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Greetings. You may refer to me as Samsa.

Physically, I am 22. I cannot stop minors from interacting, but I will say that sensitive topics may be discussed here on occasion. Please do be safe.

I am a co-host to a system alongside @as-the-crowes-fly, and an introject. Source-mates (Limbus Company, Wuthering Heights) are welcome and encouraged to interact.

I tag for insects, if that is a concern, and am glad to tag for other matters for anyone who needs it.

Posts regarding my current player-character in Fallen London can be viewed here.

#the heir speaks #<- That shall suffice as an indicator of original posts.#I am keeping that 'blinkie' gif under the cut both for photosensitivity concerns and because I really do enjoy opening it like a locket.

othellho

Ingram, John Henry, Flora Symbolica: The language and sentiment of flowers, (London: 1869).

ocularshingles

Free PDF at the Biodiversity Heritage Library

mikkeneko

#i was sceptical for a minute cause these illustrations don't match the plants in every case#(rounded dandelion leaves serrated willow leaves same leaves on crocus and aloe etc)#but these are the section headers NOT illustrations/representations of individual flowers#anyways. found a link. gorgeous book.

#flower languages #floral #Saving this for Samsa's sake. - A.C.

Felix, as a name, means 'lucky'; this was intended as a matter of irony, but Felix's account seems to be living up to it in earnest. He has no Zeefaring skill whatsoever. This was his first time on a boat.

#- A.C.#oc tag: felix crawford #fallen london #This was meant to be a poor decision (in-character) that he might learn a dash of moderation from. Evidently it was not fated to be.#We didn't even go past 6-and-a-half Volatility Of Your Cargo.

melancholic-whimsy

so apparently that feeling of lethal nausea is called hunger

#Putting this on Samsa's blog because he's still no better at recognizing hunger. -A.C.

Felix, on his account, is now attempting to become a member of the Black Ribbon duelling society (the one that settles their duels to the death, often permanently). I'd like to think that Ambrose (character) was the first to warn them of this group, even as a member of it themself (and that they will blame themself for his current attempts at involvement in it).

#- A.C.#oc tag: felix crawford #A shame there's no real way to set up Black Ribbon duels directly between players (as far as I am aware). That does sound fun.#<- I am plotting here but don't mind me.

zzzanzzz-deactivated20201124

old people were right putting ellipses after everything you say actually rules….

On a somewhat related note, I believe Holy Ground by Rosewater Park is a suitable song for the person Felix is becoming.

#oc tag: felix crawford #- A.C.

I have been having Ambrose's account tutor Felix's account in Watchful matters, with the both of them doing so as often as possible every week. As one does.

More specifically I have interpreted this as Ambrose going out of their way to teach Felix as much as they can, as quickly as they can. Much of it is only the basics and what's necessary for survival; manners among various groups, identification of what's poisonous or edible, enough world history to not seem an amnesiac in mixed company.

Ambrose does not think to teach him how to fight beyond self-defence and wound care, and next to nothing about the Correspondence beyond the consequences of reading it with unprotected eyes. It doesn't take them long to notice when he begins to learn of such matters from others.

#oc tag: ambrose crawford #oc tag: felix crawford #- A.C.#They are over-cautious; desperate to keep their brother safe after failing to do so. And he is over-eager to live life to the fullest.

Periodical reminder that Ambrose is willing and known to poison themself in the name of scientific discovery, often repeatedly.

