#saph speaks

[saphira-approves]

I know everyone talks about realizing characters they grew up with in YA media aren’t nearly as Basically An Adult as they seemed to a 12yo reader but. It’s literally JUST NOW hitting me that while Eragon was high-school aged (tackled that realization ages ago), Murtagh… is college aged. Barely. Like, baby-faced freshman in the first book to jaded sophomore/rising junior in Inheritance.

Depending on when his book is set, he’s either a graduating senior or starting grad school (you know he’d do grad school, he’s a nerd).

GIVE THAT TALL CHILD AN ESSAY ASSIGNMENT. GIVE HIM A RESEARCH PROJECT. UNLEASH HIM UPON HIS UNIVERSITY’S JSTOR LOGIN.

#murtagh would love essays so so much i just know it #maybe not so much the assignment part #but the talking/writing for several thousand words about a niche research topic? oh he’d be so down for that #inheritance cycle #christopher paolini #eragon shadeslayer #murtagh (inheritance cycle) #murtagh tornacsson #saph speaks

[silly-songs-with-saph]

Me girl rotting in bed: I don't even have an appetite, let alone the drive to get up from bed to get dinner.

Senshi dungeon meshi who lives rent free in my brain: Things are hard but youre going to have an even harder time if you dont a well balanced meal in your system. Eating something will give you the energy you need to do something you love. Even a small snack is a good start to getting back on your feet.

Me: you're right Senshi. I'm sorry I wasn't taking care of myself.

*heats up the chicken rice and veggies i made and eats*

Me: I still feel sad but nowhere near as horrible as before. I think I can pick my mood back up from here. Thank you Senshi.

Senshi: remember, eating right is the first step to becoming a good adventurer! You're on the right path

(Credit)

#dungeon meshi #senshi #senshi dungeon meshi #saph speaks #saph writes #dudes rock #he is everything to me

[fattybattysblog]

Saph Speaks

Saphira would love to interact with you!

Do you have any questions, confessions, or general words you'd like to blast at Saph? We'd be more than happy to talk!

(Image is Saphira, my shapeshifter OC, in a field by a treeline with lots of flowers. She's a dark blue with cyan highlights and a humanoid appearance with curling antennae and no pupils in her eyes.)

Anons are on and such, have fun <3

#oc #original character #saphira #battyasks #oc asks #oc appreciation #ocapp #Saph Speaks

[bauhinia-transcribed]

Finally made time to watch The Devil's Plan (might've forgotten it came out whoop) but how is no one talking about the majority alliance even more? Like yes, most people point at ORBIT and Dong-joo for their hypocrisy in making themselves the "underdogs", but no one talks about those who got pushed to the side and became pawns from the start. Yeon-woo, Seungkwan, and Yumin almost immediately became disposable for the sake of protecting others in the "alliance". What's worse is that they almost couldn't do anything to work against it; most of them had just not been aggressive enough in their gameplay to stand out and find strength in their own regard. That being said, I'm glad the three managed to make it as far as they did, and fuck those who used them for their own personal benefit without giving anything in return.

#the devil's plan #saph speaks #saph scribbles #i have a lot of feelings okay #anyways cho yeonwoo my beloved #as soon as i saw her on screen i just 👀👀👀👀

[saphhhiree]

hey guys life has been kicking me in the ass!!!!!! started off the new year with food poisoning and the last few months of 2023 were HECTIC. i swear i’m going to try and be more active!! the holiday season is just mess for me but back to your regular scheduled programming (hopefully)!

#introduction to art #solitary embers #saph speaks

[sapphirecobalt-1]

I want to hug her literally all of the time

#sapphic #saph speaks #saph says #wlw #cute coworker

[dear-ao3]

noooo that's my emotional support 5 seconds of summer ranking their own music twitch stream noooo

#not a tag #from saph #a reminder again to everyone thats always like oMg yOUrE a 5sOS fAn #i vividly remember listening to she looks so perfect ep on repeat on The Day It Came Out on my friends iPhone 4s on a school field trip ok #do not speak to me of the ancient texts for i was there when they were written #5sos

[commsroom]

thinking about my friend @whats-a-terrarium's post about eiffel wanting to go out on a star wars reference (i.e. that he was going to say "i love you" to hera, expecting her to complete the reference with "i know.") and i fully believe that's true. i don't think he would say it so directly unless it was as a reference. (and i do still believe the framing of the scene itself is a meta reference, knowing that the writers were big fans of the new doctor who and the way it evokes "if it's my last chance to say it, rose tyler, i-") but, that said, it also gives me an opportunity to talk about something i usually don't.

eiffel's sacrifice in the finale is selfish. it's his autonomy, and his choice, and hera respects that, but she's the one who has to pull the trigger and wipe his mind, and he knows this, knowing all of her personal baggage about identity and memory. to then, if you accept this, follow that up with a confession-that's-also-a-reference, expecting her to complete it in someone else's words, regardless of the sincerity... that's also selfish, and that's why it resonates as characterization. i believe it's true because of what that signifies.

