#mod notes

[soullessbullshit]

I want it on record that I am a proud member of Team "Gabrielle Benele is Completely Unhinged."

This may be a rather lukewarm take, as I don't have as much interaction with the Daggerfall Covenant side of the ESO fandom, but I'm convinced that, like myself until a couple years ago, neither has anyone that has ever earnestly considered her a voice of reason.

Gabrielle is that one character that people assume is put together at first glance because she's intelligent and professionally accomplished, but that perception completely shifts as people gradually discover the laundry list of borderline war crimes she's used those smarts to commit.

Her canonical claims to fame include, with no hyperbole applied:

Singlehandedly breaking into a cult-infested crypt for a talisman rumored to open portals to Oblivion.

Gleefully hacking the warding sequence on one of the most secure vaults in the Covenant and openly admitting that she'd wanted to take a crack for some time upon learning it was named the "Impervious Vault."

Getting banned from the Anchor's Point Inn for setting fire to the hair of a pushy dragonknight who failed to heed her rather upfront request to stop hitting on her (easily the most understandable point on this dissertation).

Losing "teleporting directly to the Evermore Mages' Guild" privileges for a reportedly similar incident.

And, most unnervingly of all, sending a treatise to Covenant generals advising the displacement of beasts and beastfolk in enemy territory to send them rampaging into local settlements as an invasion tactic.

Ya gurl may have more outward tact in professional settings, but there's absolutely no way her dynamic with Darien doesn't involve him reigning her in ethically as often as she reigns him in conversationally. These feral besties are two halves of a whole common sense and I love that for them.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

[bucciarati-answers]

guys, bruno's stand is called "stepmom" in a crazy spin-off

[askobeymelucifer]

This is a bigggg ooc post, but happy trans day of visibility! My little lambs<3

[playingwithwater]

I’ve been punished for the next two weeks. So you can still send me asks and stuff as well as tag me but know I won’t answer right away. Also messages can be sent too if you want, I’m not opposed to that. See y’all soon-ish

@your-fav-russian-assassin @daniel-barnes-the-ghost @enchatedbifrost @over-bi-the-wayside @chaotic-shapeshifter @chaoscoordinator-13 and others I interact with semi-regularly.

[captain-after-dark]

(Brief pause in responses as a note from mod!)

Captain's secretary here! First I want to say thank you to the really surprising and very sweet support I've gotten from everyone following so far! I created this little project on a whim and it makes me smile to see how much I improve others time on here! This blog is only 2 days old and already it's at...62 followers. That's quite a lot! I was not expecting it to take off like this at all but I'm honestly thrilled.

Just wanted to reiterate that I want this to be a welcoming and safe space. If you see behavior on here from me or anyone else you feel is unwelcoming or disrespectful, please please let me know and I'll do my best to rectify it as best I can.

Also- as I'm getting settled into here, I have a few ideas for future posts. I was thinking maybe a written monologue series from Price in his perspective/voice for various scenes. Coming home from a mission, comforting you after a long day, taking care of you while you're sick...eventually I want to do full NSFW pieces, but I think I'll stick to something a little more vanilla first. These would essentially be long-form responses/scenes, just written one-sided. Is that something you'd like to see? If you have a suggestion for that type of content please comment below!

Thank you again, all of you. It's my hope that this blog brightens your day even just a bit. Cheers!

[we-die-like-x-tag-tournament]

The amount of times I have almost refered to Jesus as the birthday boy today despite being raised Christian is kinda embarrassing

[noneedforjoy]

We aren't dead, I just got sick. I have the refs ready so I'll probably post them today or tomorrow.

Sorry for the wait 💚 - Mega Mod

And I just moved to gator land so I’ve been busy setting up. So sorry! 💜 - Space Mod

[vashmerylweek]

AND THAT'S IT!!!

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in #vashmerylweek2023!!! Whether you created fanworks or simply participated in the hype as a supporter, YOU make fandom events like this possible. Please continue to check out all the amazing work here on Tumblr, over on our Twitter, and in our AO3 collection.

Bummed that you ran out of time to finish something? Don't be!

We will be accepting submissions throughout the rest of the month (October 2023).

So, keep submitting those fics to our AO3 collection! Keep posting that art to tumblr and/or twitter! Though there may be a delay moving forward, we will be happy to include your work in our 2023 collection.

