#how to make this even sadder:

[corinthianrm0]

hahahahahahahaaaaa *weeps*

[borgialucrezia]

THE BORGIAS (2011-2013) by Neil Jordan

“Alexander’s children were his way of securing a Borgia dynasty—a dynasty that would hold on to their power and make the family one of the greatest and, in hindsight, most notorious that the world had ever seen. They were their father’s pawns, important chess pieces. Their careers were decided and laid out before them even before they could walk. Juan was chosen as the son who would be the military leader, the great Duke who would continue the Borgia line; Cesare was destined for a life in the Church, but Cesare, in particular, did not like the career path that was chosen for him. Lucrezia would be forced into diplomatic marriages. Guicciardini wrote: ‘The Pope was motivated by his unbounded greed to exalt his children, whom he loved passionately. he was the first pope to announce and display them to the whole world as his own offspring.’”

[ewwww-what]

Her baby boy.

[impsandstars]

“I used to have strength, but I ran out of hope. I know it’s my fault I’m here all alone…”

[starheirxero]

PLEASE become evil on main your thoughts are always very interesting !! :3

Anon I need you to know I was debating just only making that one post and then biting my tongue about the rest but this ask was genuinely so relieving to see that I teared up a little bit thank you HDKSHDJD

I did, however, uhm. talk a Lot. and I'm very much being more honest about my feelings on this than I usually am, so it's going under the cut bdjshdjdnf

Ahem ahem. So. From a meta standpoint? I just have a very, very weird feeling about what's going on with tsams now that they've Also changed Lunar's name. The only information we have on what's happening is from Discord, where Kat mentioned it wasn't her choice to change Earth's name and the mods reassuring everyone that the changes are for a good reason. I've been seeing theories that the changes are to make them more sellable for merch? But I,, don't fully know why they'd have to change their own OCs for that? So idk

From a story perspective though? It doesn't make sense and it's just another vein of Lunar having no choice in what happens to them.

Just because Libra asked "do you accept this permanent name change?" doesn't mean that "no" was a valid answer, because then what would have happened? They say "actually, I like my name, Lunar feels fine" and then what? The astrals, of which are famously judgy and pushy, say "okay, we'll continue to call you Lunar then! (Even though we just said that Lunar is an unfitting astral name)" like?!?!!??? And Lunar just immediately goes home to be like "uh. I guess I have a different name now? and I don't wanna deal with two names, so just call me Cosmos too."

They didn't make this choice. And honestly! They couldn't have because Lunar wouldn't have ever changed their name of their own volition!!! You can't tell me that Lunar—the character who is known for trying to cling onto a sense of identity so hard that it causes more problems for them in the long run—would be willing to let go of their own name? That is the one thing about them that actually hasn't changed since the beginning, the one thing that's consistent in the face of everything.

Plus, on a more personal note? I had an experience with my old username where everyone was calling me a nickname derived from my url instead of my actual chosen name, and the realization that only one person was calling me my actual preferred name made me have a messy identity crisis. If Lunar wasn't just, a character who is unfortunately the subject of bad writing lately, this choice would probably hit them at some point. They'd probably have that same awful, dreadful feeling of "oh god. no one even knows me."

It's just. Earth made sense because she at least gave her own reasons. She said "yeah I'm tryna be my own person now, so I'm Terra!" but Lunar's reason was just "uh. Libra gave it to me sooo.... 👍 yup." Like. augghhh. They could have gone by both Lunar and Cosmos too if the writing wasn't being so weird but !!! ugh. deflates. it's whateverrrrr

[locria-writes]

You know those movies where you think the protagonist gets a happy ending, only to find out at the end that there never was a happy ending and they just made it all up in their head? That's exactly how I imagine the happy ending of mirror flower. After MC's death, Shangguan Long replays his conversation with her when he asked for her support in the war, and imagines what could have been if she had chosen him then and not supported the crown prince. The good ending never existed and was just his wishful thinking and attempt to deal with her death 💔

Well, that's it from me, thought it might be interesting to read the story with that in mind. I think it adds even more tragedy to the whole thing.

And hope you have a nice day 😊

anon: *writes some of the tragic shit ever*

also anon: 🥰🥰🥰

[skunkes]

anyway i feel like im 3 seconds away from drawing baby's first oc x canon. Goodnite

[modkatisbacc]

Saw some folks point out that Lilly was most likely like the youngest in the Alliance, since her dad fought alongside Libby, Ray, and Maya in the War.

Consider, Even if this is more of me throwing a little bit of AU out there: Her father dies when she's twelve, and wanting to keep all the elemental masters together, Wu and Garmadon bring her into the Elemental Alliance, knowing that she already had the powers of Earth.

