THE COLD MORNING LIGHT

UPON THE MOUNT, ALL MARCHES MEET WITH FAILURE

[gothredy]

[dievas-astrunn]

What a lovely and completely inconspicuous arrangement of flowers.

[pegz-and-rexy-offical]

Thinking about making a zote and sherma rp blog so get this post to 100 notes and I make it!

[arcandoria-archived]

crossposting from bsky - glad I stopped using spotify when I did and that I unlinked it from my discord, but still

[ reddit thread | bsky post ]

[na-chloridee]

Swim

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[dievas-astrunn]

Water.

[no-one-offical]

I sea.

[dievas-astrunn]

Yes, but are you

S h o r e

?

[no-one-offical]

Water you mean?

[dievas-astrunn]

I believe I’ve made myself perfectly

C l e a r

Though perhaps that is somewhat

T a s t e l e s s

Perhaps I am in dire need for

R e f l e c t i o n

Upon my actions

[na-chloridee]

Swim

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[dievas-astrunn]

Water.

[no-one-offical]

I sea.

[dievas-astrunn]

Yes, but are you

S h o r e

?

[octobersociety-deactivated20241]

[stalker-among-the-stars]

There is another way

[saintofpride201]

By the Nine, keep your whore mouth shut

[lierdumoa]

Pretty sure the other way involves keeping your whore mouth open

[space-blue]

[no-one-offical]

‎

[dievas-astrunn]

Quit spreading such lethal misinformation. Werewolves are VERY intelligent and VERY angry; it is impossible to deter them like common beasts. If you strike with silver, they will continue their onslaught; mistletoe repels them as much as any grass (that is to say, not at all); and they will certainly not kowtow to a masseuse. They are not beasts: they are dangerous, tribalistic barbarians, and if they are attacking you, rest assured it is because they hate YOU, specifically. The surest counter to their strength is to play to the absurd and counterintuitive dissent already within their ranks. And if all else fails, recite anthropomorphic pornography to them. It might make them angrier, but there is a slight chance they will be so horrified by your soul-corruption that they will take you for a Fomor, turn tail and flee. And honestly, who's to say they're wrong?

[no-one-offical]

What in the world do you mean, werewolves are so cool, like @wereboobs-offical

[dievas-astrunn]

Well, what do you believe to be 'cool' about them? -That they are wild and free spirited? The Garou are ridiculously conservative, and the only 'freedom' they desire is the freedom to rage without limit. -That they are embodiments of nature's will? The Garou perpetrated a mass murder of mortals in ancient times to quell their rising numbers, which in turn only drove mankind to fear nature and spew concrete ruin across the earth in order to defend from it. -That they are wolf-men? The Garou are only well-known and widespread because they have abused and slain other shifter-tribes with just as much of a right to live and a responsibility to "Mother Gaia" as they. Just ask the were-bulls and were-serpents... oh, wait. You can't. They were driven to annihilation by the Garou, in the War of Rage.

[no-one-offical]

This one I tagged has moon boobs at night, i'm gay but these are pretty awesome too

[dievas-astrunn]

Bold of you to assume that their breasts are anything to write home for, when you’ve no psychological metric for the quality of the feminine form.

And anyway, most Garou are possessed of lean musculature; if size is the x-factor, the lupines are not it.

[octobersociety-deactivated20241]

[stalker-among-the-stars]

There is another way

[saintofpride201]

By the Nine, keep your whore mouth shut

[lierdumoa]

Pretty sure the other way involves keeping your whore mouth open

[space-blue]

[no-one-offical]

‎

[dievas-astrunn]

Quit spreading such lethal misinformation. Werewolves are VERY intelligent and VERY angry; it is impossible to deter them like common beasts. If you strike with silver, they will continue their onslaught; mistletoe repels them as much as any grass (that is to say, not at all); and they will certainly not kowtow to a masseuse. They are not beasts: they are dangerous, tribalistic barbarians, and if they are attacking you, rest assured it is because they hate YOU, specifically. The surest counter to their strength is to play to the absurd and counterintuitive dissent already within their ranks. And if all else fails, recite anthropomorphic pornography to them. It might make them angrier, but there is a slight chance they will be so horrified by your soul-corruption that they will take you for a Fomor, turn tail and flee. And honestly, who's to say they're wrong?

[no-one-offical]

What in the world do you mean, werewolves are so cool, like @wereboobs-offical

[dievas-astrunn]

Well, what do you believe to be 'cool' about them? -That they are wild and free spirited? The Garou are ridiculously conservative, and the only 'freedom' they desire is the freedom to rage without limit. -That they are embodiments of nature's will? The Garou perpetrated a mass murder of mortals in ancient times to quell their rising numbers, which in turn only drove mankind to fear nature and spew concrete ruin across the earth in order to defend from it. -That they are wolf-men? The Garou are only well-known and widespread because they have abused and slain other shifter-tribes with just as much of a right to live and a responsibility to "Mother Gaia" as they. Just ask the were-bulls and were-serpents... oh, wait. You can't. They were driven to annihilation by the Garou, in the War of Rage.

