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// I apologize, my loves, but I am unfortunately still sick. :’) On the bright side, I am finishing up the course of steroids and other meds the doctor gave me and am able to breathe easier again, so hopefully, I will be out of bed soon.
In the meantime, and as always, feel free to contact me for plotting or talk. I am pretty much always around, even if lurking, and I always appreciate the company of you lovely folks. 💗
- excerpt from Fig Tree, Autumn Equinox by Sylvie ( j.p. )
// an important request
// Hey loves!
This request is also a bit of an announcement, all of a very personal and sensitive nature. Please be advised that this post contains the topic of gender identity, so if this makes you uncomfortable/is triggering, please use caution.
The very short version of is that I’ve been struggling my whole life with my gender identity, and it’s become very prevalent in recent years. This has led me to finally stop repressing it, and to start working with my therapist on the topic. Today, we decided that we’d take action in the form of some baby steps forward. I have never actively identified as male to the rest of the world before, so we wanted to ‘test the water’, so to speak, and see how doing so makes me feel.
Sooo… Going forward, please feel free to use he/him in regards to me, in addition to she/her. Either is completely fine, as at the moment I’m not sure I have a preference. This also applies to names: please feel free to refer to me as Adrian in addition to Adelle.
I really appreciate any and all support and understanding with this topic. Thank you all for reading this! 💗
// active muses
► nox freestrider • ( bio ) ► andrai freestrider • ( bio ) ► vittore simone armati • ( bio ) ► sacha raskoph • ( bio ) ► isaak de capra (raskoph) • ( bio ) ► désiré desrosiers • ( bio ) ► celeste corsetti • ( bio ) ► aria baker • ( bio )
// aria baker — show them your truth
like to show interest reply with verse requests
// celeste corsetti — never stop, never fall
like to show interest reply with verse requests
❝I ʀᴇᴘᴇᴀᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀsᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ: ᴛᴏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴇ, ʏᴏᴜ'ʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ sᴡᴀʟʟᴏᴡ ᴀ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ.❞
ʀᴜʟᴇs • ᴍᴜsᴇs • ᴀsᴋs
{{ Please reblog this if you’re a mun who’s open for angst plotting. Death, pain, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, illness, misery, fighting, screaming, tears, hate, disgust, trauma, graphic gore, etc; I’m in need of threads. Thank you. }}
Out of Context D&D Quote Starters:
Source
“EXCUSE YOU, I AM A HOT FAIRY.”
“I’ll kick a tree’s ass.”
“You should seduce the boat!”
“I killed a man today. In space. On a dragon. With a shovel.”
“Can I have flaming pistols?”
“No, you may not make a human centipede out of your army of 50 children.”
“Can I pay them money not to come near me?”
“I’m pretty sure fish don’t accept money.”
“I don’t know what we need to bleed on.”
“Let’s bleed on everything, just to be safe.”
“I’m going to go out on a limb and say we’re not going to solve this problem by bleeding on it.”
“Your ass is not a weapon you are proficient with.”
“That is the only dwarf ass I’m going to draw for you today.”
“Oh shit, I forgot the princess.”
“Did you just pull a gun out of your hair?”
“Who just carries spiders around in their pockets?!”
“He fought like he lived… Full of spears.”
“Ok, so there’s a lot of teeth in this water.”
“I’m not sure how to split a throne evenly. We all have a sitting schedule?”
“How many noses are going into this chicken?”
“We just turned a ritualistic orphan sacrifice chamber into a nightclub.”
“You started a cult!?”
“We need to give this guy a proper burial. After we loot his body. And take his teeth.”
“Yeah, he’s a ghost now. But I can punch ghosts, so it’s fine.”
“Have you ever seen a dragon choke on one hundred and thirty five orphans? Because you’re about to.”
“I can be responsible for my own severed leg, thank you.”
“Look, if I’m going to be a part of this Badger Cult, I expect career options!”
“I can’t believe you just pre-battle blazed it.”
“You lose the moral high ground after the second murder.”
“I am literally dying for your sins right now! Do not fuck this up for me!”
“Summon the monkeys! They will be relevant!”
“What happens if you die in Hell?” “Double Hell.”
“Long term goal: we put your corpse on the airship.”
“Does it still count as ‘evil’ if I feel really bad about it?”
