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serenescribe · 9 months

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If the three sentence prompt is still open then would you be able to write that scene from sleeping beauty where Aurora pricks her finger on the spinning wheel? But with overblot Malleus and Silver? (But Malleus still cares for Silver and doesn’t want to straight up kill him like Maleficent did)

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At the sight of his precious knight sprawled out against the stone floor in eternal rest, Malleus cannot help but smile.

It had been so easy to twist a meagre sliver of Lilia's dream, to lure away Silver with the drawling whisper of his name, enchantments swaying him along — away from the walls of the castle they're in, down a conjured path of twisting, shadowed corridors that does not actually exist.

And when Malleus conjured the spinning wheel, a curse infused into the prick of the needle, and coaxed Silver to step closer, to touch the tip?

It is a safe way to put the knight out of commission, to remove him from the equation altogether. Malleus does not wish death upon him, but Silver is slippery, his unique magic more trouble than he prefers. But by laying a curse upon him within his domain of dreams, Malleus no longer needs to worry about his unwanted intrusion, his dear knight so hellbent on halting his plans.

With a flick of his wrist, he lifts the slumbering boy up into his arms, cradled close in a princess carry. Silver's head lolls, eyes pressed firmly shut; Malleus cannot held but lean down and press a chaste kiss against the heated skin of his forehead, leaving a bare smudge of blot against his pale complexion.

"SILVER!"

At the sound of a familiar shriek, Malleus turns, greeted with the sight of Lilia, a fire burning in his crimson eyes, the silhouettes of Sebek and the Child of Man behind him. A gloved hand clenches tight around the doorway; "What did you DO to him?!" Lilia screams, anger ripping through his words at the sight of Silver in Malleus' arms.

Malleus only smiles. "I only did what had to be done," he breathes — and says nothing else. No, instead he lets his magic whisk them both away — to his castle in the depths of the abyss, where he shall lay Silver to rest within a silkspun bed draped with veiled canopies, watching over him while stroking a tender finger along his cheek, the boy remaining still and unmoving.

His knight will never wake up for as long as this eternal dream remains, but Malleus shall take care of him for the rest of time.

#my writing tag #tumblr drabbles tag #ficlet frenzy #twst #twisted wonderland #twst spoilers #twisted wonderland spoilers #twst ch7 #malleus draconia #twst silver #lilia vanrouge #twst fanfiction #twst writing #this one is..... handwaves #in my defense i did watch the scene but. sobs #originally had a diff vers of this partially written frm lilias pov #but decided to switch to mal #not 100% satisfied but eh i hope it's enough :')

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im-the-son-of-rage-and-lov3 · 5 months

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I accidentally deleted my old intro post so here’s me trying to remember what it said.

Pick a name to refer to me. I don’t feel like coming up with one myself.

Pronouns she/her but also fuck that whatever’s fine.

Grayro lesbian.

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#i speak into the void at a normal volume #intro post

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felassan · 1 year

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its that time again! 🍵

Thoughts/wonderings on Dragon Age: The Missing #4, under a cut due to spoilers for The Missing -

I'm probably becoming a lil unhealthily obsessed with this building. what do we think it is? the Archon's Palace is the highest building in Minrathous (tho I guess not, as it has sewers and this is floating). A Circle? it has a similar shape to the logo for the Circle of Magi. the meeting place for the Magisterium senate, lording over everyone below from high above? whatever it is it looks cool and it must be important to be featured on the map. I wanna go there (๑*ᗜ*)

I love Neve Gallus' design. it's fresh and cool, and she just looks so cute and neat okay. also full of detail - the snake pattern on the headpiece, shoulder 'scales' and scales elsewhere, collar & jacket like one of those hooded snakes, snake-'tailcapped' footwear (rather than steel toe-capped), the serpent belt and of course most of all the beautiful snake design of her prosthetic limb. 10/10 character/costume design

this page had me on my knees basically. my heart.

surely this panel is a new meme format hh? same goes for the one where Varric is saying "Then perhaps all this is linked" and Harding says "And we've led them here"

you walked into the wrong neighborhood bro

I also liked this pair of illustrations, they had a nice 'bookend' feel and reminded me a lot of Lord of the Rings.

Other thoughts:

Minrathous looks kinda cyberpunk and (despite what Harding says in the opening panels) feels quite clean in this comic

Is that the person tailing them lurking in the doorway that Harding is catching sight of here?

These holes in Varric's ear seem to be new. What happened? Injury from the leopard attack?

confused a bit by the perspective flip in this issue. In issue 1, Varric was more like 'stop', and Harding was more like 'talk to him'. it's flipped around a bit here.

Varric smiled when he thought about Neve and then lit up when he saw her. she calls him an "old friend". I wonder how they met and how long they've known each other. something to do with varric's spy network?

This panel felt a bit meta hh.

When Neve says "Your friend is quite intense" is she referring to Solas or Harding?