The other elemental masters freak out because,,, *points* that is a CHILD.

But they also understand that if she was left to her own devices (her mother passed when she was really little) then she could put herself or others in grave danger with her powers.

They absolutely deck little Lilly out in impressive weapons and battle armor.

Now here we go into heavy headcanons/au territory.

With Libby being the second youngest EM in the group, her and Lilly form a close bond.

Like her parents, Ed and Edna, Libby is great at creating things. She LOVES building- mechs, especially. With Libbys help, Lilly's first mech (the one donated to TOS I've decided) was created.

Yes they may have gone all out on safety features on the mech, but would you completely trust a twelve year old with a very large elemental mech?

One day she brings over a boy. Wu and Garmadon are WORRIED because the boy is NOT an elemental master, he doesn't even know anything about fighting. She is sixteen and could punch the head clean off someone's shoulders with her powers...

These two are worried the most because they personally made it their mission to make sure the EMs were ot being hunted or used for their powers. So, bringing in a non EM into the fold was deemed risky.

They of course warm up to Lou, who thinks Lilly is the coolest person in the world and he learns basic self defense from her.

The EM Alliance falls apart when she is only 20 . *I say that bc everyone looks like they may be in their 50's, mid-late 50's after the Merge With Lilly being a decade younger well .. she would've been a decade younger at least :/*

She gets sick after she defeats Grief-Bringer. It wasn't bad at first, she honestly just thought she may have caught a cold. Also yes, in my headcanons and AUs Cole has been born when she goes to Shintaro. I have another post going into an au-headcanon mashup (I say headcanons because it isn't necessarily disproved by canon) that I kinda want to write about some day.

Knowing she was going to get worse, she started working on making sure Cole was prepared to become the next Master of Earth. When she was feeling well enough she would leave the house (unfortunately she also didn't tell Lou where she was going most of the time fidjxjsjshd)

Refused to pass on afterwards and instead keeps an eye on her family. Is the reason SOMEONE survives stuff that he shouldn't have.

Fun Facts about Lilly!!! That are canon in my stories!!!

- She is a realm hopper. Yes this is based on the fact that she apparently spied on Garmadon while he was in the Underworld in that one comic. I haven't read it but you know. I want to do something with that knowledge.

- she isn't in the Departed Realm especially after the Merge. She's trying to keep an eye on Cole while trying to find her husband and her friends. She found Wu first, of course. And with Wu, she found Garmadon. Before the Merge she would switch between watching over Lou and Cole.

- She is the only Previous EM of Ninjago to participate in the TOS, which may or may not be canon. I say this bc of that outfit and you know... The mech....

-Cole is 9, she is 29 when she dies. Also it's freaking sad because ain't no way Ray and Maya knew this until almost a decade later. Wu keeps a close eye on him and Lou afterwards. You know since he was canonically there for his birth hello??? *According to the comic*

- fun fact about me it literally took me 6 hours to write all this in one setting bc I was at work. Lilly did this to me.

Also, if there are any timeline problems that aren't just me pushing it for the AU tell me about it so I can fix it please I don't want it to be too off the course!!!

I think that's it for now,,,

[iicaru2]

sure you could probably fix him, but i could hand him off to someone with similar ambitions and watch them make each other worse.

[kindlyfeline]

What is Maya's favorite ibject she owns? 💜

im taking this as an opportunity to be sad 😁 (thanks bestie ash, ily 5eva)

tw: death, mean viago (srry)

Maya had never been sentimental. Least of all about objects, given that she lost everything but the clothes on her back when her home went up in flames.

But once, when she was still a fledgling, she fell for a dockhand's beautiful daughter. Her hair was long and flaming red, usually half pinned back with intricate plaits and decorative metal hairpins in the shape of flowers. Ruby was her name, and Maya was enchanted by her. Completely besotted.

On a warm summer's evening, Maya took her climbing trellises and they sat on a roof to smoke and watch the sunset together. That was when Ruby taught her how to plait hair. First, the normal way, then an Orlesian braid and finally fishtail.

After the sun sunk below the horizon, with Maya's curfew fast approaching, Ruby pulled a golden locket from a pouch and gave it to her. It contained a small piece of her hair, strikingly vibrant against the locket's pale interior. Ruby explained that it once belonged to her mother, but now Maya could have it and keep a piece of her love close to her heart at all times.

So she did, for a few months at least.

Then, in one of his random room searches, Viago found it under her pillow. He said he liked to make sure his protogés weren't 'hiding contraband' or 'growing idiotic attachments to trinkets', but Maya eventually learned it was just about control.

Wordlessly, he plucked the necklace from the bed and held it up between thumb and forefinger. He opened the clasp carefully and inspected the rich red lock of hair inside.

