#kendrixtermina

(Prompt me?)

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“It’s really not that complicated,” Annatar said, gesturing at a diagram he’d drawn in the air. “See? When you get down to the subatomic, the bonds are much stronger in this alloy as opposed to ordinary ithildin.”

“That’s because you’ve augmented them,” Tyelperinquar noted. “There’s something rather unnatural about that arrangement, and I’m guessing it’s your handiwork.”

“Guilty as charged,” Annatar answered, and the grin he gave sent a flash of heat through the elf beside him. “It’s not just a matter of different composition - though honestly, ithildin is inefficient even from that standpoint, and I plan to have a word with Mistress Narvi about that. It’s about song, and word, and mostly will.”

“Your will.”

“Or the will of the smith.”

“So that means your will, then,” Tyelperinquar repeated, “because we’ve established by now that my will is significantly less impressive than yours.”

“Don’t sell yourself short, Tyelpë.”

“I’m not,” the elf said, smiling a little. “You’re better than I am at this, that’s all. I can see how your own desire has shaped everything, and I think it will work well for the prototypes. Do you plan on making any improvements?”

“No,” Annatar said, though for a moment something in his gaze went distant and far-seeing. “No, I don’t think we want these to be completely indestructible. Though of course they wouldn’t be, even with improvements to the bonds.”

“How wouldn’t they be? This sort of augmentation means no ordinary forge could melt it down, and pushing past that - ?”

“You caught the flaw, dear. Will. It’s not simply good craft, there’s spellwork to it, and so it could be taken apart, but only…” His voice trailed off, and his eyes went distant again.

“Only?” Tyelperinquar prompted; Annatar shook his head.

“It doesn’t matter,” he said, shifting the conversation easily. “You’re right. Pushing this any further would mean the metal was too resilient for our goals. Let’s forget about this, shall we?”

@kendrixtermina​

We’ve definitely seen Fingolfin before in previous episodes as an adolescent clashing with Fëanor , but the first time we’re introduced to him as an adult he’ll be talking to Finwë in the latter’s study. He pours out his concerns about the increased tension among the Noldor, how different houses are making emblems for themselves and vying with each other. Daring, expecting to be shut down, he mentions Fëanor and his sons, that they have some secret project brewing, that he’s always hated Indis’ line -

- Finwë does shut him down, but he’s troubled as well.

The next time we see Fingolfin he’s hurrying to his father’s halls, patiently waiting to be admitted, coming before Finwë and the council he’s called regarding the massive unrest in Tirion. He makes his case, asking why Fëanor should speak for the whole of the Noldor, as if he were King? He and Finarfin, at least, will honour Finwë’s words and authority-

Bang! In bursts Fëanor , done up in his full armour. He snarls and spits at Fingolfin, draws his sword upon him and tells him to take his proper place.

Fingolfin turns to Finwë, raises his brows - And there we have it, sir - bows and walks out, without a glance for Fëanor.

At the front door that opens onto the great square beneath the Mindon, filled with people, Fingolfin stops to take a much needed breath. He touches his forehead and brings his fingers down his face to his lips, to calm himself. This is bad. He shakes himself and moves towards the steps.

But Fëanor’s not done. While Fingolfin was calming himself, we saw his half-brother approaching out of focus but fast from within the house. He seizes and yanks Fingolfin about by the shoulder, pushes him back so he nearly slips on a step but manages to keep his footing. Fëanor puts the point of the sword to his half-brother’s breast - causing gasps and screams from the crowd who’ve stopped to watch - and tells him that he’ll kill him if he tries again to take his place and ‘my father’s love. And maybe it will rid the Noldor of one who seeks to be the master of thralls.’

Fingolfin says nothing. By no expression or breath does he show he’s afraid, or dare Fëanor to try and make good on his threat. He simply waits for whatever is going to happen.

The inferno of Fëanor’s anger settles down. He takes a look out of the corner of his eye at the crowd, and back to Fingolfin. He lowers the sword point from Fingolfin’s breast even as he turns away and back into the house, dismissing his half-brother entirely. 

Fingolfin turns his head to watch him go inside.

For that one moment where no one in the square can see his face, looking at the flat rejection of Fëanor’s back, this man who will one day be king nearly breaks. He breathes out and nearly sobs, but that only happens once before he gets full control back. 

This will be the end of everything, it’ll set the Noldor at each other’s throats - but if he doesn’t crack...

Publicly humiliated, he turns and walks through the great square and the whispers with his head held high. 

How I feel about this character:

What a disgusting little shell of a man, I love him!

