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monstrousmaws · 16 days

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I’m late for Christopher Pierre’s Birthday but here. A list of how I think he would react to meeting a bunch of my Ocs

specifically the ones I have blogs for

Arcadia “Arcade” Star (@/webbys-angel) - Chris would fucking H A T E. Arcade. Arcade is a devoted Angel and Follower of a benevolent goddess, a goddess that the gods Chris would follow, call a “Stupid Bitch”! He would find Arcade annoying, and even worse, hard to manipulate, because despite their age and airheaded nature, they keep calling his bluff.

Bunny O’Riley (@/sacrificial-rabbit) - Chris would find an easy victim in Bunny. Bunny is kindhearted and loves helping, and could easily be manipulated by Chris. And with her nature being to always be doomed to die gruesomely, Chris would absolutely use that to his advantage.

Christopher Cross (@/bright3r-than-th3-sun) - The first Christopher Otho variant on this list! Originally actually an AU version of Mr Pierre himself(it’s a long story but feel free to ask), they would HATE each other. Cross is ambitious, cruel, and willing to stomp anyone down to get his way. They would see each others as rivals, and constantly argue over who is better

Christopher Otho (@/i-mys3lf-am-strang3-and-unsual) - the main Chris Otho variant!! He also used to be an AU of Crispy himself! He and Crispy would have beef however. Otho has everything Pierre wants. Especially, the personal attention of the god Pierre would worship, Pokotho. That, not to mention that Otho is loud, rambunctious, feral, and a pyromaniac mean Pierre also finds him DEEPLY annoying.

Chrysalis The Fae King (@/the-fae-court-of-the-witchwoods) - Chrys and Chris would have a cordial, alien relationship. Chrysalis doesn’t understand humans very well, and is excessively formal. Chris would find Chrysalis too alien to use for his own gain, and does he really want to risk a deal with the fae?

Crow Dunn (@/xxx-crowbones-xxx) - Chris would easily manipulate Crow. He would amuse himself by scaring and hurting it, until it’s inevitable gruesome demise, playing a game with himself by guess how long it has left to live.

Emily Brooks (@/gasstationghost) - Chris would find Emily’s constant crying and attempts to find him for comfort annoying. He would also find that she is not worth using due to being eight years old, dead, and inconsolable.

Evelyn Ward (@/the-modern-doctor-frankenstien) - Chris and Evelyn would find each other fascinating, and possibly form a partnership for help achieving their ultimate goals. Chris would respect Evelyn as a scientist, and personally believe she’s the best scientist in town.

Featharchysm, The Angel Of Doom “Feathery” (@/feathered-angel-of-doom) - Chris would be deeply scared of Feathery, especially due to Feathery’s ability to terminate Christopher’s un-life whenever she wants. He also finds Feathery deeply obnoxious, because of its outgoing and feral personality

“Firey”, The Foundation Of Decay (@/the-foundation-of-decay) - The last of the Chris Otho Variants, Firey is Otho become god, gaining the same power as his father Pokey and the above Feathery. Pierre would be equal parts terrified and jealous. Otho has gained godhood, something Pierre has dreamed of, and can now smite him down. Pierre steps very carefully around Firey.

Green Hart (@/green-hart-official) - Chris would have a hard time speaking to Green. Mostly because while Green may be there is body, he is host for an elder god using his body. Green can only fight of this god for a short time. Chris would mostly brush Green off as a list cause due to Green’s only activity when in control being begging those around him to free him, and Chris finds this idea too dangerous to try.

Honey Vespidae (@/sweet-as-honey-mean-as-a-wasp) - Chris and Honey would get along well. Chris would probably be a bit put off by the eating people thing, but could move past it quickly. Both being dead things, they would find each other’s company comforting, and would bond over their similar personalities.

Melanie Brooks (@/gasstationg1rl) - Melanie hates ghosts, and she especially hates bullies and manipulators. If she and Chris spoke, she would quickly pick up on his sketchiness and call him on his horrible behaviour.

Millipede “Millie” Danger (@/ xx-cr33py-crawli3s-xx) - Chris would find her deeply annoying, with her outgoing nature and love of insects. She would also very quickly pick up on his sketchiness and would attempt to physically fight him, while while not dangerous for Chris, him being a ghost, would still be annoying.

Nana Watcher (@/circus-killer) - Chris would find her very familiar, and similar to that clown girl from Star of the Show. He would also find her annoying and also terrifying. He also might fall a little bit in love with her.

Niko Watcher (@/ intern-of-the-supernatural) - Niko would be shockingly difficult for Chris to manipulate. He would find her interesting to speak to however. And he would also probably scare the shit out of her.

Persephone Smith (@/ pool-kid-at-the-vampire-mansion) - Persephone would hate Chris on sight. They would call him on not only being an abusive prick but also giving gothic vampiric aesthetics a bad name.

Sugar Bailey (@/ sugar-fangs) - Chris would find Sugar uninteresting and dangerous, as her job as a Magical Girl could be a problem for him.

Theodosia “Thunder” MacNamara - Chris and Thunder would beef on sight. If there is one thing Thunder can’t stand, it’s a bully. And she could do some serious damage to Chris, despite him being a ghost. As such, after a first meeting, Chris would avoid her.