Then we come to the two main things we learn in this issue:

We learn that Solas has been in Minrathous causing trouble. He's been attacking Venatori locations in the city, stealing artifacts from them and freeing elven slaves in the process, which has greatly angered the Venatori. The Venatori now want revenge and a "bunch of rebellious elves" are "causing trouble throughout the city, presumably in the name of the one who freed them". I wonder if the artifacts weaken the Veil, are connected to the idol somehow, or are simply sources of great power that Solas either needs for himself/his plans or that he simply thinks should be taken away from the Venatori so that they don't cause harm using them? Tevinter Nights showed agents of Fen'Harel seeking artifacts and referenced rumors of elven artifacts that strengthen the Veil, like the ones from DA:I. freeing folks also makes sense, "I am not a monster" and it's something he has a history of doing

In this issue we also learn that Neve works with a group called the Shadow Dragons, who have been trying to help the former slaves. indeed they're trying to help anyone who is held as slaves in Minrathous. this is our first time hearing about this new group. they make it their business to help those in need and Neve makes it her business to help them. I'm a bit ¿ about their name, just due to how it sounds, but it's exciting to learn about a new group/faction. Each issue of this DA:D prequel comic has shone a spotlight on a faction - Grey Wardens, Antivan Crows, the Veil Jumpers and the Shadow Dragons. two new, two old. it's a nice balance. and it brings to mind the common fan theory/speculation about the PC of DA:D having a different faction background depending on the player's choice. at the very least it feels like a way of saying 'these four groups [or characters from them] will feature in a significant way/be 'players on the board' in DA:D".

thinking about the Shadow Dragons' name in an in-world context, like thinking about why they may have chosen their name: dragons are emblematic of Tevinter. dragon imagery is everywhere there, dragons are a symbol of power and Tevinter heraldry shows a dragon. the Tevinter Imperium is a 'dragon', or several (metaphorically) - Magisters, ruling over the classes below. the "shadow dragons" feel like "the other side" of Tevinter, the side in shadow, the underside, the 'anti-Tevinter'. I'd guess that they are the "Tevinter you forgot", i.e. the Viper's faction. (and if you look at Tevinter heraldry, there is also a snake 'in opposition' to the dragon.) before Missing #4 I wondered if “the Tevinter you forgot” "means they are a group of folks who have fallen through the cracks in Tevinter society or who are the downtrodden in Tevinter society. is it some sort of uprising or anti-Magisterium movement?" - here we learn they're trying to help people Tevinter 'forgot' like slaves and former slaves. I also commented "from the story it sounds like the dark-clad card dealer is the Viper. the magister in the story is afraid of him and tries to claim that the Viper is just a tale, implying that the Viper’s name has become known as a sort of shadowy, stealthy urban legend in Minrathous and that it has a sort of bogeyman effect on magisters." Shadow indeed. Neve later comments that the Shadow Dragons are trying to "help anyone held as slaves in Minrathous". I think it was in the Dorian short story in Tevinter Nights that there's a reference to how there's now an anti-slavery movement in Tevinter. Is that the Shadow Dragons? you can see possible echoes of "the Tevinter you forgot" in later comic dialogue "The Shadow Dragons have vowed to help us restore our dignity. To get back the lives that were stolen from us by the Venatori. To make sure we don't have to scrabble in the dirt for food and warm", imo.

I wonder if Dorian, Mae and the Lucerni know anything about the Shadow Dragons? maybe they've done some work together?

and while the Viper/Viper's faction/the Shadow Dragons themselves didn't appear in issue 4, issue 4 still highlighted them, continuing the pattern I speculated about, of the DA Day short stories (Evka/Antoine/Wardens, Teia/Viago/Crows, Strife/Irelin/Veil Jumpers and Viper's faction/Shadow Dragons), one from each of those short stories per issue.

Varric is still having a bad time. also he was born in 9:1, and so if DA:D is set in 9:52, he's now over 50. from these comics, he's feeling old and tired. I don't expect that he'll be a companion in DA:D. more like an advisor (off-field), a contact or quest-giver, or the person that recruits us.

"But why? What did he get out of it? Surely, he wanted something in return" was an interesting line. because like on one hand "I am not a monster", he has a history of freeing people who were enslaved and he's shown as valuing freedom and not enjoying needless suffering. setting people free definitely is the only decent thing. but he's also smart and does things with purpose, always playing 4-D chess, and has been outwitting Varric and Harding at every turn throughout these comic issues, always one step ahead. it seems like a 'it's both' situation. like two birds, one stone. he would free people and it's the right thing to do, and he also gains from it strategically. Varric lampshades this in the final page: and it's three stones, actually. Solas freed people, dealt with the Venatori on his tail and slowed Varric/Harding down long enough to escape all in one move.

Also, at first I wondered if the brown-haired elf was sort've projecting his own perceptions on Solas (with the "his kin" lines). but look here. the leader of these Venatori has a pouch round their neck. the others don't, it's prominently placed and it's consistent on this Venatori in every panel they're in here. and where have we seen that before? around the neck of the Venatori stalker that saved Varric from the leopard in Issue 3. I think we're supposed to conclude that the ringleader of the Venatori that attack the elves in this issue is the Venatori person that's been tailing Varric and Harding all throughout these comic issues. the Venatori ringleader seems to recognize Varric in a later panel, with the "You!". They fight and Varric starts demanding answers from the Venatori leader. but then, just as he's about to get answers, the brown-haired elf intervenes and kills them at that very moment. they won't hurt their people anymore, and conveniently also (more than one purpose to things again..), now Varric and Harding won't get any answers. and also this:

