#fey sterling

[philosophygirl]

feylilia commission by @citrus_c0la on twt ❤️

#check him out his art is so good!!! #twst #twst oc #oc x canon #nrc co-ed au #fey sterling #lilia vanrouge

[superspookyjanelle]

you nerds wanted it, so here is an official fancast list for my dimension 20 ocs, in no particular order - part one ! Let me know if you’d guys would be interested in more parts !!

TAGGING: @witchofinterest @fiercefray @sweetenemyfire @eddysocs @arrthurpendragon @waterloou @villanele @bookstorebunny @roseygirl203 @valdrinors

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𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐞 as 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳 in star written tragedies, a starstruck odyssey

𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐣𝐮 as 𝘈𝘻𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 in the ex girlfriend, the seven

𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐲𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐭𝐨𝐧 as 𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 in tears of gold, fantasy high

𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 as 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘺𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 in cupid’s game, a court of fey and flowers

𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐬𝐜𝐡 as 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥 in lavender haze, misfits and magic

#dimension 20 oc #dimension 20 fic #vera castor #star written tragedies #azula goldenhoard #the ex girlfriend #Apolla sterling #tears of gold #freya valentine #cupid’s game #polaris beauredgard #lavender haze #my oc stuff #ocappreciation #oc community #fancast #fanfic #fantsay high oc #a court of fey and flowers oc #the seven oc #misfits and magic oc #a star struck odyssey oc

[hellebore-petall]

I got a bunch of mini squishmallows for my birthday, which MEANS I can finally have one squishmallow named for each UC arc! Please note these squishmallows are not named because of liking the characters any more than the others that arc, but more about which ones I find ones who's names fit!

Arc 1 (and 7) - Dereb'soloth

Arc 2 - Lyndell Sterling

Arc 3 - Fey Moss

Arc 4 (one of the new ones!!!) - Quinn [REDACTED]

Arc 5 (Another new one!!!) - Omen Haxolpenny

Arc 6 - Kipp Tupper

Arc 8 (Another birthday one!!!) - Sybilla Eirick

And, I now have 6 more that I can keep in a backlog for future arcs, unless of course, I get inspired from characters in other pieces of media. I have a couple Critical Role Squishmallows, and some with names I just thought were cute!

I'm excited to see what names these little ones end up with!!!

#unprepared casters #squishmallows #dragons in dungeons #wizards off the coast #dereb'soloth #lovejoy's four #lyndell sterling #gonna raise hell #fey moss #orb is life #quinn [redacted] #the glacerian trail #kipp tupper #the king is dead #sybilla eirick #petall ponderings

[lazodiac]

There seemingly won't be a Planeswalker's Guide to Thunder Junction, sad to say, so it's time to stop delaying this.

Outlaws of Thunder Junction is the most recent Magic the Gathering set to release, taking place on a "fresh" plane- a place that has no sentient, sapient life. Initially populated by the Atiin people, nomads from another plane that moved here when the Omenpaths opened up the multiverse, everyone who decided to come on down to the Junction and make a new life for themselves has given themselves a bit of that old west flare.

But the question is; where are all our new friends from? In a burst of intellectual curiosity and bad decision making, lets actually do our best to figure that out, starting with... (some ground rules: only the subject matter of the card art matters. Instants and Sorceries will try to divine where the spell and cast are from to the best of my abilities. Please note this is mostly arbitrary.)

WHITE

... cool way to start. Based on the artistry of the Eversaloon's entryway I'm calling Kaladesh, it has the appropriate spirals.

The original printing of this card is Innistrad so you might be tempted to say this lovely lady is from there, but the style of wings, the way she is channeling Thunder through her gun, and the general vibe of the art tells me this is Dominaria.

This delightful feller is endemic to Thunder Junction! The armor has an Esperite flare but I'm counting this as not from another plane.

Aven Interrupter is our first one that's like, actually obvious. Owl aven have only been seen on Arcavios so until told otherwise, this friend is from there!

While we're seemingly not getting a Planeswalker's Guide for Thunder Junction, it was mentioned on twitter that Felidar are native to the plane. The particular design of the cat and horns suggest creatures native to the American West as well.

This abomination (Affectionate) of a pun features a local oxen and a Thunderous wind whipper. As much as a magical spell can be, this is from Thunder Junction proper.

Another native creature to the plane. I love the fluffy beards on these critters.

Now look at this bad boy! There's absolutely no known place in Magic the Gathering that a rabbit person like this could exist... yet anyway! I'm thinking this guy is from Bloomburrow (as is the Mole person from Murders at Karlov Manor, incidentally).

While this is noted as a spirit, the fact that it's an animus suggests to me this is more of a living mirage than an actual person. Native to Thunder Junction.

Eriette is the weirdly sympathetic wicked witch of the Wilds of Eldraine storyline, so this stunningly beautiful piece of artwork is from that storybook plane.

There's no real defining characteristics on this card to really peg where it's from... except! IT was mentioned on Twitter that Spree cards were meant to evoke big Western films, and this one is The Magnificent Seven... which means this lone survivor's from Kamigawa, because it'd be funny (and the spooky aura radiating out of these guys feels like a Reckoner thing). Hey, I did say these would be arbitrary sometimes.

The incredibly cool horse(?) of Annie "Haseya" Flash, one of the main stars of the story. Fortune comes and goes as she pleases, but Annie always finds her when the chips are down. I love this creature, and love Annie. I choose to believe Fortune's from the Atiin homeplane and came with her.

