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But here it is! A tutorial on how to make pony ears, like the ones I used for the costumes I wore to Bronycon.

They’re really easy to make! These were the first thing I ever sewed, so anyone who has a basic knowledge of how a sewing machine works should be able to figure them out.

I don’t have an actual pattern because the size is all up to you! The ones I made for the tutorial turned out pretty small, so I’d suggest doing something that takes up maybe half a piece of computer paper, at least.

I hope this helps! I’ll be making a yarn tail tutorial soon.

With the Disney Princesses and Princes, I put them into parties, but for the villains, I’m going to start by listing the ones powerful enough to be a Warlock Patron in descending order of power (by their base form). The rest are ordered by the release date of their film. I’m not going to cover all of the Disney villains in this one post, as there’s just too many, and not all of them map easily onto DnD.

CHERNABOG THE DARK MASTER

AS BIG BAD: Archfield Patron Warlock (Asmodeus)

As Playable Character:

Race: Asmodeus Tiefling Background: Courtier Class: Divine Soul Sorcerer (Evil) Skills: Insight, Deception, Intimidation, Persuasion

The Devil on Bald Mountain, Chernabog stands as Satan and Lucifer incarnate, the Disney-Canon equivalent to the Prince of Darkness, and the ruler of Hell. Like with Maleficent and Hades, Chernabog lacks a stat block, being a Greater Deity, and King of the Archfiends, Ruler of the Nine Hells. As a playable character, Chernabog doesn’t lend out his hellish powers or get them from an outside source. Instead he is a Tiefling with the infernal bloodline of Asmodeus (Lawful Evil) running through his veins. When he was an angel, Lucifer would have been a courtier, standing in the shining Court of Heaven before he was banished to Hell. His skills make him adept at lying to and manipulating people, as Insight lets him learn a person’s desires, and then use lies and honeyed words to lead them astray in his service. Consider this a free “how to play as satan” build.

MALEFICENT THE WICKED FAIRY

As Big Bad: The Raven Queen

As Playable Character:

Race: Hexblood Background: Noble (History, Persuasion Intimidation) Class: Wildfire Druid Skills: Arcana, History, Intimidation, Perception

Lore-wise, Maleficent uses “All the Powers of Hell”, but in terms of Dungeons and Dragons, the Wildfire Druid gives Maleficent the best parallels to her powers, as she’s able to grow a wall of thorns, call a bolt of lightning, Polymorph into a fire-breathing dragon, and spread fire. It also works lore-wise as the Wildfire Druid destroys the very forest they swore to protect. As a Hexblood, Maleficent becomes a fey hag, able to curse princesses and disguise herself as a racial ability. As the Big Bad, Maleficent maps perfectly onto the Raven Queen, ruling over the shadowfell, summoning the Heartless to do her biding, and loaning Diablo to those who worship or swear fealty to the Raven Queen.

HADES GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD

As Big Bad: Hades/Death God

As Playable Character:

Race: Mephistopheles Tiefling/Reborn Background: Charlatan Class: Death Cleric Skills: Deception, Insight, Persuasion, Sleight of Hand

For Hades, the God of the Dead, making him into a Cleric was a no-brainer. But Clerics have very limited options for fire magic. Sacred flame and Flame Strike both deal radiant damage, and their only other fire spell is Searing Smite which they got in the spell list expansion. But as a Mephistopheles Tiefling, Hades can also gain temporary access to Burning Hands and Flame Blade, along with Mage Hand. Mephistopheles is also the demon best known for making a deal with Faust, a trait shared by the deal-making Hades. If you’re not feeling the fire theme, or your DM doesn’t like the tiefling subraces, Hades can also work as a Reborn.

THE HORNED KING MASTER OF THE CAULDRON BORN

As Big Bad: Undead/Undying Warlock Patron (Lich)

As Playable Character:

Race: Reborn Background: Noble (History, Persuasion Intimidation) Class: Necromancy Wizard Skills: Arcana, History, Intimidation, Investigation

Ironically, there is a new magic item that maps perfectly onto the Black Cauldron, the Cauldron of Rebirth. But oddly, it can only be attuned by a Druid or Warlock, and the Necromancy Wizard creates the strongest undead thralls, as he adds his Proficiency Bonus to their attack and damage rolls. But if you’d rather have the Horned King be able to use the Cauldron of Rebirth, then make him a Spores Druid. If you absolutely must go warlock, make him an Undead Warlock. As a Warlock Patron, he would be a Lich. In the Chronicles of Prydain books, he served Arawn, God of Death. But the Horned King serves no such master in the Disney film.

