#Rust beloved

[demidruidart]

. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ I wanna be yours~ . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁

My first sky!boundsmp fanart, and it's of Rust, of course, lol. This was very fun to draw and come up with, so date outfits. I'm very excited for the dinner date stream :]

Commission info :]

[ptr-sqloint]

Rot Knight!

[reds-writings]

there will be no ‘hear me out’!! either get on this crazy old man slut train or get lost, losers!!

[awakingdreamaway]

Rust <3

~ L⋆.𖦹ׂ ⋆˙

[grungebutsoft]

the magnus archives fucked with my brain chemistry.

lmk why it’s now a life dream to be an archivist. organizing records? inputting old documents into online databases? finding the historical context of files and reporting on them? looking into shit when people ask me to, like a less-sexy bookworm detective undercover librarian?

sign me the FUCK up.

[theflowerofthecommonwealth]

RoboDad being illegally snazzy in the streets of Boston.

[suaddicts-autism]

More of the pookie rust

[op3ra]

i won't be reckless with my time / i won't be hostile with my heart

wrench would never be caught dead letting someone pick her up but . . . you know. exceptions and all that. or whatever.

[robobbin]

Literally crying about @magic-hcs' Rust, he's the Most Teddy Man ever (ﾉ⸝⸝⸝༎ຶ 3 ༎ຶ⸝⸝⸝)ノ♡･:*♡･.。

[rustbertshipper]

r u still there?

[tabooiart]

present for my bestie @op3ra for this year's valentine's gift exchange!!!

[devilsskettle]

a year or two of wishing people would watch true detective s1 so that there’d be more true detective content on this website and now that it’s happening i don’t like it lol so predictable i know but it’s that classic fandom-ization thing where it’s like everybody likes this the wrong way except ME and of course there are contrarians who are like ACTUALLY here’s why this show FUCKING SUCKS (insert total misinterpretation of the show here) and then very valid points about why it’s disconcerting to see people dump on the new season that ISN’T about two white guys at the same time the season that is about two white guys is having a “renaissance” as the new season brings attention to the series as a whole…. and of course the tag is muddied by people who only want to talk about how hot rust cohle is like FINE i get it but i don’t care and how many people are even talking about the new season which i actually would like to see more of as it’s being aired? not to mention seasons 2 and 3 which are completely ignored <- i’m a hypocrite btw. and then there are people who are like FAKE FANS FAKE FANS about people who didn’t watch season 2 and 3. and are they wrong? they’re not wrong about us. but on the other hand it’s fun to see more content esp. art so i won’t complain too much

[tomatoluvr69]

I’m not in a stretch of my life where I am able to get rabidly obsessed with a TV show and engage in a lot of posting and fandom and fic and stuff and haven’t really felt the need since MASH but that being said part of me is like LOL I should watch the pitt so I can read some random fanfiction set in Pittsburgh so I can have the analogous experience of, like, a lifelong London resident at least a decade into adulthood in 2012 reading Sherlock fanfiction written by a seventeen year old Wisconsin resident with only the power of Wikipedia and google maps on their side. I want to see how they massacre my boy

[venomousray]

I’m a believer in rust having a scar where the device was

[oldxenomorph]

in the decade between the exalted council and the events of veilguard, abelas has also changed.

one can only endure so much exposure to radiation. abelas has not had extreme bought of radiation sickness, but even with the protective gear on and his regimen of iodine tablets, he has felt nauseous, gotten extreme headaches (exasperated by regular exposure to indoctrination from zarya'th reaper arm), abdominal and chest pains. his magic and his wards do a good enough job blocking most of the radiation, but it wears him down.

abelas asked zarya'th if the great lord of extinction could impart upon him some of Her grace, some of her glorious technology, as he received an epiphany, a revelation: flesh is weak. how can he serve the herald of extinction if his body cannot withstand being near her? he does not want to wear more protective equipment, as he does not want to lose the ability to hold her hand, or bless her face.

he saw what extinction's machines did for her arm. he wished that for himself.

deep in the innards of her panopticon, is a chamber not unlike that of the inside of a reaper, where zarya'th typically goes to receive maintenance on her arm. (as it is not just replaces her missing limbs, but also regulates the radiation and energy her body generates, operating as a mobile reactor.) the white spire has become a place of power under zarya'th's ownership, connected to the oceanview motel, one of the oldest house's many healthy and violent sisters.

