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[theoneofwhomisblue]

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[beautifulterriblequeen]

hi and welcome, it's new theory time wunce agayne, with I, your host, BTQ, stitching things together that maybe fit perfectly or maybe have no business touching at all: you decide!

Today's post inspo began several days ago when I started playing the Xadia game and discovered some cool lore that I just could not stop thinking about, so here, below the cut for all the spoiler reasons, is a screenshot of what you can find in the game, and what I would love for it to mean!

Topic: How Aaravos was tricked into that mirror prison

Context: We all wonder what happened to Luna Tenebris, how she died, where she went, all that good stuff. This isn't about answering those questions. This is about what she did before she died, and why. If she died at all (yeah that's always the question with Moon beings innit)

If you've played the game you'll know the context for this screenshot:

Ethari says, "Someone with the power to influence the Blood Moon itself used blood magic to become... something else."

and, well,

Luna seems to have disappeared during a Blood Moon. But she might not have died, despite what everyone thinks- she might have just become something else.

Why would she do this?

I'm guessing it wasn't for fun. Something desperate must've been happening. Luna disappeared 300 years ago, hmm, what in the world could've been happening at that moment...?

No, we all know.

You remember the Jailer. She's a human. No arcanum at all. She may be a dark mage, or she may just be a trickster magician. Either way, her whole deal is that she thinks outside the Cosmic Order box - she thinks in ways even Aaravos can't. And human ideas in times of desperation can break a lot of conventions and even taboos - just look at the things Viren, Claudia, and Callum have done when they had to.

So if the Jailer is thinking about dark creative solutions as the only way to trick a godlike Star Touch elf, maybe one of those ways was to get the Archdragon of the Moon to turn into something else, with magic that worked outside the laws of the Moon Arcanum.

We've all seen what Kim'dael can do - her Moonshadow powers and her forbidden magics are available to her at any time, not just during a full moon. Now imagine that ability for a blood magic archdragon.

Yeah.

Why the Queen of the Dragons, though?

I think they needed that much power to combat Aaravos. No one else could've done it with the confidence to succeed. And then there's the whole Moon theme of sacrifice, which all the Moonshadow elves keep demonstrating so determinedly. Surely their dragon queen has the same sentiment, deep down.

This still doesn't tell us what she did. But if she could use her massive illusion/deception powers at any time, they could trap Aaravos in any instant of their choosing instead of luring him to the predictable full moon. And seeing what sort of shenanigans are possible in the game when Moon creatures step outside their boundaries, well, there is certainly a lot of room for surprise there. In several directions. And they'd only have to surprise Aaravos once.

(side note: I can see now why Amaya says Moonshadow elves are the worst kind lmfaooo PLAY THE GAME IT'S SO FUN)

This whole theory feels very Moonshadow because even though I have this central nugget that feels plausible, I still wonder about so much more. For instance, what happened to Luna after this? Where is she now? Did she willingly die to keep from turning into a monster? Is she stuck in the spinning water that bears her name on the map? Is she alive somewhere still, lurking? Is she- NO SPOIL ME I JUST STARTED THE GAME. Idk if she's in there or not, shh.

Anyway. I haven't been able to stop thinking about this lore since I saw it in the game. And there's so much more than this even in the small bits I've played so far! If you're into the lore of The Dragon Prince, you'll wanna get this game!

But, serious lore enjoyer face. This one's extremely fun to think about.

[sparklecareforrealjustice]

why do people suspect me of being someone im not??? 😭😭😿😿rgrahaGRAHHH!!!!! 😡😡🤬🤬

*STARTS TURNING EVILL* GRRRRRAAHHHHHHH 🤬🤬🤬🤬 PREPARE TO SEE THE TRUE GOONER SIGMA IN ACTION!!!!!👿😈😈 *RIPS OUT SHIRT REVEALING MY MUSCLES* 😈😈🐺RAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!👺👺🤬😈💦💦🐺🐺

my corpse discord kitten wunce livings: daddy calm down… this isnt you… *i start to calm down*… sigh.. thanks kitten… im just… really upset…. i love you... *i start crying a little as i hug my kitten*

-mod livings

[frenchiefitzhere]

WIP wuesday

(oh I see how it is @ejunkiet...we makin' up days of the week now lol

thanks for the tag my fren) okie...for wunce [sic] I have a wip: chapter 2 of The Falls, The Fall (which alternates between scenes of Colm & Marie's wedding and Colm's descent into gambling addiction)

A soft knock at the door. “Sweetheart? It’s me. Can I come in?”

A sick sound escaped Marie’s throat. “Umm…”

“Is everything okay?”

She stalled: “You’re not supposed to see me. It’s bad luck or something.” It was never going to convince him, so she didn’t put any energy behind it. She let the excuse fall flat.

“I’m comin’ in.”

A different sound snuck out of her. Marie gasped, but rather than an inhale, she sighed into a tiny moan, looking her mate up and down. She’d always thought Colm was good-looking, but her wolf growled inside her at the sight of him now.

His dark hair, once long and romantic, had been cut short and professional for over a year, ever since he started at the D.U.M.P. training academy, and although Marie still wanted to put her hands in it every chance she had, the truth was that it made him look more ordinary. 

