#conceptualizing them

[two-ii-tango]

permafrost

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF Monty and TADC Gummigoo are so alike!

[kimeoshi]

Corrupted Ratio for Twitter! Reached 2k followers and he won in a prompt game

Timelapse:

[vendimeyers]

Marvel: Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history

Me:

[howlsnteeth]

24/05/2020

[inkedinserendipity]

one of the reasons i think that the murderbot diaries’ emotional moments hit so hard is because of a scarcity effect that the author has set up really, really well.

because, like—murderbot, as a character, is an answer to the question how do you “show and not tell” emotional moments from the lens of a character who point-blank will not acknowledge any affection directed their way. or, instead of overtly stating that characters are friends (“tell”), how do you demonstrate it with text (“show”)? well, most authors go ham on characters smiling at each other, laughing, joking, expressing reciprocal loyalty.

murderbot does none of those things. murderbot probably never smiled before preservation, and definitely didn’t laugh. (this is only partially an exaggeration.) telling jokes? hell yeah, MB’s funny as fuck. to other people? hell no. that would require conversations and it’d rather die, thanks.

add that to the fact that murderbot treats any expressions of affection toward it—internal and external—like being bit by a snake.

so you have this character + writing style that bars most conventional ways of establishing relationships between characters. you also have this character who is basically incapable of feeling any sort of reciprocated, positive emotion toward itself. so what do you do?

you work around your character. murderbot will never pick up on affectionate body language. it hates hugs. every sentence it hears passes through about fifteen different filters of self-loathing. so you make your relationships clear, and when you hit, you hit hard.

you summarize snapshots of characters panicking about the main character getting hurt. you drop your character’s performance reliability (and their walls) and have them banter. you have your character walk in on the tail end of conversations that expose concern for it.

and then you do things so overt that even your shit-self-esteem character can’t talk its way out of. you have its friend tell it directly that it can’t lose it too. you have its friends accommodate it and understand it without it directly expressing a single need. you have its friends stand up for it in conversation when it is too tired to do so. and then, when you really want to hit, you have your character pretend to be physically compromised rather than have to feel one (1) positive emotion toward itself.

positive emotions toward itself can’t really pass through murderbot’s walls. so you have to establish relationships by beating your main character over the head with them. and it can’t be all the time—because that’s not how relationships and emotional recovery, yknow, works—but it can be sometimes, and it can be very powerful, and that is why i think murderbot diaries in particular is very, very effective.

[anastoundingmango]

hello thunderbee nation. don't worry guys they are totally enemies... totally....

[tridentkickflipper123]

mr conceptual

[formulanni]

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[mythalism]

genuinely curious how the writers and larger dragon age audience would treat thom rainier if instead of being appropriately* repentant and putting himself in prison he blew up a major orlesian government building to instigate a chevalier rebellion or tried to have someone do some necromantic blood magic ritual involving uncertain danger and possible sacrifices to bring the innocent children he ordered killed back to life

[suntails]

knighted

[bunnyboy-juice]

NO MORE ASSOCIATING THINGS WITH FEMMES ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE PINK!HYPERFEM FEMMES ARE GREAT AND I LOVE YOU CAMPY FEMMES WHO EMBODY PINK BUT ALSO JESUS CHRIST CAN YOU GUYS NOT GO MORE THAN ONE DAY W/O TRYING TO SHOEHORN FEMMES INTO BEING ONLY PINK UWU BABIES. I AM FEMME AS IN GRASS AS IN DIRT AS IN TREE BARK AS IN WEEDS SPROUTING THROUGH THE SIDEWALK CEMENT. FEMME AS IN GENDER NONCONFORMITY AS IN FUCK YOU MY FEMININITY IS WHAT *I* SAY IT IS. FEMME AS IN DEPTH AND DARKNESS AND WARMTH AND TERROR. FEMME AS IN CAVES. FEMME AS IN LIGHTNING. FEMME AS IN AN AMALGAMATION OF TRAITS THAT I HAVE DECIDED ARE FEMININE REGARDLESS OF WHAT SOCIETY SAYS. FUCK IS IT THAT HARD TO UNDERSTAND?!???

[raviollies]

Hag world building rambling that applies to my canon

Hags, also commonly known as simply 'Witches', are a female only subspecies of Fae, reproducing purely through one Hag siring another, through a contract with a Hag-daughter or Hexblood, neither of which are considered full blooded, and are more akin to a larvae stage. The contract/ritual itself has to be consensual and commonly done to initiate a coven.

After hundreds of years many become extremely powerful beings, with the saving grace that like Fae, they are extremely capricious beings bound by their own desires, and prefer to live every day as though it is their last, rather than forming long term ambitious plans. Powerful Undead or Devils typically refer to them as flighty and only a threat if you encroach on their specific sandbox. They tend to find little interest in politics or grand schemes vying for power, though exceptions always happen.

