#identity quest

[7cfc00]

Cast: Hermie the Unworthy as Theatre Kid with Identity Issues!

#dndads #dndads fanart #dungeons and daddies #dndads s2 #hermie the unworthy #hermie unworthy #dndaddies #dndads season 2 #dndads quest #dndads hermie #words are by me... came out of my brain box #also it rhymes if you pronounce the “a” in “mask” like you pronounce the “a” in “parts” #anyway. i was just trying to get at the idea of him making his roles his identity... thinking that he is simply this group of parts #when in reality he's more than the sum of it... hes a person beyond his personas yknow #i really like how this turned out. tbh mostly because i took my own sweet time... thats why i've been gone for so long LOL #hermie has such a wealth of visuals behind his character man theres SO MUCH to explore... i didnt even manage to fit in all the references #that i noted down

[star-ocean-peahen]

The more you think about Jason Grace's life, the more fucked up it gets.

Like, the whole "joined Camp Jupiter as a three year old" thing. We already know Camp Jupiter is fucked up because it places heavy importance on a child army, despite having plenty of demigod adults at hand, but they straight up recruited a three year old into the military. He showed up and got promptly stuck in a barrack for the rest of his childhood.

Like, why?? Why on earth would they do that instead of giving him to someone in New Rome to raise and inducting him into the legion at a respectable twelve??

And who raised him anyway?? A rotating cast of nineteen-year-old demigods?? His bunkmates in the Fifth?? If he was a young teenager I could see that, but he arrived when he was three, was he even potty-trained??? Did he just grow up being educated by bored teenagers and ghosts, watching as demigods arrived and served and retired, being told that he had to be the greatest of them all?? Did he have any other children to grow up with?? Did the legion even consider him different than the other recruits, or did he have to shovel unicorn dung when he forgot his phonics and live with the constant threat of perhaps being sewn into a bag of weasels??

I find it odd that Jason, as a demigod who grew up in a demigod's world, doesn't have his unique perspective explored more. I find it especially odd that the difference between his childhood and everyone else's is ignored. However difficult and varied everyone else's backgrounds are, they've at least attended a school. They had parents, and family, and a home, at least at one point. They had mortal toys and dwellings and communities that weren't merged inextricably with the myths. They knew where they came from. Do you think Jason, with his powerful, kingly father and impending destiny, ever felt like he didn't know who his family was?

I also find it strange that he doesn't seem to have a very wide network of friends from Camp Jupiter? He has Reyna, who he trusts and works with and depends on. He lists Hazel and Frank among his friends, but they look up to him as a role model. He mentions Bobby and Dakota familiarly, but never again. He's familiar and on good terms with basically everyone—but the only person he seems to consider as a close friend is Reyna. And that wouldn't be odd if he hadn't grown up at Camp Jupiter. He doesn't seem to have any constant companion—anyone he considers his family until he meets Leo.

Maybe he and Leo bonded so well because they both knew what it was like to grow up transiently. To have any constant in your life, and know that the day you would move on or they would move on was fast approaching. Maybe the reason he looked at Camp Half-Blood and admired how united and familial they seemed, and wished Camp Jupiter could be similar, was that he could see in them the family he wished he had.

Honestly, I feel like meeting Thalia should have left him in a lot more turmoil than it did. He grew up with no family but a god for a father, and here's a person who wanted him. Someone who always wanted him because he was Jason, and not the demigod son of Zeus. Maybe even someone to whom he mattered more than his destiny.

I really, really wish we'd gotten to see more of the contrasts between him and Percy. He is explicitly the Romans' version of the hero Percy is, except he's the hero first, and the person second. Jason did everything right! He did everything perfectly, and Percy still got where he did without being trained for it his entire childhood. He's got such a better reason to resent him than "bad vibes". They could have been foils for each other hhhhhhhrngh.

Just. This lonely, idolized, child soldier's life hurts me.

