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You gotta think about what your OC sleeps in. YOU GOTTA IT TELLS SO MUCH ABOUT THEM

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I would still go feline, but probably an Oriental Shorthair because longcat is long.

Now that I posted my idea of Nasosi being a doberman, I can't help but think about Yrliet being some kind of extremely long and skinny cat with red/orange fur. The kind that is extremely skittish and doesn't like anyone touching her.

But if you sneak around the corner ever so quietly, you can often find cat Yrliet curled around doberman Nasosi, purring so loud you can hear it from across the room.

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Corsair ending is my favourite for her too. Especially given Pasqal's murderous tendencies.

I've now seen multiple people complain that the RT fandom "infantalizes" Yrliet and doesn't hold her responsible for anything and I have to ask...

Are we in the same fandom?

She's *constantly* criticized for her every action and character trait by the fandom. And not just the Imperium LARPers, a lot of people on the more progressive side do it too, they're just way more polite about it and couch it under "oh, she's just so poorly written" or hold double standards between her actions and similar ones by other, more popular ones *coughcough* Marazhai *coughcough* Heinrix *coughcough* Pasqal

I'm not saying anyone actually has to like Yrliet, but it's so bizarre how many people are convinced that there's some kind of wide-spread conspiracy to mischaracterize and over-defend her when half the fandom hates her and the other half seems to forget she exists most of the time.

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Agreed, Crudarach is absolutely at the far end of conservative Craftworlds. Farseers don't have such a stronghold on all Craftworlds and if you let Muaran have any say on Janus he really gives zero shits about the human population, enslaves them, etc. There are much more chill Craftworlds out there, some that trade with humans, some that have intervened in wars and collaborated.

I've now seen multiple people complain that the RT fandom "infantalizes" Yrliet and doesn't hold her responsible for anything and I have to ask...

Are we in the same fandom?

She's *constantly* criticized for her every action and character trait by the fandom. And not just the Imperium LARPers, a lot of people on the more progressive side do it too, they're just way more polite about it and couch it under "oh, she's just so poorly written" or hold double standards between her actions and similar ones by other, more popular ones *coughcough* Marazhai *coughcough* Heinrix *coughcough* Pasqal

I'm not saying anyone actually has to like Yrliet, but it's so bizarre how many people are convinced that there's some kind of wide-spread conspiracy to mischaracterize and over-defend her when half the fandom hates her and the other half seems to forget she exists most of the time.

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New Fic... wif a coupla ork boyz!

Done as part of the Dopamine Week Live Readings... and the new tradition of wonderfully bad "Beef-Sweller" fics! Meet Borrak and Gorgob... watch as they learn about humie krumpin'... AND NOTHING ELSE!

(Art by Edward DeLandre. Go HERE to see more!)

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Here, take some other stupid edits, as tribute for your patience and your kindness with my art.

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Chapter 21 of How the Game is Played!

With a new sense of self, Ada prepares to confront Calcazar on Footfall following the revelations on Eufrates II. But things are rarely so simply, and it appears her trials are far from over.

Finally managed to reorganize all my one-shots into the long-fic that was originally titled "Playing to the Crowd." Now you can find it all in one place! Expect some edits of older chapters to spring up in the future... and possibly some completely new chapters too!

Artwork by the amazing @skolas-a. Full version can be found HERE!

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Chaos WIP #6 && Happy Lex Imperialis

"How could I have ever trusted a mon-keigh, elantach? Crudarach, a mere trophy on your wall!"

[Yrliet shapes up, a month more of suffering and maybe even good]

I love how for RT Yrliet is like the most perfect thing to look at, while for Muaran and other farseer crowd she is something of a sad unruly child. Much 🖤🩶.

Anyway, mommy had seen a-many tags and will respond to them & do the prompts, mommy promises. It's just been a very difficult week & mommy is a slow and tired turtle.

Gently mining tagging for WIPs: @orphic-eluvian @lucheiah @choccy-zefirka @nusaran @redstairs & anyone who wants to :)

And happy playing!

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Yrliet isn't perfect and she's written as a character with flaws.

One of those flaws is arrogance and I feel like culturally we still struggle so much with an arrogant woman, especially if she fails. If a woman is cocky about her abilities, she better be infallible. But arrogance is baked into the Aeldari race, especially Craftworlders. She wasn't going to be all moe and cute "omg your culture is so quaint!".

If Marazhai leaving bodies in your bath after sex is *teehee* and Pasqal offering to servitorise people left and right is funny, why is her rage at being proposed something that aggravating? Or her despair at finding survivors of her craftworld - which led her to underestimate the shit a Drukhari could do - incomprehensible? She says herself she expected the equivalent of finding her name spelled out in Asuryani bodyparts, not a city trip to Funkytown. So yeah, that was dumb. How you react is an interesting moral choice for your character, not an infantilisation if you forgive her.

