#frightening to both of them

[juha-art]

thinking about suvi's childhood in the citadel.... i'm fine btw

[foundfamilywhump]

day 100000 of me seeing a post about 'care/whumpers' and thinking 'that is literally just a whumper who is nice sometimes. you are literally just describing a whumper'

[goopus]

They are very alike. Come on I mean they both love to fight, they both love a good challenge, they gloat, they are strong. Literally they would be battling for hours. Perfect bonding activity for the two of them.

[simpforsolas]

It’s alright. You are home.

[legend-had-it]

another one for the gays

[0lympian-c0uncil]

Okay, but AmphiSei who has an open relationship so people often assume that ‘oh, they must not love each other that much’ but then see Poseidon literally drop everything every time he sees Amphitrite to run at her & Amphitrite also dropping everything to catch them & them being so happy & genuine as they hugged & spun each other around like they were mortal teenagers/a young couple who were still forever in their first stages of pure, obsessive love

And so the others are now like ‘oh…’ (confused) but the Siblings are just like ‘yeah…’ bc they’re a fond sort of used to it (it happens to them all the time too)

I love Amphitrite and Poseidon being lovesick and obsessed with each other. They are the relationship the other gods envy because they have worked out all of their problems and are experiencing their marriage in a way that makes them both really happy.

Also tall wife Amphitrite supremacy (Poseidon loves his tall beautiful monster wife)

Zeus and Hera wish they had what Amphitrite and Poseidon have

[scoriarose]

Hi!! I’ve never had a pet snake so this might be a dumb question but is it harder for snakes to see when they’re in blue?

It's not dumb, snake eyesight is different from our own so we can't assume they see exactly how or what we do. For the longest time people believed they couldn't see red, and used red lights to light their enclosures at night- that's bad for them. Please do not light your snake like a rotisserie chicken, they can see it.  Red light can be detrimental to reptiles because it can make it difficult for them to perceive depth, which can lead to mental distress. Red light bulbs can mess with your pet's ability to tell if it is day or night, since a light is always on, and that can cause stress and health and long term sight issues too.

But back to your original question, yes, snakes have difficulty seeing when they are in blue. Many will stay buried and hidden, not even eating until they've completely shed. That is the norm, and if a snake wants to be left alone, they should be. Sakura will hide most of the time, but I'll sometimes see the tip of her nose near a burrow hole, and I'll dangle something tasty in front of it and she'll eat it- but I won't dig her up if she's having alone time. Scoria will hide unless I'm around- they both know my voice and scent, and Scoria has complete trust in me so much that even when blind she knows I'll keep her safe.

She allowed me to take her out and feed her today, and then asked for pets. This behavior is unique to her, and if she were not specifically asking to be pet I would not do it after feeding (any other snake might throw up). I'd stop petting her and she'd ask again and again like, "Nope! Need more, come back and pet me." I really don't mind, she's found a way to tell me she enjoys being pet, and that's amazing- and also makes me happy. After many many pets (I guess we had a few days to make up for, I've been leaving her alone for the most part, only saw she was in blue, and then it was food day and saw her looking at me from her mossy hide) she buried herself underground in her bioactive area.

Perhaps some day Sakura will trust me to touch her while she's in blue too- but if not that's just fine. Sometimes we all need a few days to ourselves.

Oh, and don't feel bad asking snake blogs questions. It makes us happy when we get nonbot or spam asks! I imagine most of us love sharing about our snakes! And if sharing what I've learned helps lead a snake and their caretaker to a better life or bond then they would have had before, that's such a win for everyone!

[orphiicheartd]

Of those who went to Playful Land, Vil came out of it with a surprising aversion to all things puppets. And a constant Urge to scratch at the right side of his face, fearful of feeling wood rooted in there rather than human skin. Even months afterward, he'd still feel a certain ick when dealing with anything related to puppets and will have a blatantly obvious fear response to finding even stray sticks in his hair.

He wasn't really able to stomach having ribbons on his wrists or even wearing harnesses for commercial or modeling gigs he did that year for a bit either. He'd tossed the clothes from Playful Land in the back of the Film club's costume shed, as he didn't want them to go to waste even still. He'd even asked the other's willing to give theirs up to store them in there too. He doesn't think he would be able to use them for anything, though, as just the idea of wearing that ensemble again is Abhorrent to him. Even the mere thought of Epel try one on left him feeling nauseous.

[yeonban]

Tsun recommended me a manga bc the main guy is "Tobiascore" and I can't believe how true that is. ADJSAHDSAGHDSAJDASHDJK the MOST Tobiascore caps are under the cut for those curious! (but do bear in mind that g.ore in various forms is present underneath too since some panels include it!)