#and honestly i want to know all about his life before HOO #all the quests he went on! the friends he made! what shaped him into the person he is today! #his identity problems should run deeper than “i like the greek way but i was born a roman” and “i find it difficult to process the kind of #person my mother was"! #riordanverse #heroes of olympus #jason grace #heros of olympus

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I did quests for two gnomes that were men only and they found out I was trans and got pissed so I had to explain gender identity and sexuality to these dumb fucking gnomes.

#dream #gnome #quest #trans #gender identity #sexuality

[slavonicrhapsody]

I’ve seen a bunch of theories about the snow witch that hinge on the assumption that her name is Renna, but what if Renna was never actually supposed to be her name?

what we know about the snow witch, or snowy crone, is that she was a weird old lady in the woods who taught the young Ranni heretical cold sorcery, and wore the pointed hat and robe Ranni wears now. Ranni’s doll body is said to be “modeled after” her… but it cannot be a perfect 1:1 impersonation of her, because Ranni doesn’t look like a “crone” at all!

Rather than an attempt to fully impersonate the snow witch, I think Ranni’s doll body is more of an homage to her old mentor. and with that in mind, I think that the name “Renna” might also be an homage to perhaps the most important mentor in Ranni’s life — her mother.

I think it’s very fitting for Ranni to use her new persona as a way of maintaining her connection to her teachers after she slew her physical body and abandoned her previous life. though Ranni is accused of being cold and unfeeling, she’s actually very sentimental — her co-conspirators are her closest childhood companions, her base of operations her childhood home. she still loves her mother and defends both her body and her legacy. she died wearing her mother’s talisman. wouldn’t it be sweet if she chose to call herself Renna out of love for Rennala?

#elden ring #ranni #ranni the witch #re: the three sisters - i dont think theyre meant to represent sisters because. one of them is named after seluvis. #they’ve clearly been given names describing their current purpose: the one where ranni lives. the one where seluvis lives. #and renna’s rise is where we collect ranni’s snow witch clothes… it’s also where ranni departed on her ‘dark path’ #it might be where ranni’s fake identity ‘lives’ #the identity which she abandons along with the snow witch clothes when she departs on her quest #‘tell the two fingers that RANNI THE WITCH cometh to rend thy flesh’

[star-trek-dumb-comics]

Ok so I finally watched Prodigy ! And it was surprisingly good. This is obviously a kids' show but I ended up being pretty invested in the story. The main character started as Ezra Bridger-ass annoying but he's grown on me. Genuinely I think this might be the best new trek show with Lower Decks lmao. It even got me caring about what happens to CHAKOTAY of all things !

Also it had GREAT alien rep omfg there were so few humans I LOVE THIS SHIT !!! especially UFP founding members rep ahhhhh !!!!!!!!!! I've been wanting this for YEARS they did it for me

#+ Enterprise aliens !!!!! Xindi ! Denobulan !!!! #But on the other hand I hope they won't go too “voyager season 8” in season 2 - I mean not more than season 1 #since there's the EMH and apparently even Harry Kim will show up #I still want this to keep it's identity I'm sick and tired of new trek leaning too hard on previous shows #anyway nice show and love the art style #plus Threshold got a mention so 100/10 #also that episode with the galaxy quest-ass aliens was hilarious with the TOS impersonations especially Kirk lmao #(not me complaning about fanservice then straight up saying “I loved this episode where they did fanservice !!!!”) #star trek #prodigy #pro #edit : oh I also hope to god they won't tie in to Picard shit please I want to keep ignoring that show please

[hydrodragons]

genshin impact gif challenge ✦

[1/?] archon quests → interlude chapter, act iii: inversion of genesis

“do you think there are any differences between your present self and your previous and future incarnations? if not, then what are the differences between humans and puppets? whoever has tasted the joys and sorrows of life in the human realm is human. whoever has loved and lost, cried with grief, howled with rage at the tragedy of death that eclipses the miracle of life... they are human too."

