#knowledge keepers

[delicatelysublimeforester]

Finding Solace in Nature on Orange Shirt Day

[titsoutfornature]

do you ever think about how vulnerable specialized labor under capitalism has left us?

do you know where to get folate, calcium, iron, iodine etc without buying pills or mass-produced fortified foods? do you know how to process out anti-nutrients in edible substances (like corn, cassava, etc)? do you know how to save and store seeds from various types of edible plants? do you know how to preserve meat without a freezer or salt? how to remove bittern from sea salt? how to find water in a drought and how to purify it? how to treat dehydration?

what happens when it's your money or your life? when militaries target supply chains during war?

[thecrowslullaby]

there is something about drawing the mercs as animals.

i'm trying to figure out which version i like best.

[shuuenka]

It's been awhile, couple hundred of years.

Give or take.

It's not that bad, Cyno.

Just a bit of ache. A bit of yearning.

Ah, and missing you for all of the eternal life I was cursed with.

Selfish desires of the heart that was once moved.

[bookwxrmish]

Kotlc match list headcannons

-Sophie(if she could be registered) has Fitz at the top of her list with Tam second

-Keefe giving Tam the side-eye because he ranked above him by one spot on Sophie's list

-Keefe deciding that he doesn't need a match list because his Foster wouldn't be on it(but Sophie would def be first on his list)

-Biana having Tam and Dex as the top two positions, Maruca in third(no complaints)

-Linh and Marella being at the top of each others' lists and just going with it

-Dex didn't have anyone he knew on his list the first time(except for Stina, but he would never)

-Dex's next list had Tam, Fitz, and Biana- in that order. He's still panicking and hiding his list.

-Sophie found Dex's list and said she'd support his choice and she especially ships him and Biana.

-Fitz found out during a telepathy lesson and started blushing

-Fitz had Linh as number four on his list and no one else he knew(except Stina- but like Dex, ew)

-Fitz decided he may be better off as a Councillor

-Stina had Maruca in the 10th spot and started blushing furiously

-Maruca had Stina in her 7th and rumors say they went on a date(rumors also say it went very well)

-Nobody knows whats on Jensi's list, but they speculate Fitz may have been on it

-Tam got a list, but he has yet to show anyone. Though Fitz was rumored to be in the mix.

[quinn-of-aebradore]

Oath of Devotion paladin Leylas. Echo Knight fighter Quana. Knowledge domain cleric Abrianna. Mastermind rogue Deirta.

[blackbeardsheartbreak]

My Actual Career:

Reclaiming The Words That Were Taken By Colonizers

for fun:

“You wrote me a lovely letter”

is the exact same word as

“you tattooed something on me”

because our language is event-based (verb-based to you). we say “you wrote a lovely something to me”; we would only add that it was a letter for clarification.

word structure:

you-lovely-writing-for/to/at/on-me

my very favorite tidbit:

the root word for tattoo always contains the adjective lovely - a tattoo is always a lovely writing because language is where ancestral knowledge hides to survive

[meadowsofmay]

i really like the point percy makes (and that vax eventually agrees with) about civilization during their conversation about westruun after umbrasyl was killed — a city built by very people's hands deserves preservation and saving as much as those same people leaving in it.

«the death of the city is such a blasphemy. it is the murder of the dead. and i am horrified.»

«building will give them [people of westruun] something to do. and if the dragon comes back, they will be safe underground. and if the dragon doesn't, we have saved thousand of years of inspiration and life. it's... you can't just abandon something like this! there's too much here.

vax: otherwise, what else are we fighting for?

otherwise, it becomes our friend pike from nowhere.»

it's such a beautiful point about history and culture being as important to keeping human civilization alive as saving lives of people. preserving knowledge build into the walls of cities can become a new starting point, a foundation that the new generation will be built upon, more equipped and smart. and just not entirely faceless. remembering the culture is important, it's an identity, it's a customized dress that tells about the roots of beliefs and explains people's behavior. it's a wisdom carefully interwoven into the tale of creation of this specific piece of the world.

the culture is important.

