#Gen 1: Barbarian

[baldurs-writers-3]

Gen Fic 1: A Baldur's Gate 3 Fanfiction Rec List

This week, we have our first iteration of another recurring theme, Gen Fic!

Gen fics are fics where the primary pairing and/or focus of the fic is not romantic or sexual. This recurring theme is to help highlight fics that might not get picked up as often due to searching behaviors.

Check under the cut for seven excellent fics that explore complex platonic friendships, found family goodness, and character deep dives! And as always, comment and kudos if you like them!

Seven Minutes in Avernus by cyranonic (3503, Teen) Content Notes: None Pairings: Astarion & Karlach

While exploring the monastery Astarion and Karlach get sealed into a trap! A box of stone... Astarion doesn't handle it well, but it's a bit too early in the trip for Karlach to really understand what is happening.

Reccer says: His freak out is v. well done, and I love her moment of realization.

Taters by OrangeChickenPillow (1,593, General) Content Notes: None Pairings: The Origin Gang

Karlach might have lost one family, but she gained another (and her new family tells her "taters" with varying degrees of enthusiasm)

Reccer says: I really love team as family and this fic does it wonderfully

Lost in Frozen Fire by SadinaSaphrite (10,333, Explicit) Content Notes: Explicit for torture not sexy Pairings: Astarion & Jaheira

Astarion has a bad time and cannot save himself, even though oh how he tries. Too bad he doesn't have anybody who cares enough for him to come look for him... oh wait!

Reccer says: It's SO SAD how Astarion is hopeful and hopeful until he just has to give up and admit total defeat. Then his interactions with Jahiera are SO good.

Descent into Baldur’s Gate by Starlight_Rogue (19,331, Not Rated) Content Notes: None Pairings:

An Iseki fanfic where someone from this world wakes up as a tiefling barbarian in bg3 and lives through their favorite story

Reccer says: It is an amazing mix having humor with serious moments sprinkled throughout. It is still in progress

Fool Me Once by cyranonic (6994, Mature) Content Notes: None Pairings: Astarion & Karlach

In hindsight, Karlach wonders how she ever came to trust Enver Gortash. A requiem for loyalty in seven moments.

Reccer says: I really enjoy the exploration of Gortash's manipulation methods, and I absolutely ADORE the conversation Astarion and Karlach have afterwards! Friends don't let friends blame themselves for being abused!

Broken Little Puppets by BlackjackKent (1797, General) Content Notes: None Pairings: Astarion & Karlach

Astarion and Karlach talk a bit about how it feels after killing the people who ruined their lives.

Reccer says: The phrase 'And the hunger will never, ever, ever stop.' lives in my brain rent free. That just says it all about Astarion right there. He won, but it didn't undo anything that was done to him.

Apples by AlwaysMauria (2041, General) Content Notes: None Pairings: Astarion & OC (named Tav)

Approximately 20 years before the events of the Absolute, Astarion meets a child while on an errand for Cazador.

Reccer says: I read AlwaysMauria's fic 'Star Crossed', and this one-shot feels like such a sweet supplement to their backstory. It's a sweet interaction, and my new HC for Astarion's 'House of Nightstar' dialogue origin. Def recommend!

The above fanfic recommendations were pulled from our community for this weekly event. Have any questions about what this is? Check out the FAQ!

Next week, we’ll be exploring Worldbuilding Fics! 

[randomnameless]

"#also can we talk about how lorenz is apparently looking for a bride and how#his dad hasn't arranged a wedding since he was 4 to a noble heiress or something?#the barbarians had that with Ingrid and Glenn" I was thinking how weird that is since the empire also does it (Ferd with Bern) but iirc there was that shadow text about someone from Daphnel being in an arranged marriage so I guess House Gloucester is a "the person chooses who to marry not the parents"? Then I thought about (1/2)

Greg's deal with Ludwig to marry their heirs was interesting on paper, but cancelled due to Bernie being, well, Bernie.

You can interpret kid!Emile meeting kid!Constance as Baron Bartels wanting to secure a wedding between his son and the elusive House Nuvelle's heir... but that's only conjecture.

But let's be serious a moment, doylist wise, we couldn't have too many arranged marriages, because the player is supposed to be able to ship whoever they want and even have Billy marry everyone - even the disembodied gremlin in their head :(

There was nothing taboo, or said to be taboo in Nopes, about Matthias snagging an Adrestian to Barbarian Land (tm), or House Gautier frowning because Lady Gautier 1 was an Adrestian - if she was a noble... it opens another can of worms, can you imagine Miklan being Caspar's cousin, if Lady Gautier 1 was, idk, a noble daughter from House Bergliez? Let say she was, Miklan couldn't inherit Gautier because no crust, but what about his stance/role/title in Bergliez? Could he just roll over Caspar's older bro (never named) if he had more muhrit or something like that, and become Leopold's heir - even if he's part Faerghan?

As you noticed, we had instances of arranged marriages with the shadow note about House Daphnel - are we really supposed to believe the traditional House Gloucester, who puts much emphasis on its lineage and what not, would have let Lorenz pick anyone (even if he has his own criteria!) while Erwin wouldn't have arranged anything at his birth??

Jugdral wise we could have some "doomed by inheritance" pairings in the second gen, where Patty would have to return to Jungby as its Duchess if her bro Faval inherits something else (or died),even if she married, say, Ced who's staying as the King of Silesse.