There are not a lot of places Dwarves can be from in Magic the Gathering... this doesn't have the exact sort of filigree you'd expect from Kaladesh, but consider the fine work and the tools being employed, this lovely fellow is likely from there.

The Sterling Company, our villainous lawmen for the plane! I'll talk about their leader later, but based on him, his style, and the impeccable fashion of his men, I'm saying they're from New Capenna.

Goddest boy in the multiverse Kellan Okoson is here to lasso an entire train to safety with his fey-natured vines. While I'd love to say this is from Eldraine because Kellan is from there, this is the natural fey-gifts he inherited from his shitty father, so they're from Oko's Plane.

This polite kidnapper is pretty clearly from Eldraine. I wonder what she left in the cacti's place though...

This is a tricky one. The way Thunder works on the ol' Junction is that it needs a loop to radiate through- thus the horsehoe on the blade. But that, plus the inner tang also being a loop, suggests this is a former Zendikari sword, modified from climbing equipment to chaos-channeling shock-sword.

Annie Flash digs up her past for one final job, and looks sweet as hell doing it. This is from the Atiin's plane, I'd reckon.

This guy could really be from anywhere, which is kind of the point of Thunder Junction- to give up your old life for a spell and see if a new you will work out. But the fact that his potions are so classical Fantasy Potions I'm saying he's from Dominaria.

This delightful little critter is native to Thunder Junction, and what a cutie he is. Did you know Prairie Dogs were a type of squirrel before seeing this card, because I didn't!

Fundamentally I have no real indication of where this guy could be from... but he's from Prosperity, the Sterling Company's roost, and his suit's got a bit of an armoured look to it... so I'm gonna say Kamigawa.

Look some of these just flatly aren't actually doable. The drones bouncing around suggests it could be from one of the planes that got those, but ultimately I think I'm going to have to put this as "yeah I got nothing".

I could have swore there was somewhere in the Wilds of Eldraine story that said these particular blue and white bovines belonged to the giants of the sky... and while I can't find it, I wanna say they're from Eldraine anyway. So I will, it just fits dangit!

This is definitely native to Thunder Junction. It's just got the vibe, you know?

Choke this one up to New Capenna- and if you think that's wrong, blame the Sterlings for having such fine coats.

Ditto for this one- though I'll note that the carriage and the train from the above card absolutely have that Kaladeshi vibe.

It' always fun to see what exactly gets turned into an instant or sorcery spell in flavor-first sets like this. This friend is from Thunder Junction, positive.

Another Sterling, another New Capenna ex-pat looking to make a name for herself. If it helps one of the city's of the plane, Omenport, leads directly to New Capenna, making it one of the most likely planes for people to naturally come from.

I will stop calling Sterling Company mooks New Capennan's when they stop looking like people from New Capenna. This is a sort of Aven you'd find there design wise.

Cute, designing a shield like a deputy star. This has no real markers signifying the people using it, but the subject of the art is clearly the shield itself, and this bad boy was made on Thunder Junction baby.

Only 30 images are allowed per port so check in soon for PART 2.

#Outlaws of Thunder Junction #Magic the Gathering #OTJ #planeswalker #white mana #nerd stuff

[transformedgirlspringbracket]

Contestants:

Chibiusa Tsukino from Sailor Moon

James Bonde from Moriarty the Patriot

Ranma Saotome from Ranma ½

Agent 47 from Hitman Series

Kuzco from Emperor's New Groove

Peeta Mellark from Hunger Games

Midorikawa Nao from Pretty Cure Series

Mr. Shark from The Bad Guys

Lance Sterling from Spies in Disguise

Brain from Inspector Gadget

Bloom from Winx Club

Double Trouble from STPOP

Yayoi Kise from Pretty Cure series

Penny from The Amazing World of Gumball

Moka from Rosario + Vampire

Princess Peach from Super Mario Bros

Robbie Rotten from Lazytown

Magica De Spell from Ducktales

Vin from Mistborn books

Honey Kisaragi from Cutie Honey

Seiya Kou from Sailor Moon

Don Paolo from Professor Layton games

Loki from Norse mythology

Twilight Sparkle from MLP:FiM

Spy from Asterix and Cleopatra

Maya Fey from Ace Attorney

Transfer from Around the World with Willy Fog

Rapunzel from Tangled

Team Rocket from Pokemon

Dr. Jekyll from Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Loid Forger from Spy x Family

Rose Quartz from Steven Universe

#tumblr bracket #transformedgirlspringbracket

[web-novel-polls]

Priest (Author) Character Lower Bracket

[��Anti-propaganda” is not allowed. Please only give reasons to vote FOR a character, and please be courteous in the notes.]

Chu Huan from Of Mountains and Rivers / Shan He Biao Li 

Submission: 

His vibes are insane. A character pipi made by putting Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu in a jar and shaking, and then wrapping the result in the most unassuming shell possible. That one post that went like "perfectly normal man that has something seriously wrong with him" might as well have been made about him. Kills like 20 ppl in his introduction scene, falls off a cliff, gets on a bus, and agrees to become a teacher for those random guys he met because one of them is hot. Speaking of, his bi awakening and accepting it happens in a span of like, one second. *Sees a hot guy* welp, homosexual attraction is not a sin! Also, somehow has perfect tumblr shitposter vibes. Was asked what's a word for "good brother" in his language and after careful consideration said "bitch". Did I mention he's insane? "Play me a tune, and I'll go along with your BDSM play." Or that time he woke up after being clinically dead for a bit (saw his deceased loved ones asking him to go into the light and all) and to his bf's frantic questioning of "Does it hurt?" immediately went "Yes. It hurts a lot. You have to kiss it better." like bestie your priorities.... Anyway yeah what a guy.

