#this is why i avoid commitments

[kittylittersmoothie]

POV: You suddenly remember the story that you were supposed to be writing several weeks ago exists

[taraxippos]

Would kill to read animal POV fiction that has the animal POV’s interaction with humans be like, semi realistic to the level of caution most predators take with large prey and/or competitors (including humans).

Like instead of the usual - “the human is such a weak, pathetic creature... so slow, no claws, blunt teeth… completely helpless without its 'Fire Sticks'. how is it the master of the earth?” type crap it’s like, the bear protagonist or whatever approaches some dude who spreads their arms and yells and the bear is like “FUUUUUUUUCK THAT THING JUST GOT HUGE. IT'S LARGE AND MAKING NOISES. HOLY FUCK.”

[canisalbus]

I love the idea of Machete healing some unresolved stuff about himself because he realizes the things he resented about himself when he was younger are traits that Ear has but because he loves Ear it helps him to realize those traits aren't inherently unlovable. Do you think Machete or Vasco would be helicopter parents?

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[doldulce]

Getting the Fish TF

There's a reason you haven't heard about this particular transformation, despite seeing all sorts of other oddities in Dolville. For one, it can be especially tricky to acquire. And the ones who do rarely return from the depths...

𓆝 𓆟 𓆝 𓆝 𓆟 𓆝 𓆝 𓆟 𓆝 𓆝 𓆟 𓆝 𓆝 𓆟 𓆝 𓆝

Those beneath the waves are kind, kinder than those on land. They love relentlessly, selflessly, and without ever expecting anything in return. There are no debts to be paid underwater. What a breath of fresh air... but you can't actually breathe down here, can you? If only you could stay. ...maybe it's worth trying. After all, theirs is a kindness you would happily drown in.

To those willing to brave the waters without fleeing back to land, you may be rewarded with scales, a tail, and even gills. But while a whole new world may open up to you, it might result in leaving your old life behind.

Traits: 

Gills: You no longer run out of breath while diving.

Fins: Helps you succeed at swimming skill checks. Your fins and scales make you more conspicuous. Spending a full day on land causes stress and pain.

But how does one go about acquiring a fish tf?

For those who have animals and swarms disabled: Congrats! Merfolk exist, and you can become one through frequent interaction!

Otherwise, the explanation is much more complicated:

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(This is the end of the pretty prose. It's infodump time.)

Fish tfs can be obtained through aquatic swarms (aka Fish and Eels). Dolphins are notably not counted toward a fish tf—they're mammals, not fish, with entirely different behaviors and intelligence.

In terms of the science behind it: a fish tf is formed much like the sexual parasitism found in angler fish.

(be grateful for my silly trackpad drawings, you don't want to look at a real anglerfish. Trust me, they're awful.)

Fish latch onto the body, attaching themselves and (if given the time to do so) fusing their tissues with yours. The beginning stages of acquiring this tf involves lots of little dangling bits, like giant skin tags, hanging awkwardly off the body.

But they're fish, and if you leave the water too soon they will jump off and remove any new progress made toward the tf. You have to stay submerged long enough for them to properly fuse with you, until everything from their senses to their sense of self disappear and they truly become a part of you. Only then, once you're sharing a blood stream, can they stay without instinctually retreating from the dry air.

(Understandably, most people don't make it this far.)

Fish that attach themselves to the chest have their mass absorbed into the skin, leaving behind a smattering of scales and adding one chest size (ex: flat -> budding). But most of the fish attach below the waist, and these layers of fish eventually reform into a stereotypical mermaid tail.

The last change to develop are the gills, as the body is forced to adapt to its new habitat. (Whether the PC can hide the tail Little Mermaid style and temporarily reform legs, acquiring a high pain penalty and stress if they end the day on land, or are forever confined to the water after the tf takes hold...is a matter of preference 👍 this is a fake tf, after all)

Also likely: the eyes develop a protective film so they can stay open under water, and some minor cold resistance is built up. (Though whether a fish tf PC can actually survive a winter underwater is unknown... this could be yet another reason you don't see many around.)

