#skies thinks too much

[undertheopensky]

Since you are also a fan of LU Four, I need to ask if you have a favorite headcanon.

ASDFGH HOW CAN YOU ASK ME TO PICK JUST ONE I HAVE SO MANY FOUR HEADCANONS AND I LOVE THEM ALL

SELECTED RANDOMLY:

Though Four enjoys all aspects of smithing, each of the Colours has an area that they most enjoy and do best at!

Blue - fiddly and repetitive tasks like making arrowheads and links of mail and reattaching broken pieces

Vio - complex fine detail tasks like making buckles or decorative details for commission pieces; he’s also the one who does jewellery but he complains about it

Red - the early steps in heavy shaping for armour and weaponry, hammering things into shape

Green - the finishing steps like sharpening, polishing, attaching hilts and checking balances

THANK YOU FOR ASKING - !

[notmoreflippingelves]

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Hey do you think ya can explain Barnaby and his illusion smoke a bit? It seems really cool and I don't remember if ya talked about it in depth before

sure! this got a bit longer than i expected!

so i was thinking that Barnaby seems like more of a hands-off kinda guy when it comes to altercations. would rather sit back and make funny commentary! so if he Had to get involved, i imagine it would be from a distance and still in an Entertaining Way!

thus - illusion magic! for this au i've been picturing that he got his paws on some illusionary herb in his early teens. for making people laugh, you know! and help out with the farm - illusions could distract animals, convince them to move on to different pastures, calm the chickens for egg-collecting, etc!

Ms. Beagle didn't really approve, since smoking is harmful, but lucky for the both of them this particular plant doesn't deal as much damage when smoked as normal smoking materials would - like tobacco! something to do with the magic properties! so Barnaby mostly used it for chores (when his mama wasn't paying attention, ofc - it's still a bad habit in her eyes) and entertainment purposes.

how it works: on its own, it doesn't do much when burned. it's not like illusions will waft out of the pipe's bowl, or that sniffing it will give someone hallucinations. in order for it to work properly, the user has to inhale properly, form the Intent of what the illusion should be / look like / behave, then purposefully blow the smoke out with that thought firmly in mind. the reach of the smoke depends on the force of Intent, and the intensity depends on the amount inhaled. those that breathe it in / are surrounded by it will see hallucinations of whatever Barnaby - or whoever the user is - wants them to! it can be literally anything! whether or not the target is fooled depends entirely on the individual, but the herb is potent enough that most are convinced that what they "see" is real (auditory hallucinations only occur if the target breathes in the smoke)

upsides: this form of magic is great for distractions, cover, deescalation, and that kind of thing. if needed, Barnaby could stop a fight with one exhale! it's a pretty powerful trick! it also means that Barnaby has built up a tolerance to illusion magic over the years, so where most of the party would be tricked, Barnaby would be unfazed. the only one with total immunity to the form of magic is Wally!

downsides: if Barnaby uses too much in too short of a time, it will get to him. and since he breathes in the largest amount - undiluted at that - it can fuck him up! using it sparingly / using repeated small amounts doesn't do anything. the most it will do is make him feel slightly untethered, but he has an easy time ignoring it / shaking it off.

in mild cases of the magic getting to him, it's like a bad trip. his proprioception is messed with (basically he gets uncharacteristically clumsy & off-balance), he feels like he's falling, anxiety spikes, and his vision is just... off! there are blind spots (im talking actual blind spots, not spots of black), things are moving in ways that they shouldn't, he has mild auditory hallucinations. the others can help ground him by talking to him, touching him, and confirming what's real and what isn't.

in bad cases, it's like that but 10 times worse. on top of all of the previous symptoms being worsened, he gets extremely vivid hallucinations, and they're very often not fun! it's a simultaneous feeling of dying, going insane, and not knowing what the fuck is going on. Barnaby loses sense of where he is, who's where, what's happening. he can get lost in the hallucinations - he has no way to know that they aren't real. in these terrible trips, no one can really help him. they can't get through the hallucinations, and if they do, the magic morphs Barnaby's perception of them and they end up adding to the effects. honestly the best thing for him is to let him rest somewhere with as little sensory input as possible & leave him be until he starts to come down. physical contact does help, since Barnaby understands on an instinctive level that illusions can't touch him, but it doesn't help half as much as it does w/ the mild trips. and again, the presence of someone can make the hallucinations worse.