JAFAR THE GRAND VIZIER

As Big Bad: Genie Warlock Patron (Efreeti)

Race: Human/Fire Genasi Background: Courtier (Insight, Persuasion) Class: Genie Warlock (Djinni)/Wild Magic Sorcerer Skills: Arcana, Deception, Insight, Persuasion

Jafar is the only one of the patron villains who themselves is a warlock to another patron. In his human form, Jafar has little to no powers. Everything Jafar is able to do is through either his magic snake staff or Genie’s magic. It’s only once he becomes a genie himself that Jafar has his own powers. So, Jafar here is split between two builds. As a human, he’s a warlock relying on a djinni. As a genie himself, he’s a wild magic sorcerer. Technically, he could be both. Play Jafar however you want. As a big bad, Jafar is stuck as one of the most subserviant types of warlock patron, which isn’t so surprising why he’s this low on the patron scale. Only Ursula is technically weaker than him, but that’s only true when she’s in her base form. Once she wields the trident, Ursula is even more powerful than The Horned King.

URSULA THE SEA WITCH

As Big Bad: Fathomless Warlock Patron (Sea Hag/Kraken)

As Playable Character:

Race: Triton Background: Courtier (Insight, Persuasion) Class: Glamour Bard Skills: Arcana, Deception, Insight, Performance, Persuasion Items: Circlet of Human Perfection (reskin as seashell necklace)

I built Ariel as a Fathomless Warlock because in order for her to be on land, she had to make a deal with Ursula. So, with Ursula on land, she can masquerade as Vanessa, using Ariel’s voice to charm and manipulate people. We even see Ursula do this when she charms Eric, so we know that as Vanessa, Ursula could easily run a successful criminal empire using Ariel’s voice to hypnotize and manipulate people into obeying her orders. The Circlet of Human Perfection allows Ursula to maintain a perfect beautiful human disguise without having to eat up spell slots. As a Fathomless Patron, Ursula in her base form is a simple Sea Hag, being much weaker. But once she gets a hold of Dekella, the Bident of Thassa from King Triton, she can grow in both size and power to rival the might of a Kraken. And with Thassa’s divine bident, Ursula can command the tides and all the beasts and monstrosities within it, puting her nearly on par with the powers of a goddess of the sea. But unlike Hades, Maleficent, and Chernabog, even at her near godlike power, Ursula still has a stat block, her bident can still be taken from her, and she can still be slain and defeated.

QUEEN GRIMHILDE THE EVIL QUEEN

Race: Human Background: Noble (History, Persuasion Intimidation) Class: Alchemist Artificer Skills: Arcana, History, Intimidation, Investigation

I really did consider the Transmutation Wizard for Grimhilde, as it has the power to cast polymorph for all of your Frog Prince needs, and a master transmuter can even Restore Youth. But then, the alchemist can brew a potion of transformation, and the chemistry set is clearly how we see Grimhilde using magic. The only magic she performs without the chemistry set is when she creates a gust of wind in front of her magic mirror. She doesn’t even create the lightning bolt for her transformation spell, it just happens to be storming outside, so she’s not controlling the weather either. Plus, the most powerful spell she has is the poisoned apple and she has to summon a bolt of lightning to cast Alter Self, a 2nd level spell. By DnD standards, Grimhilde’s not really that powerful. She doesn’t even fight the player herself in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.  If you want Grimhilde to be more magical, then go with Transmutation Wizard, but if you want to be more accurate, the Alchemist is how Grimhilde does her magic. Yzma from The Emperor’s New Groove shares a nearly identical build.

