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gewska · 11 months
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Tarot card for my dnd druid Yaga with her goose Varenyk and two pigies Stepan and Marichka :>
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secondary-colorentimy · 4 months
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grown adults beefing with actual children gottaaaa be one of my favorite tropes tbh
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DP X DC WRITING PROMPT #15
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A Lonely Star Shines in the Night
The Guys in White have gone too far. So far that the Danny's universe as they know it is collapsing into itself as a result of the agent's foolish attempt to rid the land of the dead, undying, and neverborn. They tried nuking the Infinite Realms and all it got them was their dimension erased with the Infinite Realms only suffering minor damage.
Either way, Danny's home is gone.
In the struggle to gather his family and spirit them away into the Ghost Zone, he was separated from them when the GIW blew the portal to smithereens with him on the other side and his family still in the living realm. Overtaken by grief, his core cracking from his failure to protect those precious to him, he scoured the Realms for a natural portal back, to no avail.
In his search, he is nearly driven mad by his desperation. Unable to see their King in such pain and slowly unraveling into a second coming of Pariah Dark, Clockwork, Frostbite, and Pandora gather their strength and force him into an entirely different universe to grieve and heal. A universe full of heroes. He won't know this for a while, however, because where he ended up was the old Gotham observatory.
With his obsession of protecting--his friends, his family, his town, his entire world--torn to shreds, his damaged core magnified his secondary obsession: the very cosmos itself. His core latched onto the remaining obsession and inadvertently temporarily tied Danny to the very foundation of the old observatory. That is where he lingers for years, unable to leave and unable to stop crying for his lost family and friends, repeating their names over and over in a neverending mantra.
It isn't until much later that people start to notice his presence, due to the observatory having been unused for decades. What use was an observatory if you couldn't even see the stars in the perpetual smog that blanketed the city? At some point, however, a couple of daring teenagers snuck into the observatory one night and had a first hand encounter with a strange being. Needless to say, they didn't stick around for much longer. The reports they made to the police and what they posted on social media the next day were nonetheless wildly interesting.
Each of them described relatively the same thing. Of first seeing a bright, sliver star shining in the dark(1) of the empty building but then quickly noticing it was set in the center of the chest of a being that might as well have been made from the black void of the night sky itself. They described a being with hair that faded into white, glowing mist that was circled by a crown of ice crystals and star dust. Most notable of all to them, however, were the low humming whispers coupled with the mercury tears leaking from aurora green eyes in a neverending stream that dripped and echoed hauntingly across the marble floors below.
Of course, no one really believed their wild tales at first. Then it became a game among high schoolers and college students to wander the old observatory just to see if they would catch sight of this mysterious being. If not, no harm done. That is until one student accidentally injured themselves trying to find this ghost they've been hearing rumors about. (2)
Regardless of whether or not the being inhabiting the observatory directly caused this student's injury, he's gained the Batclan's attention.
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(1) The star in his chest is his core. The black/night parts of his ghost form are slightly translucent even when not intangible/invisible. You can literally see straight through him to his core, which basically looks like a condensed white dwarf star. Also, due to the damage his core has taken and his grief, it's cracking and looks like it's going to go supernova.
(2) Danny didn't directly cause the student to get injured. The student literally just turned the corner and nearly ran right into Danny as he was wandering in his grief-stricken stupor. This caused the student to freak out, run the opposite direction, and fall down a flight of stairs cause they weren't watching where they placed their feet. Danny is not violent or territorial here. His mind has literally checked out and left because trauma, grief, and a fractured sense of ghostly self are one hell of a combo on a halfa.
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superiorsnail · 9 days
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GREEN SHORT SLEEVE AND SUSPENDERS ❤️❤️❤️ also those funky boots i see you fashionista
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vandaliatraveler · 1 year
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A few more treasures from my hike this past weekend in Core Arboretum. I’ve posted detailed descriptions of these ephemerals in the past. So if you want to learn more about these wildflowers, go to my main blog page and search on the plant's common name.  You’ll also be rewarded with higher resolution photos.  :-)
From top: sessile trillium (Trillium sessile); dwarf larkspur (Delphinium tricorne); twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla); Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica); Virginia spring beauty (Claytonia virginica); harbinger of spring (Erigenia bulbosa); cutleaf toothwort (Cardamine concatenata); Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria); yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum); and great white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum). 