so! suffice to say! he doesn't like using the herb all that often, and it's why he Stays Out Of It unless absolutely needed. he has two pouches of the herb - one with the strong stuff, reserved for emergencies / one with just a tiny bit of it mixed in with Barnaby's own personal blend for recreational/everyday use. (he also has an emergency tobacco stash in his pack, but that's only for when he's completely out of his usual blend <3)

extra lil scribble that didn't make it into the lil doodle post... i broke his wrist...

[ninyard]

your aftg memes and twitter threads have bewitched me body and soul. I am now romantically in love with you

let’s get married I love you more anon heres my wedding gift to you

[dany36]

finally got all of the memories and…wow, that’s beyond fucked up 😔 can Zelda stop having to wait for hundreds of years for Link please. Can’t she just chill and be happy

[thelien-art]

Orome for @silmarillionno and @skippo94

[bellincurl]

This would be a huge undertaking but I don't think anyone's done it and it'd be cool to have, but I'd love to make the dragon animations from dragonvale into gifs. I always really liked their designs and how they tween them they have a lot of personality and thought put in and just collecting my favourite designs doesn't feel like enough to show it off. That being said there are a lot of dragons in the game and it'd absolutely involve a lot of cutting out the bg by hand bc the ui covers the animation a lot of the time when ur just on the dragons info so the little flourish and action animations would be harder to get without recording the screen while they're in the habitat.

[seariii]

I tend to forget that people understand and that not talking daily is a normal thing...

[its-ezraaa]

Nicholas laughed, spinning under Seiji’s arm once again, “They're having fun. And now,” He suddenly stood still, earning a raised eyebrow from Seiji, “I’m going to dip you.”

Seiji's eyes went wide. “Wh–?! No, you're not–!”

Nicholas quickly put one hand on the small of Seiji's back, did a leg-pull he learned at boxing practice and dipped Seiji so far down that his fox ears touched the grass. He blushed so hard, you could practically see the rainwater on his face evaporate.

It was absolutely worth the headbutt Nicholas received a few seconds later.

A witch apprentice with cute fox ears and a Kitsune with a pointy witch hat - both dancing in the front yard of the Katayama Estate. You know, just the usual Friday night stuff.

Fanart inspired by @kori-senpai and their amazing fanfic! It's such a cute and funny fic, you should totally check it out! <3

[undertheopensky]

Favorite LU boy and why?

FOUR!!! Four is best boi <3

There’s several reasons why - Minish Cap was my first Zelda game, and still holds a special place in my heart for it.

I really love Four’s LU design, with the vivid colours, detailed embroidery, and the little detail of his earring (MINISH FEATHER!!!). It’s always fun to look at.

I also really enjoy the different ways Four’s character can be handled especially with regard to the Colours - there’s a lot of potential to explore in very different directions, and just because I have a favourite doesn’t mean the others aren’t interesting.

And finally, I strongly relate to being considered ‘the responsible one’, when in fact your brain is in a constant debate between arson, vandalism, and just standing in the middle of a room screaming.

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[ryoyiel]

I'm so out of it this season, my dad just asked me if I'd stay to watch the ski jumping comp and i was so ???? bc i just FORGOT!!! FOUR HILLS!!! was on today?????

[sebbyisland]

purchased a “Run Away with me Girl” volume <3

[catgirlkirigiri]

TWO babies

[skiijumpinng]

the year is 2065 - gregor schlierenzauer jumps the world record of 302 meters alongside ahonen and kasai

[senadimell]

Oh, the euphoria of a new skill...I’m finally starting to get the hang of spinning and I get such a thrill of happiness thinking about it. I’m looking over at my little spindle and the single I wound last night to ply today and I’m thinking “I made that! Me!”

It’s such a nice feeling, especially because I kinda resented spinning a few skeins ago because it was really hard and my yarn was so wonky until somehow something just clicked in how I was holding it and now I have so much more control than I used to.