#also ... a pillar of the fandom

[kimtaegis]

Destination: your heart Estimated Time of Arrival: whenever you need him ➤ for @jung-koook ♡

[lexthemuppetsfan]

Crap post bc idk

[theheartmold]

poe fans idk anything abt the game save what I’ve gleaned from the dash and looking for .2 seconds at the wiki but would a moon godlike chanter from old vailia who gets criminalized and tried and either flees or is broken out before getting swept up into the game slap at all. like would that work.

[possiblydog]

if hlvrai 2 is real im so fucking excited for a new generation of teens who have never drawn a character over the age of 20 not knowing how to draw old men

[antisociallilbrat]

Sometimes I feel like me and all the other It blogs that are still lingering have some kind of running bet of who is going to stick around in this dying fandom the longest. Like we're all trying to outlast each other.

Welcome to the It fandom in 2023, we're the real clowns here.

[valentineveils]

my watcher is my specialist guy ever cus he's so . hes just so . ough info-dump time ! sorry in advance

vicious is a human nature godlike , from the deadfire archipelago , and a former mercenary . he's been raised as a mercenary his whole life , by his father after being taken from his mother at birth [by his father] . yes he has issues about it . i dont think vicious will ever be able to meet her . especially considering she'd be expecting to meet a daughter , and not a son . his father mostly wanted him as a figurehead , a shining spot on his mercenary group due to him being a godlike ,. something to give it attention - more money , more status , more control . he reveres his son as a fragment of luck more than he loves him as his child . his dad did love him , twisted as he was - but it was never enough . even with all that , it does Not work . but vicious never gets to leave being a mercenary until he's 25 , right at the start of pillars of eternity . while also being hunted by another group he ended up crossing , due to a hit gone awry . he has no idea of that ,. until they take his eye and antler post-game . in hindsight its unfortunate and sad that he's been killing since he was 10 . he's a rogue because i really like rogues he fights very scrappy and ends up being downed in so many fights . he can't dodge to save his soul . he has many issues surrounding galawain and how silent his god is to him , even at 30 years old during deadfire . he sees berath more like his godlike parent than galawain . he's a trans man . he stole a baby orlan [vela] and ended up raising her as his own - which he has a lot of turmoil about ,. he's trying not to be his father . he likes bad jokes . he forgets his winks don't come across as winks anymore . so he just blinks . he tries to choose kindness , duty , and he tries to be rational , but can't help when his hands get covered in blood . he's more honest than deceptive . he's really bad at lying . he kisses aloth .

i think abt him so much ., he struggles sooo much with being a godlike , being galawain's son , being made to be a figurehead instead of having a childhood ., despite all that he's actually quite well-adjusted for someone with . All That going on .

[rebelcracker-s]

every iconic horror trio needs:

a pure homosexual who just wants to be loved

a badass sapphic who takes no shit

and a guy who fluctuates between actually being smart and having 0 brain cells

[maintitle]

Now that I'm back in the online discourse of the Red Dead community after half a decade away waiting to have the ability to play and beat the second game, I'm really fairly quickly learning that there's this... weird, romanticized version of Arthur Morgan's character out there that really has no basis in reality.

Today I accidentally stumbled upon an anti-John Marston post and I'm not going to get into that here (even though I have A LOT to say), but the top comment was very strange to me. It talked about how Arthur is this 'giant', this 'greek hero', a perfect person, and as I read it I just... wasn't sure if I played the same game as them.

There's obviously a way of playing the game where he's this high honor hero, and I largely played that. But Arthur is also a deeply violent man, a deeply cynical and sometimes cruel guy. He's not a gentle humored guy, he's deeply sarcastic and at times kind of nasty with his humor, even to people he likes. He really often struggles with his worse nature, and it's not a struggle without reason. His first response to a situation is really often the most extreme, and the only reason I feel like people don't realize that outside of having a hand at deciding his honor is because he's the most outspoken about unnecessary vengeance... but that's not because he's opposed to it on principle, it's because it's important for him to protect his people, and that requires letting things go.

This isn't me bashing Arthur, by the way. The beauty of his character is how he struggles against himself, his own nature. How everyone can see his kindness even when he can't himself, even when his actions say otherwise. He's conflicted between what he wants his life to be and the life he has lead, the most important man in his life, one that's practically a father to him, instilled in him rules for life and he's watching him break every single one. For the first time in his life he has to figure out who he is and how he wants what little time he has to be defined. THAT'S a fantastic character, a hero even... but far, far, FAR from perfect. He's a deeply flawed human being who has done terrible things, and it makes me wonder the level of media literacy it takes to not understand that.