another - not two, but - three stones. when the brown-haired elf kills the Venatori ringleader, A) preventing them from further harming his people and B) preventing them from giving any answers to Varric and Harding, C) the killing blow also cuts that pouch from their neck. a very specific thing to depict. presumably in the chaos of the Venatori leader's death (you can't see the elf's hands in the very next panel) the brown-haired elf has grabbed the pouch, and part of his goal all along was to take it. I think we're supposed to conclude that the pouch contained the crucious stone and that the brown-haired elf works for Solas. so the "You're too late, I already have the crucious stone" letter from issue 3 was a Solas fakeout, the Venatori at that point in time did in fact have the stone (having beaten Solas to the vault, and as-shown by the Venatori who saved Varric from the leopard having the pouch around their neck), and the events of issue 4 were part of Solas' plan to steal it/steal it back from them (and going by Neve's earlier dialogue, it's not the first artifact he's stolen from them). so two things here: one, Solas' 'three stones' are actually-actually four (free the slaves, deal with the Venatori on his tail, delay Varric/Harding long enough to escape, and steal the crucious stone artifact from the Venatori [my head hurts]). and two, the brown-haired elf was working for Solas after all. he'll give the pouch (and the contents, the stone) to Solas, "he set us, his kin, free" wasn't projection considering that he does work for him, and him being there in the alleyway when he was, with the information that he had, was part of Solas' plan to escape and get the stone. otherwise, it's pretty convenient that one of the former slaves at the place Neve's aware of where former slaves have been eating scraps, at the time when she takes Varric/Harding there, just happened to have helpful info about the meeting that Varric/Harding needed and also happened to kill the Venatori leader and in the process cut the pouch from their neck. idk if it means all the elves here were working for Solas or just the brownhaired one or the brownhaired one & the blond one, but yea. definitely the brownhaired elf is I think.

Neve fighting was cool: staff-less magic and then as a mage using a dagger or shortsword.

party combo-kill! ice spell + finishing blow - a comic depiction of Shattering :)

Brown-haired elf missing his elven ear here.

A cool panel. Also, you can't see his other hand..

just really liked these two panels :) also, they missed their chance, they missed this chance, in this, a comic called The Missing... is that why it's called that?

[clenches fist] vowing to protect Neve and her good heart at all costs

and he stole the crucious stone artifact from the Venatori.

I am not sure that I agree with the premise of this article that BioWare retweeted, that The Missing is required reading before DA:D. I enjoyed issues 2 & 3 a lot! I was hoping for a bit more from the end of issue 4, perhaps a small Solas appearance like at the end of Dark Fortress or just a bit more insight into his plans or things in/the setup for DA:D. finishing on the Dread Wolf mural from the DA:D TGA 2020 trailer as a reminder was neat but the highlight reveal from these comics as a whole was definitely the new mural depicted in issue 3.

"He knows us too well, we need to find/use people he doesn't know" is the same conclusion that was reached at the end of Trespasser (and Harding was present for that conversation). I guess the meta irl reasons for The Missing are: A] since it'll be almost 10 years irl between games, to refresh folks about that conclusion and the fact that it will be a new PC and why it has to be 'someone he doesn't know', since most new players to the franchise at DA:D aren't going to buy years old DA:I and DLC and play til it the end of Trespasser B] fill some irl time C] do some marketing/advertizing and D] highlight these four groups/factions and introduce the two new ones (Veil Jumpers and Shadow Dragons) in advance of DA:D, and possibly highlight these specific characters (Strife, Teia, Evka etc) the same way (though I speculate those characters are more like DA:D 'contact' cameos rather than that they will be companions themselves). Certainly if I was Varric at the moment when Harding asks "So who are you thinking?" at the end here, after the events I had experienced and people & groups I had met in recent weeks, with those being fresh in my mind, I would be thinking about the Grey Wardens, the Antivan Crows, the Veil Jumpers and the Shadow Dragons, both as groups and terms of the mental list of people that I had recently met who Solas doesn't know. again it makes you think about the popular speculation that the DA:D PC will have the background of being from one of these groups. also, those 4 groups aren't ones which were referenced in Tevinter Nights as keeping an eye on Solas/as Solas having some info on them in turn (unlike some other groups like the Mortalitasi, the Executors, the Ben-Hassrath etc).

#dragon age: dreadwolf #dragon age 4 #the dread wolf rises #da4 #dragon age #dragon age: the missing #dragon age: the missing spoilers #bioware #video games #solas #late bc ive been working on other posts #long post #longpost #tevinter nights #strife

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choicesbookclub · 1 year

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Miss talking about your favorite Choices books? Want to replay and reminisce with others in the fandom? If you answered yes, I hope you will consider joining the Choices Book Club. All are welcome to participate! ❤️

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You can post screenshots, reactions, dialogue, sh*tposts, memes, fanfiction, drabbles, moodboards, edits, drawings, sketches, poems, songs, + more. Just share anything that inspires you during the replay.

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Personal Note: Thank you to the original host of Choices Book Club, @jamespotterthefirst for letting me reboot this club. I know I had a lot of fun with the past replays and I hope more fun can be shared with the next book clubs! ❤️

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scribbledquillz · 1 year

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Micro Story Meme #16: In Dreams for the fabulous @jinakadaisy - thank you so much for the extra prompt, I hope you enjoy this!

I will continue to poke away at the others I have as I have time, thank you guys! Feel free to shoot one over if you'd like, the more the merrier! 😊

It was not the distance which proved challenging - a thousand miles meant nothing in dreams, their space in the Fade pliant as folded parchment - but the eyes their journeys drew. In all their eons they had not seen the Veil this thin, sheer and fine as the delicate silks their Boy's sister used in her old trade, and just as delicate. Even the most careful, deliberate steps would send ripples through the Fade now, and to risk frequent travels meant to risk the notice of beings incapable of benevolence.