[vibrantboredom]

I'm relistening to I am in Eskew at the same time as the Silt Verses come out and it's so fun seeing ideas introduced in Eskew resurface in TSV, like I just finished ep. 24 and the way the History Society works is so much like our new scary war saint!!! Obsessed

[hsslilly-blog]

i'm putting this under the cut simply so i don’t jumpscare myself when looking through my blog. i'm talking about claire and sex.

the first time claire and hunt have sex she cries for half an hour afterwards because 1. for the first time sex feels truly consensual + something enjoyable and she doesn’t feel like an object. and 2. it’s with him that she feels like this + it is still rather shameful to her that she feels attracted to him. conflicting experience.

sex is important to claire’s character and i’ve never really talked about it in length because um well i don’t want to be crass, and i don’t want to remove weight from it.

when i refer to claire’s relationships i am mostly referring to sexual relationships because that’s what they were. and that’s why she feels she lacks worth. well, this complex exists since childhood but these relationships feed into it. claire is used and exploited, and she has been her entire life. in multiple meanings of the word. this is very connected to her theme of agency (it’s all one big thing). and sex is self destructive behaviour to her. hence all these situations she finds herself in. it’s a cycle.

which leads to: i don’t think claire knows how to deal when attraction and sex and desire are in positive contexts (please do notice that as soon as she realises she's attracted to hunt in on the hunt she blurts out about being abused by her therapist). and especially when it’s something that has proven to be destructive many times turns out to be positive. at least, she feels like it’s positive this time. what should she feel? in short claire’s relationship to sex (and sexuality in general) is… multifaceted. complex. i’ve mentioned it before and i’m not going to elaborate it further here, but both claire and hunt feel shame and guilt for their relationship, for different reasons. but i think it’s important for them, individually. there’s just like. this subject neither of them wants to touch upon because it’s shameful. and at the same time it’s attractive to them.

i had originally written a lot more here about it but i don’t think it’s good enough. lmao. and i don’t want to post something written without the merit it deserves. but i do think it’s good characterisation that claire can only talk about whatever goes on with her after sex. it's punishment and it's also catharsis. it's just really blurry to her. as it often is. would like to talk more about this i just like to be deliberate about it.

[impossible-rat-babies]

miriam lavellan the woman that u are

[himbopunk]

i thiiiiink. mav grew up in an alienage prior to the whole semi possession thing. ive got these ideas around them and fear demons and like maybe it doesnt 100% fit alongside canon understanding of spirits and demons but we're also constantly told that binary is kinda bullshit anyhow so. Whatever. but i think the fear demon that inhabits them starts following them around way earlier. i think theres smth there around the inherit fear that lurks around those kinds of environments, and mavs always been a weird kid + i think even if the nevarra city alienage is nicer than say kirkwall or denerim (which, whos to say we dont see it) its still, an alienage so. Shit can always happen especially if you dont stay in line (something mav has Never been good at) like. idk i dont wanna get too into fantasy racism but for all this shit fear will always play a part so i think if you have a magic little alienage elf kid its not that weird for a fear spirit/demon to be lurking around.

point being. the fear spirit that becomes part of them has been around for a hot minute before the possession, but i think what happens maybe is mav doesnt like. realize oh im a mage and this is a demon maybe they interact with it like a friend (something the fear demon is utterly baffled by originally. of the demons that use familiarity to possess a mage i do not imagine fear would often be one, and baby mav wouldnt actively like invite it either its like oh yeah theyre kinda weird and scary but people think im weird and scary so thats okay!)

& i think with all we've been shown about how spirits/demons can grow and shift over time, this is a part of why mavs "possession" happens the way it does. it never stops being a fear demon bc it never stops representing the things that scare them, esp once they get sick. but theres an acceptance mav has w those fears that shifts the nature of their interactions. and in a way they were already kind of connected to each others existence bc the fear demon is already attached to mav in this very specific way, so inhabiting them as they lay dying is in some way an extension of that relationship? is this anything???

and i think like there is also even potential in the idea of them being this unknown thing between life and death, mage and abomination, spirit and demon, the uncertainty of it also creates fear to some degree. so maybe that helps to perpetuate them early on to stabilize what they are now.

[beloved-child-of-the-house]

for the most part I actually don’t see Harry and Draco as being the get married types or at least not the have a wedding types but it’s also fun to just. Have them do it anyway. Weddings are fun and fun to write and read about!

[rxttenfish]

i won't lie i love writing and faffing about inside of aaravi's head. shes so failgirl. its so interesting in there.