CAPTAIN HOOK THE GENTLEMAN THIEF

Race: Human Background: Pirate (Athletics, Perception) Class: Swashbuckler Rogue Skills: Athletics, Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Perception, Persuasion

While Hook’s still a putrid coward, he holds himself quite well, and is the epitome of Lawful Evil, maintaining a strict personal moral code to clash with Peter’s frankly Chaotic Neutral “heroism”. Hook’s not really good at the normal rogue skills like hiding or thieving, but he shines as a manipulative double-talking liar. Long John Silver from Treasure Planet has a similar build.

GASTON LEGUME THE HANSOME HUNTER

Race: Human Background: Folk Hero (Animal Handling Persuasion, Survival) Class: Monster Slayer Ranger Skills: Athletics, Perception, Persuasion Stealth, Survival

As the strapping hero of Belle’s Village, Gaston has the favor of his entire community, keeping them safe from any and all beasties that lurk beyond the city. Too bad he’s as rotten as they come. Likely one of the weakest villains in terms of pure power scale as little more than a local hero, he’s still an iconic enough villain I couldn’t resist adding him. Clayton from Tarzan shares a similar build.

SCAR THE USURPER OF PRIDE ROCK

Race: Leonin Background: Noble (History, Persuasion) Class: Oath of Treachery Paladin Fighting Style: Unarmed Skills: History, Insight, Intimidation, Persuasion

Simba was a druid because he was a wise king who could call upon his people to stand beside him. Scar is a paladin because he has devoted himself to a single goal: his own personal power. Scar shows little wisdom, but has a strong character and savvy charms about him that make him better suited as a CHA caster.

JUDGE CLAUDE FROLLO THE JUDGE OF PARIS

Race: Human Background: Investigator Class: Light Cleric Skills: Insight, Investigation, Persuasion, Religion

This was an easy villain to build. As a religious man worshipping God (who would def fall under Life, Light, and maybe Knowledge) Frollo would go for the one that lets him keep witches warm. His background was chosen as an investigator because he’s responsible for keeping the peace in Paris, and there wasn’t a background option for lawmaker. Noble or Courtier might have worked, but didn’t seem quite like the right fit as they deal more with aristocratic authority and royal court politics.

RIKU THE HEARTLESS KEYBLADE MASTER

Race: Human Background: Soldier (Athletics, Intimidation) Class: Raven Queen Warlock/Hexblade Warlock, Shadow Sorcerer Pact Boon: Blade Skills: Arcana, Athletics, Deception, Intimidation

In the first Kingdom Hearts game, Riku spends most of the game being manipulated by Maleficent. His DnD counterpart would surely be a warlock to her. But Maleficent oddly has not one but three possible warlock patron options. As the Raven Queen, she obviously has the Raven Queen Warlock, but the Raven Queen also created the Hexblade, which come from the Shadowfell, which she rules over. The third is unique to Maleficent, as she is a fairy, and a powerful one at that. Making her a valid choice for an Archfey Warlock. Archfey doesn’t quite fit Riku, but the other two do, and as a Sorcerer, Riku draws power from the Shadowfell which his patron rules over.

DR. FACILIER THE SHADOW MAN

Race: Human Background: Charlatan (Deception, Sleight of Hand) Class: Fiend Warlock Skills: Arcana, Deception, Persuasion, Sleight of Hand

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The dormitory kitchens are locked in the evenings and have very limited storage, so Bitty makes the trip every day with a cardboard box of the most essential items.  It’s kind of awful. He hopes there’s someone on the hockey team with an apartment or something with a decent kitchen he can use, but he hasn’t been invited over to anybody’s place yet.

The kitchen on his own floor is filled with people and marijuana smoke, so he passes it by and climbs the stairs to the next level up.  The next kitchen is promisingly quiet; a boy with glasses and dark hair is putting a cup of instant noodles in the microwave. “Mind if I use this kitchen?” Bitty asks, then comes inside to set his box on the table when the boy shrugs listlessly.

Bitty’s unpacking his mixing bowl and flour when the boy rests the hand holding his phone on the counter, and casually kicks one leg up behind him to rest against the wall over his head.  It’s so instantly familiar it feels like home, and a smile leaps onto Bitty’s face.

