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house-of-mirrors · 2 years

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The second of my OC introduction posts is ready! Meet Samuel Weatherbee, the Laconic Captain. The appointed Dad of the friend group, but if you think that makes him more responsible/less chaotic than everyone else, you’d find the opposite to be actually true. Picrew link

Edit: Notes on his past as a zailor and a possible future after playing Irem

Quick Facts:

• Was already orphaned before London fell. Didn’t know his old surname, so the urchin gangs came up with this one for him

• What we’d call in modern language to be semi-verbal. Can’t get two words out of him most of the time [though he is good at letter writing], but he’s the best at his interests: navigating and monster hunting

• Spent much of his life as a zee-captain before retiring to run a modest bar [I had already decided he was a bartender before playing BAL, and I was repeatedly amused by the plots of obtaining rare bottles and interactions with Mr Wines]

• Hasn’t considered himself human in 30 years and isn’t bothered a bit by that fact

• Rumored to be immortal, whether that’s from something he found in his days at zee, a deal with a devil, a deal with a god, or a certain card game. Really, he fears the true death more than almost anything and has taken great measures to avoid it.

• Refuses to phrase any statement as a question. One may ascribe this to his lack of interest in conversation, or one may wonder just how far East he almost went, once

• Not quite religious, but superstitious about Stone, Storm, and Salt

• Since he’s been in the Neath since London fell, he feels he knows it better than most. He generally believes it to be futile to challenge cosmic powers and is happy to spend his days as an NPC running a rest point for others. That is, until he meets “his kids.” [My OC Orsinio as well as a few of my friend’s OCs, and later April]

• Had a bit of a midlife crisis (as much as that means when you can’t die) and wanted to have new stories to tell his young friends, so walked into the Medusa’s Head on a whim one night to begin hunting the Vake. Regrets it immediately and spends most of the ambition wishing he had never left his bar

• The ambition journey made him realize that it is possible for humans to take a stand against cosmic power. He can’t change everything or save everyone, but he can do something about this immediate problem and save someone.

• Yes, yes, putting an end to millennia of senseless violence is well and good, but really, he wanted to fight Veils for flirting with his kids (Paisley sure did happen) and calling him “Sammy”

• Before Bag a Legend, he would walk away from any problem he couldn’t solve. Now, his method is something of, “forceful first, ask questions never”

• Now, he’s officially back on the playing board, making waves in the Neath again rather than flying under the radar. The Masters somewhere heard saying, “Oh no, he’s back” before proceeding to pester him for help with everything. Maybe he’d actually say yes for once if they hadn’t picked up the trend of calling him “Sammy” [The one time he actually speaks for more than a single sentence at once is yelling at Wines during railway. 10/10 funniest moment for that to happen]

• Can be impulsive and stubborn. Because he knows the Neath so well from experience, he feels like his decisions are the right ones, and he struggles to compromise when others have different sources of knowledge and plans

• Exemplifies the adventure hero archetype of period-typical literature. He’s not too interested in lore or power, only the thrill of discovery. Never wonders if he really should be somewhere, only that it’s his right to explore

• Doesn’t have bad intentions, but was indeed raised on Victorian British imperialist propaganda, which I imagine only got worse after London fell. His “kids,” especially Orsinio, help him to unpack some of that and challenge the ideals he was raised on. This will become relevant during Evolution arc

• No matter where London goes, he’ll be there, keeping the home fires burning. He wants to be a sanctuary for everyone with no exception, a protector. It was a spur of the moment choice, but this is the reason he chose to make his double into a city at the end of the railway. Dabbled into the Discordance because what better fit for him than language that revolves around not speaking?

• Plays red with a black lean on the chessboard. Not too fussed about cosmic forces, but he grew up on the streets and spent much of his life working class. And he sees death as something to be conquered, so naturally, he opposes light.

• “A mix of voices” railway ending, he can’t be bothered with strong political opinions [I really wanted to get the perfectly balanced ending but I was ONE off, alas]

#my ocs #fallen london #bal spoilers #railway spoilers #fl spoilers #it's MY ocs and I get to make most of them aspec and autistic #there aren't enough picrews for dilfs and it's a crime #instead of hunter mine it was just ppspsps sammy cmere sammy #funniest of my ocs hands down

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house-of-mirrors · 2 years

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Warning: bad things happen here. Looking into the mirrors is the prerogative of the foolish.

