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[ssojack]

magical realism in sso

okay, seriously, all i want right now is magical realism set in the star stable universe, so i wrote down a few headcanons! you can’t tell me that the various magic users of jorvik only pop out the rituals and rune wands when they’re being threatened by a giant tentacle monster, so. here we go!

mrs. holdsworth stores extra potions in organized mason jars and hangs the glittery and flourescent ones in her cottage as decoration. she IS a witch and you can’t convince me otherwise.

speaking of which, mrs. holdsworth is also the unofficial groundskeeper of moorland stables and keeps the grass lush and flowers blooming with the help of magic, even when they’re constantly being trampled by horses and their riders.

whenever she has to travel long distances, anne skips the trains and planes and simply opens dimensional portals to travel from jorvik to different parts of the world. sun circle, bitch.

lisa often volunteers at animal shelters and hospitals, where the sick patients she visits frequently make miraculous recoveries. what’s the point of being able to use the star circle if she keeps her healing powers to herself?

linda learns how to pause time for brief periods with the moon circle so she can spend more time reading, researching, and sleeping. she can’t do it under duress, but it’s convenient when there’s not enough hours of the day to work at her job and complete soul rider duties.

as she’s technically a seer, linda learns to scry and sometimes offers readings and fortune tellings to jorvegians as a novelty at festivals. she’s not as mysterious as ydris so she doesn’t get a lot of customers, but her predictions, while vague, always come true in one way or another.

one of the reasons alex has learned to love the lightning circle is because she has a built-in lighter. need some extra light? done. need to light a candle or a cigarette? you got it. want to burn random shit and commit arson? alex is your girl.

after helping out jasper with his scarecrow issue, pi starts a business selling eco-friendly moving scarecrows to farmers. the harvests in jorvik have never been so plentiful (and pi is able to use the money to fix up the swamp!).

to continue on that note, the idea of witches in sso is unfortunately so unexplored...give me witch-druid rivalries, spells vs. the powers of the four circles. give me magical markets with potions and witches’ services for sale. give me both friendly and morally ambiguous witches who, like ydris, are neutral in the keepers of aideen/dark core conflict. witches in sso!

some magic users, particularly druids, have rune tattoos! these allow for body/power/ability-altering spells to perpetually affect the person in question. they can deplete stamina and sometimes cause pandorian sickness, though, since you’re infusing your body with pandorian rune magic. i just love the idea of magical folk covered in glowing violet rune tattoos.

just imagine black magic, blood magic, demonic summoning, and possession in the sso universe...i’m all for the idea of jorvik’s magical community coexisting peacefully, but with the amount of pandorians and witches potentially living in the country, you’re going to have some chaotic magic users with dubious morals. many pandorians aren’t able to cross over to the human world, so they often have to settle for possession...and many witches will do anything for jorvik shillings.

the very existence of jorvik wild horses is so cool to picture, too. imagine you’re going on a nice walk through hollow woods and you see a fucking horse made of birch bark. there’s so much crazy shit in jorvik that even for regular humans this kind of thing is commonplace.

if anyone has any more headcanons, feel free to add them on!

[localwasteofair]

- small pandorian creatures that slipped into Jorvik through rifts that we didn't close fast enough just hiding in forest or water and adapting (just imagine a purple squirrel or sum chilling in Valedale that you can stop to talk to and they tell to you about how they like our nature and then they send regards to their blue friend that you surely know)

- pointing at pandoric rifts/portals/stuff and asking random jorvegians (jorvikians?) what it is. You always hear a different and personalized myths, stories and explanations - most of them completely wrong

- Cowboy witches. Nothing to add here. Just. Make it happen. Please.