Maya held her breath. Her wide eyes were glued to his form. The room was silent save for the soft ticking of her bedside clock.

She flinched as Viago abruptly threw the locket to the floor and immediately stomped on it harshly three times.

He glared at her for a few seconds, but her horrified gaze was on the floor beneath his boot. He promptly turned on his heel and left.

As soon as he was gone, Maya crumpled to the floor and gingerly took the warped metal in her hands. It was broken, the loop that attached locket to chain snapped off and the locket itself crushed and flattened. Fiery hairs were loose and scattered about.

Her tears came hot, dripping down her cheeks, but she dared not make a noise.

The worst of it came after, when two weeks later Ruby was dead. Early one morning, a fisherman found her body floating face down in the canals.

It turned out that she was betrothed to another man, and when her father and brother discovered she'd been having a love affair with a female Crow, they were not pleased at all.

How strange that the following week, both of them fell horribly ill and passed away themselves, at the same time as Viago's poison 'Welcome End' inexplicably went missing...

[wasabichips]

the audacity of me saying that beau is too happy as if his neutral face doesn't scream "abandoned kicked puppy"

a redo of this post with baby's new hair and adjusted face

[mellowthorn]

i finished my da2 replay with anders rivalmance and i chose to kill him and now i can't stop listening to "i'm not calling you a liar" and it's making me very very sad :(

[memento-morri-writes]

whump wednesday - part iii

tw / tags: concussion, blood, bleeding out, loss of consciousness character: Rook (who else?) status: canon (took place several irl months ago as part of Rook’s first “Horrible, Very Bad, No-Good Weekend”.) wordcount: 525

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Another continuation from earlier. The party has now made it back to the Winters' manor. Having lost a lot of blood since being revived (on top of his concussion), Rook is in pretty bad shape. His mentor, Sigmar, is attempting to get him to the Winters' healers.

Rook’s eyes drifted closed, the oblivion of sleep calling to him. A sharp prod at his side dragged them reluctantly back open.  “Rook, you need to stay awake. Just a little bit longer, until a healer can have a look at you.” Sigmar’s voice was serious as he half-dragged, half-carried Rook down the hall of the Winters’ manor.  Rook groaned in response. He was exhausted, and every inch of his body ached. He wanted nothing more than to close his eyes and fall headlong into unconsciousness. Sigmar prodded him again. “Tell me what happened to you. How you ended up in this state.”

Rook thought hard for a moment. How had he ended up like this? He remembered Celestia, and healing the party, and then- Oh, right. He started to explain, his words running together as he spoke. “This werewolf guy showed up. Deadringer?” Sigmar’s body tensed but he said nothing. “And he wanted Warren. Warren and Cherry, I think.” He paused, trying to remember what had happened after that. “He… he wanted to hurt them. So I told him he’d have to go through me first. And he said ‘Deal.’ and threw me across the room. I… I think one of his werebeasts killed me.” He felt rather than saw Sigmar shake his head. “I should never have left you. If I’d known she’d bring Deadringer into this… I shouldn’t have let you go off to fight someone like him without me.” Once again, Rook was surprised at the weight of the emotion in his mentor’s voice. He wanted to say It’s not your fault. Or maybe, I would have done it anyway, but his mouth wouldn’t cooperate. So instead he just rested his head on Sigmar’s shoulder. The damp chill that had come over him on the way here was getting stronger and he leaned into Sigmar’s warmth. “‘S cold,” he mumbled. Sigmar picked up the pace a bit, a worried edge creeping into his voice. “Come on, come on. Just a little further.” Rook’s eyes were heavy, and his awareness of the world was fading. He heard a door open, was vaguely aware of a brightly lit, white-painted room, of being laid down on a bed. He could hear people talking urgently, unfamiliar voices joining Sigmar’s. His muddled mind only caught fragments of their words. “Concussion… Severe… Significant blood loss… Not enough… ”  Sigmar’s raised voice cut through the fog. “Help him, damn you!” It sounded very far away, as though coming from another room. Multiple sets of hands touched his skin, and the familiar warmth of healing magic (when had being healed become familiar again?, he wondered dimly) flooded his body. The cold, clammy feeling faded away. The constant pain he had stopped registering some time ago subsided, leaving blissful neutrality in its wake. His head cleared slightly too, blurred reality coming back into focus for a brief moment. Distant voices reached his ears, borne by that momentary clarity. “It’s safe for him to sleep now. He’ll be fine after some rest.” As if his body needed no further reassurance, Rook’s mind relaxed, and within seconds he sank into a deep sleep.