Contrary to the description from the game, nothing bad happens here, unless you count Bad Post Sunday. You can call me R. they/them. I’m in my 20s, I’m disabled, I’m queer, and I live in the United States. Currently in grad school for an MFA.

If you ever tag me in something and I don't respond, please let me know because tumblr does not notify me for mentions. Webbed site

You can also find me on pixel cat's end as acetimetraveler, and on cohost with the same username as here.

My writing:

Find me on AO3 (snow_and_moon), where I post for both FL and sskies with things about the Masters, revolutionaries, and ocs, with more focus on the subjects of Mr Wines, Mr Fires, dreams/nightmares, and the Liberation

My OCs:

Meet my player characters with bio posts I’ve written about them. Please send calling cards! Their profiles are their first and last names as listed here.

The Preoccupied Professor, Orsinio Elderwood, and the story of his journey through Nemesis

The Laconic Captain, Samuel Weatherbee, and his connections to the East

The Tenacious Doctor, Lucretia Doherty

The Avid Apprentice, Miles Darlington. Rumor has it that Miles used to go by the name Lovelace before vanishing into the North. Don’t pay that much mind. All shall be well.

The Intractable Storyteller, Captain Min, my sunless skies OC (this is an old post and needs updating)

Moodboards for my OCs and my ocs in historical picrew

Also, look at this compilation of art of my OCs by @thedeafprophet (find more on their blog)! And this piece by @vonlipvig. I appreciate all of you who can draw and draw for me <3

Highlights of Lore Discussion:

A retrospective on Seeking Mr Eaten’s Name

A retrospective on Ambition: Nemesis

Headcanons about Mr Wines my favorite evil bat whom I love to torment

Not a theory about the Discordance

Some fanmade futures and destinies after the launch of Irem

Picrews I made of the Judgements (I'm always looking for it so it's getting pinned lol)

Tag list below the cut:

Ask box is open, and if you need a specific trigger tagged, just ask me.

I try to tag: fl spoilers, es spoilers, hd spoilers, lf spoilers, bal spoilers, hd spoilers, railway spoilers, nemesis spoilers, smen spoilers, irem spoilers, city in silver spoilers. But be aware I can’t catch everything and this is not a spoiler free blog. I post mature content from time to time, typically tagged with #suggestive.

I tag #sskies playthrough for my liveblogging of the game and #lore discussion for deeper analysis of the games.

For the periodic negative rambling, I also tag #fl crit, #fl negative, #anti smen, #motr response, #motr crit if you want to filter those.

More random/personal things are tagged as: #from the desk of R or #disability tag. Stuff made in cahoots with Prophet is tagged with #two of them and/or #my step blorbos. Check #meme archive or #bad post sunday for funny times.

A little more about me:

I started playing Fallen London in December of 2020 after being recommended to it by a friend, and since that day it has consumed my waking thoughts. I’ve done more or less everything in the game to this point: Railway, Discordance, SMEN, Paramount, Irem. I have played all the ambitions except Light Fingers, but I don’t intend to do that one, though I have friends who told me the whole story minus the triggering parts lol. I’ve finished all four ambitions in Sunless Skies. Don't intend to play Sunless Sea. Still working my way through Mask of the Rose... I wasn't a huge fan of it lol.

I love the Calendar Council/Revolutionaries and I play Black on the chessboard. At the same time, I love the Masters because I love villains and I love bats. The Masters are scary powerful, the Masters are cartoonishly evil, the Masters are fluffye, the Masters are comically incompetent clowns, etc etc. In addition to Fallen London, I love math, literature, and history. Looking at social issues in fiction is important and interesting to me. I'm so very gay for space.

Here’s my first OC introduction post for the archives, although it’s quite outdated at this point.

A final note:

By nature, this blog is an inclusive space. No sort of bigotry or harassment is tolerated here, nor is any sort of “fandom discourse.” I’m too tired for that. It isn’t anyone’s business what fiction someone consumes in their personal time, and it’s your responsibility to avoid content you don’t want to see, and that’s the end of the argument.

