Tysm to @dont-leafmealone for tagging me in this ask game <3

last song: emergency contact by pierce the veil

favourite color: purple :)

currently watching: I've been having a lot of fun with "school spirits" so far

last movie/tv show: the new Goosebumps show on Disney +! it was so fun too, I'm so sad there aren't many people online talking about it

spicy/savoury/sweet/sour: spicy!

relationship status: no <3

current obsession: aside from the usual things I'm always obsessed with, I would say the coffin of andy & leyley has given me pretty severe brain rot lol

last thing you googled: "scream mtv girls school name" (I wanted to remember for...reasons. au reasons? maybe. who's to say.)

I'm gonna tag mmm @cisneconcorbata @theowritesfiction @jctko & @745voiceofthepeople & anyone who wants to do it & say I tagged you :) no pressure tho ofc ^-^

self-efficacy, growth, and authenticity for raiden!!

SELF-EFFICACY– Does the end justify the means? How do they approach their goals? Do they blame others for their own faults or admit them?

Raiden is very much a 'the end justifies the means' type of guy. He hasn't experienced much fairness in the world and therefore refuses to hold himself to a different standard. He firmly believes he is the way he is because the world made him that way, and so he can compartmentalize a lot of the guilt for what he's done. Enter Annori, who has coincidentally lived through similar struggles when she was even younger, and didn't turn out a rotten bastard in the slightest. Her positivity, her faith, her determination and sense of whimsy tear through his excuses like a wrecking ball. Maybe he is this way not through circumstance, but because he chose to be. A hard pill to swallow for the lad. Since his moral breakdown and reuniting with the group, he's been making a huge effort to own up to his faults in order to alleviate the overwhelming sense of guilt that has now caught up with him, rather than twisting facts and weaving words to dodge responsibility - a skill he had pretty much turned to an art up until that point. That newfound vulnerability is not yet a courtesy that extends beyond their inner circle, however.

GROWTH answered here

AUTHENTICITY answered here

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✨What's a fic you've posted you wish you could breathe life into again and have people talking about it? (or simply a fic you wish got more credit)

I think probably Chicken Soup for the Goth-Punk Soul, my dndads fic I wrote while I had covid. It got a good amount of positive feedback already, I just really like the tone and feeling of it and would love to have more people see it! Scary is such a good character, I’d love to write more of her in the future

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Hey hey! A little bit of Caleb being a nuisance on purpose during a game of Bunions and Flagons

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“Friend,” his eyes flick up to meet Essek’s, finding them wide with surprise. “You are a man of… impressive intelligence, ja?” His coat still sits neatly folded in his lap, and he takes it in both hands now to give the image of a sheepish innocent. “I wonder if I could borrow a moment of your time.”

Almost audibly, all heads at the table turn to Essek. The elf sits stock-still, well aware of the attention. Caleb takes advantage of the shift, angling his chin down just a fraction until he’s looking up through his lashes.

The others might miss the short, desperate journey Essek’s gaze takes to just about every other point in the room. Caleb is familiar with the nervous habit by now, and gives his best, sweetest smile as that look finally comes to rest on him.

“I, ah…” He nods as though gesturing to something, though Caleb has no idea what. “What is it you require?”

With a wink that sends a flush across Essek’s face, he rolls the map out on the table between them.

“I need to find a nearby cave,” he explains, and lets one hand rest on Essek’s arm. A wave of giggles and whispers rolls through the others, breaking on a wolf whistle. “But I am unfamiliar with the markings this cartographer has used.”

To his credit, Essek is doing a very good impression of a man who has not stopped breathing. “I.” He bobs his head around helplessly, then tries again. “You are quite intelligent. I’m more than certain you can decipher it yourself.”

"That is true for me, ja, but Hans is-- he is of average intelligence, and I think…" He drops his voice to just above a murmur, holding Essek’s gaze all the while. "I think that he could use your guidance, if you are amenable, Avi."

The two of them sit there a moment as the gears turn behind Essek's eyes, tension thick enough to slice. Then Fjord leans across the table between them.