But for all of its supposed "Jugdral inspiration", Fodlan didn't go there, so we will never know what happens with international marriages and their potential consequences.

Fodlan HC : Ionius's great-grandmother (who was a concubine!) was a scion of House Blaiddyd so Gertrude, Supreme Leader's second oldest sister, popped up a minor crust of Blaiddyd at birth.

Of course tensions arose between Gertrude's mom and Ionius (because the relationships between Faerghus and Adrestia were soured since Lambert beat Ludwig during the Battle of the Eagle and the Lion during their year together at GM) and she was exiled. Gertrude was designed to be the first kid to be "experimented upon".

[ao3feed-kiribaku]

Our first mission... alone

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/hHt0fAj by MushyforMHA Kirishima has a chat with soon to be mother in law.. maybe. And domestic fluff. First fanficc Words: 612, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M, Other Characters: Bakugou Mitsuki, Bakugou Katsuki, Bakugou Masaru, Bakugou Katsuki's Family, Bakugou Katsuki's Parents, Kirishima Eijirou, Kirishima Eijirou's Parents, Kirishima Eijirou's Mother Relationships: Bakugou Katsuki/Kirishima Eijirou, Bakugou Masaru/Bakugou Mitsuki Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Dragon Kirishima Eijirou, Barbarian Bakugou Katsuki, First Kiss, Miscommunication, Sharing a Bed, Dorks in Love, Domestic Fluff, Fluff, Warm and Fuzzy Feelings, Feelings, Gay Kirishima Eijirou, Aromantic Asexual Bakugou Katsuki, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst and Fluff and Smut, Love Confessions, Shameless Smut, Boys In Love, Declarations Of Love read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/hHt0fAj

[unofficialgayawakening]

Unofficial Gay Gender Lock Removal Patch

UGA shares its home on Discord with @ljreflet's Gender Lock Removal, so it's a little silly that it's taken so long to make the two mods compatible, but the patch is now finished!

I'm not uploading it to GameBanana yet, but the download link is in the discord server, which you can join here: https://discord.gg/rdAF8pAN

There are two different versions of GLR, and I've made patches for both versions of them. Details are below.

Version A features:

Changes to select Gen 1 class sets: Lissa: Cleric/Pegasus/Barbarian Panne: Taguel/Wyvern/Barbarian Gaius: Thief/Myrmidon/Pegasus Cherche: Wyvern/Cleric/Fighter Henry: Dark Mage/Thief/Troubadour Donnel: Villager/Mercenary/Pegasus

All other Gen 1 characters will pass down their existing previously gender-locked classes instead of parallel versions (i.e. Vaike will pass Fighter if he is Lucina's father instead of Pegasus Knight).

Donnel's Villager class remains male-only and translates to the Knight class for any of his potential daughters.

Male manaketes have been added in addition to the existing classes from the original GLR. Each male Gen 2 unit has a unique manakete sprite and dragon form texture and will use their base class model in the class (exceptions: Brady uses war monk and Laurent uses sage for less clipping).

Version B features:

Gen 1 retains their vanilla class sets, but now pass down any previously gender-locked class instead of their parallel versions.

Panne now passes Wyvern to her sons instead of Barbarian (Yarne has been given Barbarian in his base class set so he will still get it like normal, but if he has any brothers they will not).

Male manaketes have been added, exactly the same as they are in Version A.

[snowflurried]

2024 Movies & TV Shows List

(will update as time goes on)

To Watch:

Movies:

The Godfather

Little Women

The Dark Knight Rises

The French Dispatch

Marie Antoinette

Dracula (1931)

Scarface

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Paranorman

Gone With The Wind

An American in Paris

The Royal Tenebaums

Spotlight

2001: A Space Odyssey

Arrietty

Maxxxine

Watching:

Breaking Bad (S5, 12)

House, M.D. (S8, 21)

Lost (S2, 20) (rewatch)

Abbott Elementary Season 3 and 4 (S4, 9)

Conclave

Watched (chronological order):

Scream 4 (rewatch)

Saltburn

Legendary Season 1 (rewatch)

Misery

The Umbrella Academy Season 3 (rewatch)

The Dark Knight

Fear Street Part 1: 1994 (rewatch)

Murder on The Orient Express (2017)

Scream 2 (rewatch)

Nightcrawler

The Favourite

Do Revenge (rewatch)

Everything Everywhere All at Once (rewatch)

From Up On Poppy Hill

Skyfall (rewatch)

No Time to Die

The Devil Wears Prada (rewatch)

The Queen's Gambit (rewatch)

Despicable Me 2 (rewatch)

Perfect Blue (rewatch)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (rewatch)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (rewatch)

Gossip Girl

Halloween (1978)

The Martian (rewatch)

The Menu (rewatch)

Ocean's 8 (rewatch)

Poor Things

Mean Girls (2004) (rewatch)

Glass Onion (rewatch)

Do Revenge (rewatch)

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (rewatch)

Knives Out (rewatch)

American Fiction

The Mitchells vs. the Machines (rewatch)

The Lorax (rewatch)

Scary Movie

Crazy Rich Asians (rewatch)

Oppenheimer

The White Lotus (rewatch)

Scary Movie 3

Scream (2022) (rewatch)

The Bear

Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (rewatch)

