#but shit!

[tharnstype]

I like this. I like you. 

[200mgcaffeine]

I Can’t Believe Matt Made the Raven Queen Liam’s Adversary Again: A Lot of Screaming By Me (spoilers for c1 and c2 like, everywhere)

I’ve been sitting on this post for a while, and only now do I have the energy to write it!

So you guys know me, hurr durr, haven’t watched campaign 1, even if I know on some level some major plot points. Hurr durr, still trying to get through the first 20 episodes, definitely haven’t ever made it to the sunken tomb or anything. So I know the following would be wayyy more obvious to people who have, but still!! Threw me for a loop!!!

You see, I like writing fic, don’t you know, and it occurred to me one day after reading on the Raven Queen’s wiki that she used to be a mortal woman who straight-up replaced the previous death god, that wouldn’t it be funny if Caleb tried pulling the same shit with the power of dunamis and the dodecahedron threads of Fate/Possibility/Whatever? And without properly knowing what I was doing I started drafting the Raven Queen’s realm as the nexus of all these threads from the dodecahedron, described her power stemming from her ability to control them. Then I hit a snag, because I wanted to describe the actual physical realm the Raven Queen occupied but be Canon Compliant about it, and that shit was not on the wiki! Time to search for the Raven Queen in C1 transcripts then, and hopefully get good fic fodder.

......................................that was something.

Because I found this this from Vax’ildan’s vision in C1E47:

“...falling towards what seems to be a tangled net of glowing threads. You’re afraid you might impact at such a speed, but before you do, you slow and come to a stop before this extremely prominent glowing weave,this infinite tapestry in all directions. You are uncertain of the meaning of this moment when a large cold hand reaches past your shoulder and grasps a thread right before your face, this singular glowing thread, pulsing with light like a heartbeat. You follow the arm over your shoulder,and glance up directly into the massive form of the Raven Queen: porcelain face like a mask, long jet-black hair, her body encasing you like a physical cage. Your eyes follow the arm back to the thread that she carries between her massive fingers. She tugs it, ever so gently, and it causes waves to ripple through the tapestry into infinity. Her voice fills your mind, both calm but cold. “This is you, my champion. You are fate-touched. The choice is yours. Rebirth or ruin. Maker or martyr. Conqueror, tyrant, or nothing.” She plucks the thread from the weave, snapping it. You plummet into the hole left behind it, falling faster and faster into the dark. Losing control, you turn around and see the Raven Queen, disappearing into the distance, growing smaller and smaller, until suddenly, nothing.”

THOSE ARE THE DODECAHEDRON THREADS. THAT IS LITERALLY THE DESCRIPTION FOR THE DODECAHEDRON WE GOT FROM CALEB’S FIRST VISION HOLY SHIT. GLOWING THREADS, TAPESTRIES, FATE AND POSSIBILITY. SHIT!! MY FIC WAS MORE RELEVANT THAN I THOUGHT!!!!

And of course, it was only at the moment of reading this that my Very Helpful Memory supplied me with the information that yes, Caleb had in fact read some writing speculating that the Raven Queen “wouldn’t be pleased” with the time-altering magic shit that the Assembly and Soltryce were up to. When I first heard this on the show, I was like, “....okay,” because I thought, she’s a goddess right? I guess that makes sense for her not to like time alteration fuckery too much. But I was confused over why what I understood to be the goddess of death and shit specifically would have a bone to pick with this magic.

Now I know?

Because that’s literally her power. That is what she does. She has jurisdiction over the threads of fate, and these wizards are fucking with the same particular weave of magic she has her fingers all over, pulling it for their own purposes instead of hers.

And this puts a lot of things in context for me. Of course the Xhorhasians are the ones developing magic using dunamis and the dodecahedrons. There are very strong indications that the Betrayer Gods are making a comeback in their old kingdom, and considering the Raven Queen was among the biggest enemies of the Betrayer Gods, why wouldn’t the people that follow them try to figure out a way to take her weapons and use it for themselves?

But this also raises one of my enduring questions, over the nature of the gods, particularly gods like the Raven Queen, who were not always gods. Because the threads of possibility/fate are pretty clearly not something that originate from her. They aren’t divine in nature. They are something older and more fundamental than her, part of the very fabric of the magical Weave. The use of dunamis that is linked to them too is an older magic, something from which the schools proceeded from. But the Raven Queen still has, to my knowledge, the most control over these threads of fate. What does this mean?

I’m reminded of something else Caleb found in the Cobalt Soul, looking for leads on time magic. One of his books “speaks specifically of two different mages who believed that they could possibly alter choices, alter elements of their past to benefit their future, their gaining of power and influence. One was turned to dust, the other was never seen again.” Was that second mage the Raven Queen? Was it gaining mastery over this magic that gained her the power to attain godhood? Can people like Caleb do the same? Is that what makes people like him a threat to her--a goddess who can so easily fall the same as the one who came before her?

I’m excited by this. Fjord is not the only one whose goals seem to lie in a direction that would align himself with the enemies of the gods.

[magicgills]

Me every time I have a positive interaction with a guy: please don’t think I’m into you please don’t think I’m into you please don’t think I’m into you please don’t think I’m into you please don’t think I’m into you please don’t think I’m into you

[ramblingruminations]

HOLY FUCK!

IZZY AND THE FLAME!

BLACKBEARD IS THE FLAME! BLACKBEARD IS THE LIGHT IN HIS LIFE THAT HE KEEPS BURNING HIMSELF ON!

BLACKBEARD IS THE FLAME HE THINKS HE NEEDS TO CRADLE.

BUT NONE OF THE FLAMES ARE ACTUALLY FLICKERING

HE JUST THINKS HE NEEDS TO DO THAT!?

[rosiebottles]

My bf is so sick of me playing pokego, i literally stopped walking 5 times during grocery shopping just to catch that Dratini

[norways-curl-blog]

my parents don’t think I’ve been trying hard enough to look for a job? every job i’ve found was either like, an internship or was looking for someone with like, a masters or 2 years of university and also i’ve applied to some store jobs but nobody wants to hire someone who’ll only work for like 2 months and then quit like . what the fuck 

[bitchybutterflyy]

okay holy shit mary that was a low blow!