Tong Ru / Lord Beiming from Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect 

“Beiming? Who deserves the title of Beiming? That’s merely an arrogant title given by some short-sighted people.” - Lord Beiming, Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect, Chapter 16

[No propaganda submitted]

“It’s just death, nothing serious.” - Lord Beiming, ch.30 

***I, the poll runner, have not gotten to the Lord Beiming reveal, so I’m not 100% sure the quotes from where I’m at are correct/for the same person (since there’s another person trying to claim the title of Lord Beiming)

(Also, Tong Ru and Han Muchun are sharing a picture because it’s way too blurry with just one lol)

Mu Xiaoqiao from Bandits / You Fei / Legend of Fei

Submission: 

"People tended to apply the highest of standards when judging the behavior of revered saints like the Sword of Mountains and Rivers: if they made even the smallest of missteps, they would be deemed unworthy of their sterling reputations, and be lambasted for hypocrisy. But people were much more magnanimous towards Mu Xiaoqiao and those of his vile ilk, for as long as these fiends didn’t go around killing everyone in sight…or as long as this violence was directed at others instead, they could sometimes even find something perversely charming about these villains." (Bandits, book 3, chapter 13)  Callout for who? Callout for me. Pipi is very right about this but also she is the one writing her murderous gays so epic and sexy and fascinating and irresistible and…

#chu huan #of mountains and rivers #shan he biao li #tong ru #liu yao #mu xiaoqiao #bandits #you fei #legend of fei #priest #polls #priest lower round 1 #priest lower bracket #priest character tournament #queue

[sobeksewerrat]

Aro/Ace Character Headcannons ig

-> Realized I hc a lot of chrs as being on the aro/acespec so decided to compile them into a list. Might update later if I find my older post or remember some more [Featuring some last name hcs marked in blue for some TMF chrs lol]

Lia Hartwell(TMF): Gray AroAce

Jake Sterling (TMF): Asexual

Sean Everett (TMF): AroAce

Millicent Brooks (TMF): Asexual

Zoey Vineyard (TMF): AroAce

Drew (TMF): Demirose (just a fancy word for demi aroace)

Liam (TMF): Aceflux

Stacy (TMF): Aroflux

Stacy's Mom (TMF): Aromantic

Phoenix Wright (AA): Gray AroAce (look, it's in the name)

Miles Edgeworth (AA): AroAce

Franziska von Karma (AA): Demirose

Maya Fey (AA): AroAce

Dick Gumshoe (AA): Asexual

Ema Skye (AA): AroAce (but she doesn't realize it. Like at all)

Athena Cykes (AA): AroAce (she's literally rhe flag colours. Haven't even finished the AJ trilogy but the vibes are just-)

Ramona Flower (SP): AroAce. I am willing to fight people over this.

Wallace Wells(SP):somewhere on the Arospec, but he simply does not care enough

Mobile(SP): Cupioaro

Saiki Kusuo (TDLOSK): AroAce (self explanatory)

Teruhashi Kokomi (TDLOSK): CupioAroAce (also willing to fight over this)

Hairo [I FORGOT HIS LAST NAME HELP-] (TDLOSK): AroAce

Giulia Marcovaldo (Luca 2021): AroAce

Isabella Madrigal (Encanto): Aromantic

Sonic The Fucking Hedgehog from Sonic The Hedgehog: AROACE. I AM GONNA DIE ON THIS HILL.

SAME FOR SHADOW THE GODDAMN HEDGEHOG AND TAILS TOO

Heiji Hattori (DCMK): AroAce but he's clueless

Kudo Shinichi (DCMK): bro is a Sherlock Holmes kinnie of course he's AroAce /hj

Uhhhh who else I forgor

Jjdjdjdjfjgjg

OH YEAH

Alastor (Hazbin Hotel): AroAce. It's canon, ik, but still adding him

Angel Dust (Hazbin Hotel): Cupio AroAce, ty @roryheart for enlightening me

Charlie Morningstar (Hazbin Hotel): Cupio AroAce

Adam (Hazbin Hotel): Asexual- WAIT NO NO NO DONT GO JUST LISTEN TO ME-

Asmodeus (Helluva Boss): Cupio Ace. LISTEN, IT WOULD BE SO FUCKING FUNNY

The King of Lust himself being Asexual. JUST IMAGINE!!

maybe grayace would make more sense but shusshhhh

Striker (Helluva Boss): AroAce

Octavia (Helluva Boss): AroAce (too many plain old aroaces on this list lmfao)

The entire TSP cast is somewhere on the aro/ace spec no I won't take criticism, especially not from Narrator simps/lh

Uhhhhhhhhhhh

TBA

#sewer dump #aroace headcanons

[vexic929]

OCs Masterpost

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Taglists (if you would like to be added or removed to any of these please message me!)