Scoop

The Mist

Kill Bill: Volume 1 (rewatch)

Total Drama Seasons 1-5 (rewatch)

Fallout

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (rewatch)

Megamind (rewatch)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (rewatch)

Ripley

Total Drama Season 7 (rewatch)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (rewatch)

Derry Girls (rewatch)

I, Tonya (rewatch)

The Good Place (rewatch)

Madagascar (rewatch)

Ponyo

Baby Reindeer

Dream Scenario

Everything Everywhere All at Once (rewatch)

Charade (1963)

The Fall Guy

The Devil Wears Prada (rewatch)

Abigail

Five Nights at Freddy's (rewatch)

Jaws

Ocean's 8 (rewatch)

Get Out (rewatch)

Bodies Bodies Bodies

Gen V (rewatch)

Run (rewatch)

Us (rewatch)

Shaun of the Dead

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

The Boys Season 4

Kiki's Delivery Service (rewatch)

Despicable Me (rewatch)

Scream (1996) (rewatch)

You (rewatch)

Addams Family Values

The Addams Family

I Saw the TV Glow

The Babysitter: Killer Queen

The Substance

Girl, Interrupted

Venom (rewatch)

Scream 6 (rewatch)

Zoolander (rewatch)

Truth or Dare: Extended Director's Cut

The Holdovers

Lisa Frankenstein

Ready or Not

The Blackening

Smile 2

Longlegs

It's What's Inside

Smile

Sweetpea

Clarkson's Farm

Home Alone (rewatch)

Barbarian

The Truman Show (rewatch)

The Terminal (rewatch)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Rebel Ridge

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Birds of Prey (rewatch)

Tropic Thunder (rewatch)

Derry Girls (rewatch)

The Guilty

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Anora

Fleabag (rewatch)

The Babysitter

Crashing (rewatch)

[thebnha-auhoard]

We have many Names, all of then are Curses to Them By Aurora01BorealZory

prompt:Fantasy AU, but where Character A is taught that [insert creature, kind, type of magic here] is inherently bad, until they meet Character B Oni, Tiers, Dexes, Spirits, Wraiths, there are a lot of names for the mysterious race with natural afinity with magic and constant of pointy ears, but what most consider them as the darkness that haunt any human in the night high off their bloodlust. That is what is taught to the children, but yet, their mind is still very open to new learnings and sights to behold

Words:1,062 Chapters:1/6, Language:English

Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Rating: General Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: Gen

Characters: Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Uraraka Ochako, Uraraka Ochako's Parents, Iida Tenya, Iida Tensei | Ingenium, Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Midoriya Izuku, Bakugou Katsuki, Shinsou Hitoshi, Todoroki Shouto, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor

Relationships: Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Uraraka Ochako, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Shinsou Hitoshi, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Iida Tenya, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Iida Tensei | Ingenium, Midoriya Izuku & Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Bakugou Katsuki & Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Todoroki Shouto & Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor & Todoroki Shouto

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Fantasy Races, Medieval Life, Noble Houses, revolts, Revolution, coup, Protective Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead Adopts Shinsou Hitoshi, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead is a Crypt, Protective Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Yagi Toshinori | All Might is a Ray of Sunshine, Mentor Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Noble Iida Family, Squire Iida Tenya, Todoroki Shouto is Bad at Feelings, Todoroki Shouto is a Dork, Prince Todoroki Shouto, Todoroki Shouto is a Little Shit, Barbarian Bakugou Katsuki, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead Training Shinsou Hitoshi, Bard Shinsou Hitoshi, 5+1 Things, Discord: No Writing Academia Fic Fight (My Hero Academia), Discord: No Writing Academia Fic Fight 2023 (My Hero Academia), Team Villains, NWA Fic Fight Team Villains, Fic Fight Team Villains, No Beta We Die Like Sasaki Mirai | Sir Nighteye

Part 4 of fic fight got this hands but i'm ok

[hydralisk98]

“Karalis” clef / keymap between 16^12 Angora & real-life Earth (Second Edition Preview, 11496 HE eq.)

PREFACE

Derived from the previous posts on the 16^12 constructed universe, soon to append additional content derived from books I own... (Looking especially towards Mark Rosenfelder's works but got a bunch more useful ones that aren't of his hand)

Yet to refine a bunch of specific details to emulate, to avoid / differentiate, and correlating the whole mess with a bunch of additional sources, files and documents to reach a satisfactory conclusion to this article.

Some fundamental key parameters to remember

Reason: Worldbuilding for filling in the lore behind my art and also for manifestation purposes

Motivation: Mental health, wish-fulfillment, feelings of accomplishment, historical exploration, personal improvement at the craft, nuanced political advocacy?;

Genre: Alternate history / parallel universe, adventure/mystery, far future, medium magick / psionics users, adult audience (Millenials + Zillenials + Gen Z);

Scale: Planet (focus points, smallest scale?)

Mood: Noble [Grim to Noble agency scale], Neutral-Bright [Dark to Bright lively comfort scale]

Theme: Coming of Age [cycles of constructive renewal every so often] (storytelling motifs)

Conflict: Political intrigue, ethics of knowledge, addventure exploration, data processing, progress vs preservation, internal + external conflicts;

Workflow: From blob map to detailed flat map to GIS+OSM-enabled map

Name: Try using meaningful, nuanced or at least representative names

Magic: Yes it exists, but high technology and other meta-physical matters take priority and by far.