To be more brief, I find it so interesting how he fits the role of the sympathetic foil antagonist but emphatically refuses the pity of either Joker or the audience, there is this determination almost to damn himself, and I have so much fun watching him chart his path of self-destruction

All the people I ship romantically with this character:

Joker

My non-romantic OTP for this character:

His relationship with Sae could be very interesting, would love to see fandom tackle that

My unpopular opinion about this character:

I don’t think he was all torn up about betraying the Phantom Thieves or almost murdering Joker, while his feelings are more mixed than just pure hatred, I feel like what affection he felt only motivated him more to try and destroy them so he could erase any weakness, even with all the bad choices he makes, Akechi deliberates chooses not to regret them

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon:

I’d like to see more interaction with the rest of the Phantom Thieves, perhaps a showtime with ‘Sumi, I think some of the potential connections he has to ppl like Makoto and Haru would be fun to explore

my OTP:

Shuake bc I love the inherent eroticism of trying to kill someone else

my cross over ship:

Hmm, how about Reiji Akaba for how they tackle their daddy issues in very different ways

a headcanon fact:

Yes to the Amlach thing!I love how Maedhros kind of took in the ppl with the slandered reputations (See also when he recruited a bunch of northern Sindar that had been falsely accused of working for Morgoth )

I know right?! That’s one of the best things about Maedhros’s character, isn’t it? He understands that the only hope the Noldor even have of defeating Morgoth is to unite and to ally themselves with others who want to see Morgoth fall, and even better, he’s actually really good at getting people to do just that? And like, he knows what it is to have a bad reputation, to have other people eye you warily and to not trust you. He’s Feanorian after all! I doubt his reception among Fingolfin’s host after Fingon brought him back from Thangorodrim was the greatest. So, he gets it on some level. Maybe he even understands that these people who are held in disrepute by others might be willing to fight that much harder against Morgoth because -- like with Amlach, like with those Sindar -- he’s ruined them and their reputations. And their loyalty? Yeah, it’s going to be with the people who do  actually accept them.

Earendil

The Silm But No One Dies: NIGHTS!

~Where No One Survives, Not Even The Survivors~

Edelgard definitely DOES have trauma related to the kidnapping the experiments would naturally overshadow it but she and ppl who care about her never refer to it as anything but yet another bad thing they couldnt protect her from

Does she though? 

She certainly never brings it up. the only people who talk about her exile/trip for safety to Fearghus are Hubert and Dimitri. 

It is kidnapping in a legal sense, if Arundel moved Edelgard without either of her parents’ knowledge, but there are no set facts about the event other than Arundel moved Edelgard to the Kingdom, Arundel (or perhaps Thales as Arundel) moved Edelgard back to the Empire, Dimitri and Edelgard were friends while she was in the kingdom, and Hubert ran away to be feral in a forest for a bit until some adults managed to calm him down. We do not know if Edelgard’s father knew about her being moved. We do not know if Patricia knew about Edelgard being moved. 

So I have this story where there’s a big multinational organization working on sci-fi stuff, and there’s gonna be a number of people who work there who are gonna be recurring characters - The idea is that they provide exposition/ are seen doing their jobs at first but that we later gradually get to know them better to create a sense of a living, breathing city.

This seems like it would be a good place to insert a certain degree of diversity & I had the idea of throwing in an autistic technician & I wanted to ask for some ideas and checking the ones I already have. 

Basic outline I have so far is a tall mid-twenties afro-hispanic dude with big hair with a naturally melow/phlegmatic sort of personality, technologically inclined, the sort to work on his own with a certain chill & confidence though of course that would & I’m willing to tweak that & obviously this would be shaped by his circumstances & life experiences.

The idea is that he’s a working adult who’s learned to deal with it as a part of life & came from a well-adjusted background/ was handled well (indeed when he gets his day in the limelight there might be a flashback featuring a kindly assistant teacher and a scene of his home life showing a fairly casual family who’s just gotten used to him the way he is) - the story’s set in the near future where you’d think current efforts to better integrate such people into schools would have paid off. 

The level of impairment he can have is constricted by being able to do his job as a technician (though if it’s too he could just have a job that’s mainly repairing things after the latest giant monster attack is over. ), but I at the same time I want this to be realistic & non-idealized so that it’s recognizeably a special needs thing and distinguished from just being socially awkward or idiosyncratic, like I’d want it firmly distinguished from something like a person who’s socially awkward & odd but still neurotypical , or common fiction tropes such as the “insufferable genius” or “stoic anime girl”. - what might be clear/good/refreshing ways to do that?

One way to do that would to include the “messier” or potntially irritating parts like sensory issues & sort of show in subtle ways what precautions he takes to deal with it, for example, earmuffs so he doesn’t have to deal with loud sirens or machine sounds? Bringing & packs his own meals so they suit his requirements, sits alone in the canteen most of the time, vaguely gets along with co-workers but indicates to them when he feels like having his space?

