#we all hate the mage

[castleclericz]

i think about simon learning that the mage is his father everyday

like. they were just so happy, their sister and daughter had a BABY and he’s so wonderful and beautiful and he’s everything to them and the last bit of life of lucy was simon and they love him instantly and he’s magic and pure love

while simon is in utter and pure agony because the person who hurt him the most and caused him the most traumatic thing anyone could ever go through and still NEVER told him that he was his son. finds out that his abuser is his dad. and that simon KILLED him.

like i just want to give him the biggest hug ever and tell him it’s going to be okay. that chapter breaks me in half every single day i can’t do it

[flashhwing]

amazing how quickly Fenris dialogue brings you from “shut the fuck up about mages” to “fuck YES eat his heart out baby” back to “man we get it you hate magic”

[blazingstar24]

I know it’s probably just semantics but my brain is stuck on the fact that Matt said “the book” for what Ludinus was reading in the flashback.

Like it’s most definitely nothing but like he’s reading a book on how to suck the life out of fey? Or is it his own notes and he’s just going through his own research. It just stuck out to me.

[azol-otl]

Random Jason Hijinks I either wish would happen someday or find amusing to think about.

Rose and Jason break Eddie out of hell and steal his soul back from Neron. Jaime is dragged along by Rose because he and Eddie were “friends a few reboots ago”. Jason asked Roy who sent him Connor who is suffering™.

Pre-Red Hood Jason and Pre-Green Arrow Connor first meet up back when Jason was part of the All-Caste hunting a demon. It’s a one-shot adventure and the things you have to know are:  

a) this is before Jason’s growth spurt so he’s over a head shorter than Connor.

b) Connor isn’t a cape so excuse him for not understanding demons and fucking up hilariously a few times.

c) When Jason tries to kill the demon who is possessing the human, he and Connor fight about it. The fight ends when the demon explodes out of the person like the Pus of Man from Dark Souls 3.

d) Talia is the one who finds and picks up Jason from the adventure (Connor thinks she’s his mom and Jason just didn’t inherit the melanin) and is also the one who gives Connor contact information for Jason because she wants him to have some sort of friend.

e) They never actually learned the other’s name so anytime they’d hear about Red Hood or Green Arrow they literally don’t know it’s that guy they met as teenagers.

Jason decides to actually dust off his mystic training when Dick walks in and Jason gets hit with so many bad vibes he’s genuinely worried something is wrong with Dick.  

Jason: “Did they not fix the Brother Blood mind control thing fully? Did Raven miss something? Isn’t Dick friends with a million people? How have they all missed this????”

It ends with bringing Danny Chase back to life and the only person remotely happy about it is Jason and even that’s a stretch.

Rose, why are you part of the Wild Hunt?!!!

What do you mean Biz got taken by the fae?!

Roy, why is this werewolf saying he’s your husband?!

Eddie, why didn’t you tell me you were a prince of hell? What do you mean that one of Trigon’s sons is buried in Gotham?!!! No wait, you still haven’t told me how you’re a prince of hell!

Jason and Talia's road trip where Jason comes to the uncomfortable realization that he views Talia as a mother/aunt figure.

Bonus Artemis suffering Jason’s Mom Has it Going On.

Jason gets a new dog named Ellie and he loves her and Dog very much. What do you mean she’s a Blue Lantern!?

Ellie is short for Elpis and she’s absolutely Hope Corgi.

Roy finds out that he has a whole-ass checking account under one of his aliases that he never knew about. Turns out Jason created it for him years ago and Roy’s actually under W.E.  employed as an independent contractor and he’s been making 6 figures for years because Jason never bothered telling anyone that he still owns Wayne R&D.

Jason slowly but surely claims Park Row and the surrounding areas as his territory. It has the unforeseen consequence of magical folk moving into the neighborhood because Gotham is a nightmare to live in normally, Magic Gotham is even worse and the only people who can survive are big hitters like Blood, Zatanna, and Ivy or small fries like the kitchen witch near Leslie’s. Welcome to the big leagues, Jason.

Jason keeps getting mistaken for Jason Blood and it is annoying. One day some demon hunters threw something at Jason and did anyone know Jason used to be in heaven because he sure didn’t and these angel wings are a fucking nightmare.

Rose busts a gut laughing because she somehow became friends with the least demon-y demon Eddie and Jason as an angel.

Jason, Ivy, Sideways, and Impulse (Impulse voice: “Why am I even here?”) vs the Madness Wavelength in Arkham.

Jason kills Joker and finds out that he cannot. Not as in “He doesn’t die” or “There will be a new one” but a secret third option, “The universe literally resets the day every time he’s killed.” Instead of being a tragedy, it becomes a comedy as killing Joker slowly becomes Jason’s go-to when shit goes wrong/killing him is good stress relief. Stephanie discovers what happens because she’s had to write the same essay nine times once. Instead of being horrified they (and then Helena, Tim, Duke, etc.) make killing Joker a gag. The only ones not allowed to kill the Joker are Dick and Bruce because then the universe decides it’s the bad timeline instead of just resetting again.