[im-sso-extra]

Some JW headcanons

The JWs are Jorviks national treasure, and like all good kind of treasure, they are under protection

Because they are already rare, there are special laws in place to protect them

The most important one is the law of secrecy, which isn’t even an offical law but the people of Jorvik treat it as such

‘The law of secrecy’ is more of a tradition that locals have kept since they first discovered JWs and the horses have been Jorviks best kept secret for centuries

People avoid talking about them to foreigners, online, etc to ensure that poachers won’t find out

Pretty much all of the land behind the Jorvik Mountains is protected so that the JWs can live there

The government is very invested in helping the JWs and keep constant watch of them

Some people even like to joke that the government cares more about the Jorvik Wilds than it does about its human citizens (not true)(or)(maybe just a little bit true)

Rangers keep an eye on them, they keep count of the horses and rescue injured ones

Because the breed is so rare, horses that wouldn’t survive on their own are brought over the mountains so that there’s a chance of repopulating them if the truly wild ones go extinct

Rescued horses are brought over by Gary Goldtooth, who has been working with the government for as long as anyone can remember

Goldtooth is also considered The Expert on anything related to JWs

Rescued horses will only be given to trained proffessionals to work with

In order to become a JW handler/trainer, you must have a lot of experience riding, working with young and injured horses and must pass both written and practical tests

After being brought over, the horses are allowed to heal, if they’re healthy enough they’ll either be rehablitiated back to the wild or will stay under human supervision in huge pastures but will never be ridden/really worked with so that they can go back if necessary

Horses that can’t go back will either live in pastures or will be worked to be ridden(if they’re healthy enough)

It is illegal to geld a JW stallion or to breed JWs with other breeds

Breeding captive JWs is also not common and can only be done if the government agrees

The government won’t allow JWs to be shipped overseas

Some people say that the laws are too strict and the rest of the world deserves to know about JWs too, but most people want them to be kept secret

Once, somebody posted videos of a JW changing its colors to the internet and it went viral

The government claimed the video was fake, but a lot of tourists (and poachers) still came to Jorvik to try and see the JWs

After that, everybody on Jorvik became even more protective of the JWs

[dorianwolfforest]

My SSO headcanon is that pandorian energy works like radiation, mutating and killing the cells of whatever it comes into contact with. The reason it doesn’t affect Pandorians is because it has been stated Pandorians are made up of concepts, ideas, aesthetic and what looks like pink magic, not the DNA-filled cells that radiation would affect. 

[Here’s context]

So how bad is Pandorian energy? I’d say it’s on Beta Radiation’s level. 

“Beta radiation can penetrate human skin. If high levels of beta-emitting contaminants are allowed to remain on the skin for a prolonged period of time, they may cause skin injury.” It’s almost like one sign of Pandoric sickness is scarring of exposed tissue, mainly on the face and arms.

I’m not saying radiation and pandoric energy are exactly the same thing, but to me it seems like Pandoric sickness is caused by some kind of radiation rather than bacteria or a virus. Isn’t radiation fun!?

[ssojack]

sso hogwarts au: headcanons!

so i was brainstorming some more for my sso hogwarts au based off of the sortings i came up with, and i liked how they turned out! here’s a few i’ve written so far.

halfblood alex plays beater on the gryffindor quidditch team and often has to use her bat to intimidate the assholes who pick on her little brother, who’s in slytherin and has made enemies with half the school.

purebloods tan and loretta grew up together but were separated when they got to hogwarts by being sorted into hufflepuff and slytherin, respectively. they’re still inseparable, though, and get ridiculously competitive when they have to play quidditch matches against each other (they’re both chasers).

wicked smart STEM genius and muggleborn ravenclaw syntax frequently gets locked out of their common room because they’re complete and utter shit at riddles, and can often be seen doing homework outside the tower entrance, waiting for someone to come along.

pureblood gryffindor anne came up with the idea of a hogwarts pride parade in her fourth year, and now in her seventh year, as head girl, she’s turned it into an all-out festival and a hogwarts tradition.

halfblood gryffindor rania, as the only blind student at hogwarts, is always accompanied by her seeing-eye-owl dellingr. she’s always completely unapologetic about droppings left in the corridors, and she likes to roam the halls of hogwarts far past curfew.

hufflepuff lisa, hufflepuff mel, and slytherin thalia are in charge of the hogwarts drama club, where the three of them work to put on an annual musical. lisa runs the musical numbers, mel writes the script, and thalia directs…and acts, simultaneously, which is a bit weird but it works out. there’s also a full crew of ravenclaws working behind the scenes: ming yue helps out with special effects, kora paints the set, luciana is the prop master, and cosplay expert linda is in charge of costumes.

