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for the ask game: 🧡🖤💚

🧡: What is a popular (serious) theory you disagree with?

Until I see definitive proof that Ludinus is in fact as old as he wants people to believe he is, I will not believe it. I don't even really have an opinion on how old he is; I just don't think he's as old as he tries to suggest. And lest it be said that I am playing favorites, the thing about Ludinus is that he talks the way Essek talks in 91—and there are a lot of things Essek says at that dinner that I take with a good heaping of salt. It's this sense that they're talking around things that they would rather people not question; they're both very skilled at talking around things in a way where they aren't outright lying, but they'd rather you not think too hard about it because there's shit they're not saying. To be clear I also won't be mad if there does turn out to be some evidence in canon that he is that old, but thus far, there is nothing definitive, and I do not take the word of unreliable NPCs at face value.

🖤: Which character is not as morally good as everyone else seems to think?

I don't think this is really an unpopular opinion at this point, but Jester. Nice =/= good. I don't think she's evil, by any means! But her morality is a lot more complex than it's given credit for and I think it's one of the things that is most interesting about her. I'd actually consider her largely amoral; it's just not really an axis of consideration that she worries about. She doesn't want people to hurt her or her friends and she doesn't want something to destroy the world, but otherwise she doesn't really care much about what someone's morality is. "Just don't be evil to me" is an incredible sentiment for a reason. She cares more that Essek said they were his friends than the fact that he's the traitor they've been looking for. Ludinus is so insignificant to her despite his literally world-spanning evil plots that she has basically forgotten him six years later, even though two members of her friend group have spent the last six years trying to pin him down. Jester is hilariously amoral and I love that for her.

💚: What does everyone else get wrong about your favorite character?

[cracks knuckles] OKAY, this is where I've got receipts, because hooo boy do I have an opinion and I will be proving it.

Essek does not have an opinion on the Prime Deities. He does not really have much of an opinion on religion. He actually does not by the end of the campaign have any real issue with the Luxon, and frankly he primarily expressed issue with the Dynasty's worship because, until he got to Aeor, he wasn't certain that the Luxon was a real entity at all—which he contrasts against the Prime Deities, in fact!—and he seems to believe there is compelling evidence in Aeor that categorically disproves his hypothesis that the beacons are simply constructed Age of Arcanum devices.

Originally he is mostly concerned that the Luxon religion is used as a "crutch" which is "distracting them from what other good things they could do with the time and focus". He does specify that any religion can be used as such, but he only remarks upon the one he knows. His theory about the beacons, as of episode 91, is that they may be "artifacts designed in the Age of Arcanum that have been misread" that could be put to even further use.

He also does parrot the Dynasty party line in their first meeting about the Luxon being "the basis of how we've been able to free ourselves from the binds of the lineage the Betrayer Gods left for us", and while I do not take him at face value here (see the above commentary about unreliable NPCs), I doubt the truth of this statement is lost on him, considering his familial connections to Bazzoxan, which I can only imagine would not exactly endear one to the Betrayers, though this is only conjecture. If we do care to take him at his word here, it's not unreasonable, since he obviously has a lot more interest in the power offered by the beacons than anything else.

With all that being said, his tune on the Luxon itself has at least changed by the time they get to Aeor. He discusses iconography found in Aeor and when prompted by the Nein about whether the beacons were created by mortals, says, "I do not believe that they are made by anyone but the Luxon. They are of the Luxon. But they've been around since the Luxon's been in Exandria, which is the beginning."

So we started with him largely apathetic to religion, uncertain if this god was real, and by the time we circle back to him, he has now sided fairly definitively with the fact that the Luxon is an entity that has been around since at least the Founding. (For those keeping track at home, this is longer than Predathos has been around. In the Dynasty's creation myth, it may also have been around before the Prime Deities arrived, which is technically not incompatible with the creation myth of Exandria at large, but I digress.) Like most of Exandria, and as is perfectly reasonable for both his culture and his region, he probably doesn't have any love for the Betrayer Gods, but doesn't express much opinion if any on the Prime Deities. He has no time for religion, but frankly, he doesn't have time for much except for his own research, so it's hard to really ascribe any noted contempt to that.

Like, look, I've written plenty of religious trauma Essek fic, and I don't doubt that that element of it exists, but overall, in terms of canonical statements, it's pretty tame.