Timescale: From ~16 billion years after the big bang to the late iron stars age of the universe (mostly focused onto the later time periods)

Civilization 5 & its planetary geography: A classical terrestrial planet (144x72 hexagonal tiles -> 288x144 hexagonal tiles? -> 2880x1440p basemap), Got Lakes? map script (to be expanded onto later), 5 Billion Years, Normal temperate, Normal rainfall, High Sea level, Abundant resources, Globe World Wrap, Tectonic Plates Mountains, 'Tectonic and chains' Extras, Small Continents Landmasses, Evergreen & Crop Ice Age & Full Ice Age, Tilted Axis Crop & Tilted Axis Full & Two Suns, enraged barbarians, random personalities, new random seed, complete kills, randomize resources & goodies, (planet with its associated divine realms heavily intertwinned with the living's physical plane?)

Mainline sapient species: Humans (Traditional humans yet with several more sub-species & ancestries, such as Otterfolk, Bearfolk, Mothfolk, Elkfolk, Selkie, Sabertoothfolk, Salukifolk, Hyenafolk, Tigerfolk, Boarfolk, Karibufolk, Glyptodonfolk, [insert up to four additional Cenozoic-inspired sub-species here]…), Automaton (constructs, robots, droids, synthetics…), Izki (butterfly folk), Evandari (rodent folk), Urzo (jellyfish-like molluscoid), Akurites (individualistic sapient anthropods), Ganlarev (sapient fungoid species), DAAR Hive Awareness (Rogue Servitor divided / disparate service grids)

Sideline sapient species: Devils, Hellhounds, Mariliths, Imps, Daemons, Valkyrie, Sphinx-folk, Angels, Cherubs, Thrones, Seraphims, Devas & Devi & Asuras, Fairy, Sprites, Dryads, Nymphs, Skinwalkers…

2D Ethos: [ Transparency - Mystery, Instrument - Agency; ] scales Threeway Ethical "Ancestral" Lineages: [ Harmony - Liberty - Progress; ] scale

Stellaris parameters: 4x Habitable worlds, 3x primitive civilizations, 4500s as contemporary present day, 4800s as Stellaris starting point, 5200 early game start, 5600 mid-game, 6000 late game, 6400 endgame / victory, all crisis types, tweaks to Stellaris' Nemesis system for extremely long-term lore (Neue Pangea Sol-3, Dying Sol-3, Undead Sol-3, Red Dwarves, Black Holes, Iron Stars, Heat Death;)…

FreeCiv parameters: [?]

SimCity 4 parameters: [?]

Life Simulation 'toybox' parameters: [?]

CRPG parameters: [?]

Computer mini-FS: [?]

Immersion and reality shifting feelies: [?]

Atlas parameters: [?]

[...]

CIVILIZATIONS

(12 majors, 32-48 minors, but it is a fairly flexible system as to leave room for many game scenarios and variations)

(Civ_1 to Civ_12) Shoshones (as the eponymous Shoshoni, also somewhat similar to the Western US of A + Cascadia + British Colombia to be frank), Maya (as the Atepec), Morocco (as the Tatari), Celts < Scotland < Gaelic Picts (as the Aberku), Brazil (as the March+Burgund+Hugues cultural co-federated group), Persia (as the Taliyan), Poland (as the Rzhev), Incas (as the Palche), Assyria (as the Syriac), Babylon (as the Ishtar), Polynesia < Samoa (as the Sama),

(Civ_13 to Civ_16) Korea (as the Hwatcha), Sweden (as the Mersuit), Japan ≈ Austria < Portugal (as the Arela), China ≈ Siam < Vietnam (as the Cao),

(Civ_17 to Civ_20) Indonesia < Inuit (as the Eqalen), Carthage (as the Eyn), Mongols < Angola (as the Temu), Netherlands (as the Treano);

(Civ_21 to Civ_36) Hungary (as the Uralic & Caucasus peoples, including Avars & Hungarians) Aremorica (as a different, more inner continental Gaulish Breton [or Turkey's Galatians], flavor of Aberku druidic Celts, from which the Angora names derives from) Sumer (some additional mesopotamian civilization into the mixture) Burgundy (as a releasable Occitan cultural state from Brazil) Lithuania (as the Chunhau cantonese seafarers) Carib (Classical Nahuatl / Nubian civilization of darkest skin cultures, integral part of a major human labor market before it got shutdown) Austria (as a releasable March cultural state from Brazil with some exiled cities) England (as a releasable Hugues cultural state from Brazil) Spain ≈ Castille ≈ Aragon (as the Medran) Nippur ≈ Nibru ≈ Elam (as another, east-ward mesopotamian state) Myceneans < Minoans (as a seafarers aggressive culture) Ethiopia < Kilwa ≈ Oman (as a Ibadi Islam outspot of trade) Venice < Tuscany (as another Treano state) Byzantium ≈ Classical Greece (as the pious religious orthodox Zapata government akin to tsarist Russia dynasty & Vatican Papal States during the late 18th century) Ottomans < Turks (as the Turchian turkic culture group) Hittites (as the Hatris / Lydians culture group)

CULTURES

(Ranges from ~36 to 48 total)

