Who was your first muse? / (@aetherianxarchive / @valorcorrupt / @quiisquiliae)
i'm pretty sure i've answered a similar question at...some...point, but it was auron from ffx, and my baby ass had no business trying to write a grown ass man (this is what squeenix thought was "old" at thirty-five, y'all). this was back in the ye olden days of livejournal and greatestjournal rp, and how and why i got approached by the final fantasy house cult (if you don't know, you don't want to know, i promise) which was a ride, let me tell you.
OTP for your muse? (@intothewildsea)
outside of strife? (i'd give my eyeteeth for a strife to write with.) canon-wise, probably neve or davrin, actually. with a side of zevran, but that was based on jokes and a vibe and while it counts to me, i'm not sure it does to anyone else. neve is very much the pragmatist to his idealist, and davrin is...i mean you've seen davrin, right. you've seen him. also the single dad meetcute has a vibe, you understand. in either case, it's generally people who live exciting lives (whether they intend to or not), and by extension pull him into that chaos. so i guess when you boil it down like that, my otp for emmrich is having a life outside of his weird culty bubble.
What’s one random headcanon about your muse that people mightn’t know? (@aetherianxarchive / @archaeval)
emmrich's been snatching cuttings of native plants everywhere he's been in thedas and water propagating them in empty ink bottles. part of it is pure curiosity and they serve as a souvenir of the places he's been and the things he's seen, but partly it's academic curiosity, because the herbariums he's seen have been woefully under sourced and has toyed idly with creating his own in more depth once, you know, the whole stop the blighted gods business is taken care of.
Who is an author that inspires you? (@knifesharps)
generally, the answer is tolkien, no one's ever gonna world build quite the way he did, tho i'm forever salty we only got bits and pieces of khuzdul, could have thrown me a frickin' bone-
no, seriously, he's an influence, for sure, but my tone and the way i write changes so drastically between both my characters, what has inspired me for those tones and structure are things that are kind of...subconsciously pulled from very different places, i guess? like, for tony i lean on more...conversational, informal prose, for the most part, and i promise you that definitely comes directly from all that stephen king baby me read like it was going out of style. there's also some...philip k. dick and carl sagan in there, too.
for emmrich, it's more...purplely. you know what i mean? so things like...we have always lived in the castle, carmilla, the castle of oronto, etc etc, but also faulkner (as i lay dying in particular), welty - i do like a little touch of southern in my gothic, don't @ me - and right into cosmic horror like ambrose bierce and chambers. it's the vibe for me.
What do you look for in a rp partner? / (@valorcorrupt / @inevitableking)
my biggest green flag for other rpers are those that, yes, take their characterization seriously, but aren't pretentious about it. like, we're playing paper dolls on the internet, you have to be able to be silly (because i will not stop the dilly dallying or shenanigans and if that ain't for you we aren't going to vibe) i fully understand digging into something to build something, but at the same time, i'm not gonna be super serious about 90% of anything i say, so people who get that and can bat the ball back are my favorite. if you can't joke about your blorbo, it ain't it. i will bust this man's balls until the heat death of the universe. i'm going to invest time into the minutia of things, yeah, but i don't expect anyone else to take that shit as seriously as i do. we're here to have fun, right, so people who are having fun, i'm gonna go sit at their lunch table.
Favourite trope? (@intothewildsea / @valorcorrupt)
slams the buzzer mutual pining. with a side of mutual obsession. honestly, this is probably because i've been writing tony stark for way too goddamn long, and his and steve's mutual obsession / pining has permanently warped my brain, but there's honestly something 🤌about the it's requited, they're just idiots concept to me. or the idea of chances to say something being passing ships in the night. bonus points if the pining and navelgazing continues even after they get together.
Least favourite trope? (@intothewildsea / @valorcorrupt)
god i have so many (ask me how i feel about angst for no other purpose than the angst - bzzt wrong answer i hate it i need an emotional payoff), but for the sake of brevity and to keep it strictly emmrich-related here, i really, really am squicked by the teacher/student thing. like...by a lot. it is not for me. i also don't think it's for emmrich, which i've...talked about at some point, but i think it's a no-no for his ethical standards. he gets uncomfortable at the idea of what i literally cannot envision even being that big of an age gap (am i the only one who - unless stated otherwise - sees rook in their thirties? no?), can you imagine? how he would not handle the student thing? even a little? also the power imbalance kind of makes me uncomfortable just...overall.
