Truth Compels Me

Bring the magic down around their ears - for the time of no sorceries is here.

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P̴e͞rhaps Ì will ̕r͢ȩp̵l͝a̴ce͟ you͏r̵ ͡f̛e͠e̵bl̨e ̷arc҉a͡ne͠ ni̡ght͞ma̸res as͠ ͜śom̧eţhinģ mo҉r͞e͏ ͝s̷i̴n̵i͞ste̸r̴.̛..

I understand not your speech, ascended one, but if you stand against me, I will cut you down as wheat before the harvester.

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Sayings of a Seer

"I foresee an end to magic. Your end in particular."

The words echoed through the man's head as he slipped into a deep trance. Fortune had always favored him in his journeys, but now it appears that the fates themselves were against him. Perhaps it was to be all along - the breaking of such brittle conduits by which their pathetic magics were channeled was bound to be noticed by higher beings...

No matter. Nerif's visions, if divinely granted, may yet be of service to him. However, if arcane were his ways, by divination and by sorcerous means, then he shall fall by this gleaming blade. 

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All Magic Flies Before Me

The night air, silent but for the whisper of the wind, was shattered as the great door of the Turstarkuri monastery crashed open, sending echoes shaking up and down the mountains. As the reverberations died down, pebbles still clattering down the smooth stone steps, a set of sandalled feet emerged and descended down those steps.

Breathing in deeply, the man gazed at the stars he had not seen in so long. His meditations over, his training renewed, he was now ready to venture again into the world. As he swept his woolen robe over his shoulders, faded by the sun but still a shade of deep purple, he felt a sense... of determination fill him.

"The magic... ends... here."

[diredude]

Hey guys, just got back from the beach! Anyway, there was this baby with a mohawk and a purple speedo. Little baby couldnt be any more antimage.

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Hiatus: Vitriol Beneath the Cut

Hello folks, Anda here with a few choice words about the state of our community and why I'm leaving for a while. This isn't directed at anyone in particular, merely trends that I have been noticing for a while. Note well please: This is all my own personal opinion and you should all treat it as such. I make no effort to impress my ideas upon anyone. As another warning, this is fairly rude and chances are likely at least someone is going to be offended. :D

With that, let's take a crack at it, shall we?

When I first joined this community, things were okay, if a bit slow. People tried to make something happen with their characters. There weren't many people, but those who existed were content with their development. There were a few odd eggs, but what community doesn't have its share of quirky kids? I met a lot of cool people, a lot of nice writers and theorycrafters, dreamers and visionaries. I enjoyed making silly art (remember back when I used to try to draw answers?) and making lame 'magic sucks' jokes.

I'll be the first to admit I'm a bit of a snob about my writing. I like making it good and well-written. Who doesn't, right? Putting in lots of effort to try to carve out a thorough mental image, creating a scene that can be almost movie-esque... That's what I try to get out of roleplaying. Others may strive for other goals, but this one is mine.

I don't know when it happened, but we shut down for a while. People weren't posting or were going OOC a lot. Threads died. Characters left or changed muses. A normal occurrence, to be sure, but something just rang oddly. Some writers drifted in and out, leaving dangling spaghetti-like threads or half-whisked headcanon souffle to sit in our hands.

Then we, as I jokingly like to call it, became the League fandom. If you're not sure what I mean, take it from someone who was soaked in it from its birth to where it is now. There's incredible amounts of social striation. Top tier art blogs who externally appear polite but are locked in a clique of their own tower above the mass of struggling RP blogs who claw and bite to get the attention of a larger blog to increase their following. Memes and 'SEND ME ASK PLS' threads are tossed about like leaves in a hurricane but none are actually sent. Characters are but a shallow shell of themselves in place as a... as a shipping tool. Smut, overly sexualised heroes, shitty character portrayal, out of character posts, all this junk that can be neatly filed away somewhere else? It poured out like the gates of Hell and Shitty Writing opened up.

It's a hellish place. I fled there, hoping to find safer shores. Yet no place was safe from those who thought their headcanon to be canon, from the horny kids who just wanted to FUCK SOMEONE, from the snobby blogs who were 'around' when the scene was established. I hated it. I hated grovelling to try to even get some content on my blog. 

And then I met y'all. And you were great. For a while.

I dunno. It's hard to find fun and in-character content now. I've made a few good friends here. It just seems like everyone is content to sit in their own little bubble and play with their own toys - when we could be sharing and making bigger and better worlds. 

I know, it's a bit hypocritical, right? First I call people bad, then I want them to share. I will be brutally and 100% honest. Some of your character portrayals make me twist my lip in sheer distaste. If that's how you view your character, honey, you've seriously misread something. I'm no perfectionist - I experienced major backlash when I wanted to rename Terrorblade as Illidan. (By the by, if anyone still hasn't found out why I haven't RP'd with him yet - it's because I am TB as well. Whoops.) I just struggle to see the jumps in logic that some people have.

