#i love codexes uwu

[best-habsburg-monarch]

To be honest, this has been harder to theme since Franz Joseph lost his quarterfinal. So here's what I've got: look at these (allegedly) bisexual weirdos. No one produces bisexual art and science bitches quite like this dynasty.

Maximilian , Emperor of Mexico, reign: 1864-1867

Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor, reign: 1576-1612

Propaganda under the cut:

Maximilian

From: anon

- He loved plants

- He was a sassy man

- He had good taste

- He learned Nahuatl

- He’s cute (I mean look at him)

- He said “gay rights”

- He banned child labour in Mexico

- He gave many rights back to indigenous people

- Bro was wronged by France (haven’t we all?)

- He’s baby

- Got executed, come on, give him this guys 🥺

- He loved to design gardens and collect insects which makes me think he would've loved playing animal crossing

- An outspoken liberal in a period where the monarchy was still quite conservative.

- Vice-Admiral of the Navy who initiated scientific projects and exploration.

- Aesthetic girlie. Collected flowers, painted, wrote poetry, and kept a journal. He would have loved Tumblr.

- (Probably) gay or bisexual.

- Allegedly slapped Franz Joseph for refusing to allow Lombardy to have an elective body.

- Sisi's favorite brother-in-law (and not in a romantic way, fuck you Netflix)

- Refused to take the Mexican crown until a plebiscite had been held because he wanted to be invited by the Mexican people.

- Gave up all of his Austrian titles to go to Mexico because he believed he had made a promise to them.

- Also, his wife was amazing and capable and the amount of pure misogyny that certain historians and biographers have thrown at her is ridiculous. I know this isn't a Carlota poll, but she'd want Max to win.

- Netflix did him unbelievably dirty. Please give him this.

Did you know my man Max repatriated many pieces of Mexica artefacts?

He told Austria to cough up 3 main things that he thought were rightfully Mexican.

1. The Chimalli

2. A codex

3. A letter from Cortez to the chocolate man people seem to call Charles

The Austrians took their time but eventually gave back something

The Chimalli next to max so people know who to thank for it

Rudolph:

- Possibly neurodivergent girlies rep also!!

- - THE ABSOLUTE BICON 💗💜💙

- Contributions to art and science!!! Alchemy, astronomy, painting etc flourished in his court we literally have some of the most beautiful baroque artefacts because of him

- Where do you think that pretty little crown in the polls icon came from

- Would rather do that than politics so real king

- Accused of doing occult? He's THAT astrology witchblr bitch

- VERY misunderstood and poor little meow meow uwu everyone thought he was incompetent and horny and cray cray like it was a bad thing

- We've voted on twinks? BEARS need love too!!! 💅

- Would've LOVED tumblr tbh he walked so all of us today could run 🩷🩷🩷

The fun portrait:

#best habsburg bracket #house of habsburg

[bitchesofostwick]

12 from the second codex list for any OC uwu

12. your OC overheard while drunk

“Pleeeeease, Cullen.”

“No.”

“Please?”

“No.”

“I’m the Inquisitor, so technically, you have to listen to me.”

“Not right now, I don’t.”

“You can’t tell me what to do.”

“Maybe not, but I can physically stop you. Very easily, I might add.”

“But…please?”

“No.”

“Ugh. Sera’s right. You are a stick in the mud.”

“If I’m a stick in the mud for saying that you can’t go sledding down the side of the mountain, then so be it.”

“It would be fun.”

“Darling, do you even know what’s at the bottom of the mountain?”

“The…Ferelden.”

“Ha.”

“Don’t make fun of me.”

“Water, love. Icy water. We’re above a river. And besides that, the mountain is mostly rock. It would be incredibly dangerous.”

“You think traversing the kitchens without shouting ‘knives!’ first in dangerous.”

“I—that’s because it is Ellinor—”

“Pssh. Stick in the mud.”

“What would you even use to slide down on?”

“I was thinking your shield.”

“Absolutely not!”

“Your cape, then. Coat. Cloak. Whatever.”

“Maker’s breath.”

