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hello friends, small announcement that i'm not very impressed by the state of league of legends / riot management & it's kinda killed my desire to write on my muses. my muse for irelia will be back eventually i'm sure as she is the loml, but yeah i just wanted to give an explanation for the silence. hope everyone's doing well.

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so... amphoreus patch huh. ( shaking like a small dog )

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john o'bryan, "stains on a name" / flannery o'connor, "a temple of the holy ghost" / andrei tarkovsky, "journal 1970-1986" / akwaeke emezi, "freshwater" / hilda doolittle, "hermetic definition" / florence + the machine, "rabbit heart (raise it up)" on sainthood, the erasure of the self for the purpose of becoming something greater, making a martyr out of oneself whilst still living, being both the sacrificial knife & the innocent lamb.

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what chess piece represents you? link.

you are a white bishop. there is something you believe in, be it an oath, a phrase, a promise. it's what keeps the bishop on the diagonal path it takes on the board. you live by this creed and infect others with it. you are empathetic, able to feel others' pain like it's your own, and offer advice or help to them. but be careful, because every bleeding heart runs out of blood eventually. every leader crumbles to the next generation eventually.

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Robert Goolrick, from The End of the World as We Know It: Scenes from a Life

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posting this since its officially december 25th for me now! happy holdays to those who celebrate & those who don't, i'm wishing all of you a wonderful time to either be with family or friends, or simply chill on your own if that's more your style. i'm wishing for relaxation for those who have busy family days oncoming! be safe and be well, everyone. ♡

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❝ This tomb is rumored to be impenetrable, uncrackable, and 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲. No explorer has yet escaped with their life, but then, 

                        none of them have been me.  ❞

ind. 𝐄𝐳𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 from 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 | written by 𝐑 | graphics by 𝐯𝐢𝐥

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muse handwriting meme! go ( here ) and pick out a font which resembles your muse’s handwriting the closest.

irelia's handwriting speaks to her practicality. it's legible and could be considered pretty ( she doesn't think it's particularly neat ) but most importantly it can be done swftly with brush and inkwell. her father taught irelia her calligraphy skills. when she was younger, her handwriting used to be much neater. but after irelia began her schooling at the placidium, she had less time to actually practice pen to paper writing. her handwriting is perfectly passable for a honororary member of the ionian council. notably, when irelia would write in va-nox, her script is harsher from her pen being pulled across the parchment in a much rougher manner.

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we never discussed what happened between us.

pre-established connections. | accepting.

if she had come across any other native of the xianzhou, this may have ended up being a very different kind of day. the swordswoman brushes snowy hair away from her face, sea green eyes betraying her complex feelings towards. it reads like a bad joke, really. two xianzhou fugitives having a chance meeting in the dark expanse of the cosmos. at least they are on neutral ground, irelia muses to herself. she can't imagine there's many places in the universe; as large and wondrous as it may be, that an infamous stellaron hunter such as the scarred man sitting next to her can pass by freely.

⠀⠀⠀⠀taking a slow drink from her glass, irelia rests her chin on laced fingers; decidedly not looking at ren. but his eyes rest on her like coals. it's not as if he will simply walk away if she doesn't reply... right? she's tired of running, of the questions and comments from those she once would've been proud to call her allies. both the galaxy rangers and the xianzhou follows the arrows of lan... so why is she feeling so cornered?

⠀⠀⠀⠀" there... is nothing to discuss, ren. there is no us. " not when both of their memories are so blurred, like calligraphy that's been muddied by water. " are you staying for long? i'll buy you another drink as long as you don't speak of the past. " the peace offering is made with a small, wry smile. they may as well be different people. but the past will always run after her, all she can do is be honest about it to herself.

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so i may have impulsively done a thing. follow me on @hexsongs for a seraphine in your area. she's very much a wip but god please im excited to write with ar.cane people / piltie and zaun muses in general. if we are already mutuals on here, please feel free to send in some asks, i'll follow back in the morning!

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so i may have impulsively done a thing. follow me on @hexsongs for a seraphine in your area. she's very much a wip but god please im excited to write with ar.cane people / piltie and zaun muses in general. if we are already mutuals on here, please feel free to send in some asks, i'll follow back in the morning!

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Mythmaker Irelia Fan art, by yoha Xu

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what answer would your muse give to the trolley problem? if different verses would answer differently , you can choose which you'd like to talk about !

morality & ethical q's. | accepting. ( also asked by @esreal )

i believe that irelia is the type to take action rather than to be passive, as well as to minimize potential harm. she would much rather face the burden of pulling the lever and knowing that one person's death was one hundred percent on her, instead of the alternative of being passive and allowing five people to die because in her eyes, those five people's blood would also be on her hands if she chose to not act.

⠀⠀⠀⠀all this is assuming that the 6 people on the tracks are ionian, by the way. if the choice was between killing one ionian and killing five noxians, i think we all know what irelia is instinctively choosing.

⠀⠀⠀⠀i don't believe many of her verses would be different enough to be worth talking about, aside from perhaps nightblade if she's gone enough in her madness and grief that she doesn't care about human lives anymore... in which case she won't care enough to pull the lever.

