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nothing-but-love-for-all-you · 1 year

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Miraak's Appearance - Headcanons

I’ve seen previous headcanons about Miraak’s appearance shifting with the time he spends in Apocrypha, and I adore them! So, I wanted to share some of my thoughts (I say “some”. Fair warning: this ended up being a bit long).

TW: slight body horror

Before Apocrypha:

As a Nord, he has some of their ‘stereotypical’ features - the fair-skin, the golden-blond hair, but piercing dark eyes as opposed to blue ones. Tall, broad-shouldered, and muscly without being bulky (after all, he had people beneath him to do any heavy-lifting).

As a Dragon Priest, he was a man with power, wealth, and influence. He likely had access to the finest beauty products of his time, and was no stranger to being pampered. This was a man who knew what a skincare routine was, especially when he notices how his appearance impacts his followers. The more beautiful he is, the more people flock to him, and the more they find him persuasive, listen to him, and do what he wants.

In-game, he’s clearly a very proud (even arrogant) - this would definitely extend to his looks. He took pride in his appearance. I think he would be particularly proud of his hair, a common source of pride amongst Nords, and spent hours ensuring the golden-blond colour really lived up to its name. He was well aware of how good he looked, and the impact his looks had on those around him.

So what happens when that gets taken away from him? And - what’s worse - he has no control over it whatsoever?

In Apocrypha:

Miraak is stuck in the place where Hermaeus Mora’s power is at its most concentrated. In that time, we can assume his appearance became more… ‘Mora-esque’. (After all, he’s essentially part of the furniture by the time the Last Dragonborn shows up.)

When his appearance first begins to change, it starts off slow. His golden hair begins to darken. His fair skin begins to pale even further, and when he looks in Apocrypha’s murky waters, he swears for a split-second his eyes glow. But he’s just imagining things, right? He’s the Dragonborn - such things can’t happen to him.

It’s when his hair, now inky black, thickens into strands which move without him touching them, when the whites of his eyes begin to disappear, when his skin tightens and becomes a ghostly, that he begins to panic. Luckily, he’s in Apocrypha - the largest library in existence. There must be some information somewhere in here that can tell him what’s happening right? Something that can stop these changes? That can reverse them? There must be.

When his hair is a mass of writhing tentacles, when his eyes glow a sickly green with split pupils, when his skin is as sallow a corpse, so pale he could see every individual vein, so tight it pulls his lips back into a thin line, creating a permanent ugly snarl, when his back becomes permanently bent from hours spent pouring over books, he accepts what he has become. Well, ‘accept’ is not the right word - he could never accept his new appearance. A Dragonborn, THE Dragonborn, the most powerful Dragon Priest in existence, who defied the Dragons themselves, now looks like this? Like the unholy abomination of a Lurker shagging a Seeker? Oh no. No. This will not do. It can’t.

This can’t be happening. This cannot be true. This can’t be him. This is not him.

He used to have cultists spend hours combing his hair. Now, he can’t bear to touch it. He used to run his fingers through it, admiring its softness (and himself of course). If he touched it now, it might touch him back. The thought makes him shudder.

This is when he stops removing his helmet. He no longer sees a reason to. He neither eats, nor sleeps. He can converse with the mask on, though he shudders at how his hair writhes against it. At times, he feels suffocated. Like he’s drowning.

He stops combing Apocrypha for solutions.

And if he did remove his mask? If he was to glance at his reflection (for he could never bear more than a glance)? That thing staring back at him… That’s not him. That can’t be him.

He tells himself this is only temporary. He won’t look like this forever, because he won’t be trapped in Apocrypha forever! He’ll break out - of course he will! He’s the First Dragonborn (a thought that no longer fills him with the confidence it used to). He’ll find a tome, a solution, something, and he will break free. Then, he can resume his rightful place as Dragonborn, and everything will be as it should.

After Apocrypha:

Except it isn’t.

He never regains his golden mane.

His eyes never lose their eerie glow.

His skin remains sallow, sickly.

And his body? Millennia of no food, no water, no sleep - the second he leaves Apocrypha it all hits him like a giant’s club. He is as close to death he could possibly be without dying. His body is so frail, so fragile, so thin, he cannot even stand on his own. Each breath causes his chest to physically ache, he feels each rib groan in pain with every inhale. He has to rely on that damned Last Dragonborn, his so-called Saviour, to help him even stand. White-hot pain rockets through his body. He screams through gritted teeth, knees buckling beneath him. He blacks out before he even hits the ground.

If he is to regain his strength, to regain his appearance, to be any semblance of the man he once was, the man he sees in his mind’s eye, then he has a long journey ahead of him. But he’ll make it. He has to, right? Right?

It takes months - maybe even years - but eventually… Eventually, the tentacles recede into hair, but it remains black, and streaked with white near his temples (man’s stressed af). Eventually, the whites of his eyes return, his dual pupils merge together once more, but an electric green ring remains around his iris. His skin is no longer deathly pale, no longer so tight it pulls his lips back, but it never regains a healthy appearance, nor its softness.

Miraak is not the man he once was, and perhaps he never will be. So, needless to say, the mask stays on. He’s no fool. He knows what would happen if people saw what he looked like. Saw this monstrosity, this perversion, this wretch he has become. He has to hide his appearance. No one can know how he truly looks, not even himself.

#skyrim #skyrim headcanon #the elder scrolls skyrim #miraak #miraak headcanon

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nothing-but-love-for-all-you · 1 year

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SFW Headcanon A to Z game

So I actually came up with these like years ago, and I felt like doing them again. However they're kind of long so I'm not going to write them in a whole long post.

Please send letters to my ask box!

Doesn't have to limited to karmagisa!

