details about ocs!
send an emoji/description of emoji to learn more about a writer's oc! many of these are taken from my munday asks meme, because i thought it would be fun to make a version for characters too! the prompts are categorized by emoji type and given descriptions in case anyone can't see the symbols. can be used for roleplayers and any general writers alike! for roleplayers, these can also be used for your interpretations of canon characters if you so desire as well!
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๐ญ THOUGHT BALLOON โ what is your oc's MBTI, enneagram, and/or other personality aspects (if known/interested in)?
๐ CAR โ does your oc have a driver's license? can they drive/operate any automobiles/machinery besides cars?
โ๏ธ AIRPLANE โ does your oc like traveling, or do they consider themselves a more homey person?
๐ฎ VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER โ what are three of your oc's favorite hobbies?
๐ RING โ does your oc have any piercings? do they want any (more) piercings?
๐๏ธ BALLPOINT PEN โ does your oc have any tattoos? do they want any (more) tattoos?
๐ BOOKS โ what level of education has your oc most recently completed/is currently in (GED, undergraduate, grad school, phd, etc)?
๐ป VIOLIN โ does your oc play any instruments? what is their skill level (beginner/intermediate/advanced/virtuoso/etc)?
๐ฉน ADHESIVE BANDAGE โ does your oc have any physical and/or mental disabilities?
๐ฉธ DROP OF BLOOD โ what is your oc's blood type?
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๐ถ MUSICAL NOTES โ what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often?
๐ฏ HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL โ share three random facts about your oc that others may not know.
๐ค SLEEPING SIGN โ is your oc a light sleeper or a heavy sleeper? how are their sleeping habits?
๐ฑ TRIDENT EMBLEM โ can your oc swim? do they enjoy swimming?
๐บ RED TRIANGLE POINTED UP โ does your oc know how to use any weapons?
๐ถ LARGE ORANGE DIAMOND โ does your oc know cpr? do they have any other medical expertise?
๐ซ PROHIBITED โ does your oc drink/smoke? do they do it regularly, or is it more on occasion or for special events?
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๐ RAINBOW โ what is your oc's sexual orientation/gender identity? what pronouns do they use?
๐ CHRISTMAS TREE โ what is your oc's favorite holiday?
๐ถ DOG FACE โ does your oc have any pets?
๐ CAT โ does your oc prefer a wide circle of friends or a few close friends?
๐ท PIG FACE โ what is your oc's favorite animal?
๐ DRAGON โ what is your oc's favorite mythical creature?
๐ LEAVES FLUTTERING IN WIND โ what is/was your oc's favorite subject in school?
๐ด PALM TREE โ does your oc have a green thumb? do they enjoy gardening?
๐ RED APPLE โ where was your oc born? do they still live in/around their place of birth or do they live somewhere else? how do they feel about their birthplace?
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โค๏ธ RED HEART โ what are three of your oc's positive traits?
๐ค WHITE HEART โ what are three of your oc's neutral/questionable traits?
๐ BROKEN HEART โ what are three of your oc's negative traits?
๐ HEART WITH ARROW โ what and/or who do(es) your oc consider the most important to them?
๐งก ORANGE HEART โ does your oc tend to prioritize family or friends?
๐ YELLOW HEART โ how many languages does your oc speak? what language(s) are they learning, if any?
๐ GREEN HEART โ does your oc prefer being inside or outside?
๐ BLUE HEART โ does your oc have any cool/special powers and/or abilities? how are they with magic, if it exists in their world?
๐ PURPLE HEART โ what is your oc's ancestry/genetic background?
๐ค BLACK HEART โ has your oc killed or seriously wounded anyone before? have they broken someone's heart and/or broken someone's trust?
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๐ BIRTHDAY CAKE โ when is your oc's birthday? how old are they? what are their sun, moon, & rising signs (if known)? what about their tarot card, ruling planet, & ruling number (if known)? do they fit the typical traits of these sun, moon, & rising signs?
๐ SPAGHETTI โ what is/are your oc's favorite food(s)?
๐ฐ SHORTCAKE โ what is/are your oc's favorite sweet(s)/dessert(s)?
๐ฆ SOFT ICE CREAM โ what is/are your oc's favorite ice cream flavor(s)?
๐ HAMBURGER โ is your oc good at cooking? are they good at baking? which one do they prefer?
๐ฅฏ BAGEL โ what does your oc's typical breakfast look like? do they usually eat breakfast?
๐ฅช SANDWICH โ what does your oc's typical lunch look like? do they usually eat lunch?
๐ CURRY AND RICE โ what does your oc's typical dinner look like? do they usually eat dinner?
๐ธ COCKTAIL GLASS โ what is your oc's favorite alcoholic drink, if they can drink?
