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Miraak headcanon: It takes him a while to adjust to "modern" slang, but once he does, he almost always uses it just a little bit wrong/awkwardly.

Dragonborn finds it endearing, any teenagers they adopted? Not so much. 

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Link??

Sin bin

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What do you think Miraak would be like in a modern AU?

I have headcannons on this that I promised myself I wouldn’t turn into a story. XD I like to daydream modern!Miraak as a museum curator or researcher, maybe a professor. Mora is his stepdad and even though Miraak hates his guts, Mora wants him to go into the family business of manipulating the world behind the scenes. Which is mostly why Miraak keeps to his ancient history and scholarly ways. He’s still arrogant, but I think the resentment toward Mora and determination not to be under his thumb play a bigger part in his personality than power-grabbing in this scenario.

I’ve thought about a modern AU way more than is healthy, and one of these days I want to draw my mental picture of Miraak in a suit holding an umbrella over a drenched Ysmir at a crosswalk, with the lights all soft and reflecting off the rain and mists. I think he’d be a bit more a gentleman when he has no reason to kill you. XD

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tentacle-explosion replied to your post: favourite thing #2 about the Miraak follower: when...

he has separation anxiety, if you shut the door he’ll just bark at it all day

now THAT’S an interesting image

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Nature Aesthetics

Bold the natural aesthetics that appeal to / apply to your muse.   repost, do not reblog. feel free to add any natural features you see fit !

fluffy white nimbus clouds. dark grey cumulonimbus clouds. rainclouds. a hurricane. light spring breeze. a sherbet-colored sky at sunrise. hazy yellow skies. deep blue ponds of fresh water. blankets of sparkling snow. tornado winds. monsoon flooding. rich, orange sunsets. soft, purple clouds at dusk. heavy hail. the rumbling of thunder. icy sleet. gentle snowfall. moss-dusted tree bark. pink sunset clouds. grey winter skies. navy blue skies in the daytime. cool mist in the morning. leaf-bare trees. giant ocean waves. trampled, bloody snow. screaming seabirds on crowded cliffs. a rabbit loping calmly across a wooded path. the full moon. dry, cracked dirt. rolling hills of prairie grass. sweeping waves of briny seawater. rocky, steep ravines. rippling canyon walls. spindly cave stalactites. creeping, green ivy. lush canopies of leafy trees. thick, cloying mud. dense, white fog. the deep darkness of dense woods at night. a peaceful creek of clear water. the smell of a pine forest. flowering cacti dusted with dew, catching light in the morning sun. a bubbling, hot pool of volcanic sulfur. sharp, grey mountainsides. flaking slopes of slate. fossils nestled in chunks of rock. indistinct nighttime sounds of shuffling undergrowth and whispering wind. a white sand beach. dappled sunlight on a woodland path. the high, needy cries of baby birds in the nest. stretching fields filled with wildflowers. a horse standing in warm summer rain, water dripping down its face. deep imprints of animal tracks in the dirt. soft, squishy moss. uniform rows of birch trees in winter. crystals growing in deep caves. delicate mushrooms popping up in autumn from beneath the decay on the forest floor. tumbleweeds jerking in the faintest wind across the desert landscape. light rain. summer wildfires. a mixing of hot and cool air before a storm. silent lightning in the static of summer heat. a windy blizzard. thick flakes of snow tumbling down from the sky. a tree standing alone in a barren, yellow field. a desert of loose sand and tall, orange dunes. a forest of snowy pillars made of encased trees. a pure blue sky. a river of molten rock. a lone fox making its way along the lush verge of a field. a grove of flowering trees. twisting, mangled roots sticking up from the muddy ground. bitter, cold winds. tumultuous skies of stormy clouds. branches of lightning ripping across the sky. a foggy swamp. the tree-bare foothills of a mountain range. sandy brown cliffsides. rocky coastlines. the violent shaking of an earthquake. the mysterious sound of ethereal trumpets in the sky. startled birds’ warning cries. the vast sky of a flat horizon. lions roaring at night. the lights of the auroras borealis and australis. a black sand beach. a lone tropical island in the reef of shallow, aqua waters. hot and humid summer rain. the smell of wet foliage and dirt. underwater volcanic vents. a herd of migrating mammals. tree branches growing heavy with ripe fruit. light streaming down through the clouds. the blackened aftermath of a forest fire, scattered with bones. field of lush grain waving peacefully in the summer breeze. staring sheep on a wind-blasted heather hill. the sound of insects and frogs teeming in the night. summer afternoon birdsong. a distant, echoing owl hoot. a sudden, piercing owl scream. the gentle coo of nesting doves. natural diamonds nestled in coarse desert sands. a frozen lake.

