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Echo putting the bad in Bad Bitch with this move

#the bad batch spoilers #tbb spoilers

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One of the first drafts of Saw 2004 (from Leigh’s twitter)

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fear and hunger

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@lillxart I thought it might be better to reply to your questions with a dedicated post because I can't fit all of this into a single comment 😭

And ooh boy her caretaker. Hm. Well for now let's just say that he exploited her predisposition to conjuration for a very personal reason and he did so in ways that would leave a mark on anyone as a child. Like, for example he manipulated Vari into thinking that she didn't deserve his love if she couldn't use her powers as he wanted, but she was just a little unexperienced and untrained kid so it's not like she didn't want to, she just didn't know how to 😭 At the same time he kept telling her that conjuration was this horrible, evil practice and no one would've accepted her because of it, leading her to hate and hide that part of herself until she started her life at the College. And this is just the tip of the iceberg.

But luckily Varimar found a way to escape from his grasp and after that she was adopted by her current loving dads. They had to work hard to at least partially undo all the psychological & physical abuse she had to endure. After a little uhm.necromantic accident Vari's parents had a talk with her about going to the College of Winterhold once she would get old enough. At first she rejected that proposal, she just didn't want anything to do with conjuration or magic in general anymore. But they explained to her very sweetly that it was best if she learned how to control her powers in a safe environment surrounded by experienced mages, and although with a bit of uncertainty, she eventually agreed.

No doubt her past has left her scarred and it often has a heavy influence on her reactions, way of thinking and life choices, but she was also lucky enough to find love and learn some self-acceptance, especially thanks to the family and friends she met along the way :> So despite everything she's actually very chill and jolly, always trying to focus on the positive aspects and the little pleasures of life. She experienced the worst so she really doesn't wanna miss out or lose the best.

But you know how it is sometimes. Twice the joy, double the suffering :-)

And to reply to your other comment yea,  she was shocked to find out what happened to her friends. Despite having been familiar with the concept of death since a young age, losing a loved one is just as devastating for her as it'd be for anyone else :(

#ask box #oc: varimar #skyrim #tes

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I see a lot of people pick Bretons for their Skyrim OC's, any reason why you chose a Breton especially?

Ooh that's an interesting question! I'm afraid my reply won't be as exciting tho hahahaha

I made Vari a Breton for no reason in particular, other than I wanted to use magic and back then I was too unfamiliar with the game to choose any other funky race. I thought "it's my first time playing, let's be basic for now" and I picked what was described to me as the most suitable human race for a mage build :D

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Robin doodle, trying to draw different types of foreheads in side profiles that’s why it looks a bit out of the usual. Also sorry for how pixelated it is. I don’t have anything else to say

#the beautifulest the marvelousest the wonderfulest #she!!!!!!!!!!!!! #<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 #op you drew her so well #i'm in love #heart eyes and heart eyes only #robin ayou #subnautica below zero

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#disturbance gang let's go

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This is the same thing over and over again. Palestinians die every day, but it gets a lukewarm headline from mainstream media because death and destruction is inherent to Arabness. Then an aid convoy with white workers is obliterated, and now both the president of the United States and the president of Israel are making statements apologizing for “the poor protection of aid workers.” At one point we were seeing multiple reports a day of paramedics from the Palestine Red Crescent Society dying, but nothing. Crickets. Because they don’t care. And even in these “remorseful statements” there is a strategic reminder that white lives hold more weight than brown lives.

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Does Varimar favor magic then? Since she grew up around the college of Winterhold. Does she have any particular friendships with the students? Like a BFF?

Getting to talk about Varimar's personal life feels so great, these asks really make my day, thank you so much ♡♡

My reply will be long so it's all under the cut

First of all yes you got that right, Varimar's a skilled mage in some schools of magic such as conjuration and destruction, but utterly incapable in others like illusion :')

Since conjuration has a particularly low reputation she tends to hide her powers around people that might judge her, only summoning Daedra or reanimating corpses in cases of emergencies.

So while she's mainly a conjurer she generally sticks to destruction magic, more specifically shock spells.

As for her friendships with the other students I have a very clear backstory in mind.

I've always imagined that the three apprentices from the main questline - so Brelyna, Onmund and J'zargo - have applied to the College quite recently, but before them there were the missing apprentices from Phinis Gestor's unfinished sidequest: Yisra, Rundi, Borvir and Ilas-Tei. Not much is said about them in game so I thought, why not expand their roles and turn them into Varimar's former college besties?

They all used to spend a lot of time together practicing magic, doing funny little failed experiments or hanging out at the inn :3 Rundi and Borvir were her drinking buddies, Ilas-Tei was this little troublemaker who often tried to involve Vari in her shenanigans and Yisra was not only Varimar's close friend, but also her girlfriend for a period. Eventually they had to break up because Vari realised she's ace and, well, let's just say their physical intimacy levels were incompatible gshdnshshs. However even after their break-up they still stayed on good terms.