TRUE FORMS

Their "true" forms, are of the Hags own making, shaping their body however they please as most other Fae. While some Hags stick to traditional "Old Crone" archetypes, some prefer more abstract or even bestial aspects. It's common for Hags to start out with more humanoid forms and as time progresses and their humanity erodes, to evolve into more monstrous forms.

Night Hag - Wunsch || Green Hag - Theta || Green Hag - Glorifreria

Similar to adopting a new form, Hags adopt a new name, keeping their true name hidden as per Fae tradition. Older Hags have a tendency to forget their past lives and their true names - whether it be from the passage of time or resentment for their "weaker" self. Their names are usually words or symbols rather than actual names.

DOMAIN

Hag domains are personal pocket planes that are specific to each individual hags but some that are especially close are known to share. Hags are at their maximum power within their plane and prolonged departure results in weakening of the power and mind.

Usually a Hag has a niche that she excels in, and her domain tied to it. Theta's is a lush forest with a thriving ecosystem of life and death, through animal carcasses overtaken by fungi and flora, mimicking her true form of an overgrown skeleton, and Wunsch is a luxurious manor where she was sealed, bustling with life usually taking on form of those treasured but departed.

Glorifreria is a banquet hall with a never ending meal, servants constantly bustling to give more and more. When meeting for a contract, the one asking sits with her for dinner, offering her a meal.

Despite her power Theta was unable to fully enter Wunsch's domain outside of a powerless familiar.

IDENTITY

Hags gain their power from consuming of other's life force, be it physical or spiritual.

Wunsch, a Night Hag that was sealed within a clock tower - has forgotten all about her previous life, but due to being sealed away for several hundred years and not having access to her domain has eroded to the point where she does not remember her goals or purpose as a Hag, and even her nature outside of granting a mortals wishes through the use of her pocket dimension. She is unable to properly sustain her domain anymore, and thus subconsciously seeks out hosts to act as an anchor, while fulfilling their dreams and desires within. After the host is spent, she is forced to wait for another once more, and falls into hibernation. She consumes spiritually.

Glorifreria is Green Hag, also known as the "Gluttonous witch" and her specialty is "consuming" the undesirable, and gains power from the significance of what she's consumed. As an example : children that parents want to be rid of would be consumed and their very existence is erased, no one recalls there ever being a child, pregnancy or birth. A marriage contract, and no one recalls any marriage or even a relationship. Other things could be wills, business contracts. If one was to wish to erase a parent, then their existence is erased and the perception changes to no one recalling who their lineage is. Having spent thousands of years doing this, she has grown incredibly bored with her existence seeing no point in it and having lost her purpose - she has retired contracts in favour of sampling more pleasant things, namely mortal food.

Theta, is another Green Hag, has no such issue due to her frequent trips to and fro from her domain. She receives her power from physical consumption. Targeting simple village women seeking revenge or retribution, she only asks for a small body part in return. The very act of consuming another, a thousand times, time and time again has made her a formidable witch.

Though due to being over a thousand years now, like Glorifreria, she has forgotten her true name and identity prior to becoming a Hag, having fully discarded it when she slayed the one that made her, and consumed her. Theta unlike Wunsch, is fully aware of her nature as a Hag and revels in it - believing herself to be above others for this reason. Due to her power and arrogance, she is without coven, but seeks to remedy that however is quite selective with who she wishes to join her. She sees great potential in Blythe and wishes for her to embrace her animalistic, instinctual side and embrace herself for the beast she knows she can be, and join the coven.

DISGUISE APPEREANCE

Hags and Hexbloods are known for their unique appearance in eyes and ears. Forked ears unnatural in shape but more entrancing are their eyes, not one being alike - myriads of colours, unique pupil shapes or even oddly coloured sclera. Theta's are an everchanging kaleidoscope of colours, with a bright white pupil, that either resembles a flower or ripples. Wunsch's iris was a night sky without a visible pupil. Glorifreria has red with a halo of golden with red pupil (similar to a Bearded Vulture!) Were Blythe to become a Hag hers would be iridescent akin to a moonstone with a black sclera.

HONORIFICS AND TITLES:

Prefacing that I am not a big fan of the whole Aunt/Grandmother thing in DnD so this is different:

Hags have a strict hierarchy and tend to throw their weight around to establish dominance as they tend to be very possessive and territorial. It is considered rude to refer to a fellow Hag by just her name, thus usually a moniker is established i.e. Theta, Lady of the Woods, or Wunsch, the Dream Witch.

A lesser hag addressing a more powerful one would refer to her as "Mother", and the greater one addressing the lesser is "Daughter". Hags of established equal standing would refer to each other as "Sister".

[justladders]

a friend very threateningly told me "I will baby talk your springtrap" so

[joeywllson]

Endlessly funny 2 me the way Jason has a wholly parasocial relationship w dick

[dandp]

I hope PJ and Sophie go to one of the Brighton shows this weekend and get to witness their creations in all their true doll fucking glory