#woe. v be upon ye.

[miralyk]

it's been one of those years pass the yaoi

[artbyfuji]

vocalist summer sweep the nation 🎤💥

[aceghosts]

Rooney Shepard (They/Them)/Yorinobu Arasaka Screenshots (6/X)

Death of Peace of Mind Pose Pack by @elfjpeg

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[sailorpants]

in south essex quirky, teresa wears a jean jacket. this is because a jean jacket was, in my opinion, the coolest fashion item of 2015.

[pondslime]

Brian Van Holt as Sergeant Ray Dunbar

BASIC (2003) dir. John McTiernan

[togepies]

uwu ♡

[tatos-stick-pile]

would you guys fucking believe us if I made corndog guy look like this and also me and @wtfgaylittlezooid had him have lore in the au no? too fuckin bad

[kresnikcest]

I am actually obsessed with Victor/Julius where violet Elle lives. Victor who chose Elle over Julius but still holds conflicted feelings about him... Elle who gets to find out about this and actually understand what that means when she’s older... the fear that Victor will always still love Julius more than her because romance is “more” than what they have. Victor having to think this through because. yes he loves Elle more than anything or anyone else, but the idea of her actually never growing past him, basically deciding already he’s the person she’s going to spend what time left they have together in this world, isn’t it wrong to enable that? And then realising he knows exactly how she feels because he once felt the same way about Julius.

[akirakirxaa]

-- Shepherd to the Stars --

My Azem, Persephone's, transformation, or as close as I could get with some edits. It's not exact (for example, she should have deer ears instead of hyur ears), but it's as close as I could get. When she steps, starlight is left by her hooves.

[swearingcactus]

Inspired by @mail-me-a-snail's silvervance playlist, i wanted to yell about lil v's playlist!

yelling about most of these songs continue below

First up we have: Sleeping On The Ceiling - Friday Pilots Club

there's a lot of lines from this song that fits really well with lil V's outlook, his manic energy, his willingness to crash and burn and his tendency to cut people off for it. he's even trying to convince others it's better to just leave him to his own devices ("Don't you feel just like you're floating now? When you cut me off and let me go.") it's an effort to feel okay about his situation that works 90% of the time. the song's also insanely short, like his lifespan!

Steal from the Rich, Give to Myself - Simon Viklund // Destruction - Joywave

Lil V's a merc and he doesn't mind all the blood on his hands or his career choice in general. He does, however, mind it when people try to guilt him about it and say he could 'be better'. Takemura, Hellman and Arasaka's attempts of trying to steer him--be it to give his life up to restore some so-called honor or to give his head full of data up for so-called science-- were met with his knee-jerk reaction of 'FUCK CORPOS!' so naturally by the end when he realized Hanako can't do jackshit for him either, he's pretty down with torching Arasaka Tower. Then again, this might be because he's already influenced by Johnny which brings us to the next section:

Chippin' In - SAMURAI, Refused // Red Right Hand - Arctic Monkeys // Sigh on a Hurricane - HIMALAYAS // Brianstorm - Arctic Monkeys

There was a point where Lil V's not sure about what Johnny's trying to do, what to think of him (ghost? man? terrorist? friend? enemy??). there's the obvious instinctual fear that Johnny's just puppeteering him from the inside out. Eventually Lil V decides that even if Johnny is influencing him to do stuff it doesn't count as Johnny manipulating him if he agreed to it. Johnny might be a storm but V's the sigh on a hurricane etc etc. Chippin' In is there cus out of all the SAMURAI songs we get to listen to, that's Lil V's favorite.

Used to be My Girl - TLSP

this, to me, is THE song to describe Johnny and V. Two way mirror, one-way street? Good cop, bad cop routine? Johnny being a liar and a leech, V who cheated death and is a thief? Alt mentioning that for all of Johnny's bark, he's just code as an engram and therefore 'nothing underneath'? The way if you do dont fear the reaper, V gives up his chances at love and does a spite-fueled-solo attack that Johnny wholeheartedly endorse?? The way both of them are dead already? woowee!

