As usual I'm late, but it's #Thalmor Thursday in Dart-land, so I bring you two things. Below the cut is some (adorable cat-coded evil) cuteness between oc Nat and Ancano, but the tableau above...oh dear. How do I explain?
It...started (as these things do) with a conversation on Discord about how Altmer who'd never seen human ears might react to them, and kinda devolved into "Thalmor trophy-collectors" -- magically preserved, paired and rare ears command high prices and may even be gambled for 🤦♀️😬
(Thanks are due to the usual suspect, I mean beloved moot, @anilliscarts ) 🤪💕
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⭐️ Now for the game! ⭐️
Tagged by @tobianidiot -- ta!
Tagging: @princenoctra , @cresu , @hircines-hunter , @scribeofskyrim , @supivuokko , @caz-the-yarncromancer , @chiqita , @miliabyntite , @stollro , @theflowergrrl , @knifecalledlust, @elavoria, @beastboost, @theoneandonlysemla, and @runathequiet this time! (and anyone who wants in, ofc)
Rules:
⭐️ Make a post naming your current WIPs, no matter how strange or nondescript the title is
⭐️ Tag at least as many people as you have WIPs
⭐️ People can then comment, or send an ask about the title that most intrigues them 💕
⭐️ Post a snippet or tell them something about it!
😭😭😭😭😭😭💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💗💗💗😌😌😌😌💗💗💗💕 agahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW DO i tolerate this????? Thank you u Uuu? Love you????????????????? This is so adorable 😭😭😭😭💕💗💗💗
Ntalym would insist the dynamic is the other way around, which is not untrue. But occasionally -- very privately -- it's this.
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No-pressure pinging the excellent:
@anilliscarts , @stollro , @theoneandonlysemla , @supivuokko ,@scribeofskyrim ...and all the "art-n-elf" prople I inevitably forgot at 2 in the morning 🫣
Ntalym: "What if we shot it down? Is it technically, I mean, LEGALLY, right, still in Skyr---"
Ancano: "Still Nord airspace. DO NOT -- and this is not a sentence I ever thought I'd utter -- do not try to flame-grill the airborne bovine, Nat; there will be PAPERWORK."
Ntalym: "---But---"
Ancano: "In TRIPLICATE."
Ntalym: *moodily douses firebolt*
Sanyon: (sotto voce) "I was hungry, too..."
Kharjo: (off-screen) "You are terrible people."
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Lemme know if anything daft happened on your last playthrough? I'm sure Aberdeen Angus One is mild tea :3 Curious minds want to know 😆
For Ancano he is canonically short for an Altmer so I gave him heels and made his uniform too long bc I imagine the Justiciar uniform is made to only fit a very limited range of body types and that goes for the length too and the dominion does not offer clothes alterations justiciars are just expected to fit their uniforms or figure it out themselves cut to Ancano grumpily holding up the jacket like a dress going down the college steps also wanted him to have very long hair bc I feel it would actually be longer
My ver of him he is a closeted gay mer who’s only in the Thalmor bc his father caught him being romantic w bc Yknow being surrounded by attractive mer is def gonna make him be straight he’s doubled down on Thalmor ideals as a way to push away his true self even though he’s been absolutely miserable other mer in the thalmor often harass him for being shorter I can imagine he never wants to hear “looks a little short to me” again even the soldiers picked on him he hates being at the college even though it’s way better than the embassy he knows Elenwen only sent him to get him out of the way I imagine he never reported the eye back to the Thalmor bc he got enamored with the eye and kinda wanted it for himself why give it to the people that have made his life hell it’s like a “one day I’ll show them ALL of them” moment I imagine the eye also corrupts his mind a bit in the later stages and eventually just takes over his mind but he’s back to normal after being knocked out and the psyjiic order taking the eye
And we have Estormo oh Estormo you electric himbo I took inspo from Ghirahim for his hair and he’s muscular bc it’s my ver n I do what I want
Estormo is literally a golden retriever his only thoughts are about lightning literally it’s all he talks about and he has a huge crush on Ancano (who does like him back but he’s denying his feelings) Estormo is in the Thalmor bc his family is in the Thalmor he’s like a cinnamon roll but w Thalmor thinking like I see him getting in trouble at the college for saying to Onmund “wow that’s amazing you can read I thought I was gonna have to read that to you because Nords Are Dumb” and he just says it like is not offensive he was sent with Ancano to get him out of the way
Rae amd the twins help these two leave the Thalmor but they’re not off the hook they’ve gotta make reparations to the college for the big mess they (mostly Ancano) caused