this is one of the main reasons i've always felt eiffel has to get his memory back - because that's a set-up, not a resolution. he's not cured of being doug eiffel, of his desire to escape himself, of his impulse to self-destruct, of his need to filter the things he can't say through the familiarity of narrative. the point of giving eiffel his memory back, to me, is that he is always himself, that self-improvement is a constant project with no reset button. eiffel has always had a problem with selective memory, and with using it to evade difficult conversations and responsibilities.

people often point out that eiffel seems more soft-spoken after losing his memory, but everything else aside: he literally runs everything in his brain through the filter of pop culture. imagine suddenly not having access to your primary method of communication. the language is there, but the context is not. the circumstances surrounding eiffel's memory loss will weigh on hera, and i think - in an inverted sort of way to constructive criticism - part of working through that is in eiffel learning how to communicate without that emotional crutch. he can get it back once he's done.

#i already said some of this to you saph but i want to say it here too. #i do think there's a sincerely nice part of it re: hera understanding what eiffel means in parallel to how she imagines him saying #'use the force luke' in memoria. and that is an understanding of him she finds encouraging. but i think there's a balance. #like he tries but he's kinda known for speaking more than he listens and i think there's. an interesting conflict to work through here. #in a similar way to how i feel like hera never actually calling him doug to his face. just in her mind. is a strong set up for #romantic intent. it's about breaking down barriers. personal or otherwise enforced. finding what's vulnerable at the core of a person #when all of those defenses fail.

[saph-yells-into-the-void]

no words.. just no words

#saph-reacts #bucchigiri?! #what do i even say atp ill just let the ss speak for themselves

[saphira-approves]

I think my favorite random Inheritance Cycle fact is that Paolini nearly had Eragon healed by a unicorn.

Because, if you know ANY unicorn lore at all, it raises so many questions and implications. On the one hand it’s perfectly understandable, and aside from being a bit tropey would have worked out really well—there’s plenty of well-established unicorn lore about healing and purity and being significantly associated with true do-gooder paragon figures, which Eragon fits pretty well.

On the other hand… exactly how much of unicorn lore would Paolini have been including? What sort of statement would a visit from a unicorn make about Eragon? Would it have had anything at all to do with the classic “virgin maid” association—either by making those associations with Eragon himself, or by explicitly stating that the unicorn was intentionally straying from its usual company because Times Are Desperate and Eragon is Just That Important? Considering the canon for werecats and dragons, we can assume the unicorn probably would have possessed the ability of speech; what sort of message might it have bestowed upon Eragon?

And finally…

ARE THEY STILL CANON. I NEED TO KNOW. …FOR REASONS.

#definitely not at all related to my horsegirl murtagh agenda no sirree #inheritance cycle #eragon shadeslayer #saph speaks #christopher paolini #i’m having a bit of a unicorn relapse. might include them in my nano this year.

[silly-songs-with-saph]

Perhaps...I'm a pretty boy who also happens to be a milf....much to think about

#saph speaks #gender thoughts #pondering #also i love butch vibes #but i also love makeup #like high femme makeup #so idk #any people with funky gender or lack there of #please weigh in

[mommys-sapphic-lullaby]

I feel so worthless and pathetic today. I feel like I need someone to take advantage of me to restore my mental health. It doesn't even have to be in a sexual way. I just want to feel needed and useful and wanted. Even if its for your own gain and for my detriment, I just want you to have picked me to use. I want to be chosen.

That really is pathetic isn't it

#saph speaks #not sexy fun times #mental health #cw depression #cw emotional abuse #idk if i should tag it that but just to be safe

[mortesmariae]

|| if you want a rem in your inbox, like this and i'll send you something! i'll be using her main verse (the current timeline survival via cryosleep) but let me know if you want and actual ghost rem. 'cause i'll do it

#— ooc ; saph speaking ☺︎ #// vash needs a break from the nonsense so im gonna be here for a bit while i redo rem's icons #// ive decided i dont like the template for her #// roses are close but they miss the mark im going for

[bauhinia-transcribed]

I've been watching a lot of movies lately so I have a LOT queued up, and it should be coming up within the next day or two. To avoid seeing any/all of it, filter #polite society, #to wong foo, and/or #but I'm a cheerleader. Hope the advance notice helps!

#saph speaks

[saphhhiree]

i have a korra fic in the works!!!! someone req it and i couldn’t be happier !! then i have a few more abed fics and my req will be back open!!

#saph speaks

[sapphire-writes]

someone stop me from writing a HOTD Band AU fanfic

#my brain is rotting #i have so many wips #saph u have so much to do #but this is consuming me #hotd fanfic #sapphire speaks