#And also recreationally but I think that may be a topic for a different post.#At this point their liver might be classifiable as a minor Treachery or other Neathy anomaly.#oc tag: ambrose crawford #- A.C.

thedeafprophet

no nuance poll adkfkgkkjkjk

Does Your Revived Nemesis Loved One End Up At The University

Yes they end up at the university

No they go literally anywhere else

Voting ended onSep 30, 2025

non nemesis people/other ending pickers you dont get to play this time sorrrrrrrrrry </3

#oc tag: felix crawford #< Technically yes but that is because he has his own account as an FLPC.#I'd like to think he pops in to watch Ambrose in the lab when he is not trying to study the Correspondence.#(In truth the Felix FLPC account came before any firm decision to revive him. He was put on the slow boat ASAP and left there for months.)#nemesis spoilers #fallen london

prokopetz

You are an unreliable narrator because your coping mechanisms for your deep-seated trauma forbid you from acknowledging the reality of the situation. I am an unreliable narrator because I sincerely have no idea what the fuck is going on.

#oc tag: Ambrose Crawford #oc tag: Felix Crawford #<- Respectively. -A.C.

creekfiend

I actually think that is an extremely common murder mystery L to not explore the psychological impact of killing a person. I understand the resistance to discussing how traumatic performing violent acts can be to the perpetrators, especially when that lens gets applied to huge systemic mass violence like wars. but I think it's important to acknowledge if you're exploring death and violence caused by other people... a murder story should understand that causing a death is also a fist through a pane of glass. even if it was on purpose! even if the person is horrible and dehumanizing their victim and stuff! <- dehumanization itself is an attempt to avoid the trauma of killing or hurting a person by rules lawyering who counts as a person. this is important to understand.

#oc tag: Ambrose Crawford #<- I've been thinking of how things change for them after the Black Ribbon duels and then Scathewick but I ought to work more on it...#(Also possibly some fun insights to be had on Scathewick's own character given the state the player finds that character in...)

While I will be putting Felix's account through the Evolution questline, for the purposes of the little timeline I'm weaving for my characters, I think it makes most sense to say Ambrose did all of that questline, or at least most of it, and then retold the matter to Felix through stories and the occasional guided / handcrafted dreamscape in Parabola.

#Not all of what they tell him is accurate -- warped by fear in some places‚ and their ruthlessness downplayed for their own image's sake.#But I think it'd inspire Felix to do a lot of zailing later on‚ and befriend the Youthful Naturalist personally. I think he'd like Godfall.#oc tag: Felix Crawford

fidelcostco

the human brain is so cool, if you're tired and stressed enough, your brain will go, "don't worry, I got you" and shadows will start moving

fidelcostco

and what's the genital situation on the shadows

fidelcostco

oh this is my post

ziridotmidi

Team Cherry embraces a popular reading of their latest game's protagonist

#Oh... I was really quite hoping it was a legitimate article on the topic given I think it is a very good reading of her character...#Especially given the many ways that Lace is taken to be her narrative foil in Silksong...#That said I am glad for new music recommendations so thank you for that OP.#silksong #<- Technically?

I'd like to think that instinctively, perhaps inherently, Felix is difficult to fully disavow. Kind, non-combative, passionate for causes towards the common good -- perhaps a bit intemperate, but eager to share what is pleasant with those he values.

He was an inspiration for Ambrose, back when the two of them were young on the Surface. A counterbalance to his sibling's desire to protect what they valued and play it safe. And when his life was snuffed out, when playing defensively proved to be insufficient, Ambrose took the best of what they saw in him -- kindness, egalitarianism, the ability to pursue what he actually wanted without fail -- and tried to make it their own, to a certain extent.

Now, in this new life Felix lives, he does act similarly. I've not shied away from putting him in situations that require a fair bit more nuance than that, or ones where pain is unavoidable and unresolvable for himself or others, but I do not think it causes him to reject his hopes and mindset altogether -- it only makes him wish he could do more. For his family, those he's befriended and earned the trust of, and perhaps more broadly, some days, all of London.

#oc tag: Felix Crawford #In other words :: Local technically-thirtysomething-who-has-from-his-perspective-only-lived-two-weeks is not taking anything very well.#But he's still smiling (for his sibling's sake‚ they already worry so much) so everything is alright.#(Right? Right. Surely so. Ignore how much he drinks some nights to finally quiet his thoughts.)

iheartliquor

#floral

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