#new backstory unlocked

[blarrghe]

trying to develop Rune's personality bc my first playthrough of an RPG always feels a little bland as I learn the game mechanics and make too many decisions that are just what seems fun/interesting and not ~roleplay~ so here are some notes to make her more Character so that she can make Bad Decisions. Just rambling. Screenshot of Rune looking derpy at the end <3

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Race: Mephistopheles Tiefling

Class: Warlock

Background: Charlatan

Using that to inform things I think she needs a backstory of being kind of a long-standing capital A adventurer. She's not a Baldurian but she's been through Baldur's Gate a few times so sometimes she takes those dialogues, mostly when it's like "oh yeah I know that bar" and less when it's contemporary important figures because the last time she passed through was like a decade ago.

No qualms with lying or mind-reading, she's got warlock powers for a reason.

I think she likes to pretend to know things, esp about magic. Maybe secretly wishes she was a sorcerer. Using that one time she tried to magic a lock and then wound up punching it instead to inform the character trait 'full of shit about magic'. She tries, but when all else fails she's just naturally very strong and intimidating looking. She has a secret "real name" but goes by Rune because it makes her sound like a Magic Expert. She's like if a circus strongman left the circus and went around pretending to be a professor and selling trinkets.

Entered into a warlock pact to impress a former lover? And fellow performer? I think maybe she wanted to add some fun fiery devil magic to her act and made a pact and then idk ran away from the circus when shit got real. Yeah let's just say that Rune was a circus performer in her (younger) youth.

Soft spot for kids. She was an entertainer after all, the laughter of children gives her life. Kids love the over-the-top scary devil magic stuff and when she leans into it the response is delighted squealing instead of the more Adult critical side-eye. Super hokey sense of humour too. Had a whole teachable moment with that kid selling rings in the grove.

Tiefling racism mostly just rolls off her like. She doesn't feel a ton of connection to their culture (raised by circus performers, maybe a few tieflings but it was Diverse). But not above leaning in to the rep where it suits her. Just doesn't feel a whole lot of attachment beyond a bit of guilt here and there.

She let the pain guy hit her with the "advanced techniques" at the goblin camp. I do not know if she is precisely Into That but she's got a high pain tollerance and a huge daring streak. Flame swallower sword juggler strongman just wanted to see if she still got it. Also the draw of getting any kind of arcane perk just lights her up.

I haven't picked a romance bc I don't think I've even met all the options yet but I do think she might like to see what tricks Gale has. Asterion clearly thinks she's hot but I can't see her hitting that. I CAN see her teaming up with him for just the biggest baddest cons though. She doesn't mix business and pleasure she learned that lesson ;) so.

I can see her hooking up with Shadowheart but just because she's like, really pretty. Rune is still hung up on her bardic ex-lover from the circus (aka the halfling bard I made in early access and didn't really play) and just sampling the fruit idk.

Fundamentally she's a pretty good person. Squarely in the chaotic good camp. Wishes she were a true chaotic neutral and she'll lie or threaten for profit literally any time but actual death and violence makes her pretty squeamish. It's all showbiz baby!! Little reality denying freak <3

I gave her those gnarly facial scars so lets say she has some deeply burried childhood trauma (so repressed that even idk what happened) that makes her a bit of a danger magnet/risk fetishist, super protective of kids, and rigidly opposed to mass acts of violence.

Ok this is fairly solid (and close enough to my usual archetype to be easy to roleplay lmao) here's my gorl:

every time I catch her in this pose her right eye is just a little squinty lmao. lazy eye resulting from a torch juggling incident idk.

#new backstory unlocked #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #barely but just in case #like I have not left the grove/goblin camp but you know

[ask-whitepearl-and-steven]

So I just read up on the FAQ since I got all caught up after being addicted to your comic for two weeks and I have to ask -

If Steven's gem is the size of his entire skull as a teenager, how did it fit inside his head as a baby? Did the gem start small and then grow with him?

#achievement unlocked: new reaction for this specific ask #chekhov answers #we do not talk about baby steven #ok ok ok but jokes aside #you do see him as a baby in Earls backstory #and the gem very much sticks out the other side of his head #granted he is ...... disproportionately large for a newborn

[sailing-ever-west]

early days baratie got me feeling things

#when you're the kid's new dad but haven't yet unlocked his tragic backstory #red foot zeff #red leg zeff #black leg sanji #vinsmoke sanji #baratie #one piece #one piece fanart #one piece comic #one piece sanji #one piece zeff #ok rain now i am taking a nap for real this idea was makig me go feral

[the-way-astray]

holding out hope . . . don’t act like it’s set in stone . . . it’s not . . . yet . . .

