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bumblingbabooshka · 1 year

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Everything’s alright...

#[REDACTED] family shenanigans #Sek #Sveyko #S'veyk #T'Meni #S'veyk had a nightmare and T'Meni was like 'daddy will help!'#T'Meni is S'veyk & Sveyko's pacemaker for how to interact normally with the adults around them #through T'Meni they learn that Sek isn't scary and won't become angry with them about anything...safe person~#<- they learn this bc T'Meni is much more demanding and outspoken than either of them and she doesn't get yelled at or punished for it #and also T'Meni often wants to be around her parents rather than doing everything in her power to avoid them #with Sveyko and S'veyk in the house T'Meni becomes more compassionate and eager to help others...takes up an almost older sibling/leader #role despite being younger #the twins were given bonnets but don't wear them and Sek doesn't feel it's an issue worth forcing #picturing S'veyk and Sveyko going to bed feeling completely at ease for the first time they can remember...#bea art tag #though this is more of a loose style

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shitty-kinda-doodles · 1 month

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Me last night, falling asleep with "Whatever It Takes" stuck in my head, then suddenly sitting up with an exaggerated gasp: Yasammy as Chaggie

#jwcc #jurassic world camp cretaceous #hazbin hotel #idk if you can tell bc of the mashed art styles but theyre grown up here #thats why their hair is like that #i imagine older sammy with a loose braid and older yaz with short hair #i did puff sammys braid to resemble charlie's though #sammy gutierrez #yasmina fadoula #no cuz the way vaggie sings about her and charlie reminded me of yaz #and the #the #the sunshine one thats always looking for the best in people but can still fight back #and the more down to earth one thats usually grumpy but is soo soft with her girlfriend and willing to do anything for her #i #yeah #is this too niche?#i mean im always my target audience first anyways but

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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 8 months

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Hello Hi! I’m alive and I saw DnD au.

I’m a very big DnD nerd and I want to say a thing!

1: I thought for a moment “no Howdy would be a martial Class” but you are so right, he makes inventions. So cool

2: WARLOCK WALLY WARLOCK WALLY WARLOCK WALLY (from a person who loves Warlocks this fills my heart with glee)

3: I am 5 seconds away from designing homebrew for them/building off actual subclasses for them. I am Actively trying to figure out how to Give Wally the Big House spell (which is an actual spell) bc it fits his vibe.

hello welcome back!

honestly i struggled for a Minute there w/ Howdy's classification cause yeah... four hands made for punching... but then Clown's response to an ask about what each neighbor would do in Splatoon said that Howdy would use some sorta bomb (i don't know the names/terms! i dont play!) so my brain went "ah! ranged attacks!" honestly most of my choices here are based off of that post.... its nice to know the Roles they would all take in battle!

ok im not a huge dnd nerd but like. im guessing 'big house spell' is the magnificent mansion, and isnt that a wizard spell? if you were willing to fuck with boundaries a lil, you could reason that wizard/warlock are juuuuust similar enough that either could use that spell

#though i wouldnt call it a DnD au cause im not strictly adhering to literally anything #bc i dont like restrictions or rules!! wildcard babey!!#i like playing it fast and loose. I Do What I Want style yk yk #its more dnd-Inspired high fantasy w/ some shared terms & world mechanics #but yeah warlock wally <3 #rambles from the bog #sorry if this response is a lil lackluster its very Late and im about to go to sleep #but i wanted to Respond before i forgot again #(also i Did try to find the og splatoon ask/answer but i cannot for the life of me find it </3)

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pushing500 · 8 months

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Henry has been following people around to watch them work all day, it's very sweet. He started by hanging out with Wookshys on the fishing bridge but got bored quickly and decided to trot around after Kaz like a little duckling instead.

Stared at this message for a few long minutes trying to work out how on earth Zonovo managed to "tuck a loose strand of hair" behind Baz's ear when Baz does not have hair. Eventually, I came to the conclusion that Zonovo tucked a strand of Zonovo's hair behind Baz's ear, and I could never resist drawing Zonovo with his hair down, so here you go.