GYM LEADERS LUP & TAAKO have challenged you to a TWIN BATTLE

TAZ Pokemon AU @terezis

[Image description: Lup and Taako from the Adventure Zone portrayed as Pokemon Gym Leaders. Lup is posing with her arms outstretched, one foot stepping forward. She is a blonde elf with orange tips to her hair, and purple eyes. She is wearing a loose garment similar to red robe, and metallic bracelets, belt, and armored shoes. Taako is posing with one arm outstretched and bent foward in a bow, his legs apart. He is a blonde elf with blue tips to his hair, and purple eyes. He has a purple sun hat, and a purple Cloak of the Manta Ray with metallic detailing. He’s wearing white tights with blue details.

(part 1) (part 2) ( @herbgerblin  ’s beautiful art) thank you!!

Lup is beautiful and ethereal and Barry melts when she talks, but having her at a scientific award ceremony at his University is making him feel a little crazy. He chases her through the ballroom for half the evening, finally catching up with her when she’s just about to pull the fire alarm to see what happens. 

“Alarms happen,” he says, holding her hand back, breathless and exasperated and sort of incredibly fond, and she turns, surprised to see him and thrilled he’s there to watch her discovery. 

“I’m just so curious,” she says, her strong hand inching closer. 

“Alarms and fire sprinklers and- Lup, and screaming, lots of screaming?” 

She looks at the tantalizing lever for the longest fifteen seconds Barry has ever experienced, and finally pulls her hand away. She doesn’t push Barry’s hand off, though--quite the opposite--she holds it and gives it a squeeze, and Barry’s cheeks heat up so quickly he’s a little worried his glasses are going to fog up. 

“Where have you been all night? I’ve learned about so many amazing things!” She grins at him with those sharp teeth that make his knees feel like red jello and he sighs. 

“Chasing after you.”

She laughs. 

“Well, you’ve caught me. What are you going to do with me, hmm?”

Barry was not in any way, shape, or form prepared for this line of questioning. He wants to play along, but he’s worried he’ll fumble it and say something shitty or weird or- or-

“Um, I, I, I’ll, enjoy my night with you?”

She laughs again, a six-second-symphony that seems to hang heavily in the air. He feels like he could reach out and touch the music notes floating between them, and only doesn’t because his one hand is occupied and other hand has forgotten it exists. 

“Very well, I’ll accept that. What would be enjoyable for you, Sildar Hallwinter?” She gives him a keen, sharp-eyed look, and he swallows the blade and hopes it won’t come back up again. 

“To be completely honest? I’d rather go outside and talk with you than stick around here. Ah- But I really shouldn’t, I should stick around for the awards, my coworkers-”

“Can handle themselves without you.” Lup grins and her eyes flash in the most dangerous way, and Barry feels warmer than an August Sunday, and maybe also like his organs are shutting down. “Let’s grant that wish of yours, shall we?” And before Barry can stutter through more excuses or justification for suffering through the second half of the event, Lup whisks him away through the darkened double doors and runs through the empty hallways of the student union building. They come out the other side, onto the green expanse of the quad, and they’re breathing heavily, and suddenly they’re laughing, and still holding each other’s hands, and they’re laughing, and they’re kissing--

The scientific world and all of its paperwork and data and measures and closed-toed shoes melts away, and Barry forgets about awards and office drama and awkward, stumbling speeches. He feels so warm, warmer than a sunny meadow or a binary star-system, and he looks at Lup and he laughs, and she laughs, and they kiss again, and again, and again. 

After that, they walk from the quad back to the forest, hand in hand, giggling and sharing every little detail about their interests and trading the secrets of their worlds for more secrets, and before Barry knows it, they’re back where they started, roses jammed in a tree branch and everything. 

“I wish you didn’t have to go,” Barry says, forlorn and laugh-tipsy and fond. Lup smiles back at him. 

“I could take you with me, but you’d miss your world, I think.”

“But yours is so fascinating! I’m sure I could-”

Lup presses a finger to his mouth to shush him. 

“Maybe you can visit, but I won’t let you stay. You have so much more to learn about your world. I can’t steal that from you.”

Barry is torn. She’s right. But he’s so hungry to know. 

“Well- then-” he fumbles. “The next date is in your world.”

Lup’s whole business lights up like a drive-in movie theater. 

“I’d love that. When?”

