Clockwork-kisses - Clockwork Kisses

hocus pocus and chill

For my friend who recently started watching Critical Role and wanted a character/player guide! 

The first episode is available here, but for anyone who finds the beginning a little slow you can skip right here to an exciting bit in that episode in order to give yourself a proper taste. 

Zodiac Arrows 

♈️ Aries were the vanguard, they invented the custom arrows. The purpose of the horns was to stake their claim on the target or territory. ♉️ Taurus arrows are tied together with a lace that has a bull’s nose ring at its end. Taurus are stubborn and don’t ever give up so their arrow can be used as a spear if the fight demands it. ♊️ Gemini made their arrows so that they would avoid routine and boredom. So, as they’re extremely thin, Gemini arrows are the only that can be shot together, the number of arrows in each shot is always changing. ♋️ Cancer are deeply sensible and easily hurt so they designed their arrow in a way that long fights are avoided. Their arrow is the most painful and cannot be removed. ♌️ The fletching on a Leo’s arrow is made out of lion’s mane. The arrows are used to protect the Leo’s kingdom - it may be anything, from home to a partner. Their jewels work as fuel for incendiary shots. ♍️ Virgo’s perfectionism made them extremely picky about their enemies. Although their arrow seems delicate and calm on the outside, it only takes one shot to kill. ♎️ Libras are the diplomats of the zodiac. Their arrow’s tip resemble the pans in the scale of Justice. Just like “Justice is blind”, so is its arrow’s tip. It is meant to end fights; not be part of them. ♏️ Scorpio have the tail of a scorpion on their arrow’s tip, which is poisonous and it kills their victim slowly. Scorpio have a natural secretiveness so they chose not to change their arrow’s fletching - after piercing an enemy in battle, it’s hard to tell if said arrow came from a Scorpio. ♐️ Sagittarius were not influenced by Aries custom arrows. As natural archers, their arrows were always the shape of their zodiac sign. These arrows can travel unbelievable distances, and are often mistaken by shooting stars ♑️ Capricorns were always resistant to big changes so they decided to modify their arrow only once and never again. The fish tail in the place of the fletching is reminiscent of their sign symbol (a sea goat). It can change the direction of the arrow after being shot, making this arrow impossible to escape. ♒️ Aquarius are know for their inventivity and originality. They improved the arrows transportation forever: instead of a quiver their magic arrows are carried on a water bearer (resembling their sign symbol). To pick their arrow they pour it from the bearer. ♓️ Pisces arrows were the last to be created. As Pisces is the sign of mysticism and spirituality, their arrows are capable of piercing the enemy’s soul. Much of this arrow’s characteristics are yet unknown.

Nobody said ‪#‎AllLivesMatter‬ until we said ‪#‎BlackLivesMatter‬ Nobody said ‪#‎HeterosexualPrideDay‬ until we had ‪#‎GayPride‬ Nobody wants ‪#‎WhiteHistoryMonth‬ until its ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬ Nobody mentions ‪#‎MensRights‬ until we talk about ‪#‎Feminism‬

This shows me that you don’t actually care about these things, you just want all the “minorities” to shut up so the status quo never changes.

Togruta Montrals are Ossicones

fight me on this~

I have thought about this before, I just happened to do extra thinking today! (I blame @sildae)

There are these two pics of their “skeletons”.

In the second one, you can clearly see the horn-like protrusions from the togruta’s cranium. For the one with Ahsoka where it looks like her montrals are jello…. I figure it was due to art style… or…

Maybe like baby giraffes, young togrutas don’t have solidified montal bones? (that’s a thing now. montal bones lol)

And then you have the adults like:

One of the things that kinda defines an ossicone is that they have skin (and hair) growing on top of them. And every togruta that’s been shown does have skin over their montrals. Their lekku, IMHO, are basically fat deposits.

So you have ossicones on top and sacs of fat dangling below. This (to me) explains the “crease” we saw a lot during TCW show.

Which is oddly absent from SWR…

I’ve pretty much hand-waved that off to “artistic style” which is whatever and fine lol.

I think it’s kinda similar in SWTOR:

But it’s not completely smoothed out.

ANYWAY~

Togruta montrals are hollow ossicones that help with passive echolocation. They have a thin layer of skin over their montrals that extend downward and form the fat deposits known as ‘lekku’. The markings on the montral and lekku were originally a form of deterrence to the akul, the main predator on their home world of Shili. The bright contrasting colors and patterns would act doubly as a form of illusion, making them appear bigger than they are, as well as a warning. (I’m big AND I taste bad)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

(psst, @starrypawz)