#pinned post #hello everyone #updated 3/4/24

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house-of-mirrors · 9 months

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Reminder you can send calling cards to my characters <3 their profiles are just their names: Orsinio Elderwood, Samuel Weatherbee, Miles Darlington, and Lucretia Doherty

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house-of-mirrors · 2 years

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So I made meme moodboards for my Fallen London OCs. Perfect way to formally introduce them, I guess. As a little challenge, I completed these entirely with pictures I already had saved to my computer. Note: spoilers for all ambitions and SMEN.

Edit: Feel free to send calling cards, if you’d like, to Orsinio or Samuel. Miles has gone north.

First, we have Samuel Weatherbee, the Laconic Captain, or the Modest Bartender. He was an urchin when London fell and spent over a decade exploring the Unterzee, though he never quite found what he was looking for. In 1884, he decided to retire by playing a certain card game. Now, with all the time in the world, he settled down and was content to open and tend to a tavern. After seeing so many horrors of the cavern and coming too close for comfort to disaster, he adopted the strict practice of never asking questions. That is, until he adopted some young adults-- I mean, made some friends who reignited his sense of adventure. One night, on impulse, he decided to hunt a legendary monster and got far more than he bargained for. Despite asking himself repeatedly why he ever set foot in the Medusa’s Head, he doesn’t regret it. He’s seen enough of this world of horror to feel like he’s powerless to change anything, but now that he finally has a sense of family in his life, he’s inspired to try. No matter what happens or where London goes, he will be there keeping the home fires burning, his doors open to everyone from the heights of society, to the lowest criminals, to the rubbery men and any other creature that needs a cup and a warm chair. The only rule of his bar: no abstractions.

Born in: 1850

Alignment: True Neutral

Profession: Monster Hunter

Main attributes: Dangerous, Zeefaring, Monstrous Anatomy, Dreaded, Respectable

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Next up we have Orsinio Elderwood, the Preoccupied Professor, or the Incisive Author. He grew up in Ireland and lost his parents to illness as a teenager, but he always had his older brother, Horatio, and Horatio’s friends, who encouraged him to be revolutionary despite worrying about his safety. He never knew about his brother’s involvement in the Great Game or ties to the Neath, though the work was what supported their little found family. All was well until a dark spring night when Horatio was murdered and his world fell apart. He descended to the Neath with a pseudonym to protect himself--names have great power here-- though if you glanced at an infernal contract unwisely made, it would reveal his true surname. In his pursuit of vengeance, he lost more than he found, nearly losing himself in the process. But what’s done cannot be undone, and a painful truth is better than any beautiful lie. He’s doing his best now to move on and live the fulfilling life his brother would have wanted for him, though he can’t seem to stop getting himself into trouble investigating eldritch horrors. He can typically be found performing dubious experiments in his lab or publishing seditious essays against the Crown and the Bazaar. He also learned about his brother’s work and carries on the “family business” by managing a fine spy network. Just hope you don’t find him in the Royal Bethlehem. Again.

Born in: 1871

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Profession: Correspondent

Main attributes: Watchful, Shadowy, Kataleptic Toxicology, Bizarre, Scandal

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Finally, we have Miles Lovelace, the Officious Heir, or the Avid Occultist. The second youngest child in an old money family, they frequently acted out to get attention. Their father finally had enough and cut them off until they could clean up their act. Instead, they came to the Neath in pursuit of whatever power they could find to prove they didn’t need their family, though they keep a soft spot for their younger sister. This pursuit of the power they felt they were owed by their high birth quickly led to interest in a certain card game. However, the longer they spent in the Neath, the more they noticed a certain voice in their dreams, promising them more power than even the Masters could give. Unable to resist the temptation, they’ve descended a dark path and are planning to Knock (Hate) very soon. In the meantime, they’re trying to share the Name with as many people as they can. Sometimes though, when they think of their few real friends, they have doubts. They look at what they’ve become and wonder if they really have carried on the family legacy, not of wealth, but of the abominable deeds necessary to get what they want. It still isn’t too late to turn back, but given the choice between a redemption arc and the promise of power, they will always choose the latter.

Born in: 1876

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Profession: Silverer

Main attributes: Persuasive, Mithridacy, A Player of Chess, Nightmares, Unaccountably Peckish

Picrew Link

#my ocs #fallen london #fallen london ocs #i don't really talk about myself on here this was fun to type up #the ordeal of being known #nemesis spoilers #bal spoilers #smen spoilers #hd spoilers #fl spoilers

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