Even when the gang wasn't at the College they all used to keep in touch by writing letters to each other. When Varimar stopped receiving them she sensed that something was wrong and she later finds out that they all died for different causes, just like in the sidequest. :(

Varimar has also known Enthir since her early days at the College but their relationship has always been rather shaky and they used to bicker a lot. It's only after obtaining Gallus' journal during the Thieves Guild's questline that they're able to make up :3

As for Brelyna, Onmund and J'zargo, like I said before, Varimar meets them later in the story. She befriends Brelyna first, immediately followed by Onmund, meanwhile it takes just a little bit longer to get to know J'zargo. They're a bit younger than Vari and they remind her of her old squad, so she kind of takes them under her wing and helps them practice with magic :> When the time comes for Vari to go to Labyrinthian and retrieve the Staff of Magnus, Brelyna, Onmund and J'zargo decide to go with her and they all defeat Morokei together (in a very funny way if I may add but that's a whole different story)

Without going into detail that's generally it when it comes to the students, but Varimar has a strong bond with some of the teachers too, mainly Phinis and Tolfdir. When she was just a kid her horrible, horrible caretaker had led Vari to believe that simply having a good aptitude for conjuration would've made her an evil person dreaded and hated by everyone, and once she got accepted in the College, Phinis' help and his lessons were crucial to disprove this belief. Meanwhile Tolfdir was more like a silly little grandpa to her, he tried so hard to make her feel at home during her first days at the College, when Vari was still very nervous and scared 🥺

Obviously Varimar interacts with all the other members of the College as well, but their relationships are much more superficial or not fully fleshed out yet, so I don't have much to say about them atm :'D

#ask box #oc: varimar #skyrim oc #tes

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“it’s going to be WW3!!” no bitch it’s going to be vietnam, korea, afghanistan, it’s going to be another war wherein the US commits unspeakable and indefensible acts against a severely weakened people seeking self determination. it’s going to be another war where protesting is criminalized and “freedom of speech” is gutted in the interest of pushing propaganda. it’s going to be another nation of people added to the long list of victims of US imperialism and another demonstration of the strong undercurrent of fascism running through the foundation of america

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They call me millions knives cos that's how many knives it takes me to make a sandwich cos I keep putting them in the fuckin sink

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Get attacked!! ✨🌈SEND THIS TO OTHER BLOGGERS YOU THINK ARE WONDERFUL. KEEP THE GAME GOING🌈✨

AAAAH TYSM I THINK YOU'RE WONDERFUL TOO AND YOU'RE DEFINITELY BEING ATTACKED BACK‼️‼️

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Why does Varimar hate Ancano?

Hii and thanks for the ask! 💓

There are two main reasons why Vari can't stand him:

1) She just has a certain disdain for the Thalmor in general, and

2) She's been an apprentice at the College of Winterhold since she was very young and it's grown to become her second home.

So obviously when she goes back to Winterhold one day, only to see a Thalmor agent in her safe place acting all shady, it sends her into full distress mode. It doesn't help that whenever they interact he flaunts his smug and arrogant personality, he tries to gain info about her/the College in the most suspicious ways possible and she always has a sassy reply ready for him 😭

Fun little fact: despite their frequent clashes, they actually manage to ease the tension between each other and kind of....get along(?) for a while, before Vari learns of his encounter with the Augur and has a confirmation of his true intentions. That's when their little attempt to a truce ends permanently, turning into real, full hatred.

#ask box #ancano #skyrim #oc: varimar

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Varimar might be short but her hatred for Ancano is gigantic

#skyrim #the elder scrolls #ancano #oc #dovahkiin oc #dragonborn #last dragonborn #dragonborn oc #tes #skyrim oc #thalmor #altmer #high elf #breton #conjurer #necromancer #skyrim fan art #skyrim art #tes art #fan art #digital art #artist #drawing #college of winterhold

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Thanks for the tag! Just shuffled my playlist, here's the first 10 results

1. Awake and alive - Skillet

2. Gimme more - Britney Spears

3. End of the earth - Marina

4. Aranciata - Madame

5. New Gold - Gorillaz

6. Pressure - Muse

7. High by the beach - Lana Del Rey

8. Giving in to the love - Aurora

9. Blue flower - Sekai No Owari

10. Twenties - Ghost

tag @ whoever wants to do this

Ten songs ten mutuals

Sorry for the lateness but ty @liamthemailman for the tag

1. Ice ice baby - vanilla ice

2. My band - D12

3. I love you like an alcoholic - the taxpayers

4. Peace and love on the planet earth -Steven Universe

5. Rainbows and stuff - icp

6. Crazy train - Ozzie osbourne

7. Soap - Melanie Martinez

8. Real messy bitch - ayesha erotica

9. The drug in me is you - falling in reverse

10. Ride - Sir mix a lot

(Sorry I keep tagging y'all sm I only have a few moots to go around :'3 anyway /nf!! Lmk if you don't wanna be tagged

@iolite19 @riinarye @fossilizedpr0tienpowder @genderstealer2000 @axelaxolotl09 @teabagtoes @bluejays-boys @clearmarinaa @ac1d-drinkr @sagethefoxtherian

#i think i messed up the reblog settings 😭 #why is “hide the other reblogs” even a thing tumblr. why

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Wanted to do more painting like things and kindly asked @sbeep to draw her miraak. He was a fun study and I like how it turned out.