Also loved that their smooches were immediately followed by a deep talk about death. Ah, romance...

Fafo is such a wonderful colonist to have. She's very talented, and I appreciate her a lot. Connie has been upset that her shoes are tattered, so maybe a pair of masterwork boots will make her stop complaining.

Then this happened, which was weird for a bunch of reasons, mostly because Andy is three and also we have no beer in the colony. Nothing actually happened after this notification- Kaz continued cooking, and Andy continued playing with the Comms Console.

The only person affected by this at all, in fact, seems to be Fafo, who now has a "jealous" mood debuff because Kaz was hanging out with someone else (even though he wasn't). I guess the pregnancy is taking its toll on her, poor thing.

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theleechyskrunkly · 1 month

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8, 10 and 14 for Paige and Aurinelle :)

motivation to answer asks has fallen upon me 🙏

Paige:

8- That would be his relationship with his parents, specifically his mother. Seeing her perform such wonderful plays and songs was so strikingly beautiful to him it basically inspired all his life aspirations.

He wants to create music worthy of being sung by people as talented as his mother, and he wishes for his compositions to be as popular and engaging as his father's.

10- Uuuuuhhh 🧍‍♀️Well, I guess this truly depends on which of Paige's morals are being challenged, but knowing Paige, he's likely to choose whichever path is less likely to affect him negatively in the long run. As I've said before, Paige likes to avoid conflict. (Sorry this answer is so vague. My understanding of morals as a concept is very limited 😓)

14- heh... does this even need an explanation 😭? Well, Paige strongly expresses himself through music (I know, shocker 😱) he tends to make new lyrics daily based on whatever mood he's feeling!

Rather than having a talent for lyric writing and music composition, Paige picked up the skills from all the music he heard his dad make, which allowed for creative flow in his young mind!

Aurinelle:

8- Oof there's no way this could be anyone outside his family because haha isolation, but I think that out of all his family members, the one that impacted him (not positively) the most was with Nellie.

This one has some lore drop to it on why Aurinelle doesn't trust himself to not harm anything smaller than him so buckle up I guess 💀

There was this one time in which Aurinelle was extremely sick. Nellie, being nothing but a little baby around the age of two, swam into Aurinelle's room to play with him, unaware of how sick he was. The issue is that when he's sick, Aurinelle's senses dull and he becomes highly alert to whatever comes near him and aggressive. So when Nellie touched his sleeping form, Aurinelle instantly went into fight pr flight mode, thinking it was a predator. Unfortunately, Aurinelle never chooses flight.

He attacked without having assessed the situation yet, and accidently blinded one of Nellie's eyes. Since that they he's refused to willingly touch anything that he could potentially harm, and that includes his little sisters. While his mums have tried to reassure him that it was as accident and that no one was to blame, he still hasn't gotten rid of the unease that comes with coming into contact with others, specially small or adorable people that might activate his aggression.

10- Aurinelle would stick to his morals no matter what, so he's likely to choose whatever option does not deviate from his beliefs, regardless of future outcomes.

14- This is actually a wonderful question! Aurinelle doesn't express himself as clearly as someone like Paige does, but he does enjoy expressing himself to fashion! While Aurinelle doesn't go out much, whenever he does he tends to wear Y2k fits (yes. This man wears CROP TOPS. It's the hottest thing istg). He's got anyone he passes swooning 😖 Aurinelle does like lighter colors btw! I wouldn't say pastel and stuff like that, just like, idk, lighter colors 😭

His other form of self expression would be his gems (they glow different colors with whatever emotion he's feeling) which he takes extensive care of.