#genshin impact #genshinedit #genshinimpactedit #genshinet #scaramouche #wanderer #mine* #scaramouche* #gifchallenge* #tw flashing #i finally found a way to format quests!! #it hit me yesterday as i was finding a quote to put for raiden then boom here we are #i was gonna make the whole thing black and white and blue hence the first two gifs #but i didn't end up liking how it looked so more colours it is 🫶🏻 #also chose a long ass quote for the caption (it's two separate voicelines into one) #but i felt it was important to emphasize the puppet and human description that nahida tells scara #ahhhhh i love this quest a lot i remember having mixed feelings about him erasing his identity when i first played through it #but then i rewatched it again later and ended up liking it more bc it shows that not everyone can just erase themselves from irminsul #the same way rukkhadevata did #god i just miss sumeru so much it's still my fave of all the nations when are we going back y'all 😩 #pls give me more scara and nahida interactions i beg they're my favourite platonic pairing ever (besides kazuven ofc)

[sansastarkmeta]

An early outline of AFFC written around 2003-04 by GRRM was recently shared on r/asoiaf. Read the original post here for more info.

Two entries are notes for Sansa POV chapters:

A)

SANSA DIVIDE CHAPTER – LF: CERSEI HAS OVERREACHED SHE'LL SOON BE DONE

LF of course stands for Littlefinger.

B)

SANSA ?OLD - RESOLVE TO BE SS & TAKE NORTH 1 - TOURNEY OF WINGED KNIGHT 2 - SWEETROBIN [WOOS? WEDS? unclear] 3 - NEWS FROM W.H. KILL THE MOUSE ④

SS very likely stands for Sansa Stark, and W.H. for White Harbor. The mouse of course refers to Ser Shadrich.

The people at r/asoiaf who transcribed GRRM's handwriting favor the reading 2 - Sweetrobin *woos, but *weds is also possible, as well as *wees although less likely.

The circled 4 seems to indicate the then total count of Sansa POV chapters that GRRM had already written drafts of (3) plus one he was planning on writing (already partially written).

As for what can be inferred from all this... The first note almost certainly became AFFC Alayne II. The second one seems to concern an unpublished chapter or chapters that GRRM moved to TWOW. Given it's been twenty years since he wrote this outline, this raises the question: does he still intend to follow this note? Assuming he does, there are some things we can extrapolate and speculate on:

Sansa will not lose herself into the Alayne persona, and is soon heading North to reclaim her identity and Winterfell/the region for House Stark.

The tourney of winged knights is mentioned in the TWOW Alayne I preview from 2015, so this indicates GRRM had the idea for it for at least a decade prior.

Interpretation of the line regarding Robert Arryn is dependant on the reading. If it's *woos it might refer to Robert's infatuation with Alayne, which we've seen in Sansa's last published chapter, AFFC Alayne II, and in the TWOW Alayne I preview from 2015. If it's *weds... the most straightforward reading would be that Robert marries someone, even potentially Alayne/Sansa. Considering Petyr's plans for rulership of the Vale which he reveals in AFFC Alayne II, both scenarios seem surprising.

News from White Harbor most likely refers to news of Ramsay's wedding to Arya Stark. There's no telling whether that includes the crucial detail that the bride is truthfully Jeyne Poole. Another option could be news of the mutiny at Castle Black and some kind of update on Jon, whether that's his death, his speculated resurrection or confusing reports about both and whether he was ever dead at all. Of course, the news could be a mix and match of all of this, too. Any of these options could be the catalyst for Sansa going North.

The strikethrough could indicate these ideas were either moved elsewhere or dropped entirely. Or perhaps GRRM returned to this page a second time and was denotting progress by crossing out passsages he'd since written/included in drafts?

Finally, kill the mouse either indicates that Sansa herself will kill Ser Shadrich or that his death will be featured in a Sansa POV chapter.