After that, look forward to #vashmerylweek2024.....

This has been your tumblr mod, @aubiesquire, joined by the lovely @chaoticbuka and @museqmeg.

[just-the-ten-of-us-asks]

Intro/Directory/Rules

Hey, y’all. This is my (@welkamoalreadyexists) ask blog for my ten person Rhythm Heaven/Mii polyship. Air Batter/Rhythm Heaven Fever Girl/Red Rap Man/DJ Yellow/DJ Student/Rocker Student/Male Golfer/Female Golfer/Sakura Mii/Sarah Mii. The Polyrhythms.

Ship Chart Meme

Headcanon names/short character blurbs

This will mostly be a text blog, with some occasional art when I can.

Formatting guide

Sakura: (expression) Hello! This is how in-character dialogue will be formatted. does an action.

Shō: [In-character signing will be translated in brackets.]

(This is how out of character comments from the mod will be written, in parentheses!)

Rules

I’ve never done an askblog, so there will be a lot of trial and error figuring out what works best, what I’m comfortable with, etc.

Suggestions for asks: friends outside the polycule, thoughts on partners/metamours, interests/hobbies/etc., family, daily life, simple hello and how are you, etc.

I won’t do asks pertaining to discourse/politics/real world events/etc. I also won’t do asks about very specific scenarios (ex. What if character interacted with other character and they had to do x, y, and/or z?). For the moment, I am open to suggestive content (this will be marked with a mature label, so no suggestive asks from minors por favor), but not full-on explicit scenarios and asks and such. If you’re horny for the polycule, me too, go to my AO3.

Sometimes, this blog may touch on sensitive subject matter (bigotry, familial abuse, toxic relationships, teen pregnancy, etc.) I will tag these subjects as “cw X”.

Please don’t send the same ask twice! If I haven’t answered yet, it means I’m either very busy or not comfy with the ask. Either way, it isn’t personal.

[lawandordersource]

Content Announcement

Due to the content depicted in the season 23 premiere of Law & Order and the continued employment of cast member Odelya Halevi (see our more in-depth explanation here), lawandordersource will not be posting or reblogging any content related to the show’s revival period (season 21 to the present). We stand in support of Palestine as Israel carries out a genocide and an ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people, and are appalled and disgusted by the show’s perpetuation of this violence.

This blog will continue to post and reblog content related to the first 20 seasons of Law & Order, as well as content related to all other spin-offs in the franchise. We encourage the boycotting of revival seasons of Law & Order and condemn their erasure of the suffering of Palestinian people, whitewashing and attempted justification of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Their genocide denial cannot go unchecked.

If you're looking for ways to help Palestine, this post details many ways you can help, whether through donations, signing petitions, attending protests, boycotting businesses targeted by BDS, or more.

AN: Thank you to @scream-source, from whose pinned post much of this language was lifted in regards to the firing of Melissa Barrera from the Scream franchise in retaliation for speaking out against the Israeli genocide of Palestinians. You can see their original post here. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

[agent8s-ask-blog]

//Mod Note: Welcome to Splatoon Ask Blogs ! We’ve got:

Sanitized Agent 4

Sanitized Marie

Agent 4 cult

Soup anon (we love soup)

Traumatized 8

A Captain that’s typically just boiled down to being mean by the anons

The wonderful TarTar revive that ended in Agent 4 drinking LEAN

The better Callie

And probably some yuri

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[soullessbullshit]

Okay, hear me out.

Raz and Darien play very similar narrative roles in their respective factions' storylines, but their core characters are night and day from one another.

Razum-dar is cunning, keen, and deceptive. He plays the role of a flirtatious rogue with a daedra-may-care attitude, masking the manipulative, hyper-observant machiavellian that lies beneath (which, looking back at some of my years-old Raz posts, actively deceived me for a while).

Raz deliberately carries himself with an air of shallowness, nonchalance, and overconfidence to ensure that most underestimate him, providing more opportunities to subvert their expectations. By feigning minor incompetence, Raz is able to more easily manipulate not only his enemies, but his allies as well, into lowering their guard just enough to get what he needs. It's through his mastery of this routine that he so fervently excels in the realm of espionage and inquisition.