Eyn = Levantine

Ibrad = Hungarian

Zebie = Basque

Tatari = Berber

Cao = Vietnamese

Shoshoni

Turchian = Turkish

Eqalen = Inuit

Tersun = Ruthenian

Temu = Nigerian

Hugues = English

Lueur = Mongolian

March = German

Teotlan = Nahuatl

Hwatcha = Korean

Ishtar = Mesopotamian

Taliyan = Iranian

Palche = Quechua

Aberku = Celtic

Sama = Polynesian

Medran = Castillian

Burgund = French

Bantnani = Karnataka

Syriac = Mesopotamian

Atepec = Mayan

Rzhev = Ruthenian

Matwa = Swahili

Hangzhou = Chinese

Chunhau = Cantonese

Mersuit = Inuit

Treano = Italian

Arela = Portuguese

Hatris = Hittites / Lydians

Zapata = Byzantines / Mycenean Greeks

Nippir = Elam / Far-Eastern Mesopotamia

Irena = Minoan Greeks

STATES

(most likely much more than 96, and not yet decided either)

RELIGIONS

(~24 majors, 48 minors...)

Pohakantenna renamed as Utchwe (Shoshoni pantheon)

Confucianism tradition (and Shinto...)

Al-Asnam (Celtic druidic pantheon)

Ba'hai (monotheistic non-exclusive syncretism)

Arianism (iterated from the defunct Christianity dialect)

Chaldeanism (Mesopotamian pantheon)

Calvinism (derived from the Protestant Reformation's Huguenot Southern French, monotheism)

Tala-e-Fonua (Samoan pantheon)

Hussitism (central slavic dialect of monotheism)

Jainism (communal humility & individualized ki monks culture)

Buddhism tradition (inner way reincarnation & large monasteries)

Judaism

Zoroastrianism

Ibadiyya (Islam)

Shia (Islam)

Canaanism (Carthaginian belief system)

Pesedjet (Numidan Hieroglyphics belief system)

Mwari (Carib religion)

Inti pantheon

Mayan pantheon

Political Ideologies

Harmony (right-wing preservationist / "conservative" party, with very limited Wilsonism involved due to historical failings, so like a mixture of Democrats and Republicans as a Unionist Party)

Progress (think of the Theodore Roosevelt progressives party...)

Liberty (political center party)

Syndicalism (alternate development & continuation of IRL marxism, leninism, maoism, trotskyist "new-left" and the other left-wing doctrines of the socialism / communism types)

Georgism / ( "One Tax" + Ecological movement )

Classical Liberalism (aka open-choice Libertarians with brutal constructivist modular views of the world perhaps?)

Philosophies

[ Yet to be really researched and decided ]

Historical equivalences & differences

Mersuit emulating the history of Sweden.

Shoshoni as something somewhat similar to a developed amerindian old westerns' United States of America...

Widespread appeal of Asetism (Monasteries, humility and introspection, likewise to Jains and Buddhists) & Taizhou (Tala-e-Fonua equivalent) as key major worldly religions

No Woodrow Wilson, progressive major successes in the 1910-1945 equivalent.

More long-term sustainable and successful generational pathway in the 1960s-2000 period, still leading to a slow partial ecological collapse like in the Incatena reality just about around the mid 2045-2050 period with signs of decay arising from the 2020s. So the sapient peoples are more cooperative and empowered with the people that era and won't see as much of the managerial crisis sparks until the mid-2020s.

The global pandemic hit during the early 2000s alongside the dawn of ecological issues coming ahead (giving a slight headstart to fully figure problems coming not that far ahead), just around the time of nanotech synthetic autonomous androids emergence and a handful of alternatively successful technical progressions making them a slight bit ahead of ours on a couple fields. No mainstream autonomous governance AI service grids or really crazy Sci-fi innovations just yet, but a fair share of orphaned developments we did not have continue in this world.

A couple of benevolent worker cooperatives like Pflaumen (DEC+ZuseKG), EBM (IBM+ICL) & Utalics (Symbolics+Commodore+GNU Foundation)... continue well into the 21st century and persist as major computation players in the tech industry, averting the immediate rise of Macroware (Microsoft), Avant (Google) & Maynote (Meta) by the ill-conceived social medium strategy.

[ More to be written... ]

POSTFACE

All may be subject to heavy changes still (but especially everything global map related), so take it with a large pinch of salt, please. Thanks for reading btw and farewell to soon!

[uncny-ba]

⸻ ( mads mikkelsen, 59, cis man, he/him ) — Look who it is! If you take a look at our database, you’ll find that ARKADY RASPUTIN is a SCAVENGER that works in SECTOR 1. According to the file, they’re a mutant with the power of RUNE MAGIC. That must be why they’re REGAL and SAVAGE. If you ask me, they remind me of vodka paired with beef stroganoff, everlasting winter ravaging an already bleak wasteland, and a sleep paralysis demon. They are affiliated with THE UNBURDENED.

❝ Each scar tells tale of battle hard fought, tale worth remembering. ❞      ⸺      pansexual & gen i mutant

��� basic information:

⨳ character name: arkady rasputin ⨳ nickname (s): arky, arkasha, kasha, the viking, the barbarian ⨳ face claim: mads mikkelsen ⨳ mutation status: gen i (rune magic) ⨳ birthday: december 13 (sagittarius) ⨳ sexuality: pansexual ⨳ moral alignment: chaotic neutral ⨳ occupation: scavenger ⨳ work sector: sector 1 ⨳ affiliation: the unburdened ⨳ 3 positive traits: regal, loyal, brave ⨳ 3 negative traits: savage, selfish, violent ⨳ biography: a former clan leader in the wastelands, he left for better battles in sol city.