Tagging: @thehollowwriter @elenauaurs @cyanide-latte @distant-velleitytant- @xen-blank

#Aurinelle's Y2k style does lean towards the more baggy side though #He'll also just wear an oversized white button up tee and loose jeans and be done with it 😭#twisted wonderland #twst #disney twst #twst ocs #Aurinelle sireiwen #paige pegasus #quinny 🐙

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antisocialxconstruct · 1 year

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me trying to engage in the primary hobby I enjoy: aaaaaaaaah!! AAAAAAAAHH NOOO

#I'm not immediately deleting it though. That's progress #maksim girard #I used to draw Maksim with his hair styled back much more severely...#it was a little shorter too.#I like to think he's been growing it out and he leaves the curls a little more loose and bouncy bc he knows Ilya thinks they're pretty gfds #artbyrom

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blackcatanna · 8 months

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I remember being excited when Fire Emblem Awakening came out back in 2012 because, although I couldn't afford it and knew I wouldn't be able to for a while, I thought that the price would go down eventually and I had loved Radiant Dawn so much (after picking it up second hand at a game store) that I didn't mind waiting. FLASH FORWARD OVER TEN BLOODY YEARS AND THE PRICE STILL HASN'T DROPPED AND ALL THE OTHER GAMES ARE ALSO ABSURDLY EXPENSIVE (not that I even have a Switch, just my beloved 3DS). SIGH. At least I still have my Wii and copy of Radiant Dawn for when I need to get my Fire Emblem fix... I CERTAINLY CAN NEVER PLAY THE FIRST PART OF THE STORY (Path of Radiance) LEGITIMATELY THOUGH BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOW SELLING IT FOR £200 ON EBAY X_X Good for them, I guess XD Maybe it's time to finally try making an emulator work...

#complaining about the price of games these days #BACK IN MY DAY YOU COULD JUST GO TO A STORE AND RUMMAGE THROUGH A BARGAIN BIN TO PICK A GAME BASED ON HOW EDGY AND ANIME THE CHARACTERS LOO #this is why the last nintendo console I bought was my 3DS #I have wanted a Switch for ages but the games are so expensive X_X #and I still have other games calling out to me on other devices...#Fire Emblem hits differently though #Playing Baldur's Gate 3 made me want to play Radiant Dawn again #IT BREAKS MY HEART EVERY TIME SOMEONE DIES BECAUSE OF MY TACTICAL CHOICES AND I LOVE IT #IT HURTS SO GOOD #I play very conservatively XD #I appreciate what BG3 did so much but now after 200 hours of that I hunger for SQUAAAAAARES!#(and the threat of permadeath)#Maybe my friend will let me play Three Houses on her Sweetch (that's how I pronounce Switch because I think it's cuter)#But I play shit SLOWLY XD and obsessively so I'd feel bad going to someone's house to do it #WHEN I AM RICH I SHALL BUY A SWITCH AND PLAY MORE FE GAMES AND ALSO THE ONES ON 3DS #But for now I am very poor XD #Omg just looked on eBay and someone's selling Path of Radiance for £2000! Wtf XD #OMFG I FORGOT THEY MADE A FIRE EMBLEM WARRIORS GAME (as in DYNASTY WARRIORS STYLE) XD WHYYYYY?#HNNNNG MAYBE I WILL BUY AWAKENING FOR MY BIRTHDAY #I COULD BUY A DODGY LOOSE CARTRIDGE WITH GERMAN WRITING ON IT FROM EBAY FOR £10 BUT THEN I WILL SPEND THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH STRESSING #AND BLAMING MYSELF FOR BEING CHEAP IF ANYTHING IS BUGGY OR CORRUPTED #Gonna make sure my 3DS is still working properly first though...#It's been a while #I mostly only boot it up these days when I get a Samurai Warriors urge...#It's in my apartment somewhere (I haven't used it since I moved over a year ago)...#(my Wii is still at my Mum's house down South so I will have to wait until the end of October to play Radiant Dawn again #but my brother says he has no interest in our consoles except the PS4 so I will probably take it back to my lair after that 3:)#It can be reunited with the PS2 and my DS Lite and 3DS!#THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD 4AM RAMBLE #talking to myself and making IMPORTANT GAME DECISIONS

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piknim · 2 months

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A little wip of a ref for my sona

#i changed some stuff on her design and i really like it!#i kinda wish i pushed her anatomy a bit more though #shes meant to be more loose if thst makes sense??#also im really happy with how my style is going atm <333 #i never do more intensive refs i kinda like it #also bc im dumb as fuck im trying to rebrand again bc using my normal name on everything was not working out. gonna keep that name for #more personal stuff

