wait. wait so you wrote. breathing water AND the fic with aerik?? i knew about the first (and several of ur fics with enthir) HOWW did i not know you were the one who wrote the second with aerik?? your username never clicked!!! *gives you sticker that says official favourite skyrim creator* mwah mwah ily never stop pls WAITTTT AND YOU WROTE THAT ONE ONESHOT WITH BRYNJOLF?? HOLY SHIT DUDE YOURE EVERYWHERE
HEY HI hello yes!! I wrote all those things. I went a little wild for the five or so years I was writing for this fandom. I think I wrote... *checks* ... 32 Skyrim fics?? In total!? (And a handful of Morrowind fics as well!) Those games were an absolute font of inspiration. My head was just bursting with ideas.
I've moved onto other fandoms now, but I'm really glad people are still reading my stuff! Aerik is still my best boy. I think of him often and fondly. <3
OKAY BUT all I need to hear is that a Daedric Prince or a Dragon can take on a human form if they choose to and my poor horny brain goes brrrrrrr. Sorry to everyone who isn't into that, but I'm into that. I'm so into that.
You have no idea how joyfully I cheered and whooped and hollered when, on my way for my yearly re-read of breathing water, I saw that halfway to the sky was updated 😭 your little guys have bewitched me, heart and soul.
WAUGH thank you so much! (/ω＼) That genuinely means so much to me aaaaa. I'm so excited to be working on it again - feels like catching up with some friends I lost contact with. And once I'm able to bang out the rest of this final draft, I very much want to pick up Liminal Bridges again. Much love to you!
Thanks so much, and it's good to see you my, friend! It's nice to be back! I think I just needed to turn my brain off of TES completely for a year(ish). Playing BG3 and Disco Elysium to death in the interim. Great games. But coming back to Tamriel feels like coming home for sure. With fresh inspiration, at that.
Hi thana! I'm trying to start a fanfic and I'm a firm believer in "Teldryn is the Nerevarine", but I'm struggling with figuring out tips and tricks to write him as such, not to mention literally ANYTHING substantial about Chimer (important for my main character, yay time-wound fuckery) and I was wondering if I could get some help? Things you think about when writing Teldryn, fun facts about Nerevar/the Nerevarine, anything you might know about the Chimer/battle for red mountain, etc. It would help immensely, thank you!!!
We love to see more Nerevarine!Teldryn rep out there! Very excited for your writing journey.
For me, when I first wrote my Nerevarine Tel, I had never actually played Morrowind (lol). I was just a huge fan of the lore and the story behind it. I considered myself "an academic fan" of the game. But once I got the chance to actually play Morrowind, it really helped me better inform the kinds of things Teldryn might have lived through or experienced. So I'll always give the advice of "replay Morrowind" if you have the ability. Or even just watching playthroughs if you don't. In terms of histories and historical events, there's nothing much I could add outside of what UESP could tell you (since that's my secondary source outside of the game itself).
I also try to keep in mind that Nerevar was, in his time, a diplomat as well a war general. Teldryn as a reincarnation is obviously neither of those things in the current era, but he still has a lot of these qualities (whether he likes them or not). He's level-headed and strategy-minded, he opts for communication first, violence second. (This is not supported by his actions in the game LMAO; this is purely my headcanon - but all companions are 'swing first, ask questions later', so I don't fault him for his programming). So if you're looking for good inspiration to embody that mindset, I unironically suggest reading "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu.
As for the Chimer, I think there are a lot of fun directions you could go, but I've never personally put much time or effort into my headcanons for them. My suggestion would be to research some of our own (Earth) ancient civilizations. The Dwemer and Chimer seem to reflect the Sumerians and Babylonians in a lot of ways, so you could draw inspiration from their social structures and innovations. Of course, these are ancient, long-dead cultures, but if you draw from living cultures, I'll always champion doing so respectfully and avoiding emulating harmful stereotypes.
