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#do i really need to spell it out #fiiiine #morrowind obvs

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No weapons allowed but this isn't honorable so you can still fling dirt in their eyes or whatever. Btw this isn't who you think you could beat or who you think should get punched its who you'd want to fistfight for the sheer euphoria of fistfighting.

#first one: sotha sil even at risk of him developing even worse psychosexual issues about women #second: almalexia. i want to go out in a blaze of glory

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Kirkbride Mephala fucks tbh

#this is also an innuendo #nsfw #(if you know you know)

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If you need any more convincing Muse is among the only people I've commissioned who isn't afraid to draw fat people

Just look at Amar! Look at her!

Hey! Want Some Neat Art of Your OC?

Because my friend Muse is opening ✨emergency ✨commissions!

"But tes-trash-blog!" you may say, "you don't have any friends!"

Well, be that as it may, Muse is a great artist to work with and she's opening emergency commissions to keep her afloat. With her blessing, I'm posting her commission+contact info here on Tumblr:

PRICES:

Bust: 15$ Halfbody: 20$ Fullbody: 25$

Colours:

Bust: 30$ Halfbody: 40$ Fullbody: 50$

Painting:

Bust: 80$ Halfbody: 90$ Fullbody: 100$

Background: +25%, Additional Characters: +50%, prices may vary based on complexity

EXAMPLES:

(NOTE: These are not the true sizes! I had to scale them down so Tumblr would actually upload!)

You can contact Muse at:

EMAIL: mewsiemayhem @ gmail . com (please remove the spaces) DISCORD: musiemayhem

If you can, help a fellow Elder Scrolls fan and generally awesome human being with a commission or a reblog!

#MY GIRL #she's even got the scars from her failed leg surgery (long story) #and the strong arms because amar is first and foremost a farm girl #i haven't talked much about amar on this blog but she's my dark elf ESO OC #she's soft she's cute she's actively burying her violent and psychopathic tendencies #she's from a disgraced branch of house dres but she doesn't know that #and she's a healer at mournhold temple #the elder scrolls #commissions open

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the return of daggerfall sprite reinterpretations

not quite as many as before but I feel like I've gotten better since the last time

#always here for daggerfall content #op you're doing amazing <3 #the elder scrolls #daggerfall #aka best game

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Hi, I was wondering for a while and decided to ask the expert: How do you think Auri-El worship and understanding of him differed between Altmer, Falmer and Ayleids? What little surviving imagery of Falmer's version of him doesn't seem to have any bird imagery unlike the other two races, instead depicting him as a full elf, so I'm wondering what your take on it is.

Excellent question anon! So excellent I spent a few days mulling it over, looking through notes, and even made a few headcanons along the way. The main points are in bold:

The only Falmeric depictions of Auri-El in the canon are in Skyrim and, to an extent, ESO. The Skyrim depiction is the Elven statue with the vaguely dragonbone-looking robes, whereas the Font of Auri-El has this lovely codex:

[I/D: A yellowed piece of paper headlined with "Ugron gro-Thumog", an Antiquarian in Solitude, reads: "Auri-El, by the looks of it. Seems a little abstract, honestly. Elves make a point of including Elven likenesses in their shrines to reinforce their familiar connections to the Divines. This probably rested near a statue of the Chief Divine himself."]

The font in ESO is a giant wayshrine-like structure with the symbol of Auri-El, a sun with eight curved flares, glowing gently in the center. This symbol is also seen in Skyrim, atop the wayshrines along the Chantry.

Notably, there are no statues of Auri-El, Elvish or otherwise, near these wayshrines in the Chantry. Which is the place made specifically for Auri-El worship. It's entirely possible that the sun was the default, with animal aspects taking on a more specific or diplomatic connotation; I can see the Falmer using the Eagle or even the Dragon to explain their faith to Atmorans.

My headcanon is that Elvish depictions of the Divines were based on the current Prince of that Divine. The Elf you see in the Chantry is, in my interpretation, a depiction of the Snow Prince who reigned when the Chantry was being built. Given that he's bald, it's possible that he was newly anointed as Prince.

Building on the previous bullet point, one of my longest held headcanons about the Falmer is that they were the most spiritual of the Elvish races, which is reflected in their iconography. Instead of conflating their visage with actual gods, they opted for abstractions and symbols as the gods simply do not take a mortal form. A mortal form is made from material, and that means material wants and material burdens; they shed all that! That's how they ascended in the first place!

Some exceptions exist. The Demigod Mara sacrificed her divinity to remain on Nirn, and so she was often depicted as either a mortal or a wolf.

This... differs quite a bit from the Altermic and Ayeild depictions of Auri-El, with the Altmer leaning heavily towards "Elven DILF" and the Ayleids using both Elven and animal aspects, sometimes at the same time.

The Ayeildoon statue of Auri-El is at Garlas Malatar, which is notably where Meridian champion Umaril the Unfeathered made his lair. I may or may not have extensive headcanons on the implications.