#hehe thanks ash #ellinor #cullen #my writing #answered #captaintiny

[mogwaei]

[Codex: Peach Pit, Stone of the Giantess]

There is a lake, somewhere between Antiva and the Free Marches. It sits upon a green rise of land, staring skyward, lidless and still. Exactly four hundred and twenty fruit trees and wild grapes frame it like lace. Hellebores and foxgloves dot the sun-dappled grasses around the most bountiful trees, particularly the peaches.

Rumour of the local folk says Lake Mythallian was once the hand mirror of a giantess.

Legend says, the Giantess planted deadly flowers as guardians of her hand mirror. None may look upon the lake and none may take fruit.

Myth says, the flowers were of such a poisonous variety, that every fruit with a seed absorbed a thimble’s worth. The pious claim enduring the poison is a trial for those who wish to taste the fruits. But take only one bite and no more. It is said if you look close between the lush grasses beneath the peach trees in particular, there often lie the bones of the unwary adventurer.

Beware the peaches and those who take freely of the fruit of the lake. Beware those who have gazed into the waters nonetheless have swam bare as a nug within.    

~~

Dhrui Lavellan of the Guardian

#lavellan #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #dai #dragon age fanart #dhrui lavellan #dhrui's clan makes peach jam peach pies peach wine and probably peach pit poison >.> #she LOVES food and she's definitely guilty of plunging into the lake on a hot ass day #piously of course. isn't it technically holy waters. #i love codexes uwu #mogwaei arts #also peach stones were carved and used as jewelry in her clan

[nessacousland]

More Witch Hunt thoughts:

You know, it never fails to crack me up how secretely edgy Finn has been this entire time, long before ditching the Circle.

Like, you meet him and it's like uwu spirit healer nerd, but then you read the Codex and available info on spirit healers and.. these are the shadiest mf in the eyes of the templars in the tower. It literally says that once you become a spirit healer, you’re at a higher risk of possession for the rest of your life. This is a rare and dangerous profession. The templars be watching you and they’re not pleased. And that checks out for someone like Anders or 'I was quite the firecracker in my youth' Wynne, but then Finn's been there, taking the same classes (and my boy faints at the sight of his own blood, like, love pls, what are you healing? How did you train?).

But that’s not enough for one Florian Phineas Horatio Aldebrant Esquire, no. He's made Ancient Tevinter his primary field of research. Like, the ultimate bad guys™. Regularly hangs out with Hessarian's mother (you know, the dude who mercy-shanked Andraste) in the basement that is locked with the lovely named 'Victim's Door', because she's a prophetic Tevinter 'statue' that was deemed too dangerous for unrestricted access. Loses his shit over dragons. Runs around with his double dragon headed staff, like deal with it, this is Vera.

And you know how Anders makes this huge deal about the Tevinter Chantry amulet getting him executed (as an apostate, so you know, at some distance from the templars)? That shit is too damn basic for Finn. He's out here, in the Circle, wearing a replica of an old god's symbol. Zazikel, old god of freedom. Hiding a heretical Tevinter amulet from the templars, what, like it's hard?

Despite all that, he got leave of the tower 'some time ago' for his studies. And I know, I know, his parents are rich, his father is a magistrate, but part of me just loves the thought that the templars looked at this dirt-averse nerd reluctantly wearing his mama's ugly knitted hat and went like "what's the worst that could happen?".

Only for Finn to go "it’s bloodletting time" the minute he gets out (gray area spell, ok, don’t think too hard about it).

"I am a mage, hear me roar", like you were gonna contain that in the Circle once he teamed up with "I beat up a templar and took his gloves as a souvenir" Ariane? Please.

I just...I love the Witch Hunt DLC so much. So much.

#dragon age #dragon age witch hunt #Finn #Florian Phineas Horatio Aldebrant Esquire #Ariane #witch hunt squad tag #this is just regurgitating what others have already said but i was suddenly assaulted by feels #i love these dorks so much #ariane/finn #cause fuck it the three people who remember these two know i ship them hard #just had to deal with a very unpleasant person at work so let me have this

[ambered-glazed-sheep]

Please do go on about Doomslayer and his morals. I'm legit fascinated by him since starting the let's play I'm watching and I'd love to hear your take on him (I know literally nothing about the Doom franchise other than lots of blood and violence against demons and also badass music)

You know, a year ago when my friends asked me 'hey do you wanna play minecraft' and i said 'yeah sure' i would have never thought i would one day have a minecraft sideblog where i get questions about the personality of the main character of a shooter fps game (of all things!) that is known for its incredible violence.