Are there any AU’s you’d like to explore but haven’t had the chance to yet? (@mastcrmarksman / @inevitableking)
warden emmrich. warden emmrich. and listen, i do mean au in the loosest of senses, there's no synopsis for it or any real details, just vibes and a need, one day i'll sit down and actually flesh it out, but the bare bones (heh) of it is like...if emmrich had been an option for getting snatched (i mean, he is a mage) and got blighted. joining happens, blah blah blah, yeah he might not have to be a warden (and honestly i think he would think he's not warden material, but this ain't about what he thinks), but you know...it being a case of going from being afraid of death, to knowing you have about x amount of time left before death comes for you in the form of the calling. and what he would do about that. accept it gracefully? or start thinking doing what johanna did (and not fucking it up) looks real good.
And any of the spicy aus you haven't even mentioned ever on the dash or havent quite worked out the gory details :) come on theres gotta be some niche in there for emmrich :) (related bonus from @mastcrmarksman)
i...may have considered a starfield verse for him. nothing concrete, nothing set in stone, but i was leaning toward him being part of a group within house va'ruun. really thought heavily about some technomancy on his part (manfred being a robot, etc). but i haven't put any meat on it at all, just rotated it slowly a little.
Do you listen to music whilst writing? If so, what kind of music? (@aetherianxarchive)
yes? and no? depends on how overstimulated i am; most of the time it's, you know, fine, but there are times where if there is even the slightest noise out of place in an otherwise quiet room i feel murder enter my heart. as for what, it really depends on who i'm writing? like, if it's tony's turn to have the x-box controller, tony's workshop playlist (built from songs mentioned specifically by him in iron man comics from 1963 - present day, with some extrapolation to round it out) is my first most-reached for, since it gets me in a good headspace for him, since he's that kind of guy, that'd have an internal backtrack to his life. emmrich's a little harder, because i still haven't made a playlist for him i'm particularly pleased with entirely (i'm working on it), but i have been known to put this on repeat and just go.
Are there certain characters that you gravitate towards? (@nekrotisch / @quiisquiliae)
characters who understandably could have turned their backs on the world and gone back to their special interests and nothing but their special interest with a not my problem attitude but don't. that...seems to be the trend, because even hector barbossa falls in that range. true, in his case it was more about saving his own ass, but that man has never been asked to do something he didn't say fuck you to, just saying.
What about your muse are you most proud of? (@aetherianxarchive / @inevitableking)
i'd like to think - i don't know if i'm ultimately managing to do so, but we've got the spirit - i've done a good job fleshing both of them out a little more in things canon hints to in both cases, or that i find a grounding in canon to build that headcanon, some...throw away line that maybe didn't mean much but given what i know about them actually leads down a rabbit hole (tony having similar distichiasis as elizabeth taylor, for example, because there's a whole issue where people do nothing but talk about how beautiful his eyes are, or knowing what kind of nib emmrich probably prefers on his pens - semi-flex fine). and while i'm not proud of it, actually, my disturbing ability to name comic issue by nothing more than a crop of iron man's ass.
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"Why were you gone for so long?"
-- from sontna on @luna-mxth ;v;
~ " I did not expect to be in uthenera for so long, " he replied quietly in their tongue, averting his eyes. They had finally found a moment alone in the small cabin Sontna had taken up residence in. It had taken a few hours to get Norrim to settle down, as she refused to leave her father's side after going without him for so long. She only agreed to sleep when Solas sat by her bedside, retelling a story he had canted many times to her in eons long forgotten. ~
~ " ...When I first awoke, nearly a year ago, I made my way to the chamber where you and Norrim resided. When I saw you had both vanished, I... ". He paused, taking a shuddering breath. " ...I assumed the worst. I mourned, for a time...then eventually began to formulate a plan to tear down the Veil... ". He had yet to tell Sontna that the Breach was his fault; he would not be surprised if she already suspected he had a hand in it. The magic was clearly Elvhen in nature to anyone familiar with it. ~
~ " ...I am deeply sorry, vhenan. For the Veil, for abandoning you...for everything. " ~
@aetherianxarchive asked: ❝ and that happened how many times? ❞ -- For Darien, from Norrim :>
Should the truth be told? Possibly. It was a fair point to state it, but would it actually help matters? That too was debatable. A reason to why Darien had to be, for the most part careful. He may have wanted to be open, but even he knew not everything needed to be said. Nor were somethings necessary. Not to mention that Meridia would be entirely displeased if he said anything about that specific series of events.