[inthecut2003]

innocent until proven guilty and even if mangione is the shooter i don’t care about that ceo dying but the conspiratorial thinking that has cropped up in the last few days reminds me of something lindsay ellis said in her beatles video about political assassinations and celebrity deaths. how people refuse to believe lee harvey oswald a nobody and a loser managed to kill the president of the united states because it doesn’t make narrative sense. kurt cobain the sensitive genius couldn’t have killed himself at the height of his fame it had to be his evil wife. we tell ourselves stories in order to live etc etc etc. so its just kind of funny to me how dead set so many people are in their refusal to believe that this beautiful young white man with an ivy league education could have possibly committed a violent crime. how could he have gotten caught after evading arrest for six whole days. and it’s like. hello. the hyper-competent criminal mastermind who stumps the police at every turn is also a copaganda myth. the reality is most of the criminal suspects associated with that particular fable are brought in on something stupid.

[ousamaduo]

someone brought these up again and i'm just here thinking how the oukawas kept kohaku jailed his entire life and the moment they finally let him out they're on threat of being massacred bc two unit leaders love him too much

[filibuster-vigilantlyyyy]

why my dr pepper taste like “why cant i fall in love like a normal person”

[5-htagonist]

i am genuinely so crazyyyy about lbruuuuu.... like Genuinely Genuinely. its pretty bad guise

[littlegoldfinchh]

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[arolesbianism]

Been thinking abt them <3

[icharchivist]

ok im sharing because it's been my theory for years and i was surprised when i realized it's not something i really see in the fandom? (granted i do avoid the fandom a bit but i've been lurking since da4 was announced)

But i'm like. convinced. deep in my bones. that the Nightmare Demons in DAI is actually Fear from Dirthamen's codex entry. And Envy is Deceit.

they're also mentioned in Falon'Din's codex entry like this:

Nightmare's realm is full of the Crow's status we usually see in Kirkwall, which would make sense to link to Dirthamen. (also note how the first pieces of Red Lyrium and Corypheus himself are found under Kirkwall, which has adopted the Double Raven's Iconography as its own. Note also that the Lost Temple of Dirthamen is on the other side of the sea, nearby the Free Marches, possibly implying the Free Marches used to be Dirthamen's domain -- especially since Inquisition calls the Double Raven's aesthetics "Free Marches" in the decor settings).

Yet we're in Orlais, and while the Fade does what the Fade does, it's odd to see this iconography here after we associated it to the Free Marches for so long. Unless it represents Dirthamen's minions even more so than the Free Marches. (especially since otherwise we see the Double Raven in Elven Ruins or, even more accurately so, in the Shattered Library, place of Knowledge (which is credited to Dirthamen), in which "Librarians" are currently turned into Terror Demons alike to Nightmare.)

Nightmare's realm is also where we find that one codex that is most likely about the Evanuris talking through the Blight:

Nightmare=Fear makes so much sense to me. It's a Fear Demon. It has knowledge of the Blight, the ravens are everywhere in this realm, and this codex would suggest it is working with Corypheus because it knows it can help the Evanuris be freed one day.

Meanwhile the other demon who actively helps Corypheus is Envy, from the Champion of the Just questline. A Demon who physically approaches the appearance of Terror Demons, who swap its appearances to look like the people it envies, deceiving people all around in order to start shit. In COTJ the Bad Future is told to us by Envy showing what it intends to do once it takes our appearance- making US be the one person to deceive our allies to do Corypheus' bidding.

in the myth, Fear and Deceit were left without master to wander the Fade and prey on the souls of the Deads. The idea that they could be lurking, waiting for someone with whom they could team up?

And who's best to help the ex-representant of Dumat, God Of Silence, than the two minions of the God Of Secrets?

[encrucijada]

look how it has eyes on the palms, eyes on its wings.

catholicism gothic [1/?]

[jrueships]

tbh tho i think my art is fugly af LMFAO

[dirtyreusablehandkerchief]

the fact that blue-eyed starscream has jumpscared me in real life makes me want to

[lordcoolington]

everyday i fight so hard to not ghost the people i love for 3 whole years 🫡 shoutout to me for fighting the battles you don’t see. i am stronger than any us army soldier

[cs300]

having the urge to make my story set in a different country than mine be as accurate to that country as possible and then finding out that it doesnt have the weird little corrupt things that my country has and thus would make a more boring setting . horrible .