Tox Matthews (@/ theatricabiohazard) - Chris would dislike Tox, mostly due to its association with Chris Otho, but also because it has an annoying habit of breaking into his house and challenging him to Bat Duels.

and that’s all of them. If you wanna send these characters asks feel free, and if you wanna RP with any of them feel free to reach out and arrange something. I’d love to have them interact with your blogs. Doesn’t have to be a Christopher Pierre blog, although that would be cool :p

#christopher pierre #the distortionist #tw cannibalism mention #like very minor cannibalism mention but honey vespidae eats people

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infxnatum · 11 months

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Aurora Lunais (Project Origin)

Adopted Daughter of Anarak, and first Project of Infinatum

Background

Born in upper state New York, Aurora lived most of her life on the streets after her parents died in a house fire started by some pyromaniac. Most of the time she slept in a park, always preferring being near some sort of nature rather than the rowdy urban environments. Of course, she also quite often ended up in a cell for brief stints for causing trouble, but never anything major enough for proper imprisonment.

Eventually, as a teenager, during a sort of rehabilitation program, she ended up working for the state tending parks and wildlife areas. Even though she could have moved further south at this point, she had grown to love the cold so far upstate. And started trying to bring in more life to the area. This lead to her fascination with plant biology and botany.

Without an official home or family, or a real job it was difficult to get into schools. But with some effort, and dealing with some rich folk with fancy gardens, she managed to get started on a career path to something proper. Though it wasn’t long until she was picked up by a curious traveling scientist. Anarak always had a way of seeing potential, and had been visiting various schools all around the country when he happened upon the young Aurora. Offering not only a place to learn whatever she desired, but somewhere nicer to live, complete with her own biosphere to cultivate any plant she could get her hands on.

Arrangements were made, and Aurora joined him and all the others on what would eventually be Infinatum Island. Initially as a student, but eventually the leading scientist for the Botany wing. The biosphere allowed the growth of plants from just about any environment, and helped her invent new hybrids more easily.

During the Gene Awakening process, she was one of the few who had a variant transformation. Being more than just a simple snow fox, she became a snow Kitsune, though with only three tails. Her herbs were used to help create the painkillers and medicines that helped everyone through the process.

Statistics

Age: 27, though an aspect of her abilities allows her to look slightly younger.

Gender: Female

Species: Snow Kitsune - 3-Tailed

Height: 5′10″

P.O.B: Upper State New York, City undisclosed

D.O.B: Classified

D.O.D: N/A

Sexuality: Bisexual with a heavy female preference

Occupation: Botanist, Alchemist, Doctor

Fur Color: Snow White

Eye Color: Ice Blue

Mentality: Cold is the easiest way to put it. Can be off-putting and callous at times, but is nicer towards her friends and those she has interest in. Tends to be blunt and straightforward. Very flirty when there’s someone she likes. Always ready to throw down, and chill someone out when things get too heated.

Abilities and Capabilities

Project Origin, named as such because it was the very first Project performed after the Gene Awakening process. Aurora not only volunteered for it, but it was her idea. Due to the Entity’s influence on the atmosphere, and studying the way it interacted with heavenly bodies, she determined that in due time, the moon’s gravitational forces would be influenced.

The primary concept of Project Origin was to replicate the effects that the moon had on Earth. Affecting the magnetic field, the tidal flows, and overall atmospheric manipulation. However, they couldn’t quite do what they wanted, and not wanting to take risks on the first Project, an alternate idea was developed.

They focused down on specific aspects, ones that aligned with Aurora’s personal preferences. Atmospheric manipulation became the core, with the other parts being made lesser. These would be enhanced overtime as their technology and research improved.

Aurora’s main ability is Hydrokinesis, Thermokinesis, and Cryokinesis. She can freely manipulate water particles in the air. Raising or lowering their temperatures, freezing or boiling them. Pooling them into a mass and reshaping them. She favors the colder side of things. When in an environment without water in the air, she can create it, but it’s much more difficult.

She can partially alter her own personal gravity to float, or become too heavy to easily lift. Usually just making herself light enough to walk on ground without disturbing it.

Her most powerful technique is one she has only used twice, Absolution. There is no real limit to how much she can heat up or freeze something, except the risk to herself and those around her. Using just about all the energy she can muster, Absolution brings everything in the immediate vicinity down to Absolute Zero. Due to her body being specifically designed for it, and able to maintain its own temperature above that state, she’s able to survive...but just about nothing else can. Even the Entity’s minions, despite being creatures of chaotic energy and matter, are destroyed by it.

What it’s like now

She’s one of the ones who most often leaves the Labs, and their universe. Since she’s not on the offensive line, and mostly maintains the Biosphere which provides the food and organic resources for the facility. It can function mostly on its own with only intermittent involvement on her part.

Aurora travels almost as much as Zenni, and gets into just as much trouble, though less of it is violent. She does however go home more often as well, not for her job, but for Anarak. Unlike his actual son, she adores him and likes spending time with him.

#queen of ice [aurora]#important post #long post #character post #information post

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manocarnical · 1 year

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Identification guide for my demons:

Venalis

-little chaotic gremilin that is safe if not provoked, although he has some dangerous tendencies.

Hellfire

-Pyromaniac fella with head empty and zero thoughts, only desire is to burn stuff.

The Knight

-Unstoppable force that is always angry.

Variante-H

-rude punk lady, always up to shenanigans and doing dumb lewd stuff.

#art #digital arwork #my oc art

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xellnikov · 3 years

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it pissed me off that red barrels really said ‚fuck the variants no one wants them‘ and half of the fandom is in love with them.

red barrels, bring our boys back.

this is me asking nicely. SO FUCKING LISTEN.

#outlast #outlast variants #outlast whistleblower #the variants #now i have to tag them all #lets see #dissociative dennis #eddie gluskin #chris walker #wheelchair variant #necromantic variant #silky variant #pyromaniac #pyromaniac variant #frank manera #necro variant #they’re all lovely OKAY #the twins #basement variant

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mashkara45 · 4 years

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#pyromaniac variant #outlast variants #quotes #videogames #videogames quotes #outlast #outlast quotes #horror games #outlast pyromaniac #outlast 1 #mount massive asylum

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weirdagnes · 4 years

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AHEM so let me properly present my old band AU.