(much ranting in the tags)

#kotlc #yes this is about the POSSIBLE keefe short story collection or book or novella about his time in the forbidden cities emphasis on POSSIBLE #i can’t deal with anymore keefe content guys i can’t do it anymore there’s already too much #let me OUTTTTTTT shannon i just wanna be done with this series stop holding me hostage let me FREEEEE /hj #if it's keefe-centric and away from the main story why can’t she just release it AFTER the series is finished? like this is SOPHIE'S story #obviously with the baby and whatnot i’d be cool with her not releasing a book for another year but releasing extras IN PLACE of a REAL book #i don't understand /gen #if she has the energy to write a book why doesn't she just write the next one #it might not be that tho that's just a possibility obviously i'm just curious #in the case that this extra is going to be released in the place of book ten this year it's like well. why doesn't she just do book ten #i wish i could say 'i'm not a keefe hater but this is too much keefe content' but i am a keefe hater so #IT'S FINE IT MIGHT NOT BE THAT MAYBE WE'RE ALL SUPER WRONG AND SHANNON'S JUST HAVING A SILLY GOOFY TIME #also even if this IS a special announcement we could still get book ten news? along with the announcement? mayhaps? #manifesting book ten news along with the special announcement please shannon #sigh hoping praying manifesting anything not keefe #if it is a short story collection i cannot tell you how BADLY i want it to be the adults' backstories #like i'm rereading unlocked rn and grady edaline alden and della all have so many blank spots in their registry files??? #an extra could fill those in . . . just saying . . . #also the ancients #the ancients are super interesting . . . just saying . . . #luzia's pyrokinetic friend! fallon and luzia's mom! fintan (possibly) throwing vespera in the dungeon! luzia and vespera light experiments! #fallon and the other two on the original council! bronte and fintan's relationship! fintan and luzia's relationship! #bronte working under fallon as an emissary! them going to meet the ogre king! luzia and orem's relationship! why orem doesn't like his mom! #so many possibilities . . . come on shannon . . . please . . . #give us this . . . just this . . . #throw a great gulon incident short story in there to keep the keefe stans happy and then get into the juicy stuff #begging pleading imploring shannon to hear my prayers #anyway #if we manifest no keefe content there won't be keefe content <- lying

[vvanessaives]

ok whatever it's canon that violante really enjoyed the circus bc 1. she probably never seen one in her whole life 2. i spent two hours there fr. if i say she had fun, she had fun.

#rena.txt #actually it's more like ohhh i've never been to an occasion like this one how..fun :D let's never do this again :| (<she likes it i said) #i do also want to believe the companions simply swing with her weird silly girl moment. they ask questions about the sudden weird change in #behaviour and she's like oh my mother never allowed any fun stuff when i was a kid mostly she locked me in my dusty dark room when she #didn't want to see my face and i just spent my time either rotting or facing her wrath and-(unlocks her backstory) #and everyone is just 🧍🏻🧍🏻🧍🏻ok. let's get you some clown makeup asap for the love of every single god. do u want a smoothie too or smth #shadowheart putting the clown makeup willingly for her: it's rotten work. i'll do it but christ alive #i just have a soft spot for traumatized character gets to experience smth new/like the first time with ppl that actually care about them..

[glimpsesofeuterpe]

#stv au #that's totally another human!deimos here #often wearing dat hair braided #not combed for days if not weeks #made a new save with mods and -pals why didnt i try cheating ways around before?? #so much of backstories unlocked in such a little while #zero deaths! #i kinda like playing games fairy/the way authors meant them to play #but not when it takes too much of time & random to unlock characters' arcs/backstories/plotlines #also tried to use other players' cozy landscapes/furniturepicking/design-organizing-thing as refs but failed anyway

[clippy]

#new backstory for the boys has been unlocked #aka they have been hit with my 3 beams

[byanyan]

the way byan displays and accepts affection differing between literally every single person they interact with... it's hitting me tonight

#it's all vibes based it's all comfort based it's all closeness based #but everyone gets a different style with them and it's Interesting to me #.......i think the biggest factor is how open they are with someone tbh #the more open and honest they are with u and u are with them..... the more affectionate they're comfortable being #their affection is inherently kinda tied to all the things they keep stuffed down and hidden away #they're so hesitant about it bc it feels like too much to give to someone a lot of the time... even if ur someone they're close to #it's too trusting too vulnerable they've been hurt too many times before #turns out u gotta unlock a few levels of tragic backstory to get access to things like hugs that aren't super awkward #and even then they still gotta get used to this whole weird hugging thing so it's gonna be awkward for a while ANYWAY #gotta say... wasn't expecting to come to any new revelation about them while writing hugs tonight but here we are ig #━━ ˟ ⊰ ✰ ooc ⋮ don't @ me.