But Love was patient, and could withstand far more than any of the errant Sorrows, Despairs and Desires that caught wind of their trail. And when that interest had sufficiently waned, Love appeared before both of them as they slept. To the sister they were a glossy black crow with golden eyes, making a perch of the sill at the kitchen window of her little cabin in the Hinterlands; to the man a lithe tabby cat with a tatty ear, lounging in the salted air and sun on the balcony of his once-master's estate.

They would lead and both would follow, recognition greater than any wariness they might hold. Each time they brought them somewhere new, yet familiar, places tied to the memories carried closest to their hearts. A woodland pool surrounded by lush moss and dappled sunlight, a sturdy log cast in shadows by the glow of a campfire, a bedchamber built of heavy timber and stone, watched over by the crest of a silver griffin while a grey sea churned beyond its windows.

Then Love would leave them there, content to gift them these stolen moments of quiet peace and tenderness in a world which had stolen away both.

And when they woke it would be with renewed courage to face the coming days, knowing somewhere in a dream that was not quite a dream, their Love waited for their return.

#dragon age #dragon age origins #zevran arainai #revka tabris #zevka #zevwarden #just a little intercontinental face timing care of your friendly neighborhood spirit of Love #long distance is so hard when you're separated by war #a giant hole in the sky #unwelcome political complications from your old masters #mad templars #and you know - not knowing if the other person is even still alive #they're owed a little fade hang out. as a treat.

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rose-of-pollux · 9 months

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1 & 4 for vincent on the comfort character ask meme!!

How long have I known about them? Oooh, a very, very long time; I have such vivid memories of watching 13 Ghosts when I was 4 and thinking that it was the coolest thing in the world that the gang had a Warlock Dad now. I did not understand the concept of a voice actor until I was around 7 or 8, and it was at that point I assumed that Vincent Van Ghoul was just Some Guy they came up with for the series. And then, when I was around 10, I found out about Vincent Price and my reaction was basically "He's real!?!?!?!?" (I mean, for real... there is only the thinnest of veils between Scoobyverse Vincent and the real Vincent, but that's an essay for another time).

4. What about their personality I like? He is the Dad Who Stepped Up and he didn't even realize he did it. We only got 13 episodes, but you can pinpoint the exact moment he went from "These Meddling Kids" to "MY Meddling Kids." The moment in question? "Me and My Shadow Demon" again, when he drops everything and flies from the Himalayas to Kyiv (he specifies Bald Mountain as where Befuddle Manor is--according to legend, it's right outside of Kyiv in the Ukraine) because he knows they're going to need his help.

At that point on, he's literally their Adopted Warlock Dad. Someone impersonating him via telegram to trick the gang into traveling somewhere? He's there to help. The gang is having movie night? He's there to bring the drinks. The gang is on a cruise? He attempts to get there to enjoy a family vacation, and then looks into things when he can't teleport in. He lets them stay in his castle and eat his food. The man literally starts to come out of a love spell because the gang starts screaming for help, I mean--

Look at his face; it hasn't struck midnight yet (when the love spell was supposed to break) and he's already waking up from it because his kids and dogs need him, gatdangit!

(I have So Many Emotions about this, and that is also another essay for another time.)

#ask reply #Vincent Van Ghoul #scooby doo #the 13 ghosts of scooby doo #13 ghosts of scooby doo

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darehearts · 4 months

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🪴 - for your muse to lean on my muse for support. (pav leaning on Jim literally or figuratively? why not?)

copper floods his taste buds, muscles seizing in the wake of an explosion that propels them until they crash against the unyielding embrace of a nearby rock. they are stranded on Cestus 4, a colony on the galaxy's fringe, now a ruin under the shadow of a mysterious alien ship commandeered by the Gorn. the surface is a labyrinth of chaos, their crew dispersed within the dense forests, veiled by thick undergrowth, as unseen predators stalk them. their bid for escape both for themselves & those they endeavored to rescue has faltered grievously.

❝ come on Mr. Chekov . . . ❞ it's no surprise their communicators are jammed ; what else could anchor them in this volatile wasteland ?

Jim's ears still thrum from the blast, his deep blue eyes struggling to focus on the burgeoning inferno in the distance. a weight presses against him. ❝ come o — hey. ❞ his fingertips smeared with soot tenderly brush Pavel’s cheek. he starts with a gentle pat, then, with growing urgency, grasps the other’s shoulders to give him a firm shake.

❝ hey ! don’t you pass out on me. THAT’S A DIRECT ORDER. ❞ panic surges in his chest, the eerie cries in the distance punctuating the fraught silence between them. his heart pounds with enough force to rival the chaos around them. ❝ hey, i can’t lose you. look at me. we have to get back to the Enterprise and get the HELL off this planet ! i can’t do that without you. ❞

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#skasdff cuties and i love them! Jim will always be there for you Pav!#| ★ ANSWERED ( ASKS )#| V: ★ STAR TREK ( ACT : 4 )#| ★ QUEUE #ensnchekov

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maxwell-grant · 2 years

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Random thought, if various Pulp Heroes somehow had Social Media, what would it be like. If you want specifics, let's say The Shadow, The Spider, The Green Hornet, Kato, The Lone Ranger, Tonto, Zorro, The Spirit, Domino Lady, The Green Lama, The Black Bat, G-8, Operator No. 5, The Moon Man, and The Avenger (not including Doc cuz I know you don't like him). Bonus: Supporting Cast members (Harry, Nina, Justice, Inc. etc.)