“Same time next Sunday?”

i’m amazed how much you guys loved that last one?? here’s part 2! Barry wears a powder blue suit to the edge of the forest, and it shows just how uncomfortable he is dressing up. The waistline isn’t quite right, and he feels incredibly silly--sillier still, considering that he’s asked one of the fae to join him this evening. A foolish move indeed. He’s still quite excited. He brings flowers, too--peachy roses and baby’s breath, wrapped up in light blue, and his sweaty grip on them is starting to slip when Lup appears out of nowhere and startles the shit out of him.

“Oh my god-” he says, hand over his heart. Lup laughs that musical laugh. She’s resplendent in a dark green dress that matches her eyes, embroidered lacily like morning frost on the forest floor. Barry wants to touch it to see if it would actually melt, but he figures melting his date’s dress would be rude. 

“Good to see you again, Sildar,” she says, her slitted eyes twinkling. 

“And, uh, you as well,” he says, rubbing his neck and blushing. “Ah- um- here-” and he hands over the roses. Lup blinks and stares at them, tilting her head this way and that. “What should I do with them?” she finally asks. 

“Uhhhh.” Barry grimaces. “I don’t know, actually. They’re just- they were supposed to be nice- it’s a thing people do for dates?”

“Oh.” Lup smiles and smells them, then sets them in the crook of a tree branch. “Lovely.” 

Barry laughs. There doesn’t seem to be much else to do. 

“Shall we?” 

“We shall,” she says, and takes his arm. 

They’re lucky, very lucky that campus is a short walk away. Even if Barry is dying for Lup’s opinion on cars. 

They spend the whole walk excitedly trading facts about each others’ worlds. She takes Barry’s cellphone and has to inspect every single feature it has, while excitedly chattering about the fae realms and the laws and creatures there, especially the plant life and how it differs from Barry’s side of the forest, which absolutely delights him. He almost forgets he has to attend a painful social event. 

Almost. 

They get to the University’s ballroom and pass the caterers pushing things on metal carts, which makes Lup exclaim in a language no one present speaks, and Barry has to make up an excuse as to why she wants to inspect it from every angle. 

“You know engineers,” he mumbles. The caterer just nods, bored, and sneaks away when Barry points Lup’s attention to the big projector screen in the ballroom showing a slideshow of the celebrated team’s research. 

“Oh, YES!” she yells. “I have GOT to get a look at that!” 

“Could we maybe meet some of my coworkers on the way?”

“Whatever you like. Although, I do want to be clear, just this once, my friend.”

“Hm?”

“I cannot lie.”

Barry sucks at his teeth. “Oh?” he says, a little strained. “That’s, uh, that’s interesting. Veery interesting.”

“I knew you would understand.” She gives him a bright, still incredibly sharp grin. 

Barry no longer wants to meet his coworkers, which means they instantaneously appear in his path. 

“Dr. Hallwinter,” one of the professors says, puffing out his chest, husband on his arm. “Good to see you lad, good to see you.”  Barry’s eye twitches, but he maintains his painful smile. “You know my husband, Dr. Lent.”

“Dr. Lent, Dr. Lent.” Barry nods his head politely.

“Who’s this?”

“This is, uh, this is Lup.” 

Lup, with a mouth full of shrimp hors d'oeuvres, gives a great big smile. Both of the Lents are taken aback. 

“And she, she is…?”

“My date for this evening. She’s a researcher from, ah, from another university?”

“Ah, yes, very nice! Where are you from, my dear?” 

“Not here,” Lup says, slurping down a third shrimp. “But quite close by.”

“Ah, damn you, Dr. Hallwinter, dating someone from the community college!”

“That’s me,” Barry says with an awkward laugh. “So sorry about loyalty, and all that? Now, if you don’t mind, we’re going to-”

Lup sees a woman with a laptop and walks off to interrogate her. Barry bites his lip. 

“Leave. Um. See you on Monday? Bye-!”

And he turns to hightail it after his ethereal date, but her frosted dress is nowhere to be seen. 

blupjeans isn't my usual brand but faek dating sure is

Barry is fully laying in the circle of mushrooms when it happens. In his defense, mushrooms are fascinating, and he had to get a picture up close and personal. He's talking to them, too, as he tends to do, and that might have had something to do with the encounter. 