How dynamic or time-consuming is communication with something like speech apps? What are some of the caveats? - assuming he mostly works alone but coordinates with co-workers & superiors, could he like have a list of commonly used phrases that he can click on? (“Pass me the spanner.” etc Obviously detailed instructions/reports would be exchanged via reading/writing) 

In that sense this post & some of your description of what exactly limited speech sound like have already proven useful (I think I might actually use the “carries hand sanitizer/smell neutralizing stuff” and  "uses phone aps" ones) but there might still be something I haven’t thought of.

Basically gimme some idea/sense  of what a day in the life of a relatively well-adjusted autistic adult, and what a tolerant workplace would look like. (well adjusted in the sense of “generally satisfied & coping with life”, not necessarily in terms of passing )  - If you know someone who’s an engineer & can think of specific problems there, even better. 

Also what would be a polite way for his co-workers to “explain” him to a new person at work that isn’t condescending or offensive?

Hi! There are lots of questions here, so I am going to break down my answer and try to cover the necessary points.

I want this to be realistic & non-idealized so that it’s recognizeably a special needs thing and distinguished from just being socially awkward or idiosyncratic, like I’d want it firmly distinguished from something like a person who’s socially awkward & odd but still neurotypical , or common fiction tropes such as the “insufferable genius” or “stoic anime girl”. - what might be clear/good/refreshing ways to do that? One thing that would be clear, good, and refreshing compared to a lot of existing media, would be to explicitly call the character autistic or disabled. We have a series of posts about calling characters autistic. Another thing would be to mention accommodations that he needs in order to work - take a look at our ‘accommodations’ tag.

You mention some of the “potentially irritating parts” of being autistic. The things that you mention at the moment are mostly sensory issues, but your character is likely to also have issues with executive function, find changes difficult, have difficulties understanding his colleague’s social interactions, and other problems. Seeing as this is a work setting, looking at what the potential barriers to employment are might be a good place to start.

How dynamic or time-consuming is communication with something like speech apps? What are some of the caveats? - assuming he mostly works alone but coordinates with co-workers & superiors, could he like have a list of commonly used phrases that he can click on? (“Pass me the spanner.” etc Obviously detailed instructions/reports would be exchanged via reading/writing)

A good quality speech app will have opportunities for customisation so that the user can program in their own phrases. There is a lot of variety in terms of layouts and levels of customisation, but generally speaking a good quality app will allow the user to adjust how the vocabulary is arranged.

Using a speech app will usually take longer than speech would take for a non-disabled person, but how long it actually takes varies a lot. Some of the things which affect how long it takes are:

how accustomed the user is to the app

the layout of the app

if the app uses text, the size of the font

if the app uses symbols, the size and clarity of the images

whether the app provides the user with the language they want to use (often times apps don’t give users pre-programmed options for arguing

the user’s processing speed

the user’s fine motor skills (using a touch screen is much harder if you have a tremor, for example) (you can get hardware to help with this)

whether the character is accustomed to this sort of conversation

Basically gimme some idea/sense  of what a day in the life of a relatively well-adjusted autistic adult, and what a tolerant workplace would look like. This question is one that is really too broad to answer accurately! To make a comparison, it’s like asking “gimme some idea of what a day in the life of a French man would look like”. There is a huge range of experiences among autistic people, and a lot of variety in how our autism presents itself. I am also not sure exactly what you mean by “a day in the life” in this context. My understanding of a “day in the life” is a description of the events that happen in a day, but I am not sure if that would be helpful for you, especially given as there is so much variation between people’s experiences.

I do know several autistic engineers, but there is a lot of difference even in just the environment they work in, let alone taking into account their autistic traits. Some sensory problems that can be common in engineering are noise (sounds of machinery, LEVs, materials scraping), lighting (fluorescent overhead lights, welding, computer screens), smells (lubricant, chemicals, heat treatment). An example of a specific problem with a technician might be being in demand from people throughout their department and struggling to prioritise the conflicting demands.

Also what would be a polite way for his co-workers to “explain” him to a new person at work that isn’t condescending or offensive? Keep it relevant to the job. Don’t give more info than is necessary, but do provide information that is going to help the two of them work together. If the new employee is a supervisor or line-manager for the autistic character, it would be appropriate for them to know more about what accommodations the character needs, but otherwise the information should be kept to “what will help you work with him”. For example, a co-worker might let the new person know that he doesn’t make small-talk, he’s not being rude it’s just not something that occurs to him, and that if you need to communicate important information it’s best to give him it to him in writing so that he can check the information again later.

Thank you so much for answering this. Was interesting to read your thoughts and thought you might wanna read your fellow fans replies also. 

(If not let me know and I’ll remove it.)