muggleborn gryffindor mica holds the record for most house points lost by a single student since she can’t seem to stop sticking her nose into trouble. she’s always on new adventures, like trying to map out the forbidden forest, attempting to climb the whomping willow, and adding random ingredients into dangerous potions to see what will happen.

pureblood ricky is always the star of slytherin quidditch games. he plays keeper, and his combination of obscure techniques and dance moves (?) that he uses to block the hoops give slytherin an impenetrable defense.

muggleborn gryffindor madison is that One Kid who figured out how to sneak electronics into hogwarts, and she’s made tons of money off kids who will pay her to be able to play on her GEMO for a few minutes. so far she’s figured out how to charge it with magic, but she can only play games offline since she hasn’t managed to set up a wifi network yet. syntax is helping, though, and the two of them are making slow but steady progress.

i may come up with some more later :) feel free to add any of your own headcanons to this post!

[viktoropalmoon]

ydris gay

this post must be reblogged by everyone

[icewraiths]

I love the new Woodear horses so much that I jotted down some headcanons for them.. whoops

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[that-sso-raven]

theres something so compelling about the idea of the ghost of an ordinary man from a long long time ago that sold horses in life being trapped in this haunted demon dimension where all these spirits amble around stalled in discombobulated instances of the past, so they are continuing to maintain the stable and tend to the horses and sell horses for star coins as though they never died except the horses are no longer your average horse but something twisted and not seemingly natural to this world, like one of them is perpetually on fire and one of them is all gnarled wood and fungus, but its like this apparition of the man selling them isnt even aware of that, theyre living perpetually in a past that no longer exists and thats been warped by this dark magic recreation of it

[centeris2]

Numb - Garnok (whumptober 2019)

Following the previous prompt Beaten (I realize it’s very similar oops too late now)

Read on AO3 || whumptober prompt list || my kofi

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[wintry-art]

(More Jorvegian Kelpie headcanons.)

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[windforestsso]

Galloper Thompsons story!  I took screenshots of the video because I wanted to keep it because I love lore. We have his real name now!! Gunnar! Omg!

[twracehorse]

It’s a good thing that the Festival of Aideen’s Light trail ride didn’t happen in a forest around Halloween. Imagine:

With a newly established riding club on Jorvik, the girls wanted to strengthen their bond with each other and their horses, so they decided to take the path to Aideen’s Light. Finding their way by torch light alone, they trek upon the earthy trail. Not too long into their ride was there a screeching howl that seemed to echo. A bit more cautious of possible wildlife, they continue forward.

The air around them gets darker as a mist rolls in unexpectedly. From the fog another torch flickers in the distance. Assuming they ran into another club, they go to greet the fellow travelers. The figure, noticing their presence, turns towards them. More flames seemingly appear, coating the neck of a big black mare who has haunting green eyes. The young riders are struck with fear as the looming figure rises above his steed and lunges towards them.

The leader of the club was unfortunate in being the first to feel the grip of his ice cold hands. Her screams ringing in the ears of her clubmates as they fled. Frantic to get back to safety, the second rider tried cutting the path down a small cliff. Taking a dangerous fall she would not get up from. The third rider and her horse were sprinting, trying to get as much distance between them and the phantom. Not before long was there the thundering of hooves chasing after them. Clinging to her horse’s neck, she prays for Aideen’s light to guide them. But her pleas go unanswered as she’s suffocated by the smoke of flames from the mare’s close proximity. Looking back in horror as Galloper Thompson stretches his hand over and her vision blurs into darkness, sounds muffled, and pain, no more…

Those who venture on the trail, know this: During the time of year, while you wish to find Aideen’s Light. You might just come across the one phantom that’s void of it

[dorianwolfforest]

Jorvik Gothic

Because if a day goes by where people don’t say “Dorian what the fuck”, the world will end

Don’t go into the clubhouse on your own. It is also a courtroom. They will sentence you for heinous crimes. 

Golden hills flicker around you. The leaves won’t stop falling. They decay under your boots and sprout above you at the same time. Nothing ever changes. You’ve been catching the exact same leaf for three hours now.

