#why was it a paper dragon?
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The Trials
Ok, I'm tired, so I probably won't be posting this to AO3 until tomorrow or something but tumblr people get a treat. Anyway this connects to chapter 47 of A Hero Forged. The AO3 version will probably be a bit more polished or something. I'm too tired to be doing that right now.
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“I want to get Amity her job back.” Luz crossed her arms as she glared at Malphas. She had to look serious if she had any hope of this working.
“Ok.” He shrugged.”
“I don't care what you-” she faltered. “What?”
“Amity’s, like, one of my best librarians. I’d love to, like, rehire her.” The bird demon said nonchalantly.
“Then why did you fire her?”
“She needs to know that her actions have consequences.”
“Oh… Then can I have her ID back?”
“No.”
Luz blinked. “But you just said you wanted her back!”
“It must be earned.”
Luz was going to strangle him. She didn't care that he was the head librarian. They could find someone else, but (now that she thought about it) that someone might not rehire Amity.
“Fine,” she huffed, “how do I earn her her job back?”
“Through trials!” The lights in the library flickered dramatically.
“Of course.” Luz groaned. Everything in the Isles was through trials.
“First task, feed the electric bugs. Gary didn't feed them this morning and we can’t have the lights flickering.”
Seems easy enough.
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Luz yelped and ducked as a book flew at her head. The book had sharp teeth that could easily tear through her. Malphas caught it and held it by the spine as it snapped at her. “These are carnivorous books.” He told her. “They used to be harmless.”
“I think you mean ‘man-eating’ books.” She corrected.
“Only because Alan gave them a taste.”
She couldn't help but gulp.
“Is Alan ok?”
“He’s in the Conformitorium now.”
Was that better or worse? Luz couldn't decide.
“Oh.”
“Your task is to organize them by publication year and Author name.”
“Sounds easy enough.”
“That’s, like, what they all say.”
He began to float away.
“That would have been more ominous without the ‘like’!” She called after him. He let go of the book, which channeled its inner predator and leapt at her. “Weh!”
She lifted her arms up, her suit covering them. The book sank its teeth into it with the strength of a clamp. She barely felt it.
“Oh.” She blinked. “This will be easy.”
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Luz hummed to herself as she pulled the book off her arm. It took the elbow piece with it but the suit fixed it rather quickly.
“What a unique method.” she turned with a jump.
“Christ, Gary! Give a girl a heart attack, why don't ya?” She put the book on the shelf with some of the jerky Malphas left her.
“Sorry.” The nervous wreck of a witch fiddled with his thumbs.
“It’s cool. You need something?”
“No, Malphas just wanted me to check up on you.”
“Well, I’m doing fine.”
She tore the book from her shoulder, checked the author’s name and put it back. Wrong letter.
“I could help if you wanted.”
She grabbed one from her knee, checked and nodded to herself. There it was.
“Nah, I’m good. I've got a system.”
“You have a dozen or so books biting you.”
Now was the one on her shoulder.
She shrugged, “if it works, it works.”
“Where’s the rest?”
She pointed to the side where Spot was chasing various books.
“It’s a good workout.”
“O-ok.”
“Tell Malphas that he’s got to try better.”
“What?”
“No outside help.” She smirked.
Gary sputtered as Luz ignored him in favor of organization.
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“Next is like a bit of a pest that the library has had.”
“Did the pixies get in the library too?” She joked. Malphas gave her a blank stare.
“No.” He opened the door to reveal a large mountain of paper. “Do be careful of the fire breath.”
“The what.”
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Luz had given Spot her jacket after the mention of fire breath. Even if she had the Mark 6, she didn't want to risk it getting ruined in the time it took for her suit to fix itself.
She entered the room alone and wondered where the ‘pest’ was. It could be fire bees, but she couldn't see the nest anywhere. Before she could look around more, the mountain of paper rumbled and began to stand.
It had a long serpentine body that seemed to fill the entire room. It had four horns, two at the top of its likely head and two at the end of its narrow snout. Its face flared out in what could have been whiskers, she wasn't sure. Its legs were rather short when compared to the rest of its body and ended in a five clawed foot. The paper seemed to intertwine with another, creating a scale-like pattern. Over all it reminded Luz of the depictions of eastern dragons.
“Oh, fuck me.” She muttered as the dragon, which took up much of the room, stared down at her with oddly purple eyes.
It opened its mouth, revealing two sets of large, sharp fangs, and roared. Her arms rushed up as the nano-machines formed a large shield between them to block the fire that spewed from its maw. She was so fucked.