[hetagrammy]

Drawing my favorite squad in a D&D AU because I can't be stopped. Tolys is a Fighter (Champion Subclass), Lovino is a Cleric (Light Domain), Molly is a Druid (Circle of Land), and Alfred is an Artificer (Artillerist Sublcass)

#hetalia #d&d au #my art #hws lithuania #hws romano #hws america #hws ireland #nyo!ireland #immigrant squad #lovino as the long-suffering healer is an idea near and dear to my heart #and so is alfred discovering new things while almost blowing himself up in the process #they've all gotta unlock each others' tragic backstories like a true party does lol #some of the subclasses i'm still debating about (particularly tolys') #but i think this is where they're gonna stay #the classes are for sure tho

[a-romantic--aromantic]

How does it feel to have a positive impact on more people than your mind could conceive?

you think so? lately i havent been too sure, but i hope what i do helps people. its why i keep doing it. ive been doing projects to help people for like 15 years now. when i was in middle school, i accidentally kickstarted the “positive anonymous sticky notes on lockers” thing because i was getting bullied. it was based on the seniors roses-on-lockers thing id seen a picture if it on tumblr. i made about 5,000 anonymous messages and left them on lockers over the course of a year? and i also had a little anons campaign here on tumblr too :)

a year or so later i heard of some other schools and kids doing it too. my project was in like 2012/2013ish? I did some other similar projects in high school too, but never quite that big until. well i guess this blog?

idk i usually keep going under the “i may only help 1 person, but thats 1 person that wasnt helped before” kind of modality.

im glad you think im helping people, though. :)

i like the idea that im having a positive impact on a ton of people. that feels good. :)

#ooh unlocking #backstory #today‚ huh? #thats okay i think you guys deserve it #i dont think there were many news articles when i did it. my peers sorta hated it. the elementary schoolers who repeated it #bc their older sibling got a note #may have had some press‚ though! #anyways #tags #rambles #hey bees #whats up bees #whatd you ask? #save for later #saves

[howlpendraig]

I am de-inquisitor-ing Taliesin and putting his twin sister Branwen in his place I think, shifting Tali to inquisition companion mode

#makes more sense for him plus new backstory unlocked for the two of them #city elves who ran away at age 9 to find the dalish when ceinwen's magic started to show #so he'd been super protective of her for a long time and then conclave mess happens and he's like 'yikes hard to protect you from all this!' #whether she's needed protection since she was 9 though is up for debate and squabble between the two of them #anyway when in doubt about character backstory add a sibling and it all starts coming together #Taliesin Lavellan #Branwen Lavellan #(tah-lee-eh-sin with emphasis oh the lee & bran-when with a long 'a' and a rolled 'r') #da oc chatter #< think i should start a tag

[gglitchshit]

Tbh what if Lucien didn't have a backstory. What if he was just some guy.

#the reason i keep his toyhouse locked is mostly bc of thr backstory aaa i sant to unlock when its Done but that'll be never #so i can judt finish up his new html and pics and publish.... #i miss him and i want him to be seen but then also idk if he's interesting enough to other people #other than me my best friend and my ....homies lol #his few fans whom i love and cherish thank you for loving him mwah mwah #hes just ny comfort character and in happy if anyone else enjoys him #glitch.txt #sorry for the typos in half asleep and so is autocorrect

[kiismetism]

"Do you actually care about doing what's morally correct?"

well... yes, i would presume i do.

otherwise, oxford university made a rather large mistake by granting me a PHD in moral and ethical philosophy, didn't they? let alone allowing me to teach the topic- i mean, my god.