Plot of the AU: It is rumored that Billy Hope was being possessed by a demon named Walrider, and can only be brought out of his body and sent back to hell by music. Wernicke created a Battle of the Bands competition for "Billy's sake" and the bands who joined either wants to free Billy or do something with the Walrider.

It turns out, the Walrider was real, and it took everyone by surprise but the BOTB continued.

Here are the bands:

HOST

Genre: 80s rock, 90s rock and grunge

Members: Miles (Bass); Trager (Keyboard/Keytar/Lead Vocalist); Walker (Drums); The Twins (Lead & Rhythm/Backup Vocals)

Formed by Trager. Miles was the last member to have joined, but he heavily influenced the band. Miles is always late to rehearsals bc he hangs out with Waylon, while Trager mostly skips out rehearsals to hang out with the Silencers (he's extremely early when he does come tho.) Miles and Trager frequently gets into heated arguments but Chris acts as their peacemaker. The Twins just chills together, writing guitar twin solos.

WHISTLEBLOWERS

Genre: Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, baroque pop, 60s rock

Members: Waylon (Bass); Gluskin (Keyboard/Lead Singer); Manera (Drums); Simon (Guitar/Backup Vocals)

Formed by Gluskin. Simon is a new member, their previous guitarist was Blaire but he was kicked out by Eddie after harassing Waylon. Waylon hangs out with Miles often, they play bass together, maybe teaching each other a few techniques. The Whistleblower and Host bands disapprove of their meetups (wow Romeo & Juliet much?). Simon and Chris are cool about it though. Frank is the weed user of the band, he hangs out with the Blaire and Trager. Simon feels like he doesn't belong to the band as much as Waylon tries to make him feel welcome I felt that

THE BELIEVERS

Genre: Gospel rock, pop rock

Members: Martin (Bass/Lead Singer); Dennis (Drums/Back up Vocals); Pyromaniac (Guitar); Piano Variant (Keyboard); Silky Variant (idk he's a weird champ)

Formed by Martin. They're mocked by other bands as "The Baldies" so Dennis started wearing a wig and Pyro grew out his hair. Silky Variant is also part of the band, but he's like that one guy who helps with the amps, hangs around in the studio, and cheers for them in the backstage. Pyro is so good at shredding guitar solos, the other guitarists are looking out for him. They didn't have one (1) argument/fight, even tho Pyro and Dennis can be pretty intense sometimes.

APOSTLE

Genre: Gothic metal, folk rock, gospel rock, doom metal

Members: Val (Keyboard/Backup Vocals); Marta (Bass); Blake (Rhythm/Flutist/Backup Vocals); Lynn (Lead Guitar/Lead Singer); Nick (Drums); Laird (Acoustic guitar, tambourine, kazoo)

Formed by Val. They're the second band who has the least arguments (right after The Believers). Nick is that one single guy in the band I felt that bc Marta & Val are gfs and Blake and Lynn are married. Laird is just, kinda there; he plays the kazoo, tambourine and acoustic guitar depending on their songs. Blake also plays the flute.

THE SILENCERS

Genre: 70s rock, alternative rock, funk rock

Members: Jeremy (Lead Singer/Guitar); Pauline (Bass); Paul (Drums); occasionally Alice (Keyboard); formerly Simon (Keyboard)

Formed by Blaire. Jeremy was formerly part of the Whistleblower band but was kicked out so he formed his own. Simon was originally their keyboardist, but after finding out that Jeremy has been distributing their salary unfairly, he quitted and joined the Whistleblower via Waylon. They're a 3 man band but they're pretty big famous. Pauline is pretty skilled in bass, the bassists in the other bands are looking out for her. Paul gets tired of Blaire's nagging, but he endures it for the sake of earning a big salary for her daughter. Sometimes they jam with Alice (she's the keyboardist). When recording, they bring a lot of water bottles and get ready for hours of retaking because Blaire's voice crack everytime.

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charsawdeath · 3 years

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Outlast AU

Watched Hamilton once, heard the songs a BILLION times thanks to my lil sis Misty-

NOT a music fic!

A fic for me and posted cause

1. I can!

2. No one cares as is!

And

Applesauce. It kills Waylon for my TragerxGluskin ship so who knows, maybe I'll get hate and THAT'S a comment so let's prove a fucking point

#written #my work #ao3 #outlast au #trager x gluskin #outlast whistleblower #outlast #richard trager #eddie gluskin #waylon park #miles upshur #dissociative dennis #silky variant #the pyromaniac

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messinwitheddie · 5 years

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What is your thoughts on the Pyromaniac, Eddie? (Could be from our rps of Roman or just normal Outlast, if its not too much of an ask, if it is, sorry)

Eddie _pauses, brow knits in thought. "The pyromaniac, he's a quiet young man; level headed. More of a danger to himself than anyone here, poor thing. He rarely speaks to me, but the few times he has he was polite. A lad I would let my daughter marry someday, Godwilling I have one...

I honestly don't know how he wound up in a hell pit like Mt. Massive.

I've kept busy in the vocational block as of late. I'm not sure what young Pyro is up to these days. He runs back and forth between the kitchen and the male ward last I knew.

Hope he is looking after himself...

#outlast #Pyromaniac #variants #asks

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gattobamboom · 7 years

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More Outlast fanart. I ship Chris and Miles so hard. And those two in the second picture, too :’)

#Fanart #my art #outlast #Miles Upshur #Chris Walker #pyromaniac #silky variant

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love-beyond-space-war · 2 years

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Because I wanted to rewrite my old Gears fics, also aliens are cool:

Original fic written: July 8th, 2018

Rewritten: April 12th, 2022

Slight content warning: Contains some Mature Language, Murder, Violence, and Kidnapping.

