A Lil Oneshot For The Ides Of March! (not Actually I Wrote This Like...4 Days Ago) A Writethrough Of

a lil oneshot for the ides of march! (not actually i wrote this like...4 days ago) a writethrough of skyrim's opening scene centering my LDB. here's the ao3 description:

On a sweltering summer morning in 4E 201, Tharya of Whiterun is a prisoner of the Empire in the back of a rickety wooden wagon rumbling towards Helgen, where she, the horse thief, and the Stormcloaks captured with her are set to be executed at 10 A.M. Terrified of her fate, Tharya begs the Imperials to let her go free, especially so close to her home city and family. In the face of Tullius' clamor to win the war, Tharya does die that day - just as she will die every four thousand years when she returns to defeat Alduin, riding the sways of Time until the Wheel churns her out again to face the World-Eater til the end of eternity.

some wip wednesday!

just wanted to share some of the skyrim project i'm working on :3 hoping to start posting in april (or at least put ch1 up before my ao3 draft dies lmao). open tag for anyone who wants to join, but here are some folks i know may have WIPs of any kind:

@kiir-do-faal-rahhe @helix-studios117 @nuwanders

Suddenly Miraak was below her on the ground, his eyes widening and the stench of fear flooding through his pores as he called her name; he was so distant, so slow. Her saliva slathered over her chin and dripped onto his neck, onto his pulse, quick and warm. She felt dirt push under her nails as she dug her hands into the soft ground on either side of his head - somehow his arm had detached from her, she felt it slip away as her back began to bend and crawl and her skin moved and bubbled and trembled, stretching so thin it turned white, and then a murky brown-grey. 

"Tharya," Miraak whispered, struggling for breath as her face twisted and snarled just above him, as her teeth lengthened and sharpened. "I'm here, elskavin. Don't. I'm here. Your family-" she screamed at him as he spoke, a scream that had a thousand different sounds behind it, augmented chords that pulled and plucked her voice into a gargling roar, and then a guttural howl.

(((i think we are making OCs here???))) either way here are mircaat and tharycat hehe they are taking a lil nap together

no pressure to do it (or make yourself not an oc)! but @kiir-do-faal-rahhe @2lim3rz @evil-is-relative @elventhief @helix-studios117

we were tagged by @mersilisk thank you!! (the picrew)

i tag @the-maidofmischief @stressfulsloth @the-sunlit-earth @pxiie and anyone else eho wants to join in on the slug cat :3

okay halo people new question: what do you think chief actually looks like??? i LOVE masked characters (cough miraak) because i love the chance to sort of invent them physically below the mask. for that reason i hope to never actually see a canon john face in the games (despite being the literal greenest newbie to play halo on the planet rn) BUT i really enjoy trying to think of it myself??? some ideas i got browsing:

from the halo: escalation comic so the site said. i LOVE his baby blues i love how deep and colorful they are. i cant tell if he looks a little tan under there or it's just the shadow? i've seen somewhere the games or books describe him as too pale bc he rots in his armor all the time lmao. BUT i really really enjoy the oceanic eyes. idk if this comic ever shows his full face, i saw others did, but i would be SO interested to see what they do with the rest of him bc he'd probs look sick as fuck in the dark horse style

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Master Chief helmetless..? by heath528 on DeviantArt

THIS ONE to me is gorgeous. i 100% love his hair here, it's exactly how i imagined it. brown and short, but like, military short but NOT a buzz (sorry i hate him w a buzzcut. its most probable but i cant😭) big fan of the widow's peak/hairline and tbh i really like his scars? im all for him being fucked up. part of me also wonders if his face would possibly be more protected??? but also all i know about spartans is that becoming a spartan Hurts so maybe they're like,,,, GMO scars

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The Faces of Master Chief by RoxyRoo on DeviantArt

(ik i legit haven't touched deviantart for like....a decade) THIS was a cool collection. OP points out some similarities that are interesting (mainly his short brown hair, straight nose, and SCRUFF🥰🥰🥰). my favorite favorite favorite is probably second column from left, three down, the one where he has 117 buzzed into his undercut. that shit goes fuckin HARRRRRRRDDDDDDD. i tried to reverse search it but i couldn't rly find the OG of that one, which is sad 😔

that's all!!! i just thought it'd be cool to get ppl's thoughts. i saw a lot of comments that were basically like "chief has no face to me, he's the helmet" and tbh it makes a lot of sense, esp since that's legit how he was designed for the express purpose of first person feeling/relatability. feel free to reply or dm me your ideas!!!

Miraak Dialogue Starters

“Oh darling, you have no idea how long I have waited to see your face again.”

“What ails you, Dragonborn? Sentimentality? It seems you have grown to enjoy my company.”

“The gods know how long I have lived without you. I do not intend to do so for another minute.” 

“What is your next move, Mal Dov?”

“Please, allow me one more moment before the world tears us apart.” “I would burn it all down for you, my Dragon. I will lay the world at your feet.” 

“Stop trying to fix me - allow me to drag you to hell, the sweet ecstasy of becoming your worst form.” 

“Once I was a terrible and fearsome god. You have softened me, poisoned me with your kindness.” 

“The Greybeards have taught you well, Dragonborn. But I could teach you more. Take my hand, join me.” 

“In this mortal realm, I am under your power.” 

“I would do it all again, ruin my name and waste a hundred lifetimes if only I could return to you.” 

I'm not sure how you'll take this but when I was reblogging hircine art from you, I misread daedric prince hircine as daddy prince hircine and got concerned for your fanfic

PLEAAAASE THIS IS MAKING ME CRACK UP IN THE DINING HALL- we will NOT be smashing hircine in this fic!!!!! so far the only prince we've smashed (non-canonically) is SANGUINE. he feels most smashable. the only thing to be smashed in this fic is hircine's stupid FACE 🔛🔝☝🤓