#Lacking in Magical Might

[wyfy-meltdown]

Ok so I know that the other Holy Quintet girls have much more obvious/drastic changes to their costumes but THIS

IS SO CUTE AND WONDERFUL FOR HER!!!

[adaines-furious-feast]

hey you like stepfather jace, but what about

actually adaine's father, jace

adaine, who has the one weird elvish ending, that the rest of the family doesn't wen/wyn versus adaine's -e.

and jace, who has the same -e suffix.

adaine, who has always felt different from her family and she *is* different. she's not an abernant

and jace, who maybe doesn't know it until the abernants leave. and now he's trying to pursue a custody case bc he's a better father than his or angwyn. and yet, he's still trying to ressurect a dead goddess and is in trouble w/ porter

idk i just think it would be an interesting wrinkle for them

Hey. You stop that (please never stop).

I'm rewatching sophomore year and so far (up to end of ep 11), Ragh has specified three times that it was Jace he saw talking to Arianwen. About what? Well, it's Arianwen telling him that Adaine's his daughter, obviously.

And at first Jace is fully ready to just scoop her up and take her in but then he finds out Jawbone beat him to the punch and Jawbone - who is an ex-drug dealer/addict with so much past - seems like a much better father than he could ever be. But he is never gonna let a kid think he abandoned them, even if it would be for the best.

Trying to figure out how he's going to go about this without making Adaine's life even worse. Meanwhile Porter's pissed because Jace is just so distracted. Like, one of the good things about Jace is that he doesn't really have anything serious going on in his life and now he has a daughter?

Anyway, Adaine ends up with two dads that love her (Jawbone and Jace in some weird shared custody arrangement) and maybe the events of junior year get avoided and maybe I have another thing to add to my to-write list.

[frogayyyy]

just some ramblings on the rise of rebranded homophobia in relation to shipping and fandom etc (i watched lotr yesterday)

the way people will say "healthy friendships between men are important and we need representation!!!!" (this is true) in response to shipping as if there's an abundance of mlm relationships in media and yknow. homophobia hasn't existed??

“>:[ us men aren't allowed to be just friends anymore!!!! because of the homophobia!!!! that we created!!!!!!”

i've definitely seen this sentiment grow more again over the last few years as the number of canonical mlm relationships (often badly written or lacking any substance) increases.

before it was just a blatant "no homo" or something but it's now becoming a bit more subtle and "how dare you imply this character could be gay? do you hate men being friends?! go back to your handful of bland designated Gay Characters that we so generously gave you" from the same people who have spent years adding to the very same toxic masculinity and homophobia that stopped them from having deep and healthy friendships with other men in the first place. dare i say gaslighting?

(and just to be extra clear i am not talking about ace/aro people, or characters who are headcanoned as ace/aro, or qprs, etc. or even anyone interpreting a relationship as 'just' platonic. i'm only referring to that specific "no homo" kind of argument against shipping)

[ribbittrobbit]

also, the science fiction vibe that burrow's end is building up to is extremely cool and i love it so much

[commandermahariel]

siiiiiiigh

[eryanlainfa]

talk about one of your OCs!!!

I genuinely tried to think of anyone other than Aiden but failed real hard (which scares me a bit at this point ggkfkfk)

Anyway

* throws RANDOM AIDEN LORE at you*

I want to talk about their shit constitution which happens because of their powers, or the absence of it to be more exact.

Back to some worldbuilding. I did say they are a witch, it means in their lineage they share blood with a magical being, and each families have a special ability linked to that being. Witches is like its own subspecies of halfbloods- they appear almost entirely human with the only exception being their 'odd colored' eyes.

Aiden's family are mind witches, their special ability is hypnosis. Its a powerful ability and Aiden was REALLY good at it without even realising, to a point it caused reoccuring incidents and weird rumors. So their parents, who wanted to lay low (witches arent very welcomed in the Light Kingdom), decided to leave and find a way to lock Aiden's power, better safe than sorry. Since then Aiden has a tattoo on their back, close to where the heart would be. (Its also how their eyes turned orange instead of purple.)