Everything: @negative-speedforce

Born To Run (Berrie Thawne): @goldheartedchaoticdisaster @shrinkthisviolet

Lavender Lightning: @shrinkthisviolet @negative-speedforce

Beth Allen: @goldheartedchaoticdisaster @shrinkthisviolet

Malcolm Allen: @goldheartedchaoticdisaster

Earth-63: @goldheartedchaoticdisaster

Arrowverse/Titans OCs

Vice

Soliton (Dr. Lana Rydberg)

Aria

Tecromancer (Marco Macías)

Salacia

Tuatlall

FireFlower (Lara An-Veks/L'Harann)

Neila

Professor Spectre (Alana Wells)

Experiment 929

Echo (Lea Brava)

Megitsune

The White Rabbit (Dr. Lise Chien)

Earth 150

Beth Allen

Bishop's Gambit (Percy Priest)

Earth 111

Cobalt Blue (Malcolm Allen)

Earth 100

Cherry Bullet (Berrie Thawne)

Shun

Kiku

Maxwell

Zaima

Earth 63

Reverse (Eoland Thawne)

The Flash (Barbara Allen)

Dr. H Wells

Dr. Rodriga Sterling

Pied Piper (Hartley Rathaway)

Charmer (Yǔqí Lǚ-Nguyễn)

Detective Eden Thawne

Detective Ira West

Qi (Cisca Ramon)

Killer Frost (Dr. Caelen Snow)

Savitar

Cobalt Blue (Mallorie Thawne)

Dr. Dawn Helaeton

Superman (Kal-El/Kal Danvers)

Batwoman (Brienna Wayne)

Nightwing (Ricki Grayson)

Red Hood (Jessie Todd)

Red Robin (Tiffany Drake-Wayne)

Robin (Damien al Ghul-Wayne)

Changeling (Gabi Logan)

Bernadette Dowd-Fitzmartin

Klara Bleak

Characters from original works

The D Team

The Ace Arrow (Laska Ace)

Harmonic Sine (Piper Melony)

Agent V-92 (Lara Valdez)

Fire & Ice (Jisoo Lee)

Angel Valdez

Four (Set al Khafaji)

Agent J-57 (Alex Jacobs)

Mihael Ireton

Agent G-37 (Dan Guo)

Broken Chains

Ember Fei

Prince Kamau

Princess Amara

Mendel

Lucian

#if you don't want a sudden influx of my OC posts on your dash tonight block the tag “vexic ocs” #vexic ocs #my ocs #vexic lives #masterpost #ocs masterpost #arrowverse ocs #taglist

[richincolor]

Out in December! ❄️

With October in the rearview mirror and November getting underway, the rush of exciting new YA books will slow a bit, but that doesn't mean there won't be a few hot new books to look forward to in December. Here's a peek at what YA books starring BIPOC characters are coming out next month:

The Ruined (The Beautiful #4) by Renée Ahdieh The Sylvan Vale and the Sylvan Wyld are at war. Now that the unsteady truce between them has been broken, lines must be drawn. In an effort to protect the weakened Winter Court, Bastien rallies powerful allies and friends in New Orleans to come to their aid.

Meanwhile, under protection alongside her injured mother in the Summer Court, Celine is uncertain of whom to trust. She cannot get word to Bastien, and does not understand why he has not returned. When she realizes war between the fey courts is imminent, she journeys with Ali in an effort to find the time traveling mirror and change their fate. But when Celine’s rivals realize Bastien has rallied his allies in the mortal world, they decide to take the fight to him.

Caught in a Bad Fauxmance by Elle Gonzalez Rose A fresh, fun contemporary rom-com from debut author Elle Gonzalez Rose, about an aspiring artist who agrees to fake date one of his family’s longtime enemies in the hopes of gathering intel good enough to take down their rivals once and for all.

Devin Baez is ready for a relaxing winter break at Lake Andreas. That is, until he runs into his obnoxious next-door neighbors the Seo-Cookes, undefeated champions of the lake’s annual Winter Games. In the hope of finally taking down these long-time rivals, the Baezes offer up their beloved cabin in a bet. Reckless? Definitely.

So when annoyingly handsome Julian Seo-Cooke finds himself in need of a fake boyfriend, Devin sees an opportunity to get behind enemy lines and prove the family plays dirty. As long as Devin and Julian’s families are at war, there’s only room for loathing between them. Which is a problem because, for Devin, this faux game of love is feeling very real.

Our Cursed Love by Julie Abe Six days to remember. Love or lose him forever.

Remy Kobata has always wished she was destined to be with her best friend, Cam Yasuda. All the way from being neighbors from birth to mixing up magical prank potions together to their “just friends” homecoming date during their senior year in high school, nothing’s a secret between Remy and Cam―except for how much she is in love with him.

Remy is trying to work up the courage to confess her feelings during their winter break trip to Japan, when she gets selected for a mystical tea leaves reading and it reveals that they’re not meant to be together. After they stumble upon a secret magical apothecary in the back alleys of Tokyo, Remy and Cam are offered an ancient soulmate elixir, created before all love potions were banned by the magical government. They each have their reasons for wanting to take it, but what could go wrong with finding your soulmate a little earlier?

Except, after they drink up, their senior year trip flips into the worst vacation Cam has forgotten who Remy is. If she can’t help Cam remember her by midnight New Year’s Eve, they’ll both be cursed to forget each other. To unravel their past and rewrite the future, Remy and Cam must travel through Tokyo to rediscover Cam’s memories and make new ones―and maybe even fall in love all over again.