(I’m going into this ignoring the time periods and just putting the characters in a vacuum)

The Spider is effectively a social media cryptid, who constantly makes short-lived accounts on most platforms that usually consist of first-person records of the terrors he goes up against and varied forms of death threats against criminals, with “DEATH TO THE BRINGERS OF DEATH!” becoming a rather contentious, ban-worthy slogan across the web. Surprisingly, not many people actually have the guts to make Spider roleplay accounts, terrified that they’ll be targeted by his enemies or the Spider himself. Richard Wentworth doesn’t maintain social media, but he’s rather popular across it as a figure of public fascination, this sullen millionaire who does and says weird things, scion of a dead family, who looks so tired and broken sometimes and who sometimes rants about systemic inequalities and philosophical quandries and horrors of the world even when he’s just being interviewed, and who sometimes gets violent and thrusts himself headfirst into people that try to shoot someone near him, and who absolutely would have been outed as The Spider already if it wasn’t for the fact that most people don’t think The Spider is a human being.

Britt Reid posts via a Daily Sentinel account that he runs solo. As someone playing the role of idle playboy, he is just good enough at faking Twitter brainrot to the point it works in favor of his secret identity, and just good enough at masking information to be successful as a crusading journalist and activist. As The Green Hornet, he actually runs a separate account that kinda seems like a LARPing thing at first to those not in the know, enough to not get him shut down by Twitter, but everyone kinda knows that it’s the Hornet’s actual account. It works in favor of the crimelord façade, lets him drop thinly veiled threats and misdirections, lets him constantly talk shit about major public figures and/or other heroes and keep up the charade, lets Reid get away with stirring the pot and dropping controversial statements stuff he couldn’t get away with as Reid. He has Kevin Smith and Seth Rogen blocked on all social media.

Kato was fine with just having burner flip-phones for picking up Reid’s calls, but Reid got him something a little more up to date. He still always uses the flip phones on the job, he uses gloves constantly and you can’t use touch screens with those but, occasionally he takes the time to get really good at mobile games of his choice. He holds world records on a lot of racing games, claims it makes for good practice.

Don Diego de la Vega basically just sticks to Instagram, posting your average celebrity attendance photos and amateur photography shots, occasionally some very classy thirst traps here and there, never anything too racy or undressed. There are quite a handful of Instagram & Twitter accounts and subreddits dedicated to Zorro, reporting on his deeds, his work within communities, praising or condemning him, and a loooot of them are not at all subtle about their thirst for the guy. Diego largely just finds this amusing.

Denny Colt would be a redditor, and he’d sort of drop by on The Spirit subreddit on occasion to do AMAs, mostly lying or telling truths so mundane that most people believe them to be lies. He loves and shares cat memes. The Spirit is the only one of these characters that I could see making sort of an effort to communicate with people online about who he is and what he does, largely as a way for him to seek assistance in his investigations and try to make things a little easier in terms of public relations. There’s a separate Spirit subreddit for people who, usually either want the women of his rogues gallery to step on them, or want to tie him up and show him a good time. The Spirit pretends he doesn’t know about this.

Domino Lady has a TikTok, as Ellen Patrick. Ellen’s considered to be very private with her personal info, with only a couple of wikipedia articles about her and pictures of her attending events floating online. But she’s good at playing the TikTok thirst algorithm, good at building up a charismatic online presence, and very adept at using social media to find her targets and info on them, many of whom actually just approach her outright thinking she’s an easy mark.

Jethro Dumont doesn’t use social media, or at least, not under his own name. The Green Lama has been banned from most social media sites following some of his posts targeting law enforcement figures and politicians, and if his secret identity wasn’t unknown, he’d be put on several watchlists at minimum. Most of his time online is spent on Goodreads writing book reviews, particularly scathing ones towards books that misrepresent buddhism and buddhist beliefs. The topic of cultural appropriation comes up a lot when people look up the Lama online. No, he is not selling his superpower-inducing radioactive bath salts anywhere, and the less people try to make their own, the better.

Black Bat lurks and posts on 4chan, and you’re just gonna have to take my word for it as to why. The /k/ weapons board doesn’t hold in-person meetings anymore because of him.

The Moon Man absolutely detests social media for a myriad of reasons, one of which being that it’s completely ruined most google searches for his name due to some wretched online memes attached to said name, almost got him to change his name and costume. The only place he really goes to is Linkedin, which is where he can sometimes find potential allies or people in need of assistance or money, and Tumblr, where he posts a lot about politics. He’s controversial, but all things considered, he winds up being pretty popular here.

Operator 5 only really joined social media to try and recruit people against whatever Great Invasion he was supposed to be fighting off that week. He was constantly and repeteadly told to fuck off for being a secret service spook.

G-8 posts on Deviantart. It’s quiet, nobody bothers him, he’s already calloused against unfathomable horrors from beyond the grimiest depths of imagination, and it lets him keep journals and pictures of some of his exploits for record.

Doc Savage still posts on Facebook.

Justice Inc maintains a website where they can be reached out for contact, and most of their social media is operated by Smitty and Nellie (who has a pretty massive following on TikTok). The group as a whole coordinates very effectively via Discord. The bulk of Richard Benson’s social media experience boils down to miserably staring at pictures of his family saved on old profiles.