#SYSYEM ERROR. - [IC] #YOU HAVE [1] NEW MESSAGE! - [ASKS.] #thegrimdarkoffice #( #one: yes this is entirely and completely true #two: yeah its being very sarcastic about it all #three: wow i didn't think you'd unlock that much of its backstory THAT FAST /hj #)

[grodyego]

lrb i always feel like talking abt this stuff makes me look like the biggest pussy ass loser ever and i half of social media just kind of exists for people to have endless arguments in circles forever but like. i wish that people understood that "kids" are not just a monolith but that their understanding of things and interest in interrogating the stuff they watch changes and develops as they go from one age group to another, and that while there are definitely plenty of themes, stories and messages kids don't have the ability to fully understand maybe all of the nuance to, or are in fact too "mature" for them, they also aren't like. stupid. there are "sensitive" topics that might typically thought of as challenging that they can confront, i.e. racism and imperialism, especially in the case of like... those kids. just having to deal with those things. in real life. idk these ideas are not mutually exclusive is all im saying

#the more i'm around kids the more this really becomes clear to me #like i knew bc i could remember you know. watching stuff. and thinking about how it felt #like even stuff i didn't fully have a grasp on i could kind of tell ? that there was something there that was just within my grasp #and if i kept watching and thinking about it maybe i could figure it out #and then i would understand why i felt that way. or unlock a new 'grown up' emotion even #i mean it starts as young as like 4/5 yrs old ! #the kids at my work come up with theories and backstories for characters in things they watch or are read #even if they only show up for like a second. just cuz something abt them struck a chord with them #like they're interested in exploring what they're being shown is what i'm saying. in their own way #and they internalize this stuff

[avephelis]

RISE TWITTER QNA! no major news or announcements, but here's a list of new information and confirmations:

S3 could be brought back as a retro show in the future, but it probably wouldn't happen anytime soon (focus is on mutant mayhem at the moment)

it was never decided whether capril would be friends or girlfriends (due to rise's focus on platonic relationships)

council of heads! they're in power, but a lot of influential yokai (like big mama) aren't easily controlled, and "game the system"

despite not having his dual katana, supposedly f!leo DOES still have mystic powers

ron corcillo would love to see a spin-off focused on the caseys (if rise were ever continued), and likes the potential of a raph + casey vigilante duo

the turtles got their names after splinter's love for renaissance art

big mama's henchman WAS planned to be the missing sister, and rather than venus de milo, she would've been named after a female artist (possibly frida kahlo)

for halloween: raph dressed up as a kitten, mikey as a lion, leo as a rockstar, and donnie as j. robert oppenheimer

the mystic weapons stolen from draxum acted as a conduit to help the boys unlock their innate mystic powers with a "little boost"

they didn't realise mayhem's potential as a character/force until too late, but it could've been fun to do some stories of him being an operative (a la perry the platypus)

there weren't any planned stories for side villains (aside from the foot's cupcake shop), most focus was on the turtles

not much on casey jr's backstory, just that cass and the turtles were fighting the krang and leo raised him as a warrior. casey jr only has brief memories of cass from when he was very young, and was mostly raised by leo

there were definitely six baby turtles (two sisters)! and the turtles were gonna split up to rescue the one with big mama and the one in "the dimension", but they never planned much of it out

there's most likely a time gap between the rescuing leo and the ending scene of the movie, as "after a fight like that, [everyone] would definitely crash and need some recovery time"

there would've been more big mama in future episodes, and stinkbomb was planned to return

since the turtles became known to the public at the end of the movie, they'd have to fight to retain their reputation. this and their reception to criticism/backlash would've become a major arc.

on brother rankings: mikey is definitely raph's favourite, and they all look up to raph

the stronger someone's ninpo is, the greater the drain on their energy is (as seen with f!mikey and karai)

there wouldn't be much threat on villains going after casey jr's future intel, because most of it would've been rendered obsolete

nickelodeon would never give up the rights to rise, but they could license it to a partner company (such as IDW for a comic!)

as previously mentioned, the 2nd sister would've been trapped in "another dimension" and venus/frida would have to be won over by "helping her see that she had been brainwashed [by big mama] as a child" (and redeemed)

given more time, the show would've fleshed out: the hamato story, the hidden city's origins (krang spaceship that crashed into the crying titan being the source of the ooze, its fuel being what gave the yokai mystic powers), and would've used the rat king (who ron corcillo would've liked to be a powerful yokai with rat-like abilities and some form of mind control, who could've threatened the council of heads for power in the hidden city)

as far as we know, the turtles (aside from leo's spanish) only speak english (and even their english is sometimes a bit off)

rise probably wouldn't have ever "gone dark", but after the turtles were publicly known and full-time heroes, it might've had more of an extended plotline

