Human powered amusement park and blorbos' funhouse. SW, Bg3, Dragon Age, games, art, memes. I follow on bsky from @leni-thegeek AO3: fromcsillawithlove
Been playing bg3 like a normal person for nearly three years now ( like no unnecessary obsession tearing my mind apart), and not even a month out of early access they have to hit me in the face with the morally abhorrent sewer raccoon man that calls my character his favourite assassin what is this bullshit
I haven’t stopped playing and looking up lore for two weeks now this is hell
another great ship dynamic is "characters who are deeply traumatized and haunted by nightmares are finally able to get a peaceful night of sleep in each other's arms"
Thank you so much for the tag, @cunthulhu-xo!! Loved learning about the meaning behind Olorna's badass name 🥰 here is her post if anyone would like to go check out some awesome drow name lore!
Nienna Helaván: Cleric of Ilmater
Answers below the cut ❤️
A few months ago, I wanted to make a new OC that could help me work through and understand my grief. This was also around the same time I was reading The Silmarillion, and I was completely enraptured by the character Nienna, a Queen of the Valar associated with grief, sorrow, pity, and courage. Her name references the Quenya word for tear, nie. Tolkien's works mean so much to me on a truly fundamental level, and learning of Nienna and feeling so seen in the way Tolkien portrays her relationship with grief was really powerful to me, and I immediately grabbed my steam deck and created her. This line from the Silmarillion takes my breath away:
Mightier than Este is Nienna, sister of the Feanturi; she dwells alone. She is acquainted with grief, and mourns for every wound that Arda has suffered in the marring of Melkor. So great was her sorrow, as the Music unfolded, that her song turned to lamentation long before its end, and the sound of mourning was woven into the themes of the World before it began. But she does not weep for herself; and those who hearken to her learn pity, and endurance in hope. (Valaquenta)
My tav Nienna is an homage to the beauty that Tolkien created in his Nienna, as she helps gives me strength while mourning weaves its way around my life.
Her surname, Helaván, was inspired by Lady Hel of the Norse pantheon, a compassionate, protective, and empathic goddess who is the caretaker of the dead resting in Helheim, and a goddess who I am devoted to in my own life! In my own praxis with her, I see her as a goddess deeply attuned to mourning, loss, and grief, and she's incredibly impactful for me on a daily basis. I combined her name with the Old Norse word ván which can translate to hope (if my online old norse-english dictionary was right lol), because to me she represents hope in a world of suffering and grief, and thus, reminds me to also remain hopeful.
She's my weepy little ball of strength and I love her so much 🥰😭
This was sooooo fun!! I am joining the fandom a little on the later side so I imagine y'all may have this lore out there already, but throwing very gentle, no-pressure tags to @emmyandthetieflings, @grandninjamasterren, @deianestormborn, @wyfyoyo, @cep-stories, @galacticsparkles @onlytavs, @kt-catt, @missfortunetherogue @ele-millennial-weirdo, @spillingteanotpermitted @gortashsrighthand @faeriiefire @optimisticgrey @thesanguinesonnet @litsenn if you want to take part in this (or if you've already got this info on your blog, let me know and I'll go searching!!) 🥰 (also I'm going to get a better method for a tag list down in the next week or so, if you'd like to be added/removed in the meantime, please let me know!!)
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