Pyromaniac

Flame Grenadier x Citizen! Female! Reader

Summary: Your village was attacked by the Locust Horde. Deciding to fight back, you grab a weapon and try to survive. Turns out, you may have caught the eyes of a certain locust variant.

Fear. Complete fear. Everyone in your village felt that. Including you, a civilian with no armor in sight to protect you from bullet sprays. The COG soldiers were supposed to be arriving but so far there were no sign of them. It felt horrible to watch your home burn. Luckily, your family was in a different part of Sera.

You just hoped they were better off than you.

Your only form of defense you had was a sawed-off shotgun. The horde decided to attack your home in the middle of the night, catching many others by surprise. Sadly, many had died and there was only a few people in the town now. You wished the COG had come quicker.

You hid yourself behind a building at the sound of locust. Slowly you peeked around the corner to see two locust speaking to one another. Gripping your weapon tightly, you decided now was the best time to fight back.

Dashing in with as much speed as you could muster you blow a shot through one of the locust before ducking into cover. Clumsily you tried to reload your weapon, not used to the gun. A searing pain then rips through your shoulder due to a bullet.

Softly you aim the gun again to take out the last locust that had shot you.

"That's what you get you filthy-" Before you could finish your sentence, a bullet whizzed past your head. A locust sniper had been hiding on one of the rooftops.

Heart pumping fast, you duck behind some rubble. Looking over your cover to see the sniper get kicked down from his post. Strangely, by another locust.

"What the...?" You mutter to yourself. Once the sniper had been knocked down, the attacking locust had activated a Scorcher upon the now defenseless sniper. You barely had time to question what you saw before the flame-wielding locust spotted you and made his way over.

"Shit, Shit, Shit!" You panic, feeling as though you'll faint before diving into another broken down building. You wished you never saw the locust or just stayed hidden. Now you had to try and fight against fire with little to no protection.

Luckily you found a Snub pistol from one of the dead locust. It was enough to keep you ranged compared to your previous weapon. Once hidden behind the concrete walls of a house, you peeked through a window. The locust was nowhere in sight....

Until you screeched when scale like skin scratched against your softer skin. Turning, you were greeted with a locust claw digging into your shoulder.

You were soon face to face with a bronze metal mask that had a slit to see through and the Locust Horde symbol on the forehead.

"P-Please don't kill me...!" You begged. Your voice was soft and barely a whisper. Everything you did felt pitiful and futile against this creature....

There was no response...only the masked creature grabbing you tighter. Almost as if it was trying to show comfort in an embrace. Which was concerning as you thought all of the locust hated humans due to their queen's xenophobic views.

The Scorcher the beast wielded was set aside, but away from you. You were unable to get to it due to the bone crushing grip the beast had. You could only focus on the clouded yellow eyes staring at you from the mask's slit.

The moment of relief was then cut short when hand cuffs, or something that resembled them, were taken out of the beast's armor. You tried to struggle but the locust held you still. It clipped the restraints to your wrists before backing off, holding chains that were meant to guide you.

You were now officially a prisoner.

"Ground Walker... follow...."

You had no choice. The beast in front of you had the most control here. But you wanted to know the motive for keeping you, at least.

"Why...? What do you want from me!?" You cry softly, the locust looking at you before attempting to comfort you.

"Must not hurt... want to protect-" The locust's fluency in your language was butchered at best, but you understood. It didn't want you hurt? Was that why it attacked the sniper trying to kill you?

The locust didn't really explain before dragging you, picking up the Scorcher and continuing on.

Soon you were loaded on what looked like a living air boat, utilizing a creature to fly. You were sat on a seat before the large locust sat by you. You stare down hopelessly at your restraints. Fatigue soon hits and you feel yourself grow tired.

Once sleep threatens to hit you, you slump over and lay your head on your captor. The masked beast pauses before looking over. While you rest, you were vaguely aware of the beast lightly touching your soft skin as you slept.

Struggling had taken the energy out of you. At this point you found minimal comfort from the creature's touch, pushing closer.

You weren't sure what was being planned for you, but you could only trust the locust who chose you over his own kind.

What other choice did you have?

"Night... ground walker...."

#gears of war x reader #locust x reader #alien x reader #vague dark content warning #flame grenadier x reader #female reader

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irelandseyeonmythology · 2 years

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Does Aillen (the fire breathing guy from The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn Mac Cumhaill, in case I spelled his name wrong) appear in anything outside of Boyhood Deeds? I know he's described as a member of the Tuatha (at least according to Wikipedia,, I can't find where to read Boyhood Deeds) and O was curious cause I don't recall him being mentioned/appearing anywhere else. Thank you for the time and I hope you have a great day.

Thank you for the ask! So, to my knowledge, Aillén mac Midna doesn’t appear anywhere else.

Now, about where to get ahold of the story: Mary Jones has a version of the Macgnímartha Find, there’s also one in Koch and Carey’s Celtic Heroic Age. Even though I think it’s worth the read just for the sake of having it, though, if you’re in the same situation I was in a few years ago when I was trying to fact check it (because it was...I’m fairly certain my second Fenian story and I was curious about where it came from, especially given the Beowulf VS Grendel parallels), that won’t do you much good, because it’s not in there. (Well...it might have been in there at some point, because the only manuscript that contains it cuts off unexpectedly, so it’s more accurate to say that there’s not a variant of this in any of our extant material.) If I was to take a guess, the reason why the episode is often included in the Macgnímartha is because of the unsatisfactory ending, making a nice segue between Fionn being given his name and recognized as the son of Cumall and Fionn as an adult, additionally explaining how became leader of the Fianna, which is how it’s included in Lady Gregory’s Gods and Fighting Men, where it’s included in the “Coming of Finn” chapter. (And Lady Gregory, love her work or hate it, HAS become, to many people, a sort of...canonical text on Irish mythology.)