[ventruetheurge]

I don't think I ever actually posted this one here that I remember but this is what I drew from our legacy game a while back, from a funerary session

The purpose of the session was for my White Howler PC after multiple years we put into this game to finally reunite with her father who's been missing since she was four years old and get some sort of catharsis and resolution of what has been a years-long mystery ic and ooc

In this session, because it was a funerary session, she went alone, without her pack. This normally would never happen ic, but because a player left and the other player was still not in a space to participate when we proceeded with this, it was left to me and my ST to handle the scene and get a bit of closure for the both of us for the game and my character specifically.

So what happened in canon is that she lies to her pack as they become scattered due to the encroaching and ever pressing apocalypse and its consequences, and approaches the caern/pit of Gaia's Heart alone. There she meets up with a Black Spiral Dancer named Cooper Siphon, who is her current packmate's former packmate and friend from when they served the Wyrm, a warborn/crinosborn/metis man and fellow theurge. We've engaged with him before, as he has narratively frightened my pc since they met, though he could also be assumed to be a kind of ronin himself at this point.

Despite being diametrically opposed in terms of what they believe (wyrmish/gaian) and how they go about being a theurge, the two agree to enter the Caern/Pit of Gaia's Heart alone, to find out what happened there and to try and access the energy of the ley lines beneath it and its spiritual power to stop the apocalypse. Cooper wants to use the energy to try and reset the world to an earlier state and undo all of the pain and treachery the path of fate has chosen. My pc, Celeste, born Courtney, believes strongly that the world cannot and should not be unwritten or unmade, and that the only course of action is to deal with the consequences and fix the world we currently have, even if that's impossible.

As this particular story does deal with the often fandom-dreaded concept of 'The Last White Howler' plot suggested in legacy's WH tribebook (yes ok boo and throw tomatoes), this is somewhat significant because her character is largely informed by an overwhelming loneliness that will end in tragedy- a rewrite of the world could undo the fate of the White Howlers, and create a world where she was never alone, where her father never left, etc- it could offer an alternative to all of her suffering, but it has long been a theme in this game with herself and her ronin BSD-turned-WH packmate that what she and they want is not to unmake or erase the people and undo what Black Spiral Dancers are, but to meet what became of her tribe where they are at, help them seek absolution from Gaia and pull those who no longer wish to continue from the arms of their Dance, with the grim understanding that the desire to change has to come from within, and that this is not possible for every Black Spiral Dancer.

So, they part ways. Prior to this, due to past issues with her mind being controlled by a former Sept Leader, she has acquired the gift Mindblock, which rejects attempts to control one's mind or other mental assaults, which allows her to pass through the plethora of illusory obstacles very easily- not that she knows this, because she is alone.

She walks further in until she encounters a large spiritual guardian and a man, who appears to be fighting it. She quickly joins the fight, surprised as she is, and when the creature is slain, the man who appears to be her age saunters forward to greet her. Their eyes lock and the two immediately recognize that their eyes are the same, and there is a momentary beat of mutual horror before the man looks away, and asks for her name.

Their reunion is emotional and painful, and she demands to know why he left her, why he didn't tell her of her garou nature and asks where he's been these past two decades. He leads her further into the caern, and shows her his corpse. He came to this caern 20 years ago for the same purpose, and he likewise came alone. And when he encountered the guardian, it severed the head from his shoulders, and he died.

He had a friend, or perhaps an item, in that he carried the severed skull of an ancient and powerful mage with him, who specialized in time magic. By some twist of magic and fate, perhaps through Gaia's judgement for his crimes as he was a man not born Garou, but who stole enough pelts to become one, he was sent back through time, and had been using his powers to fight through multiple historical wars, had been fighting to return to his appropriate timeline and his beloved only child, and thought he perhaps could have returned and changed his fate to undo the mistake he made. But now that they were reunited, this was clearly not meant to be.

My pc held herself and wept, with the particularly sad comment that she understood now that there truly was no one who was ever going to come for her, who was ever going to save her.

The two spoke for some time, and shared thoughts of love and regret, and she shared her death prophecies with him and told him very honestly that she didn't think he would be alone in death for very long, and she would likely soon follow, while he softly asked her to keep fighting, and told her that he wished she would have a long and happy life.

At the end of their teary meeting, he asks his daughter for an embrace that he has waited for for so long. And she gives it to him, and squeezes him tightly for a few moments before his body falls to bones.

[willowcrowned]

it’s actually wildly funny that amethar’s epithet came about because he was the only person in his family not horrifically murdered. imagine if every single one of your relatives got stabbed and from that point on everyone called you “johnny no-stabs." that’s amethar’s life

[thebookworm0001]

Thinking about my domestic dream solavellan wip again