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akascow · 2 months

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u ever watch 80s movies and think damn they dont make men like they used to

#god this makes me sound so conservitive sorry #also the 80s style makes everyone all look a lil bit more gay it was lovely(even though it was a wildly homophobic time)#idk smth about the fluffy hair and loose shirts they were so much prettier #maybe im just anti masculine actually

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bluedoggy · 2 years

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Visiting the faeries, they offered for him to borrow some clothes

Loosely refrences this

#my art #jays art #oc #serpent #faerie clothing usually consists of one or two large pieces of fabric wrapped around the body loosely #though for more formal events they may use three or more fabrics #and then some faerie women like to wear the hanging sheer fabrics from their arms #i didn’t feel like drawing his scales lol #usually the midriff is not exposed as the fabric is wrapped to imitate a flower #well that’s the most popular way to do it anywyas #some fae will go simpler and wrap theirs like a toga #it’s on an individual basis #note fae have wings and some have tails so this style of dress is very practical for them #they keep the clothing from falling off by wrapping the ends around their arms tighter than the rest of their body #and usually using pins or clips #which can be hidden or can be fancy ones to add to the design #fae don’t usually wear shoes and they don’t decorate their wings (makes it hard to fly)#but they like jewelry and accessories #faeries love colorful and shiny things with lots of patterns #i imagine he’s wearing a purple and lavender silk with a floral pattern #and his sheer fabrics are opalescent #similar to the refrence piece

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kifu · 1 year

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A little bit of character design. ;) For a comic! That may never leave the brain.

#kifuart #digital art #artists on tumblr #yknow this is supposed to be 'unicorn' for the world #but i didn't want to do a unicorn unicorn so i went with DEER #and then deer antlers weren't right #and technically this species is a ... well a grim reaper really #a shepherd of the souls of equines that die #so i went with ram horns on a whim #i'm not entirely sure if that'll stick or if i'll go something more along the lines of axis horns #because i did very very loosely run with axis-type spots #i WAS also gonna go with my type of unicorn tail y'know?#but i ended up going the mule route and i'm very quite pleased with the turnout #yeah so i've been meaning to draw this for over ayear but it only itched enough for me to scratch it briefly today #still needs a lot work #but i also need to come up with a style that i can continuously do in comic form #should ie ver get to this comic #heh #definitely digging the deer base for this creature though #i'm glad - now that it's on paper - that i didn't go equine #equine-type face for sure #even though i stuck with a deer-type ear

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chiropteracupola · 2 years

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more undead keith because writing this thing has taken over my life

(and a chunk of said Thing under the readmore...)

The quiet moment passes, the faint cries of night-flying shorebirds distant on the air, and Keith watches them as they drift by. There are no boats left in readiness on Morar beach tonight, nor are the distant sails he recalled visible in the slot where the bay meets the sea. Disappointment upon disappointment — not only is he dead, but his usefulness at this post has evidently perished for the moment as well. His discomfort extends beyond the internal in that moment, as an odd twisting sensation curls its way through his cheek. Keith winces against it, his mouth curling half against his will as the out-of-place, crawling feeling moves upwards towards his cheekbone.

Looking down at his grave-muddied hands, his blood-marred waistcoat, panic fills him as understanding dawns, and he claws frantically at the source of the sensation. He digs his fingernails deeper against his face, and with a quick harsh motion, pulls a thin grey worm free of the hole in his cheek. Cursing, he flings it away and tries to tidy himself as best he can. There’s not as much dripping as he had briefly worried there might be, except for that slick half-dried mess all down the front of his waistcoat. Whoever had buried him had done it hastily, not stopping to neaten up the corpse beforehand. And lucky for him that they had, too — it would have been far more trouble to get free had the grave been any less shallow.

Unsettled again by the revelation of his decayed state, Keith folds to sit on what was previously his grave, elbows resting on his knees and his hands beneath his chin in a manner that purposefully avoids any further exploration of the new holes in his face. Gathering himself somewhat, he attempts to get his bearings. How long had he been buried? This is the question he prefers, for how long has he been dead only raises further and worse questions.