◈ questionnaire:

( NOTE: The following interview was completed by ARKADY RASPUTIN of Sector 1. Any and all opinions expressed herein are hers and hers alone. Sol City reserves the sole legal right to this recording. )

⨳ how do you feel about living in sol city? have you always lived here or did you travel from another settlement?

❝ good! no, i was once clan leader in wastelands. you’ve probably heard of me: they call me viking. ❞ ( for context, i have personally not heard of the subject, but there have been familiar accounts of something similar. )

⨳ do you trust the council’s leadership? why or why not?

❝ no. trust is earned, not given. as former leader of wastelands clan, i know what it takes to lead, and i have not seen council beat monster with own hands, so, no, i don’t trust council’s leadership...yet. ❞

⨳ if you chose your sector and profession, why did you make that choice? if you didn’t, why not? were you happy with your assignment or not?

❝ i know wastelands like back of my hand. people say i’m very good at job, so i’m very happy with job. like my wise man say, you can take viking out of wastelands, but you can’t take wastelands out of viking. very happy, да (yes)! ❞

⨳ what’s one object that you always keep on your person?

❝ i have giant sword. ❞ ( subject paused seemingly intentionally to just stare me down. unsure whether he was referring to an actual giant sword because there was none with him at the time. i’d rather not think about what he could’ve meant instead. )

⨳ what is your mutant ability (or abilities)?

❝ i have magic. oooooohhhhh!!! ❞ ( subject made jazz hands right in my face. what in the actual fudge?! )

⨳ are you gen i or gen ii?

❝ number one. ❞

⨳ what can you do? what are your strengths?

❝ my magic lets me do things no one else can. like summon fiery chains from ground. or explode man from inside out. or grow bigger than normal man. i have destroyed dragons and demons with bare hands in wastelands. it’s true. ask their corpses. ❞ ( subject’s magic has been confirmed to incorporate runes. there have been accounts supporting his claims of fiery chains and growing bigger than normal, though no other accounts can confirm his claim of internal explosion or besting monsters in the wastelands. )

⨳ what can’t you do? what are your weaknesses?

❝ i do not have weakness. i am fearsome warrior. even death fears me. ❞ ( accounts have confirmed that, like most magic-users, subject’s magic requires verbal components and hand gestures, so binding subject’s mouth and hands should stop him from doing much with it. subject also seems to have low iq. )

⨳ is there anything else you’d like to specify about yourself?

❝ my sword? it is very big. also, i was told i was going to get paid for this. where is payment? if you have good vodka, i will accept it instead of credits. ooohhh, ooohhh! do you have one of those, ahhh, i forget what that strange man drank that smelled like hell before i knocked him unconscious. if you have that, i will take it instead. did i mention my sword is very big? ❞ ( subject will not stop talking about his very big sword, which i’m pretty sure at this point is not an actual sword. i don’t know anymore. he’s making me so uncomfortable and he smells horrible. i think he just finished a fight?! )

◈ note:

( intro format / template inspired by the absolutely amazing # 𝒂𝐰𝐤𝒂𝐧 / @d3cimation !!! )

[ao3feed-piltovers-finest]

Decisions

by agrue

Vi and Cait decide what to do about the scary drow woman they just knocked out.

Words: 671, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), Baldur's Gate (Video Games)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, Gen

Characters: Caitlyn (League of Legends), Vi (League of Legends), Shadowheart (Baldur's Gate)

Relationships: Caitlyn/Vi (League of Legends)

Additional Tags: short fic, kinda just concept art but like a fic instead, paladin!Caitlyn, barbarian!Vi, AU where paladins can smite on a ranged attack, AU where barbarians can box, Vi isn't zen enough to be a monk, Alternate Universe, BG3 AU, Ficlet

Read on A03. from AO3 works tagged ‘Caitlyn/Vi (League of Legends)’

[ao3feed-moonknight]