"Perhaps Travis can help with this," he says, and taps one finger on the map. "This symbol represents an inn, where the two of you can get a room."

tag game

thanks so much for the tag @airlocksandaviaries! i love these kinds of tag games <3

slow burn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // oh no there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt-comfort or amnesia // fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // canon-compliant or fix-it // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high school romance or middle-aged romance // time travel or isolated together //neighbors or roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or gender bend // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

Tagging @justplainmels @sententiousandbellicose @formerdetective @mystupiddumbflyboy @nicejobkid @malewifebillcage @redbelles @awkwxrdapple @scatterbrained-daydreamer @doodledrawreblogs @daydreaming-optimist and anyone else who sees this. No pressure if you don't wanna, of course!

81, 114, 159, 164?

81. Does your character look like what others think they should from their reputation?

It very much depends on the character! Leonys does, I think. Being known as "Leonys of Rohan" follows because she is easily identifiable as Rohirric from her physical appearance. As she gets older post-canon, and her reputation evolves, I think she changes to fit it. Drof and Hithanneth also look like one would expect. I think Belharen picks up more of a reputation than she's earned based on how she looks.

Hathellang, Dahlia, and Ferelin probably don't look the way people expect, though.

114. Do any of your characters insist on going by their fullname rather than a nickname?

Hmmm, I don't think it's especially important to anyone. Hathellang and Ferelin have mutually exclusive nicknames, where they refer to each other as "Ferr" and "Hath," which nobody else does, but it's not something they insist on.

(I also don't really give my characters nicknames very often.)

159: Does your character have any tattoos? And are any of them symbolic or significant?

Belharen has tattoos! I assume there's a cultural significance to them, since so many Beornings have them, but I haven't thought about it much. I want to wait until I do some quests in the area to see whether the game has already got something in that department.

I'm also debating giving Drof and my other dwarf Gribli tattoos, but I'm not certain yet.

164: Are any of your characters tinkerers or inventors?

Hathellang is! He actually ends up designing his own prosthetics after he loses his hand, though invention isn't really his go-to. He does improve on existing designs a fair bit, though.

dawn for morinel?

this one ended up turning into a continuation from 'westward ships have waded' from oc-tober. [not the direction i thought it was going to go BUT]

It’s been a week since they all set sail from Mithlond and gentle autumn rain falls onto Morinel’s dark hair while she sits silently on a crate at the bow of the Annúngil. 

She curls her fingers in the fabric of her cloak as her eyes track the movement of the waves as the white-timbered ship cuts through them with grace. She’s had to remind herself over and over that she is not leaving all her friends behind, that they do not see it that way, that they will all have each other, and that they will meet again.

But… she will meet Idhrín Celebril long before she will meet Saelinriel or Adallinda or their Grey Company friends.

Morinel sighs and shakes her head. 

A sweet-smelling fragrance comes lazily drifting towards their ship as a shadowy mass appears on the horizon. and a sudden torrent of anxiety floods through her veins. 

They are getting close now, to the Lonely Isle, and she realizes with a sudden jolt of disappointment that her father has likely not been released from the Halls, if he is there at all. 

She tries to shove that feeling down beneath the gratitude of being able to see her mother again and her friends, and Gil-galad and Merileth and the others, but it still lingers like a weight in her chest.

Later, as the sky lightens behind the clouds, the sounds of distant singing slowly come over the water. 

After a little while,  the light grey clouds roll away, though the rain doesn’t stop completely, turning the still-falling rain to a dazzle of many colored gems as the rosy-fingered dawn stretches up from behind the Calacirya in the middle of the Pelóri, turning the white-towered city of Tirion pink in the morning light.

The sea laps on shores of white sand as the ship slowly pulls into the quays, where many friends wait and tears spring to her eyes.

Mithlond may have been where she dwelt for a time, but now, with her friends, she is home.

who am i to refuse a warmup crowley meme

"If we must fight, Sethos... I shall defeat you with the power of my friend group of employed adults who miraculously have regularly scheduled meet-ups, and also my daughter!"

[redesigns]

happy birthday to the babygirl

(and to me, i turn 20 today oh god)

KILLION BLOODSTRIDER SCOURGE OF THE UNDERSEA VILLAIN OF THE DEEP and his familiar CROISSANT THE OCTOFROG

Hi it’s my birthday so please have one of my childhood memories

if you find yourself asking "how shall i spend the next one minute and 52 seconds?", i implore you to turn to the Wansa-kun opening for the most joyful way to fill the time. isn't this wonderful

i think we all know who the REAL star of season 3 is

i'm making a vague attempt to pace out this season by doing a drawing after each episode, so anyway here's my new fave character

and it’s all thanks to them