โ๏ธ HOT BEVERAGE โ does your oc prefer coffee, tea, hot chocolate, milk, water, or some other drink? how do they like to take this drink (ex. coffee with milk, hot chocolate with whipped cream, a specific kind of tea, etc)?
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๐ SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES โ what are your oc's career/general life desires? what do they want to get the most out of life?
๐ CONFOUNDED FACE โ is your oc an introvert, an extrovert, or an ambivert? do they let people in easily, or are they more reserved?
๐ค THINKING FACE โ what are some of your oc's quirks/mannerisms?
๐ง FACE WITH MONOCLE โ is your oc more logical or emotional?
๐ค SMILING FACE WITH GLASSES โ is your oc chatty or quiet? are they at ease in social situations, or are they more shy?
๐คฉ FACE WITH STARRY EYES โ is your oc a planner, or are they more spontaneous in their actions?
๐ฅ SAD BUT RELIEVED FACE โ is your oc prone to getting stressed out, or is it easy for them to keep their cool?
๐ DOWNCAST FACE WITH SWEAT โ is your oc open-minded or stubborn? are they inquisitive or do they prefer to keep to their bubble of knowledge?
๐ DISAPPOINTED FACE โ does your oc attract others, or do they tend to be left alone?
๐ค FACE WITH THERMOMETER โ does your oc get sick easily?
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ FAMILY WITH MOTHER, FATHER, SON AND DAUGHTER โ how many people are in your oc's immediate family? how many people are in your oc's extended family? do they have aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc? who in their family are they closest with? are they close with their birth family, or do they have a found family?
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ONE WORD WRITING PROMPTS ;
Send me a number 1 thru 50 for a word that Iโll use to either write a headcanon, drabble, or starter. Send ๐ซ for a random number instead!
01. โ absolution
02. โ affinity
03. โ anagapesis
04. โ ascetic
05. โ cajole
06. โ catalyst
07. โ caustic
08. โ compunction
09. โ dauntless
10. โ detriment
11. โ discordant
12. โ ennui
13. โ excised
14. โ facetious
15. โ guile
16. โ halcyon
17. โ ichor
18. โ idiosyncrasy
19. โ incandescent
20. โ indignation
21. โ induratize
22. โ inscrutable
23. โ insidious
24. โ insipid
25. โ intractable
26. โ judicious
27. โ lichen
28. โ loamy
29. โ lurid
30. โ malaise
31. โ malcontent
32. โ mirth
33. โ mollify
34. โ nascent
35. โ onus
36. โ opulent
37. โ pacify
38. โ pedant
39. โ prescient
40. โ prodigious
41. โ rankle
42. โ recrimination
43. โ restive
44. โ reticent
45. โ reverie
46. โ saccharine
47. โ sedentary
48. โ sequestered
49. โ svelte
50. โ trepidation
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Thread of odd connections between Ikora, Elsie and Eris
I was scrolling through concept art when I noticed that, despite not being so in-game, The Stranger's rifle is Branded as a Cassoid weapon. This wouldn't mean much, bungie tends to use decals at random, except-
The curse of osiris variant, The Machina Dei 4, is also branded with a slightly altered version of the Cassoid logo, which I think proves that it has been upgraded with components from the foundry.
But let's put a pin on that and talk about another Cassoid weapon, The Invective shotgun, Ikora's signature weapon. The Invective has an ornament called Iconoclast, a word which here means "Destroyer of images used in religious worship." This nomenclature is very similar to-
The Vex Mythoclast, a weapon which, thanks to its sister weapon, The Worldline Zero (which coincidentally also has a prophecy variant), we know to be made by Elsie Bray. Canonically, we earn the Mythoclast as part of-
the "Not forged in light" quest, which ends with Elsie gifting us the No time to explain. A weapon which eventually ends back up in her hands and she gifts to us again earlier in the timeline as-
The stranger's rifle, which hangs around until it becomes the Machina Dei 4 (later Adhortative). And the prophecy attached to the Machina Dei 4 desribes Eris Morn and the events of Shadowkeep, when Eris discovers stasis and starts using the darkness.
A charnel but effulgent orb.
beacon in a loathsome dark.
Fรชted, fetid corpses rise.
a too-long-absent gibbous spark.
Now, it's generally accepted that No time to explain (and all it's variants by proxy) was created at some future point in a distant timeline, this is incorrect. Ghost specifically points out that "parts" of it shouldn't exist, because the rifle itself is a common suros frame.
Going back to The Invective, you're probably more familiar with its legendary sister, The Comedian, and its D2 counterpart, Deadpan Delivery. The Comedian's flavor text reads "A. A ha. A ha ha ha. A ha ha ha ha ha ha ha" In D1 the joke wasn't really clear, but with the addition of a lore tab in D2, the joke has become the vanguard's falling victim to a hive god's deceit. Now, let's take a little trip to The dark future.