[octobersociety-deactivated20241]

[stalker-among-the-stars]

There is another way

[saintofpride201]

By the Nine, keep your whore mouth shut

[lierdumoa]

Pretty sure the other way involves keeping your whore mouth open

[space-blue]

[no-one-offical]

‎

[dievas-astrunn]

Quit spreading such lethal misinformation. Werewolves are VERY intelligent and VERY angry; it is impossible to deter them like common beasts. If you strike with silver, they will continue their onslaught; mistletoe repels them as much as any grass (that is to say, not at all); and they will certainly not kowtow to a masseuse. They are not beasts: they are dangerous, tribalistic barbarians, and if they are attacking you, rest assured it is because they hate YOU, specifically. The surest counter to their strength is to play to the absurd and counterintuitive dissent already within their ranks. And if all else fails, recite anthropomorphic pornography to them. It might make them angrier, but there is a slight chance they will be so horrified by your soul-corruption that they will take you for a Fomor, turn tail and flee. And honestly, who's to say they're wrong?

[the-silly-words-on-your-screen]

this is fred, the dot.

fred wants to grow into a beautiful tree, but sadly has no branches

reblog to give fred a branch

i will post fred status updates as he grows

[the-silly-words-on-your-screen]

look at him go!

[the-silly-words-on-your-screen]

he's figuring out how to tree!

[the-silly-words-on-your-screen]

35 reblogs, he's growing so good :D

[the-silly-words-on-your-screen]

75 reblogs, fred continues to grow

reminder to spread out your branches (ie. dont spam reblogs on one post), he's starting to get a little crowded near the trunk :(

[gallusrostromegalus]

At 1788 Reblogs, Fred is spreading nicely... But We Can Do Better :)

[siderealglimmer]

I would like to see the Fred again please

[the-choir-invisible]

[siderealglimmer]

Oh, ✨Fred!✨

🤩

[cantotallyeven]

This is Fred the post. Please help Fred the Post grow more. We love Fred the Post.

[dievas-astrunn]

I'm beginning to suspect Fred is less tree and more mold. All the more reason to reblog.

[na-chloridee]

Swim

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[dievas-astrunn]

Water.

[zamczysko]

i get that the "tzimisce pride themselves on being good hosts" thing is because of dracula in the book hauling ass around the castle to pretend he has servants (and partially due to the eastern european grandma archetype for the lack of a better term) but actually the stereotypical tzimisce has it easy because they have gmo'd ghouls that can do a lot of stuff for them which makes it trivial to be a good host if all you're doing is ordering people around behind the guest's back while engaging them in small talk

which is why i want to propose a tzimisce tradition where when they really want to show someone how charming hosts they make they explicitly state how many things they prepared with their own hands (rich people tend to ignore their staff and be like "yeah i did this and that" when it was actually a servant that did it so it has to be specified). cleaning the entire house yourself is not necessary but welcome, but the real test is decorations, itinerary, specially chosen vessels to feed from – who have to be calm and collected and have to tell the guests how they were found by the host and what they can expect from their blood. stuff like that. i don't know if something similar is described in any sourcebooks (it might be!) but yeah

[dievas-astrunn]

The mental effort of simply allowing another into one’s own home, then to take advantage of the servants one has meticulously crafted for one’s own ends, is more than enough.

And do not speak to me of small talk. Small though it may be, fine and tedious it is also. A duel of wits, a war of words with no win condition and multiple loss conditions.

Besides, the efforts of one’s servants are most certainly one’s own efforts, no? An extension of the lord of the house, fully tied to their master’s word and command.

[zamczysko]

okay well you are clearly unfamiliar with the great transcarpathian velitation of 1629 and that's all i'm gonna say

[dievas-astrunn]

I probably am. I do not partake in petty scuffles, and I most certainly did. not. partake in any of the Dracon’s absurdities.

Though, I assure you, my aim was not to be annoying; admittedly, it was difficult to see this post as anything but a moral indictment of my view of hospitality. I acted rashly, and I apologize if any undue stress was caused by my unnecessary rebuke.

[zamczysko]

i get that the "tzimisce pride themselves on being good hosts" thing is because of dracula in the book hauling ass around the castle to pretend he has servants (and partially due to the eastern european grandma archetype for the lack of a better term) but actually the stereotypical tzimisce has it easy because they have gmo'd ghouls that can do a lot of stuff for them which makes it trivial to be a good host if all you're doing is ordering people around behind the guest's back while engaging them in small talk

which is why i want to propose a tzimisce tradition where when they really want to show someone how charming hosts they make they explicitly state how many things they prepared with their own hands (rich people tend to ignore their staff and be like "yeah i did this and that" when it was actually a servant that did it so it has to be specified). cleaning the entire house yourself is not necessary but welcome, but the real test is decorations, itinerary, specially chosen vessels to feed from – who have to be calm and collected and have to tell the guests how they were found by the host and what they can expect from their blood. stuff like that. i don't know if something similar is described in any sourcebooks (it might be!) but yeah

[dievas-astrunn]

The mental effort of simply allowing another into one’s own home, then to take advantage of the servants one has meticulously crafted for one’s own ends, is more than enough.

And do not speak to me of small talk. Small though it may be, fine and tedious it is also. A duel of wits, a war of words with no win condition and multiple loss conditions.

Besides, the efforts of one’s servants are most certainly one’s own efforts, no? An extension of the lord of the house, fully tied to their master’s word and command.