With that being said, I do want to fast forward a bit to draw attention to something else. Because I actually do think he ends the campaign with some measure of respect for, at the very least, the Wildmother.

In 140 after the Raise Dead fails, he talks briefly with Fjord about the unfairness of it. Fjord passively directs him to "if you were to ask my wise friend Caduceus..." Immediately after this exchange, Essek challenges Caleb to not accept defeat, and admits he wishes there was more that he or any of them could do, but concedes that, "Unfortunately, this type of magic is beyond my purview."

Immediately after this exchange, Caduceus asks for divine intervention.

Of course, he then spends several weeks gardening in a temple to the Wildmother, and seems to find some genuine clarity and perspective there, but I think this alone is enough to argue that, for a person as driven by empirical evidence as Essek, this sequence of events in 140 would be plenty to earn a wizard's respect.

So my formal belief is that Essek is not in fact anti-god or anti-religion, let alone against the Prime Deities. My opinion is that it's very easy to imagine him on his post-campaign travels leaving a small offering at any shrine of Melora he might pass, not out of actual worship but as a sign of respect.

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ok i took a shower and had a proper cry to lord huron going to put board game video on and forget about work for an hour

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anyways. charcoal drawing due tomorrow 8 pm i must away

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i need to walk out into the ocean till i cant feel the floor and see the sun set and the stars come out and eat a taco with the juice spilling out onto my lap and hear the sounds of my home town and see my friend smile and then ill be ok itll be ok

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(i have not been able to sleep for more than like 2 hrs at a time for the past week please let this contextualise tonigths positng)

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i am so so so scared and so so tired and so so so angry but also so full of love for this world and everyday i am overcome with my love for art and writing and creation 👍 you get it

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brb i've just written the last lines of this damn essay and yeah i'm gonna cry about it don't @ me

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Relationship: Essek & Yasha

Additional Tags: POV Essek, Post-C2, Demi Essek, Touch-Starved & Touch-Averse Essek, Essek Overthinks, Fluff, Drow Can Purr, Intimacy, Holding Hands, Hugs, BG M9 & Essek, BG Essek ~ Caleb, BG Beau/Yasha, Communication, notable discussion of things like: Declarations Of Love, Languages and Linguistics, Kryn Dynasty Culture & Customs, Queerplatonic Relationships, Complicated Relationships

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Summary:

“Yasha, you-.”

She raises her brows, curiosity blooming plain by the tilt of her head.

“You asked me…”

Preemptive regret and baseless fear both weigh down his tongue. Light, what is he doing.

Essek takes a breath, rushes. No turning back.

“You asked me, a bit ago, if I love him. Caleb.”

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AKA the Xhorhas kids talk about talking about love

Prompt fill for @quinn-of-aebradore

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anyways i have an essay im incredibly proud of and i just need to edit and its so brilliant but my goddamn prompt has one curveball fuckin thing i have to include in the conclusion and i want to chuck my computer across this room

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WHY ARE THERE THREE EM DASHES IN THIS SENTENTCE. GOOD GOD CECIL COOL IT

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oh you think you're soooo fucking smart. with your fucking convoluted pretentious sentences

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"My name is Lucy MacLean, and I'm an active contributor to the wellbeing of my community. I enjoy participating in the Young Pipefitter's Association, which keeps me active. Obviously, mine are nothing compared to my dad's, but I always relish a challenge. My primary passion is teaching American History, with a focus on ethics. I also participate in Gymnastics Club, Fencing Team C… Intermediate Phys Ed… and I dabble in Riflery. Though I'm not very good. In my personal time, I enjoy taking walks and watching movies with my dad, gardening… also with my dad… and participating in my family book club. We're still trying to get my brother on board. He'll come around when he's ready. My reproductive organs are intact, my hygiene well-maintained, and yet I have been unable to find a suitable marriage partner. So, it is with sound mind and body that I hereby submit my application to the council to participate in the Triennial Trade with Vault 32."

LUCY MACLEAN in FALLOUT, S1Ep1 The End

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Shadowgast art by Lap Pun Cheung

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washed my fuzzy throw blanket in the hopes that it would stop shedding and it is shedding less I THINK but the main point is do NOT snuggle up with a freshly laundered fuzzy blanket you WILL fall asleep even if it’s the middle of the work day

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If I ask nicely will people reblog this and tell me what their most common breakfast is? Not your favorite necessarily, just what you have for breakfast most frequently? 🙏🏽