Seven Minutes in Candyland by Brian Wasson Sophomore Kalvin Shmelton has finally perfected his underground candy-selling hustle at school. He keeps his prices reasonable, his inventory fresh, and himself out of the drama. But when a heartbroken Sterling Glistern—Kal’s longtime crush— barges into the storage closet where he keeps his candy supply, a new source of income unexpectedly presents itself: relationship therapist. Sure, he only meant to help Sterling realize she’s been dating a jerk—and maybe win her over—but news spreads fast that Kalvin’s not just the master of sweets…but hearts, too! And as the son of two famous therapists, he leans into this newfound reputation and the money that comes with it.

The truth, however, is that Kalvin’s parents’ “perfect” marriage is crumbling. He was supposed to woo the girl of his dreams, fix his parents’ relationship, and lend a listening ear to a school-full of heartbroken teens. But a jealous boyfriend, a vengeful competitor, and Kalvin’s own growing ego threaten those plans, forcing Kal to rethink all he thought he knew about friendship, family, and love.

Lucero (A Forgery of Magic #3) by Maya Motayne In the aftermath of Sombra’s return, the balance between light and dark magic has been destroyed and chaos has broken out in Castallan and around the world. Sombra’s shadows have taken over to create monstrous versions of everyone Finn and Alfie love, and with war between Castallan and Englass looming, the prince and the thief must band together one last time—to save their entire world.

To stop the magical imbalance, they must find the stone relics of Sombra’s body before the god can unite the pieces and regain his full strengthonce more. But the laws of magic no longer apply, and with their own magic—and even the laws of time itself—drastically changing at every turn, Finn and Alfie are left on their own to stop Sombra and fulfill their prophecy before it is too late and the darkness reigns.

Will they restore balance to their world or will its light be gone forever?

Any of these books on your TBR list? What are you planning to read in December? Let us know! And thanks for following along on this reading journey for another year. Next up, we'll be posting our 2023 favorites!

#the ruined #lucero #caught in a bad fauxmance #seven minutes in candyland #our cursed love #long post

[the-blind-one-speaks]

Waking Up

Previous

Hunter rested his chin in one hand, staring down at the creature curled up in his bed. The retrieval had… not gone as he had expected. The small, rumbling form nestled in his blankets was obviously a vampire, a haunt — the sounds echoing from it were enough to confirm it, even if it hadn’t been scorched by daylight and burned by iron and silver. He huffed through his nose, brow furrowing. 

It didn’t look like a haunt. The most obvious thing was its lack of wings. No raven feathers over powerful, muscled limbs, no way to take to the night sky, silent as an owl in flight. Then there was the matter of its skin. Pale and white, like the humans native to the mountain slopes where it had been found. He had never seen a haunt that bore skin so pale. The inky black that soaked up the shadows wasn’t even reflected in the slitted pupils of the creature; he’d checked. 

That was another thing. Instead of the blazing crimson he expected, this one had pale blue eyes. Its hair was not bleached of all color, but a warm russet brown, in thick curls rather than the silky smooth texture that had so often slipped through his claws like water. 

Hunter had killed many haunts in his lifetime. Upwards of a dozen, and that was a significant achievement, even for one of his strength. They were difficult to sight, impossible to track, and lethal in terms of raw strength and agility. Even his enhanced hearing was useless to find them. They were so much a part of the night that even their hearts had found a way to beat quieter than he could detect. Taking down a single haunt was a massive score. It was almost like challenging a fey. 

The small creature curled in his blankets let out a soft sigh. He watched as it nuzzled into the fabric, kneading its hands and purring contentedly. He’d only ever heard such a sound from feeding haunts, in the past. It almost looked… harmless. 

Which was precisely why he needed to keep it close, somewhere he could keep a sharp eye on it. 

Sterling clicked a questioning, sleepy call to his sire as he awoke. He’d been sleeping, but not hibernating, and he knew that meant his sire was close by. He stretched, calling out again, asking if he’d had a good hunt. 

Then the pain hit him and everything came flooding back. 

He screeched, an animal sound of pure pain, and fell onto his side. Curling up, he felt frantically for the muzzle, panting ragged breaths. Where was it? He hadn’t taken it off — he couldn’t touch it! If he’d removed it, he was sure…. he shuddered, keening softly to himself, rocking back and forth. He hadn’t understood the words but the throat had been clear enough. They’d promised to remove not just his fangs, but every tooth in his mouth. With a brittle sob, he pressed his face into the blankets and bit his lip, just because he still could. 

…Blankets?

He muttered a shy, hopeful chirp. Had his sire come for him? Had he — had he finally been found? He lifted his teary eyes and glanced around. 

A man was sitting in a chair beside the bed, watching him. Sterling could smell the animal musk beneath the soap. He froze, rigid with terror, meeting the man’s hazel eyes. 

In his human form, the werewolf had dark shaggy hair, swept back from his face. His lips thinned in a close-mouthed smile behind a neatly trimmed black beard. The eyes that would flash gold with green flecks had lost their metallic gleam but kept their burning intensity. He was dressed in simple, dark clothing, rough fabric that folded easily over his lean form, and stiff leather boots. One ankle was propped up on his knee as he leaned back in the chair. His eyes studied Sterling’s face, taking in his expression with no small amount of satisfaction. 

“So. You remember me.”

Sterling nodded, curling his limbs closer to his chest. He huddled in the center of the bed, shivering. His eyes darted about the room. They caught on the window. 