But here you go:

(prepare yourself this has gotten way longer than i thought oh god, and also it has nothing to do with hermits whatsoever. warnings for language and descriptions of violence? and i assume the readmore won’t be working the way i want it to)

Ok so, Doom!

First of all, i know nothing about the old games, and i’ve only seen a minimal amount of Doom Eternal Letsplays. Most of this is based on Doom (2016). 

Ok so we all start out thinking Doomguy! It’s the guy you play in Doom. The hand that hold the gun YOU are shooting demons with. And sure, you can go trough the whole game with that mindset, but that’s boring and we are overthinking fictional characters in this house.

ID software actually managed to give Doomguy/Doomslayer a TON of personality despite him never saying a word, barely any cutscenes to show what he does when you don’t control him (at least in Doom 2016), and not a lot of other characters to interact with despite enemy monsters.

The game just leaves you little hints and snippets and that’s what makes Doomslayer so exciting to think about. Just the right levels between ‘cryptid half-god who never shows emotion and is a player-insert’ and ‘this dude’s got an AGENDA. he has PLACES TO BE’. You are him as you play, but sometimes he makes decisions on his own. But personally, i could never find myself to disagree.

First, you got the intro sequence. 

You got a unknown voice telling you: 

“They are rage. Brutal, without mercy. But you. You will be worse. Rip and Tear, until it is done.”

First of all, YO. WOW. HOLY SHIT.

The scene immediately shifts to Doomslayer waking up. He’s naked, he’s chained down somewhere, theresa SHIT TON of scars littering his arms and hands. First thing HE does, on his own behalf, is ripping off the chains by flexing a little (literal iron chains!!!), smashing a zombies head against the sarcophagus he lays in and completely obliterating said head into a bit of blood (mind you, three seconds after he woke up from a thousands of years long coma!! but we only learn that later), and then promptly gets up, picks up a pistol, and now it’s your, the players turn. This takes like 8 seconds in total. This man means BUSINESS. That’s the first thing we learn.

Second thing that strikes me is the interactions with Samuel Hayden. 

Doomslayer is patient when a computer voice tells him the status of the base. He is patient as he looks at the screens to see what is going on. (a demonic invasion, thats what). But then dear Dr. Samuel Hayden calls. 

Dr. Hayden says “Hi, i’m the boss here, i’m sure we can work together in a way that benefits us both uwu”. Doomslayer immediately grabs the PC screen and pushes it aside. His gesture says, i’m done with this. im sick of this dude. this guy is full of shit. And he’s right! And that after barely hearing two sentences from Hayden!

So the second thing we learn is that he has no time for people trying to exploit him. He hears Hayden, he has a gut feeling that this dude is a little fishy, maybe he just plain doesnt like higher ups and heads of facilities. But we learn that he IS. NOT. going to listen to this man, and his body language makes that very clear without being actually violent against the person (he doesnt destroy the Screen either! just pushes it aside very annoyed. He isn’t mindlessly destroying property here.)

This continues. 

Hayden goes ‘hey maybe don’t destroy that energy source!’ in the few seconds you dont control him, Doomslayer listens. He hesitates. He considers. Then he destroys the thing anyways. Hayden keeps telling him to stop, but Doomslayer doesnt listen. He’s got his own mind!

This was mostly about Haydens Company, the UAC, harvesting hell energy, and hurting people in the process. 

There’s a scene where Doomslayer rides an elevator. Hayden, over the comms, tells him that everyone that has died in the demon attack was a nacessary sacrifice that will bring a new future or some shit like that. the camera pans down to show some poor sods corpse at those very words. Doomslayer cracks his knuckles. he is NOT HAPPY about that, so we know he doesnt like it when human lifes are sacrificed. He destroys the communicator, so he doesnt have to listen to Haydens voice telling him lies and trying to sway him anymore. 

(then he takes out his shotgun, the doors open, metal starts playing and the doom logo is shown, but that’s more about making the player feel epic than showing doomslayers personality,,)

Now i would like to talk about VEGA, the AI that controls the mars facility. 

VEGA occasionally talks to us/the Slayer. He is very straightforward, tells us what to do and why to do it, and is generally very polite. In the story, Doomslayer listens to Vega. 

