#asra answers

[asraindarkness]

buck’s finally livin’ his heartstopper dream

[space-paranoia-incorporated]

space is pretty... do u have a fave constellation?

It certainly can be.

Space has many beautiful sights that aren't just limited to stars. Galaxies, nebulas, asteroid fields... depends on the location.

There's a constellation shaped like a rabbit that is said to appear to wanderers taking care of animals. Of all the patterns I've seen in the sky, that one sticks out in my memory most. A floran posted this photo to social media:

[vigilante-apologist]

Main character trios are meant to end up as a polycule and you can’t change my mind

[greyhands]

I just want you to know that your art . your art continues to blow my mind every day. I found you through the Arcana fandom and I have yet to see any out-of-game Asra art as gorgeous as yours 😭😭❤️ Your proportions, your postures, your expressions, your coloring, your clothing..... I aspire to reach your level of artistic talent every time I pick up a pencil (and thank you for satiating my hunt for Asra content) MUCH LOVE ❤️❤️

Ah, thank you so much, I��m really touched by your message, which helps me especially during this difficult time, when I’m doubting my artistic abilities (and my career in general, with the economic crisis, artificial intelligence, all that stuff…).

Asra will always be a comforting character for me to draw, and it makes me really happy to be able to share my drawings with other fans ♡( ◡‿◡ )

I also recommend checking out the illustrations of @arimesi and @mr-ame if you don’t know them, I’ve always loved their way of drawing Asra.

I wish you the best on your own drawing journey and I thank you again with this little drawing of Asra as a parent (it’s a bit old, but I’d never posted this one before) :

[thehangedman69]

I love your headcannons! Idk if you take requests but if you do, would you be able to do one on how the main 6 would act when they’re jealous/how they would react to jealousy from mc?? TIA if you do!!!

Thanks for the encouragement! I do take requests, but I might be a bit late getting to them sometimes. Here are both scenarios. For the part where M6 is jealous, I see it as they have developed feelings for MC, but he/she/they chooses someone else.

M6 is jealous

Asra: Tries to be supportive, even though he's heartbroken and doesn't understand

Julian: Acts like a brother to MC and pretends to be cheerful, but is depressed and doubting his worth

Lucio: He's just shocked, not understanding who in his/her/their right mind would choose someone other than him

Muriel: Wants to be alone to process his feelings, but will move on soon enough

Nadia: Is disappointed, but accepts it with grace and dignity

Portia: Is hurt at first, then cheerfully accepts MC as an honorary sibling instead

MC is jealous

Asra: Tries to act innocent, but is pleased that MC loves him enough to feel jealous

Julian: Admits his guilt without knowing exactly why MC is jealous and awaits punishment

Lucio: Thinks MC is acting childish and that it's really his/her/their fault for being too greedy to share something as great as him

Muriel: Has absolutely no idea how to react, but he doesn't like the cold shoulder or the yelling

Nadia: Tries to reassure MC that her eyes and heart are only for him/her/them

Portia: Tries to take it seriously at first, then laughs at how cute MC looks when jealous and suggests some activity they can do together to defuse the situation and move on

[iridescent-solstice]

Helloooo, I have no favorite color but I'll give you a nice trinket I know you will appreciate!

;) guess who I stole it from

Request info -> (Check it out if you'd like a trinket too!)

“COME ONE! COME ALL FOR AN EXCLUSIVE DEAL ONLY VALID FOR OH SO LONG ON THE ESTEEM-“

A certain someone back at the shop: Hmm I wonder where I left that one decorative piece. It really did tie the backroom together . . .

[artisticwizard]

OC Association Game

Choose 6 pictures, 3 songs, and 1 quote to describe your OC!

Tagged by @sapphiremuffin19 , Ty for the Scarlet Rot.

Gonna do this one for Asra

Songs - I'M GONNA WIN - Rob Cantor

BUTCHER VANITY ft. Yi Xi - Vane Lily

Shut up and Bleed - Combichrist Tenebre Rosso Sangue - KEYGEN CHURCH

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"Inside me, something seethes. Inside me, some feral animal claws at my ribcage, trapped."

Molly McCully Brown, from Places I’ve Taken my Body: Essays

[stackofpossums]

How would the main six react to an MC who won't take there medicine, no matter how much convincing? Not because they don't wish to, simply because the medicine is so disgusting?

This ask made me giggle because I am definitely the MC who won't take my medicine, so:

Asra: He already knew there was no way MC was going to agree to take it. He's only asking them to take it so they won't be suspicious that their drink tastes slightly off.