But Marie had enjoyed having a mate who looked unique: on the shorter side, glasses, long, romantic hair.  Other shifters teased him for these things, but, to Marie, anything that made him different from the rest of her pack was attractive. She loved her pack, and yet, over time, the rhythm of their existence had left her being the one to deliver the comeback, the lecture, the parting shot. She often told herself she could change if she wanted to, but every time she found herself with them, the old patterns emerged. She was the comic relief. She was the work horse. She was liked. Well-liked. But not loved.  Not the way Colm loved her. Colm Greer loved Marie like an astronomer loved the night sky. He’d gaze at her for hours, wanting to touch her when she was far away, gaining from her his sense of his place in the world. For her part, Marie adored him in return, Which is why…I can’t make him do this. I can’t make him marry me.

Chapter 1 is posted on AO3 already hand over your wipppps!!! (only if you'd like, of course /g pls and ty) @tepid-judas @beewithknee @teafairywithabook @zozo-01

[moyavera]

BOYZ AND GROTZ OV EVEREE SIZE

WOULDN’T YOO LIKE TO SEE SUMFING NICE

COME WIV US AND YOO WILL SEE

DIS IS DA TOWN OF WAAAGHLOWEEN

DIS IZ WAAAGHLOWEEN, DIS IZ WAAAGHLOWEEN

WEAK GITZ SCREAM IN DA DEAD OV NIGHT

DIS IZ WAAAGHLOWEEN, STAB A GIT AND EAT HIS SPLEEN

KRUMP AND SMASH TIL DEREZ NOONE LEFT AROUND TO FITE

ITZ OWR TOWN, EVERYBODY’Z GREEN

IN DIS TOWN OF WAAAGHLOWEEN

I AM DA WUN DAT WILL KILL YOO ALL DEAD

TEEF DATZ SHARP AND EYEZ GLOWING RED (OR YELLO!)

BLOOD AXE GITZ HIDING UNDER YOUR STAIRZ

SNAKEBITEZ AND GOFFS AND SUM UVVAZ I FORGOT (OOPS)

DIS IZ WAAAGHLOWEEN, DIS IZ WAAAGHLOWEEN

WAAAGHLOWEEN, WAAAGHLOWEEN

WAAAGHLOWEEN, WAAAGHLOWEEN

IN DIS TOWN WOT WE CALL ‘OME

EVERYWUN DAT KNOWZ HOW SING ALONG

IN DIS TOWN WOT WE ALL RITE LIKE

EVERY GITZ ARMED TO DA TEEF ALRITE

ROUND DAT CORNER, GROT STOMPIN IN A KILLA KAN

KOMMANDOZ WAITING NOW TO SNIK YA, MAKE YOO SCREAM

DIS IZ WAAAGHLOWEEN, EVERY DIFFRUNT SHADE OV GREEN

YOO WANNA SCRAP, WELL DATZ JUST FINE

SAY IT WUNCE SAY IT LOTZ

ALL DA BOYZ N SQUIGZ N GROTZ

BAD MOONZ AND EVIL SUNZ RACE AN FITE

EVRYBODY’Z GREEN, EVERYBODY’Z GREEN

IN OUR TOWN OF WAAAGHLOWEEN

I AM DA GIT THAT’LL TEAR OFF YOUR FACE

LOOKIN’ REAL FLASH WEN I PUNCH YOR FACE

I DON’T GIVE A ZOG WHEN YOU SAY “BOSS, NO!”

I STOMP ON YOR ‘EAD AN I STOMP ON YOR TOEZ

DEN I NICK YER TEEF AND I STEAL YOR BIKE

EVERY DAY I WAKE UP LOOKING FOR A FITE

DIS IZ WAAAGHLOWEEN, DIS WAAAGHLOWEEN

WAAAGHLOWEEN, WAAAGHLOWEEN

WAAAGHLOWEEN, WAAAGHLOWEEN

WAAAGHLOWEEN, WAAAGHLOWEEN

TINY SNOTLINGZ EVEREEWERE

LIFEZ NO FUN WIVOUT GITZ TO SCARE

DATZ OUR JOB KUZ WERE BIG N MEEN

IN OUR TOWN OV WAAAGHLOWEEN

IN DIS TOWN WOT WE ALL RITE LIKE

EVERY GITZ ARMED TO DA TEEF ALRITE

SNEAKY GITZ MITE STAB YOO IN DA BACK

OOR MAYBEE DEFFSKULLZ WIV BLOO PAYNTE ON DERE SKIN

DIZ IS WAAAGHLOWEEN, EVERYWUN IZ GREEN

BETTA MAKE WAY FOR A RITE TUFF GIT

BIG MEK DREGZ IS DA BOSS OV DA SPEED WAAAGH

EVERYWUN FOLLOW DA WAAAGH BOSS NOW

DIS IZ WAAAGHLOWEEN, DIS WAAAGHLOWEEN

WAAAGHLOWEEN, WAAAGHLOWEEN

WAAAGHLOWEEN, WAAAGHLOWEEN

IN DIS TOWN WOT WE ALL ARE

EVREE LAST GIT GIV A RITE BIG WAAAAAAGH!!!