She lowered her shield when the fire finally stopped. She smiled nervously, “You wouldn't happen to be like Toothless, would you?”
It jolted forward in an attempt to bite her in two. Luz leapt back, her armor forming, the propulsion system finishing first to give her an extra boost.
“I’ll take that as a no!”
The dragon hissed at her as she regained her barings.
“I’ll add fighting a dragon to the list.” T.I.T.A.N. laughed.
“What list? And is now really the time?” She fired a repulsor beam at the dragon’s side.
“The ‘Hero Cliche’ list.”
The dragon didn't even seem bothered by the beam. It didn't even singe the paper. The dragon whirled around so fast Luz couldn't react in time. Within seconds the tail crashed into her midsection and she was being embedded into the wall.
She groaned as her back was lit on fire. It felt worse than that time Belos slammed her into a statue. “Ow.”
“A healing glyph has been formed on the left shoulder.”
“Thanks, T.I.T.A.N.” She pushed herself out of the wall. She pressed the glyph and was met with a wave of energy. “That’s better. Now, let’s fight fire with fire.”
She brought her hands together and the nanites shifted to form a large fire glyph in the palms.
Simultaneously, the dragon opened its mouth, embers building in the back of the throat.
“Fuck you, Oragami!” She screamed as a steady stream of fire flowed from her hands. The dragon met it with fire of its own. She could feel the heat start to permeate the suit and warm her palms.
Neither seemed to want to give up, creating a battle of wills. She refused to close, more glyphs formed. A half fire glyph formed between her fingers so that when she brought them together she had four additional glyphs, two on each hand. Another one formed on the leftover space on her palm.
They activated and it seemed Luz’s fire was beginning to win. She grinned. She didn't care if her hands were uncomfortably warm.
She overpowered it and her fire forced its way down the dragon’s throat. It coughed violently as she finally deactivated her glyphs.
She took this chance to land and pressed her palms onto the ground. Nanites rushed to the floor, spreading out. A circle surrounded the creature, lines began to form under it.
“Time for you to chill out.” She smirked as the ice glyph activated. A giant glacier encased it and Luz let out a sigh of relief as it froze.
She let her suit fall away. “That ought to have done it.”
God, she could use coffee at that point. Malphas first, then Amity, then she could go get coffee. That should have taken care of the ‘pest’ problem.
She didn't notice how the ice began to crack until it was too late. The glacier shattered into a million tiny pieces as the dragon released a mighty roar. Blunt and sharp bits of ice peppered her skin. “Shit!”
The Mark 6 reformed as quickly as she could get it. Something in her buzzed. She was tired and more than a little annoyed at this point.
She dodged another bout of fire as the annoyance turned to anger. That buzz, which was close to a bee, grew into a rapid stream. Her eyes burned as the dragon tried to impale her with its horns.
“Leave me alone!” She screamed. It was like the nanites had a mind of their own as they formed some new glyph. She didn't get a chance to look at it but it glowed blue, not unlike the ice glyph.
Water crashed down onto the dragon, soaking it. Any fire it had left died as the once white paper took a more gray color. It whimpered.
The anger faded and she blinked. “What in the…”
“I see you, like, tamed the paper dragon.” Malphas said behind her.
Had she? And what was that glyph? “Huh.”
#the owl house#the owl house au#iron witch#luz noceda#one shot#bonus content#paper dragon#why was it a paper dragon?#like i know why#but why
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Behold
Gremlin baby Dai.
Can you and your peepaws resist his creature charms?
#tmnt#teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt#art#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#crossover#tmnt crossover#rottmnt mikey#paper scales au#little dragons au#sketch#character reference#character art#tmnt dragons#rottmnt dragons#dw dai isnt in TOO much pain in the last sketch#he still shouldn't do it tho..#turtle tot mikey#tmnt turtle tots#turtle tots#rottmnt turtle tots#its normal... ish; his tail stores all his energy which is why its so chonky#its not normal for leos mental health and well babies#it grows back extremely fast#dw abt it#😏
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some parslies from my sketchbook and then some. and then some dill
#dragon age#inquisitor trevelyan#dorian pavus#the iron bull#pavelyan#now that im looking at all of these piled together i feel like i probably should have separated them in two posts. but also#i drew that comic on paper originally and then just lined and colored it on pc. which is why i wanted to put it with the others#and then the last two fit thematically. god whatever. its 5 am#dylan trevelyan#if anyone's still reading say hi to dill. he's my failed attempt at a templar route inquisitor. never did get past hinterlands#he lives on as an npc now (ex templar who hated his job so he fucked off to become a cartographer. also parsley's older brother)#he's also a short king now. used to be taller than parsley. not anymore#anyway#art stuff
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Felt like a bit of practice and a little bit of Al
Gave up in the middle of rendering but didn't want to let it go to waste y'know?