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morality / ethics / one's character headcanon q's

is your muse opposed to violence?

does your muse often lie by omission?

how often does your muse self-reflect?

how good is your muse at setting boundaries?

does your muse believe some death is justified?

what importance does your muse place on rules?

is your muse one to follow through on their word?

does your muse think some laws are fine to break?

does your muse feel strongly about helping others?

does your muse think of themselves as a good person?

does your muse often butt up against authority figures?

does your muse feel motivated by recognition and praise?

what answer would your muse give to the trolley problem?

does your muse think it's important to help those less fortunate?

how would your muse respond to seeing a crime being committed?

what would your muse be willing to sacrifice to achieve their goals?

is your muse overly competitive? would others describe them as such?

does your muse have self-control? are they in in control of their impulses?

are there any morals your muse learned in childhood that they still live by?

does your muse believe it's justified to hurt one person to protect another?

how often does your muse find themselves disagreeing with established rules?

what does your muse think of the saying, "treat others as you want to be treated"?

does your muse consider themselves petty? would others describe them that way?

would your muse consider themselves entitled? would others describe them that way?

how often does your muse lie? Do they regret lying or do they feel their lies are justified?

are there any morals your muse learned in childhood that they disagree with / no longer live by?

is your muse loyal to those in their lives? does their loyalty tend to be genuine or can it be bought?

does your muse accept responsibility for mistakes, or are they prone to making excuses to avoid it?

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blood - stained boss.

  ❝  sweetheart  ,  i’m  not  at  liberty  to  owe  anythin’  to  this  region  or  noxus  .  i  think  you  know  what  that  means  .  maybe  you  should  go  lookin’  for  someone  else  worth  your  time  while  i  beat  the  bones  outta  the  bastard  who  thought  it  was  a  good  idea  to  even  —  ❞  he  stops  himself  ,  a  scowl  cleaving  through  the  gaps  of  his  canines  .  he  honestly  wanted  nothing  to  do  with  the  lot  —  he  was  perfectly  content  remaining  on  the  outer  field  from  the  resistances  against  noxus  .  political  fights  were  never  his  expertise  ;  now  he’s  got  xan  irelia  —  resistance  leader  &  figure  head  —  on  his  tail  . he  wasn’t  obligated  to  fight  for  his  homeland  .  he  wasn’t  obligated  to  fight  for  his  old  blood’s  homeland  .  𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐓  was  the  son  of  a  noxian  —  he  was  practically  held  towards  the  noxian  regime  in  militant  services  —  but  he  was  also  the  son  to  a  vastayan  clan  . both  of  which  disregarded  him  for  his  existence  anyway  .  so  why  was  it  now  he’s  all  of  a  sudden  a  target  of  interest  ?  𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐓  corks  the  leathered  waterskin  once  he  finished  downing  its  contents  .  quelling  the  thirst  &  temporarily  the  heat  cascading  within  his  body  .  he  felt  like  he  was  teeming  with  vastayan  magic  ;  buzzing  the  pricks  of  his  crimson  fur  &  the  tips  of  his  fingers  . tongue  curls  around  a  fang  ,  lapping  up  the  excess  water  pelting  his  whiskered  chin  .  ❝  it  is  simple  —  i  stay  in  my  lane  —  you  stay  in  ‘yers  .  ain’t  nothin’  difficult  ‘bout  it  .  ❞

the endearment greets her ears like water meeting a hot pan, and annoyance furrows her dark brows. it's clear to the captain that she was expecting too much out of this encounter. does he truly believe that this establishment of his has been going on under the noses of ionia's council? unlikely. sett may act like a brute, but from irelia's intel; and her intuition — it's apparent that he is not a force to be trifled with.

⠀⠀⠀⠀unfortunately for him, irelia xan did not achieve her position by being a pushover. " it's irelia to you; xan irelia. what i do with my time is my own concern. " her eyes flicker away from the half - vastayan at his dismissive attitude. should she be celebrating that he isn't secretly loyal to noxus, then? able - bodied ionian men and women are choosing to fight in this brutish place day & night... it's unbelievable to her. but irelia isn't here to disparage sett for simply providing an avenue for violence. the ionia that the council of elders wishes to return to is not coming back, irelia knows this. but they won't be placated until she acts out her part.

⠀⠀⠀⠀( when will they be satisfied? a doll dancing on their strings, spinning and spinning to the tune they pluck. the answer is plain; they will never be satisfied. for ionia, for the first lands. she will keep on spinning until both her feet seeps bleed into the ground. )

⠀⠀⠀⠀still, irelia is not about to back down so easily. taking a breath before pushing it out slowly between her teeth, irelia clicks her tongue before starting once more. " i don't think you understand the magnitude of the situation you're in, sett, let me explain. " cerulean eyes meets his squarely; perhaps a hint of her unwillingness to relay the will of the council is present in her gaze, but irelia's voice is absolute. " it's clear that your business means a lot to you, yes? your ' lane ' is upon ionian soil. i'm here on behalf of the council to advise you to... lower the scale of your operation. "

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Martial Arts Style Hanfu

From Hanfu Photographer: Ma Tianxing

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How could you NOT fall in love with the glow of the moon and stars, the warmth of the sun, the ancient life within the trees, and the sweet melodies of the winds?