Mr. Sunshine - Ynxgxr1 // mr. sunshine - Arden Jones

inside you are two wolves moment. sometimes being everyone's ray of sunshine doesn't work out for lil v. "All jokes til' I start feeling like the punchline." is the key line here (and also in his personality in general)

Cha Cha Cha (Electronic Metal Remix) - Elxctro Drxgon, Käärijä

i made this playlist around the same time this song was makin the rounds. I liked the whole fast-paced sort of edgy facade fading away on the bridge for a bit when the 'narrator' starts getting drunk and becomes himself, which I think is a lot like how after his first death by Dexter DeShawn, Lil V was much more comfortable in his own skin. Also, metal remix version cus I think it fits his vibes more than the original one. Lil V's a pop-punk sort of guy!

Miracle Aligner - TLSP // Dangerous - Big Data, Joywave

i call this part 'Little V is inherently kind and gets a little scared of being loved, but doubles down and loves people harder about it'. Johnny is his best victim, considering even in canon Johnny's said how he's surprised with how V's stuck with him for 24/7 and he's still a friend.

Baby Boy - Mother Mother // Johnny - American Murder Song // Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People

this part is more Johnny than lil V, but it does work as how lil V views him. sure ol' Robert John's got some issues, but wouldn't you be upset too if you died angry and alone, and nobody even bothered to dig a grave for you? lil V genuinely thinks Johnny's fun to be around with, just got to power through his cigs and his shittalking is all. it's why he lets johnny get away with A Lot.

Rome Falls - Panicland // All I Have is My Smile - LIL DUSTY G

by the end of their run, lil v has accepted that he'd be dead trying to do the solo raid and he's made peace with it which makes the next part a big Yikes

A Kiss - THE DRIVER ERA // The Edge - Panicland

he dug himself a too perfect of a grave with Johnny, one that he can't use once he climbed out of Mikoshi alone. and nobody gets why he's upset that he didn't get his ending that night because isn't it great that you're alive, V? that Johnny's gone now? that you have a second chance again? eventually he just cuts his ties and distances himself, basically surviving for the sake of it while hoping he'll actually find a better lead that changes his mind

This Must Be the Place - Talking Heads

lil v at his core's just a streetkid desperate for a home, one that he keeps finding and losing in certain intervals. i like to think that even though he doesn't survive for very long after Mikoshi, he'll find something that change his mind and he finds his way back home in the end :)

There's a couple songs i didn't put in this essay, mainly there on the playlist for the cyberpunk-ish lyric vibes or because they were part of the OST that i imagine lil v actually listens to on the radio. (or also cus i made a fic/edit with them in mind) In Cold Blood's opening with binary for example, feels very cyberpunk-y so i stuck it in. other songs like Jealous Guy is put in as a SilverV-ish song cus even though Johnny and lil V aren't romantic, Johnny still hates sharing. but anw ive rambled enough so woe. OC LORE ESSAY BE UPON YE.

[fatestouch]

greenhaven: major cities

Aurora Avila: The capital city of Greenhaven, where the royal palace is located, in the very heart center of the country. The most vibrant and flourishing city, where most of the higher nobility live.

Ruvine: Located to the north of the crown city. This is where the kingdom's largest and most prestigious school, The Gloriosa Academia, is located.

Iashire: Located to the east of the crown city. Known as the city of entertainment, most of the theater houses, music clubs, and the like are located here. (Also a number of red light districts.)

Aresgate: Located to the far west of the crown city. It's the port city, where most of the trade happens, as well as where a lot of fish markets are. As such, there's a large population of both fishermen and merchants residing here.

[stormcried]

@spiderwarden

"What... what is a drow?" His tongue hinted utter confusion at the name. Other species of Faerun were a absolute mystery to the Mer-child. Besides for the Tieflings he had just recently met on his travels, the child is still naive as to the world above the ocean. For a small minded being such as he, Drake wanted to learn more. It's like entering into another world entirely. New cultures to dissect. New people to meet. Different towns and cities just begging to be explored.

He sits down in front of the Drow, his tail curled close to his thighs in a matter of protecting himself as if. A source of comfort he didn't get to have often. The only thing that didn't match is the random pink scarf around his neck protecting a sacred jewel. He wanted to learn more about Minthara. Or rather, more about Faerun. "Tell me more, please." A gentle advisory to continue what she was saying.