#alaros#blue dragon#humanoid form#hhhhh i just want to practice anatomy why is it so hard right now#tales of alor#maybe its time i go back to paper for a bit try to get a good groove back#because honestly im feeling BLUGH about my digital stuff lately
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The answer is none of them- HE HATED HIMSELF THE MOST WHEN HE WAS A GAMESHOW HOST 😂 HE WILL LITERALLY RUIN LIVES IF THEY BRING UP HIS WIPEOUT/AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR DAYS.
#ninjago#ninjago dragons rising#I’m rewatching the tournament of elements but WHY DID COLE EAT HIS INVITATION#HE ATE THE PIECE OF PAPER 😂😂😭😭😭💀💀💀#I hate the tiktok big back jokes BUT DAMN COLE#PAPER???#ninjago jay walker#ninjago Cole#ninjago poll#ninjago Jay#ninjago nya#ninjago masters of spinjitzu#lego ninjago#tournament of elements
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I have so many feelings about the Fallon Clip
Like, he's been banished, and he just rolls up to this wedding? The unmitigated hubris of that moment. Just trusting that Viserys isn't going to ruin the wedding by having his brother killed? And then. AND THEN. Boy has the audacity of just having a full blown "Let's talk my niece out of marrying her intended in the middle of the wedding THAT I WAS NOT INVITED TO AFTER I LEFT HER HANGING IN A BROTHEL AND THEN FUCKED OUT OF TOWN" conversation in the middle of a dance floor!
This is where the "It was his plan to ruin her and leave her there" crowd lose me. This man, this chaos gremlin, has never made a functioning plan in his life! None of his actions have been the actions of a functioning brain. His plans are, at best, "I would like x to happen. Maybe this will work?" He does not plan. He sets goals and hopes for the best.
I love this disaster of a man with all my heart.
#There are no thoughts behind those eyes#Couldn't plan his way out of a wet paper bag#This is why he almost lost the war#And the winning move was:#I'll throw myself at the problem and hope for the best#Chaos personified#I love him your honor#House of the Dragon#HotD#Daemon Targaryen#Rhaenyra Targaryen#Daemyra#Daenyra#Daemon x Rhaenyra#Rhaenyra x Daemon
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Me after the new season when my brain decides to bombard me with thoughts, questions, theories, and ideas for fanfics and memes at 2am:
#the dragon prince#I am so overstimulated#I had to sleep with pen and paper next to me so that I could write it all down#this is why I had a long weekend planned for the release!
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Namekian Culture (Headcanons)
Posting my random world-building headcanons here once again.
Sign Language
It’s mandatory for Namekians to learn sign languages and code-like ways of communication (like morse code) that makes use of their keen hearing.
The current Namekians in New Namek were taught a lot of Namekian languages that existed before the climate crisis and each of them were made to be fluent in at least one more than their universal language (the one Porunga knows) and their equivalent sign languages (yes, of course you can wish to Porunga with the Namekian SL). The Namek also see even just a hearing that's average for most of the universe's people (like the Earthlings') as a disability and they accommodate this as they do all of their people.
Dragons & Warriors ≠ Their Careers
Much like any civilization, Namekians do not see being a Dragon and a Warrior as a hindrance to a path that they wish to have and have a wide range of careers they can choose from (they at least had engineers, scientists, teachers, cultivators, and all varieties of artists judging from the spaceship and the things they had in their villages). Namekians are known migrants in the universes they are in. However, due to the climate diminishing, they had to start from scratch and had to focus on survival.
They also don’t usually give birth as much as Guru did and used to have a better ratio of Dragons and Warriors in their planet. Since giving birth to Warriors needs more energy (headcanon), Guru decided to have one sole warrior (Nail) to train the willing Dragons.
Life Partnerships / Relationships
Even before Guru repopulated the planet with his children alone, their society already did not comply with amatonormativity. Namekians, with their long lives, rarely settle for monogamous relationships. Some Namekians preferred to have multiple separate partners, some preferred a polycule and all the different types of ethical non-monogamy, while some preferred none at all. Queerplatonic relationships are the most common.
Each kind of relationship was as ordinary as breathing and Namekians were also even known to espouse outside their race due to the long-encouraged migration of their people. Now, however, most Namekians who long for partners in New Namek are encouraged to wish to Porunga for the opportunity to travel in space and find intimate companions, and some had already left the nest.
