#precarious games

[krisssssssy]

random astrology of ardyn ramble

This is probably not interesting to anyone, but my other hyperfixation is astrology, and I have spent a lot of time thinking about Ardyn's placements.

Okay, I realize Eos is fictional, and that these characters aren't existing in the same solar system as us, which would obviously change everything about their signs and planets. ANYWAY.

Ardyn's birthday is April 30th, which would make him a Taurus sun sign. I think this makes sense, Taureans' can be eccentric, every Taurus sun I know radiates very appealing weirdo vibes, idk why this is, and ALSO if we look at Ardyn's behavior prior to the scourge, he was fairly stubborn, determined to heal everyone (and Taureans, once they start on a path, it is very difficult for them to deviate), despite his relationship with Aera.

I don't THINK we have a canonical birthday for Somnus, but he strikes me more as an Aries (or at least Mars ruled) and a Taurus (as a Venus-ruled sign) is not some warmonger, or making rash decisions to set anyone on fire who even *possibly* has the scourge.

I also like the idea of Ardyn being a Taurus, which is an Earth sign, and trying very hard to cleanse the Earth (or Eos), as it were, of some disease/affliction.

ALSO. If you dive deeper into other astrology placements (for those unfamiliar, we have not only a Sun sign, but a moon sign, a Mercury sign, a Venus sign, etc).

When I first saw Ardyn I was like, bro is a Gemini. He's shady, he's snarky, he more often uses his words (I mean literally like 75% of his dialogue in the game is just him screwing with Noctis mentally while he's in Zegnautus Keep). He resists most physical battles at all opportunities, doesn't want to engage in fighting (though he is obviously the strongest person in all of Eos besides Noctis) and avoids doing so. This to me also speaks to him being a Taurus, stubbornly refusing any kind of fight unless it's the final one, with Noctis (of course, he does fight Ignis in Episode Ignis, but literally during that fight with him in Altissia, if you don't attack him, he WONT attack you. He just saunters around and hordes of Imperials soldiers come down from the Magitek engines to fight you).

ANYWAY. If you are a Taurus sun, Mercury can *only* be in the sign of Aries, Taurus, or Gemini, because Mercury is never more than one sign away from the sun. So I'm saying, Ardyn is a Taurus sun, with a Gemini Mercury (which explains the Gemini nature of his speech patterns). An Aries mercury would be more forceful, impulsive, impatient, but a Gemini is going to give you the snark that we see from Ardyn.

I've also been thinking of this from the standpoint of my fan fiction (Precarious Games) because I have a Reader character, and I decided on their placements before I started it, to determine their essential personality. Reader (in my mind) is a Libra sun, with a Libra mercury, and Scorpio Venus, which would then make her sun Venus-ruled, giving some compatibility with Ardyn's Taurus sun, and then I suspect Ardyn has a Taurus Venus, which would then oppose Reader's Scorpio venus (as Taurus and Scorpio are opposite signs), which explains a lot of their conflicts, but also their attraction (and a scorpio venus is more willing to let a relationship utterly destroy them emotionally, and are even potentially attracted to people who aren't good for them, which gives some explanation for her continuing her relationship with him despite well, everything. and just being a Libra sun/mercury makes them crave partnership and balance, and to ignore conflict)

So yeah. Ardyn, I think, is a Taurus sun, Gemini Mercury, with a Taurus Venus. I don't know what his rising or moon sign would be, I just feel like, with villains, everyone is so quick to be like SCORPIO! So I wanted to give my thoughts. Like I said I realize this is probably interesting to NO ONE lmao but I needed to articulate this somewhere.

I haven't even thought about the Mars sign. Mars (I believe) can be anywhere regardless of where the Sun is, based on it's movement and retrograde period. I think possibly because he is a bit flamboyant, and showy, his Mars makes sense if it was in Leo, which would then square his Sun and Venus (i.e. his motivations, his drive are at odds with his sense of self/identity, and ability to relate to others).

I could also see him being a Leo rising, to give more emphasis on this showmanship vibe he has, and that would place Mars in the 1st house, and Sun/Venus in the 10th in Taurus (which is the area of your life purpose, your public facing self). Also, a lot of planets on the angular houses (1st, 10th) give someone a lot of strength in their personality, they are able to succeed (and let's not discount his success in Gralea, which he achieved not from Bahamut's intervention, but from his will alone, really).

