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[cathedralofeternalradiance]

hello, traveler of the interwebs

I study French language & literature by day and yell about Guild Wars 2 by night. In between that, I write and develop blorbos in my super secret blorbatory. Come say hi!

about me

Nero

she/her

early 20s

Slav 🇷🇸

SRB/ENG/FR

IGN info: Nero.5839 on Eredon Terrace (NA, main account) // NeroEU.3896 on Vizunah Square (EU, side account)

meta tags

#nero’s random thoughts - personal thoughts related to the characters, game, life, etc.

#nero's artsy corner - my screenshots

#inspo birb has come to town - my fics

#gw2 community - little community prompts for commanders/ocs i post from time to time and that you can come back to at any time

#desire wars - nsfw headcanons and posts

#soto spoilers - as it says on the tin!

#nornposting - snippets of norn lore, sometimes outright norn lore meta posts

#humanposting - snippets of human lore, same as nornposting

#about me - as it says on the tin, meet your local nero

#storytelling ramble - a bit about my creative processes and whatnot and parts of the stories i write that i feel the need to comment on, etc

#cassposting on main - this little goblin cassander inteus decided to nest in my head and though he lives on my IF sideblog he sometimes meanders over to the main one. he is not a gw2 oc, but he has a gw2 au.

#nikaposting on main - sometimes my wol nika perseis veers from my sideblog into the main one. it’s an occasional gpose, or maybe art, nothing more. he is not a gw2 oc, but he has a gw2 au.

#headcanon time - an occasional series of posts about my headcanons regarding anything i have more than a passing thought about that’s gw2 related

#beta character hour - shots of my EoD beta characters, family members and important people in their stories that don’t appear/no longer have much connection to the main cast!

#gw/dai - tag where i dump all my screenshots from my replays of DAI with Inquisition!Nyra and Inquisition!El (i’ll try to keep it as minimally spoilery as possible, but still beware of spoilers here too!)

ship tags

#trammander - posts relating to Alysannyra x Trahearne

#elion - posts relating to Livion x Elandrin

#branne - posts relating to Aisanne x Braham

#sinathir - posts relating to Siona x Laranthir x Canach

#renila - posts relating to Renira x Akila

#shiverpeaks rose - posts relating to Vladimira x Fiadh (@moonlit-grove)

#revecats - post relating to Kosara x Rytlock

useful links

--- Chararcter list

--- @freedomcrows (DA sideblog)

--- @redwayfarers (FFXIV + IFs)

--- @eugenederastignac (non fandom aesthetic blog)

--- bluesky

--- ao3

--- Commander Week 2024 Prompts

[cathedralofeternalradiance]

The more I play wotr, the more I realise Nyra needs to be there. 10/10 no notes very angsty run

[cathedralofeternalradiance]

Mm alcohol markers fun

[heyitsmejona]

Rion Rymn.

[oncillaphoenix]

i think what bothers me about a lot of "girl power" narratives is that they function on the implicit idea on the idea that women can become worthy of respect. and i happen to think that really caring about women means believing they already are worthy of respect. that historical seamstresses and soccer moms and forgotten sisters and sweet polite little girls and someone's weird grandma matter just as much as the warriors and politicians, even if they, personally, never accomplish anything "cool."

[cathedralofeternalradiance]

Was feeling some kind of way on Monday so I decided to work it all out by having a really good arm day at the gym. Feelings were out but at what cost brotherrrr

[abstractlime]

you eat dirt?

I have a normal diet where I eat normal food

[l3irdl3rain]

He likes being tall so much he just can’t stop making biscuits

[whatcoloristhatcat]

black mackerel tabby with moderate white spotting

[fuckyeahcostumedramas]

Emily Blunt as Cornelia Locke in “The English” (TV Mini-Series, 2022).

[guildwarsconceptart]

Denravi Concept 5

Kekai Kotaki, Guild Wars 2

[vyvilha]

*tumblr person voice* i wish that this story about horrors of war didn't depict how war affects women because it makes me uncomfortable

[vyvilha]

the poem literally starts with "so this guy we are going to talk about is Not a good person and he brought unimaginable suffering to countless people in a meaningless war" and the people are surprised when the suffering he brought IN A WAR includes rape. because women famously aren't raped in war. i am sorry, i love achilles, he is one of the most interesting characters of ancient literature to me, but it is a very important part of the narrative that he is cruel, ego-driven, rageful and violent, and it's THE THING that makes iliad interesting. like genuinely, if you're not interested in ancient reflections on what the realities of warfare are, what are you even reading it for

[deceasedcardinal]

Quick someone write a feminist retelling of the illiad featuring no women at all within the story

[cathedralofeternalradiance]

quietly rotating leonor's brother and.. companion oc? lev. he calls to me in a pretty funky way. he's in the same vein of nyra - determined and powerful and ambitious - but he'd not compel me as much if it wasn't for leonor, y'know?

also, his design slaps. if i may say so myself. look at this gorgeous, gorgeous guy

[dinaricsubtype]

[anxeious]

bathe in your own sunlight !!!!!!

[spacepetals]

[catasters]

[rainydaydecaf]

I never saw people say stuff like this enough when I was a teenager, so I’m saying it now.

I’m in my mid-thirties and I have never had sex. I’ve thought about it and could have had one or two opportunities if I put in more effort, but I always decided against it because I just wasn’t into it at the time.

I can safely say that I do not feel I have missed out on anything. I was perfectly capable, by myself, of learning about my own body and boundaries without anyone else there to muddy the waters. The immense pressure that was there in my teens/twenties to Have Sex Just Do It is basically gone. I’m vibing. I’ve got my routine by myself in bed that I enjoy, and that’s enough for me.

And in the unlikely event that I ever decide to have sex with someone in the future, I don’t feel at all like I’m lacking some essential Knowledge or Skill that would “make it good” for someone else. I fully expect to ask my partner out loud what they like and to receive an answer clearly communicated and to relax and have fun. And if it’s a disappointing experience, I’m fine with that too. It is what it is.

Sex is just not that big of a deal. I suspected it as a teen, and I’m more sure of it now. It’s fine to have it or not have it. It’s whatever.