and percy being the one who lost overnight his whole family and his town knows about it more than a man of his age would want to. the history of his family was inseparable from the culture of whitestone and one of briarwoods' goals was to tear it down in the most cruel way. to smear the de rolo's name in their own blood and dirt and render their town faceless and hopeless, only useful of their own vicious plans.

and it now makes so much sense to me personally why vax was so determined to use pelor as a symbol of hope, spreading it as a signal everywhere he went. he understood it, too. he saw pieces of whitestone culture being destroyed and wanted to bring them to life in people's hearts in the form of symbolism carried over in spoken word. and yes, he wanted to help percy. yes, it was done for the rebellion. but one doesn't cancel the other. and in my opinion, it wasn't just about percy defeating the briarwoods but more about percy being a still alive and standing piece of whitestone history and culture that can be and should be a symbol himself.

a symbol of rebirth of the culture that there used to be, a culture attached to the de rolo family and hence attached to whitestone.

i just find all of this incredibly compelling in terms of character building and in terms of simply being a human being serching for what's important in life.

[knxwledge-is-pxwer]

@skxrbrand

"Who in all of the multiple worlds is this 'Tzeentch' you keep associating me with?!"

This world felt like a mistake already. He had only just gotten here, sensing a MYRIAD of magical and arcane secrets and hoards of knowledge being kept, and he simply could not resist the urge to find them. However, one of the stronger sources had pointed him to-- this being. A blood-red, muscled and frankly, quite thick-headed demonic being who kept accusing him of being associated with someone called 'the Architect of Fate', something called 'Tzeentch'.

"Whoever this 'Architect' of yours is, it has nothing to do with me. I am a visitor in these realms, and I will not be instantly met with falsehoods and hostility!"

[silveny-dreams]

desperately need to do a series reread. for sure so that I am refreshed for Unraveled and definitely not for consistency research for a fanfic-

[thetangycheesemanwithaplan]

The two had been open enough about their sexualities with the 118 and he knew that they did not exclusively date women. He knew that neither were particularly good at dating either, so when he knew their options extended beyond just females, he prayed for the masses.

A snippet of Chimney's thoughts about Buck and Eddie in my fic. I dunno why i just love the idea of Chimneys reaction to finding out the boys are part fruity is 'Dear god, is no one is safe'

[definitelynotshouting]

im cooking

[somepunaboutspace]

Revisited my old khan redesign because this fella will forever be in a desperate need of an overhaul. Most of my old thoughts written out in that (almost two years old holy shit) post hold up so I'm not gonna go into much detail

The first one he usually wears around the sanctuary, simple but convenient cloths and such. The incognito look is the one that the outside world (aside from the other overseers) knows him as.

"Overseer khan is a bit of a mystery for most people, a kind but reserved fellow usually strolling around the jungle tourist shop and Ignitia, buying cigarettes or running odd errands with his Torrex. No one really knows where he lives and the overseer is more than happy to keep that a secret. Some say he works close with the infamous witch of the Citadel but alas... nothing verifiable"

Individual under the cut

[warhammer-fantasy-muses]

@smilingmxsk | x

The daemon did not often make visits into the more 'modern' worlds. But when he did, he was always thrilled to see what times ahead in the future had to offer. Whether they by utopian, or dystopian. And this clearly had more 'dystopia' written about it. He was hunched down, but even then he was much taller than Margaret, and he'd just tilt his head, multiple eyes blinking.

"Please, relax won't you. If I had wanted to hurt you or anything of the sort, I would've done it already. You have nothing to fear from me. But, perhaps I ought to introduce myself. The name is Qhi'zhek, young lady. Think of me as naught but a curious by-passer... a VERY curious one."

He lets out a soft trill of amusement, before he tilts his head the other way. "You are quite a curious one... you have the energy of another entity upon you. I would ask to know what it is, though it would be rude to probe~"

[jetcat-14]

Anders: I consider myself a Fairy Expert.

Bell Keeper: Why do you say that?

Anders:*points to Hildw* Well you see 13 years ago I......

Johanna: NO NO STOP THERE ....