Julian: He's crying. Please take your medicine MC. He would never be okay if something happened to you. It tastes awful now, but he has suckers in his bag. He'll give you a sticker, too. Please, MC. DON'T YOU WANT THE STICKER, MC???

Nadia: She's already done everything to procure the least disgusting medicine possible for MC, but she can only do so much. She'll have the servants send whatever MC wants to chase it down with as long as they promise they'll take it when it arrives.

Muriel: he's already made every natural remedy he knows for you. He's going to try to convince you, but unless it's life or death for you to take it, he's probably not going to make you take it if the natural remedies are helping you.

Portia: Yeah, this wasn't a choice. MC is taking that medicine. If they try to run, she's hunting them down like Pepi when she's stolen something. At least she always makes sure to have something yummy for you to immediately chase it down with.

Lucio: He understands. He would also be putting up a fight if someone tried to make him take that. But... the doctor said you should really take this MC... and what kind of gentleman would Lucio be if he let MC stay sick like this? MC is getting the biggest puppy dog eyes from them until they finally relent.

[the-doodo]

Uuuund in welchem Hogwartshaus wäre dein Phönixflamme Oc?

Es wird Zeit, dass ich die Fragen auch aufarbeite und alles aus dem Discord hier poste.

Ich liebe es ja, meine Charaktere in Häuser einzuteilen. Bei Mercy hab ich tatsächlich lange überlegt, weil ich sie in allen Häusern außer Ravenclaw sehen könnte. Am Ende bin ich aber der Meinung, dass sie trotz der leicht minimal verzerrten Moralvorstellungen einen großen Drang für Gerechtigkeit, Freundlichkeit und harter Arbeit besitzt. Deshalb habe ich sie natürlich in das Haus HUFFLEPUFF einsortiert.

Bonus:

@katklicken

[ghostkingart]

Thoughts on a bg3 x the arcana crossover?

first of all thank you sm for the ask!! I really need to get my mind off of things and just think about my blorbos for a while <3

somewhat spoiler-y for The Arcana and Baldur's Gate 3 (I've played all of Arcana but not BG3)

so first of all, Astarion and Asra, right??

not only do they both have curly white hair but I also think that something about them just works (well, not really at first, but it has the potential to work!)

would Astarion mind Asra's absence? maybe he'd like it at first. maybe he'd think it's neat that someone is giving him so much freedom, that he doesn't feel restrained. but... would he begin to resent it? Astarion, imo, longs for genuine connection, but just has too many walls around him. and Asra kinda does too. I think they'd learn to love each other and to fulfill each other's need for connection, while simultaneously giving each other enough room to breathe

Julian.... what can I say about Julian? I hate to be That Guy but he'd work sooooo well with my BG3 Tav, Veles. so they're both masochists, right? it's the first thing that comes to mind lmao. guilt and shame are also something they have in common. but where Julian is more avoidant (remember Doc Talk? that man was READY to break up a relationship that hasn't even officially STARTED (as far as the apprentice and him both knew at the time at least, without their memories and all)) Veles is sooo much more anxious and clingy. Veles's biggest defining quote is Mitski's "if you need to be mean, be mean to me," after all. he would. probably rather DIE than allow Julian to leave him, especially because, well, Julian's avoidance and Veles's clinginess comes from the same place: fear. specifically, fear of hurting the other.

I think Wyll and Nadia would work rather well, maybe as friends, but Karlach and Nadia hmmmmmm that would be nice. opposites attract, right?

I'm sorry but Asra and Julian are my faves, and so is Astarion and I just had to push Veles forward again, also. but what else is there? any other character relations? do you have any thoughts or more specific things you'd like to ask me? feel free to send another ask, or ofc anyone else can join on the convo!!

[moyashidoodles]

Is this anything?

[asraindarkness]

ALSO while I’m at it.

I don’t know if this will be a budget thing. Maybe. But the lack of secondary characters is being detrimental to the show, in my opinion.

We don’t have May or Harry, we don’t have Sue, we don’t have Linda, or Carla, or Abuela or Tia Pepa. Hell, they got rid of Chris and who knows when he’s coming back. We don’t have Ravi, when he’s been a fan favorite and people have been asking more of him. Granted, I haven’t seen the level of outrage I’ve seen at this break up, and he didn’t drive engagement in the same way Tommy or even Chris did. But still. Even from the posts Anirudh made - it definitely looks like the departure wasn’t exactly friendly.