In several instances throughout the game, Razum-dar has lowered the mask just enough to showcase how ruthless, driven, and pragmatic his methods truly are (reprimanding the Vestige for refusing to let him die in Senalana, killing a seditious extremist in front of his father with zero hesitation or remorse, etc.) His laziness is just as much of a ruse; the guy conducted a full-blown investigation on vacation (which he only took out of mandate in the first place) simply because the opportunity presented itself and his Spy-dey senses started tingling.

Razum-dar has been likened even more so to fellow Fruit Ninja Naryu Virian, as both are incredibly charismatic covert ops who toe the line between distant and gregarious at every turn. That being said, I would genuinely argue that Razum-dar is an even more detached individual than Naryu. For all her "heartless assassin" swagger, Naryu has prioritized attachment over pragmatism or responsibility on at least a couple occasions, while Raz has yet to make a major decision for any known reason beyond responsibility or fixation. Were Raz in Naryu's shoes during the Morrowind DLC, I earnestly believe he'd kill Veya unless physically prevented from doing so.

Darien Gautier, on the other hand, is a lot of what Raz pretends to be. He's idealistic, he's naive, and he's incredibly cavalier. He's an aspiring knight in shining armor with, much like Raz, a genuine knack for his vocation.

In overt contrast to Raz, Darien is an individual with whom what you see is what you get. His methods and occupation take a far more direct approach as a front-line warrior, imposing himself between danger and those he's sworn to protect while beating back threats in direct combat.

For all his growth in his time as the Golden Knight, we only get to see so much of it (easily one of the most glaringly missed opportunities in the game), as he only shows up towards the end of his tenure for half of one DLC that afforded little room for individual characters to breathe. That said, while he does come off as far more level-headed and situationally aware in that time, he clearly retains a more centered version of his defining characteristics from the Covenant questline. Darien is optimistic, encouraging, and hopelessly devoted. He's the radiant heart of every team. He's a warm font of hope and morale. He's defined by his compassion and his desire to do right by those who need it.

While both have willingly sacrificed themselves for others, Darien did so in last-ditch efforts to protect the people for whom he cares, while Raz insisted on doing so out of a sense of pragmatic obligation. While both have manipulated others for the advancement of their objectives, Darien did so as a case-specific (albeit self-indulgent) necessity, while Raz does so both as his modus operandi and as a far broader, pettier pastime. While both are characterized by a fierce devotion to their respective vocations, Darien's is rooted in altruism and a heroic ideal, while Raz's is rooted in personal loyalty and a desire for purpose and fulfillment.

If these two were to work together, beyond the hyper-tangential capacity in which they did so in the Summerset DLC, I believe they'd have very different opinions of each other.

Darien would likely buy into Raz's persona completely, maintaining an active rapport and (ironically enough) trying to get him to take a more active initiative in their objectives. Raz would immediately figure out exactly what makes Darien tick, seeing him as an incredibly simple and useful asset to manipulate, but also a potential liability should his idealism cloud his judgement. He would definitely still enjoy engaging and interacting with him, though he'd be about as surface-level as can be, presuming Darien not to last long as the front-liner he is and devising plans around that notion.

In any moral decision, the two are butting heads. Unless Raz manages to successfully gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss Darien into submission and/or confusion, most of his solutions to such quandries would most certainly prompt a less-than-favorable response, and in some cases, maybe even direct intervention.

The difference between the two is genuinely one of my favorite things to consider while writing Khoshekh, considering the comparable degrees of significance (albeit of wildly contrasting natures) the two play in their life over the years.

No way in Oblivion I'm not absolutely milking the rare crossing of threads come Summerset. Especially with the SBverse Summerset arc occurring nearly a decade into the story after a several year timeskip, rather than literally the entire game happening in the same year (y'all can't tell me that entire questline isn't some table-indulgent high-level post-campaign shit).

That drama's gonna be fun.

[bucciarati-answers]

(( do you guys want to see mod's jjba oc ? His stand is a malice mizer reference :3 ))

[dailytrue]

to all the people who reblog: i love you guys

[captain-after-dark]

Mod note: This blog is starting to get quite an impressive amount of attention! The captain's inbox is almost overflowing! He can't answer every ask, so please don't be offended if yours doesn't get answered. There's only so much correspondence he can handle on top of his regular duties.

[animatedwhump]

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