Now that begs the question: where does it come from, though? Were the Victorian writers like Lady Gregory on opium and just...blurred their sources? Mistook Beowulf for Fionn (weirder things have happened)? In this case, I can say no. Instead it’s in the Acallamh na Senorach, aka That Very Important Text That I Still Haven’t Read All Of Because It’s Long And Scary And I’m A Good Celticist.

So, I was going to give you the O’Grady translation, but then I realized: That translation is old and, frankly, I should have read this ages ago, at least in translation, so, to make it up to you, and because I’m Extra and we have to stan a pyromaniac, here’s my translation of his introductory paragraph, from the edition of the Acallamh included on the CELT database:

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Aillén mac Midhna do Thuathaib Dé Danann do tigedh ó Charn Fhinnachaid atuaid co Teamraig, & is amlaid ticedh, & timpain ciuil 'na láimh, & do codlad gach nech at-cluinedh h-é, & do chuiredh ainnsein cairche teined as a bheol, & ticedh co Temhraig i líth-laithi na samhna gacha bliadhna, & do seinnedh a thimpan, & do chodladais cách risin ceol sídhi do-níth, & do shéidedh a anáil fon cairche teined, & no loiscedh Temhair cona turrscar gacha bliadna amlaid-sin fri ré trí m-bliadan fichet.

“Aillén mac Midhna of the Tuatha Dé Danann went from Carn Fhinnachaid to Tara and this is how he went, a musical stringed instrument/drum (yes, both of them can be a timpán) in his hand, and everyone who heard it fell asleep, and then vomited a blast of fire from his mouth, and he came to Tara on the feast day of Samhain every year, and struck his instrument, and everyone fell asleep because of the music of the síd, and his breath incited the blast of fire, and he burned Tara with all her belongings each year like that for twenty three years.”

Bit of wordplay that’s lost in English: the word used for “blast”, cairche, is the same as the sound emitted from a musical instrument, and there’s no way you can tell me that wasn’t intentional. Likewise, “séitid”, the word used to describe the way that Aillén’s breath blows up the fire, can also be used to describe playing a musical instrument.

#irish mythology #aillen mac midhna #The Fenian cycle #Fionn mac Cumhaill

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grudgecollector · 3 years

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Soft Whisper of the Basket Flower | Chapter 10

Chapter Title: Gladioli

Pairing: Loki Laufeyson / Fem!Reader

Story Summary: You’re an agent of the Time Variance Authority and partner to Mobius .M. Mobius. Your job is simple, help with finding the possible whereabouts of the Loki variant, and don’t get caught in the crossfire.

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Tags/Warnings: swearing, injury and blood, brief angst, canon divergence.

STORY MASTERLIST

Your eyes stayed glued to the open field where Alioth was, the imposing cloud threatening to devour anything and everything. The danger Sylvie was about to put herself in worried you. While you knew how strong her powers were, you knew that if she made one mistake she would die.

The possibility of that happening made you a lot more scared than you thought it would. She had been fighting for this for years. The opportunity to finally take down the TVA at her fingertips. And you were all too willing to help her take those steps towards her goal.

You took a deep breath, placing your hand on her shoulder gently squeezing.

“Okay, so what’s the next move?” Mobius yells over the thunder that roared in the sky, purple lightning striking like a snake in the clouds.

“The TVA needs to be brought down. We don’t know who created it or where they are, but that thing out there does. When it hit me earlier, I linked to it. It was brief but I caught a glimpse of something, and I think if I can get close enough to it, I can enchant it, and it’s gonna take me to whoever’s behind all of this.” She takes the TemPad she took from Ravonna from her pocket, handing it to Loki.

He heaved a sigh while looking down at the device, “I’m staying.” He says.

“Loki, I don’t know if this is gonna work.” Sylvie looks at him.

“You go, I go.” He said, giving her no room to argue.

Nobody protested. For once Loki was making a selfless act to sacrifice himself for the betterment of other people, he was going to help find the truth and take the TVA down. Your only hope is that it’s not in vain, that they are able to get through.

Loki hands the TemPad to you. You looked down at his hand, his fingers softly brushing against yours. You slowly backed up from him dropping your hand to your side.

The device in the hands of the youngest Loki beeped “It’s happening, guys.” He announced “The branch will be right out there.” He pointed to the field.

“We’ll give your regards to Renslayer.” Mobius yells over the wind as you get the timedoor ready.

“Oh, please do.” Sylvie says with a smile.

“You boys want a free ticket out of here?” Mobius asks the other Lokis.

“What? No. We’re staying here.” The youngest shook his head.

“This is our home.” The older Loki agrees with a nod, followed by a growl from alligator Loki.

Loki looked back at his three counterparts and asked “Are sure? What about Alioth?”

“We’ve survived this long. We know what we’re doing.”

The child stepped forward “Loki, you’re gonna need this on your journey.” He says, conjuring the same dagger he had used to light the fire. Loki looked at him for a second before finally taking it and conjuring a scabbard on his back.

“Good luck. I hope you find what you’re looking for.” The oldest Loki encourages.

Loki smiles nodding at him and you watch as the three Loki’s make their departure. You give them a small wave and open the timedoor for you and Mobius. You look at it, almost scared for what you’ll find on the other side.

“Looks like you got away in the end.” Mobius says to Loki.

He nods, tilting his head with a smile “I always do. What will you do at the TVA?”