Tim: *drops his latte on a hot guy and then embarrasses himself in public trying to apologize and becomes a meme.*

Tim: I guess I have to kill Joker now.

Jason and Kory remeeting and wow it’s really awkward that we only got close because of a universe meddler and then you dipped and never contacted me again even though I was a hundred percent serious that you were one of my first friends and are very important to me.

Oh no. Not the talking. Not communication! Kory take mercy on me and just drop me like a bad memory don’t have us open a dialogue where we reconcile all of the bullshit that happened to us and the fact that we did genuinely get close at very low points in our lives and be willing to try and be friends again!

Give! Kory! All! The! Friends! She doesn’t care if you think it’s a bad idea, it's her life!

Gotham Vigilante Tabletop Club (GVTC) featuring Jason, Tim, Stephanie, Duke, Helena, and Harper. They each get a turn as dm and every one of them brings in a different game.

Why is Damian’s friend (Colin) asking me for love advice? I’m a gay disaster ask anyone else please. ??? I guess I can try to help??? Who’s your crush?

It’s Lian and Jason regrets agreeing to help because Roy is going to murder him.

Countdown 2 Electric Boogaloo. Except for this time they were all shoved into the dimension separately and by separate events and there is no danger. It is just a multiversal road trip with the people who vexed you greatly but are slightly grown up now.

Bonus scene includes Jason’s gleeful face when he realizes he understands what all of those words Donna keeps muttering under her breath mean because Artemis was a bro and taught him Themysciran Greek.

[rosykims]

ive played dao like 9 times at this point and still. and STILL the isolde/connor decision has me tearing my hair out gnawing my keyboard stomping around the house ready to lie down and never get up

[kaltacore]

one super important detail about carver's 'pro-templar' stance is that he openly admits that he never saw magic as a threat before kirkwall. he can be petty and constantly annoyed by his siblings being all magical and special but he never thought of them as abominations who need to be locked up for everyone's safety. kirkwall is the reason he starts to express doubts and we know how fucked up the veil here is.

if he joins the order, he does that out of necessity but i'd say he's also that rare templar who's motivated not by fear for himself but by fear for the people he cares about and at least one of them is a mage. this city is full of demons and abominations and blood magic, situation here is a lot more complicated than in ferelden and there's also his not-so-almighty mage sibling who doesn't seem to be concerned about this. even though they can be killed by one of these things. even though they can become one of them.

also he desperately needs purpose and if he was never taken to the expedition he finds one and does so by his own choice. and for the moment he thinks it's the right thing to do but the order never helps him resolve his doubts. he's never proven wrong because there are still demons and abominations threating the city. he's never proven right because some things templars do are completely unjustifiable and straight up cruel. this is not the purpose he wanted. this is not the reason worth deeping the rift between him and his sibling even more than it already was but it's too late to quit just like that. it's not like he despised the templars. it's not like he didn't understand them completely. but the way he bitterly says "you don't understand this life. i didn't" to sebastian summarises how complicated his time in the order was all along

[sussurbloom]

"gale isn't annoying" "gale isn't power hungry" yes he is. that's what makes him fuckable

[dwarven-axolotl]

bonzo is SOOOO familyguydeathposecore .......

[levered]

DROYI COIRE    is a continent made up of many nations,   places and people.   Among the diverse population,   a few general terms can be used to describe its inhabitants:

⁽ ᶦᵐᵍ ² ⁾ The Innox:    stemming from the latin term innocuus (harmless),   is the official term given to any human without magical abilities.   this is the current ruling population of droyi coire.   the innox had won the war years ago and had taken over the land since.   the war between the two populations began after much strife and a rogue noxir attack on the innox that triggered the final straw.    fear griped the innox population and war broke out between one another.    the fear of the noxir still lingers among the innox,   and drives the innox government’s mission to protect their people by either imprisonment or reversing the noxir’s ability to wield magic.   while the latter was a more archaic method used two centuries ago following the war,   the more common method of protecting their lands is imprisoning the noxir.   if the crime they have committed is grave enough,   a death sentence is considered.    most of the innox grow up with prejudice against the noxir and do think they are to be feared and will bring forth harm.    pirates are a subcategory of innox that do not have any magical abilities but align themselves with noxir and live in their territory.   they are just as a criminalized as the noxir are.

⁽ ᶦᵐᵍ ¹ ⁾ the curators:   are a military group primarily dedicated to working against noxir and paraitures.   curators are stationed all throughout the mainland, but mostly operate out of Strehburg, given its proximity to the Quelled, and Doneros, as it's the most highly populated, “melting pot” of residents.    due to the added narrative in longstanding goals of protection and peace with noxir, curators believe they are protecting the mainland, but the organization is corrupted at its core and tends to carry out highly sadistic acts against their perceived transgressors in the name of law and order.    there are many, many divisions of Curators, including the traditional field military, research division, science division, and more - but the field military is the most commonly referred to.

