobbit #were it not for the movies i'd know nothing #don't try to logic at me kids #this started as a 2 am joke in someone's askbox #and then it snowballed... or iceberged if you will #not me having to edit a thing because i kept writing and ended up contradicting my own ew-verse

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arkaix · 10 months

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Good evening to the poor unfortunate souls who will see this post because today it is LANKMANN HEADCANONS day

thanks to this post in particular by @havoc-bloom go see it immediately what are you still doing here

Anyway. Every Veldigun has some kind of animal features, and yea Lankmann is not one but he's mimicking the form of what one could look like, and personally I've always associated Arg Lankmann (not dr. Lankmann) with sea creatures. Why?

First of all, for one of Lankmann's key features that the other Pastra characters don't have:

a SECOND Set of RETRACTABLE glowing red teeth. My dude really wants to remind us he's a predator. You know who else has this feature? Mostly sea creatures, the prime example being the moray. He even looks somewhat like one with his yellow skin when he dislocates his entire jaw just to smile.

And also I mean look at this motherfucker. This is the Zebra moray eel and could be Lankmann's cousin.

Other sea creatures I associate him with are the Yellow-lipped sea krait and the Mimic octopus. The first for obivious reasons, it's a sea snake with the iconic black & yellow stripes (which by the way is one of the most venomous snakes in the world) ; the second in a more simbolic way:

the ARG Lankmann is technically a creature who's mimicking the design of Dr Lankmann's hallucination form from the old DOAI lore. So yeah mimic behavior

has multiple names picked from Pastra's previous unfinished ARGs and and is using them as his own without permission, with Lankmann being the most used one. So yeah still mimic behavior

his body proportions are all over the place. Like you cannot find 2 sprites of his that have the same body shape, it's like he's a black blob that can stretch and squash at will, unlike Clyde and Simon's sprites who are much more proportioned. One could say that's standard veldigun behavior but as we established he's not a real veldigun

small horns above their eyes ewe I've seen some people draw Lankmann with small horns

tentacular hands. Do I need to say more

Yes I know Lankmann's form was the product of his features and mask distorted by Winfrey's collective hallucination and to understand his real inspirations one should analize Winfrey's mind, this is just fun headcanons.

So yeah, Vincent Network Lankmann with octopus/snake/moray inspo OwO

#if yall disagree with me it's ok I haven't looked that deep into it #and I'd love to know others' headcanons ewe #lankmann #pastra #veldigun #pastraspec #arkaix talks #I'm rambling at this point don't take me seriously

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zackieboyo · 6 days

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drawing my hc Tord in classic style bc he so cute

#eddsworld #eddsworld fanart #eddsworld tord #ew fanart #ew tord #btw does this brush look flash-esq enough? I tried so hard to make it look like that brush but I don't think I got it quite right #totally unrelated to prev post haha *shifty eyes*

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franciya · 4 months

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For real tho, I haven't really stopped to think about it too much before

No shitty live action movie

No shitty cheap 2D or CGI new series that loses the magic of the original style completely

No shitty EEnE 'Babies' or 'Go!'

No shitty hollywood celebrity voices to replace the original ones

Too bad that's such a rare occasion nowadays

#ed edd n eddy #my Twitter's timeline's been celebrating their Anniversary for like 2 weeks now haha #i don't mind too much stuff like Muppet Babies or Baby Looney Tunes or even TTG etc #but the CG on the new Rugrats looks so fucking disgusting #same about the 'pretend 2D' on the Rescue Rangers movie #ew

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wonder-worker · 1 month

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"[Elizabeth Woodville's] piety as queen seems to have been broadly conventional for a fifteenth-century royal, encompassing pilgrimages, membership of various fraternities, a particular devotion to her name saint, notable generosity to the Carthusians, and the foundation of a chantry at Westminster after her son was born there. ['On other occasions she supported planned religious foundations in London, […] made generous gifts to Eton College, and petitioned the pope to extend the circumstances in which indulgences could be acquired by observing the feast of the Visitation']. One possible indicator of a more personal, and more sophisticated, thread in her piety is a book of Hours of the Guardian Angel which Sutton and Visser-Fuchs have argued was commissioned for her, very possibly at her request."