In The dark future, Beyond light never happened, Eramis was allowed to grow her armies and master stasis, which led to a massive attack on the city by Cabal remnants, Savathรปn, and the glorious House Salvation, all masterminded by Eris Morn, who up to that point was believed to be an ally, but had been corrupted by stasis and the darkness.
Coming back to our timeline, let's look at differences between our case exotics and their variants. Elsie's rifle has undergone many more modifications than Invective. Matter of fact, Invective has barely undergone any changes from its default. It's painted red, AND It has tape wrapped the handle and the grip, just like No time to explain. (I know I'm talking about grip tape right now but please don't go, it gets better, I promise)
It's a weak link, many weapons have grip tape, but I think many of these small details add up and point to The Iconoclast being one of Elsie's gifts. Let's review the similarities between Iconoclast and other gifts from Elsie.
>It's sourced from one of the city foundries and later received Cassoid upgrades (Invective and it's variants are nadir products)
>It has grip tape where the original does not.
>Mythoclast and Iconoclast are very similar terms and could point to a connection.
>It has a perpetual ammo function, like No time to explain and The Mythoclast.
But we should also look at Iconoclast within it's own context. Invective being her weapon, what does it mean for Ikora? She's never been been known to combat or really oppose any sort of religion, at least that I can find. And let's make it clear, the gun is not the Iconoclast. Just like the Mythoclast is not The Mythoclast. The weapons, in this case, are named for the wielder. You kill Atheon and so you become the Mythoclast, the gun is more of symbol. So, what religious figure is Ikora supposed to kill in order to become the Iconoclast?
Well, just this season, the hive have come out with a brand spanking new god, one very close to Ikora. Now I don't think Ikora is going to kill Eris. Eris would need to do something completely heinous for her to even consider that. Like, idk, bombarding the last city with House Salvation and the shadow legion... i. e., what happens in the dark timeline.
Look, I really don't believe Eris is going to turn evil all the sudden, that would be character assasination of the highest magnitude. But from Ikora's point of view? She has a supposed time traveller yelling at her that she's letting everything go sideways.
So my theory is that Elsie took Ikora's Invective from some other failed timeline (possibly the one where they smooch) and gave it to Ikora as the Iconoclast, along with the idea that alternate Ikora ruined everything because she failed to act and put Eris down when she could.
And this is where Deadpan Delivery comes in. You see, Ikora doesn't use invective anymore, and she doesn't use the Comedian. She exclusively wields Deadpan Delivery. Now, I know this was probably just the animators being faithful to her character, seeing how she prefers shotguns-
But the retroactive additions to the Comedian's lore, outside my crazed theories, implies a statement from Ikora. The Comedian's joke is the vanguard falling victim to a hive god's deceit, and in the dark timeline that god, the Savathรปn figure, is Eris morn. And so-
By maining Deadpan delivery Ikora is subtextually saying "It's not funny. I'm not laughing. I don't subscribe to the narrative put forward by the comedian or Elsie. I trust Eris". And by rejecting the Comedian she's additionally disavowing it's older sister, The Invective, which is a symbol of the gung ho attitude which defined her in her youth. And wether my Iconoclast theory is correct or not, we can definitively say: Ikora is against what it represents , she is a guardian, and she will make a new fate no matter what.
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playing a new game where i talk about fandom using words that belong on corporate powerpoint slides like:
โจ we have to align our headcanons to authentically reflect our strategic mission and meet quarterly margin objectives โจ
sorry to everyone who understood that
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"The Yurok will be the first Tribal nation to co-manage land with the National Park Service under a historic memorandum of understanding signed on Tuesday [March 19, 2024] by the tribe, Redwood national and state parks, and the non-profit Save the Redwoods League, according to news reports.
The Yurok tribe has seen a wave of successes in recent years, successfully campaigning for the removal of a series of dams on the Klamath River, where salmon once ran up to their territory, and with the signing of a new memorandum of understanding, the Yurok are set to reclaim more of what was theirs.
Save the Redwoods League bought a property containing these remarkable trees in 2013, and began working with the tribe to restore it, planting 50,000 native plants in the process. The location was within lands the Yurok once owned but were taken during the Gold Rush period.
Centuries passed, and by the time it was purchased it had been used as a lumber operation for 50 years, and the nearby Prairie Creek where the Yurok once harvested salmon had been buried.
Currently located on the fringe of Redwoods National and State Parks which receive over 1 million visitors every year and is a UNESCO Natural Heritage Site, the property has been renamed โO Rew, a Yurok word for the area.
โToday we acknowledge and celebrate the opportunity to return Indigenous guardianship to โO Rew and reimagine how millions of visitors from around the world experience the redwoods,โ said Sam Hodder, president and CEO of Save the Redwoods League.