“Everyone is ambidextrous until proven otherwise.”
“You blew up the sun!”
“Hold my record player, I’m going in.”
“I have never tried to stab you in a combat situation!”
“Want to use my knife? It’s only been used for our own ritual blood-letting.”
“I’m not sure we can even beat a log right now. We must negotiate with it.”
SOON I’LL COME AROUND. LOST AND NEVER FOUND. WAITING FOR MY WORDS. SEEN BUT NEVER HEARD. BURIED UNDERGROUND. –––– BUT I’LL KEEP COMING.
i had the Supreme luck of commissioning the brilliantly talented @jodeeeart for a beautiful piece of my dear Astraeus (they/them) & @exnobis / @dalathin‘s Molag Isra Nox (he/him) in their The Elder Scrolls verse. Jodie was an absolute delight to work with & I highly recommend commissioning if you ever get the chance to do so.
The little details in the up-close really seal this piece: Nox’s confident posture & little smirk as he looks at Astra & how very posed Astra is as they too look at him, even if far more subtly. ( Also, I find it very humorous that Astra looks small next to Nox, in his proper demiprince form, when they are in fact, 6′/182.88 cm )
// In the process of adding two new characters to the blog! Soon the roguishly charming Antivan alchemist Celeste Corsetti and the dedicated Marcher warrior Aria Baker will be available for play. 💗
// Alrighty! Celeste and Aria are both on the blog and ready to go!
// In the process of adding two new characters to the blog! Soon the roguishly charming Antivan alchemist Celeste Corsetti and the dedicated Marcher warrior Aria Baker will be available for play. 💗
Welcome to the Dragon Age RP Discord server, a place created specifically for members of the DARP community to come together to discuss the things we love! Whether you’re currently active or not, if you consider yourself a part of this community and are over the age of 18, you are welcome! This server is a safe space to come chat, share content, get to know other members of DARP, talk about our characters and the series, plot and roleplay, and otherwise just hang out and make friends.
We are a private server for the time being since we are just getting started, so if you’re interested in joining or if you have any questions, please send a message/ask to me over at @dalathin ! I will send you an invite link as fast as I can!
Words to Describe Hair
This began as a guide to describing Afro/curly hair but of course, I got carried away. From look and texture of hair, colors and various styles, this guide serves as a thesaurus of sorts for hair, as well as pointers for use in your writing.
Culturally Significant Hair Coverings:
Know the meaning behind head wear and why it’s worn, when and by whom, such as a Native Nation’s headdress, before bestowing a character with it.
Head Coverings Resources:
More on various head coverings.
See here for more Islamic Veils.
See here for more on the Nigerian gele.
See here on African American Headwraps.
View our hijab and headscarves tags for discussion on these topics.
Afro - Curly - Straightened
There are many varieties of braids, twists & Afro hair styles; have some more!
African/Black Hair: Natural, Braids and Locks
African Hair: Braiding Styles 10 African Types
Describing Black (Afro) hair:
Appropriative Hairstyles: Keep in mind that Afro styles should be kept to those in the African Diaspora, such as dreadlocks, cornrows + certain and many braided styles.
Tread carefully describing Afro hair as “wild” “unkempt” “untamed” or any words implying it’s unclean or requires controlling.
“Nappy” and “wooly” are generally words to stay away from, the first having heavy negative connotations for many and the latter, though used in the Holy Bible, is generally not acceptable anymore and comes off as dehumanizing due to Animal connotations.
There are mixed feelings on calling Black hair “kinky.” I’m personally not opposed to the word in itself and usage depends on the person’s race (I’m more comfortable with a Black person using it vs. a Non-Black person) as well as their tone and context (if it’s used in a neutral or positive tone vs. negatively/with disdain). Get feedback on your usage, or simply forgo it.
See our tags “Black Hair” and “Natural Hair” for more discussion on describing Black hair.
Texture - Look - Styles
Hair Colors and Style
Writing Tips & Things to Keep in Mind:
Combination Words: Try combining words to illustrate look of hair. A character with springy coils that dance across her shoulders with every movement, the man with thick silvery hair slicked back into a ponytail…
Mind Perspective: Depending on POV, a character might not know exactly what cornrows or a coiffure style is, at least in name, and it might make more sense if they described the hairdo instead. More defining terms might come from a more knowing source or the wearer themselves. One book I read described a girl’s afro puff as “thick hair pulled up into a cute, curly, poufy thing on top of her head and tied with a yellow ribbon.”
