#robotslenderman

[heresylog]

Hey! I'm writing a fic and there's a scene where someone's in the house of two Catholics. I'm just wondering, other than the obligatory crosses and stuff related to the Virgin Mary, what kind of things might be lying around that a Catholic might keep? Anything related to the saints, maybe?

Rosaries! We always have tons of rosaries. I have at least 4 in my apartment.

Scapulars are always on the body. Sometimes green scapulars are hidden by a friend somewhere in the home.

You might find St. Anthony’s medallion on a Catholic’s keys. Or a St. Joseph statue in the freezer for someone wanting to sell their house (especially if it’s a condo without a lawn).

Otherwise, they’re just normal Christian homes.

#robotslenderman #catholic #christianity #religion #not heresy #reference #fanfiction

[nightingaletrash]

TELL US MORE ABOUT THE BABY

Okie, so her name is Tala. She was conceived on the trip to the Arbor Wilds, but was only 'discovered' after Lyris returned from the Frostback Basin. So there was the fun realisation that she'd been pregnant while venturing through the Deep Roads and fighting a possessed dragon lmao

She was born in Wycome and was delivered by Keeper Deshanna, who performed the typical rites and rituals to induct the newborn into the clan as one of the Dalish. Lyris also made a point to bring her to the Vhenadahl in the Alienage and receive blessings from the Hahren because if there was one thing Lyris learned, it was that too many elves - Dalish and City - felt like they were entirely different peoples, and she wanted to try to promote some kind of unity, to remind them all that they are of the same people regardless of circumstance. There ended up being a celebration amongst the elves over the new arrival, and the party lasted for hours before mother and baby were exhausted and needed to retire.

During the time before Trespasser, Tala grew up primarily in Skyhold. As she became more mobile, she made a habit of hiding and jumping out at staff, soldiers and visiting dignitaries before running away laughing and she loves to spend time in the garden hunting for bugs and worms, and eating dirt as tiny children often do.

Krem stitches her new toys from time to time. So far she has a nug with wings, a golden halla, a griffon with a crooked tail, and a dragon that breathes fire (aka Dagna figured out a way to make the dragon spit out illusionary sparkles when it's squeezed and Tala still isn't sick of it).

She learns to speak Elvhen, Qunlat, Antivan, and a little Orlesian, and everyone anticipates that she's definitely going to be a mage, given that her mother and father are both mages and powerful ones at that, so there's plenty of discussion about her training. Lyris intends to stick to Dalish tradition on that front. Once the basics are covered, the others can give their own input, but Tala needs a solid base without any mixed messages.

And when it comes to Solas, no one is allowed to openly detract him in front of Tala. They don't need to sing his praises, but Tala deserves to form her own opinion of her father and not be spoonfed criticism. And if anyone's ever asked about where he went and why he never came back, the official answer is 'I don't know, but we assume it's very important'.

After Trespasser plays out and Skyhold is carefully defanged, Lyris takes Tala to live in Kirkwall where she takes up her role as Comtesse, though they make plenty of trips to Wycome over the years. Lyris tells Tala the truth about Solas being Fen'Harel and that he left for an important mission, but certain details are withheld on account of her age and Lyris' hope that Solas' mind can be changed and he can still come back to be Tala's father. She'll be told more as she gets older, but it's very piecemeal.

By the time Dreadwolf comes around, she'll be nearly eight years old and probably have just come into her magic within the last year or so with Lyris and Merrill as her primary teachers. When she tells her mother about the strange wolf watching her in her dreams, she learns that her mother has the same dreams, and that its Solas watching over them from the Fade, never drawing close because they could tempt him to abandon his path.

Solas has known about Tala the whole time, having learned about Lyris' pregnancy from dreams and his spies, and he tries his best to maintain an emotional distance from the child. He doesn't always succeed though, and he watches over her, protecting her in her dreams. On one occasion, he might let her reach him so that he might get the chance to speak to her just once, to let her know him because this is his daughter and he wants to love her even though he can't and if he just allows this one meeting, maybe it will satisfy this terrible yearning in him so that he can focus solely on his path. But he knows that if he meets her once, it might be unbearable to return to that path and he might fail to let go.