Heavy drapes pulled closed were blocking the sunlight from entering the room. He gripped his thin shoulders, whimpering. The werewolf had other ways to hurt him, he was sure. He hoped this was not the first. The burning was always so agonizing. Even silver would be better. 

He dropped his eyes and pressed himself into the blankets, hiding behind their gentle swell. He wasn’t sure why he wasn’t hurting even more yet, but he would take it while he could. He wasn’t sure why he was in a bed, either, but it was so soft… maybe the softest thing he’d ever felt. Even his sire’s wings were coarse compared to this. 

It took him a moment to realize that he was purring. 

Desperate, he tried to stifle the noise. Wrapping his arms around his thin, rattling chest, he tried to cut off the vibrations. He snarled silently, hiding the expression from his captor, in an effort to shove down the sound of his fleeting relief. 

There was a gruff laugh. “S’alright, little cub. You’ve been doing that ever since I took the shackles off. No wonder, either. Nasty stuff, silver shackles.” 

The tone was sympathetic, even as it was amused. Sterling peeked over the mound of blankets he’d been cowering behind. The man was leaning forward, a playful smile showing his gleaming teeth. He winked as the little haunt made an appearance. 

“That’s right. S’okay. Take a look around. I ain’t gonna hurt ye, pup.” He laughed again, a full, jovial sound. “Not if you don’t cause me any trouble, but you don’t look like you’re gonna be a problem, are ye, pup?”

Sterling shook his head, trying to calm his racing heart. No pain? If he was no trouble? He’d never been given a way out of the torture before. He would be so, so good. 

His brow furrowed. If he could figure out what the werewolf wanted. At least he could understand what he was saying. The werewolf was speaking to him in one of the older dialects, still a little off from what he had last spoken with his sire, but not whatever gibberish the humans that had burned and beat and cut him had been speaking. He muttered a little chirp and buried his hands in the soft fabric, pushing and pulling it between his fingers just to feel its marvelous texture. Resting his sharp chin on the blanket mound, he studied the werewolf’s hands, wanting to see the blows when they came. He wasn’t sure how much pain he could avoid by behaving, especially as he didn’t know how to behave yet, but he wasn’t a fool. Even though the werewolf had spared him, he surely had some ideas of what he wanted to try out with his new toy. 

Sterling knew the stories. The werewolf wanted to be the strongest creature on earth. Maybe keeping Sterling captive, having a docile haunt — even if, in truth, Sterling was only half-blooded — would stroke his ego a bit. If Sterling kept himself looking weak, would that satisfy the wolf? He hoped so. He had nowhere else to go. 

His heart ached for his sire. Not for the first time, he uttered a mournful little click. The sound bounced off the walls and came back to him. There was no answering call. He wished he could wrap himself in his sire’s dark wings one more time, even if the bed was softer. He wanted to look into those blazing crimson eyes and be called “son.” 

He didn’t feel the tears falling down his face until the man leaned forward and gently thumbed one away. Sterling was glad that he hadn’t flinched. The man’s voice softened. 

“There, little cub. I know, it hurts, you’re in pain, you’re scared.” He chuckled mirthlessly. “I’m sure I don’t help with that. But I promise, little pup, it’ll be alright. You’ll heal, and you’ll never have to feel the daylight scorch you again. I’ll take you out each night so you can sit beneath the moon, would you like that?”

A hopeful squeak burst out of him before Sterling could choke it back. He didn’t mean to lean into the man’s hand, but it had been so long since he had felt a touch that didn’t hurt. His sire had never been big on touching him anyway, since Sterling was innately so much warmer than a true-blooded haunt. The werewolf chuckled again, a softer and much happier sound. “I thought you’d be excited by that. S’good idea.” His skin was rough and calloused, coarsened by a lifetime longer and harder than many men ever lived to see. His thumb kept tracing small circles on Sterling’s cheek, just above the raw flesh where the muzzle had sat and burned. Sterling’s eyes drooped closed. He felt his body relax and unwind, the tension draining out of him. He sank into the gentle touch, floating amongst the blankets. Soon all he was aware of was the heat of the man’s skin cradling his cheek and the rumbling purr that eased his own pain. He drifted.

“Goodnight, little pup.” The soft, gruff voice chased him into sleep.

taglist: @itsleighlove @whumpzone @thegreatwhodini @unicornscotty

#Hunter #Sterling #my writing #my ocs #werewolf caretaker #vampire whumpee #purring vampire

[philosophygirl]

straight ppl yaoi

#twst oc #twst #fey sterling #lilia vanrouge #oc x canon #nrc co-ed au #i did this in a fit of benadryl induced haze in the middle of the night so i dont like it but fuck it we ball

[darkanachronism]

Spending all my time making old 5e characters in BG3, knowing full well I'll have to delete all these saves because one of the mods we currently have is making the game weird. But I took pretty screen shots so I'm putting them here.

Sterling S. Carvell- Charlatan-Swords Bard/Thief Rogue/Fighter

Ophelia Delemonde- Noble - Storm Sorcerer/Necromancy Wizard (It should be Shadow, but I'll take what the game gives me.)

Meredith Harper - Sage -Arcane Trickster/Abjuration Wizard

Lavinia Incarnadine Malith - Sage - Great Old One Warlock/ Divination Wizard

Dirk Knifely- Urchin- Spores Druid/Thief.