(TW: sexual violence discussion under the cut)

I was going to skip this but I'm adding this soapbox bit because I'm kinda mad: there is a meme up on Reddit rn laughing at her killing the officer that propositions her. Her refusing any physical contact is often cited as unacceptable, especially in the less savoury parts of the fandom. Some days ago we had a commenter talking about how he'd tie her up and then describe his rape fantasies - post got taken down but still. And if you like or defend her it's only because you want to fuck the elf.

The killing of the officer is obviously an overreaction, but why would she do that? There could be very valid interpretations. One I've seen a few times is that sexual assault might have happened on Janus, where she is considered a second-class mutated human and a Slaaneshi corruption is underway. Or she's just extremely touch averse. Or Crudarach was turboracist, more than say Biel-Tan.

Regardless, it looks like some people just like to hate on her for it. Again, Marazhai crucifies someone above your bed before going to town each time. Kibellah has a melty and kills someone without the undying one's fiat too. Heinrix before his freeze scene also pops a random officer. They all loose control over their feelings (well not Marzi necessarily). But all of these are cooler somehow.

People don't have to like her. But this whole, punitive, "how dare she withhold sex when she's flawed" really reeks and I'm tired of it.

I've now seen multiple people complain that the RT fandom "infantalizes" Yrliet and doesn't hold her responsible for anything and I have to ask...

Are we in the same fandom?

She's *constantly* criticized for her every action and character trait by the fandom. And not just the Imperium LARPers, a lot of people on the more progressive side do it too, they're just way more polite about it and couch it under "oh, she's just so poorly written" or hold double standards between her actions and similar ones by other, more popular ones *coughcough* Marazhai *coughcough* Heinrix *coughcough* Pasqal

I'm not saying anyone actually has to like Yrliet, but it's so bizarre how many people are convinced that there's some kind of wide-spread conspiracy to mischaracterize and over-defend her when half the fandom hates her and the other half seems to forget she exists most of the time.

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While it is not 100% clear it looks like Theodora could be responsible for Idiras issue with the voices from the warp whispering to her:

Of course, Tanakia could be lying, but I don't see why she would do that aside from being a jerk.

If you pass a Imperium lore check you can also recall some information about a mindlock:

"You have heard about mindlock technology. The subject's memories of times or events would be placed under a special lock that could only be opened by a key phrase, one that most likely only Theodora would know."

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Can I getaaaaaaa- 40k lore post about Necrons?

Sure, friend!

The Necrons are the robotic and (literally) soulless remnants of a species that went extinct millions of years ago: the Necrontyr.

The Necrontyr were one of the first species to achieve sapience in the galaxy, billions of years ago. Their homeworld was a bleak, miserable radiation-blasted wasteland, which informed their entire civilization. Necrontyr lived relatively short lives full of disease, sickness and early deaths. Over time, Necrontyr cities were equal parts places where people lived, and massive tomb complex. Their colonies likewise became tomb worlds, where Necrontyr anticipated their own death just as much as they advanced their technology and explored the stars.

Eventually, the Necrontyr made contact with the Old Ones. Where the Necrontyr were a dour, short lived and grim race, the Old Ones were a species of unmatched psychic power. Magic and mastery of the warp (this was long before the chaos gods existed) made them create miracles, and live nearly immortal lives.

Naturally, seeing the Old Ones and their prosperity created immense rage in the Necrontyr. Not just against the Old Ones, but conflicts between Necrontyr dynasties, noble houses and mini-empires erupted. Ultimately, the Triarch, the most powerful rulers of the Necrontyr and the supposed rulers of all dynasties and kingdoms, realized that the only way to stop Necrontyr civilization from collapsing was to give them all a common enemy. So they manipulated the nobility and leadership of their race into directing their anger at the Old Ones directly.

This created a war known as the War In Heaven. A war so vicious, violent and catastrophic that even the worst suffering of the 42nd millennium are just tiny skirmishes in comparison. The horrific technology of the Necrontyr met the magic of the Old Ones, and entire star systems burned.

Needless to say, the Necrontyr quickly lost the war. The instant defeat seemed possible, the Necrontyr nobility began to fight amongst themselves yet again, threatening their own extinction in the face of Old One retaliation.

In desperation, the Silent King, the ruler of the Triarch and supreme king of all Necrontyr, reached out into the stars for ANY answer to his people's suffering. The C'tan answered. Star gods, supremely powerful entities that consume energy to sustain themselves. The C'tan were not creatures of sorcery and the warp, but a facet of reality itself.