Essentially he's torturing himself even more because he loves Lyris so much and he wants to love their child so much, but he loves his people and can he really put his love and their child over the countless souls that he betrayed?

Smash cut to Tala eating dirt and trying to climb into the stable with a drasolisk, which definitely gave poor Master Dennet a heart attack.

#robotslenderman #dai #tala lavellan #lyris lavellan #solas #solavellan #solavellan baby #keeper deshanna is always like 'she's a lot like you when you were growing up!' #and tala is doing something ill-advised and silly and lyris is like 'wait what i was never like that' #'oh you were. you made potions out of dirt leaves and rain water then drank them. it was amazing you didnt get sick more often' #tala takes a lot after her mum but not always in the ways she might expect

[argentis]

How long have you had your motorcycle license for now? What's it like having a bike VS a car? I imagine it makes shopping a bit of a pain - or do bikes have more storage on them than they appear?

1. I've had my learner motorcycle license for about 7 months now. I plan on going for my restricted after I hit 1000ks and do at least one Ride Forever course and/or one-on-one lesson to make sure I'm doing things correctly.

2. Motorcycle riding is a bit like riding a pushbike but no pedalling and the clutch is your Roman Empire.

I can't speak to personally owning or using a car since I have yet to get behind the wheel. Definitely better for all-weather use and there are different costs involved.

Vehicle registration (rego) for Despechá (Honda CB125F) is just over NZ$400 a year, compared to my dad's Ford Mondeo, which is a bit over NZ$100. This is due to the much higher ACC levy (about $300pa on mine, I pay more in GST than the actual license fee component of my rego) on motorcycles due to the increased risk of injury/death riding.

Fuel-wise, bike is far more economical. A full tank from empty would cost about NZ$30 (11L tank @ ~$2.70/L for 91 unleaded) at the current fuel prices and gets me about 700ks. Would be about $100 to fill the Mondeo for a roughly equivalent range.

Full coverage insurance costs for both vehicles is about the same at about $400pa.

Parking can be a lot cheaper for motorcycles (free dedicated on-street parking). Have to go out of your way for free on-street parking for cars in the city centre. Otherwise, paying at least $4 for an hour of parking.

Gear can be pricy too. Helmet is legally required, and gloves are the bare additional minimum for many, but ideally, you'd have a jacket and boots, and maybe pants. If not to avoid road rash, then to avoid hypothermia in winter. Though it's up to the individual and how much gear they want to wear.

You do get to use high occupany and some bus lanes if you ride here which can make some commutes quicker.

3. I've become a lot more mindful of how much I can carry on the bike. There isn't much stock storage on mine. Only enough space to store her toolkit and spare manual under the seat.

I don't use my bike for a lot of grocery shopping beyond picking up bread and milk so a backpack suffices. Planning on buying panniers and a tank bag but that's becoming less for shopping and more for future travel plans.

Some scooters do have a lot more storage under the seat or on the steering column. It depends on the model.

#tera talks #robotslenderman

[aturinfortheworse]

bitch you see kangaroos every morning?!?!?!

Not when I'm in the city, but I stay at mum's semi-frequently for work and there's a few acres of paddocks here + whatever the neighbours have, which i imagine turns into an endless stretch of intermixed grazing land and undeveloped land. ie. kangaroo heaven.

So. there's just kangaroos!! ITS INSANE.

The craziest part is that after work, if I park like 10m away from the house (I usually do), then there's a good chance kangaroos will be hanging out right next to my car. I guess its part of their route between the scrub (safer) and the paddocks (more food).

So semiregularly, I just walk around my car and suddenly there is a kangaroo two meters away and we stare at each other in silent alarm for a bit until the kangaroo decides to hop away.