But yeah! Astrology is fun when you apply it to fictional characters, for me it helps me understand their personalities better, especially when writing fan fiction, and it's nice to at least have a canon birthday (day and month at least) to go on.

[llamahearted]

they were playing & milly had been planning to lean in and catch her priest man off guard with some joke, but. well. now she's forgotten whatever-it-was she was gonna say

[titsthedamnseason]

🎶what time is it? surprise song time! 🎶 cringey hsm reference aside....houston n3 guessing is upon us! drop your surprise song predictions in the tags or replies and if youre right you get a super mega ultra prize from moi 🪩

taylor’s been feeling the old songs this weekend....so my guesses are stay stay stay and stay beautiful

[absollugia]

I wanna love you while I can / I wanna tell you while I breathe

[sweater-daddiesdumbdork]

Precarious Agreements Ransom and blueberry

OH, I haven't gotten to write for Ransom and Kitten in AGES. Thanks Carly for giving them this little moment to work out a slight disagreement.

TW- Launguage, Fingering, Spitting and Oral. This is an 18+ Only Blog

Precarious Agreement Masterlist

"I fucking hate you." You hissed from between your clenched teeth, your fingers twisting into thick dark locks of hair and a muffled chuckle came from somewhere between your thighs.

You only knew cause currently his tongue was swirling patterns against your clit in a mind-numbing way while his thick fingers stretched your pussy, fingertips deeper than you could ever finger yourself. You knew you were making a mess, the occasional harsh drag of his tongue would gather up before spitting back on your clit.

"You say that every time." Ransom finally lifted his head, his thumb replacing his tongue against your sensitive nerve. "And every time it's 'Fuck me Ransom, I love you Ransom, eat me out again Ransom." He mimicked, a sweep of his tongue over his drenched lips while you glared at him, feeling your pending orgasm rushing towards the finish line.

"I do not." You lied, cause you felt your thoughts shorting out, you just wanted that snap, that bliss where your soul left your body and entered a whole other existence.

"Come on Kitten." He crooned as he used his shoulders to push your legs up, kneeling with your legs thrown up in the air by his head, your toes curling and your back now arching off the mattress as if on command. "Just forgive me already and cum all over my fat fingers in you so I can fuck you stupid."

"Ran. I gotta-"

"Let me have it Kitten." He growled, pushing your legs back further till they were pressing against you with his forearm while his other hand continued to finger your drenched pussy faster, the squelching almost obscene now with how we you were. He spit again, mixing with your slick and drizzling down your swollen lips. "Just be my good slut tonight."

You should deny him this, after the way he pissed you off. But you were weak with him, always have been and soon you were doing just as he wanted, sobbing out his name while you came, your hands racing over your head to hold onto the headboard while your body arched again, the rush making you see sparks and blinding you for a second.

Ransom smirked at you, slowing his fingers enough to help ease you through till the end. Your body going lax and panting while he was gentle in his touches to your over-sensitive body. Kisses flowed up the center till he latched on a perked nipple, teasing it till you moaned and grabbed his face to finish pulling him up. Your mouth found him, your tongue slipping along his in a passionate slow way while moaning against him.

Still panting, you glared up at him after that kiss. "This doesn't let you off the hook you know, just because you went down on me tonight."

Ransom cocked his head, his hair falling forward over his forehead and a cold grin promised that he had more up his sleeve for you tonight. "We will see Kitten, I bet you are purring for me by the end of the night." Your look made him roll his eyes. "Yeah, Yeah, I will apologize to your sister for telling her she's a nosy cunt who needs to mind her own business."

"Hugh."

His gaze went from cool and cocky to pissed off as his hand came down on your ass. "Say that one more time Kitten and your ass is mine." He dared you and your mouth curled triumphantly, mouthing it slowly.

"Hugh, eat shit."

He pulled back and grabbed your hip to flip you suddenly, growling while you laughed, knowing you got under his skin. Repercussions be damned.

[erovalkyrie]

THE PRECARIOUS WORLD

How *not* to lose? It is impossible not to. The world is balanced on the edge of a knife. It’s a game of frayed nerves. You’re pushed on by numbers and punitive measures: pain, rejection, and unpaid bills. You can either play or you can crawl under a boat and waste away -- turn into salt or a flock of seagulls. Your enemies would *love* that. Or you can fight. The only way to load the dice is to keep on fighting.