“Burn it to the ground.” Mobius says “Thanks for the spark.”

“Finally, I can see if I actually am a pyromaniac or not.” You joke, “My bets are set on ‘yes’.” You see Sylvie smile and Loki laughed softly.

“Well, see you later, Loki.”

Mobius holds his hand out, only for Loki to stare at it for a second, shaking his head and pulling Mobius in for a hug instead. You couldn’t hide the smile that crept up onto your face.

“Thank you my friend.” Loki says.

Mobius looks over at Sylvie and jokingly says “You’re my favorite.”

You looked back out at the field, stepping forward to stand next to Loki after he pulled away from Mobius. You felt Loki’s fingers brush against the back of your hand, ghosting against your skin with the wind. The thunder rumbled above, and with a final sigh you turned towards Loki, placing an arm on his bicep.

“Whoever’s on the other side of that thing…” You look out at the thunderous cloud “Kick their ass for me, will you?”

“Oh trust me.” He looks at you with a smirk “They won’t know what hit them.”

“Good. Stay safe out there.” You say.

You stepped back from Loki, turning around and placing your hand on Sylvie’s shoulder, giving her a nod and walking through the timedoor with Mobius right behind you.

Both of you stepped out into Mobius’ office, running a hand through your hair while trying not to think about every single possible horrible scenario of what could happen today. What if it didn’t work? What if instead of defeating whatever evil is behind the TVA you all just make everything worse? What if Loki and Sylvie got eaten by Alioth? You could feel Mobius standing just a little bit behind you, papers rustling over his desk.

“What are we going to do once this is all over?” You ask quietly “I already feel like I’ve lost my purpose before we’ve even done anything.” The rustling stopped and you could hear the soft steps of Mobius’ shoes against the tiles as he walked closer to you “I know that this isn’t the life I was supposed to have, but since I don’t remember everything from my past. This is all I know.” You look at him, his brows were knit together.

“Well, there’s always time to figure it out.” He reassures, placing a hand on your shoulder.

You breathe out a sigh, nodding to yourself “Alright then. Are you ready to break everyone’s reality?”

“I’ve been ready.” Mobius smiles and chuckles lightly.

---

You and Mobius worked quickly, releasing B-15 from the holding cell in the Time Theater and telling her the plan you had. She was going to go to Earth before Ravonna was taken by the TVA and lead other Minutemen there, showing them the truth of their reality. It would be the easiest and quickest way to do this, distracting everyone else while you and Mobius pursue Ravonna and confront her.

And here you were again, staring at the hourglass patterns on her office doors while standing behind Mobius. He glances back at you before knocking on the door.

“I said I wasn’t to be disturbed.” She calls from inside. You couldn’t help but roll your eyes at that.

Mobius opened the door anyway, walking inside “Well you’re not gonna be happy to see us.” Ravonna turned around from where she was standing over her desk, back turned to the door “We’re back.” He whispers. You look around her office curiously and looking at her, you give her a small wave and sarcastic smile.

“If anyone was ever gonna make it back from The Void, I supposed it was gonna be you two.” She replies, just standing there stiffly.

“Oh, well, you know, one man’s Void is another man’s piece of cake.” He touches the baton he was holding to his shoulder.

Ravonna inhales deeply with a smile on her face, “So, you’re gonna prune me?”

“Yeah… But, you know, my standards might be a little higher in that area than yours. You know, with close personal friends.” He gestures between the both of them.

“I’m sorry.” She says with a tilt of her head “I couldn't let you get in the way of our mission.”

“Mission?” He asks “The Time-Keepers are fake. We’re all variants. What mission?”

“It can’t have been for nothing. That’s why I had to prune you.” She brought her TemPad to her mouth “Hunter D-90 to my office, immediately.”

You couldn’t help but chuckle at that “Yeah. Sorry, Ravonna. That’s not gonna work out the way you think it is.” You took out the pen you had tucked into your pants pocket.

She looked at you, her fear evident on her face “What did you do?”

“Oh you know.” You shrug, dropping the pen on her floor “Found you on Earth.”

“I think people are ready for a little truth now. You know, like the TVA is a lie.” Mobius says.

“What if it’s a necessary one? Someone created the Time-Keepers. They created this whole place. They gave us all purpose. I have to believe they had a reason.”

“No, because I’ve seen the horror waiting for people when they get pruned, and there’s nothing necessary about that.” You nod in agreement.

Ravonna tried to defend her statement, saying that only chaos and death would follow if the timeline wasn’t pruned like it ‘had to be’. You gave a humorless chuckle, looking at the ceiling for a second before looking down at her. The delusions she had about this place being a good-doing peace keeper were honestly sad.

“What about free will?” You ask.

She scoffs, smiling wide as if to mock you “Free will? Only one person gets free will. The one in charge.” She turns around going back to her desk.

“Don’t you realize how messed up that sounds?” You ask, taking a step towards her “How come some nameless person is allowed to snatch us up from our homes, our lives, and create a so-called purpose for us to fulfill while erasing every bit we have left of ourselves but our faces?”

“Shut up.” She shakes her head, not looking back at you.

“No. You sent us to die, you were supposed to be a friend to Mobius, and I used to think so highly of you.” You chuckle bitterly “What the hell happened to you? I mean seriously? What makes someone turn down a path like this? So devoted even when the truth is shoved right down your throat.”

She didn’t budge, still hurriedly packing her briefcase of various files and books “Nothing happened to me. I didn’t change.”

Mobius was the one to speak up this time “You didn’t change? You betrayed me.”