Beyond that, there are usually kangaroos visible somewhere on the property. They graze in the mornings then rest under a tree in the afternoon; its very cute.

[Video description: Two kangaroos in a paddock, staring at the camera. As the camera approaches, they hop away to join a larger group of kangaroos resting under a tree.]

I normally try not to disturb the kangaroos but I needed to go through this way anyway.

#ask #robotslenderman

[intimatevoid]

"I caught crabs from my dog. Multiple times." - @robotslenderman

#qotd #robotslenderman

[vampire-bitch]

Re: VTM glasses -- I gotta ask. Aisling Sturbridge glasses or coloured Tremere glasses?

The Aisling kind, but not because of Aisling! Instead its because of this one fuck rendition of Beckett that I love

#random bullshit #These glasses have had a literal choke hold on my for years now LMAO #robotslenderman

[missn11]

soup

@robotslenderman awww thank you 🥰

#asks #robotslenderman

[roseate-felidae]

Juno babies at 16 days old

The chonky buns have fully opened their eyes since then and are agents of pure chaos. They nag their poor mum (Juno) for milk constantly, in which she just hops over them. They have the ability to walk and run, so why not use it? is their motto. They have started eating pellets for the first time.

These photos are not the best but I have been under the weather lately (and mental health issues on top) so its all I took.

black bunny seems to be the friendliest and larger one. the spot is a black otter dalmatian and is more adventurous and smaller.

@themarginalthinker @mekanikaltrifle @robotslenderman Get bunnied.

#rabbit #bunny #bunblr #mini rex #my pets #baby rabbit #baby bunny #bnuuy #bnuyy #baby animals #Pepsi

[nevertrustanoracle]

Went to a LotR marathon with @ryttu3k and @robotslenderman yesterday.

I now know what happens when you put a few hundred passionate LotR geeks in a room together for twelve and a half hours.

Best moments included:

1. Cheering and clapping every time a meme moment happened.

2. A murmur went through the audience, followed by laughter, then cheering and clapping when Aragorn kicked the helmet.

3. Cheering after “And Rohan will answer.”

4. “I am no man!” *loudest cheering so far*

#lotr

[starryspeculation]

15 questions, 15 friends

thank you @fourteenthofaugust for tagging me! and sorry it took me a whole month to answer 🙏

are you named after anyone? nope

when was the last time you cried? yesterday watching one spring night, the couple is so so precious T-T

do you have kids? i have a cat

what sports do you play/have played? i used to be a licenced basketball player and then i was in the school's volleyball team, but nowadays i most regularly swim and surf, and skate during the winter festivals.

do you use sarcasm? unfortunately

what is the first thing you notice about people? how they stand. it's usually how i tell people apart from afar, im not good at faces

what is your eye colour? dark brown

scary movies or happy endings? happy endings all the way. i've never enjoyed scary movies.

any talents? im good at picking up languages. 8 and counting

where were you born? in a posh hospital. i went there the other day for something minor and they showed me the bill i would have to pay even with insurance and i decided i was not sick anymore

do you have any pets? kitty cat

how tall are you? 165 cm

favourite subect in the school? foreign languages

dream job? professor at the uni. or the editor of my own publication, we'll see what life brings

no pressure tagging: @armysonemeu @colorfulfireworks @the-city-kitty @sorceresslodge @evarelis @julesnichols @rosettyller @neondvcks @startreklesbian @eyesof-kkomi @reflectingiridescent (i saw you being active again! welcome back) @robotslenderman @andremichaux @karadenizin @dragoncharming

#tag game

[gorbalsvampire]

Tag Nine People You'd Like To Get To Know Better

FAVOURITE COLOUR(s): Dark, rich purples and reds. Greens: British racing, chartreuse. Bottle greens and browns. Black and white contrasts. Glasz eyes are the most beautiful on Earth. Love a check or tartan pattern. I paint all my miniatures in cold blue/bronze or warm purple/brass contrast unless physically prevented from doing so.

