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Hi guys friendly reminder if you’re checking here that I’ve moved to @justawrites I’m posting there now!

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OK I've made the decision to switch over to a new main account so I can actually interact with and follow people orz

I didn't expect cotl to become my new hyperfocus, if I'd known it would consume my every waking thought I would have made a main account from the start hhhh

I'm in the process of making this new account so bear with me, I'm gonna do a lot of reblogging on it from this account first before I worry about what it looks like

Anyway new account will be @justawrites , same name as my ao3. It is a work in progress but it will be worth it for me to be able to curate a dashboard that isn't my hyperfocus from 10 years ago lol

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Tumblr don't ruin image quality challenge: impossible

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Anyway, I'm sick and spent way too long on this but I have finished and now I am going to sleep thanks

This is specifically about Narinder in my God in a Godless Land story (thus the earring(s)), just some things he gets called throughout the story. Also me playing with his hairstyle a bit, I love long-haired Nari and I want to do him justice 😔

I like symbolism :)

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Lamb: "Try to get along! And remember, if you hurt them- I'll make you wish you were still in Purgatory."

When you bring the Bishops back but know they need keepers- I mean... friends! and need to remind them that there are, in fact, fates worse than death.

Also when the Lamb asks you to keep an eye on the former very-much-still-magically-inclined god of Chaos without any idea you're looking at your future husband

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Two new ideas I have that I'm just gonna put together in the same post and then not expand on as I have to get ready for work in like 5 minutes-

I'm an anthro/archaeology major, so... archaeologist!Lamb AU in which Lamb discovers the lost tomb of the Bishops, who once ruled over that region of the world with an iron fist. Ofc the Bishops are still alive and not actually dead, and Narinder is sealed away within it (with Aym and Baal as the tomb's keepers), and I have no other details beyond this. Something something museum curator Shamura mayhaps?

Anyway, the second idea; six bishops. And when Narinder begins to explore the idea of resurrection, Shamura, Kallamar, Heket and Leshy actually agree, yeah, Death is your domain, and actually this could be very very useful for us too! .... And then the sixth Bishop schemes and attacks the four to use their blood/ichor to chain Narinder away in the After like in canon, but after realizing the four intend to break his cursed chains as soon as they're recovered enough to do so, chains them away in their own temples too. The first time in a thousand years the four see each other again is when the Sixth lets them out of their temple to witness a private execution (attended only by the most faithful and devout of the Sixth's following, so those still loyal to the other four do not witness their gods bound in chains); the Lamb who Shamura foresaw would be the savior of Narinder, and in extension themselves. And after the last Lamb is executed, they're returned to their temples with what remained of their spirit broken. The only reason the Sixth doesn't kill them and become the last god? Because they realize, reuniting those five even (or especially in) death would be dangerous. The Lamb is sent not to kill the four, but to free them.

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this is the second time I've felt regret over making a side blog instead of a new blog

<- wants to follow people, doesn't want sideblog to be associated with main account (nothing bad I just don't like mixing fandoms orz)

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I cannot express to you how many ways my brain is split right now

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"I am the prophet with the answers you seek- time, I've unlocked it, I see past and future running free..."

Okay yeah it was way too fun and felt way too good drawing her again, everyone meet my girl Kilyin, I created her uhhhhh in 2008? Which is probably why she looks so much better than anyone else in this image, I've been drawing her for 16 years now. I need to learn to treat the cotl characters like OCs I think, if I do that they'll be easier for me to draw...

She's a prophet/seer/oracle/minor deity/whatever you want to call her living in the godless lands. The Lamb, Narinder and the Bishops seek her out during their journey. She bears no relation to Clauneck, Chemach, Kudaai or Haro, having been a mortal with a high amount of magic who happened to be born long after Chemach stopped making and giving crowns. She managed to figure out how time works, allowing herself to kinda just... step outside of it. Because of this she does not age, but she also gets visions of what was, is and what could be.

They find her in a cavern, waterfalls cascading down into the pond around. She uses the water to share her visions, which can be a... horrifying, terrifying sight. Her cavern is a series of small islands connected by narrow bridges, and there are paths behind the waterfalls as well.