-J.L. Laynesmith, "Elizabeth Woodville: The Knight's Widow", "Later Plantagenet and Wars of the Roses Consorts: Power, Influence, Dynasty"

#historicwomendaily #elizabeth woodville #my post #friendly reminder that there's nothing indicating that Elizabeth was exceptionally pious or that her piety was 'beyond purely conventional'#(something first claimed by Anne Crawford who simultaneously claimed that Elizabeth was 'grasping and totally lacking in scruple' so...)#EW's piety as queen may have stood out compared to former 15th century predecessors and definitely stood out compared to her husband #but her actions in themselves were not especially novel or 'beyond normal' and by themselves don't indicate unusual piety on her part #As Laynesmith's more recent research observes they seem to have been 'broadly conventional'#A conclusion arrived at Derek Neal as well who also points out that in general queens and elite noblewomen simply had wider means #of 'visible material expression of [their] personal devotion' - and also emphasizes how we should look at their wider circumstances #to understand their actions (eg: the death of Elizabeth's son George in 1479 as a motivating factor)#It's nice that we know a bit about Elizabeth's more personal piety - for eg she seems to have developed an attachment to Westminster Abbey #It's possible her (outward) piety increased across her queenship - she undertook most of her religious projects in later years #But again - none of them indicate the *level* of her piety (ie: they don't indicate that she was beyond conventionally pious)#By 1475 it seems that contemporaries identified Cecily Neville as the most personally devout from the Yorkist family #(though Elizabeth and even Cecily's sons were far greater patrons)#I think people also assume this because of her retirement to Westminster post 1485 #which doesn't work because 1) we don't actually know when she retired? as Laynesmith says there is no actual evidence for the traditional #date of 12 February 1487 #2) she had very secular reasons for retiring (grief over the death of her children? her lack of dower lands or estates which most other #widows had? her options were very limited; choosing to reside in the abbey is not particularly surprising. it's a massive and unneeded jump #to claim that it was motivated solely by piety (especially because it wasn't a complete 'retirement' in the way people assume it was)#I think historians have a habit of using her piety as a GOTCHA!' point against her vilification - which is a flawed and stupid argument #Elizabeth could be the most pious individual in the world and still be the pantomime villain Ricardians/Yorkists claim she was #They're not mutually exclusive; this line of thinking is useless #I think this also stems from the fact that we simply know very little about Elizabeth as an individual (ie: her hobbies/interests)#certainly far less than we do for other prominent women Margaret of Anjou; Elizabeth of York;; Cecily Neville or Margaret Beaufort #and I think rather than emphasizing that gap of knowledge her historians merely try to fill it up with 'she was pious!'#which is ... an incredibly lackluster take. I think it's better to just acknowledge that we don't know much about this historical figure #ie: I do wish that her piety and patronage was emphasized more yes. but it shouldn't flip too far to the other side either.

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mainapnifavouritehoon · 11 months

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the casting of adipurush sucks. i said it.

#arunima blabbers #No I don't see Prabhas as Lord Ram #I don't see anyone as Lord Ram actually #Kill me for this but idc Prabhas cannot act #He's a flat actor no expressions there I said it idc cancel me #Kriti may be nice or whatever but she's no Janaki to me #I'm actually angry about this prabhas should not be playing Lord Ram #Prabhas fans don't kill me but he's overhyped #The trailer looks so bad imma go cringe #The cgi and the vfx look so bad plus the acting ew God wtf is happening #Ps. To the people defending Prabhas by saying Lord ram actually looked like him Y'ALL CAN GO TO HELL BECAUSE HE'S A BLAND ACTOR TCH TCH

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pastafossa · 11 months

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I saw this post and it reminded me of the time I was looking for a review of a cute little cookbook I’d seen based on a book series, and this reviewer went through to make and review some of the recipes.

For some reason, she chose a bunch that used ingredients she didn’t like. And she rated those recipes poorly. Because of how it tasted like the thing she didn’t like.

She did pick one recipe she was excited about, though. Only she didn’t bother to include all the ingredients. And then rated it poorly because it tasted really bad and dry and idk, maybe I did something wrong, the recipe wanted three cups of dried fruit and I only used a cup of raisins, anyway, terrible bread and would not make again.

So, if you ever get a comment on your fanfic, that amounts to, ‘why is this thing in here, it’s terrible, ew, like I know you tagged it but it’s still gross and I hate that I read it, ew,’ just know it’s really, really, really not you.

There will always be people out there that want to punch themselves in the face so they can wonder why their nose hurts.

#fanfic #fic #i read that review years ago and was just like... ???#so you went through and looked at ALL those recipes and picked ones using ingredients you don't like #the recipe literally says 'these are the things in it' and you went 'oh yeah i don't like those but ok i'll do it EW WHY ARE THESE IN HERE'#this is what people sound like when they complain about things in fic that were tagged #much like a recipe all the ingredients were listed for you which means you know what was in it #you chose to go in anyway

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mewple-syrup · 1 year

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Gathering first impressions on Aini (+ a Date I drew a bit ago)

#ai: the somnium files #ai: nirvana initiative #Aitsf #Aini #I...what way do i tag the name..help me #I'll do both...#date kaname #kaname date #kuruto ryuki #ryuki kuruto #fanart #doodles #M(ew)art #I'm not even close to finishing this game I just...so badly needed to draw ryuki #i don't usually post doodles but i do think these ones are cute...but most of mine are of ocs so i...do not care to make them look as pretty #u can see those on my twitter tho or somehting