The moon has shifted significantly since he had seen it last, now stretching to form a broad arc of light against a sky as tossed with clouds as the sea might be with waves. But that means little to Keith at this moment. He has no idea of how long he had spent insensible and under earth, and no way of measuring out that time. By the turn of the moon, it could have been anywhere from a few days to a handful of weeks, or even more.

A consultation of his watch does him no good, for he has found already that it is gone entirely, as is his purse. Whoever had buried him had taken little care enough with his body, but had made a quick enough search of it for valuables, for there is little now left of any such thing. Wrapping his arms around himself against the sudden further chill, Keith notices that the epaulette has been cut from the shoulder of his coat. An odd enough choice of twofold theft and humiliation, but one that cuts at him just as decisively as the knife itself had taken hold in wool and in gold bullion, for in that instant Keith recalls that in his death, he had been forced into that decision that he had been so hesitant to make in life.

He had not known, then, that those were to be his last few minutes as a man living and breathing, hale and whole. It was not a proper soldier’s grave he had been given, without even the honor of a coffin to protect his body briefly from the scavengers and creeping insects that would have surely come for him had he remained much longer in the grave. Keith Windham, major though he was, has been abandoned again on the shore of Morar, hidden away out of sight to hide the failure of all involved. And now that he has risen from that death-marked secrecy, would he be any more desired? Would the garrison want a man with death-dripping holes in his face and a rotted, shambling walk, and beyond that, a man who had now disgraced himself twice over?

He had done the best he could for king and country, but could not say that he had given his life fully in their service. A year before, he would have thought it a fit price and a fit gift, to die beneath King George’s banner, for such was the other side of the coin of his expected fate. Toss the silver shilling, watch it spin in the air, catch it in sure sword-callused hands and see how it lands — one side is victory, the other side death.

But the wheel of the year had turned, and Keith Windham has been made to turn with it, swept off his feet by the rush of it as the seasons shifted and carried him along on each battle’s sweeping tide. Had it really only been a year? Keith counts out the days, estimating turning to guessing once again. It had been mid-August when he had set foot in Scotland for the first time, and mid-August again at the last. Somewhere in that year, the bright shilling of his fate has been melted and recast, king’s-head and crest turning to images indiscernible to Keith’s eyes.

Despite it all, it is still easy enough to put it away again, to slip the coin of fate into a pocket and carry it without feeling much of the weight of it at all. Keith is well practiced at such things; he drags himself upright and walks on, the cold weight of the far future no longer heavy in his hand.

#em draws stuff #em writes stuff #the flight of the heron #keith windham #trying to do a) more loose sketchy stuff like this b) landscape practice #it is Difficult because my instinct when it comes to non-forested mountains is just to draw my beloved san gabriels all the time #'might as well be chapparal' says my brain as I shout that that is not in fact the case #this is a warm-up more than anything but I really like how it turned out. keef <3 #and maybe also I am procrastinating a couple of big projects that genuinely require effort and care #so instead I scribble scribble scribble this sad wet cat man #undead!keith au scribbling has been pretty much occupying my whole skull for the past two weeks and deserves more art #at some point I want to do an entire fic with section headings in this style... I think that'll probably be saved for the tam lin au though #this one's rather beyond my illustrative skill on account of the. ah. Wormsmeat.#that said. it is loud in my brain and I need to be Saying Things about it at all times or else it'll just be me waving my hands ambiently

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aeide-thea · 2 years

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also: i just finished n*torious sorcerer, and enjoyed certain aspects of it but was left unimpressed/unconvinced by others (longer letter later on this, maybe? no promises tho), which i guess makes it yet another addition to the growing list of m/m tradpub fantasy novels i wanted to love but ultimately didn't, quite? part of me is honestly starting to wonder if the capacity for love is burnt out of me, although that sounds awfully dramatic and i quite frankly think it's equally possible that we're just getting more and more writers coming up by way of fandom and that it's eaten particular, recognizable sorts of holes (ha) in their skillsets...