[aceghosts]

Rooney Shepard (They/Them), Private Investigator

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[zeawesomebirdie]

my naym is cat

and wen i kan

i chase the burds

frum off ther stand

it does no gud

fore still thae come

thos awful burds

i wishe them gawn

+BONUS: the American Goldfinch we were trying to catch

[waywardsalt]

so. i've had an idea for a warrior cats fanfiction story, and have spent the last few years hammering out characters, the clans, how they work, the story... a whole lot of stuff. i've tried writing it before, and right now i don't have a current draft of early chapters, but I did recently write out a scene from much later in the story, and i'm pretty happy with it, soooo... here! a warrior cats fic scene i wrote in like an hour a week ago

By the time she led ShadeClan to the Gathering site, Emberstar felt her anxieties lessen. Her foreleg ached from the effort of the journey, but she kept her head high. Beside her, Acornfall glanced back at their clan, then nodded over to Emberstar. He led the clan down into the Gathering hollow, and Emberstar padded over to the slope up to the leader’s perch. PineClan and CliffClan cats were already quietly milling about in the hollow, and up on the overhang she could see Lakestar and Wolfstar waiting. There was no MoorClan scent among the gathered cats.

              Emberstar made her way up the slope she’d seen Gorsestar and Froststar before her traverse. It was a thin path, slowly becoming steeper and steeper as she slunk closer to the overhang, finally reaching the steep, gravelly slope that led up to the leaders’ perch. Down at the base of the cliff, she could see Acornfall joining the other deputies with a polite nod of his head, and Troutfoot was carefully weaving her way through the crowd to meet with the other healers. Emberstar twitched her whiskers when Lakestar and Wolfstar noticed her. She crouched and tensed her back legs and leapt up the slope.

              It wasn’t enough to reach the top, but she reached out with her forepaw and sunk her claws into the loose gravel and dug her back paws into the ground to keep from slithering back down. She slowly inched forward, moving a kittenstep at a time, but she kept her eyes fixed on the other leaders, more determined than ashamed of herself. Emberstar forced herself up the slope, but her heart skipped a beat when the gravel under her paw proved too loose to get a good enough grip- so close to the top, too. What a shame she had no other forepaw to lash out and find a grip with.

              Emberstar felt herself begin to slide back down the slope, but a pair of jaws grasped her by the scruff and hoisted her up onto the overhang. She clawed at the grass and stumbled a step when let go and turned to meet Wolfstar’s amused gaze. “Careful there, three-paw,” the CliffClan leader gruffly purred. “It’s bad luck to fall at your first Gathering as leader.” She brushed past Emberstar to sit back down next to Lakestar.

              With a huff, Emberstar followed her with a shake of her pelt. “I appreciate your help, but I would have been fine on my own. I suppose I owe you now?”

              Wolfstar’s whiskers twitched. “Are you saying ShadeClan is now in CliffClan’s debt?”

              The young leaders stared at each other, then broke out into amused purrs. Lakestar rolled her eyes and wrapped her tail around her paws. “So, you are ShadeClan’s leader now, Emberstar? Or is it still Emberblaze?”

              “It is Emberstar now. I visited the Moon Cavern for my lives only a few sunrises ago.”

              “May StarClan light your path as leader, then.” Lakestar stiffly dipped her head. Despite the brusque words, there was genuine respect in her pale eyes.

              Wolfstar’s own eyes were still bright with humor. “You’ll be great, I know it. What happened to Froststar, then?”

              Emberstar narrowed her eyes and turned her gaze to the gathered cats. “I’ll explain that once the Gathering begins. MoorClan is late tonight.” She surveyed the crowd of cats, peering straight down at the huddled healers. Sitting with her back to her PineClan clanmates, Flarelight was sitting close to Troutfrost. After a moment, she gazed up at the overhang, and her eyes met Emberstar’s. Her eyes grew wide and she stared at her littermate for a long moment until another healer got her attention. Then, as if she’d seen nothing, Flarelight flicked her tail and joined the conversation. Her twitching tail-tip was the only hint that she was distracted. Emberstar blinked. She’d become leader so recently that not even the other healers knew, much less the other clans’ warriors. In the crowd of CliffClan cats, she spotted Sunscorch, sitting with his fur brushing Moonwhisper’s, his eyes wide and his body stiff while he stared at his sister up on the overhang.