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tentacle-explosion replied to your post “well since im not working tonight anybody wanna give me drawing...”

Uh you know I'm gonna say draw Miraak

tbh i’ve been trying to get his face down for a WHILE now and i’m still not sure if i’m happy with it but here have a sketch!! im probably gonna do this on my tablet tomorrow lmao

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tentacle-explosion replied to your post: ok but that post about NPCs reacting to a naked...

Ok now this makes me want to make a patch that makes Miraak respond to nudity.

DO IT

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How about... 12, 13, 22, 34, 38 for Miraak, and 23, 41, 49 for (adult) Darva?

12.What is their favourite food?

13.What is their least favourite food?

Forboth these questions, Miraak is still adjusting to eating and flavors again.Most of the food he lived with has utterly changed thanks to trade and changingecology, and he’s uncertain about it now, especially since he does not actuallyhave to eat. He’s still exploring having this sense again. I can 100% tell youhe avoids calamari.

22.What are their favourite insults to use? What do they insult people for? Or dothey prefer to bitch behind someone’s back?

Miraakwill usually say something scathing right to the person’s face, but he’s likelyto do it specifically for low intelligence or lack of foresight. If he everbitches behind someone’s back, it’s because he’s also doing it to their face.

34.What is their body type? How tall are they? Do they like their body?

BecauseI’ve read some stuff about how proto-Nords and giants were from the same raceof people, I headcannon Atmorans were quite a bit taller than modern Nords,about as much as Nords are to Imperials, really. Miraak was an average Atmoran,but that still puts him in the larger range for Nords. This puts him around6’5”, 6’6” range (while Ysmir is 5’4”, lol [and still taller than me…]). He isvery fond of his body, because it didn’t go Seeker on him.

38.What do they admire in others? What talents do they wish they had?

Theability to make friends and trust those friends. Because of the Dragon Cult,he’s always a little suspicious of overtly friendly gestures (he and Farkasmeeting is a bit of a hoot, really), and is always subconsciously waiting forthe dagger in the back.

AdultDarva

23. Dothey have a good memory? Short term or long term? Are they good with names? Orfaces?

Darvahas a very good memory, except when she’s selective about it. Her training atthe Bard’s College helps her remember names and faces, which she does strugglewith until that point.

41.What’s their sexuality? What do they find attractive? Physically and mentally?What do they like/need in a relationship?

Darva’ssexuality is complicated, because she follows the dragon side of romance muchmore than either of her parents (that is, she has an actual soulmate, just likea dragon would). She is basically completely uninterested in it all, andoccasionally wonders at it, but mostly she’s relieved to avoid it—at leastuntil she realizes the dream she had as a teenager actually was a real person,at which point she is completely confused, and a bit mad at Mara for a while.Of course, this means she has to meet a new, unrelated to her human with adragon soul, buuuuuut I won’t go into that.

49.What is their most valued object? Are they sentimental? Is there something theyhave to take everywhere with them?

Darvais so sentimental it occasionally gives her father toothaches, but he can’tcomplain much, since her most valued object is the harp his mother used, whichhe gave to her. And yes, it does go with her practically everywhere.