#i mean—i don't know‚ that may be confirmation bias #it's not as if writers who didn't cut their teeth on fandom are universally good at‚ say‚ establishing worldbuilding #and not just sketching it out suggestively and relying on readers to supply what's not stated #(also like. at some level good worldbuilding can be sketched out as long as the sketch is *sufficiently* suggestive. sargent style.)#(and certainly overexplaining can easily sour into exposition dump. but like. you know what i mean maybe.)#or at writing women #(and actually on that point i thought this book was notably more successful than‚ say‚ meadows' or rowland's most recent efforts)#(still a bit unbalanced in that there were arguably four major characters—the central m/m couple and then a pair of sisters—#and the men had their arcs‚ i thought‚ much more resolved than the women did)#(in fairness i think the 'gotta leave something for the sequels!' factor may be relevant there)#(but—idk. something to be said abt priorities and whose stories we feel it's necessary to resolve at least the opening act of #vs whose stories we think we can leave in-progress and still feel as though we've tied up enough loose ends to have a satisfying book)#anyway—i hope obviously!—i'm not saying writing romance between two men is somehow an intrinsically misogynist move #but like. esp if you're writing something that's got a plot bigger than just the romance‚ i do feel like you ought to have women characters #and they ought to be given enough weight to feel like full people‚ even if they're full people we aren't focusing on #or otherwise spending a ton of time with #i don't know. i don't want to carp about any of this. i want to be magically presented with stories i love #where i don't feel the need to start squinting suspiciously at aspects of them because they've successfully convinced me #i wish i could tell whether the problems are with what i'm reading or with me :/#(very possibly both. road to el dorado gif only it's the dark version so no one has a goatee.)#bookblogging #you may have gotten the impression that i love to be a hater but i'm actually very tired of it #would love to be transported actually! cue patrick wolf the days

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stormeko · 1 year

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I'm back on my Sonic kick again. For someone who's been into Sonic her whole life, I've never made a real Sonic oc. Maybe it's time to fix that

#Sonic #Though idk #I've seen some good ones out there that I can genuinely see being canon #I have a species thought of and a loose color palette idea #And if I don't end up attached I can just make an au for Vivie #She could fit into the Sonic style pretty easy I think #I'd have to look more into game lore since that'd what I'd be going by

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afuntimepartyy · 2 years

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honestly Halloween is great because you can say Halloween costume when really its closer to that of a cosplay. like yes. my Halloween costume. not. not a cosplay of sorts. totally

#im actually hardly trained in cosplay at all i plan to do a lot more research oihdsfjkis #have a relatively small budget for this all #but i plan to style a wig n everything!! even make special things out of foam #or paint some fabric!!#i gotta get more money though so i can get some of the really cool stuff ive listed as optional #got most of the okays for the required list (very loose already)#so!! work a bit more for the extras #it even gives me an excuse to design and draw a ref for one humanization of a character ive been needing to do #but yeah!! trying to prepare a lot longer ahead of time for more room for money and to give me plenty of space for the more crafty side #im excited!! :]

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justanotherbirdbrain-blog · 5 months

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Geology of Natural Disasters and How to write them into your fictional universe.

So, you want to write about a natural disaster to advance your plot and torture your players/characters even more? Let me tell you how, accurately.

I feel like unless it is a volcano, natural disasters are a pretty slept on plot drivers, and some of them are really cool and unique! Today, I will talk to you about land slides, earthquakes (And earthquake related disasters), and volcanoes.

Landslides: Probably one I see the least in stories, but one that would be incredibly interesting to write into a plot where they believe in curses. Landslides can happen along ocean bluffs, slightly hilly areas, and highly mountainous areas, this means it is something that can happen in most landscapes. But what can trigger a landslide? Mostly all you need to trigger a landslide could be just abnormally large amounts of rain, excessive deforestation (with a little bit of rain), or an earthquake. If you don't want to use deforestation or an earthquake as a catalyst, a really cool indicator that the land is slipping and may be prone to a collapse is J hooked trees.