[Headcanons beyond this point have less than zero canon foundation (it came out of my a– you know what I mean)]
Nuptials
Namekians give great importance to their vows of love and find it unacceptable to violate them. They also have their own ritual for marriage (I haven’t thought of one) that can be done between two or more people.
Before the nuptials, the Namekians are supposed to use their Materialization (famously known in the fandom as Clothes Beam ™️) technique to create an accessory to give their partner/s at the ceremony. The purpose is to create an object tough enough to last their long lifetime.
I've long since headcanon that the longer one stays using the technique, the better quality the material is. Unlike the kais who can create even the hardest metal in the universe in a snap of a finger, mortals make better use of Materialization with how long they pour their ki on them.
This object may be given back or kept after divorce and must always have the name of the one who created them. (I think some polycules create all of theirs at the same time or even create separate pendants for one necklace or bracelet but I think it’s better if they give each other different kinds of accessories like bangles, earrings, noserings, pins or something for their clothes, or even hats.)
Vows
This is just the vows I created specifically for Namekians that I plan to use in my every fanfic if I ever finish/post any:
(After receiving the accessory the person will say:)
“The gift of your embedded soul shall bring with it your comfort, your pain, your thoughts, your worries, your warmth, your memories, and your hopes and dreams; as long as a piece of you resides with my person, so will you.
"I, who have accepted the you who stands before myself, accept you as my companion beyond the end of my life or the day we find ourselves unable to respect and trust one another; as you would do the same.”
Vows are spoken in the language of one's heart, to which most of the time is the person’s native language. (If you're bilingual then the combination of the two MAY be your native language; then if you're multilingual, more variations like that etc.)
Extra: I invented a Namekian Equivalent to "I love you"
Pikkaro apakuto = My love/respect/adoration/admiration of you knows no bounds.
Apakuto = the word that can mean love, adoration, admiration, respect, or all of it at the same time.
Extra Extra HC: If Dende would have his own dragon, he'd probably name them Apakuruto (Dragon of Love/admiration/etc 😌) maybe following his father's dragon of dreams, Porunga.
[To see my first HC dump, check out this post!]
#i still havent posted my goku instant transmission headcanon and im sorry. i'll do that soon#yes of course i have time to create namekian vows do you KNOW what i think abt in my free time?? adfjadfj#look at how i say 'fanfics i havent finished and/or posted' bcs i really dont huh#i hopefully can see them posted soon too#fritz headcanons#masenko huh#dbz#dragon ball z#namekians#namekian#dbz guru#dbz dende#dende#guru#i actually have a paper due later. why i did this instead is beyond me#dragon ball headcanons
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WIP Wednesday
Thanks for the tag @scribbledquillz! I am still easing back in to writing after my burnout/hiatus, but here is what I've been working over the past few weeks instead c:
The next step on the Fenris scarf is to draw all the tattoos onto the black section with silver Sharpie and then embroider over them. The bottom image is my test piece to make sure this kind of embroidery is something I can do (ignore the variety of stitch types; I wanted to pick one that showed up pretty well and didn't look too messy if I had to turn the work a lot; the one around the border is what it will all look like when done). I found a really really cool yarn to do the embroidered sections with and I'm excited to share that piece when it's all done (but expect it to be a few weeks, because embroidery will take a lot longer than crocheting this did).
I'm pretty happy with it so far! I like the way the favor section turned out and I learned a new stitch for the gauntlet/shoulder bits, which also came out pretty cool. I will take proper, pretty pictures when it's all finished, just like I did with the Cullen scarf, but I didn't have access to the dress form today for this set (so you can enjoy a little section of my library and the pretty table my husband made instead haha).
Thanks to everyone who helped with Fenris's tattoo resources! I really appreciate it.