The Shadow maintains and manages profiles on ALL social media sites, even dead ones or ones that you’d never even heard about. Lamont Cranston’s verified, but the account’s partially run by the real Cranston who mostly posts dumb garbage, which The Shadow allows for so long as it doesn’t jeopardize his cover. He’s got different profiles for his dozens of secret identities and most of these are maintained by Burbank and other social media-assigned agents who mostly pass on to him information. He arranges investigations, gathers clues, sets up traps, he hijacks podcasts to relay information, reaches out to people in need of assistance, manipulates information, and covers tracks for whoever helps him do it. It’s become a massive part of his crimefighting network and it further arises suspicion since no one knows which accounts could be secretly run by agents of The Shadow or The Shadow himself. Whoever thought that an era of endless communication networks would make The Shadow less effective or scary couldn’t be more wrong.

In short,

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I saw a Meme going around that claimed a "Scroll of Truth" had been found and that scroll read: Azriel and Gwyn do not have as much foreshadowing as E/riel.

For the sake of this post, I'm going to try to include all possible foreshadowing. It doesn't mean I view these E/riel interactions in the way a stan does but I'll play Devil's Advocate and try to say what I think they'd say.

Elain said to Azriel, perhaps the only two civilized ones here, “Can you truly fly?”. “Yes. Cassian and I hail from a race of faeries called Illyrians. We’re born hearing the song of the wind.” “That’s very beautiful,” she said. “Is it not—frightening, though? To fly so high?” “It is sometimes,” Azriel said

Azriel smiled faintly. “Would you like me to show you the garden?” But Elain did not balk from him, did not shy away as she nodded—just once. Azriel, graceful as any courtier, offered her an arm. I couldn’t tell if she was looking at his blue Siphon or at his scarred skin beneath as she breathed, beautiful ".

“Why not make them mates?” I mused.

Nesta said, “Then you will die.” Azriel only repeated, rage glazing that stare, “I’m getting her back.”

“This is Truth-Teller,” he told her softly. “I won’t be using it today—so I want you to."

I saw the painting in my mind: the lovely fawn, blooming spring vibrant behind her. Standing before Death, shadows and terrors lurking over his shoulder. Light and dark, the space between their bodies a blend of the two. The only bridge of connection … that knife.

“Don’t,” Elain said flatly, starting once more into a walk, veils of steam drifting past her shoulders from the roasted rosemary potatoes in her hands, as if they were Azriel’s shadows.

But Azriel only took Elain’s heavy dish of potatoes from her hands, his voice soft as night as he said, “Sit. I’ll take care of it.”

Elain bit her lip and then smiled sheepishly. “It’s for the headaches everyone always gives you. Since you rub your temples so often.” Silence again. Then Azriel tipped his head back and laughed. I’d never heard such a sound, deep and joyous. Azriel mastered himself enough to say, “Thank you.” I’d never seen his hazel eyes so bright, the hues of green amid the brown and gray like veins of emerald. “This will be invaluable.”

It was three by the time the others went to bed. Azriel and Elain remained in the sitting room, my sister showing him the plans she’d sketched to expand the garden in the back of the town house,

No one spoke, though shadows gathered in the corners of the room, like snakes preparing to strike.

Azriel … those longing glances toward her had become few and far between. As if he’d given up. After five hundred years, he’d somehow given up. Cassian couldn’t think why.

Then his gaze shifted to Elain, and though it was utterly neutral, something charged went through it. Between them

His secret to tell, never hers.

he couldn’t stand the sight of it, the scent of their mating bond, and needed to have the option of leaving if it became too much.

But she’d gotten Azriel one last year- a headache powder he kept on his nightstand at the House of Wind. Not to use, but just to look at. Which he’d done every night he’d slept there.

The part of the POV where we get confirmation Az is sexually attracted to Elain.

The Cauldron chose three sisters. Tell me how it’s possible that my two brothers are with two of those sisters and yet the third was given to another.

Moving on to Gwyn. Again, it doesn't matter the context because if the above foreshadowing included all examples despite how some could argue against the meaning then so should Gwynriel's.

Gwyn had been distracted today—one eye on the other side of the ring. Cassian could only assume she was watching his brother,

Gwyn let out a high-pitched noise that was nothing but pure excitement. Azriel, on the other side of the ring with the rest of the priestesses, half-turned at the sound, brows high.

He nodded to Gwyn and Emerie, the former glancing toward Azriel, who watched in silence. Gwyn again glanced to Azriel,

Apparently, Gwyn wanted him to go over dagger handling, so he’d left them with a promise to return in an hour.

His shadows peered over his wings at her.

The young priestess smiled- and Azriel thought it might have been directed at his curious shadows

He blocked out the bloody memory that flashed, so at odds with the girl he saw before him now.

I just…I know you like to be alone

Her breath curled in front of her mouth, and one of his shadows darted out to dance with it before twirling back to him. Like it heard some silent music.

It wasn’t every day that people took him by surprise

Azriel dipped his head in a sketch of a bow, something restless settling in him. Even his shadows had calmed

Azriel entered the warmth of the stairwell, and as he descended, he could have sworn a faint, beautiful singing followed him. Could have sworn his shadows sang in answer.

Something sparked in Azriel’s chest, but he only nodded his thanks and left. He could picture it, though, as he ascended the stairs back to the House proper. How Gwyn’s teal eyes might light upon seeing the necklace. For whatever reason…he could see it. But Azriel tucked away the thought, consciously erasing the slight smile it brought to his face. Buried the image down deep, where it grew quietly. A thing of secret, lovely beauty.

Cassian glanced over at Az, but his attention was fixed on the young priestess, admiration and quiet encouragement shining from his face.

Gwyn asked Az, her teal eyes bright, “What do we get if we finish the course?” Az’s shadows danced around him. “Since there’s no chance in hell any of you will finish the course, we didn’t bother to get a prize.” Boos sounded. Gwyn lifted her chin in challenge. “We look forward to proving you wrong.”