Spelling and grammar, fine, I get it. It's not your first language. Attempts were made. Cool. But when a glob of unpolished, unedited, three lined semblance of a 'paragraph' is lobbed up as a 'reply' - um, excuse me, r u ok friend?

I'm rambling. I'll wrap it up here. I don't feel welcome anymore. If your goal is to have fun with comical portrayals and crack headcanons and silly big roleplays, don't ever let anyone stop you. Ever. It's your blog and you do with it what you want to do. I think the breaking point for me was the glut of 'magic anons' that flapped around. Let's just make a farce of ourselves, shall we?

I guess I just don't belong here anymore. We'll see if I ever come back. Maybe I will. Maybe I won't. It's been, well, somewhat fun. I've had my moments here and there.

So long folks.

Anda out.

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A giant tentacled eyeballs wraps itself around the treant's branches. HELLO, LIVING TREE, it said (somehow), I AM CURRENTLY UNEDUCATED IN THE ART OF FLOATING AROUND. MAY I ANCHOR MYSELF TO YOU SO THAT I MAY STOP HARMING MYSELF?

What... abomination are you...? I have not seen a being this monstrous in all my years! I would ask what you are...

But I can't quite find out how to open my mouth.

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April Fools M!A - You are now Maokai, the twisted treant from League of Legends! Your mind's still the same, but your speech and abilities are swapped out with this thing's skills, and you don't gain the knowledge of how to use them either. This M!A lasts until the end of April Fools Day - have fun being a magical magic-hating tree!

*roots in ground*

magic sucks

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why are you shittalking the League fandom??? they're not a bad group lol theyre about the same as your moba fandom

OOC: LOL I WAS IN NO WAY SHITTALKING

I merely drew a correlation between our group getting a lot of magic 'anons' about sexual attraction and generally out of character inanity to the League group (of which I roleplayed for the greater of two years) that is very large and sprawling. There was good, and there was bad. After all, the characters are fairly sexualised, so it is not a surprise that many female characters 'did the do' with the male characters.

Roleplay is an extension of self. If that's what you want to do with your free time (write about fictional characters fucking) be my guest. Just don't bring that junk into my askbox and expect me to play along.

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Here is a large bag of money. It will be yours if you just take the money. It will not be yours if you just leave it with me. My life plays no decision in this choice. Choose Wisely, Antimage

What use have I for gold or silver, greymage? You think I have not heard rumours of those enslaved by bargains with devils? Away with thee, and speakest not to me again.

[askantimage]

*hands you a large bag a coins* this can all be yours if you kill Silencer.

Not interested.

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you're now sexually attracted to @longliveyourqueen for a week! enjoy, magina! ;)

we league of legends rp fandom now

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No magic. Not needed. Only BLOOD. Only smell. -"Do you hate the HUNTER that uses no spells? "- Wondering. Curious. Strange.

A hunter of prey, a man with the power to bring down great beasts and little men alike. I have no struggle with him - no conflict against those who fight with their hands and their eye. 

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If you could kiss one hero who would it be?

No one.

[nortromthesilencer]

"Even in the pursuit of your goals have you not bonded with any of our allies?"

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I have not. Bonds exist to weaken yourself. Emotionally, I shall not allow myself to be compromised.

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If you could kiss one hero who would it be?

No one.

[askantimage]

What the fuck did you just say about me, you filthy magic user? I'll have you know I would've graduated top of the monastery if a magic user like you didn't kill everyone there, I've led numerous witch hunts, and I was watching when Gandalf fell off of the bridge. I'm trained to use highly effective non magical abilities meant for the purpose of hunting down magic users and I could blink through a keyhole. You are nothing to me but just another magic user. I will mana break you, and everyone standing next to you with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me from the comfort of your fountain? Think again, fucker. As we speak my friend Gondar is tracking you down right now so you better prepare to have your mana broken, magic user. The mana break that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You're fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can burn your mana in over seven hundred ways, and that's just with my Manta Style. Not only am I extensively trained in hunting down mages, but I have access to all the items 900 GPM can buy and I will use it to its full extent to wipe out your miserable ass off the face of the continent, magic using filth. If only you could have known what righteous retribution your little "clever" comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would've held your fucking tongue. But you couldn't, you didn't, and now you're paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. Your mana is broken, kiddo.

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*A small red box lie peculiarly in front of you, its lid restrained by a silk-ish type bow. It seems to be considerably lightweight.*

Strange gift. I wonder who deigns to gift me a present.