Dark of Mind

"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!—prophet still, if bird or devil!--" Hardly my most flattering portrayal, yet it seems to be the one you people know best. It is not the essence of my spirit, though my true nature is not so easily discerned. || Independent OC based off of "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe. No fandom affiliations, will write with anyone. EST time and 21+ muse & mun.

[noctecorvus]

[just a quick note- corvin is on semipermanent hiatus. but! if you come across us and would like to write something, find me on skype @ malafides25.]

[kissedbythedawn]

[noctecorvus]

hello bbies! so i figured it was about time that i did something for you all, since i’ve reached 500 followers and im still lagging behind on the whole giveaway thing. i know i’m lazy. so, of course, i want to thank everyone who has helped get me here. i really appreciate the support and all the love and i definitely didn’t expect to get this many so fast ?? like jfc i’ve barely been here a month and wow it’s just overwhelming to see the amount of support and love i’ve gotten. so anyway. here’s a little something to let you all know that i really do appreciate this. a follow forever should come eventually, but you all will have to make do with this for now ovo

[ sᴩᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ʀᴇᴄᴏɢɴɪᴛɪᴏɴ ]

babu. we haven’t gotten to talk as much as we used to, but you’re still always there for me when i get upset. and that alone should qualify you for special recognition, bc lbr, i whine an awful lot. and i love you.

twinsie. ofc, i can’t make a special recognition and not mention my twinsie, bc you’ve been with me since (almost) the beginning of my tumblr rping. out of everyone, you’ve been there the longest, and stuck around, and i may say i hate you all the time, but we both know it’s not true.

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1. you must be following me. 2. only reblogs please 3. as much as i love the personals that follow me, only rp blogs can participate. 4. don’t unfollow after because that’s rude - i’m lazy enough as it is, and here i am making you all pretty things. appreciate it~ 5. this must get at least 20 notes or no bueno

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now, the reason that you’re all here in the first place!

FIRST PLACE. [1 winner] 50 icons for the fc of your choosing (assuming you don’t have a super scarce fc), a weekly graphic promo for a month, and a fanmix or a graphic for your favorite ship.

SECOND PLACE. [5 winners] 25 icons for the fc of your choosing and a weekly graphic promo for a month

THIRD PLACE. [7 winners] 10 icons for the fc of your choosing and a cute little text blurb promo.

[rufussewelldaily]

[noctecorvus]

[pitch on my dash, piTCH ON MY DASH]

[marcallante]

Latest work up now on www.marcallante.com and prints of Achillies now on www.society6.com/marcallante

(www.facebook.com/marcallanteart)

[noctecorvus]

thewinterhearted replied to your post: “[[MOR] [Is anyone actually interested in interacting with us? I...”:

((Yeees but I feel like I'm not allowed because different worlds and such?))

[lies. always lies. he is worldless. hell i'll throw him into arrendale.]

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craftedforconstellations replied to your post: [[MOR] [Is anyone actually interested in...

#always.

[paws at you through the screen]

[noctecorvus]

[Is anyone actually interested in interacting with us? I feel like maybe not.]

[noctecorvus]

"You're talking to yourself again."

[noctecorvus]

Hidden in Plain Sight

A quiet rookie journalist, keeping his head down and learning the ropes. Or is there more than meets...

[ryangpoet]

I am attracted to the idea of your lips exploring my body as if it were a map and you kept getting lost on purpose.

[aavifauna]

Unpopular opinion: I really don’t care for angst.

Okay, that’s a lie. I do like angst. I have my fair share of angsty plots and lord knows, I’ve cried so many times over my ships, it’s embarrassing. But I also really do not understand the raging erection people have for it sometimes.

Too much angst would honestly bore me. If that’s all I ever did, I would get so tired of it so fast. I need a plot that has both, happiness and sadness. Or a plot that’s nothing but sadness and then another plot that is nothing but fluffy. I need an even balance, otherwise, I’m just going to get fed up. And half the time, angst is so…predictable. Someone’s died, someone’s been assaulted, someone’s tragic past is coming back to haunt them, ruin a relationship, fuck things up, etc. etc. etc. I roll my eyes half the time because it’s just…so…obvious. It’s been done before. 

And truthfully, angst really isn’t even that great, when you think about it. Instilling sadness in someone is not difficult. It is not hard to make people sad. Considering we’re all (or I mean, most of us) human, most of us, are saddened by things like death and abuse. I am always going to find it sad if someone dies, I am always going to admit it is tragic if someone is abused. These things aren’t new and of course they are going to make someone unhappy, because if they happened in real life, our emotional response would be even more than that, so the bare minimum is often extended for angst. Honestly, in my opinion, making someone happy is so much harder than making someone sad. If you can make someone genuinely happy through your words, or with your ship, that is 10x an achievement compared to if you can make someone sad. 