Gwyn threw Azriel a withering stare as she strode past him. “See you tomorrow, Shadowsinger,” she tossed over a shoulder. Az stared after her, brows high with amusement. Az angled his head, hazel eyes narrowing as Gwyn reached the archway. “Remember how Gwyn was with the ribbon?” Nesta winked and clapped the shadowsinger on the shoulder. “You’re the new ribbon, Az.”

I realize I may have forgotten a few minor things foreshadowing each ship but here's the thing. Elain and Az have had interactions in 3.5 books. Gwyn and Az have only had interactions in 1. 1 BOOK! And they are already nearly head to head with the major hints being put out for E/riel. This list doesn't even account for all the red flags being put up for E/riel and the points being made as to the Compatability of Gwynriel. And if we divided the number of interactions between books, Gwynriel would be far ahead.

I like Memes and all but your not doing your ship any favors when you make such inaccurate statements.

#anti e/riel #pro gwynriel #gwynriel

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bluiex · 1 year

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🌑 my team is actually based upon a character I made.

Frostlass, Chandelure, Cursola, Drifblimp, Runarigus, and Aegislash.

I decided to do what is called the ‘Gym Leader Challenge’ of where all my Pokémon could only be one type.

Challenge is by the time of your 4th gym you party must consist of only one type.

You are allowed to use your starter up until that point.

I did Ghost Type. And made my character with this. But this team was my ideal team.

Frostlass could do Hail and Aurora Veil, which combines with her Snow Cloak ability made her a special attack tank with great evasion.

Cursola was my glass canon as she could do Weak Armor. Very fast. Low defense. But hard hitting.

Ageislash had a move Kings Shield which upped defense. And with it going into shield form I could do power trick which swapped my Attack and Defense. Meaning I could hit hard. And then revert it back for insane defense.

Drifblimp was 100% my ‘Meme’ Pokémon. With the move Tailwind I gained speed to attack faster. And the move Strength Sap to take attack and lower it to turn it into health. I kick the Dragon Leaders ass with that move.

Runarigus was another tank with high defense. And with the move Earthquake it did heavy damage. Shadow Claw was also a good one as well as Brutal Swing, which he did some decent damage and could tank most hits from attackers.

Chandelure was this characters ‘starter’ and ‘friend’. As Litwick was the first ghost type I could catch early on. And this Pokémon was insane. Despite the low move pool to choose from I liked how it had the ability Flame Body. And could do massive damage when using Shadow Ball.

Sorry to ramble Blu. This was one of my best teams I had ever made. And I love gushing about them.

If you want I can also tell you my Pokémon Scarlet Team :)

<Clueless to move sets and stuff cuz i never played pokemon competitively AKSJFNFJEISHF

BUT I LOVE YOUR TEAM TOO. SUCH AWESOME POKES

#bluie gets an ask poggers #long post

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midnight-and-his-melodiverse · 2 years

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THE MIDNIGHT'S MELODIVERSE MASTERLIST (v2.0!!)

Welcome to the REVAMPED MASTERLIST with color codes for the WIPs! (even though it's been 3 months and that wouldn't have been necessary-- I just wanted a new one, ok?)

UPDATED ON 10/1/2022, CHANGES: Added a section for the Midscryption AU (co-created by Ame and I) and it's stories!

Anyway!!

Overture: Quick Tag Rundown

#themelodiverse - for anything Melodiverse related, mostly excluding worldbuilding, but can include answered asks relating to the Melodiverse in some way, whether it's OCs, lore or otherwise!

#Midnight's OCs - for anything relating to my characters, whether its intros

#Midnight's rambles - For my general posts that (mostly) have nothing to do about my writing, sometimes!

The Curtain Rises: The WIPs and their related content, canon or not!

--ORIGINAL WIPS--

Now for the main event, my WIPs and their related content! These will be color coded for easier reference! (also look at the emojis on either side of the WIPs' titles to familiarize yourself with what emojis are associated with which WIP!

A summary of Book 1's plot, in the form of a news headline: Local Teen Boy Discovers Mysterious Blade on Doorstep, Ends Up Encountering a Strange String of Arcane Events

An actual summary: A wolf-human boy named Midnight tries to keep a mysterious blade that he recieves on his doorstep one morning secret, as he uncovers the source of strange arcane events disrupting the city, and a young villain who wants the blade for malicious purposes.

The plots and summaries for the other books in the saga meanwhile, are under progress hehe

Brief Excerpt:

(nothing yet, sadly)

Some related content, if you desire to look: INTROS (which include the story intro, and character intros) EXCERPTS (in progress!!), INCORRECT QUOTES, MEMES, OUTLINE (This is exclusive content for those subscribed to the "Midnight's Behind the Pages" taglist, of which is still in progress, so stay tuned for the taglist post!)

News Headline Summary for Short Story #1:

Local Goblin Girl Gets Stolen Away By A Misfit Group and Is Taken Along On Their Many Adventures

An actual summary:

When a young goblin named Leshi who's afraid of large groups of people has her quiet little house broken into by some goblin criminals, she tries to shoo them off but to no avail, as she has no choice in the matter but to haul away with them, with the bribery of mysterious artifacts known as the Melody Gems.

With this bribery however, as each day the crimes committed grow more mischevious and full of tricks, Leshi considers reprimanding the misfits. But of course, with the legalities of it all and all of them being children, that wasn't bound to work.