Trying to fill my dash with good vibes - what are your favourite tesblr blogs? Art, memes, writers, anything!
Good vibes for all! What a great ask, thank you. I might turn this into a tag game of sorts.
I'll divide this into categories to make things easy to navigate. This is in no way comprehensive, because otherwise I'd be here all day just listing literally everyone I follow. But here's where I'll start!
Favorite Art & Writing Blogs:
These blogs don't only post their own art and writing, but also reblog a lot from the community!
- @falmerbrook
- @moriche
- @dirty-bosmer
Favorite Lore Blogs:
Blogs that tend to have canon-friendly lore posts and civil discussions
- @nientedenada
- @kookaburra1701
- @greyborn2
Favorite Meme Blogs:
Blogs that just makes me smile or have a chuckle
- @incorrectskyrimquotes
- @nerevar-quote-and-star
Well-Rounded Tesblr Blogs:
This category goes out to the homies who post all the good shit from art to writing to memes to shitposts to lore dumps. The MVPs in my books.
- @skyrim-forever
- @trickstarbrave
- @v1ctory-or-sovngarde
- @captain-of-silvenar
- @throughtrialbyfire
- @elavoria
I seriously had to cut myself off otherwise I would have just kept listing blogs LMAO. If I tagged you in this, please feel free to add your own favorites and maybe we can get a nice chain going!
So wait, are you implying that Falmer babies are born like normal, but since they're raised by other Falmer, that's why they become animalistic?? But they can be raised by people, and develop normally?? I'm assuming they're born blind tho?? Genuinely, I am curious, not trying to sound accusatory :')
Ahhh my friend, it is safe to say at this point that I have dedicated nearly two years of my life to exploring this question lol. Apologies in advance. You've activated my trap card special interest.
Sarel comes from my fanfic "Halfway to the Sky", in which a mage kidnaps a Falmer child and raises him as an experiment to see if he can be taught to live as a "civilized" person. The short answer to that initial question is: yes, Sarel is just a normal elf child, though still blind.
As to the other part of your question, (if Sarel had been raised among the Falmer, would he become "animalistic"?), I'm going to answer charitably by pointing out that we are dealing with Fictional Races of People, in which our interpretations of these races are going to vary, and that's okay. First off, my interpretation is not "the correct" one. So any answer I give is just my personal take. Second, the way we are told to play the game (by the mechanics of the game) also informs our perception of these races. And lastly, there is no one-to-one allegory at play here in terms of "The Falmer represent [x] race in our world." I just wanna get that out of the way.
So, all that being said, the question always comes back to "what does it mean to be civilized"?
In the game, we are told that the Falmer are hostile and violent, so we must kill them, and that they are 'devolved', even though evolution cannot move backwards. So, to correct that second misunderstanding, the Falmer are actually evolved to better suit their current living environment, and as to the first, we (the player) are intruding on their settlements. I can only imagine anyone with a sense of self-preservation would react with some amount of hostility to the loud, shouty person carrying weapons.
To continue to use game-logic, we are shown that the Falmer construct buildings, create weapons and armor, craft potions, lay traps, enchant objects, and use magic. Already, these are things that animals, by definition, cannot do. To be a magic user, a character must have a relatively high Intelligence stat, (we see this in the older games more than in Skyrim). In order to construct settlements, people must also have the ability to work in groups and communicate. We never hear the Falmer speak to each other in-game, but the implication that they have language and a social structure is right there in what we're shown.
So, in this long-winded, roundabout answer to your original question: I do not think that the Falmer are animalistic at all. I think they are culturally different, but made of the same stuff as Joe Thalmor over there. They have a different way of living in the world, and they adapted to their environment as best they could. This does not mean that they are perfect or better. But I think that referring to them as animalistic plays into what the game tells you to think, all while giving you a lot of evidence to the contrary. They're very much a complex, functioning society of people. We just never see their side of the story.
