So...has anybody heard from @The Omnipotent Sphere in a while? It says they haven't been on for a few weeks...should I be considering a replacement mama for Belvast?

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You gotta remember that Humanity has been on Earth for around 200.000 years. You could just make up that the Hain were somewhat slower to grow and expand and therefore took a longer time to advance.

Hain are probably better at technological advancement than humans, given their natural drive for increasing efficiency.

@BBeast Thanks for opening up Jvan's feature week!

@Antarctic Termite I don't day this often: but that most recent post? That was sexy. Twisting Notte's mind for Elysium, finding Arcon in a way Logos could approve, even name dropping the Realta there. Thumbs up from me.

Expect Logos to have a chat with a certain.goddeas about air dropping a giant fucking ant though.

@Kho Also, I should be thrilled I didn't make the dinosaurs first... Toby's ding could be an extinction level event.

...how the hell is he even going to survive impact, let alone the Realta?

I didn't intend for the poor lady to have much difficulty landing; The post mentions that she was safely deposited onto the surface. You and Kho can feel free to interpret the arrival however you wish, though.

@Antarctic Termite I'm assuming that the First Sculptor is not a hero. If it is, let me know.

Correct. Fishbones was just the first member of the species; Given their tiny maximum population and means of reproduction, making a bunch of them seemed unnecessary. If you'd like to rate his section of that other post anyway, though, that would probably be useful critique.

Anyway, at the rate we're going now he'll probably exhaust even his immense lifespan and die sometime soon. I'll probably slip it into my next post somewhere.

If Grot can pick up a Brush Beast in his hand and bite its head off, and we estimate Brush Beasts to be around 50-100m tall, then Grot comes out to be somewhere between 1 and 2 kilometers all.
We're going to need to rethink David and Goliath for this.

We can do that cliche they eventually do in every cartoon and have an adventure inside Grot's body. It'll be educational.

Also think about how many adjective-riddled descriptions of flesh you could slip in there. I have an addiction.

Even if you don't use that sentence, consider comparing Galbar to a rock. Consider comparing anything to a rock, actually. Elaborate metaphors involving rocks make me happy.

I'll put some nice ones into my next post, just for you.

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We should totally do a parody collab where you play as Vulamera and I do Zephyrion.

It would be legendary.

i would pay you

I still see many more creative and interesting ways of doing anything an Avatar could do, though. But I suppose it's up to personal opinion- for me, Avatars seem incredibly boring and shamelessly uncreative, except for maybe those of Illunabar, since they have a personality.

This is a critique-friendly forum, of course, so for improvement's sake can I ask explanations of what kind of creative and interesting writing techniques you'd use to replace an Avatar?

My own views- Deities are pretty big characters concept-wise. They're diverse and have significant interactive relevance across the entire setting. Most of them try to embody nuanced ideas (order, chaos, life, beauty) in a single character. Taking all this into account, the ability to separate a single deity concept into two characters that are thematically cohesive but have different modes of operation is extremely valuable, because then you can construct a narrative of their actions from different sides of them.

There's no point in creating an avatar that's not noticeably different in description and function from the 'main' representation of your deity character, and nobody in this roleplay has done that, either. They're a narrative device we use to write about elaborate characters in an increasingly massive setting. If anything, I think it's more creative to design an avatar as a reinterpretation of your 'main' deity than have that character constantly alternate between different personalities and styles of action/creation in order to fulfil the complexity of their original vision.

In my case, Jvan fulfils my fantasy of playing something sessile- A deity that is its own temple, a towering god whose body is something stable that can be touched and climbed and lived in despite its strangeness. Heartworm meanwhile sits much closer to the original vision. It's quiet, less emotive, and curiousity-driven, a tiny wandering scientist with a closer relationship with mortals and a more conventional take on 'flesh' and body horror.

Anyone else have thoughts?

@Antarctic Termite

I have finally come up with a good idea for my Jvan week post!

So I must ask: does the Jvanic order live in some sort of permanent residence like crude temples, or do they like to wander around and live in caves and the like? And are they solitary or do they travel in groups?

@Cyclone They don't organise whatsoever (at the moment) other than checking out one another's work where they happen to run into it, and on occasion, singing to one another across the Gap. They're a solitary and nomadic species, though they maintain a territory that only changes quite slowly.

If curious sentients that don't threaten them try to tag along, though, they won't mind. They'll seek out shelter if they feel endangered.

I'll pack all of my sheets into a post in the character thread sometime, whoops!

Done! Looking forward to seeing what you cook up this time, Cyclone.

Also, while we're at it, here's a little species doodle.

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Just like the bunch of Gods pretending they can make effective magic without Astarte's help xD

That's why Vulamera is actually asking Astarte for help!

By the way, if anyone ever gets in a war with Vulamera, I can imagine her just cursing their followers with constant stupidity and memory loss

Finally posted late last night. Now to see how Vestec, and Astarte, will respond.

Anyone have any thoughts or criticism on my post?

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That's why Vulamera is actually asking Astarte for help!

By the way, if anyone ever gets in a war with Vulamera, I can imagine her just cursing their followers with constant stupidity and memory loss

I'm bored, so here's how I imagine the other gods might 'curse' poor mortals:

Astarte forces them to lick a rock that makes them explode.
Ilunabar gives them drugs and laughs as they all tragically kill one another.

