I’m back, baby.

It’s been…a hot minute.

One mental breakdown, finishing a medical residency, and moving later, and I feel the RP worm crawling into my ear once more. Can’t promise how frequent I will be, but I want to try getting out there again. I’m especially curious as to how the Sekiroulsborne Ring RP scene has changed over the past few months.

Please like this post if you’re interested interacting with me, and feel free to shoot me a message if you’re new and want to start interacting. If we’ve had things planned before or an RP we left hanging, I’ll just reply to any hanging starters or continue the threads where we left off unless y’all want something different.

I’m back, baby.

It’s been...a hot minute.

One mental breakdown, finishing a medical residency, and moving later, and I feel the RP worm crawling into my ear once more. Can’t promise how frequent I will be, but I want to try getting out there again. I’m especially curious as to how the Sekiroulsborne Ring RP scene has changed over the past few months.

Please like this post if you’re interested interacting with me, and feel free to shoot me a message if you’re new and want to start interacting. If we’ve had things planned before or an RP we left hanging, I’ll just reply to any hanging starters or continue the threads where we left off unless y’all want something different.

I reactivated my unity license for this

Kaitlyn for Malenia

Dylan for Miquella

KAITLYN: does your muse considers themselves a leader ? would they easily step into that position in a crisis ? 

Absolutely. Even if Malenia hadn't emerged from the womb a screaming, type A combatant, she'd have taken the burden of leadership without hesitation for Miquella's sake. The Goddess of Decay is of the opinion that if you want something done right, then to just do it yourself, and she has no qualms about ordering her men around to achieve her goals.

Aside from being a military leader? Well, one of the many reasons she fled Leyndell in her teenage-hood was to loose the shackles tying her to the Golden Throne, but the Kingdom of the Haligtree is a completely different beast. She has never once wavered in her dedication to their people, and if Miquella ever needs a break from kinghood, she's kneeling to take the figurative weight before he even gets the chance to ask. She prefers being the Protector of the Haligtree to its queen, but...not even her dazzling brother can do it all alone, and so long as she draws breath, never will he be.

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DYLAN: does your muse get anxious in social situations or are they comfortable in them ? would they describe themselves as sarcastic or immature ? additionally, would they say they’re good at making possibly life-changing snap decisions ? 

As someone who spent his early life in Leyndell being the equivalent of Marika's tiny purse dog at parties, Miquella knows his way around a formal scenario. Whether it's bemusing guests at a gala with his wit and humor or selecting the correct utensils at a formal dinner, Miquella talks the talk and walks the walk of one who was destined from birth to be the heir to Marika's throne. He can charm the bloomers off off countesses and delight dukes with vicarious tales of his sister's military success. With such charisma--combined with his innocent, angelic looks and eternal childhood--Miquella can easily ply the secrets from even the tightest of lips, and he has found such secrets to be more than beneficial in establishing his own kingdom.

Of all the lessons Marika tried to teach him when growing up, the one Miquella internalized more than any other was the notion that 'knowledge can be more powerful than the Elden Beast itself'. He has never been able to heft a sword or draw a bow, so he weaves the air about him with incantations, and he laces his words with the poison of frittered secrets.

(This doesn't mean that Miquella loves such social situations, however; he often spends at least half of the following day asleep, and he'll hiss like a half-drowned cat if anyone but Malenia dares to disturb his blanket cocoon.)

Don't let Miquella's angelic looks and deceptively sweet tongue fool you, however; this kid is definitely far more on the sarcastic side. While he does have his immature moments (because he can't escape being an eternal child with an eternal child brain), he only willingly shows such a side to his sister. You'd have to get him very cranky and tired to even have a chance at glimpsing his immaturity in public.

In terms of life-changing snap decisions, Miquella isn't as good at them as one would expect. While he's very strategic in his thinking, the God of Abundance prefers to actually have enough time to do so, and he will take a long con over a short game any day of the week. He will make a snap decision if forced, but that doesn't mean he likes it, and it especially doesn't mean he never looks back on his decisions with a hindsight heavy with regret.

(See: the decision to send Malenia to Caelid while he entered hibernation. Really, really regrets that one.)

Malenia and Dylan for the ask meme!

@radiant-and-terrifying

DYLAN: does your muse get anxious in social situations or are they comfortable in them ? would they describe themselves as sarcastic or immature ? additionally, would they say they’re good at making possibly life-changing snap decisions ? 

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That's an interesting collection of questions for good ol' Mal.

In terms of social awkwardness, Malenia's not exactly socially awkward per se; she just doesn't give much of a fuck. As someone who's been raised as the heir of a god kingdom, she can't help but know how to navigate a social situation, but she long ago got tired of being paraded out like a show pony at Marika's every whim. It didn't happen so much when she was sickly and sad and visibly rotting; but when she got older, got buff, had the rot staved off by unalloyed gold, and got a good handful of military victories under her belt, Marika was suddenly much more active in inviting her to public royal events.