So, he opted for something that was entirely in-between the truth and otherwise.
"Far more than I would like to admit. There isn't much of a choice in certain things. You either learn to grasp at the threads or you end up going in blindly. I, for one, like to have at least some information, much to the dismay of many." Then again, being close to an Auroran did put at him at a disadvantage. No matter what Darien claimed to be at moment.
"Simply put, it's difficult to trust someone with my connections."
Mizira--daro is glad to know quite a few waterwalking spells when she’s leaving Morthal. The swampy waters surely would have left ice growing on her paws and tail, and though she wasn’t as bothered by the cold as mortals, it was still uncomfortable, especially after growing up in a province as hot as Elsweyr.
Belthan had directed her to the College of Winterhold, where she would study all she could about this whole ‘Dragonborn’ business. After all, if this Nord nonsense was true, like she had been forced to come to terms with a few weeks before, there would surely be some sort of research on it. Maybe the college had more insight on these returning dragons than everyday people, especially given their additional return in the second era.
The khajiit thought about the strange Shouting ability she’d somehow acquired after copying a dragon that was looking to attack her and her teacher, idly asking Khenarthi for guidance.
Zira had reached Dawnstar just as the sun was setting, and normally she would continue on, but the temperature began dropping so rapidly that her bones began to ache. Stopping in at the inn, with its raging fireplace, was a no--brainer. Before she could head to her room for the night, however, it returned.
The strange buzzing at the back of her skull she’d once thought to be a concussion from her sudden arrival in the fourth era. Since then, she’d grown privy to why it was really happening. The buzzing came with dragons, and subsequently, other dragonborns. And given the lack of earth--shaking gusts of wind from the flapping of enormous wings, she was inclined to believe the source was the latter.
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@aetherianxarchive sent: [WORRIES] The sender expresses worry, sharing their concern for the receiver's well-being
~ " I am fine, vhenan. Please, do not trouble yourself over me. " Solas's weak smile did nothing to hide the exhaustion in his expression. The rebellion was taking its toll -- endless nights planning strategies, countless hours upon the battlefield, more and more dead piling up...the Dread Wolf wasn't sure how much more he could take. ~
~ Norrim coos in Sontna's arms, and Solas is reminded of why all of this is so important; of why his exhaustion was meaningless in the long run. He stroke's the infant's bladed ear with a fond smile, and she reaches to take hold of his finger. ~
~ " ...I simply need a good night's rest, " he concludes, eyes not leaving Norrim. " That is all. " ~
@aetherianxarchive - He seems like the type to like cucumber sandwiches (That is not an insult!)
send me a headcanon/fact about emmrich - i'll rate it / accepting
9/10 - yes, but not the ones with butter (though he'll take those in a pinch), the ones with the herb cheese spread. you know the ones. at least i'm hoping y'all know the ones, i'm not digging out a recipe for you. they are an indulgence, to occasionally have with afternoon tea - something he looks forward to, but doesn't have like…every single day, as a rule.
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❛ i've been thinking about us a lot lately. ❜
— from sontna ;v; (in any verse!)
~ " ...As have I, " Solas admits quietly. The moments they had together were few and far between, given that Sontna's condition only enabled her to spend a small amount of time in the Lighthouse before she grew too weak. Still, he cherished every moment spent with her; she was truly one of the few things that gave him joy in these desperate times. Despite that, they had made no attempt at renewing their former relationship. That wound was still too raw, it seemed. ~