“No, no. You betrayed me!” She yelled, pointing right at him “I looked out for you, hung my neck for you, and you both suffer a crisis of faith and turn to those variants?” She spits “Eons of friendship. And you threw it all away on a couple of Lokis. No, Mobius. I didn’t betray you.” She looked at you, “And I used to think so much better of you too, it’s so disappointing seeing you help the enemy. But I can’t say I’m surprised.”

“Are you kidding me?” You scoff, your fists clench at your sides.

Mobius walked up behind you, softly placing his hand on your shoulder to calm you down.

“We can’t take away people’s free will, Ravonna. Can’t you see that?” He tries to reason, rubbing his hand on your back softly. She ignores the both of you, and starts typing on your TemPad instead. “What are you doing?”

A TimeDoor starts to open “What I need to do.”

“Wait, stop.” Mobius urges, walking towards her “Look, maybe we can build this into something better together.”

She scoffs “I’m sorry, Mobius.”

“I’m not gonna let you go.” He powers up the baton.

“Oh shit.” You whisper to yourself. Mobius was definitely not a fighter so you were preparing yourself to step in if you had to.

“Please, Mobius.” Ravonna whispers “Even with that… You’re of no danger to me.” She glances over at you.

“Is that what you think?” Mobius asks, “Let’s see.” He walks forward, at least trying to prune her. She was easily able to block it though, grabbing the baton and pulling it from his grasp easily. She kicked him to the ground harshly, making him groan in pain.

You charged her next, kicking her in the side and going to grab the hand that held the baton, but she was faster than you, switching it into her other hand and striking you in the face with the sharp tip on the other side of the baton. Your torso twisted as you fell to the ground face forward, you fell to your knees and caught yourself with your hand. Your cheek pulsed painfully and you could feel warm blood trickling down your chin. You turned to see her aiming the baton at you, daring you to try that again.

“Your fighting is predictable.” She says, breathing heavily.

“Yeah? And what does that say about you? Since you’re the one who taught me how to fight.” You spit, glaring up at her “Go ahead. Do it.”

She stares at you for a second, bringing the baton back to your throat and deactivating it. She looks at Mobius before turning around and grabbing her briefcase, and walking towards the TimeDoor she had spawned.

“Where are you gonna go?” Mobius asks.

Ravonna turns her head to look at him “In search of free will.” She says, walking into the TimeDoor.

You look at Mobius and stand back up, fingers going up to feel your injured cheek, “Fuck.” You hiss, pulling your hand back and seeing the blood coating your fingertips. “I can’t tell if she was mocking us, or if she just suddenly had a change of heart after slashing my face open.” You joke, walking over to Mobius and helping him stand up.

He moves your face to the side gently so he can get a closer look at your face “We need to get this cleaned up.” He says.

You nod, looking down at your bloody fingers again. “Yeah, probably. Would hate to bleed out through my face.” You chuckle, giving him a small smile. You both made your way to the door, turning to look at Mobius as you walked down the hall. “We should probably go see how the timeline’s doing too.”

---

Once you were in Mobius’ timeline observance room he began going through the drawers of one of the desks for a first aid kit that other employees usually had tucked inside. A precaution just in case anything happened. You were thankful that he was willing to go through the trouble, knowing you didn’t want to try and do this by yourself.

If there was one thing to make light of in your current situation, it was that you found an amazing friend in Mobius thanks to the TVA. Not only was he your closest friend, but the man you trusted the most over anyone else. He was a genuine person, a man with a heart of gold and a lot of care to give out even for those he doesn’t know. He’s helpful, reassuring, he listens to you, and respects you..

You flinched away when you felt him gently dab the blood away from your wound, the skin around it throbbing from the pain. You couldn’t help but hiss when he accidentally brushed the tender skin with his pinky, his apologies following quickly. It hurt like hell.

“Do you think this’ll leave a cool scar?” You ask, seeing Mobius shake his head, trying to hide his smile.

“You need to stop getting yourself hurt. Soon enough you’ll start lookin’ like a mummy with all these bandages.” He chuckles.

You look over his shoulder to the observing screen that shows the timeline. There were only a couple of minimal branches so far, making you feel a mix of emotions. On one hand you were glad that time wasn’t collapsing in on itself, but on another you were scared that Loki and Sylvie were in danger.

“You think it’ll work?” You ask, staring at the screen still as the three timelines continue to branch.

“I can only hope it does.” Mobius replies after a second of silence.

Just as Mobius was taking the gauze out of its packet Loki walked into the room, he looked around frantically before his eyes landed on you. You stood up from the desk chair you were sitting in and walked up to him quickly, standing in front of him.

The second of relief was gone when you noticed that his companion was missing “Where’s Sylvie?” You ask, worried evident in your tone “Is she okay?”

Loki was trying to steady his breathing as he nodded “She’s fine. But we made a terrible mistake.” He says, making your stomach drop a little “We freed the timeline. We found him beyond the storm. A Citadel at the End of Time. He’s terrifying. He planned everything. He’s seen everything. He knows everything. It’s complicated. Okay? But someone is coming. Countless different versions of a very dangerous person. And they’re all set on war. We need to prepare.” Loki rambles frantically.

“Hey, try to breathe okay?” Mobius says, getting up to stand next to you, carefully reaching forward to touch his arm “We’ll figure this out, but you need to sit down for a second. I need to patch up her cheek. Then when I’m done we can go find Sylvie and figure out our gameplan okay?” He reassures the trickster.

Loki looks at you, finally noticing your slashed cheek “What happened?” He asked.

“I tried to kick Ravonna’s ass.” You chuckle “It didn’t really go as planned.”

“Clearly.” He replies, stepping back and letting you go back to the desk chair you were sitting in before he came in.

While Mobius was patching your wound Loki told you both what happened, the man they met that was so kindly called ‘He Who Remains’, which totally wasn’t oddly creepy. He talked about the man’s charisma, and how good he was at talking.