One of the many blessings of fleeing Leyndell with Miquella was a merciful distancing from such pageantry. Since the Haligtree is a 'smaller', far more hidden kingdom compared to Leyndell, they don't have many grand events, and any delegations they receive are small and non-ostentatious. Most grand events are held for the benefit of the citizenry and/or the military, and Malenia is quiet but pleasant at such events. She'll smile without strain, laugh under her breath at jokes, and weave a tale or two when prompted. It's far easier for her to interact with commonfolk than nobility.

The few times she went back to Leyndell, however? If Marika forced her to show up, she'd stick to the farthest walls and darkest corners possible, and you didn't need to see her eyes to feel her icy glare. Her aura of 'don't fucking come near me' would scare off all but the most oblivious souls, and when forced to interact with guests, her answers would be one-worded at best and grunts and head gestures at worst. She would inevitably disappear halfway through the evening, and even Marika knew better than to fetch her.

On the sarcasm vs immature scale, Malenia is definitely more on the sarcastic side. This woman is a rotting ball of sarcasm, spite, and sisterly love.

In terms of life-changing snap decisions? Well...um...

::gestures at the Battle of Aeonia::

I guess it depends on your definition of good. Either way, when Malenia makes a decision, she throws the entirety of her weight into it and rarely looks back.

Malenia, watching the big baby-and-brother-murder-drama unfolding on the dash: Children, canst thou not lighten up a little?

— 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐒𝐊 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄 !

made this just for fun, i don’t think i’ve seen anyone else do this !! pls like and reblog if you’d wanna use these at all <3 

KAITLYN: does your muse considers themselves a leader ? would they easily step into that position in a crisis ? 

RYAN: how skeptical is your muse ? do they easily trust people ? additionally, are they family-oriented ? 

DYLAN: does your muse get anxious in social situations or are they comfortable in them ? would they describe themselves as sarcastic or immature ? additionally, would they say they’re good at making possibly life-changing snap decisions ? 

ABIGAIL: is your muse artistic in any way ? do they consider themselves to be a shy and quiet individual ? 

NICK: if your muse is from somewhere else than where they currently are, where are they from ? additionally, would they like to live somewhere else, and if so, where & why ? 

JACOB: is your muse into sports at all ? additionally, are they a hopeless romantic ? if so, would you consider it to be detrimental to them sometimes ? 

EMMA: does your muse have a presence on social media ? how often do they use social media ? additionally, would they consider themselves to be the kind of person who stirs the pot ? 

LAURA: would your muse put themselves at risk to protect the ones that they love ? are they obedient in the face of authority or more rebellious ? 

MAX: does your muse have a positive or negative outlook in life ? do they tend to ignore certain instructions or are they a perfectionist ? 

"You have always been the worst of my children," he said. "Be sure you do not dishonor me." "I have a better idea. I will do as I please, and when you count your children, leave me out."

— Madeline Miller, Circe

OOC: I feel like Malenia and Miquella went on a fucking. Beach episode vacation with Finlay and Loretta, and when they came back everything’s just fucking. Bonkers.

Yet they’re in the Haligtree and almost completely disconnected from the action, so they’re just. Watching the chaos on the dash while eating snacks and feeling vaguely confused and concerned.

I’m back! Kinda!

OOC: Soooooooo, it’s been a bit.

I’ll be frank with you all; after all the drama that happened on here, I had to take a nice, long break. Between bullshit RP drama and my real life job of being an actual freaking doctor, I’ve been pretty strapped for energy and patience. I even waffled with coming back at all, but I decided that no, I’m not going to let stupid, petty, nonsensical drama drive me away from a blog that I was thoroughly enjoying up until that moment.

H O W E V E R From this point on, I’m going to be far more selective with who I RP with than in the past. There are some folks who I’ve interacted with before that I probably won’t actively reach out to again because of their relationship to what happened. It’s nothing personal; it’s just me prioritizing my enjoyment of my hobby. I would rather RP freely and happily than constantly tiptoe around a group of people to avoid offending them.

I’m not gonna be super duper immediately active, but I will be slowly revving up activity over the next few weeks. I hope y’all have been doing well and I’ll see you soon!

Friendly reminder that this blog is pro-choice and if you don’t think everyone should have full control of their own body, then kindly unfollow me right now and go to hell

OOC: I may not have the energy to reply much at the moment, but I somehow have the energy to do a semi-serious shitpost about how the fandom portrays the Finlay and Malenia romance. Specifically in bed.

(Read more for fandom snarkery and NSFW/T talk. The following is my personal preference and I absolutely believe that all interpretations of the Ultimate Lesbian Ship:tm: are valid as fuck even if They Don’t Cater to My Particular Needs. I’m also going to use yuri terminology because I’ve been on the internet for over a decade.)