I'm absolutely beginning to understand those people who just have a million little guys in act one. Also it really is wild seeing how much the minute differences make it feel like a whole different thing. Even if functionally, I'm hitting all the same beats.

Also realizing I may have a half elf problem even though two of these people aren't half elves in my home games. I just want that free stealth skill and extra movement and fey ancestry.

#bg3 #tav #bg3 tav #baldur's gate 3

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

💜 Books for Women's Day 2024 💜

🦇 Welcome to March, my beloved bookish bats. It's Women's History Month AND Women's Day! To celebrate, here are a few books that highlight powerful, courageous women -- both throughout history and across our favorite fictional realms. These women have contributed to our history, shaping contemporary society with bold, outspoken, badass moves. Let's celebrate and champion these voices by adding more female-focused stories to our TBRs!

❓QOTD Who is your favorite female fictional character AND real-life heroine?

❤️ Fiction ❤️ 💜 The Power - Naomi Alderman 💜 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood 💜 The Vibrant Years - Sonali Dev 💜 Red Clocks - Leni Zumas 💜 Conjure Women - Afia Atakora 💜 City of Girls - Elizabeth Gilbert 💜 A Woman is No Man - Etaf Rum 💜 Of Women and Salt - Gabriela Garcia 💜 Circe - Madeline Miller 💜 Song of a Captive Bird - Jasmin Darznik 💜 The Women - Kristin Hannah 💜 The Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers 💜 The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison 💜 Women Talking - Miriam Toews 💜 Hidden Figures - Margot Lee Shetterly 💜 The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

💜 Young/New Adult 💜 ❤️ Loveboat Reunion - Abigail Hing Wen ❤️ Realm Breaker - Victoria Aveyard ❤️ Only a Monster - Vanessa Len ❤️ This Woven Kingdom - Tahereh Mafi ❤️ Serpent & Dove - Shelby Mahurin ❤️ I’ll Be The One - Lyla Lee ❤️ Squad - Maggie Tokuda-Hall and illustrated by Lisa Sterle ❤️ These Violent Delights - Chloe Gong ❤️ The Box in the Woods - Maureen Johnson ❤️ The Wrath & the Dawn - Renee Ahdieh ❤️ You Should See Me in a Crown - Leah Johnson ❤️ A Sky Beyond the Storm - Sabaa Tahir ❤️ Nimona - N.D. Stevenson ❤️ Legendborn - Tracy Deonn ❤️ Blood Scion - Deborah Falaye ❤️ Not Here to Be Liked - Michelle Quach

❤️ Queer ❤️ 💜 Imogen, Obviously - Becky Albertalli 💜 The Fiancée Farce - Alexandria Bellefleur 💜 One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston 💜 The Henna Wars - Adiba Jaigirdar 💜 Girls of Paper and Fire - Natasha Ngan 💜 Delilah Green Doesn't Care - Ashley Herring Blake 💜 A Guide to the Dark - Meriam Metoui 💜 She Who Became the Sun - Shelley Parker-Chan 💜 Written in the Stars- Alexandria Bellefleur 💜 Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir 💜 Gearbreakers - Zoe Hana Mikuta 💜 You Exist Too Much - Zaina Arafat 💜 Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker 💜 The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon 💜 She Gets the Girl - Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick 💜 The Jasmine Throne - Tasha Suri

💜 Non-Fiction 💜 ❤️ The Secret History of Wonder Woman - Jill Lepore ❤️ Girlhood - Melissa Febos ❤️ Our Bodies, Their Battlefields - Christina Lamb ❤️ The Radium Girls - Kate Moore ❤️ Twice As Hard - Jasmine Brown ❤️ Women of Myth - Jenny Williamson and Genn McMenemy ❤️ Nobody Ever Asked Me About the Girls - Lisa Robinson ❤️ Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship - Kayleen Schaefer ❤️ The Book of Gutsy Women - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton ❤️ The Underground Girls of Kabul - Jenny Nordberg ❤️ Feminism Is for Everybody - Bell Hooks ❤️ Invisible Women - Caroline Criado Perez ❤️ The Women of NOW - Katherine Turk ❤️ Eve - Cat Bohannon ❤️ We Should All Be Feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ❤️ Bad Feminist - Roxane Gay

❤️ Memoirs ❤️ 💜 Mom & Me & Mom - Maya Angelou 💜 Crazy Brave - Joy Harjo 💜 Reading Lolita in Theran - Azar Nafisi 💜 I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy 💜 Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner 💜 The Soul of a Woman - Isabel Allende 💜 See No Stranger - Valarie Kaur 💜 They Call Me a Lioness - Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri 💜 Becoming - Michelle Obama 💜 Bossypants - Tina Fey 💜 My Own Words - Ruth Bader Ginsburg 💜 I Am Malala Malala Yousafzai 💜 Finding Me - Viola Davis 💜 Return - Ghada Karmi 💜 Good for a Girl - Lauren Fleshman 💜 The Woman in Me - Britney Spears

#books #reading #women in literature #womens history month #women writers #queer books #sapphic books #sapphic romance #strong women #female characters #fiction books #ya fiction #young adult fiction #young adult #young adult books #queer romance #queer #queer fiction #memoir #autobiography #batty about books #battyaboutbooks

[feybeasts]

If you’re still doing the specific asks: 23?