Skibidi crossover

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/Zugl7o8 by justtin_loooves_tyler Words: 11, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Real Person Fiction, Mouthwashing (Video Game), F is for Family (Cartoon), Five Nights at Freddy's, Slipknot (Band), Hollywood Undead (Band), Green Day, Dave the Barbarian, Nirvana (US Band), Call of Duty (Video Games), My Little Pony, Moon Knight (TV 2022), Lush - Mitski (Album), Hello Kitty - All Media Types, Family Guy (Cartoon), Good Omens (TV), Toy Story (Movies), Doctor Who, Iron Maiden (Band), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man - All Media Types, Stranger Things (TV 2016), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), Toyota Corolla "Hatsune Miku" Commercials, Rick and Morty, Popee the Performer (Anime), Sally Face (Video Games), Bully (Video Games), Dangan Ronpa Series, Fortnite (Video Game), Beyoncé Knowles (Musician), The Backyardigans, Total Drama (Cartoon), Total DramaRama (Cartoon) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Underage Categories: F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M, Multi, Other Characters: Rose Tyler, Justin (Total Drama), Jimmy Hopkins, Jimmy Hopkins's Mother, Peter "Petey" Kowalski, Gary Smith, Derby Harrington, Bif Taylor Relationships: Sexual Offenderman/Morty Smith, Lois Griffin/Bonnie Swanson, Frank Murphy/Susan "Sue" Murphy (F is for Family), Freddy Fazbear & Hatsune Miku, Hatsune Miku/Kagamine Len, Kaito/Kamui Gakupo, Pissmaster | Eugene Michael Piss/Rick Sanchez, Larry the Cucumber/Rick Sanchez, Ed/Shaun Riley, Liz/Shaun Riley, Joe Biden/Donald Trump, Elon Musk/Donald Trump, Kamala Harris/Melania Trump, Joe Biden/Kamala Harris/Donald Trump, Jill Biden/Melania Trump, Jill Biden/Joe Biden, Jill Biden/Kamala Harris, William Afton | Dave Miller/Joe Biden, Joe Biden/Springtrap (Five Nights at Freddy's), Alejandro Burromuerto/Noah, Alejandro Burromuerto/Justin, Justin/Noah (Total Drama), Gwen/Heather (Total Drama), Tommy Hagan/Billy Hargrove, Rose Tyler/Rose Tyler, Jimmy Hopkins/Gary Smith, Peter "Petey" Kowalski/Gary Smith, Jimmy Hopkins/Peter "Petey" Kowalski/Gary Smith, Jimmy Hopkins/Peter "Petey" Kowalski, Derby Harrington/Bif Taylor read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/Zugl7o8

[merchdominator]

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[laresearchette]

Friday, December 08, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

BREAKING NEWS “The Daily Show” is now exclusive to Paramount + Canada and, as far as I know, not airing on broadcast or cable networks in Canada.

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: BABY SHARK'S BIG MOVIE (Paramount +) THE SACRIFICE GAME (Shudder) A VERY DEMI HOLIDAY SPECIAL (The Roku Channel) MAGIC IN MISTLETOE (W Network) 8:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT? BACKYARDS GONE WILD (TBD - HGTV Canada) OWN CELEBRATES THE NEW COLOR PURPLE (TBD - OWN Canada) MR. MONK'S LAST CASE: A MONK MOVIE (TBD)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

AMAZON PRIME CANADA DATING SANTA MERRY LITTLE BATMAN SILVER AND THE BOOK OF DREAMS UN STUPÉFIANT NOËL WORLD'S FIRST CHRISTMAS (O PRIMEIRO NATAL DO MUNDO) YOUR CHRISTMAS OR MINE 2

CRAVE TV ABOUT MY FATHER ALMOST PARADISE (Season 2) ANGEL FALLS CHRISTMAS COMFORT FOOD WITH SPENCER WATTS (Season 1) CONAN THE BARBARIAN (2011) FORD V FERRARI FURRY VENGEANCE KRAMPUS LEMONADE MARY MAKES IT EASY (Season 3a) MY CHRISTMAS HERO OÙ ES-TU CÉLINE? PONTYPOOL ROYALLY WRAPPED FOR CHRISTMAS SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE SURREALESTATE (Season 2) TAKE THIS WALTZ VENOM THE YOUNG ARSONISTS

DISNEY + STAR DIARY OF A WIMPY KID CHRISTMAS: CABIN FEVER

NETFLIX CANADA BLOOD VESSEL (NG) LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND WOMEN ON THE EDGE (AR)

NHL HOCKEY (SN) 7:00pm: Penguins vs. Panthers (TSN5) 7:00pm: Sens vs. Blue Jackets (SNWest) 9:00pm: Wild vs. Oilers

NBA BASKETBALL (SN1) 7:00pm: Raptors vs. Hornets (TSN/TSN4) 8:00pm: Warriors vs. Thunder (SN Now) 8:00pm: Cavaliers vs. Heat (SN Now) 9:00pm: Rockets vs. Nuggets (TSN3) 10:00pm: Nuggets vs. Suns (SN1) 10:00pm: Clippers vs. Jazz

ABOUT MY FATHER (Crave) 7.25pm: Encouraged by his fiancee, a man and his father spend the weekend with her wealthy and exceedingly eccentric family. The gathering soon develops into a culture clash, allowing father and son to discover the true meaning of family.

AMPLIFY (APTN) 7:30pm: Celebrated Mohawk rock star Tom Wilson crafts a powerful song based on a famous painting by Métis artist Christi Belcourt. In conversation at a diner, the two remarkable artists explore their creative processes and sources of inspiration.

NCAA MEN'S HOCKEY (TSN3) 8:00pm: Colorado College vs. North Dakota

HAPPIEST SEASON (CBC) 8:00pm: A young woman agrees to go home with her girlfriend for Christmas, but discovers she hasn't come out to her conservative parents.

7TH GEN (APTN) 8:00pm: Jordan and Brandon Nolan, born and raised in Garden River First Nation, are part of an NHL legacy. Discover how these brothers are sharing their love of hockey with Indigenous youth across the country.

CHRISTMAS ON WINDMILL WAY (CTV Life) 8:00pm: Mia Miejer expects that her Mimi will win the Christmas Market Dutch Bake-Off competition, but her Mimi has difficult news to share: she must sell the deed to their Windmill Way property, which has been in their family for generations.