Now why does he listen to VEGA but not Hayden? 

I think it’s because Hayden tries to get him to do things that just benefit him, and Hayden is very manipulative in his words (or tries to be lol), while Vega just says (if you destroy this thing, that door will open. I think Doomslayer appreciates it when people are honest to him.

And in the end, Doomslayer on his own decides to save a backup of VEGA. VEGA didn’t ask him to, Doomslayer did that on his own. It’s not relevant to his mission, he doesnt need VEGA to go to hell to close portals and whatnot. But he does save him. Why? I think it’s because he cares. Because he’s come to like VEGA. Because Vega didn’t try to manipulate him and screw him over. 

Next up is the Slayers Testament. 

These are a bunch of writings/recordings that you find scattered in the hell levels. (i highly recommend listening to them/reading them, they are metal as fuck and give me such an immense feeling of power bc they are talking about me, the doomslayer)

These testaments were written by demons. They were genuinely afraid of the slayer. 

Quote:

Unbreakable, incorruptible, unyielding, the Doom Slayer sought to end the dominion of the dark realm.

As said, i don’t think these are purely talking about his physical strength. They are talking about his... well, mentality. His Codex. They see him as an unstoppable force. He is incorruptible. Let that sink in. Man walks trough hordes of demons and at no point ever thinks ‘yeah maybe this is a bit much’ or ‘they just keep coming this is pointless’. No. He’s unyielding. (Can you tell how much i love the words in these testaments? It’s just got such a nice ring to it.)

In battle, the Doomslayer is BRUTAL. He tears apart demons, rips their eyes out, all that. He stomps on heads like they’re water balloons and isn’t fazed at all. Nothing stops this man. (except players like me who fall off the map 5 consecutive times, but lets just imagine the doomslayer is actually like he would be if someone played the game perfectly. player skill shouldn’t be considered in my headcanons jahdjhgd) One could even argue he has fun at this, because there are some animations like ripping off a zombies arm and beating the Zombie with it, or feeding a demon it’s own heart.

I feel like that says a lot about his personality as well!

He doesn’t hesitate. He doesn’t doubt himself. He doesn’t question his cause! He fights to get rid of the demons, not just the ones in his way, but every. demon. He will go out of his way to kill more demons. You could either take this as him having fun, or him following his own moral codex to get rid of every demon, or him being a not-quite-human war machine, or wanting to protect humanity from them. 

I would say it’s a healthy mix of all that :D

In older games, there was this whole backstory snippet of him returning to earth, finding that the demons had invaded his planet but also killed his pet rabbit (Daisy), and he then goes onto a 2-game long revenge trip.Take that as you will.

The last thing i would like to mention is this post.

Please watch the video. Doomguy walks trough the rows of random human guards. This is the walk of a man who doesn’t owe them SHIT. Yes, he wants to save humanity. Yes, he cares. But he also knows who he is. He knows what he did, and what he will do. He doesn’t have to justify himself in front of these shady scientists and jerky guards.THEY owe HIM, in fact. This video emits the sheer CONFIDENCE of someone who has walked trough hell multiple times and knows none of these people could even touch him. Yes, he would never kill them. He would not harm humans. But he doesn’t care about making them uncomfortable with his presence, either. He doesnt ask for permission.

(i think by now i am using the exact same words they did in that post. really, its worth the read. i think there’s a lot of repeated things between this post and that post by now but i encourage you to watch that video. its worth it.)

Also, the impact he has on the people in this room! they trip. they walk backwards. they go quiet, stutter. they are intimidated. They know he’s technically here to help and save them, but now, standing in front of them.... just wow. it really puts things into perspective. it tells the player that all the demons that he’s killed, all that the doomslayer has done... its noted. it has an impact. 

I’m not really sure where i’m going with this anymore, but watching those NPCs react to the slayers presence just adds so much more to his character. it tells us how people see him, and boy.... do they see him. 

i think it also ties a lot into how the player is made feel, controlling doomguy. all these head stomping and limp tearing animations, the guns, people being scared, watching doomslayer destroy important equipment from first pirson or pushing open doors or whatever... it just gives me such an immense feeling of power! i can’t even describe it. (...it also has nothing to do anymore with the original question but holy shit did i love playing doom for the sheer atmosphere of it. despite me being horrible at playing.)