The C'tan promised to help the Necrontyr. They would make the Necrontyr immortal, and push back the Old Ones. So long as the Necrontyr provided them sustenance. An alliance was struck, and the Necrontyr used their immense and to-this-day unsurpassed mastery of technology to create bodies for the C'tan out of living metal.

I said above that the C'tan feed on energy. For billions of years, they sustained themselves by draining the energy from stars. But as it turns out, living souls are much more appealing. The C'tan provided the Necrontyr immortality for sure, by guiding the Silent King to develop biotransference technology. In which a living Necrontyr would have their living body destroyed, but their mind would be uploaded into a shell of living metal. They did not realize that every Necrontyr that did this would sacrifice their soul, which would be devoured by the C'tan.

In their new bodies, the War in Heaven erupted into even more depraved pits of violence. And eventually, the Old Ones were vanquished. However, the price of victory was a burning, nearly sterile galaxy almost devoid of life. The War in Heaven ended almost 65 million years ago. (Games Workshop has never officially confirmed it, but have made many cheeky inferences to the fact that the dinosaurs were probably killed as a result of the war in heaven. The asteroid that hit Earth 65 million years ago was a side effect)

In this moment of victory, hollow as it was, the Silent King turned his anger on his own benefactors. The Necrontyr, or the Necrons as they had become, realized the true horror of their new existence. Soulless beings who would never truly live again. Their unique and individual sparks, which had once belonged to each individual Necrontyr, had become nothing more than food for the C'tan.

All the might of the Necrons, which had burned the entire galaxy to the ground, was turned on the C'tan. And it shattered them. Literally. All that is left of the old star gods are fragments and shattered remnants, buried in forgotten places and left to rot for eternity.

In this victory, the Silent King felt nothing. He couldn't feel anything anymore. The galaxy was no longer a place the Necrontyr wanted to rule, and the Necrons would not thrive on top of a pile of ashes. So he enacted the Great Sleep protocol. All Necrons across the galaxy would turn their tomb worlds into vast underground complexes meant to house their sleeping immortal bodies. They would wait however long it took for the galaxy to heal, and for the day the Necrons might find a way to get their souls back.

The Necrons have slept for over sixty millions years. Since then, the Aeldari took control of the galaxy. The Aeldari are not a naturally evolved species, but were uplifted and modified by the Old Ones to be psychic warriors and predators, designed to hunt and kill Necrons. (the orks are another bioweapon the Old Ones engineered to fight the Necrons) Many ancient tomb worlds were plundered and destroyed by the Aeldari over time. But not all of them. Not nearly enough.

In the 42nd millennum, the Necrons are waking up. Old dynasties and ancient internal conflicts are beginning again just as much as the Necron race fights a galaxy full of new vermin to exterminate.

The Silent King himself has recently re-emerged in the galaxy. He did not sleep like his subjects, but spent the last 60 million years in the void between galaxies. A self-exile, largely in penance for the sins he committed on his own people. But that time is over now. And he intends to once again unite all Necrons against their common enemies, and rule over the galaxy like they did millions of years before most of these pretender species even existed.

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Just FYI because I see this posted a lot and fandom is full of neurodivergent people: if you have been diagnosed with autism there is a slight correlation with looking younger.

Apparently we don't do neurotypical facial expressions *just right* and we tend to need more time to pick up on those others do. Add to that, we tend to emote less vividly. Other neurodivergents are great at picking up on it though (there is a nice study out there that shows it's not a ND communicate less than NT, it's ND communicate differently and we can pick it up from each other better). This already leads to looking younger.

Second, the less you move your face, the less wrinkles.

Third, there is a huge overlap between neurodivergence and people with connective tissue disorders. One of the byproduct of the latter is that if the collagen is different, skin aging will look different too and be seen as younger.

rb with whether people assume you’re older or younger than your actual age

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RT63

Jay , Cassius , Ulfira , Abelarda

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i'll defend fanfic for my whole life. like the joy it brings is genuinely transformative and indulgent in a way unique to the genre. it isn't meant for a market, it isn't meant to be sold or marketed. it is born out of such care and passion for a media that one must write and must share it, so other folks can enjoy it to. for no other reason than love and joy. do you know how special that is? especially in our current social and political climate.

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Chapter 19 of My Knight So Daring is live!

The Harvestend Tournament begins...

With many thanks to @pheedraws and @icasticonoclast for letting me borrow Livea and Evanelia. <3

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PERFECTION

I didn't find "There! Right There" with Rogue Trader characters, which was an omission. This shit should be in every fandom. So I warmed up and did a thing.

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POV: you are Heinrix and it is the worst assignment of your entire career.

This was made as an early birthday present for my cousin