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meltyjellyfwish · 1 year

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kel and his two boyfriends, nothing going on

i was too tired to draw anything big today, so have some unhinged doodles

yes i ship sunkissed what about it 3 gay homies kissing

#omori #omori doodles #omori kel #kel omori #basil omori #omori basil #omori sunny #sunny omori #hahah i’m sorry for all the ship tags i’m about to disturb (it’s three.)#omori sunflower #omori cactiflower #omori suntan #omori sunkissed #sunkissed omori #omori shitpost #doodle shenanigans #i don't like how this looks anymore ew #please stop liking this i don't wanna be jumpscared by this #sheesh

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hexeratii · 3 months

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Self Portrait I drew in front of my mirror ฅ⁠^⁠•⁠ﻌ⁠•⁠^⁠ฅ

#art #drawing #doodle #artwork #illustration #sketch #self portrait #my art #sketchbook #sketchbook drawing #mirror drawing #pencil sketch #pencil illustration #self portrait drawing #portrait drawing #mechanical pencil #this would not be possible without my trusty 0.03mm mechanical pencil #ty graphgear #not sponsored I just enjoy the razor thin lines I get from my absurdly thin mech pencils #ew I probably sounded so gross and cheesy in this post #I swear I'm actually an emo bad bitch #Now that I posted this drawing I'm noticing all the little mistakes like the warping on my desk chair and how rushed the hair is lolololol #would you believe me if I told you that the most difficult part of this drawing aside from the arm was the sketchbook #I can easily falsify clothing folds and they don't have to be extremely accurate to still look believable #but godamn it was really hard for me to get the angle of the sketchbook and the loose paper in the back etc etc #This probably doesn't even look all that impressive to most and it may be cringe to be this happy with the result but what can you do #I doubt anyone will read these tags anyhow lolol this is just free vent space #oh and if you are reading these #thank you #also you just lost the game HAHA

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lavendersartistry · 29 days

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Mask or Not

Space Riders AU - @onyxonline Eve Ewe - @lavendersartistry Gilded - @qxurugosk

This fic is for onyxonline's Space Riders AU, this time with a alternate reality in the mix! This fic is mainly centered around Quru's cultist OC Gilded and my OC, Eve Ewe! Please check Onyx and Quru out, their work is super cool!

Do note that this is non-canon to Eve's story in Space Riders, a "what-if" timeline! Want more context? Here! Want more context of Gilded's mask? Here and Here!

The sounds of glass breaking and yells echoed as Eve calmly walked to Gilded's chambers, a dark veil covering her face. It was reported to her that someone took their mask without their knowledge and later made a ruckus when they found the culprit.

Eve quietly knocked, alerting Gilded. They knew who it was but didn't say a word at first. Eve spoke up instead.

"Until your mask is retrieved, I have a veil for you to use instead. I understand it will not do much but at least it will do what it can."

Eve opened the door and quickly placed the veil near their desk by the door and closed it again.

Once Eve was out of earshot, Gilded put the culprit down and walked to their desk. They looked at the veil, touching the soft texture and fabric. They glanced back and scowled.

"Find my mask by nightfall. Or you won't see another sunrise."

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By sunset, Eve quietly entered her palace gardens. Instead of the noting Astral Jellyfish, owls of all kinds rested in every tree. She grimaced at the sight. Her mother adored owls like they were her only friends when it came to the council.

Eve sat under a willow tree, and a little owl flew down next to her. A soft 'hoo' escaped its beak as it looked up at the saddened queen. Eve gently petted its head as tears began to roll down her face.

"I did not take my queen to be a fan of birds. Quite the surprise."

Eve turned her head, eyes meeting the familiar that covered Gilded's face. She looked back down at the owl.

"Your mask was returned, that's good."

"You're avoiding my statement."

Eve went silent, hands close together. She looked down, and a shaky sigh escaped her lips.

"Owls was my mother's favorite... before..."

The queen choked back a sob, trying not to seem weak. She couldn't look weak, not in front of them. She was mighty, powerful. But how long could she stay that way, under that mask of perfection?

Gilded stepped closer, kneeling down before her. It was a first to see her break and crumble. But they knew why, the black gown and the veil were clear.

Eve's mother would turn 5800 today.

The masked cultist wiped away her tears and held her hand.

"It is normal for the mask of a queen to break. The world was cruel to you. But do not let it hold you down to the riverside. You will avenge your loss and rise as the queen you are."

Gilded tilted Eve's head, her ocean eyes still full of tears.

"Mask or not, you are my queen. You are unstoppable and you are spectacular. And I will be at your side as long as I live."