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF JERSEY (Slice) 8:00pm: Sass in the City

THE CASE OF THE CHRISTMAS DIAMOND (Super Channel Heart & Home) 8:00pm: Blue-collar Andy finds herself accused of theft when a multimillion-dollar gem suddenly goes missing from her rich friend's estate. With the help of a famous mystery writer, Andy must find the real culprit amid the litany of wealthy guests.

OWN SPOTLIGHT: OPRAH & NICOLE AVANT (OWN Canada) 9:00pm: Oprah has an intimate conversation with filmmaker and philanthropist Nicole Avant; Nicole shares the terrifying moment of learning that her beloved mother, Jacqueline, had been killed in her own home, and how she navigated that devastating loss.

DEVIL IN THE OZARKS (Investigation Discovery) 9:00pm: A brazen sexual assault shocks a small town, but goes unsolved for 20 years, until a nearby murder produces a suspect with matching DNA.

THE YOUNG ARSONISTS (Crave) 9:00pm: Four girls form an intense and obsessive bond while reclaiming an abandoned farmhouse in an isolated community.

W5 (CTV) 10:00pm: The Baby in the Snow

CRIME BEAT (Global) 10:00pm (SEASON FINALE): The Deadly Contract

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Shadowhand Timothy Jackson Drake of den Drake

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/5McBXwZ by siren_of_the_ocean Words: 976, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 104 of Tim Drake AU's, Part 12 of critical role stories Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series), Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Gen Characters: Tim Drake, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Damian Wayne, Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown Relationships: Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne Additional Tags: character comparisons, Drow Tim Drake, Barbarian Jason Todd, Monk Bruce Wayne, Rogue Damian Wayne, Warlock Cassandra Cain, Cleric Dick Grayson, Cleric Stephanie Brown, Crack, Batfamily, Found Families, Mighty Nein as Family, Batfamily Bonding, Tim drake isn't part of the Batfamily read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/5McBXwZ

[ao3feed-kiribaku]

Our first mission... alone

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/wIme4fE by MushyforMHA Kirishima has a chat with soon to be mother in law.. maybe. And domestic fluff. First fanficc Words: 612, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M, Other Characters: Bakugou Mitsuki, Bakugou Katsuki, Bakugou Masaru, Bakugou Katsuki's Family, Bakugou Katsuki's Parents, Kirishima Eijirou, Kirishima Eijirou's Parents, Kirishima Eijirou's Mother Relationships: Bakugou Katsuki/Kirishima Eijirou, Bakugou Masaru/Bakugou Mitsuki Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Dragon Kirishima Eijirou, Barbarian Bakugou Katsuki, First Kiss, Miscommunication, Sharing a Bed, Dorks in Love, Domestic Fluff, Fluff, Warm and Fuzzy Feelings, Feelings, Gay Kirishima Eijirou, Aromantic Asexual Bakugou Katsuki, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst and Fluff and Smut, Love Confessions, Shameless Smut, Boys In Love, Declarations Of Love read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/wIme4fE

[bylagunabay]

Works of Mercy

CULTIVATE HOSPITALITY …

𝑾𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏, 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝑯𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇.

Accepting the task of hospitality, the patriarch [Abraham] used to sit at the entrance to his tent (Gen. 18:1), inviting all who passed by, and his table was laden for all comers including the impious and barbarians, without distinction. Hence, he was found worthy of that wonderful banquet when he received angels and the Master of all as guests.

We too, then, should actively and eagerly cultivate hospitality, so that we may receive not only angels, but also God Himself. "For inasmuch," says the Lord, "as you have done it to one of the least of these My brethren, you have done it unto Me" (Matt. 25:40). It is good to be generous to all, especially to those who cannot repay you.

- St. Theodoros, the Great Ascetic

[ao3feed-bnha-girls]

We Have Many Names All of Then are Curses to Them

We have many Names, all of then are Curses to Them by Aurora01BorealZory

prompt:Fantasy AU, but where Character A is taught that [insert creature, kind, type of magic here] is inherently bad, until they meet Character B

Oni, Tiers, Dexes, Spirits, Wraiths, there are a lot of names for the mysterious race with natural afinity with magic and constant of pointy ears, but what most consider them as the darkness that haunt any human in the night high off their bloodlust.

That is what is taught to the children, but yet, their mind is still very open to new learnings and sights to behold

Words: 1062, Chapters: 1/6, Language: English

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Uraraka Ochako, Uraraka Ochako's Parents, Iida Tenya, Iida Tensei | Ingenium, Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Midoriya Izuku, Bakugou Katsuki, Shinsou Hitoshi, Todoroki Shouto, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor

Relationships: Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Uraraka Ochako, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Shinsou Hitoshi, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Iida Tenya, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Iida Tensei | Ingenium, Midoriya Izuku & Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Bakugou Katsuki & Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Todoroki Shouto & Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor & Todoroki Shouto

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Fantasy Races, Medieval Life, Noble Houses, revolts, Revolution, coup, Protective Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead Adopts Shinsou Hitoshi, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead is a Crypt, Protective Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Yagi Toshinori | All Might is a Ray of Sunshine, Mentor Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Noble Iida Family, Squire Iida Tenya, Todoroki Shouto is Bad at Feelings, Todoroki Shouto is a Dork, Prince Todoroki Shouto, Todoroki Shouto is a Little Shit, Barbarian Bakugou Katsuki, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead Training Shinsou Hitoshi, Bard Shinsou Hitoshi, 5+1 Things

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/48467560