I am! And I usedcto wear jewelry, mostly necklaces and such that young closeted Fey thought were cool- Hot Topic stuff like sterling silver foxes and wolves and dragons- I don’t anymore tho, mostly too much of a hassle

#asks

[glitter-troublewind]

aries sun aries moon: leighton meester, randall park, anya taylor-joy , jenny slate

aries sun taurus moon: diana ross, quentin tarantino, robert downey jr. , keira knightley, saoirse ronan , elton john

aries sun gemini moon: bette davis, jackie chan , sterling k brown

aries sun cancer moon: chaka khan, emma thompson, natasha lyonne, aretha franklin

aries sun leo moon: gloria steinem , rani mukerji

aries sun virgo moon: leona lewis ,elle fanning , perez hilton , james franco

aries sun libra moon: maya angelou , steven tyler, kristen stewart, claire danes , ilana glazer

aries sun scorpio moon: eddie murphy, lady gaga, hayden christensen

aries sun sagittarius moon: robin wright, cynthia nixon, america ferrera

aries sun capricorn moon: billie holiday, sarah jessica parker, julia stiles, eric andre , reese witherspoon , david tennant

aries sun aquarius moon: christopher walken , ashley judd, lake bell , keegan michael key , steve mcqueen

aries sun pisces moon: ali wong , rob mcelhenney

taurus sun aries moon: malcom x , janet jackson, cate blanchette , dev patel taurus sun taurus moon: iggy pop , katherine hepburn, kelly clarkson taurus sun gemini moon: ella fitzgerald , amber tamblyn taurus sun cancer moon: penelope cruz, robert pattinson , lena dunham , jemima kirk taurus sun leo moon: queen elizabeth II , barbara streisand , renee zellweger , megan fox taurus sun virgo moon: channing tatum, michelle phieffer , laurence olivier taurus sun libra moon: grace jones ,tina fey, rosario dawson , amber heard taurus sun scorpio moon: wes anderson , mark zuckerberg , bono taurus sun sagittarius moon: al pacino, adele taurus sun capricorn moon: taurus sun aquarius moon: jessica lange , james mcavoy , dianna agron taurus sun pisces moon: jerry seinfield, audrey hepburn , kehlani

gemini sun aries moon: tupac, angelina jolie , russel brand

gemini sun taurus moon: bob dylan, amy schumer, michael j fox

gemini sun gemini moon: brooke shields, leelee sobieski

gemini sun cancer moon: nancy sinatra, patti labelle

gemini sun leo moon: helena bonhom carter, clint eastwood , gotye

gemini sun virgo moon: jfk , natalie portman, courtney cox

gemini sun libra moon: annette benning, adriana lima

gemini sun scorpio moon: alanis morisette , john wayne , miles davis

gemini sun sagittarius moon: nicole kidman, naomi campbell, tom holland

gemini sun capricorn moon: stevie nicks, johnny depp, awkwafina

gemini sun aquarius moon: marilyn monroe, octavia spencer

gemini sun pisces moon: juliette lewis, kanye west

cancer sun aries moon: milo ventimiglio, michelle branch , nick offerman

cancer sun taurus moon: meryl streep, lindsay lohan

cancer sun gemini moon: frida kahlo , 50 cent, aubrey plaza

cancer sun cancer moon: george orwell, courtney love, jack white, ed westwick

cancer sun leo moon: lana del rey , kris kristofferson

cancer sun virgo moon: hope sandoval , suzanne vega , elon musk

cancer sun libra moon: nikola tesla , michelle rodriguez , topher grace , sylvester stallone

cancer sun scorpio moon: john cusack, lizzy kaplan, kali uchis

cancer sun sagittarius moon: kevin hart , judy greer

cancer sun capricorn moon: carly simon , liv tyler

cancer sun aquarius moon: princess diana , toby maguire

cancer sun pisces moon: diane kruger , robin williams

#aries sun taurus moon #aries sun #taurus #moon signs #taurus sun capricorn moon #gemini #gemini sun gemini moon #cancer sun #cancer sun scorpio moon #astro notes

[web-novel-polls]

Priest (Author) Character Tournament

[“Anti-propaganda” is not allowed. Please only give reasons to vote FOR a character, and please be courteous in the notes.]

Li Yun from Liu Yao

No propaganda submitted

The “troublemaker” from the description - “A cultivation story about how a declining sect is restored by a narcissist, troublemaker, meanie, idiot, and wimpy kid.”

Made “water that bathed toads’ feet” (Golden Toad Liquid)

A weird animal/bug kid, which I respect SO much 

“Resident mad scientist and frog enthusiast… an annoyance (affectionate)”

Mu Xiaoqiao from Bandits / You Fei / Legend of Fei

Submission: 

"People tended to apply the highest of standards when judging the behavior of revered saints like the Sword of Mountains and Rivers: if they made even the smallest of missteps, they would be deemed unworthy of their sterling reputations, and be lambasted for hypocrisy. But people were much more magnanimous towards Mu Xiaoqiao and those of his vile ilk, for as long as these fiends didn’t go around killing everyone in sight…or as long as this violence was directed at others instead, they could sometimes even find something perversely charming about these villains." (Bandits, book 3, chapter 13)  Callout for who? Callout for me. Pipi is very right about this but also she is the one writing her murderous gays so epic and sexy and fascinating and irresistible and…

#li yun #liu yao #mu xiaoqiao #legend of fei #you fei #bandits #priest #polls #priest upper round 1 #priest upper round 1 group A #priest character tournament #queue #priest upper bracket