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What was the mushroom cave hack? :O

​It's going to be hard to explain now!

But basically back in the day when you went in the Caves, between 80-120 there would be a random 'mushroom' cave. (There still is). Where red and purple mushrooms appear in greater quantities, and so do enemies.

Back in the day though, if you found the mushroom cave on level 82, got all the mushrooms, exited and returned, you would find a new mushroom cave on level 83. You could repeat the exit + return over and over again through to 84, (skip 85 - they never appeared on multiples of 5) and so on and so forth until the end.

This is why nowadays it's harder to 'reset' the caves when you leave and go immediately back in (which is frustrating for finding things like the prismatic jelly etc.). It was completely nerfed.

But for a golden few years, I could max my Forager skill to like 10 in two in-game seasons, and make bank on eventually iridium quality purple and red mushrooms. You'd end up with hundreds on a lucky day. It was the best. And almost no one seemed to know about it??? So back then I was one of like 3 people on the internet who had written about it / was teaching it to others. Eventually more knew about it, but it was the kind of thing that when I discovered it, I looked to see who else knew, and just about no one did. *cries*

Wait, which of my recent posts convinced you? Because of course sansan is canon.

For now, I’m only answering for Cold Red Light Bull if I have an idea of an answer, rather than saying ‘I don’t know’ a lot because I’m still figuring him out, heh. He’s proven...elusive.

C = Cum (Anything to do with cum basically)

SotP Bull - People look at him, see his size, and sort of expect he’ll come a lot? But he always comes a little more than what people expect. Like, there’s usually too much for anyone to comfortably swallow down, unless they’re also Qunari. And even then, you know, Bull’s loads are...generous. Lol. And he’s a big fan of making other people absolutely filthy with it.

K = Kink (One or more of their kinks) 

SotP Bull - This Bull had a huge preference for corporal punishment / impact play, even over sex sometimes, though he enjoys that too. Obviously size kink (I don’t think he’d enjoy interspecies sex as much if he didn’t, tbh, in this AU). There’d be others too. :D

CRL Bull - I think this Bull will be more into ropes, bondage and possibly obedience or D/s, but we’ll see.

O = Oral (Preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc)

SotP Bull - He enjoys giving / receiving. He’s aware that most folks that he sleeps with can’t deep throat him properly or anything like that, but he certainly likes it when people are willing to try. His horn placement can sometimes affect the angles at which he can give oral, but he’s learned how to work with that, instead of against it.

CRL Bull - See above. :D

W = Wild Card (Get a random headcanon for the character of your choice)

SotP Bull - Bull was never really one for any kind of pet play until he met Cullen. He knows a bit about it, and is familiar with the basics, but it was meeting Cullen that blew a previously unexplored kink wide open for him. Except he can’t rush it as much as he wants to, so you know, he’s taking that slow.

You know, don’t hate me for this, but I’m actually going to answer for Cold Red Light Cullen instead of Stuck on the Puzzle Cullen, since I’m actually thinking of CRL Cullen a lot lately even though I haven’t started that story yet.

Actually no fuck it, I’ll answer for both :D (my headcanons change per story).

Mild spoilers for Cold Red Light.

F = Favourite Position

SotP Cullen - You know, probably the position of their last sex scene in the story which I’m pretty sure was Cullen sitting on Bull’s cock, but facing outwards. The lack of control in that position, especially with his legs spread, and being able to feel Bull’s arms around him, pretty much was perfect for him.

CRL Cullen - This Cullen has been taught to basically hate any position that leads to penetrative sex, so he mostly prefers on his knees, looking up, preferrably while his pimp isn’t in the same room. *coughs*

H = Hair (How well groomed are they, does the carpet match the drapes, etc.)

SotP Cullen - Carpet is darker than the drapes, as is typical for most blond men. He doesn’t manscape, but he values hygiene and he values keeping his beard closely trimmed. I’d say the first time Bull introduces him to the idea of trimming his pubic hair, he is both outraged and super into it provided Bull does it and Cullen doesn’t have to do it himself.

CRL Cullen - At the beginning of the story, he’ll probably be clean shaven, including his chest / pubic hair. By the end... I’d say he’ll mostly just enjoy having his body hair back and it being his choice. As above, carpet darker than the drapes, lol.

S = Stamina (How many rounds can they go for, how long do they last…)

SotP Cullen - It’s not bad, if he’s not coming out of or going into a withdrawal episode, but it doesn’t hold a candle to Bull’s stamina, which is honestly the way they both like it, lol. His pain threshold stamina is amazing.

CRL Cullen - *thinks* Simultaneously both good and bad. He can handle a lot of sex, but he mentally checks out really early, and in that sense, his emotional stamina is really low. In terms of how long he lasts, a long time, though not necessarily intentionally. As in SotP, I’m keeping the headcanon that lyrium use has messed with his ability to ejaculate in what he might consider a ‘timely’ manner.

I started reading with deeper into the woods which I dearly loved. Then the beginning if game theory… It wasn’t that reader friendly? Tbh I don’t managed to read more than the first or first two chapters of that? It’s on my reading list, but it’s been there for a while so I don’t honestly think it is (in its current form) a good starting point in the fantastic universe you built there

This is actually pretty helpful, thank you! I think one of the biggest issues there is that Game Theory followed on from a huge, complete series (the Shadows and Light series) and makes so much more sense in context of that, but I haven’t actually edited the huge piece since to make it work as a standalone novel (for a lot of reasons, not least that it’s just such a huge undertaking and I didn’t ever think Fae Tales would be something anyone else was interested in until they...kind of were. There’s since been a lot of people who’ve been able to read / love Game Theory and The Court of Five Thrones without that initial grounding in the SALverse stories, but it’s often readers who are able to be patient with the clunky beginning of GT, or who skip ahead - I’ve even recommended that people skip to the chapter ‘Hunt’ or similar, which is obviously not a great way to start anything).

It does make me think at the moment that until Game Theory is actually edited, maybe I shouldn’t be that fussed about changing around the order. I don’t really mind that Game Theory is super dense - but it doesn’t lay a lot of groundwork for new readers. Ironically The Court of Five Thrones got a lot more of that, even though it needs it less after GT. Ah what a mess that series is, it’s amazing that it gets new readers and new fans, because it really does need a lot of work.