And the show is hurting from it. We are seeing the same characters go through the same things, bc God forbid they give them new things. We don’t have new dynamics (and when we do, look at what happened), and we are bored. Main characters are main for a reason, but we need secondary characters as well, and 911 has seemingly dropped almost all of them.

even Aisha and tracie are bored my friend lol. and yes!!! i love ravi and may ( i think may’s actor is going to college but what about ravi??)

they had the budget to drown a ship and crashed a plane for some mid ass stories but they can’t pay for side characters who can bring good stories with low budgets?? please!

[space-paranoia-incorporated]

so you work for somebody now… if you dont mind me asking, asra, whos the captain of the ship, and are they associated with the protectorate? bc it seems out of character that youd agree to that, tbh

No offense taken. And yes, they are affiliated with that crowd. I am employed by a rogue novakid Esther got to first. We've met before- mostly in battle, and they defeated me each time against all odds.

(sarcastic) As it turns out, a solus katana is no match for guns owned by a country bumpkin, apparently.

For as much as I used to dislike Captain Kalkaline, they run things decently enough onboard. It pays well. Other workers have been recruited to perform different roles, upkeeping the ship. Kaline was able to pay off my bond somehow… cost more than one million pixels. I am still wondering how in the Cultivator's name this was accomplished. Initially, I wanted nothing to do with them after they used their mech to take down the Swansong, but let's just say that they can be very… persuasive.

-⭐☽

[eretzyisrael]

by Asra Q. Nomani

Another troubling example is the “Hands Off Uhuru Fightback Coalition,” whose leaders face charges in a Tampa court in September for allegedly working with Russian intelligence to interfere in U.S. elections. In a statement that rings true today, Matthew G. Olsen, assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s National Security Division prosecuting the Uhuru case, said last year, “Russia’s foreign intelligence service allegedly weaponized our First Amendment rights – freedoms Russia denies its own citizens – to divide Americans and interfere in elections in the United States.” Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division called it “foreign malign influence.”

These groups are not merely focused on domestic issues; they harbor broader, international ambitions, for which they are willing to “disrupt the DNC,” even if it costs Harris votes – and potentially the presidency. Many of them seek to dismantle the current global order, with a particular focus on the Middle East and the destruction of Israel.

At the heart of this coalition lies a shared animosity towards the Democratic Party and, now, Harris. The Atlanta chapter of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression tells its followers Harris is “funding genocide and ignoring police terror.” “Workers Strike Back” tells Americans to “REJECT the New Warmonger-in-Chief.”

By presenting the protests as “grassroots,” the media has underplayed the powerful forces behind controversial messages, like “HAMAS IS COMING,” during the network’s recent protests in D.C., when the American flag was burnt and replaced by the Palestinian flag. By not dissecting their motives, the media has also given them a powerful bullhorn. These protests are not spontaneous uprisings of concerned citizens. They are carefully orchestrated campaigns designed to subvert U.S. elections and undermine American democracy.

These protestors seek to overthrow the current political order, or as one organizer, “Socialist Action,” says: “Permanent Revolution.” Their demands are absolute, and their tactics are ruthless. Democratic Party leaders must recognize that there is no winning with these groups. Their aim is to tear down what exists and rebuild it in their own intolerant image.

Andrew Fox, a former British military officer who did three tours of duty in Afghanistan, tells me: “These protestors are not just demonstrating; they are fomenting an insurgency designed to destabilize the U.S. and further the interests of foreign actors.”

Democratic Party leaders and Harris would be well served to refuse to be swayed by the loudest voices on the streets, who pledge to “Disrupt the DNC,” as “Workers Strike Back,” supporting “Left Antiwar Independent Candidate” Jill Stein, threatens to do. Firebrand, a self-described “communist organization” and coalition member, has guided its members to avoid playing a game of “lesser evilism” and refuse Harris’s candidacy. 

The fight against disinformation warfare is not easy, but it is necessary. By shining a light on the truth behind the myth of the marching millions, understanding details like who funds protests and rents charter buses to Chicago, we can make wise decisions, not misled by fear and chaos, but rather guided by transparency and facts. 

[requiesticat]

Decided to go ahead and end Milo Answers. It's been awhile, but I've answered asks in the queue that never got responded to.

I've created a Starbound rp blog I feel more comfortable running, Paranoia Incorporated. Here, Asra Nox answers questions after being reformed by the novakid that got her arrested.

@space-paranoia-incorporated

Old ask blog: @glitterytoycakes (Milo Answers)

[blackered]

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