(at the end of this i’m realizing that all of this never addressed if doomslayer is happy and content murdering demons, or if he just wants his peace and quiet but can’t help himself every time he sees a demon. i would propose to leave that up to headcanons. mine is a mix of both but in a way that makes it not angsty. like he loves to have his calm moments, but is just as happy to rip some demon’s spine out. probably gets a little itchy and impatient if he hasn’t fought in a while.)

also if you’re interested in game design and way more professional people talking about why doom 2016 is great i reccomend this documentary

...anyways it’s past 1am and this has gotten way out of hand but

tl;dr: the doomslayer is metal as fuck, he has a lot of agenda he is following, and i love him so much

#amber talks #doom #where do i even begin with this? #i wanted to answer this in the morning but that was over an hour ago now #jdakjsdhasdjh i can't help myself theres so much to say about doom!!!! #you asked for this anon #it's just so... *clenches fist* #i forgot of course that the music is pretty much the best thing ever and i've been listening to it SO MUCH while writing litve #everything about this game is designed to make you feel powerful and HOLY SHIT is it working #id software did a great job #i watched a whole documentary on this it was great #...yeah i study 3d stuff this is pretty much in m #my field haha #i've just had all these feelings in me for months and now that someone showed the slightest hint of interest it's all coming out #sorry its so unorganized i tried to at least take one point after the other #now to write another essay on why the slayer and the mandalorian are very alike in some parts but mando is so much softer #(its because slayer has been trough hell and back while mando still has hope in the world) #(i mean mando is a jaded and tough bounty hunter but all that he is doomslayer is cranked up to eleven) #(shush now i said in another essay! go to bed) #(....its not gonna be an essay its gonna be a fanfic and its gonna be great) #(mando is such a softie......) #*pushes my mando/slayer agenda on my side blog as well* ah i see #long post #...very long post #hey i've hit 2k words with this! #....i've written litve chapters that are shorter #EDIT: WAIT FUCK I THINK I MIXED UP THE SECURITY GUARDS LINES WITH A FIC I READ ONCE #or did i gave EX that line in the last ask i answered???? #i'm??? im gonna go to sleep lol

[hijirikaww]

Character wise? Ai is my absolute love. His back story even through the games got me. Also Ittoki and Syo. Voice wise? I am a HUGE Mamoru Milano fan and Tatsuhisa Suzuki fan, and Kishou Taniyama is my main man. So Tokiya, Ran-Ran and Natsuki. Considering two of my favorite bands are OLDCODEX and Granrodeo they have to have my vote.

Look at you not just dusting off this ask box but refurbishing it! :D ☆

Ai is such a complex character on so many levels tbh, and has great humour XD

Oooooo I looove Granrodeo and Old codex so much too! //I listen to them way too much lol woops//

Great music taste uwu

Do you have some other song recs by any chance?

[solasan]

oh sh*t i was going to send u an ask ab the oc codex entries and i forgot fml!! lol anyway: 2 for adelheid and 4 for cedany uwu

002: a letter written by your OC’s family member

[a bloodstained letter half-destroyed by mud, found trampled underfoot in the remains of lothering]:

Bethy,

We reached Ostagar this morning, so stop worrying, would you? Tell Ma that we’re all fine. Or, you know, in Del’s case, as fine as she’ll get. You know how she can be. At the very least, Bear’s loving it; there’s mabari everywhere, so he’s got a lot to keep him occupied. And before you ask, so do I; the other soldiers are brilliant, better than anyone I’ve known before. We’ve even spotted the King a couple times — I’ve got loads of stories to tell you when we get back.

Del’s not settling in so well. She got in a fight with one of the Grey Wardens on their way in this morning, if you can believe it. It’s Del, so you should believe it. Dunno what it was about, but probably something stupid. It usually is. Honestly, she’s had a real stick up her arse since we left — worse than usual. She’s driving me mad.

Bet Lothering’s quiet without us. Don’t go too barmy, sister. We’ve already got enough of that in this family. 

Anyway, word is we’ll be marching within the next week. I promise I’ll send another letter before we do, alright? We’ll be fine. Don’t worry.

