just can't stop thinking about how different grizzop's choice could have been if the cult hadn't taken vesseek but instead took one of the clutch

because grizzop swore an oath to his god and he knows his partner can handle themself, but he made an oath to the clutch when he adopted them, and they're just children, and he's meant to be their father!

and azu and hamid come racing down the stairs and grizzop is shoving adamantine into moving parts of the factory, and he's got to keep moving because there's a job to do there's a task to finish-

-and azu comes up to him, giant hand on his small shoulder. "they have our family. they have a baby goblin. grizzop, are you a father?"

and it hits so hard because he was expecting them to take vesseek! anyone who knows grizzop knows vesseek is the most important person to him, hardly anyone even knows about their clutch! but azu's eyes are round and her hand is trembling, only slightly, and he knows he underestimated them.

"who?" he asks before he can stop himself, but azu didn't know about the clutch, let alone who each of them are. there's one of his children, kidnapped and scared, and he doesn't even know which one.

grizzop made a promise to artemis that he'd finish this hunt and save as many people as possible- and the stake right now is most of the entire world. but he made a promise, too, to six orphaned goblins without a chance in the world, and it's because of him and that promise that one of them has been taken and used against him.

he's gonna have to break one of those promises

ID: a digital illustration of azu and hamid from the rusty quill gaming podcast, drawn from the shoulders up and kissing. azu is a tall, muscular, Black orc with closely cropped hair. she has a bright pink heart stud earring and is wearing pink. hamid is a short, stout, brown halfling wearing purple. he has a bright purple stud earring and gold rings on his fingers. azu supports hamid with a hand behind his shoulder, and hamid cups azu’s cheek. they’re both blushing slightly, eyes closed. the background is a bright pink and purple gradient sprinkled with small heart shapes. end ID

a color revamp of this from almost two years ago now!! it's a day late but happy valentines to these two especially ❤️

Propaganda below the cut:

An actual play podcast with stellar performances and very interesting characters, both PCs and NPCs. It's got a bit of growing pains (the first few episodes are a bit rough) but it is very worth it to continue.

I have now finished making all of the polls for group 2.

I'm just in need of some more descriptions.

Vlad/Jack/Maddie

Howard/James/Cel

Ranpo/Poe/Mushitarou

Adrien/Kagami/Marinette

Ichika/Nene/Kanade

Rui/Mafuyu/Tsukasa

Yamato/Ace/Deuce

If in a week no one sends in descriptions for these throuples, I'll write some incorrect ones. I'm hoping to have group 2 out the week after next.

Gosh I love characters that like. Are the Absolute Shittiest Human Beings but also that was the writer’s INTENTION, so me hating them is actually proof that they’re a good character, writing wise.

Yes, this is about Bertie from Rusty Quill. I hate him with my whole being, as I am supposed to do! The creators want me to hate him! And they succeeded! I’m so glad I get to be a part of that! My disgust is proof that they did what they meant to!!!

If a writer makes a fictional asshole who I am supposed to despise, and I do in fact despise them, it immediately endears the media to me. And the opposite is true, loving a character meant to be loved, but I feel like that’s a little easier than specifically making someone who is meant to be hated.

[id: a set of 7 slightly sketchy black fineliner doodles inspired by the last few episodes of rusty quill gaming. the 1st is a circular portal with a swirling pattern inside. the 2nd is of the babbage array: a brain suspended in some liquid in a tall container. the 3rd is of three cat-eye marbles. the 4th is a double-headd battleaxe with a thick handle and a point at the end. the 5th is a chunky dagger with a simple eye design on the handle. the 6th is a vaguely rose-shaped flower with many petals and a few pointy leaves. the 7th is a side-view of a monarch butterfly, with a thin pin behind it. end id]

got to the last few actual episodes in my rqg relisten, so here are some doodles i did (mostly while bored in class): feat. a weird portal thingy not originally meant to be rqg related but there are a lot of weird portals in rqg so *shrug*; a babbage brain in a backpack; a few marbles; a fancy little version of azu's axe; a wonky version of skraak's stalking dagger; a scribbly flower; and a pinned butterfly (for cel <3).

I- I am incredibly excited

Guess its time to re-listen to RQG again. This is amazing

[2023] TOP 20 PODCASTS ON AO3 FOUND IN FANDOMS > OTHER MEDIA

To make this ranking, all series titles in Other Media were copy-pasted to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, and then manually filtered since not all podcasts were marked as such.

The numbers under each rank indicate how much they rose/fell in the rankings based on last year's (Oct. 24, 2023) rankings, which can be found here. The gray numbers in parenthesis indicate how much fanworks it gained since last year.

The data for this year and last year's rankings were taken while logged in, so lcoked fanworks are included in the count.

A few web series like Critical Role and Dimensions 20 released audio-only versions of their works too, but I left them out since they were listed was a web series on ao3 and more known as one too.

Cabin Pressure has also been left off the list this time since its podcast format was only released in 2019, years after it aired on the radio.

All nonfiction podcasts have also been excluded (Not that there were many), because with RPFs, it’s hard to tell if the fic in question is just based on the podcast or because of the things the person has done outside of it. Last year, I accidentally included The Misfits in the list since I didn't realize from its description that it was nonfiction.

The Two Princes (Podcast) ranks 21st in the rankings this year, and actually ranked 20th last year when the rankings are adjusted to exclude Cabin Pressure and The Misfits.

The College Tapes is actually a spinoff of The Bright Sessions.

Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏

Listening to podcasts while going about my day feels so powerful. They don’t know there’s gay people in my ears

ID: a digital black and white sketch of cel sidebottom and james barnes from the rusty quill gaming podcast. they are drawn from the elbows up, kissing open-mouthed. cel is a thin, lanky half-elf with pale skin and pale curly hair in an undercut. they wear goggles on their forehead and a shirt rolled up to the elbows. they're missing part of an ear, with burn scars on the remainder, and they have blotchy chemical burn scars along their forearm and hand. they have one hand on barnes' face, the other gripping his hair. their eyes are closed. barnes is a young human man, slightly shorter than cel, and slim, with darker skin and dark curly shoulder-length hair. he has a trim beard and a curly mustache, and he is wearing a shirt and jacket open in the front. his eyes are closed and he has one hand on cel's back, the other in their hair. end ID.

quick n dirty celbarnes!

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Podcasts I’ve listened to, in the order I’ve listened to them…

mr sims can you NOT eavesdrop on their flirting conversation. thank you