Like the rest of the Melody Blade Saga, the rest of Goblin Theft Auto's stories' plots and summaries are in progress!

Brief Excerpt:

Leshi Desxia was a very young goblin, in the beginnings of her double digit years, who was averse to large groups of people.

Whether it was in the form of innocent family reunions or celebrations which posed no harm whatsoever, many gatherings of friends bickering amongst themselves or in some cases at each other, if a conversation was heated enough, gangs, and or criminals shadowed under the veil of night, she would not budge in going out of her way to avoid such situations.

Although by her own accord, her life was pretty lonely. Even with loving parents, Leshi’s fear of large groups was strong enough that every day felt like she was isolated in a prison of her own fears and anxieties.

However, all this changed, for what she assumed was the better, when one sunny morning she was awoken from her slumber to the sound of a resounding thud, and a wooden door being smashed open.

Some related content, if you desire to look: INTROS, EXCERPTS, INCORRECT QUOTES, MEMES

News Headline Summary for Stars, Bits, and Bytes:

Two Kids Stumble Upon a Strange Spacecraft And Are Then Thrown Into a Grand Adventure Through Space, With A Cranky AI, And Space Pirates

An actual summary:

After two adventurous young kids stumble upon a strange spacecraft, they are thrown into a grand adventure through space with a cranky AI who loves to misnavigate the ship, a group of strangely greedy space pirates who really want a piece of the group's ship, named the Titania, and an emperor who wishes to siphon music magic from everyone and everything to give himself power.

Brief Excerpt:

After sneaking by relatively unnoticed, they found the spacecraft, once a dot in the distance, but it was now fully visible from its landing platform. The Titania, which was the spacecraft’s given name, stood there boldly, like a valiant warrior posing. The sunlight reflected off the steel blue metal which acted as a barrier to gunfire and laser fire, which further presented the ship’s stature as marvelously momentous. The craft surely was a sight to behold.

The kids seemed to stare into the black abyss which was the cockpit windows spanning across from left to right, getting a slight glimpse at a rainbow of buttons inside the spacecraft. Those black windows were adjacent to that of an ethereal starless midnight sky. They were taunted by its height; it was like they were standing beneath a titan. Both of them being below average height for a child didn’t help matters in quelling the silent terror of laying their eyes on Titania’s seemingly massive stature as a spacecraft.

Some related content, if you desire to look: INTROS, EXCERPTS, INCORRECT QUOTES, MEMES

News Headline Summary for Silver Moon Sonatas:

A Young Teen Discovers Dark Secrets About A Symphonic Metal Band Who Is Hiding Bodies In Their Church

An actual summary:

A young girl discovers that vampires with the gift of music have formed a strange cult; one of being a symphonic metal band. Though, after she is roped into their backstage cult by force... she discovers that this band has many dark secrets, when she finds bodies of people in their church where they perform...

Brief excerpt:

(Nothing, yet...)

Some related content, if you desire to look: INTROS, EXCERPTS, INCORRECT QUOTES, MEMES

News Headline Summary for MIRRORVENTURE:

Young Teen Boy Discovers A Cosmic Horror In His Dream, Ends Up Having To Free A Trapped Kingdom In a Mirror Dimension Before The End Of The World Comes Upon The Boy's Family

An actual summary:

After a young teen discovers a cosmic horror in his dream, it's a race against time for him and his family to find the portal to the mirror dimension of which this cosmic horror inhabited, the cosmic horror itself, and liberate the trapped kingdom before cataclysmic events descend upon the world, keeping them in this mirrored reality.

Brief Excerpt:

(nothing... yet.)

Some related content, if you desire to look: INTROS, EXCERPTS, INCORRECT QUOTES, MEMES

News Headline Summary for Spirit's Call:

Young Teen Girl Encounters A Spirit From Beyond The Veil With A Distress Signal To Save A Colony Of Spirits

An actual summary:

After a young teen girl encounters a spirit from beyond the veil, they notify her that strange events have been occurring where certain evil spirits are possessing mortals, and thus, a distress signal was sent to her to help out the situation, before evil spirits cross over into the human world.

However, it's a race against time, as the girl realizes in order to enter the spirit realm, she must forfeit her life by way of painless magic. Though she's hesitant at first, she does so, and realizes there's more depth to the spirit world than she had been led to believe when she was told bedtime stories and convinced that they didn't exist.

Brief Excerpt:

(also nothing yet... hehe)

Some related content, if you desire to look: INTROS, EXCERPTS, INCORRECT QUOTES, MEMES

MASTERLIST TAG: @bardic-tales, @carefulpyro, @365runesofpassion, @multi-lefaiye, @albatris, @sammichkek, @parttimeghost (ask / DM to be added / removed!!)

Logo Credit goes to the lovely @lockejhaven! Thanks so much for your help with this, Locke!

--MIDSCRYPTION AU SAGA--

Brief Info about the AU:

Midscryption is an Inscryption AU that crosses over with the Melodiverse. Many adventures are to be had, many games lost, and lessons learned through death and the significance of death cards.

This AU spans across four books (known as volumes), and potentially some short stories and or comics in the future. The books in order are: I. Challenger Midnight, II. The Wolf’s Epitaph, III. Mox of Melody, and IV. Filthy Beasts.

Books in Order:

I. CHALLENGER MIDNIGHT (in progress!)

II. THE WOLF'S EPITAPH

III. MOX OF MELODY

IV. FILTHY BEASTS

#Midnight's Melodiverse Masterlist #themelodiverse

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