Carver

004: a letter from your OC to their love interest

[a letter, badly worn and ripped in places, marked with dried mud and still vaguely possessing the scent of pungent rot. its words are smudged and shaky, and there are occasional holes in the vellum where it would appear that a quill has been pressed through it on letters. the lines where it has clearly been crumpled up, combined with the lack of a seal or any marks of sending, make it clear that this letter was never delivered. dated 9:41 dragon]:

Alistair,

Can you hear it, too?

Look, I [an unskilled doodle of a flower, here, as though the writer was considerably distracted] I don’t really know why I’m writing you. I shouldn’t be, but hey, we both know I’m pretty shit at doing what I should do, so. I just…

I didn’t realise this was what it sounded like, you know? The Calling. Figured it’d be a lot more madness and organisation and shit, a lot less… this. It’s fucking bullshit. This is all just… just bullshit. The bogs here are hot and dry and fucking awful, and at night it’s freezing cold, and we still haven’t found the cure and Nidelan and I keep fucking fighting about it, and I’m tired all the bloody time but I can never fucking sleep, and I just. I don’t know what to do.

Ha bloody ha, bet you’re laughing yourself sick at me. Shut up, idiot.

I’m scared, I s’pose is what I’m trying to tell you. Like, really, shitting bricks and sweating gallons and shaking like a fucking leaf scared. Which is ridiculous, ‘cause I don’t get scared, right? Ever. But I’m scared now. And I really… I really fucking wish you were here.

I s’pose if anyone finds this letter and actually sends you it, which is, you know, pretty bloody unlikely, I just want you to know. Well. I’m sure you do know, you should know, I mean I might say you’re an idiot but you can actually be quite smart at times, but. Right. Just in case, yeah?

So. I love you. Because I’m fucking thick. And probably dying. And you probably are too. And I just… I just fucking love you, and I want you to know that, before this is all over. I don’t think there’s a life where I don’t love you, not anywhere. Would probably be easier if there was, honestly, but it’s not like we’ve ever been good with easy.

Maker. I should’ve told you every day for the last fucking decade, shouldn’t I? Ha. Fucking stupid, shit-for-brains idiot, that’s me. Should’ve snogged you senseless. Should’ve told you to choose me. I almost did, you know. When I first found out about Gwenore. Wrote a letter and everything. Doesn’t matter now, I s’pose.

Wouldn’t have mattered then, either. Doubt you’d have listened. Still, you’d have known. That’d be… well, something. A good something, maybe. Fuck if I know anymore.

I love you, anyway. And I’m still yours, if you want me, for however long we have left. I always will be.

Cedany

ask me questions

#me: tries to write carver #me: remembers ive still never done a playthrough where he survives the blight #who is he how do i write him #ced's is copy-pasted from my growing doc of cedistair letters im ridiculous #ANYWAY thank u rami ur an angel <333 #answered #lelianasgf #ch: adelheid hawke #ch: cedany amell #long post /

[exemplartemplar]

thesxmmersword replied to your post “i haven’t played origins in a while, but ...”

^^^^ yeah the problem with having a pissbaby king is that he's a pissbaby king with an entire army who'll do what he says over u when push comes to shove. Loghain'd been trying to stop Ostagar from even happening for ages beforehand but you hear people say 'the king has stopped listening to the teyrn' and really, what're you gonna do against a King? Hope and pray you can be there to fix whatever mess he makes, which Loghain is pretty good at after Maric's reign.

magicbound replied to your post “i haven’t played origins in a while, but ...”

Except Loghain really had no power in the face of the king and if he made too much of a fuss or disarray about battle plans before the battle he wouldve been removed or replaced and then everybody really wouldve died. Not that what he did was precisely good

this is why i love you two - ya make me think. I guess i never noticed anyone say that Cailian had stopped taking Loghain seriously, and I never read codex entries so I didn’t know he’d been trying to stop Ostagar before they got there. So I guess I can see how at the meeting that the Warden attends, its out of his hands...and I can understand if he’s been protesting Calian’s plans for a while, he’s probably resigned and not interested in further arguments. (also mostly what I had said before was me realising why my warden hated Loghain so much? like, more than he deserved kind of hatred.) gahh i love talking/debating about lore etc so much! thank you uwu

#thesxmmersword #magicbound #it got a little long