Okay, so like, am I the only one that kind of balks at the way most Malenia/Finlay fics are written--specifically in terms of sex scenes? Like, nothing draws me out of a Finlay/Malenia story like a sex scene, because it’s either Malenia acting like a mommy ojou-sama figure or her just becoming a full-on wilting submissive. Finlay, meanwhile, is nothing but an eager ‘imutou’ like figure, just so happy to be with Malenia-senpai that she’ll just do whatever her mistress wants. And Malenia’s almost inevitably a sex goddess if she’s not an eager little minx submissive. it’s just.

So.

Boring.

It’s like I’m watching a really outdated yuri/shojou-ai story from the 1990s/early-to-mid 2000s. Or Cinemax. People can’t seem to find a middle-ground to Malenia’s contrarian personality (in that she is somehow a BAMF, determined, assertive GOAT as well as passive, reactive, and surprisingly chill), and Finlay seems to have no personality aside from stern knight or ‘omg senpai i would die for you’. The sex scenes inevitably suffer as a result. Like, I get so many of us are desperate for that good Malenia/Finlay WLW kush, but come on. Give them some personality. Stop falling into banal yuri tropes.

I realize that part of the problem is that Finlay has no canonical personality outside of absolutely devoted and BAMF motherfucker who loved her boss enough to drag her across the continent on her back, but like, the fandom can’t seem to decide if she’s an eager uwu senpai type or if she’s a stern knight, and like. It’s like they can’t seem to find a happy medium in personalities for EITHER of them.

Please. Please. Try to diversity in both sex and character portrayals. I don’t want to feel like I’m watching Strawberry Panic when I’m reading an Elden Ring wlw fic.

 (For anyone who is curious about my own portrayals, Finlay would die for Malenia, but she is also an uncooth, snarky, incorrigible little shit, and her antics either leave Malenia laughing and smiling against her will or doing the emotional equivalent of ‘rolling her eyes’. Finlay definitely likes to joke around in bed and Malenia’s like will lightly smack her head or tweak her nose and be all ‘look are you gonna keep making puns or are you going to go down on me already?’ Malenia’s on the bottom 80% of the time, both because A) it’s really nice to be taken care of when your entire existence revolves around you being an unshakable protector, and B) she suffers from chronic pain and mobility issues, so not only can positioning be difficult, but having sex with your metal prosthetic arm and leg on can be a bit of a buzzkill at times, so she’ll occasionally take them off. She can move around fine without them, but topping when you can’t balance yourself over someone is...tricky. They do a lot lying-on-their-sides sex.

Also, their afterglow is always affectionate but often peppered with Finlay’s  puns or random questions. Like, they’ll literally both have just come down from orgasm, and Finlay will be like ‘hey Mal, if a tree falls down in the woods and no one’s around to hear it, does it make a sound?’; and Malenia will resist the urge to smother her (lovingly with a pillow) and be all ‘of course it does, Finlay; just because you can’t hear something doesn’t mean it doesn’t obey the laws of physics.’ And then Finlay’s like ‘okay, but how do you know for sure if you’re not there to hear it?’ and Malenia DOES bring the pillow out and start to smack her on the head as Finlay cackles maniacally.)

@linestalker replied to your post “Canon Miquella: ::is referred to as an 'eternal...”:

1- he's not mentally a child, it's basically very well know in and out game lore 2- shipping not necessarily means sexual activities, I hope one day people like you get this basic fact 3- he's literally a god, stop taking fiction this seriously

​(2/2) No one is forcing you to ship mohg with him, go cry in your twitter              

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I. Really. It’s weeks after I posted this and people are still slamming in and going “ONE MORE THING”. God. I. Please.

1) CITATION NEEDED CITATION NEEDED CITATION NEEDED CITATION NEEDED. If you can find definitive in-game proof that says ‘he has the brain and full mental functioning of an adult”, fine, whatever, but there’s none. There is none, and there is quite a bit of evidence to suggest youthful naivete and innocence (as I put in my original damn post), so miss me with your absolutism shit.

2) Okay, so given your moon logic, a 44-year-old being in a ‘non-sexual’ romantic relationship with an 11-year-old is fine and totally not weird, creepy, or pedophilic. This is the line of thinking that cons (and, in many cases, grooms) so many kids, preteens, teens, and very young adults due to how it’s peddled in fandoms and shipping discourse, and it’s wrong. That kind of relationship is still goddamn gross, awful, and invalid. Please. Just. Listen to yourself.

3) Cool story. Still has the body (and brain, until proven otherwise) of a 8-10 year old.

4) I don’t have a Twitter, and given Elon Musk’s entire existence, I’m not going to get one in the near future. I don’t even cry about anything on my non-RP Tumblr. I especially don’t go picking fights in the notes of weeks-old posts.

to the very bitter end

OOC: I’m sorry once again for my absence. I’ve had a very rough past few days, and it looks like I’m gonna be busy as heck tomorrow, too. I’ll try to get to replies when I can, but my energy’s gonna be selective for the next two weeks.

AAAAAA! BABY BOY. BABY.

quick miq dood for @on-stained-glass-wings :]

Everyone needs to know that if I had the money, I would send @maldrontheassassin a hundred fruit baskets…at LEAST.