(inspiration for the reaper chamber in zarya'th's panopticon: the siva replication chamber from destiny)

zarya'th suggested that the first of his augmentations should be his neck, to protect his thyroid. she told him that his body would need time to acclimate to the new technology and that it would accelerate his indoctrination. the process would sever him from whatever remaining connection he had to mythal and transfer it to zarya'th, the reapers, and extinction itself. his indoctrination would become complete.

(inspiration for abelas's neck cybernetics: clay render of goro takemura's cyberwar from cyberpunk 2077 by marcin klicki)

with reaper technology firmly embedded within him, and growing inside him, abelas took to replacing most of his body. elves are flesh, and the elves of arlathan could not imagine ascending from flesh into cold, black metal. it is different from the metal and technology created by the sha-brytol, different in its purpose (to devour, to preserve) and in its power. during the decade, reaper technology reinforced his vital organs and he replaced his eyes, his arms, his chest, and his legs. thin red cables changed his vallaslin from green to red, similar to zarya'th's.

his voice changed. it is deeper, colder, flanged; it sounds like it is being split apart.

clan arlanan (the third), the weapons makers and dealers of the seven, made abelas a new set of armor, as his ancient armor now would not fit his augmentations. he kept his cloak, the last remaining thing from his previous life as mythal's sentinel. he shrouds himself when he is outside the panopticon. people are not yet ready to be exposed to such advanced technology. he understands why zarya'th completely veils herself when she goes outside.

(divine victoria/leliana is quite in awe of abelas's transformation, even if he mostly appears the same. and even if he now full of scary and creepy reaper technology, it does not stop her from teasing him about the way he looks at zarya'th.)

(inspiration for abelas's arm cybernetics and chest armor: adam jensen concept art from deus ex: mankind divided by laura gallagher)

the evanuris did not notice the seven within their own houses, as they were so consumed they were by their own wars and machinations. in some sense, abelas views this transformation as a way to atone for not recognizing zarya'th's old blood. he is guilty of being deep in mythal's service, they he was blind to the truth of her presence, her ancestor's presence. (abelas remembers lavellan in mythal's court, old and strange lavellan that made the walls click whenever he walked the corridors.) abelas is a being who has only known a lifetime of service. he is zarya'th's protector and caretaker. not just because within her is what remains of the vir'abelasan, but because she needs him to be a watcher, a warden, a sentinel.

it is the first time in his very long life where he feels of use. no longer watching over the remains of a god, but in service to a living, breathing herald of something more than a god or spirit. she is of a blessed biomechanical construction, the closest thing in all of thedas to extinction and Her daughters. he is meant to become a machine, just like the ones that serve extinction.

with his new body and new technology, abelas is able to stay with zarya'th longer in her personal space. she tells him, in genuine earnest, that he look a lot better now. he tells her that he feels a lot better, moves a lot better. though she is so much larger than him, he likes that they are able to be more intimate. he touches her strange hands, holds them firmly in his; he offers her his hand when she needs to stand or step out. he runs his metal fingers through her hair as he brushes and braids it in the old way, now that it is almost reaches the tip of her tail. (zarya'th likes that he kept his hair.)

it is nice to have someone with whom he can speak the old language with.

(yhoundeh is correct in that the emperor is a sentimental being. none of Her heralds will ever endure the separation She and nyx went through; they will always have a true companion, a love, a partner.)

abelas was worried that if things progressed the way they did, if he had to wear more and more protective gear, zarya'th would become even more isolated. to lose that tense of touch with another person would be even too after a while. the both of them are not of this time or of this world. he needs to take care of her, help her complete her task, and wait until the end comes.

[suaddicts-autism]

I got silly