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dailycharacteroption · 4 months
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Races Among the Stars 8: Dwarf
Now that we’re past the “core” species of Starfinder, the only thing left in the core book is the Pathfinder legacy species, starting with dwarves!
Fantasy ancestries in space has been done enough times that it doesn’t quite feel novel anymore, but it would be so easy to write classic fantasy figures out of the picture, replacing them with things that feel more sci-fi, so good on Starfinder for keeping their science fantasy setting with a heaping helping of classic fantasy.
That isn’t to say that these peoples have gone unchanged, however, the millennia change even long-lived and traditionalist peoples like the elves and dwarves, so it’s interesting to see how these people evolve through the centuries.
(It’s also worth noting that I’ve been enjoying the game Deep Rock Galactic since earlier this year, and I have a special place in my heart for these gruff space miners.)
And with that, let’s talk dwarves!
Much like other holdovers from Pathfinder, dwarves are children of the now-missing world of Golarion, though this is more of a point of pride for them than most folk, as dwarf-kind was born deep in the depths of the planet, and have always felt a deep kinship to earth and stone.
In this far-future era, most dwarves live either on Absalom Station or on one of the many Star Citadel ships, massive city-sized supercolossal ships that serve as mobile space stations.
The modern dwarves have to contend with many cultural changes, such as the patriarch deity of their pantheon: Torag, leaving them, supposedly to watch over the missing Golarion, leaving his more warlike brother Angradd in charge. What’s more, some dwarves believe that the ancient Quest for Sky, which once drove their ancestors to reach the surface back in the days of Golarion, isn’t actually over, and they must seek out some sky on some world that fulfills that grand destiny.
Regardless of that, dwarves mostly live as they did in the ancient past, mastering intricate crafts and being at home in the depths of planets and asteroids as both explorers and miners. In fact, many of the Star Citadels spend most of their time in the Diaspora or other asteroid belts to mine them for resources, particularly starmetals vital to many technologies.
Dwarves haven’t changed much in appearance since their days in medieval fantasy, still being stout humanoids with broad forms about a foot shorter than the human average. They come in a variety skin tones and hair colors, and they decorate their bodies with clothing and jewelry that is intricate in it’s crafted beauty, but also practical, being durable and designed to not get in the way of their work.
Society too, has not changed much, dwarves being known for sticking with what works for centuries, if not millennia. While they may be slow to adopt new ideas, those that have been thoroughly tested are quickly adopted and implemented into the whole. This does make them seem stubborn or even backwards to other species sometimes, but they get along well with other peoples that have a long history of tradition and cultural preservation, such as the kasatha, as well as practical, no-nonsense folk as well.
That isn’t to say that they are all work and no play. Far from it. Dwarves very much embody the adage of “Work Hard, Party Hard”, and there is no finer companion to have in celebration and no more stalwart an ally when conflict comes than a dwarven friend.
Dwarves are tough and bear the wisdom of their forebears, but their gruff nature can be grating to those unused to it.
True to their origins belowground, their eyes are adapted to total natural darkness.
They are also somewhat sluggish in movement, but they can bear weights that would slow down others and remain standing firm when others would be thrown around. Furthermore, their flesh is incredibly resistant to toxins and hostile magic.
Their traditions also make them very familiar with stone both natural and worked, making it easy for them to notice anything unusual about it.
Said traditions also maintain their training and fury against goblins, orcs, and giants in combat, even if that is not always useful in the far future.
They also train often with melee weapons, making them quite familiar with them.
Of course, not all dwarves are raised in the same way, and may display different traits. Those that live in space and zero-G environments regularly, such as explorers continuing their interpretation of the Quest for Sky, might be more agile and clever, but lack muscle mass.