A is for animals

Do they have pets? What type?

B is for bathroom

What are their bathroom habits? Do they brush teeth at the same time? Fight about the toilet? Shower together? Have weird toiletries?

C is for children

Do they have kids? Adopted or biological? What are their names? Any random headcanons you have?

D is for dates

First date? Do they go out together regularly? Who usually plans?

E is for embarrassment

Does one get embarrassed by PDA? Do they say things to rile each other up?

F is for fights

Do they bicker a lot? About trivial things? How do they make up after a large fight?

G is for gifts

Do they give gifts often? Big things or small things?

H is for home

Where do they live? When did they move in together?

I is for illness

Do they care for each other when they’re sick?

J is for jokes

Do they tease each other a lot? Do they have inside jokes nobody else gets?

K is for kisses

First kiss? Do they kiss a lot? Publicly? Favourite place to be kissed?

L is for love

Who said ‘I love you’ first? How do they show their love?

M is for meals

Who cooks? What type of food?

N is for nicknames

Do they shorten their names? Pet names?

O is for outsiders

What do other people think about their relationship? Have they ever been walked in on?

P is for proposal

Who proposed first? How did they do it? A lot of planning?

Q is for quest

Have they ever been on a quest together? Has one done something completely crazy for the other?

R is for rainy day

What do they do when it’s raining outside?

S is for secrets

Do they keep secrets from each other? Do they plan surprises?

T is for travelling

Do they go on trips together? On journeys? How do they commute?

U is for urges

Do they pine after each other? How often to they think about each other?

V is for virtues

What’s their favourite thing about each other?

W is for wedding

Who plans it? Big or small? Does it go smooth?

X is for xenia

What’s it like to be their guest?

Y is for yearly

Any traditions? Anniversaries?

Z is for Zzz

Sleep habits? Who’s the big spoon? What do they wear in bed? Are they cuddlers?

#headcanon game

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nothing-but-love-for-all-you · 1 year

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✨ Welcome! ✨

Hello everyone - call me Lyn! The fandoms I will write for (alphabetically) are:

Ace Attorney

Assassin's Creed

Castlevania

Dragon's Dogma

Fire Emblem (Awakening, Fates, Three Houses)

LA Noire

Skyrim

Stardew Valley

Witcher

(Honestly, whatever I'm currently fixated on is what you'll probably see)

Feel free to send in any requests or to ask me anything!

Side note:

I'm very new to writing fics so, for the moment, this blog will probably be a collection of headcanons and ideas/resources for writing fics. (I do have a few ideas for longer stories, but I'm not confident enough to start them yet. Hopefully in the future tho)

#fanfic #I am very new to this so please bear with me!#ace attorney #assassin's creed #castlevania #dragons dogma #fire emblem #la noire #skyrim #the elder scrolls skyrim #stardew valley #the witcher

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nothing-but-love-for-all-you · 1 year

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50 Silly Headcanons Ask Game

I don't see enough headcanons about silly, meaningless things, so...here's an ask game, with prompts in no particular order! Plop a number or a prompt in my ask box with a character/group to hear my random thoughts!

What type of video games do they play? How do they like to play?

Are they big on books? If so, do they read books as they buy them or end up with a long to-read list?

What are their absolutely meaningless pet peeves?

What's something weird, unusual, or silly that they know too much about?

What terrible franchise/media do they like? Why do they like it?

Who (among their peer group/other characters in their canon) do they irrationally dislike, for little to no reason?

What do they do when they're bored, just to pass time?

What's their favorite shampoo/soap smell? Do they ever mention this to other people?

What are they weirdly good at?

What do they work really hard to get good at even though it's not particularly useful?

What are they irrationally freaked out by?

What's their favorite holiday?

What holiday annoys them/do they dislike?

What are they petty about?

What do they just suck at, regardless of effort? Do they do it anyway?

What pet would they like to own? What pet would they own if logistics/danger didn't exist?

Are they a good cook? Do they bake? How do they do so?

What clothes do they gravitate to?

What's their favorite emoji?

What do they grab from antique stores/garage sales/tourist traps, if anything?

What silly things do they fantasize about (e.g. winning arguments, doing things well, being good at social interactions)?

What color isn't their favorite, but is one they like?

What songs tend to get stuck in their head?

What's their go-to breakfast? Why?

What thing do they not particularly like/want to do that they wish they did?

Are they a good driver? If not, are they nervous or aggressive?

What kind of jokes do they tend to tell (e.g. puns, knock-knocks, shaggy dog stories, one-liners)?

What food can they never resist?

Can they pull off a dress or a suit?

Can they walk in heels?

What dumb shit do they do without hesitation?

What paranormal stuff do they believe/not believe in?

How do they order steak (blue, rare, medium rare, medium, done, well done)?

What feature or action of another person is incredibly attractive to them?

Do they like weird ice cream flavors?

Where do they listen to music (Youtube, Spotify, Pandora, CDs, piracy)?

How do they take their caffeine (tea, energy drinks, coffee, etc)?

How tidy are they?

Where do they go for fast food?

What do they order on pizza?

What's a strong opinion they have on something pointless?

Do they believe in any pseudoscience (astrology, MBTI, Enneagram) or fortune-telling? How serious are they about it?

What random thing do they think brings good luck?

What kind of thing makes them laugh way too hard?

What do they try to get everyone else around them to like?

Do they get into arguments/debates for fun? If so, what about?

Cat person, dog person, both, or neither?

What do they do to help them get to sleep?

What's their favorite and least favorite weather?

What are they super embarrassed about enjoying?

If you reblog this, it's nice to send an ask to the person you reblogged from :)

#headcanon game #maybe attempt later

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