              Poor Sunscorch, so softhearted under those honed claws and strong limbs- he was likely to take the news of Froststar’s death the hardest. Emberstar held his gaze, blinked slowly, and turned her head to the sky. The moon was nearly overhead, and still MoorClan was absent.

              “You ought to start the Gathering now,” Wolfstar growled to Lakestar. “It’s newleaf, after all, and if MoorClan’s late then they’re late.”

              “We should wait,” Emberstar sharply mewed. “This is my first Gathering as leader, so it would be disrespectful to me as well as MoorClan if we begin without them. It may anger StarClan as well,” she finished in a murmur, flicking her tail-tip up at the sky. Wolfstar just bushed out her stormy gray fur and huffed.

              Lakestar gazed up at the sky. Emberstar looked over at her. For so long, as an apprentice, as a warrior, as the deputy, she’d never dared to be so close to the cold PineClan leader. But now, she was barely a tail-length from the sleek silver tabby, and they sat as equals in standing. Lakestar was likely at less than nine lives and Emberstar was without a right foreleg, but they were equals nonetheless.

              She was knocked from her thoughts by Wolfstar headbutting her. The larger cat nearly shoved her off-balance. “Glad to see that we’re both finally up here. I was waiting to see when you’d catch up, three-paw.”

              Emberstar licked Wolfstar’s ear. “You know I must take things slower than you.”

              “Who’d you pick as deputy?” Wolfstar leaned over the edge to inspect the group of deputies. “Hm- Acornfall?”

              “He’s a good warrior. Older than me by four seasons, so I trust his advice and his skill.”

              “I thought you would have picked Lavenderflash. Or maybe Darknose, you two always seemed close.”

              Emberstar gazed down at Lavenderflash, spotting the pure-black molly quickly- she was almost certain there was obvious fondness in her eyes as she looked at her former apprentice. “Lavenderflash is… young and still training her first apprentice. She is a good, loyal warrior, but not fit to be deputy or eventual leader in my mind. And Darknose…” The tom was sitting at the edge of the crowd, alone. “He is a possibility, but he still mourns his brother even all these moons later, so I don’t know if he would be the best choice.”

              Wolfstar made a sniff of approval, then her gaze snapped to the far hill. A yowl rang out, and the three leaders pricked their ears and the cats in the hollow turned to see MoorClan finally arrive, led by Applestar. Emberstar sat stiffly until she spotted Glowflame in the crowd, side-by-side with Orangeclaw. He joined the cats in the hollow with his clan while Applestar broke off to climb up to the overhang, and he seemed to murmur something to Orangeclaw before she angled her ears up at Emberstar. Glowflame looked up and spotted her, and his jaw dropped open. Emberstar couldn’t help but let out a purr of affection for her brother as he gaped in amazement at her.

              Applestar greeted the other leaders when he finally joined them, nodding briefly at Emberstar, and hurriedly sat down next to Lakestar, his mottled fur standing up along his spine. The leaders gave the cats in the hollow a few moments to settle down. In that time, Emberstar saw her littermates make their ways through the crowd towards each other. By the time Lakestar threw back her head and yowled to signify the beginning of the Gathering, Flarelight, Sunscorch, and Glowflame sat huddled together with their eyes trained on their sister. Emberstar met their gazes for just a heartbeat and felt the final icicles of her anxiety melt away.

She then turned her head to watch Lakestar as she began to announce her clan’s news for the moon, and reminded herself of what she had to announce when it was her turn. She was ShadeClan’s leader, now. StarClan had approved of her. Emberstar lifted her chin and, with a deep breath, finally settled into her place at the head of her clan.

[witchhaunts]

THE INFINITE PATHS OF FAERIE : MAJOR &. MINOR COURTS

the societal landscape of the fae is governed by the existence of courts. there are the most well known , called the major courts , but there also exist the minor courts. both work as schools of thought , political parties , social factions , many , many things. most fae , save for those born before the creation of the seelie &. unseelie or willingly wild , consider themselves among one or the other along with one minor court. often times it is a circumstance of one's birth at this stage , but a faerie can also choose to move between courts , especially the minor , as they see fit.

below i will detail the major &. a handful of minor courts that exist in faerie. this list is not all encompassing , as the minor courts can change &. more certainly exist than what is listed. these are just the ones that have been the most persistent &. are around during ro's canon timeline.