Some mages may have been trained to endure hardship and cast effectively even in compromised positions. Others may have learned more specific training related to mining and physics over general stone-lore, while others may have been trained in dwarven martial arts that use their stable center of gravity against foes. Some living on ships lack darkvision and instead learn more about the cultures and behaviors of other peoples they meet, and some may even seek to mend the old grievances with traditional enemies, becoming diplomats among their kind. Meanwhile, those that were raised in zero-G move a bit faster and are more used to moving and maintaining their orientation while unburdened by gravity.
With their toughness and wisdom, nanocytes, mystics, and vanguards are good choices, able to fill defensive and supportive spellcaster roles quite easily. That toughness also plays a role with melee builds for any class, particularly the combat options like soldier, evolutionist, and melee operatives. Meanwhile, their love of building things makes mechanic and technomancer good choices, and intuitive biohackers will do well with them. Meanwhile, precogs may not get any specific bonus, but they don’t have any weaknesses either. Their only major weakness is the charisma penalty, which makes envoy, social operatives, a witchwarpers somewhat difficult, though their physical ability can make them decent solarians despite that. Also consider that their slow speed makes them not very mobile on the battlefield, definitely requiring them to find ways to boost their speed or adopt a more defensive or ranged tact. All of these drawbacks are easy enough to circumvent one way or another though, so be creative with your choices!
That does it for today, but this special is only getting started!
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Dwarven Priest by Even Mehl Amundsen
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mtg-cards-hourly · 10 months
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Staunch Shieldmate
"Gilded with gold from a dragon's trove, it is! And etched with the image of the dragon I slew to take it."
Artist: Bartłomiej Gaweł TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link
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yaminerua · 11 months
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So in Skipper, Rimmer quantum skips to each universe by taking that universe’s Rimmer’s place and it just makes me emotional how many times other universe Rimmers seem to always know a Lister.
So many variations on his own circumstances in his own universe, so many universes where he always ends up brought back as a hologram for the Lister who always goes into stasis.
A universal constant across realities. Two souls who will always meet, even when the circumstances are completely different.
I think of the original Ace Rimmer’s universe and how even though Ace’s circumstances ended up wildly different, his universe’s Lister’s life path diverged accordingly and still led them to meet. It doesn’t matter how much changes, how much the universe differs from the others. They’ll always meet.
Maybe they’ll get on immediately, maybe they don’t. Maybe it takes a few days, weeks, months, or maybe it takes 3 million years. But whether they like it or not, their existences are tied together, a moon always caught within its sun’s orbit, together making moonlight.
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dwarvenaesthetic · 2 years
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One Of Us (A story about my friend @princessrainbowpastel's geek goddess oc Persephone meeting the Disney princesses)
As the Disney princesses dolled themselves up in their dressing room, their door begun to open.
They immediately look to see a woman with light pink skin, wavy hair, and a purple chiton step inside.
Their attention is quickly piqued by her physical appearance.
She was beautiful.
Upon seeing the princesses, the woman yelps, her chubby cheeks tinting in embarrassment.
This wasn't Hade's dressing room.
"S-Sorry!" She quickly apologizes, giving a small bow.
As the woman attempted to leave...
"Princess, wait! Don't go!" The princesses would say in unison.
The woman was brought to a halt by those words as she turned to the royals.
"Princess?" The woman would question as she is quick to correct the girls. "Oh, no, no, no, I'm not a princess."
This woman was Persephone, the Greek goddess of spring.
"You're not?" The princesses all gasped in shock.
Persephone shakes her head.
"Oh, surely you must be a princess," Cinderella spoke, her voice tender and kind as she looked to Persephone. "Do you have dreams? Any aspirations?"
"I do," the goddess politely replied. She desired to be free, which she now is.
"Do you like animals?" Snow White asked, her forest friends gathering around her.
Persephone thought the animals looked so cute!
She gives the fairest of them all a nod.
Belle begins to bring out a brown book titled 'Beauty and the Beast' in gold letters.
As she presents the cover to Persephone, she opens the book and displays a page that shows her and the Beast happy together. "Do you know not to judge a book by its cover?"
"I do," Persephone told her. That was a lesson she learned as she spent more time with Hades.
"Are you shy?" Aurora would quietly ask, being a shy princess.