I’m just saying, I mean, I get it. But I don’t.

[aborderlinewar-deactivated20150]

The interesting thing about angst is that, in the acting world at least, which I relate strongly to the roleplaying world because it’s really very much the same, angst doesn’t take skill. If you’re good at doing angst, serious actors are actually much less impressed than if you’re good at doing happiness, or especially a contrast. Angst by itself is not particularly sad. What moves people is not the misery but the hope in the misery. People are far more interested in someone who is trying to keep themselves from crying than in someone who is sobbing, because a pit of misery is not interesting. It really isn’t. 

I’m going to try and make this coherent because it would be so easy for me to get off topic but what it really comes down to is that no one cares about blanket angst. It’s not interesting. I’ll be the first one to say that I do quite a bit of angst. And if it was just that, I wouldn’t care about it either. Angst is actually really boring. When you’re supposed to be upset, it’s very hard to actually be upset. Angst is something… organic, or at least it should be. There is a difference between angst and drama, and the second is a necessary part of plots. There’s a huge stigma against drama, but in writing, it’s what drives the plot. You need high stakes, you need tension, and that’s something that in writing you go for, but that’s not angst, actually. And in character talks, even then, angst often just appears. I do have a lot of angst but I feel like it just kind of shows up? The same as fluff shows up. 

Honestly, angst is in and of itself not interesting. It’s the balance. It’s always the balance that drives emotions. Taking, for example, your characters, the reason I care about Atticus and Noah is that Noah! Is! Really! Fucking! Cute! With! His! Tiny! Sleepy! Poet! and if something bad happened to them I would be distraught because they are adorable. People are emotionally attached to good things? Angst is interesting because of happiness. People want happiness. We gravitate to happiness. If you’re in a constant flood of sadness and trauma, you’re no longer really telling an interesting story. It’s like the narrative equivalent of a pity party. And no one particularly cares. Angst is fucking great, it really is, but it is great because it’s not constant. Tragedy is tragic because it’s a fall. If you have pain constantly, it becomes baseline, and that’s dull. So I sort of disagree, I think it is difficult to make people sad, but that’s because you have to make them honestly sad. There is superficial recognition of tragedy, and then there’s genuine sorrow. Everyone can look at a death and go “oh, that’s sad” because we’re human and it’s always sad when someone dies. But that’s not an actual feeling. It’s difficult to make another person genuinely upset, and that’s when angst is good. Otherwise, it’s just verbal masturbation.

[noctecorvus]

[bored and can't get into any of my muses tonigh. anyone up for cards against humanity?]

[rufussewelldaily]

[metaf]

[interndana-nightvale-deactivate]

I am The Dealer

I own a Sonic Umbrella

My catch phrase is “Respectable”

[thetimetravellersarchive]

im the sign guy

i’ve got a pretty hella sonic dog

and my catch phrase is “i’ve hit the max rank in robot unicorn attack what am i supposed to dedicate my life to now”

[stupidlittlebrokentoys-blog]

A sonic pink Sharpie

The Nurse

"Yes….yes there is."

[professorcromwell]

I am The Master Chief

I’ve got a Sonic Tablet Pen

"That is okie dokie."

[drakethedragonlord-archive-deac]

I am The Chief of Security I’ve got a sonic iPhone "Let’s do it tomorrow!"

[thewinterhearted-blog]

((I am The Teacher. I have a sonic….pillow. And my catchphrase is……..wait for it…. “yaaaaay :3” I’m obviously not a very hardcore time lord. But now I kind of want to be an OC…?))

[noctecorvus]

I am The Jeweler. I have a Sonic Spoon. And I say "Just kill me now, please.

[noctecorvus]

[I realized I have a nasty habit of posting starters and then forgetting to reply to them after a few rounds. Just know that it's nothing personal and that you are more than welcome to poke me with a stick to remind me. Or if you want to turn it into a full thread too, I'm down for that.]

[noctecorvus]

[There is little hope for those who do not acknowledge love. At least, that is what most others would have us believe. Personally, love - or anything akin to it- was something more elusive than even he was. Many times hinted at, a shadow occasionally coming around the corner, but never fully within reach. Not that Corvin had ever troubled himself to pursue it- his  heart, such as it is, was content to be its own master. Besides, it was focused in its eternal struggle with the melancholy that is his constant companion. Of course, his very nature was not predisposed to such affections. Entire civilizations have risen and fallen within his sight, and the only things with which he concerned himself was the whisperings into the ears of their artists, their poets, their composers.]

"...."

[But now, perhaps, after having known loss, he is not content any longer to be alone.]