#schemes upon schemes

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Tagged by @fourraccoonsinacoat who makes sure I don't fall off the writing activities. Thank you !!

Now, the plan was to write linearly from the prequel and slowly get into stuff, but you know, warp does not the warped warp, so there are now multiple foci with some additional metadata in them. Schemes upon schemes!

This one is from the part where the many-suffering Heinrix is going to wish he had never learned the word "Inqusition". That's at first, but then he'll be discovering Da Politics and the art of doublethink. Mostly will be happening between Emelina and Eufrates with Incendia Chorda in the middle.

I'll let you guess whose drug-induced visions these are:

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The secret garden clings to a high cliff, winding around an ancient stone well. A thousand meters below at the well's bottom, the waves crash against the basalt floor of a primordial cavern. Salty air carries the sharp tang of brine, mingling with sublime notes of wild rose and linden blossoms. The intoxicating blend sends ants marching down my spine; lightheaded, I raise my hands toward the silver clouds above.

A child sleeps on the marble bench, clad in red silks - a blank slate, a life yet unlived, carefree and serene.  Pale midday light filters through the canopy of linden wines, setting child’s birth lunula aglow with molten copper. I kneel beside her, pressing gentle kisses to her forehead and hands, my fingers threading through her wild, untamed curls. Savor your freedom, for it is fleeting.

Seraph's approach is silent, felt more than heard—a gentle susurration of wind, faint rustle of the leaves, soft touch of feathered hand on a bare skin. He towers above me; if I squint, I can just make out the pale, winged outline within the brilliant haze that envelops him, a fiery glint of the sword at his side.

Avert your eyes, for no one can see me and live, - a whisper carries on the breeze, and I turn away.

When I look again, it is at his algebraic form - a young man dressed in deepest purple tunic of the consecrated, his hair never cut and falling to waist in dark waves. He picks up the sleeping child and carries her to the brink of the well. The cracks between polished megaliths come alight where his steps fall. Red silks fly in the wind, as he holds the girl over the raging abyss.

"Become," he commands, releasing her into the void.

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No pressure poke:

@avas-poltergeist @nadas-dirthalen @halfelvened (I saw you wanted a prompt, so acting upon that) @vitanithepure @vspin @swordbisexual

[glitter-stained]

Transmasc Jason Todd who never had his period before dying because malnutrition+ generally being a late bloomer, getting his period somewhen in Lost Days/UTRH, getting really intense PMS and assuming it's Pit Rage because nobody told him pms was a thing so he's like "ah yes the violent mood swings, fatigue and feeling like any slight frustration will get me unreasonably upset and might send me over the edge. Probably a sign that I am cursed by the waters of evil and that I came back wrong."

[pokemonblack3white3]

Product born of a rewatch of Nerdy Prudes Must Die Team StarKid musical free to watch on Youtube.

[factoryfollies]

my piece for the 3rd edition of the bluey fanzine project :o) it was a lot of fun to come back and make another drawing for it !!!! yayyy

[entities-of-posts]

I would like to propose a new list of entity names to reduce their accidental feeding.

The Stuffed

The Grody

The Bedtime

The Toasty

The Dead Guy

The Peeper

The Yummers

The Zoomies

The Big Sad

The Angy

The Shiny

The Weirdo

The Big

The Spooder

I like most of these but I’m not fully set on the ends name, or the names of the spiral as The Shiny or The Buried as The stuffed. What would you suggest?

Also bonus for Extinction and Dull

The Oops

The Meh

The Shiny doesn’t really convey the fear of madness. I think we should rename the Spiral to “Going proper mental innit”.

[starlingstalk]

Forge me into whoever you like

[yiqi-fr]

A WIP of Manju, the founder of my clan's village!

[vigilskeep]

late night josie experiments

[corsairspade]

Halenthir scenario where they get married for tax benefits (in a platonic good friends sort of way) and fall in love long distance via sending each other letters with ideas on how to best leverage their marriage for tax evasion.

[mewtillidae]

posting a kremy every single day until new episodes of OUAW are out DAY 24

[total-drama-brainrot]

How would Alejandro react to Assistant Noah complimenting the charmer for manipulating Sierra WITHOUT flirting with her + for tricking Sierra into embarrassing his boss (Chris Mclean)? 😎

Well. If Noah's complimenting Alejandro for his sabotage of Sierra in New York, the first thing he'd try to do is deny it entirely.

Despite being proud of his skills in manipulation, a lot of Alejandro's gameplan rides on him being seen as genuine and trustworthy by those around him - straight up admitting that he tricked Sierra into falling out of Chris' good graces would be a blow to the manifacutred image of a chivalrous and good-spirited Alejandro, which is what he presents himself in the early competition.

He does something along these lines to Heather when she calls him out for exactly this in the episode. Though, it's less outright denial and moreso redirection of her attention... via flirting... Speaking of Heather, the only reason Alejandro is fine with her suspicion/antagonism is because he knows that no one else is going to listen to her. If anything, Heather's "dislike" of him lends credence to his act - since any enemy of Heather's is automatically a friend of pretty much the rest of the cast.

Of course, Noah would see straight through the paper-thin lies, because he's got the same perspective as the audience (that is to say, he's got a third party perspective of the competiton and can easily recognise Alejandro as the season's main "villain", plus he's seen the confessionals) and, in all likelihood, had a hand in casting Alejandro in the first place to be the antagonist; of course he knows Alejandro's true colours.