Tagging back (no pressure, and sorry if you've been tagged already): @greypetrel @ndostairlyrium and @zenstrike
#and as always if you want a tag lmk and i will add you!#wip wednesday#fenris#long post#i have shaky hands so i am worried about the sharpie step#which is why i was looking for something i could print out pin and embroider over (bc then i could tear the paper off after)#but. we will see#and imperfection is allowed regardless!#i'm also working on that mermaid!cullen story bc i am determined to get at least some of it posted before the end of may but#i still have the big bang fic on my plate and i don't want to burn myself out again#so! *shrug*#ALSO i have a bunch extra of the silvery yarn so i am side-eyeing a leliana scarf after this one#the big plus for that is not having to buy any new yarn bc i also have some purple i bought for a project i decided not to do#and i think a cool infinity scarf w cowl would really work for her vibe#fenris dragon age
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getting new FF14 story content so soon after I caught up to dragonflight is a kick in the gut at how much better at storytelling CBU3 is compared to blizzard lol
Gonna get a better comparison when I do the DF epilogue and the gilneas reclamation later or tomorrow lol
#and they have a much better voice director I think#a lot of dragonflight was actually#reminiscent of ff14's 2.0 with long drawn out words and tone#although the non elf/dragon VA direction is actually pretty good#genn is always pretty good#jaina and thrall and anduin#but god they did tyrande and the dragon ladies dirty#whoever was like 'can you draw your words out even longer that would be great' needs to be hit with a wrapping paper tube#IT was almost like they slowed the voices down by 20-30% after recording#that actually makes more sense#maybe they were like 'we don't want to redo the lip syncing so just slow it down'#but why only tyrande and alex and ysera in particular then? also merithra but it was more obvious with the other three#the incarnates were really good though#like fyrakk sounded like fucking starscream#in a good way#really fit him lmao
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#A Hat in Time#The Amazing World of Gumball#Codename: Kids Next Door#Codename Kids Next Door#Super Mario#Paper Mario#Ninjago#Pokémon#Five Nights at Freddy's#AHiT Snatcher#Moonjumper#TAWoG Rob#Delightful Children From Down the Lane#King Olly#Lloyd Garmadon#Lord Garmadon#Darkrai#Michael Afton#Straight From the Dragon's Mouth#IDK why I made this
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FINAL thought I'll staple to the wall and then I'll go sleep I promise. but that one woman in Southfringe Sanctum also cracks me up talking about "dainty College mages"... ma'am I have seen them take down a dragon in thirty seconds flat and you are stuck in a spiderweb 😭
#Mouse talks!#the scene was something like: dragon landing on the ramparts. me shrieking aloud in a panic.#professors obliterating it before I could even orient myself properly and then going back to their normal routine like there wasn't#a GIANT SMOKING SKELETON draped over the Shalidor statue... favorite moments of all time tbh#(adjusts papers on my desk. this is why I think that at some point th- [I am yanked off the stage by a comically long shepherd's crook])#dainty College mages............... it is also just a delightful sounding phrase tbh. OKAY NO REALLY I'M TAKING MY GLASSES OFF#time for SLEEPING
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Strange cravings.
#tmnt#teenage mutant ninja turtles#art#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#crossover#tmnt crossover#tmnt 2003#paper scales au#little dragons au#rottmnt dragons#Mura eats wires and electrical appliances; Dai raids the fridge; Akai devours anything#and Aoi just loves being inconvenient(he likes the taste of metal)#this might be why its not recommended to transform in the turtle lair#sketch#comic#tmnt comic
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(( Leviathan is not-so-affectionately nicknamed angel slayer and Lucifer's guard snake, with both of them influencing each other. Lucifer definitely plays into Leviathan's trauma with god and redirects his anger at himself towards all of heaven: look at how they treated you? You need to punish them for it. ))
#( outofhellfire. );;#(( and also because Leviathan is insanely strong; he's definitely ripped out some wings and halos#which is why his hands are so scarred#Grace? Ouchie#Anyway. Time to slither back to my paper adfghjjgff ))#( the dragon of the sea. );; about: leviathan.
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Was going through some old sketchbooks and found this Rayla art from 2020, thought they were pretty neat and wanted to share. (I don’t draw anymore but I’ve been thinking of getting back into it)
#i was better at drawing at 14 than i could ever be now#what happened why am i not an artist anymore#lmao the obsession really has lasted#number one rayla fan forever#tdp#the dragon prince#rayla#rayllum#tdp rayla#pencil#pencil on paper#traditional illustration#traditional art
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Fandom….can anybody do my the favor of reading my draft of my new chapter of my fic (ya know the one) bc I need to see if it makes sense and flows naturally. I need some idea bouncing help😭.
#solavellan#dragon age#dragon age inquisition#solas x lavellan#lavellan x solas#my mind is good except when it isn’t#like I have a plot it just needs TIME to actually make it make sense#Solas can’t just be close to a little boy all of a sudden and I need background and ALL that and I’m finally getting to#the reason why I’ve titled this fic the title it is I just need HELP!!! PLEASE!!!#make sure what I’m writing isn’t useless and just to fill paper lol#or at least five ways to write what I have better and make it flow easier the way I want#anyways thanks if anyone does agree. if not then it’s okay lol
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