𝔢𝔵𝔦𝔩𝔢 ╱ 𝔞𝔱𝔬𝔫𝔢.

ind. riven

[exzul]

sorry that i haven’t been around that much recently in terms of ic content on like any of my blogs... i just haven’t been feeling like writing? probably just some seasonal stuff, tbh... my laptop should be here today and that will probs mean i’ll spend a lot of the weekend setting it up and playing some games. hit me up on discord if you wanna chat! 

(i’ll try and get back to writing like next week, consider this a weekend hiatus of sorts?)

[exzul]

been in kind of a weird headspace... 

[exzul]

so, like i said the other day... when my new laptop comes in? i will admittedly be more low activity on like the vast majority of my blogs than i already am. i want to get back to gaming and possibly even streaming! if you wanna keep in touch? plotting, rping and chatting = discord (terra.#4790 --- mutuals only please). for keeping up with me? my gaming twitter, though i do post life updates too, is here.

[exzul]

me, a few days ago: decides to give riv a shuriman background

rito, for the noxus lore update: a number of ports and cities in northern shurima were voluntarily assimilated into the empire. the original inhabitants of these settlements live in relative peace with their noxian counterparts, seeing the exchange of food and preferential trade as a price worth paying for military protection from raiders.

[exzul]

there is a likelihood that when i get my new laptop? i’ll be even more intermittent on the dash and discord because of gaming and or streaming... oop.

[shieldarmed-a-deactivated202210]

   friendly reminder that if we write together i do not want you to feel pressured or stressed about our thread/s. i am slow™ and i do not expect you to reply quickly, reply lengthily, or reply /at all/ if you cannot find the insp / muse for it. i will not resent you in any way if i see you replying to other threads on my dash. i will not resent you if i see you doing everything B U T writing on the dash. if i follow you and we’ve plotted or have been writing together, i enjoy seeing you on my dash. period. you replying to me in any timeline is not a condition of my liking / supporting / appreciating you. so pls don’t apologize for taking your time. pls don’t apologize for dropping threads. write what you want to when you want to and feel free to come to me if you ever want to start something new / plot something / rework a starter i’ve written you.

[wnq-quotes]

And, you see, I found something very human in that and it calmed me down a bit.

Vincent Van Gogh, The Complete Letters

[exzul]

i’m tired(tm) so i’m gonna lurk on here and on discord. might try and play some games or something, not sure.

[exzul]

riven isn't indian

this has been sitting in my inbox since pretty much me talking about the shift in my portrayal and the resultant updates to my icon / theme / promo… and i wanted to ignore, but i felt ignoring it was an injustice.

first? congrats on the racism.

second? where in the lore does it specify riven’s race? hell, even in her art, it’s not exactly blatant… in your head is she white? in your head what is her race? seriously… 

lastly? she has dark skin, or rather darker skin — i would say tan at simplicity — in that context? she is relatively racially ambiguous. not to mention, noxus is canonically culturally diverse making most likely the vast majority of it’s population biracial or multiracial. even taking into consideration that it is a fictional universe and our world’s races are not necessarily blatantly applicable, i.e. india does not exist in runeterra, but shurima does and there is evident middle eastern and south asian influence upon it’s culture and lore.

so, in the context of canon? she is shuriman in my portrayal. in terms of my modern verse? she is indeed indian.

[exzul]

so... i deleted the two posts from earlier, but i still need to say the following...

@ anon:  if your interest in any blog or writer is reliant on the inclusion of some variety of sexual content? then you are either looking at or following the wrong blog. it is not my job --- nor is it something i have to do or include on my blog --- provide you things that you can find on plenty of other places on the internet.

lastly? please stop trying to make anyone or any blog feel lesser because they don’t want to write or include sexual content. smut / sexual content =/= worth or quality in the rpc.

[exzul]

starter call  :  mutuals only, please capping this around 3-5 or so, maybe more. still got like 1-2 from the last one to get sorted and posted... but i wanna try and get a few more going.

[exzul]

plotting call  :  mutuals only. so i think i accidentally deleted my old plot call...? but yeah --- i wanna get more going for riven, and yeah yeah yeah... if you like this, i will poke at you via tumblr ims or on discord to discuss ideas and such for our idiots.