SEELIE COURT ( MAJOR )

the court associated with summer &. spring , of life &. renewal , of tradition &. codes. it was founded sometime in the first century , following many independent fae constantly fighting one another. technically , they merged with the unseelie when their queen titania married king oberon around the beginning of the early medieval period. even so , the courts still exist &. even the monarchy acknowledges it. the seelie are concerned with beauty &. pleasures &. often lack an understanding of mortals. they will make you laugh until you cry or dance until your feet bleed without knowing why it hurts you because these are the things you supposedly enjoy. though they are seen as the good side of faerie , this is simply not the case. all fae are monstrous &. alien to the mundane world because they do not have our morals.

UNSEELIE COURT ( MAJOR )

the court associated with autumn &. winter , of death &. decay , of change &. entropy. it &. its structure also came into existence in along with the seelie court. when unseelie king oberon married queen titania , as stated above , the courts officially merged , but there is not a strict effort to enforce that notion. they are typically viewed as the evil fae , which , just like the seelie , is inaccurate. unlike their counterparts , the unseelie do often understand humans. when you've dropped dead from the dancing they've compelled you to perform , they know why it's hurt you. they also do not have mortal morals , but their knowledge of us means they can appear crueler.

COURT OF BEASTS ( MINOR )

this court is primarily made up of the more animalistic fae. you have satyrs , pooka , nature spirits , all manner of wild creatures. they don't tend to align with one of the major courts over the other.

GOBLIN COURT ( MINOR )

this court is filled with the more monstrous of the fae. goblins , boggarts , hobgoblins , the name is rather literal. they tend to be more on the uncouth side &. as such tend to align with the unseelie court over the posh seelie.

COPPER COURT ( MINOR )

a court of inventors &. progressives. you can find household helpers like brownies here as well as dwarves focused solely on their creations. because of their interest in change &. moving forward , they are often aligned with the unseelie.

COURT OF COIN ( MINOR )

a name given to themselves in favor of the much less kind titles other fae give this court. those of the coin are enamored with the noble houses of faerie &. seek to not only emulate them but impress them wherever possible. despite their love of nobility on both sides of the spectrum , their need to uphold that order brings them closer to the seelie.

EVENTIDE COURT ( MINOR )

the sluagh , the redcaps , the bockles , all manner of quite unsettling creatures inhabit eventide. they come across as malevolent &. cold , isolating them selves from other fae to do... whatever it is this mysterious court does with their machinations. their reputation puts them more in line with the unseelie.

MERCURIAL COURT ( MINOR )

pixies &. other such tricksters populate the mercurial court. they are often used as spies between other courts whenever it suits their fancy. they love merrymaking but are certainly not above it happening at someone else's expense. due to their , well , mercurial natures , this court remains unaligned but is still seen slightly more often among the unseelie.

COURT OF WHIMSY ( MINOR )

often considered the seelie counterpart to the mercurial court , despite their officially neutral stance , the court of whimsy is one of artists , musicians , storytellers , creators of all kinds. primarily populated by satyrs , they are here for passion &. a good time wherever it can be had. they also tend to be one of the courts most likely to have mortal guests , whisking human artists away to faerieland for inspiration. however long they may want to keep them.

COURT OF THE LOST ( MINOR )

not all creatures in faerie thrive on politicking. some are simply trying to survive. this is where the court of the lost comes in. rather than become what is known as a wild fae , one who has separated themselves from any alignment whatsoever , there is safety in numbers. as such , they , too , tend to be removed from any particular affiliation with the major courts &. contain all manner of fae.

COURT OF TIDES ( MINOR )

these are the water — based fae. while there is overlap with the court of beasts , there is something to be said about being a world removed from an already unusual place. the seas , the rivers , it might as well be a kingdom of its own. naiads &. selkies can be found with this court &. they tend to avoid affiliations , transitory as the water they come from. they also move the most between worlds for the same reason , helped by the fact streams &. flows often follow ley lines .

BURIED COURT ( MINOR )

fae like the sídh , aos sí , dwarves , gnomes inhabit this court. those that dwell underground &. , more importantly , bring forth its riches. they also have a connection to deep , old magic that comes from even further under the hill. despite a mortal's perception of them usually being dirty or as rough as the stones , they tend to align themselves with the seelie.