This indicates that there is soil creeping slowly over time, and it may lead to a major landslide.

2. Earthquakes: Probably one of the easiest things to write, earthquakes can happen anywhere, but they are most common in places that are tectonically active areas. There are about three types of environments you can expect earthquakes to be common. The first is just rugged mountains, if your landscape looks like this, you should write in earthquakes. Associated hazards could be landslides, avalanches, and large falling rocks.

The next landscape could be a thin mountain range, next to the ocean, very scenic, but very dangerous. Essentially, I am describing a subduction zone environment.

Earthquakes in these areas could equal a couple different associated disasters. Scenario one: A very large earthquake happens, and the ocean begins to recede. This is a tsunami, enough said. If you are writing a tsunami though, please, please, do not write it as a large wave, thank you. Also, a common way people are hurt by tsunami's are from them going into the ocean because they don't understand a tsunami is going to happen.

Scenario two: A large earthquake happens, your characters are in a valley and suddenly the ground begins to liquify as the ground shakes, once the shaking stops, the ground becomes solid like nothing ever happened, except everything has suddenly sunk into the now hard ground. This is called liquefaction and it typically happens in areas that have loose dirt or lots of saturated soil.

Scenario three: There are a lot of small earthquakes, they do not cause a lot of damage, but you begin to notice that one of the isolated mountains has a plume rising. Earthquakes can indicate lava moving underground and the filling of magma chambers.

The next environment that can host lots of earthquakes would be regions that have a lot of really deep valleys and small mountain ranges (not cone volcanoes), but overall seems pretty flat.

This indicates a transform fault like the San Andreas. If you want to hint at there being earthquakes in the area, you can show fence posts that are suddenly several feet out of line at a dilapidated farm or something similar.

(These earthquakes are different because they are cased from sideways movement, not an up-and-down movement this hint can only be used for this environment). Volcanoes would not be found here, but liquefaction and landslides could still occur here.

4. Volcanoes: If you thought earthquakes had a lot of information, volcanoes do too. First you have to ask yourself, what kind of volcano you want to have, what kind of eruption style? So lets break down the kind of eruptions you can have and what their landscapes look like. Hawaiian Shield volcano: This will produce a smooth fast lava, the landscape typically is pretty flat, but there will be small cones and the rocks can have a ropey or jagged texture and the rocks will be almost exclusively black to dark red.

Stratovolcanoes: These will be solitary mountains, typically, that look like perfect cones (Picture shown in earthquake section). These will have large ash cloud eruptions and pyroclastic flows, they may have some lava, but typically most damage is done from the pyroclastic flows (think Pompeii). Some hints of these, other than describing the cone features (which can be hidden by other mountains), would be to talk about petrified wood! Trees can get fossilized in the ash and I imagine it would be very strange to find this rock that clearly looks to be a piece of wood, but its a rock. Subcategory- Calderas: Used to be a large stratovolcano, but they erupt so explosively that the entire cone collapses and creates a basin.

There are a lot of kinds of volcanoes out there, so forgive me for just putting an infographic and then talking to you about these really rare types of eruptions that I feel like people should know about.

Okay lets talk about blue lava (kind of) and black lava

You will notice the lava is still red in the middle of this image, during the day these would look like a normal eruption, but at night the burning sulfur would make it appear blue. Some cool features other than this, would be that any water in the area would become very acidic and burn the skin due to sulfuric acid. This would again be really cool if you are trying to describe a 'cursed' land.

Black lava: This happens only in the east African rift I believe, but it is a carbonatite lava, but if you are writing in a rift valley (where the continent is tearing apart to form a new ocean) this might be a cool feature. The lava will cool white and will quickly erode, it makes for a very alien landscape!

Anyway as always, this is supposed to be an introductive guide for the basics of writing geology to create cool landscapes/features into dnd or fictional universes, if you are a geologist please understand my oversimplification of tectonics, I didn't want people to run away.

#geology #rocks #stem #dnd #dnd worldbuilding #worldbuilding stuff #fictional world #worldbuilding #fictional writing #writing resources #creative writing

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