"Very," Persephone whispered back at the blonde as the two shared a giggle.
"Did you have an overprotective parent?" Ariel chuckled, thinking back to how her father was in the beginning.
"Still do," Persephone laughed, thinking about her mother, Demeter.
"Are you caring?" Jasmine asked in a genial voice.
"I am!" Persephone beamed. She cared a lot about her creations, as well as her family, other gods and goddesses, and Hades.
"Do you love your homeland?" Pocahontas inquired. She loved hers.
"Mm-hm," Persephone hummed. Earth was the land that she called home, and she had a strong attachment to it.
"Are you courageous?" Mulan asked.
"Sometimes," Persephone would admit with a small giggle. It did take a lot of courage to start standing up for herself.
Tiana pulled out a plate of her famous beignets. "Do you enjoy sweets?" The frog princess would offer with a sweet smile.
Violet eyes start to sparkle at the fried doughy goodness.
"I do!" She happily says, taking a beignet from the plate. Biting into it, she hums in delight at the taste. With a swallow, she smiles.
"Thank you!" she tells Tiana, finishing the rest of the square donut dessert.
The frog princess would continue to smile at Persephone. "You're welcome."
"Oh, oh, oh! I have a question for her!" Anna excitedly pulls out Olaf from behind her back and holds him up for Persephone to see.
"Do you have a friend?" The Arendelle princess would ask.
Olaf gives Persephone a cheerful wave.
"Aww, he's cute!" Persephone would comment as she waved back at the little snowman. "But to answer your question, I do have a friend." Her friend was Artemis, the goddess of the hunt.
"What about powers?" Elsa would ask next, summoning a small snow cloud above her hand.
"I do!" Persephone demonstrates by summoning a potted plant.
The princesses 'OOOH' in amazement at her ability. When she makes the potted plant disappear, they 'AHHH' at this achievement.
"Are you a fan of flowers?" Moana asked, handing her the reddish orange hibiscus from her hair.
"You have no idea!" Persephone lights up, taking the tropical plant.
She loved flowers.
A sincere smile spread on the lips of the Polynesian princess. "You're welcome."
Taking a sniff of it, she smiled.
It smelt stunning.
"Thank you!"
Merida figured it was her turn to question Persephone. "Are you Disney or Pixar?" The Pixar princess would ask, breaking the fourth wall.
"Uh..." Persephone had no idea. "I'm not quite sure, but, I guess I'll go with... Disney?"
Merida and the other princesses remained silent for a moment before agreeing in a harmonious manner.
She definitely seemed like the Disney type.
"Final question!" Rapunzel exuberates. "Do you believe in the power of..." She paused, expecting Persephone to know the answer.
"... Love?" Persephone would finish, her tone uncertain.
"Well, yes," Rapunzel replies, "But also, the power of..." She looked at her fellow princesses, who had the same eagerness in their eyes.
"PINK!🍨🌸🌷💗🧁💟" They'd all exclaim together. The princesses understood the power the color held.
It conveyed love, femininity, and, most importantly, cotton candy.
This answer surprises Persephone.
"Oh! Well, I do believe in the power of love. I'm not entirely too sure what the 'power of pink' is, but I do really like the color pink. Does that count?"
"Yes!" They all shout, lifting Persephone up in the air as they cheered.
She passed the princess test with flying colors.
"ONE OF US, ONE OF US, ONE OF US!" They chant.
Persephone giggled lightly at the praise.
Although she wasn't a princess, she's thankful that these ladies seemed to really like her.
Maybe they could all be friends.
She'd like that.
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mxmollusca · 2 years
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I think about this song at least once a week.
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superiorsnail · 11 days
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season two ❤️ it was so hard choosing just one of his dances in the hologram cage
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gatogotica · 1 year
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truly, is there a ship One Week by Barenaked Ladies applies to better than rimster? i think not
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althaeaofficinalis · 4 months
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me: i need something new, huh looks like manta has that manhwa that everyone says is insane, I do like weird gothic shit so let's go
me ten chapters in: this author read a song of ice and fire and replicated the lannister kids in a new way that is somehow equally fucked up jfc
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