Having restored Prarie Creek and filled it with chinook and coho salmon, red-legged frogs, northwestern salamanders, waterfowl, and other species, the tribe has said they will build a traditional village site to showcase their culture, including redwood-plank huts, a sweat house, and a museum to contain many of the tribal artifacts theyโve recovered from museum collections.
Believing the giant trees sacred, they only use fallen trees to build their lodges.
โAs the original stewards of this land, we look forward to working together with the Redwood national and state parks to manage it,โ said Rosie Clayburn, the tribeโs cultural resources director.
It will add an additional mile of trails to the park system, and connect them with popular redwood groves as well as new interactive exhibits.
โThis is a first-of-its-kind arrangement, where Tribal land is co-stewarded with a national park as its gateway to millions of visitors. This action will deepen the relationship between Tribes and the National Park Service,โ said Redwoods National Park Superintendent Steve Mietz, adding that it would โheal the land while healing the relationships among all the people who inhabit this magnificent forest.โ"
-via Good News Network, March 25, 2024
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obsessed with how Utena uses both definitions of revolution: a change, a spark but also rotation, circular movement that repeats and repeats (a perpetual motion machine). change vs staying the same (not growing up)
thinking about how Akio is associated with rotation (the carousel, maybe even the Ferris wheel?) how when the road he drives on appears curved, circular
how he takes the students in his car on this road after they give up on the duels, not allowing them to escape/stop participating in the system, trapping them in this cycle
if the road is circular, it doesn't go anywhere. It eventually comes back to where it started (how the characters regress sometimes). It also means Akio isn't taking them anywhere, he's just tricking them (bc he's a manipulative piece of shit + shows how he's giving them a false sense/idea of adulthood since none of them actually graduate aka grow up)
thinking about how he claims that Utena didn't bring revolution while he's preparing for the next set of duels (he completed a revolution, now it's time to start over)
Yet while Akio tries trapping them in this eternal cycle, he fails. The ending (will get to that later) but also the students grow and develop. They are not the same people they were at the start of the show. You know who doesn't change though? Akio. On to the ending: I love the ending of Utena so much. The students are talking about growing up, about changing!! The student council, Tsuwabuki, Kozue, Shiori, Wakaba have all clearly changed. They are no longer partaking in the same behaviours they kept repeating throughout the show (all their relationships are noticeably healthier, no one is obsessing over anyone anymore, hanging out w/out animosity between them). Utena and Anthy escape and leave!!!!! Anthy is no longer trapped in the cycle of abuse Akio put her through. Anthy is no longer going to keep playing the role of the rose bride, Akio is free to continue playing prince (revolving), but she has to go now (revolution).
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a post-doc was doing a guest seminar at my institute and at the beginning of his presentation he was explaining why he chose birds for his evolutionary analysis - so he said "well first of all, because birds are the best and most interesting animals and it's fun to study them" and a few professors in the room gave him a very serious nod
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Chants of Sennaar (2023)
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Fireteam Heartbreak Fancast Chickencast (1 / 2)
The monsterโs name is Crota. He killed my friends face to face, one by one, and he relished it. In the name of all those lost I devote myself to his utter destruction.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT OKAY.ย
(Huge thanks to @jencforcarolina and @ir-anuk who helped me come up with some of these.)
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Sometimes the work of a Guardian can get a bit...messy โค
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Poking around the Destiny Dialogue Archive and came across this line from Failsafe and it broke my heart. I really hope that one of the future episodes deals with getting Failsafe off of Nessus and into an Exo body of some kind so she can experience freedom
Failsafe: Hey, so. At some point, we're gonna get me off this rock, right? I mean, at some point, I'll get to go see this big fancy City I keep hearing about? It seems OK.
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Y'know I keep forgetting there's more than one Tower on the walls, like I know they exist but the rest rarely ever get brought up.
Assuming we're in Tower one, then we know that it's Vanguard Command. And we know Tower Two has the Praxic Halls.
I wonder what's in the rest.
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Dogfight! I never thought Homestuck art would come out of my pen again after so long but I loved [S] Collide so much Iโm still high on the hype
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sheโs not the woman i used to admire.
but still i worship her.
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an important principle of fandom (and life, actually) is that if you want more of Less Popular Thing, it is good to create positive spaces and events for it. however, if you use those spaces to take cracks at the More Popular Thing which you perceive as stealing oxygen from your Less Popular Thing, you do not increase the audience for Less Popular Thing. you decrease it, because you irk people who like both Things. and depending on the relative popularity, there are quite possibly more people who like both Things than people who only like Less Popular Thing. (not to mention - you kill your chances of recruiting people who like More Popular Thing but are neutral on or havenโt considered Less Popular Thing.)ย
youโre not campaigning for votes (where There Can Be Only One), youโre marketing for a share of peopleโs attention. donโt be petty. be effective.ย
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weโll always have yesterday
remaster of an old piece. iโll be at yeticon table L7 this weekend if you want to come say hi :^)
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