He Who Remains knew the answer to everything because he knew exactly what would be said. He had tried to convince both him and Sylvie to take his place, to run the TVA and let it continue how it always has.

While Loki and Sylvie talked to the man, he had successfully planted a seed of doubt into Sylvie, convincing her that all Loki wanted was a throne and people to rule over. Resulting in a big fight where Sylvie pushed Loki away at the last second, sending him back to the TVA so she could finally kill the man who robbed her of her life.

Once Mobius was done you all stood, ready to go find Sylvie and bring her back.

The likeness of her being in a good mindset was low, so you were all bracing yourselves for what was to come. You were all thinking about how you could get back to The Void, coming to the conclusion that the only true way was probably by pruning yourself, but there was no telling if Alioth had taken his place once again or if he was truly gone for good. There were a lot of risks you were planning to take in order to get Sylvie back and safe.

Before you could even set out to look for a baton, a Timedoor opened a few feet in front of you. Sylvie walked through the orange barrier, her eyes red and puffy from crying. She brushed past Loki, who tried to reach out for her, leaving down the hallway to who knows where. Loki looks back at both you and Mobius before turning to follow after her.

“Should we go after them?” Mobius asks after Loki disappears down the hall.

You shook your head, “No. We should keep an eye on things here while they talk.” You glance back at the timeline observer.

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Loki Episode 2: "The Variant"

Spoilers under the cut

Every time I hear Miss Minutes, I hear Twilight Sparkle impersonating Apple Jack, and that's the most terrifying thing about this show.

Where are we? Ren faire? REN FAIRE!!!

I understand you, pretty lady. They don't, but I do.

Wait, if Casey didn't know what a fish was, what are the chances of the Minutemen knowing what a Ren faire is?

"Holding out for a hero" — hey, I got that reference—

YES PLAY THAT BOP

I love that song I love that sequence. Play it at my funeral.

NO HE'S TALKING TO THE TWILIGHT JACK CLOCK

SWAT THAT FLY BABY

Lesser kind. Oh dear, you have no idea.

Catch me throwing hands with B-15.

Ooo Lokis

Listen to him lecture them about Magic is Science!

Ooo Mobius knows what's up

Loki is the companion, Moby is the Doctor, and we're doomed

He really is Professor Loki

Oh my gosh Loki, stop

No seriously, you're transparent

See Mobius called you out on it. Chill Loki

What happens if we do go past critical in a Nexus Event? 🤔

Mobius and Renslayer sound like the parents who are trying to pin their child's bad traits on the other but it's both their fault

Zoo Loki vs Wild Loki

OH YEAH NOT UNLESS THE TIME KEEPERS DECREE IT CAN LOKI CHANGE

Bull. CRAP

If they want that variant caught, they should freefall out of their high tower and go catch him themselves!

"Eyes on the road" says Lightning McQueen

"I was almost gone" says me every time my mom calls me back

😨😨

😱😱

Have you, dear? Your hand is showing.

ICE RUNT

I knew it was gonna be paperwork.

This isn't a library, rando background character. Let him dramatically not read

Loki, go sit back down and stop trying to get classified information. You're not Tony. You can't hack the system.

Oooo what is it

HE'S CRYING

Don't make me go through this AGAIN

He IS a good actor. Loki. We already knew Tom was.

CASEY

"You."

I feel sorry for that salad monstrosity

We're not going back to Ragnarok.

Ever

Trailer dialogue!

We don't trust Loki but we can 1.) trust his rage, and 2.) trust his love of being right

Oh gosh, this really is like Doctor Who. We're going to Volcano Day. Hope the TVA don't notice the Doctor and Donna saving that one family

Actually. They wouldn't notice. Because we're in an apocalyptic event.

Cool.

Loki is so excited about volcanic destruction and that recalls him RELIGHTING SURTR TO BURN DOWN ASGARD

You beautiful pyromaniac, you

I love the goats I want them as pets

Oh my Lord in Heaven

LOKI MOVE

Awe, sleepy Loki sleeps

Jet skis. Gotta love 'em.

I don't know, Loki. I read about you. What's that say about me?

"Three magic lizards" — aka Argonians high on WAY TOO MUCH HIST SAP

Existence is chaos. Chaos magic. Spontaneous creation. It's real because I believe it's real.

↑ Wanda?!

Time Lords are writers with their own edit as you go underlings

We know he's clever but WHY is he clever?

We need to pump Loki up with high fructose corn syrup

THE SWALLOW GOES EXTINCT IN 2050?!

Our Monty Python references will mean NOTHING without the swallow!

Saying that, was it the European Swallow, African Swallow, or all swallows?

I love uncovering holes in people's security!

We're going grocery shopping in Sweet Home Alabama. Lit

Please make a distinction of which Loki gets pruned next time. Thanks

Look at these adorable people walking through a hurricane. Only Florida Men do that

MAGIC

I sure hope we can trust you, Loki. This time. At least.

Oh I always love being watched by ominous silhouettes with bombs!

Loki is me. B-15 is my brother.

"Hurricane Sale." Accurate

Body swap and possession. Sus.

This hurricane is so much worse than Pompeii

"Sheeve your smarm"

"Randy"

Well snap. Recharge. Recycle.

This doesn't look good for Loki

I miss Randy, too

Loki, God of Mischief, gets beat up by an Alabama redneck.

ROBO DOG THING TOY

Oh shiiii

SOSIDNDOFIFJ WE'RE DEAD WE'RE DEAD WE'RE ALIVE BUT WE'RE DEAD

I really dig this music

LOKI NOOO

And credits

Well isn't this lovely?

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