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was seized with a desire for something like the Secret Third Thing meme but for three people. didn't find one. made one.

feel free to use, tag me if you do because I want to See.

(also, probably worth clarifying: "their view of the third person" in the two-person dynamic breakdowns is like. who is the third person to These Two. as opposed to the "their view of X" in the first part, where it's the character's personal view of the other person. hopefully that makes sense.)

#herearedragons meta #<- sure. counts.#I have. WAY too many three-person dynamics I need to fill this for weukfjjdreukfhwkeujf #I tried to keep it general so that it can be shippy or not #I like. rotating. how characters feel about each other.#and the push and pull that happens when there are more than two of them.#I also had to physically restrain myself from adding More Stuff because I did want it to be brief #so we're focusing on the parts most interesting to Me.#which is What Are You Guys To Each Other #How Do You Click Together (Or Don't)#oc meme #ship meme

the thing about having a strange, elusive, possibly dangerous Fallen London OC is it takes exactly one (1) curious encounter for them to become Lady Detective Drakona's new favorite puzzle to solve

#you too can have your oc stalked by the dreaming detective #are they mysterious? are they being sighted around london like a cryptid? are they a criminal and/or at least partially a Creature?#do they outwardly seem like someone it would be a bad idea to associate with?#you might be eligible.#oc: drakona #herearedragons meta #benefits include: your very own conspiracy wall in their study #above average levels of Being Perceived #and a ChargedTM dynamic (the direction in which it is ChargedTM depends. but it's always Something)

thinking about the Watchful MYNs again. there's the way love stories haunt the narrative from day one, and then the other thing that haunts the narrative is failure.

in the earlier cases there's this lack of resolution. this is supposed to be the detective storyline, you're on the hunt for the truth, surely a case should end with gaining some clarity and in a way, you do. you find the person, or you discover what happened to them and (sometimes) why. but you never find out enough to be certain. you never know how the Absconding Devil and his singer fared, and whether they'd be better off in another version of this story. you never know if you made the right choice with the Comtessa.

and then in the University chapter, you can get to the bottom of things. you find out things you were never supposed to know, secrets of the Duchess and the Bazaar spelled out to you clearly. you can solve the murder. you can seek justice, to a degree. but you have to ruin yourself to see it through. this is the last Watchful Making Your Name story, it should end with you reaching some new height, some new recognition... and it does. but in one of the versions the thing you are recognized for is throwing all of your hard work away to pursue very imperfect justice. what does that have to do with perception, with being Watchful?

and I think the answer is that the Watchful MYNs aren't just about seeking knowledge, but also about what you choose to do with it, and the consequences you will face for it. it ends with the Honey-Addled Detective asking you, what are you doing this for?, and, yes, that's just what happens at the end of every MYN, it's an opportunity to boost your quirks or choose and alignment, but I think it fits really well here. just knowing something isn't the end all, be all. sometimes you have the answer and you still wonder. maybe sometimes you regret asking in the first place. you know.

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god I love characters that are suspended in the moment. characters that have no past or no future or neither, or want to pretend they don't have one. characters who are on the run from someone or something or themselves. characters who can't stop moving or they will die. characters whose entire existence is a balancing act that is sure to crash down eventually. characters who are brand new to the world. characters who are fundamentally incompatible with some aspect of the world they exist in. characters who were granted this one time window, this brief reprieve, to exist as they are before something beyond their control swallows them whole. I am normal and hinged about this kind of character specifically

#herearedragons meta #oc: drakona #oc: cynewulf #oc: secret hawke #also several people from friend and mutual and blogger I follow brain #hang on I need to add to the list.#oc: neilar lavellan

no actually I am taking this out of reblog tags.

the Godlike Trauma of being born molded for the purposes of some other entity, being forced into a certain fate before you could ever say anything about it, is generational trauma passed down. this happened to the gods also. the gods are Also trapped by the traits given to them by the forces that created them. and so they perpetuate the cycle.

#pillars of eternity #<- sure. maintag #pillars of eternity spoilers #poe spoilers #I <3 looking at god-godlike dynamics from a messy family dynamics perspective #this vast and powerful thing is a deity but it's also your toxic mom/dad/parent.#complete with awkward family dinners and all.#herearedragons meta

Nemesis my beloved. arguably the most meta ambition out there. ambition about being turned into a story without even knowing it. ambition that pushes you to further and further extremes for a goal that seems like it's YOURS, like you're choosing to do this, you must, but it's all been crafted for you beforehand.

but the script breaks. you go further than you were meant to. and, depending on your final choice, you either walk away from the story altogether or end up being the one holding the pen.

Nemesis I love you Nemesis

#fallen london #nemesis spoilers #oc: drakona #herearedragons meta #I love how much of a Thing stories become in the second half #the writing down and retelling thereof #the book of red murder. the love stories you collect to attract lilac. the option to pay the copper door with the story of your own revenge #you've realized that you're in A Story and you're starting to weaponize it. reclaim it. if you're in a story you want to be the one #telling it.#yknow.#anyway this is why there are multiple alan wake 2 songs on drakona related playlists

while I'm here being normal about ambitions I'd also like to say: shoutout to all the Heart's Desire PCs going into the Marvellous while having no idea what they'd even wish for. really good. unironically love a character entering a cutthroat competition to get Any Wish without even knowing what they're fighting for. you just know you want Something. probably. maybe.

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do need everyone to know that one of the options for how Drakona keeps using a gun with their hand spasms is a Red Science mod that attunes it to the Correspondence sigil they have tattooed on their tongue, allowing them to fire by clicking their tongue instead of pulling the trigger

#requires some kind of safety mechanism to stop it from activating when they're just talking #also obviously there's still a risk of them dropping it or their hands starting to shake but yknow #it's not 'you're going to pull the trigger whether you want to or not'#also overdoing it can probably burn their tongue #oc: drakona #herearedragons meta

thinking about the Watchful MYNs again. there's the way love stories haunt the narrative from day one, and then the other thing that haunts the narrative is failure.

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