[ludinusdaleth]

saw this fun meme thing being done by mutuals so ill do it. obviously hypotheticals-

[demonslayedher]

wind down doodle, digital version

[ghuletteintraining]

Hi, it’s been a long time since I’ve been in the Avatar fandom and I was trying to get my friend into them! I remembered you being one of my fav blogs since you wrote Chiaroscuro. Long story short— has there ever been some kind of lore masterposts for Avatar? I can find bajillions of Ghost lore posts but I’m having trouble finding anything for Avatar or at the very least for the Avatar Country era. Thank you for basically being a pillar in the fandom for so many years!

Hi, welcome back to Avatar Country!

First of all ... a pillar in the fandom?!?!? I am SHOOK with the honor, thank YOU for those kind words!!! I am but a humble servant to our king and his royal circle, I live to serve. (And by serve, I mean reblog everything Avatar-related so that my obsession can be everyone's problem...)

As for your question ... I'm thinking the reason you aren't finding anything is because there isn't anything out there. Unlike Ghost, Avatar isn't really a lore-based or lore-focused band. Avatar Country was the closest they've ever come to having official lore, and really that was only for that specific era. Even Feathers and Flesh wasn't lore about the band -- it was a fable brought to life with music. At this point, they bring out the royal costuming when they perform AC songs at shows, but it's usually only for one (sometimes two) songs.

The only thing I can come up with to offer as "lore" would be Legend of Avatar Country: A Metal Odyssey, the movie (featuring the three videos that they also put out for the album's singles) that the boys made with the help of a Kickstarter campaign, and it's so much fun! (There are a few elements in the videos that inspired @girlwiththepapatattoo and I as we developed our vision of the Chiaroscuro version of Avatar Country, but since the movie came out after most of our beast was written, it almost felt like WE inspired THEM.) It's available on Youtube and I'm pretty sure it's also available on avatarcountry.com. Speaking of avatarcountry.com, that's a great place to check out the boys' behind-the-scenes stuff, the play-throughs with Tim and Kungen, and little clips of them being the ridiculous dorks I love and adore. It's not lore in the traditional sense, but the history of the band and how Avatar has evolved over the years is just as fantastically rich as anything they could have invented. If you aren't already a part of it, you can join in at any time (I THINK you can set up a free account by filling out a "tourist visa" that lets you check out everything on the site, but don't quote me on that. Otherwise, becoming a citizen costs about $30.)

OH, almost forgot! There is The Making of Avatar Country, the book that they wrote/published through the Kickstarter campaign, available to purchase on avatarcountry.com. It. Is. FABULOUS. The photography alone makes it worth the cost. Again, not lore in the traditional sense, but seeing how Avatar Country was brought to life is *chef's kiss*. 10000/10 highly recommend.

And (shameless plug alert), you know, you can always re-read the beast in all its many parts ... lore abounds there. =)

Hey, look at that, I babbled once again and wrote a small novel instead of a normal-size response. *ahem* Hope this helped, and thanks so much for the ask! Always here for more asks if you have them ... as you can see, I love talking about my favorite Swedes!

[mihai-florescu]

Can everyone who found the sudden death post through the pm seymour video get into enstars for me please? But not the app you can get in english. Let me introduce you to the sacred texts lost in august 2021 preserved by the glorious wayback machine

[reverieaudios]

heyyyy so is marlowe goin to be a romance interest? or is he just a grumpy maybe friend? should we maybe expect some... spicier stuff from him in the future? askin for a friend *wink wonk*

You'll have to wait and see lol, but I will say that Marlowe is actually demisexual (bordering on asexual), so if he does get a romance it won't get very heated for quite a while

[sagegarnish]

Me as a kid looking for nice GW fic, seeing "3x4, lemon, yaoi" and thinking it's gonna be a cute sexy little story with the guys, but 3 paragraphs in it's suddenly poor Quatre being nonconned by the entire Maganac Corps

[stylishanachronism]

*wailing* I need an informal second person pronoun stat

[rotteneldritchhorror]

Watching Loey Lane’s new welcome home stream VOD and imma be honest

I have a new found love for mr Eddie Dear

I love this man

Also him and frank and Howdy are all boyfriends