The thing is that it made Aiden's past hypnosis null. And they used to hypnotize themself A LOT. So lots of physical problems started to appear, all the times they pushed their body past its limits, all the sicknesses they seemed to not catch, plus their body losing a flow of energy it used to be swimming in. Their health got TERRIBLE. It took them a while to get better enough to come back to Old Corona.

It also made them grow a bit distant from their parents (who are genuinely very good people) because they were too over protective. Lil Aiden simply saw that their pain caused pain to their parents and that when they werent feeling well they couldnt do much except resting in bed so they decided to ALWAYS be fine no matter what. It results in them putting aside any 'wrong feeling' and the start of them focusing on others well being rather than their own. Which globally makes their own health even worse, eventually resulting in them losing some limbs and being in pain 24/7 because they cannot ask for help ever-

Cue the want to become a physician rising. It makes them able to take care of themself on their own if needs be, but more importantly they get to be busy worrying about others rather than themself.

[alchemistdetective]

The Idol

[cassmouse]

OKAY so I finally got to watch Taika Waititi's Next Goal Wins and like. That was brilliant?? I saw the mixed reviews when it came out and got worried but couldn't see it at the cinema because of stuff that was going on and I JUST finished it and OH MY GOD?? I LOVED IT

Not as good as Boy or like Hunt for the Wilderpeople but it was a hell of a lot better than some other stuff I've seen recently honestly I really liked it

This man can do no wrong honestly it was beautiful

[supreme-leader-stoat]

You know, I'm pretty sure I've seen at least three different American frontier analogue fantasy settings that go the "orcs = native americans" route, but has anyone considered:

Humans, halflings (optional), and dwarves = settlers, with dwarves being weighted more heavily than anyone else towards being prospectors

Elves = native tribes

Orcs = Chinese migrants

[shevr]

justice for transfems nearing 1 year of hrt & still feeling like this shit's barely doing anything

[autismjpg]

genuinely obsessed with justin playing taako as a ranger during imbalance thats so legitimately funny but,,, DEEPLY interesting to me,,, taakos relationship with magic and casting is so deep and complex and i know this was Justin just having a laugh BUT TO ME. it really showed how that complexity manifests sometimes

[temporalreverie]

oh i didn't think about this being ambiguous until drawing over that horse pic but the headpiece of Carrie Go-Round's carousel tack actually is actually more of a halter, not a bridle. the gold circle next to the corner of her mouth is just a thin disc on each side to attach the straps together the way a ring would (but visually simpler lol, she already has enough going on), rather than a metal bar that goes in the mouth. otherwise how would she have conversations & give ponies life advice with a bit in her mouth, lol.

she doesn't have a bit, reins, or a loop where on could attach reins because strongly channeling carousel magic is about letting her destiny guide her from internally, rather than something external like the rider having control. the purpose of the outfit is a mix of various things:

partially practical for giving horsieback rides with the saddle

partially aesthetic to give the carousel vibes

partially a work uniform mindset thing

partially comforting and grounding for anxiety like a weighted blanket/thundershirt

and overall helps her channel magic due to each of these

it isn't so much that the physical parts of the tack are inherently magical artifacts (it's just a quality custom made outfit), but rather all of the aforementioned reasons contribute to her having a focused mentality and/or being aligned with carousels.

[starikune]

Tag Dump Part 4.

[handgiven]

"No, you're not dying. Stop being dramatic." :')

prompt sentences / @talentforlying

gwynn is rubbing helplessly at her right hand with her left, blackened and -- scaley? honestly, his jovial tone is the last thing she wants to hear at the moment. if looks could kill. "and i'm not bleedin' thriving either! what the fuck is wrong with you 'n' your cursed fucking artifacts right fucking there on the bookshelf, hm?"

she shakes the hand violently in the air and though it doesn't seem to do anything, it at least gets out some of that frustration without harming the one person that can help her out of this situation. "i swear to god that if this shit spreads, i'll take yer head off even if it'll be with me left an' a butterknife!!"

[theaologies]

God I WISH Caraval was more interesting. At least my boy Jacks is finally here and is 100% the villain

[mageofcolors]

oh i am in a huge fantasy mood now