So Alejandro would be met with a conflict of interests here; on the one hand, he's been given the perfect oppertunity to build a rapport with Chris' personal assistant, potentially ensuring himself some insider help for the competition at hand and - if he plays his cards right - knowledge and blackmail material on his competitors.

On the other hand, he'd have to drop his act to do so, which could be disasterous should any of his other castmates see and/or overhear.

Plus, Noah specifying that he's impressed that Alejandro can manipulate people without flirting would be a point of contention between the two, or at least a percieved jab at Alejandro. He's a very capable and very prideful person by nature, and Noah implying that he had previously assumed Alejandro only knew how to exploit people via seduction/flirting would absolutely be taken as an insult, even if it wasn't meant to be.

Though I doubt Alejandro would put two and two together in this instance and realise that it's just a round-about way of Noah asking him if all of the flirting he'd done towards Noah himself was an attempt at manipulation or not.

Personally I see this whole scenario being a poorly worded olive branch on Noah's part which Alejandro unintentionally snubs, thus cementing Noah's initial "dislike" and distrust of Alejandro.

As a result, Alejandro would fail to react at all, too overcome with indecision to reply in time before Noah's interest/investment in the conversation wavers and he walks away. Leaving Alejandro to stand there dumbly, wondering how Noah could so easily pick up on his schemes when everyone else (sans Heather) is clueless.

[lightandfellowship]

"I paved a path for him to succeed, if he had only followed it to the end."

[askblueandviolet]

Hello, I am glad both of you finally discussed this for the love of God!!

Ya'll took forever. I'm not gonna lie, so how are you both feeling after this conversation?

Hopefully better.

Anyway, here lan more milk ice cause you are chill.

And for macaque...I'm getting sentimental ( ω-、)

*proceeds to summon a big googily eye rock that falls on top of macaque, then add a bow on him after*

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[vampiric-succulent]

Twig drawing bc she’s The Twig Ever

[cit-warriorscat]

Sometimes I have characters whom’s names I don’t like for one reason or another so if I were to rewrite/reboot warrior cats…

Names I would change for one reason or another (Part 1/?)

Crookedstar -> Stormstar

For him to take back the name that was stolen from him by Rainflower and Hailstar would be satisfying for me. I don’t believe that cats would just sit around and start calling him Crookedkit/paw/jaw because of how cruel it was, and he would still be referred as as Storm by the closest people around him. When he becomes leader and receives his nine lives, he dawns on his true name: “Stormstar.” He can finally put the past to rest and look forward, in a way.

Deadfoot -> Vulturefoot

Can 👏 We 👏 Stop 👏 Naming 👏 Kids 👏 After 👏 Their 👏 Disabilities 👏 PLEASE 🙏 (LOOKING AT YOU HEATHERSTAR)

I actually used to really like Deadfoot’s name back as a kid, before I understood the implications of it. It had this really nice edge to the name that really spoke to me. Because of this, I wanted to give Deadfoot a new name that still reflected the vibes he already had. Vultures are birds that are commonly associated with death and I don’t think any warriors cats in canon have this prefix so it still is unique to him. Plus, Vultures are actually really sweet birds, so it suits his personality too!

Whitethroat -> Warblerthroat

Minor character in TPB that I liked and was sad that he died! This change is rooted in me not understand how his name could ever have been “Whitekit” and developing lore around ShadowClan so I can change it. ShadowClan has a lot of superstitions surrounding birth in the clan and one of them is that you never name your kit with the prefix “White” or other prefixes that are colored white because it is said to bring bad luck on the kit. Because ShadowClan relies on dense forest and marshlands for their way of life, they adapted to become one with the moving shadows across their territory. White or otherwise bright colored pelts stand out, and thus you can’t be as sneaky. Bright pelt colors already bring difficulties for a kit born in ShadowClan, and naming your kit as such would be bringing down a curse that will follow that kit throughout their life.

So Whitethroat, the predominantly black cat, is now named Warblerthroat after the bird because I like birds 😊

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

"Aredhel Ar-Feiniel, the White Lady of the Noldor, daughter of Fingolfin, dwelt in Nevrast with Turgon her brother, and she went with him to the Hidden City. But she wearied of the guarded city of Gondolin, desiring ever the longer the more to ride again in the wide lands and to walk in the forests, as had been her wont in Valinor; and when two hundred years had passed since Gondolin was full-wrought, she spoke to Turgon and asked leave to depart." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, "Of Maeglin"

[ID: four posters in soft shades of pale pink, grey, and dark brown or black.

1: A close-up of south sudanese-australian model Adut Akech, showing about half of her face. She faces the viewer, looking at them with a neutral expression. She has dark brown skin and dark hair braided back. She wears several silver earrings and a pink feathery garment that reaches her chin. White lines frame the left and upper side of the image. White text in the upper left corner (where the lines meet) reads "aredhel" in all caps and, below it in cursive, "noble one" / 2: The branches of a cherry blossom tree in bloom. Two white lines run down the right side, and white and brown cursive text aligned to them reads "a gleam of white" / 3: Forested, snowy mountains against a somewhat cloud sky. Same format as Image 2, but the elements are on the other side, and the text reads "in the dim land." / 4: Adut Akech, this time shown from the waist up, with her face out of frame. She is wearing a fringed pink shirt with thin straps, silk skirt, and large gold earrings. One hand is on her hip and her head is turned to the right. Same format as Image 1, but the lines are on the right and bottom sides, and the text reads "írissë" and "desirable" //End ID]