[vastiitas]

What Color Does Your Love Feel Like?

soft fresh green

Nice breeze, bare feet and freshly cut grass. Your love is a lighthearted hope for the future. It's protecting your eyes from the sun but enjoying the light rays still, it's laying on the grass and feeling it tickle your neck. You look to the side and they look back at you, full of hope and plans too. You plan together and laugh all day and your sunburn will feel like them. Your love is delicate, hesitant. A well curated binder full of collages for a future you can't be sure will come, but you keep going, you keep planning, you keep squinting at the sun and smiling, and running your hands through the grass so it will smell better. You keep holding onto the bright sky even as the sunsets, even as the starry night stares back. But you keep on holding, you keep on dreaming, you close your eyes and feel the sun on your skin and convince yourself that the sunburn is good, it's something to hold on to, just makes it linger a bit longer. Your love is a lighthearted hope for the future. It's sweet and wonderful and it keeps love alive, makes the world a better place. You run your hands through the grass, clench your fingers tighter and keep making plans. And I can only thank you and hope I can learn to love like you someday.

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[unsleepingtales]

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[namchyoon]

i was waiting at the bus stop with this family and the youngest kid kept doing some weird stretches on the seat (the bench at the bus stop is really narrow like probably 6 inches wide and slightly curved) and after like 5 minutes he went to his mom and was like the bench is slipping (poor kid was trying to sit but he was too short 😭) and then like a minute later his elder brother was offering his thigh for the kid to step on to get on the seat. the younger one basically stamped and pushed his brother like 6 times to get on the seat before he finally got to sit (yay!) and then not even a minute later got off to tell his mom about something 😭 he only realized his folly after another minute when he came back to sit and then his poor elder brother, bless his heart, offered his thigh AGAIN another 5 times but the younger one kept slipping off 😭 the elder kid then put his drink on the side to just finally lift his brother onto the seat and he did that like another 4 times until his brother could finally sit (for 5 minutes bc that's when the bus was due lmaooo) but it was just the sweetest thing i've seen 😭😭😭

[shiroikabocha]

We won’t be able to keep it up for the whole game, but damn, it was great streaming the first hour-ish of New Riven with my brother. Like old times with the CDs in the computer room.

We got to have the same reactions at the same time: huh, okay, so the telescope into the Fissure is constructed a little differently. And the spinny domes, right, their support structures look all weird now— oh, hold on, you can just go straight there? Right on Temple Island, just from the rotating beetle room? Huh. Okay. Might as well flip it, it’s a fun animation. Oo, looks different! Let’s take a look insi—WHAT.

Okay. Okay. Ignoring the [massive spoiler] for now, it looks like there’s one other island we can get to from here. So… let’s go see which one it is!

… W H A T.

[northern-passage]

Regarding the "showing off" ask, it is kinda funny how so far everytime MC acts like a badass in a fight, no one is there to look, Clem was passed out against the big monster fight, and in ch2, everyone was dealing with their own fights to notice MC fighting. Maybe only Lea knows because of working with MC for years.

don't worry, while everyone was mostly occupied, they still saw enough 👀

but yeah Lea is definitely aware of the hunter's abilities, and it's mentioned briefly in game but at the start of the two of them being paired together, they were very competent; their partnership only started deteriorating after an otherwise relatively successful first few years.

[krisssssssy]

Summary: The Magitek engine is attacked, and you find yourself alone with Dr. Besithia.

[krispycrowntree]

[dani-r]

Bourgeois democracy does not solve anything.

(This post is about the Harry DuBois vs. Vriska shitshow)

[invinciblerodent]

no i didn't just spend a good 2-3 hours organizing my- and my partner's characters' inventories

noooo, I didn't forget to eat lunch because I was so busy sorting imaginary potions into digital pouches and deciding which fictional character gets to carry the pixel-backpack that holds all the pretend-spellscrolls

what are you talking about, that never happened

(that's exactly what happened)

[puckpocketed]

boys i’ve run the numbers and i think timezones are lesbophobic because the pwhl plays at 4am for me