POC & Hair Colors: People of Color’s hair comes in all shades and textures. There are Black people with naturally blond and loosely-textured to straight hair, East Asian people with red hair, and so on. Keep that in mind when coding characters if you tend to rely on hair color alone to denote a character is white vs. a Person of Color.
Related Tropes: There are tropes and discussion related to People of Color, colored hair, and light-colored hair and features.
Check out these posts on the topic: The East Asian Women + Colored Hair Trope - Black Characters & “Wild” Hair Colors - POC w/ Supernatural Colorful Features. - ‘Uncommon’ Features & POC Characters
~Mod Colette
tips for writing bilingual characters
there are different types of bilinguals
the All Around: speaks, reads, and writes both languages pretty well
the Conversational: one language is stronger than the other; can speak the other language a lot better than they read/write it (a lot of kids of immigrants are this type)
the High Schooler: understands what’s being said to them in the other language, can’t really speak it
don’t have your characters randomly drop words from their other language mid-sentence around people who don’t speak it lol
languages are a mindset thing. like personally if i’m around english-speakers, i’m speaking english and i don’t really switch to my other language (which is portuguese)
so like if you’re writing a bilingual character who speaks spanish and have them say something like “hey chad let’s go to the biblioteca” to an english speaker i’ll probably spend 5 minutes laughing and then close your story lmao
exception: the character is speaking in their weaker language and forgot a word (”where are the…? uh… llaves…. keys! keys, where are they?”)
otherwise really the only time your character should be randomly switching languages mid-sentence is if they’re talking to another bilingual
like i don’t speak spanish but i’ve legit never heard a spanish speaker say “ay dios mio” to gringos lmao
conversations between two bilingual people can take a few different forms:
Pick One: they pick one language and kinda stick with it for the whole conversation (a conversation i might have with my portuguese-speaking mom: ”you okay?” “yeah, i’m good. how’re you?” “i’m fine, but your dad-”)
Back-and-Forth: someone says something in one language, the other person replies in the other (”tudo bem?” “yeah, i’m good. how’re you?” “tou bem, mas o seu pai-”)
Combo: they speak a combo of the two languages, a popular example being spanglish, though basically every bilingual has their own combo language (”tudo bem?” “sim, tou bem. how’re you?” “i’m fine, mas o seu pai-”)
when in doubt: just ask a bilingual to look at your stuff and tell you if anything sounds weird
combo languages can look different depending on the bilingual
me and my cousin (native english speakers) speaking our portuguese/english combo sounds a lot different than my mom and my godmother (native portguese speakers) doing the same thing
the kids of immigrants usually come up with their own unique way of saying things that are different than native speakers
if you’re writing a bilingual family the older kids’ll probably be more bilingual than the younger ones
also, to clarify: bilingual characters might say words in another language on purpose in front of non-speakers
either to fuck with them or just ‘cause the word captures what they’re feeling more (i use “caralho” a lot)– basically the point is that accidental switching is relatively uncommon
i know earlier i said that people will forget words if they’re speaking their weaker language but tbh i do it with my stronger language too so really it works both ways
filler words are weirdly universal
so like while bilingual people don’t usually switch languages around people who aren’t bilingual we’ll throw filler words in
“ele me olhou e, like, eu juro que eu quase deu um soco nele-”
a lot of languages borrow words from english so it’s not too weird to have a random english word in an otherwise non-english conversation (my aunt @ my mom: “lilian você viu meu post no Facebook?”)
also sounds in general are just kind of a language transcending thing
you wanna find out what someone’s first language was?? break one of their bones lol
legit me when i cracked my rib: “AIIIIIII JESUS CHRIST TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL”
so if your character gets hurt they might make a sound of pain associated with their native language but will probably still speak in the language of the people they’re surrounded by. probably. it depends on just how much pain they’re in
if two people start speaking another language in public there’s a 40% chance they’re talking shit and a 60% chance they’re having a conversation like: “where’s the bathroom” “i don’t know, ask the waitress she’s right here” “i can’t just ask-”
this is the most accurate bi/multilingual reference post on here y’all should take notes 👀