Is this technically spoilers? I mean ig, you know now that Narinder joins the Lamb and Bishops on a journey through the godless lands- though his reason is different from theirs...

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what if I take the very first oc I ever made and turn her into a cotl oc to use in God in a Godless Land

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Winged au, imagine the first time after his imprisonment that Narinder's wings are preened......

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Will you include goat in your aus or maybe future ones, also poly nari, lamb and goat👀

I am considering how I could! I think I could squeeze them into the coffeeshop AU without any problems, but a lot of the other AUs (especially God in a Godless Land) are already pretty much outlined and I don't want to do gymnastics to try and figure out how to add them without messing up the flow of the story

As for future AUs, absolutely <3 I am already thinking of potential stories (and as someone who HATES love triangles, I promise none of them contain love triangles. At least no love triangles that don't get resolved with two hands-)

Yep yep as a poly myself I LOVE poly ships, I know they're not the most popular ships but I for one love them 👀 Just a lotta love going 'round ya know? I need to figure out how my Goat will be characterized and I wanna see if we'll get any Goat lore (or if they're just gonna be There™) like if they're the new god of War or if they're an alternative universe's god of Death or like a fuckin' shadow being or something before making any solid plans, but right now I am very much eyeing a polyship with these three 👀 In unrelated news the name "Goatfrey" keeps coming to mind when I think of possible names for the Goat lol

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I smell a war brewing

Already, I can see people making excuses not to ship Lamb x Goat in order to preserve narilamb. Think i'm over-exaggerating? People are already claiming that Lamb and Goat are basically the same person or essentially siblings. We've got a real contender against narilamb, folks!

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Part 1

Short and to the point- starting Lamb and the Bishops' side; while Narinder is starting a new life, so is the Lamb...

After Narinder runs away, the Lamb reluctantly step into the role of the new god of Death- the last god of the Faithful Lands, an incredibly lonely fate. Their followers rejoice and worship them, and their form begins to change- starting with their horns. Upsetting at first, the Lamb learns to accept that they will one day no longer look like the sheep they used to be.

Then, a few decades after Narinder ran away, the Lamb is met by the Mystic Seller- who, of course, demands the Lamb put the Bishops to rest. The Lamb accepts this new crusade.

At first, the Lamb intends to kill the Bishops for a final time, but when they see Leshy on the ground, small and mortal(ish) and helpless, their conviction wavers. Not out of pity (they have no pity for the Bishops) or forgiveness (there are things that cannot be forgiven)- but because they realize something then.

They are the last god in the lands of Faith, but the Bishops used to be gods. They know what it means and how it feels to be gods among mortals, to watch the people around them- people they care about despite everything- grow old without them, to have an entire civilization resting on their shoulders, to make the hardest choices that any person can make so that no one else has to make them. And, without Narinder there as the Lamb had intended him to be, they are the closest thing they will ever get to having companions on equal ground- the only people they can turn to for advice on this god thing, as horribly, cruelly ironic as that is.

So they spare the Bishops, but their mercy is not freedom; it is a shackle. And, unlike Narinder, the Lamb won't let them run away. They have no choice but to kneel.

And they will spend eternity repenting.

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Boy howdy my poly ass is looking forward to writing narilambgoat.......... goatnarilamb...? Gonarilamb....? Uh help-

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I just wanted to say that I love your work and every single au you make I just can't get enough your talent is amazing I wish that I had at least half of your creativity. What I want to say is that I really admire what you do and I can't wait for more❤️

Ps. I'm sorry if it's written weird or if it has errors English isn't my first language

!!! Ohhh thank you so much!!! This has absolutely made my day <3 If you ever have any questions about any of my AUs feel free to ask, I love talking about them- I'm definitely looking forward to sharing more!!!

Again thank you so much I'm really happy to know someone out there is enjoying my self indulgent stories and AUs <3

(Your English is fine! <3)

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so for the Narinder Runs Away AU I think I have an idea for a name/title... but I can't decide which teeny tiny variation to use

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I really like this panel for some reason