There are very few portraits across Jorvik. Do not place any paintings near them. That is how they travel. That is how they get out.

You jump over one of the broken bridges with Emma on your back. Her usual squeal is replaced by a gut-wrenching scream as she slips beneath the cracks. You don’t look back to see how she took the fall. You know, no matter what, she’ll cling onto you once you go past her again either way.

Every animal you encounter in the greendale forest watches you. Speak carefully. Don’t let them know you know.

You feel old. Like your body has been here for a lot longer than it was meant to. Like its purpose is coming to a close. You stretch it a little further to make it another week. It screams.

There are many cracks in the foundation of the Silverglade castle. You could look into them to see what caused those cracks. It’ll be happy. It has been a long time since it got to break something so soft.

[dorianwolfforest]

Lowkey stupid but I have this hc that one day Elizabeth showed up at Valedale as an older teen because something inside her had tugged at her that this tiny little village was where her home would be. And she stops at the ruins of an abandoned old house and that feeling just disappears. And she’s like “Well. I guess this is my home now”.

So she starts building. She’s tired and she has no shelter and she can’t build an actual house she’s like 17 so the villagers just kind of guess that she’ll give up and go back to wherever she came from, but she doesn’t. She can’t. She keeps working to create her own home.

One day two boys show up, brothers by the looks of it. They live across the river and are wondering what the fuck she’s doing. She doesn’t want to tell them, she thinks they’ll just laugh, but they merely nod at her silence and start bringing her tools and materials. The three continue to build all night.

Now this little project have caught the eyes of the entire village. It’s clear to see these idiot children 1) Will Not give up and 2) Can Not build an entire house. So they pitch in too. Soon, all of Valedale is helping Elizabeth, and the house is built right before winter comes. When it’s done, and everyone is happy with their accomplishment, she invites the two boys into her new home. 

And in the candlelight, sitting on pillows on the floor, snacking on apples some adult brought, the three make a promise. “We, Elizabeth, Avalon and Evergray hereby declare that we are to be best friends forever. We promise to never abandon, discourage or upset one another, and to stay close friends for the rest of our lives.”

By the time they banish Evergray the promises are forgotten, scribbled onto wooden floor that have long since been covered up with rugs and books.

[dorianwolfforest]

Can we talk about how insane the DC/Druid conflict actually is for a kids game. Like for the sake of argument, let’s call the whole Garnok VS Druids disagreement what I think it really is. A war. An armed (Yes I count magic as being armed) conflict between two countries (Pandoria or wherever Garnok is from, and Jorvik). 

That would make Dark Core war criminals according to the Geneva conventions. 

(”The Geneva Conventions are rules that apply only in times of armed conflict and seek to protect people who are not or are no longer taking part in hostilities”)

“The following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons (Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have laid down their arms):

a) violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture;” (Elizabeth did enter that portal as a person taking active part in the hostilities, but she left Darko alone once Alex was safe. She laid down her arms, and she didn’t pose a threat to Darko’s safety. Idk how to categorize a soldier acting defensively but not aggressively, but I’d say it falls under the above-mentioned persons. Also, idk what DC did to Fripp but I’d call it Violence, and all he was trying to do was close a portal. Also also, imprisoning someone in a place where you know they’ll take extreme damage, like Anne and Lisa in Pandoria, would and should be categorized as cruel treatment and possibly torture. Also also also, they were going to throw a civilian, Justin, into the ocean.)

“b) taking of hostages;” (Anne, Lisa and Justin were not an active part of the conflict when they were taken by DC. Justin was never an active part of the conflict, and while he wasn’t taken against his will, he was taken as a bargaining chip against the Druids, which is one reason a person might take a hostage.)

But it doesn’t end there. The Druids break the Geneva conventions as well. 

Specifically point d, the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court, and again point b, taking of hostages, both relating to Justin. They have no right to imprison or sentence him to anything, but they do it anyway!!

I love SSO but there’s a lot of insanity in there. Also this was all brought on by watching “ Bowser’s military hierarchy | Unraveled“ by Polygon and all credit for this realization goes to BDG. Go watch that video it’s incredible.