"You know, decay exists as an extant form of life! Death is an incredible process, and you, my fun little guys, are such an interesting part of it! Did you know you are unlike any other kind of life on the planet? If you're even from this planet!" He laughs, crawling a little closer for another picture. 

"You know, I wish I was from another planet, this week. There's this event I have to go to and everyone is bringing their spouses and partners, and I don't have anyone to bring. Which isn't a terrible thing! Or, it wouldn't be, if people--smart people, my friend, scientists!--didn't treat it like one. Oh, I wish I had someone to take with me…" 

"A wish is a powerful thing, friend," a smooth, lovely, enchanting voice says from behind Barry, and Barry very nearly shits himself right then and there. He sits up and turns around, and then scrambles back when he sees a humanoid being with light purple skin and slitted eyes and the most beautiful face and softest looking hair… And a sharp, toothy grin that takes up most of her face. 

"Nice to meet you, friend," she says. "Can I have your name?" 

Barry blinks, and remembers the tales his mama used to tell him, and makes a very wise, very stupid decision. 

"Sildar," he says. 

The being smiles even wider somehow. 

"Tricky, tricky. In that case, you may call me Lup. Now, I heard something about a wish." 

"Um," Barry stalls, feeling very stupid and in danger and having trouble seeing past the hearts in his eyes. "Yes." 

"I actually rather enjoy studying humans. Perhaps I can join you." 

"Really?" Barry smiles, and realizes this is dangerous, and then realizes this is an incredible research opportunity to discover something no one has properly studied before, and he laughs excitedly. "But-- and I mean no offense, of course. Are you going to go like that?"

"Is something wrong with the way I look?" Lup tilts her head to the side like a venomous bird and Barry swallows. It makes her laugh this enchanting, musical laugh he'll never get out of his head. In the blink of an eye, she shifts, somehow. It's almost like nothing changes, but standing before Barry is very much a human woman. The most beautiful woman he's ever seen. 

"There. How is that?"

"P, uh, perfect." 

"Wonderful. Now when is this event?" 

"In three days." Barey very nearly has to count on his fingers.

"Well, then, Sildar. Meet me at the edge of the forest in three days' time, and I will accompany you." She smiles, and Barry nods, wondering what he's gotten himself into. 

This is a pattern I had made to teach my student how to make her first cabled hat, so I made sure it was not intimidating.

Very quick to knit, so great for gifts.

I have used a bulky alpaca yarn so it had a fair drape and a pom-pom was too heavy, but it may work better if you use wool.

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quick-cable-slouch-hat

This is a pattern I had made to teach my student how to make her first cabled hat, so I made sure it was not intimidating.

Very quick to knit, so great for gifts.

I have used a bulky alpaca yarn so it had a fair drape and a pom-pom was too heavy, but it may work better if you use wool.

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quick-cable-slouch-hat

If you see weird pics of ladies with dubious links posted on your blog out of the blue, here’s a step by step way of stopping this and preventing it from happening again that I think might work.

Important : this only works if you can still access your blog!

Changing your password is important, but it won’t do you any good if your hacker still has an opened session on your blog and can still access it. So the first thing you wanna do is close your hacker’s session.

For that you need to go in your blog’s settings:

On the new page opened, scroll all the way down. There, you can see something called “Active Sessions“. The first and oldest one (”current session” in green) should be yours, the new one should be the hacker’s session. To close your hacker’s session, click the gray X next to it.

Now that their session is closed, they can’t access your blog anymore unless they enter the password again.

So don’t lose time, go all the way back up and change your password immediately. Make also sure your hacker didn’t change your email address.

Now you should be safe from your hacker. But it won’t prevent you from getting hacked again.

If you really want to be safe from hackers, you should turn on the “Two-factor authentification” option (on the same page).

It requires you to enter your phone number, which is a bummer. But if it’s turned on, everytime you wanna log on (so not if your session is already opened, but only if you log off and try to log on again), it will send a code on your phone that you’ll have to enter (in addition to having a password).

That way if someone tries to hack you again, even if they get your password right, they won’t be able to enter your blog without having that code.