I admit I am not super knowledgeable when it comes to GRRM's interviews or any information outside the published novels, so if you're aware of anything that's been revealed in the past that might shed light on this outline, please share.

#sansa stark #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #ssm #ssm originals #topic: speculation #tbc: reclaiming her identity as sansa stark #tbc: shadrich's quest to ransom sansa #tbc: house stark rule and the northern succession #quotes by grrm

[ohnogenshverse]

I've rewatched Monodrama (Sparkle's trailer) because it's cool but now with the context of 2.1

Is she playing out Aventurine's story???

There is only one bullet left, wanna play a game? What's your wager? The life of a faker. Looks like someone's in my way. So what? Let me tell you what foolishness is. Pretending to be smart, like you do. Then, what is a fool? Knowing when to act clueless, like I do. Do you get it now? What is elation? Me! I am elation!

I mean, between the "life of a faker" as a wager, playing a game, "pretending to be smart" and "act clueless" (the scene with Sunday and Ratio), all the self-sabotage imagery and almost straight up suicide and the fact that he was invited to join the masked fools it all oddly fits

Idk maybe someone smarter will tell me I'm wrong, but I think that's interesting at least

#I don't claim that they are completely identical but for me there are enough similarities #ALSO JUST REALISED multiple Sparkles in trailer and multiple Avens in the quest #also it will be cool if he actually joins the fools after the Penacony story #yes I've transcribed the voice-over from trailer myself just to make this post #honkai star rail #hsr spoilers #sparkle #aventurine #tw suicide #it's mentioned and I'm not sure if it's enough for a warning but I've decided to put it anyway

[shadow-and-purgatory]

im sure the chief advisors never had their portraits painted because that would be too obvious but i do like the hilarious mental image of just. a wall of 36 identical evil men

#endon: 'prandine why do you look like every other chief advisor' #prandine who has no clue how genetics work bc he was made in a lab: 'well sire children look like their fathers' #endon who also has no clue how genetics work: 'oh that makes sense.' #sharn who doesnt know abt genetics but knows its more complicated than that: who is fucking prandine?????? #im sure the chief advisors werent TOTALLY identical but its way funnier if they are #yes there has been A Guy advising our royal family since the unification of our kingdom. no it hasnt been the same Guy since the beginning #that would just be silly #yes all 36 of them are perfectly identical. no theres nothing strange about that #ramblimgs #deltora quest #dq #prandine deltora quest

[i-am-but-a-beta-fish]

is this about the hok or myself? the answer is yes.

#banging my head on the wall about the gap between legacy and identity #the way npcs talk about him post main quest is just. there's all this gratitude for his sacrifice. #all this reverence for his memory #''we're saved!'' ''must have been a privilege to know him'' #but at the same time nearly nobody mourns him #martin septim has become an idea. a symbol. the distant kind of savior so easy to honor #martin septim— brother martin— martin the man—the person with thoughts and feelings and joys and regrets is slowly being forgotten #who will keep hold of that as the future comes rattling in? who's left to keep the human from being consumed by the ideal of him?? #did he ever even get a funeral??? #like how am i NOT meant to go a little bonkers in the face of that?? #just. fuck man. #martin septim #one day i will stop talking about oblivion probably #it could happen. i mean it won't but it could. #tes #oblivion #i seek a place to ramble merely

[sleepingobsidian]

Hermes Cabin: "Chiron we have a quest!"

Chiron: "From whom?"

Hermes Cabin: "My Dad!" "Hermes!"

Chiron, suspicious: "Hm why is this the first time I'm hearing of it?"

Hermes Cabin: "Because we just got it"

Chiron, even more suspicious: "Hm, and how did you get this "Quest" ?"

Luke, presenting a very convincing Letter by Hermes detailing the quest: "This arrived in the cabin"

Chiron, feeling a trace of Hermes godhood on the Letter: "Very well. Be safe and Luke is in Charge"

Hermes Cabin: "Thanks Chiron we will!"

Hermes Cabin: "I can't believe we got away with it!"