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On March 13, 1953, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill students Charles Kuralt (left) and Carl Kasell stepped up to the microphone for WUNC’s inaugural FM broadcast.

Both Kuralt and Kassell went on to distinguished careers in broadcasting. Wilmington-born Kuralt is perhaps best known for his long career with CBS, working on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite and as the first anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning.

Goldsboro native Kasell was the news announcer for NPR’s Morning Edition from its inception in 1979 through 2009, and later was the official judge and scorekeeper on the weekly news quiz program Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! from its launch in 1998 until his retirement in 2014. (Originally posted June 11, 2013.)

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[sickknotdoom]

doom x livkngs. Share - 🐌🌴

i actually named my blog after this ship!

"i can fix them" x "i can fix them"

i imagine doom willingly started acting like livings & sunshines relationship counselor initially just to see party more often as partys also a therapist, but developed feelings for livings too & genuinely formed a desire to help him heal from the loss of wunce livings.

they also started crushing on sunshine but thats a story for another day

[sparklecareforrealjustice]

did i just make the song of the summer?

Sad Knot Livings Edging Song Im Knot Livings and i cant stop edging why did i get fired from sparklecare for edging in Wunce Livings it isnt fair LIFE ISNT FAIR!!!!

Im Knot Livings and i cant stop edging Im Knot Livings and i cant stop edging i lost my job at sparklecare got caught edging on Wunce livings i thought sparklecare were my bffs the manager came and made a mess Im Knot Livings and i cant stop edging Im Knot Livings and i cant stop edging Im Knot Livings and i cant stop edging Im Knot Livings and i cant stop edging i lost my job at sparklecare got caught edging on Wunce livings i thought sparklecare were my bffs the manager came and made a mess Im Knot Livings and i cant stop edging Im Knot Livings and i cant stop edging Im Knot Livings and i cant stop edging Im Knot Livings and i cant stop edging Mirror Mirror in the wall who edges harder than them all? me... ME! Mirror Mirror in the wall who edges harder than them all? me... ME! Mirror Mirror in the wall who edges harder than them all? me... ME! Mirror Mirror in the wall who edges harder than them all? me... ME! What is wrong with being addicted to edging… i cant help it if the Wunce Livings got a fatty AHHHH FOR FUCKS SAKE WHAT IS WRONG WITH MEEEEEEEE Im Knot Livings and i cant stop edging Im Knot Livings and i cant stop edging Im Knot Livings and i cant stop edging Im Knot Livings and i cant stop edging

-mod livings

[toopypatch]

eye Woant tuh liv in my own place sooo badlyyYy :c im still waitin tuh moove in ( ;~; ) but wunce i reallly move in to my place i can do whateverrrr eye woantt !!!,,!! (òwó) i can color wen i woant, nd eye can eat wen i wnat and i can regresss into wHutevrr i need to >////< im so excited tew decorayte my own roooom !,!!! :3c

i want to love in my own place so badly :c i’m still waiting to move in ( ;~; ) but once i really move in to my place, i can do whatever i want ! (òwó) i can colour wheni want, i can eat when i want, and i can regress into whatever i need to >////< i’m so excited to decorate my own room ! :3c

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NC State program aims to build belonging, increase diversity in marine sciences while aiding oyster sanctuaries

Read the full story from WUNC. On a cloudless, sunny day, North Carolina State University graduate student Rebecca Ruiz joined three others on the 21-foot Privateer as they set out to various man-made oyster reefs near Bayboro. At each boat stop, Ruiz and fellow graduate student Mikayla Carrier measured water quality, while researchers John Brooks and Melissa LaCroce suited up for their dive…

[youshouldkysnow]

Eric by Mitski in spamglish

Auo ilxc euvfdui, mcii, L ru fuu

Fyxc utt wa eiufjcz yvr myfej wc wunc

Auo eyv euwc eiuzcd, L'ii icf auo jodf wc

Jum auo ejuuzc

Jcib wc mlfj fjc slbbcd uv wa zxldf, lf'z zfoex

Yz auo xvcci, L'ii pc myfejwq tlk wc

Fjlz nlcm ut auo, ut fjc fub ut auod jcyr wyxcz wc tudqlnc auo

Pof jum iuvq, jum iuvq eyv mc biya fjlz mya?

L'w fldcr, L'w fldcr ut vuf iunlvq auo

Wa jcydf, wa jcydf myvfz fu juir auo

Pof L xvum, L xvum, L xvum fjc doicz

Pioc ilqjf, rydx duuw, fjc mjlfc ut auod fccfj

Yz auo zwlic yf wa fdcwpilvq zjuoircdz

Pof auod zxlv, rlr auo vuflec auod zxvl?

Lf edlcz y zutf mccb ilxc wlvc

L'ii zcii, L'ii zcii wa mjuic fu auo

Mjyf'z wa, mjyf'z wa, myjyf'z wa bdlec?

Jum 'puof, jum 'puof hozf y bydf ut auo?

'Eyozc L myvf, L myvf, L myvf, L myvf, L myvf, L myvf, L myvf, L myfv, L myfv