FAVOURITE FLAVOUR(s): Rock salt and woodsmoke and paprika in a thin batter. Rich thick curry sauce - warm and textured, not hot-like-burning. Whole milk and sour cream. Fresh carrots and tomatoes - just chomp those fuckers down. Sourdough and soft cheese. Tea with an undertone of citrus or an abundance of honey. Mulled apples. Dirty chai. And above all, peppermint.

FAVOURITE MUSIC: Tradgoth and post punk (basslines you can slink to), trip hop (take me somewhere far away), post rock soundscapes (the more elegiac the better), prog (but more the Pink Floyd pomp rock than wildly experimental stuff), anything Jim Jarmusch or Polly Jean Harvey ever touch, sad country and sleazy swamp rocks. Music for people who want to crawl into a swamp, cop off, and drown each other.

FAVOURITE MOVIE(s): Franklyn. Withnail & I. Only Lovers Left Alive. I detest busy plotting and spectacle and run on vibes. But also, because sometimes I'm From The Nineties And Also British, Guy Ritchie's entire oeuvre. Sin City has a nice vibe even though it's a nasty piece of work. Possession (1981) and Nosferatu (1979) - I'll watch Isabelle Adjani in anything. Or Eva Green. Give me pale, deathless, insane women.

FAVOURITE BOOK(s): UGH! Anything by Terry Pratchett. S T Gibson's vampire stories. Anything by Susanna Clarke. Earthsea. The first four books of Anno Dracula. Anything by Laura Shepherd-Robinson. Alis Hawkins' Oxford novels. Seth Dickenson's Masquerade and Tamsyn Muir's Locked Tomb. The Wolf Hall trilogy. Sherlock Holmes and weird post-Holmes stuff from Obverse. T. S. Eliot, William Blake, Edgar Allen Poe, Sylvia Plath, and a raft of contemporary Welsh poets - Cath Drake, Katherine Stansfield, Christopher Meredith. If I had a guilty pleasure, Black Library novels (John French, Matt Farrer and Aaron Dembksi-Bowden) would be it.

FAVOURITE SERIES(es): Doctor Who, Lock, Stock..., The Biederbeck Trilogy, What We Do In The Shadows, LA By Night, The Thick of It and... Taskmaster. Taskmaster is my religion. I like seeing the Bit all comics do get tested to destruction. And podcasts: Poorhammer, the 40K Badcast. I get my hobby chat fix from those.

LAST SONG: :Of The Wand And The Moon:, 'Hold My Hand'

LAST SERIES: The Thick of It (rewatch).

LAST MOVIE: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (comfort rewatch, I've been poorly)

CURRENTLY READING: Viriconium by M. John Harrison.

CURRENTLY WATCHING: nothing

CURRENTLY WORKING ON: ideating a festive V5 one-off and new chronicles for next year, but otherwise taking it easy (I've been really poorly)

TAGGED BY: @silkenred

TAGGING: @heywizards @biomechanicaltomato @gwenynen-bach @gingerbeer-queer @robotslenderman

#this isn't vampires #but it was fun and someone asked #behind the masquerade

[themarginalthinker]

working myself up to starting chapter 4. this little snippet of conversation popped into my head in the shower and I figure I might as well indulge to re-flex my writing muscles.

'the cellar' refers to a character/set piece mentioned in the Nosferatu Clan book.

this also happens to make reference to @robotslenderman 's nos fic 'Radio Silence', though only canon WoD character's names are mentioned and it's not necessary that you read that story, this is just a fun reference.

-

"-so that's when it all went to shit. 2004, man, crazy fucking year for us."

"Well, it's New York," Charlie says with a small shrug. "Big city, bigger problems."

"We still have plenty of problems for being two smaller cities," Blue hums from across the room, eye still focused intently on whatever he was scrolling through on the monitor.

