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blujayonthewing · 2 years

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adhd adventuring researching spirits for nerd reasons, finding that a number of closely related anise-based spirits are traditional to the mediterranean and middle east; thinkin about how in tes lore moonsugar is a regular part of the traditional khajiiti diet but apparently skooma was invented by dunmer and combines a spirit distilled from moonsugar with nightshade, which is a poison; thinkin about how the thing that sets absinthe apart and gives it its (false) reputation as psychoactive is the addition of wormwood, which is a poison

#I HAVE CONNECTED THE DOTS. I'VE CONNECTED THEM #this is incomprehensibly written I'm just excited by the lines I'm finding it possible to draw between things #... THINKIN ABOUT I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT MOONSUGAR SHOULD HAVE A UNIQUE FLAVOR PROFILE LIKE MOST NATURAL SWEET SUBSTANCES DO #AND HAVE THOUGHT 'IDK LIKE STEVIA MAYBE' WHICH I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT HAS KIND OF A LICORICE TASTE--#THE DOTS. CONNECTED THEM #apparently moonsugar is a cane sugar but it has an anise-like flavor I just decided #like a more technically appropriate analogue for a spirit distilled from moonsugar would be something like rum #anyway absinthe is a thematically appropriate real-world analogue for skooma hashtag confirmed #about me #potions

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