Luke, clapping a Hermes kid on the back: "Good job, Julia!"

Julia, who just found out she is quiet good at identity theft: "Thanks Luke!"

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#fandom #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #hermes cabin #luke castellan #chiron #julia feingold #julia feingold headcanon #identity theft is a crime but not if you use it to go on a quest to steal your godly parents car #the tale of hermes car

[dimension-20-every-introduction]

Everyone Introduced in Dimension 20′s Dungeons and Drag Queens episode 3

#dimension 20 spoilers #dimension 20 #d20 introductions #dndq #dndq spoilers #dungeons and drag queens #hm. so funny thing is that there's multiple intro cards for the PC statblocks that have different little blurb lines at the bottom #whereas otherwise they're identical #i'm thinking of making the executive decision to include these 'duplicates' anyway because they're cute and charming #anyway HOLY FUCK THIS EPISODE #this one was long but like HOLY MOLY that was fantastic #dude dude dude i just KNOW the gays will be going wild over norelle and thanara i just know it #god stay winning #and man like- it's just so SO sweet to see these people new to dnd get to play and learn and experience it and see like. #THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT #the characters bonded so tight so fast this is just so wonderful #i'm so fucking glad brennan is here in drag helping them have a fun exciting experience in all this #i almost want to be like. this is the best thing to show someone who doesn't know anything dnd at all like what a game of it is like #like a newcomer audience gets to learn about all this right along with the queens who are doing the questing #it's wonderful!!!!!!! gahhhh i'm so happy this season is here

[comradekatara]

at the beginning of the show sokka is continually establishing how normal he is. he calls katara weird and freakish. hes like “im just a guy with boomerang,” “i’m a simple guy with simple needs,” etc........ who’s gonna tell him

#in fairness #sokka #only thinks he’s regular because the war has stripped him of his entire identity & personhood #in any other circumstance he would be well aware of just how much of a little freak he is #and he wouldn’t care because he’d be too busy practicing for the IMO #(by which I mean the international math olympiad. not the international maritime organization. but yeah sure that too) #and yes before anyone says smth I’m aware it’s bc he sees himself positioned outside of the heroic narrative conventions that katara is all #too willing to embrace and he just can’t quite get behind the idea of being on an actual proper Quest #he’s just a curmudgeonly old man trapped in a teenagers body #and i see that. and i respect that #but still.

[waverlied]

These are the names I've liked most so far + some you all sent in that I like for the nameless tiger i've been drawing lately!

#oc #THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY CONTINUES

[iwishiknewyouwantedmeuh]

I just finished the 4.1 archon quest and here is what I think:

Neuvillette: Big dragon daddy Wriothesley: Big wolf daddy Knave: Big mommy energy Freminet: An absolute baby

That's it. Thank you for coming to my talk.

#mine: text #identity crisis #genshin impact #4.1 #4.1 archon quest #archon quest #freminet #neuvillette #wriothesley #knave #genshin #albedo

[es-quest]

So maybe before we kill her for no good reason, we need to figure out how this world is going to collapse and then decide what to do? How do we fight what we don’t know? As long as we can roll back in this loop, we need to get as much information out of this world as we can about what’s going on!(shouts) BUT we’re always going forward like stubborn sheep without a plan! STOP IT! (panting)

"Oh so we're just going to wait around until the world ends?"

"I don't know what "loops" your talking about but I'm not going to risk the entire world on some voice's hesitation at killing something that Looks like a girl." "Do you even know what that thing is? Are you really going to risk everything on something that I Know is going to end the world?" The wolf doesn't seem to budge no matter what they tell her.

#es quest #milgram #ask blog #es milgram #kotoko yuzuriha #ooc: the interesting thing about Kotoko's dehuminzation is that I believe in it/its agender amane #its really important to me to distinguish Kotoko's recognition of Amane as something inhuman vs Amane's identity as something inhuman #...that will make more sense later on