The Auri-El statue in the Forgotten Vale and the one in Alinor's Temple of the Divines look eerily alike. I am chalking this up to asset recycling.

#look what rolled in the trash bin #thank you for the lovely ask anon #it was nice to go through my notes and compile them #i'm always on my snow elf bullshit #the elder scrolls #skyrim #eso #auri-el

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dearest followers i regret to inform you that thinking with my cunt has once again led me perilously and irretrievably deep into a vast system of underground tunnels

#the falmer-atmoran war

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This is even more funny with the reveal of Ithelia.

Baseless Headcanon: The few times a Jill does manifest on Nirn, the ground she touches becomes fertile to possibility. If you happen upon a long-extinct plant native to High Rock in the tundra of Skyrim, or see a strange tree that appears to bear fruits made of pure ebony, a Jill rested her wings there.

Just don’t eat the fruit that grow on the verdant vines. You will go crazy.

#who read my blog #it's okay zos i don't bite unless you ask nicely

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I can relate to this on every level

#oh look it's the basis of this very trash blog #but cultural studies and anthropology

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They are already selling data to midjourney, and it's very likely your work is already being used to train their models because you have to OPT OUT of this, not opt in. Very scummy of them to roll this out unannounced.

#blog settings -> visibility -> this toggle on the bottom #i'm spinning up a cohost in light of this and the ceo's baby ass tantrum toward one (1) (a single) tumblr user

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Full Falmer translation of @king-minyard's Ode to Snow Elves (thank you thank you THANK YOUUUU for giving me your blessing!)

For a less-blurry version, open in a new tab; Common transcription and translator notes below the cut!

This one was a challenge! Two complete overhauls of syntax, thirty new words by my count (I definitely lost count), and a new method of expressing determiners went into making this adaptation. I wanted to treat this as a translation in either way, so keeping the original syllabic count was important, especially as it was in eights. I dunno, that number seems important to the Falmer, who likely engaged in numerology like their Altmeric cousins.

Highlights from this translation include Farligandra, "greet-grace" i.e. welcome and hospitality, Laivan, "to grant, to offer reprieve", Banhe, an outsider-friendly term for "home" (was this meant to be heard by others, perhaps?), and two of my personal favorites, Maethan, "to embrace" and naerth, "soul-rending grief", here translated as "gnashing grief" to provide a more visceral tone and to imply just what became of the Snow Elves.

The complete, side by side translation, is as follows!

#next day reblog #because i am still riding this high

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Full Falmer translation of @king-minyard's Ode to Snow Elves (thank you thank you THANK YOUUUU for giving me your blessing!)

For a less-blurry version, open in a new tab; Common transcription and translator notes below the cut!

This one was a challenge! Two complete overhauls of syntax, thirty new words by my count (I definitely lost count), and a new method of expressing determiners went into making this adaptation. I wanted to treat this as a translation in either way, so keeping the original syllabic count was important, especially as it was in eights. I dunno, that number seems important to the Falmer, who likely engaged in numerology like their Altmeric cousins.

Highlights from this translation include Farligandra, "greet-grace" i.e. welcome and hospitality, Laivan, "to grant, to offer reprieve", Banhe, an outsider-friendly term for "home" (was this meant to be heard by others, perhaps?), and two of my personal favorites, Maethan, "to embrace" and naerth, "soul-rending grief", here translated as "gnashing grief" to provide a more visceral tone and to imply just what became of the Snow Elves.

The complete, side by side translation, is as follows!

#non canon guide to the falmer tongue #this took SO LONG I AM SO SORRY #but it's done! #well - sorta! #my falmeris will always be in alpha but that's okay #just as #i'm always on my snow elf bullshit #will i make a recording? maybe. (don't bet on it) #the elder scrolls #skyrim #technically #falmer #snow elves #and again THANK YOU KING FOR GIVING ME YOUR BLESSING

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by talos this can’t be happening is a mandela effect because the actual phrase is by the gods this can’t be happening and i’ve never heard anyone say the former in game

#know your herstory

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I should probably write fanfic again.

#been looking at my older ones and my style has. Evolved Somewhat. #the trash talks

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The trees spoke of something new, and when the trees started to pay mind, you knew it was important. Elfo listened to each leaf as they fell, watched how they no longer glided in the wind but flitted and shuddered. He did it, Overseers guide us, the lunatic really did it!

Keep reading

#hey who remembers when i tore my heart out of my body #and made it y'all's problem #*in comic sans* writing is my passion #shameless self promotion

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I love your falmeris conlang, as someone with several snelf ocs! Do you have any ssliiighty more accessible ways to see it besides going through your blog? I love using it while writing or doing rp with my snelves but it's often very difficult to find things

I do! The tag #non canon guide to the falmer tongue should have all my published Falmer words! I also have a doc that stores words, grammar notes, and the few scraps of canon Falmeris but it's very much a living document, so words are subject to change.

That said, DM me!

#my adoring fans