#pineapple drink | writing #space riders au #Space Riders AU - onyxonline au #smiling critters #smiling critters au #smiling critters oc #gilded space riders au #eve ewe #eve ewe - space riders au #queen's rage reality | non-canon story #note: this is not canon to eve's story for space riders #guys don't think this is gilded getting romantic with eve #these two are close friends in a way #platonic soulmates if you please #THIS IS NOT A SHIP #but lil lore: lilim aliens can live long and still look pretty #eve is like around 20s/30s

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ahollowgrave · 10 months

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There was a post asking RPers with moon-worshipping characters how they handle the moon's revelation, especially with Endwalker. But! I am too shy to reblog that with my actual answers so instead I will post this two page rambling under a cut. (:

Okay, so I look at it through two lenses: 1) How much does your average citizen know about the big wide star and everything our beloved Warrior of Light gets up to in saving it all the time?

There are things in the real world I don’t know and things I am shocked to find out other people don’t know!

The history of the Star is vast and dense and no one can possibly know every crumb of it.

2) Faith requires a sort of peace in knowing you don’t and won’t know certain things. If you have all the answers to all your questions, you don’t need faith.

The asking of questions is vital, here. If you are not curious about the world around you how can you possibly come to love it and those it shelters? If you believe for a second that you have all the answers to all the questions then your curiosity dies.

That said with Odette and her convent it really boils down to: They don’t know!

Odette is young, she may not have been alive during Dalamud’s fall and Bahamut’s defeat. I’m not really sure because time bubbles and I’m very vague with her age because time is my mortal enemy. When the moon started its fall the convent probably took it to mean: gods mad. Who wouldn’t? Even the faithless might pray under such a thing, no? But the convent is secluded and news is slow to reach them and what does reach them is often embellished or outdated or just untrue. They must pick through the stories they are told and find the truth of the matter - which is subjective, as well! What is true for one might not be true for another.

It is a bit of a chore, is what I am trying to say, and unreliable narrators are aplenty.

Currently, the Convent believes that earlier scripture naming Dalamud as Menphina’s Loyal Hound were written by Spoken who were trying to make sense of the world around them. They got it wrong, but no doubt there are things we get wrong even now with all our knowledge.

The point of their faith is not to get things 100% right all the time but rather to meet the star and her denizens with hearts full of love. They don’t allow dogs at the convent, however.

The news out of EW is another matter since it still feels very fresh and new. Odette has stepped into the role of Nun Errant and she does relay information back to her Convent, either in person or via letter. I don’t know if the news of the WoL fighting the 12 made papers and so far it seems that most of the Loporrits that stayed star-side are in Old Sharlayan to learn! A big ship did go beyond the moon but that was… beyond the moon! So, like the nuns, I don’t know! They are but Spoken creatures, they question, yes, but it is difficult for them to see the grand picture being as small as they are. It should be noted that Odette is not the warrior of light. I try very hard for her to not know everything the warrior of light gets up to in the MSQ because she, realistically, would not know. She’s just some nun! What I CAN say is that if Odette knew everything that I, the player, know she would still worship the Moon and Menphina. Imprisoning Zodiark before more needless death, setting the Loporrits to building a fallback and escape plan, reincarnating her closest and most trusted allies to serve as deities and make sure he cannot be freed? That’s love, baby. Of course, Menphina, the deity of Love, would be the keeper of the moon and its secrets! Also, almost none of this answered the secondary questions but… This is already very long but I could go on about the dark side of the moon, what it means to love, and all that but I’ll end it with this: It is okay for your characters to be wrong and make mistakes, IC! Let them have harmlessly bad and factually untrue opinions.

BONUS: I recall a question about how a manmade moon might effect a god or goddess who is tied to it! But -- prayer and belief is were deities get their powers.

Well, the 12 as we know them are kind of ‘manmade’ themselves. Yes, Venat sort of reincarnated her most trusted allies, however… It was shown that prayers have the power to change them! We know that this altered Halone in some ways and I believe that it altered Menphina the same. Basically: Enough of her worshippers thought Dalamud was her ‘loyal hound’ and so she got a loyal hound. So, why should the moon(s) be any different?

#Menphina #O! Holy Lover #I don't know if I should tag this OOC or whatever but look it's a lotta words #so don't feel pressured to read it #also!!! there are!!!! spoilers for EW IN HERE!!!!!!#but anyway yeah like the whole point of faith is that it is for the people #obviously people twist faith for their own gain because mortals are flawed #but like part of why faith still draws so many people is that there is some freedom in knowing you DON'T know things #and that someone out there has your best interest at heart you know?#anyway I am not religious at all OOC but I find religion to be worthy of respect for the comfort it brings people #and also for the care it encourages among communities #also this is VERY very long so if you DO read it I would love to know your thoughts and my DMS are open for them!!

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