the turtle's casual clothes somewhat reflect their music tastes (r&b for raph, glam rock for leo, techno (and 80s) for donnie and boy band for mikey)

future heights: mikey grew a bit and then shrunk under mystic strain, leo was at least 6ft, donnie a little taller than leo, and raph at least 6'6

mikey's powers could get pretty intense, which could've resulted in some multiverse episodes (ron corcillo would be most inclined to do a 12 crossover, but any could work). while leo portals short distances, mikey's cross space and time (with great effort)

given more time, how the turtles met april would've been fleshed out

in terms of how they take after splinter: donnie and leo have a lot of his cockiness, raph his courage and sense of duty, and mikey senses him missing his family (which is part of the reason of why he tries to hold everyone together)

given more time they would've done more with the transfer of leadership from raph to leo (and originally the plan was to draw that out over S3, rather than the abrupt S2 ending). they would've been co-leaders for a while, and at times mikey or donnie would lead (they aren't really a group with just one leader archetype)

there were plans for april to have more time with the specific turtles other than donnie (like how the gumbus was focused on her mikey and leo)

the cast's mystic abilities would've increased over time, and splinter has a lot of power that hasn't been revealed (as he spent a lot of time in the hidden city in his past)

venus/frida would've been very disciplined and so serious that's she's funny, and the dimension sister would've been "a little kooky"

there weren't really any plans on how the turtles would look in cloaked human forms, just that they'd resemble lou jitsu and may be inspired by their VAs

mikey is the only brother who can fully pull all his limbs and head into his shell (being a box turtle)

any usagi appearances would be a rights matter, and depend on collaboration

on timelines: april is 16 at the start of the series and 18 in the movie, but exactly how much time passes isn't confirmed

ron corcillo would've liked to do more donnie + raph episodes, like one where despite how donnie considers himself smarter, raph ends up beating him in common sense and emotional intelligence

f!leo didn't go with casey jr to the past due to being mortally wounded in his bleeding side

given more time there would've been more flashback episodes with the turtles at various ages

though he'd never admit it, hueso has a close relationship with leo

in early S3 there would've been an episode of setting up the new lair

mystic warrior f!mikey is pretty old (maybe in his 70s), and is strong enough to use basically any mystic power, but at great cost to him physically

no major plans with bishop, but once the turtles became more well-known he could be a bit of a thorn in their sides (like j. jonah jameson to spiderman)

there might've been some redemption from big mama, but also some relapses into her "villainous ways"

given a full season, karai would've been alive for longer, and would've trained the boys for a number of episodes

confirmation that some of early s1 aired in the wrong order (which the writers weren't happy about)

in rise, there's always an unpredictability as to how sentient a mutant will turn out to be

raph probably wouldn't be super uptight about swearing, provided the boys weren't offending anyone

there weren't any plans for romantic relationships (and DEFINITELY never an april-turtles love interest), but if they had ever tried something eventually it would've been with the same species

there were no specific plans for alopex, rita, or rennet, but anything's a possibility

in terms of the 1000 years ago krang/mystic timeline, the spaceship crashed first (possibly spawning the yokai), and other krang followed it, drawing in the invasion

that seems to be about it but if there's any more i'll do a reblog with additions

#theres a couple other answers if you wanna go through the thread but they're a bit hand-wavy or double ups on info #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #BLEEAGH im gonna go live my life now and eat breakfast

[moonyspride]

sirius: bad news - reggie locked himself outside of his and james’ house.

sirius: good news - we didn't have to wait around for a locksmith.

sirius: bad news - james finds it very concerning that I know how to pick locks, and tried to unlock my tragic backstory. i was too embarrassed to admit that the reason i learned it was because, at thirteen, i figured that was the kind of skill that would impress cute guys.

sirius: good news- a cute guy saw me do it.

sirius: bad news - it was remus, and since he’s already seen me fall out of several trees, cry because i saw a fawn that was just too damn small, and knows i can ride a unicycle, he’ll never think i’m cool no matter what i do. it's too late. he knows.

marlene: you’re a fool.

#marauders #marauders era #incorrect marauders quotes #sirius black #james potter #remus lupin #wolfstar #prongs #sirius being sirius #james and sirius #remus x sirius #remus john lupin #marlene mckinnon #regulus black #the marauders era #sirius and regulus #sirius orion black #incorrect jegulus #incorrect quotes #wolfstar incorrect quotes