⁽ ᶦᵐᵍ ³ ⁾ The Noxir:   stemming from the latin term noxius (harmful, poisonous),   is the official term given to any magic wielding individual.    this population is made up of anyone who appears to be human but with underlying supernatural abilities.   this can range from elemental abilities,   psychic abilities,   general witchcraft and more.    before the war had split the population into magic wielding humans and non magical humans,   there had been no terms to describe either one.   after the war,   many noxir were brain washed to forget their abilities or chose to hide their abilities for extended periods of time.   this led to their future generations growing up unable to unlock their ability to use any magic.   thus essentially making them an innox.   anyone openly using their abilities is imprisoned,   so the noxir who are still able to recall their magic and living in the mainlands among the innox population are referred to as The Concealed.    most of the noxir that don’t live in hiding live in The Barren Land on the other side of the dangerous Quelled Forest.    a forest that is difficult for both innox and noxir to cross and thus makes for a good physical barrier between the two populations.

⁽ ᶦᵐᵍ ⁴ ⁾ the mage renegades:    the mage renegades ( or just the renegades/rebels ) are the newest rebel group.    tired of living under the oppressive innox rule,   they are a growing group of noxir that strive to overthrow the current innox powers.   their homebase is in Shago of the Barren Lands, but they have members posted throughout Droyi Coire, especially the Mainland to infiltrate its governments, operations, and general life, as well as to collect intel.

Paraitures:    umbrella term for all supernatural / mythological / supernatural / fantasy races, regardless of origin, can include noxir. ( e.g. dragons, ogres, mermaids, satyrs, vampires, elves, fae, etc. ).    some human appearing noxir prefer to call themselves or identify as a paraiture,   while others stick to the term noxir.

[jasxier]

So, is this the season where Ciri is taken by the Wild Hunt? And the family breaks apart? And it's kinda Jaskier's fault? Is this what they're trying to communicate with that teaser? Can't wait GIMME VOL2 NOW.

[rhysnolastname]

I wanna go home and play dragon age

[orcelito]

real talk, fang is sooooooooo close to realizing his big fat crush on the paladin. i think he just needs a moment to Think & then he'll get there, bc there really is a lot going on rn lol

in other news, i got TWO successful counterspells. i also got hit a bunch, dropped down to ONE hp (literally just 1), healed myself, got hit some more, currently pinned against a pillar with a lizard guy biting at me

fang, barely hanging onto life, pressed against a pillar by a lizard guy that's trying to bite him while the paladin (his big fat crush) is next to them trying to keep Fang from dying too, & fang quips, "Wow, buy a guy dinner first." & the dude replied, "I don't take dinner to dinner." & Fang, bloodied as all hell and bleeding from his Ears from all the psychic damage, laughingly replies, "Ooh, kinky."

again, when his crush is literally right next to him & trying to keep him alive. reportedly tho, she found it funny

[ziracona]

Merrill is out here fighting for her life trying to be nice to Fenris, and he won’t stop doing the verbal equivalent of throwing rocks at her.

[soup-for-ghosts]

I love house wolffort cause they will just pick up random people off the street or some random guy shows up at serenoa’s doorstep and he’s just like yeah sure you can be in our found family why not

[gh-0-stcup]

Bit of a weird angle, by why the hell is this armor not in the game?

[dabblingreturns]

Sometimes my inner Kabru goes out and i go "the dynamics of the Touden party is fastinating"

And in this case I mean the dynamics between Chilchuck and Laios.

Why does union boss chilchuck who is well respected in his comunity work with the Touden siblings and why does he go back for Falin?

Reasons why it's odd.

Chilchuck finds laios to be very anoying.

Chilchuck is closer to retirement and this is very dangerous. Rescuing falin and working with the Touden's party is dangerous.

Chilchuck is really good at what he does and respected in his comunity. We can infer this because you can't start a union without the respect of both your peers. But the toudens have a mixed reputation and lead a good but not great party full of weirdos (Namari is shunned by alot of dwarfs, Shiro is a foreigner, marcille an elf mage working in a dungeon.)

Chilchuck does jobs for the money. But there is no clear source of payment in rescuing falin.

All of these are reasons why chilchuck should have been contracting with a group like the Tansu party who have prestige and high pay with little danger.

But instead chilchuck tims works with the Touden's and I think I figured out part of the reason..... and it's right here:

Even though laios's chilchuck was the first be be eliminated due to the wrong neckwear, look at laios's chilchuck's expression. That chilchuck looks more adult and more pissed off. Because laios sees chilchuck as a pissed off adult half foot rather than a grumpy human child. And we know that chilchuck hates to be treated like a child.

Contrast this with that tansu party. The Tansu party is a family business where members are either family/children or cannon folder. It would be well compensated hell for Chilchuck.

So Chilchuck stays with the Touden, not for money or safety, but for respect, even though the respect comes from a madman.