"Rafin's lucky the clan's still got any fucking trust in him. His childe is lucky to be alive from what I hear," Tweak says.

Charlie tilts her head. "What happened?"

"Buncha shit. Had to evacuate the NYC warren because SI found an in, she apparently broke into the fucking NSA to make sure the Breach was cauterized-"

"Fat lotta good it did in the end," Blue grumbles from his seat.

"I mean, we're still here," Charlie points out.

"Object lessons," Tweak shrugs. "Oh, and something about a Lasombra?"

Now Blue looks over for real, drawing back from the screen to look at them properly. "That's just a rumor."

"It's not."

"It is. I have never seen proof it's not."

"Well obviously, because it's not like they'd show up on camera or recording."

Blue sneers at Tweak and glances at Charlie. "Just know that even the best of us can get bad or misinterpreted information, 'kay?"

"Yes, I know what reddit is."

"Hey-" Tweak snips indignantly, but Blue is already smiling.

"When the troll gets trolled, it's time to leave."

"It's fucking true!" Tweak cries, throwing his arms out, looking between the two. When neither Charlie nor Blue seem to be biting, it's clear he makes a quick calculation in his mind, and decides the satisfaction will be worth the price of what must be some pretty interesting information. He crosses his arms and leans back against the desk.

"I got it from the Cellar."

Almost immediately, Blue's back is straightening and he's glaring at Tweak. "No you didn't."

"Yes, I did."

Blue stands up, abandoning his own work for the moment.

"You did not get the rumor that the DC Elysium has a literal shadow Prince who is a Lasombra from the fucking Cellar."

"The Cellar...like, someone selling this info?" Charlie asks, looking between the two of them.

Blue glances at her and makes a frustrated noise. "No, not 'seller', cellar, as in, another word for basement. It's this...network, as far as I know, because I refuse to believe it's just one fucking person, of Nos who gather really, really buried secrets, like, more than what we usually do. And Tweak wouldn't be engaging in either of those anyway, because he does not have fucking access to the Cellar."

Blue says the last part with an irritated pointedness. Tweak just smiles wide.

"You wish I didn't have access."

"Because you don't! No one does! The Cellar has to contact you!"

#vtm #vampire the masquerade #this warren #other people's ocs #drabble

[nightingaletrash]

@robotslenderman I see these lil guys everywhere now that you've made me aware of them XD

#robotslenderman #squishmallows #literally never seen them in sainsburys before then boom! there they are! #they were in my local shopping centre recently as well #and every time i see them i'm like 'ah yes. dusty's friends. the friends of dusty'

[argentis]

12, 19

12. Talk about a new friend you made this year

Co-worker has been upgraded to friend after we bonded over fandom and pet shenanigans. Ended up singing "Still Alive" between orders a couple of weeks back. Gotta have silly moments, especially at this time of the year.

19. What’re you excited about for next year?

Going for my restricted motorcycle licence at some stage after February and working up to doing The Spite Ride on Despechá.

#tera talks #robotslenderman #thanks for the ask!

[ryttu3k]

You ever think about Kindred that get too acclimated to their abilities, to the point it starts making things difficult in small ways? Like a Ravnos who forgets the heavily locked door to a room in their haven is just an illusion covering a normal one, or a Nosferatu that reflexively goes invisible at the slightest sound. Idk, it’s fun to think about how the things they rely on can be a bit of a problem.

Ooh, this is actually a mechanic! There's a set of derangements that are linked to excessive discipline use, including the Obfuscate one you mentioned!

"Compulsive Invisibility: Commonly associated with Obfuscate, the vampire has been so attuned to invisibility that it costs Willpower for him to turn his powers off."

@robotslenderman has an OC with that one, which is awkward since she's a courier... and turns her car invisible too XD She's so fun.

#vampire the masquerade

[forceofconviction]

hi tumblr I’m trying to prank a friend via tumblr blaze

Please follow and unfollow @robotslenderman!

#blaze #sponsored post #this is a good use of my money