[exzul]

i still need to jot up more about my modern verse and my nardo verses now that i have gotten some stuff all plotted with some friends.

[exzul]

she paces slowly, watching, as riven goes about her business. the womans presence accepted for the time being. mostly due to ahris own growing curiosity at the sorrow that seemed to hover over her. as riven was preoccupied, the fox would sit closely, ears turned forward. ' do you ever feel anything other than sad nomad? your regret is making the air taste bad. '

she’d spent a good portion of the early morning, just before proper light cracked the skies above, gathering fallen branches and other fire fixings --- she did not chop wood. not in this forest. respect for how this land did not belong to her present enough. she would only take what nature itself had toppled, however limiting it was. 

ash and dirt caked had in the pale crescents of her nails as she made a spit for the food current company had so generously procured for her. riven was quite grateful, much beyond what words could convey for the kindness of such an action, given the precariousness in their dynamic. her presence was allowed with blatant caution, and that was something that the exile indeed hoped to continue earning from the fox before her... they were amicable with one another --- trust was still in the process of growth between them. 

amber eyes rolled seconds before resting on the other, her next words coming with a gentle teasing as not to offend,     ❛ — of course i feel more than simply sadness or regret --- you feel more than just suspicion, do you not? ❜

[exzul]

unchart.

                 with a bag thrown over his shoulder and dust covered goggles hanging around his neck, it seemed that he had another successful endeavor, this time tomb raiding ( something about an enchanted jewel found in the shurima desert found deep in a ancient tomb that laid the king called ta’ka ). he enters a busy tavern, a little bit odd given the time of day, but that doesn’t bother him. 

                          exhaling a exhausted breath, he moves up to the bar, approaching the only free seat as he glances to a woman to his side.   ❛  hey!  ❜   he chirps, already setting his stuff down.   ❛  is this seat taken?  ❜

taverns were the easiest for finding work --- idle, calloused fingers toy with gentle taps upon the lip of her drink ; she’d only had around half of it’s contents before she wound up lost in her own thoughts. as a result of as much? it took more than a few silent moments for ezreal’s voice to register in her mind. fading distraction led to her amber gaze drifting to him with a faraway nod, shifting in her seat to finally offer a smile to match prior sentiment as a greeting to the blond.

       ❛ seems you’ve already made a home of that seat, ❜     her hand waved at his things on cue to her words, making a point sound slightly amused. recognition marked her features, she remembered him from passing,     ❛ — another adventure, i see. ❜

[exzul]

¬ romance headcanons.

NAME:  riven. NICKNAME:  riv. GENDER:  female. ROMANTIC ORIENTATION:  (borderline aro) demisexual. PREFERRED PET NAMES:  n / a. RELATIONSHIP STATUS:  single, dependent on verse. FAVORITE CANON SHIP:  uh... FAVORITE NON-CANON SHIP:  riven / figuring herself out.

OPINION ON TRUE LOVE:  she doesn’t necessarily believe in it. OPINION ON LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT:  she believes some might feel that they have experienced it. HOW ‘ROMANTIC’ ARE THEY?:  she has her moments if she has gotten into a relationship. IDEAL PHYSICAL TRAITS:  n / a. IDEAL PERSONALITY TRAITS:  loyal and intelligent.

UNATTRACTIVE PHYSICAL TRAITS:  she’s demisexual --- she ends up in relationships with people for who they are, not what they look like. UNATTRACTIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS:  people who are disloyal, excessively self-involved or overly needy. IDEAL DATE:  something quiet, intimate and just her and her partner.  DO THEY HAVE A TYPE?  yes, they have a habit of ending up with people who fall into the territory of ‘it’s complicated’. AVERAGE RELATIONSHIP LENGTH:  varies. PREFERRED NON-SEXUAL INTIMACY:  being close with the other person; soft contact. COMMITMENT LEVEL:  depends. OPINION OF PUBLIC AFFECTION:  preferential of keeping this behind close doors where it does not hinder her work and doesn’t put her significant other at any risk of being in someone’s crosshairs. PAST RELATIONSHIPS?  verse dependent, but not really.

TAGGED BY: @ashrevenant TAGGING: anyone who wants to.

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