Jvan makes them "beautiful" then dumps them on another planet.

Kyre single-handedly axe murders them all.

Logos says something about being kingg then compresses them all into a sugar cube.

Mammon finds some demented way to make them cannibalize one another, then twists the survivors into demons.

Niciel dumps them into the Valley of Peace and soon they're just a bunch if tree-loving hippies.

Reathos makes some ten legged, seven eyed, five mouthed, ninety-two armed predator to eat them.

Teknall throws a hammer at them and they explode a la Ashlings.

Toun cures them of imperfections such as feelings, flesh, blood, life...

Ull'yang no-scopes them from across the universe and gives them a sunburn.

Vakarlon does nothing. His insane dragon-kid just eats them all.

Vestec giggles and bad things happen.

Vowzra uses time powers to make them prematurely bald, then tells his ants to eat them all.

Zephyrion revokes their right to breathe.

Now someone needs to make a hero to collect 'em all! Managing to get all of those curses lobbed onto one character would be a feat worthy of a novel.

*hears the word 'curse' and looks up from book*

Now this sounds fun.

Jvan makes them "beautiful" then dumps them on another planet.

Toun cures them of imperfections such as feelings, flesh, blood, life...

What I love about these two is that this is also how they would probably "bless" their followers

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I'm bored, so here's how I imagine the other gods might 'curse' poor mortals:

Astarte forces them to lick a rock that makes them explode.
Ilunabar gives them drugs and laughs as they all tragically kill one another.

Jvan makes them "beautiful" then dumps them on another planet.

Kyre single-handedly axe murders them all.

Logos says something about being kingg then compresses them all into a sugar cube.

Mammon finds some demented way to make them cannibalize one another, then twists the survivors into demons.

Niciel dumps them into the Valley of Peace and soon they're just a bunch if tree-loving hippies.

Reathos makes some ten legged, seven eyed, five mouthed, ninety-two armed predator to eat them.

Teknall throws a hammer at them and they explode a la Ashlings.

Toun cures them of imperfections such as feelings, flesh, blood, life...

Ull'yang no-scopes them from across the universe and gives them a sunburn.

Vakarlon does nothing. His insane dragon-kid just eats them all.

Vestec giggles and bad things happen.

Vowzra uses time powers to make them prematurely bald, then tells his ants to eat them all.

Zephyrion revokes their right to breathe.

Now someone needs to make a hero to collect 'em all! Managing to get all of those curses lobbed onto one character would be a feat worthy of a novel.

Lifprasil just yells 'damn the gods!' and swings his sword a lot.

Edit: @Antarctic Termite wouldn't androgynous be a better term for a god? It doesn't sound very... Divine

When I hear genderfluid I just imagine Jvan as a Proffessional blogger.

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Lifprasil just yells 'damn the gods!' and swings his sword a lot.

Edit: @Antarctic Termite wouldn't androgynous be a better term for a god? It doesn't sound very... Divine

When I hear genderfluid I just imagine Jvan as a Proffessional blogger.

I'm not a genderfluid or a Tumblr user, but gender fluids have been around literally for centuries. The term is new, but the idea of identifying with both or neither genders is very, very old, and thus not really relaTed to the recent hobby of blogging. Do your research!
Besides, ambiguous seems vague in comparison. Genderfluid, I think, is just a more accurate term for it.

EDIT: In other news, I'm apparently never going to finish my next post. It's just so much- I have to create 3 cultures and a location in one post. It's totally daunting xD

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I'm not a genderfluid or a Tumblr user, but gender fluids have been around literally for centuries. The term is new, but the idea of identifying with both or neither genders is very, very old, and thus not really relaTed to the recent hobby of blogging. Do your research!
Besides, ambiguous seems vague in comparison. Genderfluid, I think, is just a more accurate term for it.

EDIT: In other news, I'm apparently never going to finish my next post. It's just so much- I have to create 3 cultures and a location in one post. It's totally daunting xD

It's too late! Jvan is the Cancer that Blogs to me, now.

I guess what made me think of thr blogging thing was the pronouns prattle.

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It's too late! Jvan is the Cancer that Blogs to me, now.

I guess what made me think of thr blogging thing was the pronouns prattle.

XD Probably. I'll admit, when she argued about pronouns, Tumblr was also my gut reaction.

So, @Antarctic Termite... what does Jvan blog about? The struggles of an unappreciated artist? The difficulties and wonders of daily life? The sick pleasure of tearing flesh apart, then reshaping it into eldritch monsters that prey on the pain of humanity? Food?

@Rtron
@Frettzo

So, should we do a collab or will it be a back and forth kind of deal?

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You remind me. Repost your sheet for us.
@Skyrte what happened to your sheet? I don't remember seeing it in the OOC

Here it is, I shoulda tagged you too, my bad.

@Kangutso, it'll probably be a collab, but give it a little while, I'm finishing a collab with Cyclone at the moment.

So, Logos need to chat with with Illy, Reath, and Jvan. Who wants to go first?

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I'm bored, so here's how I imagine the other gods might 'curse' poor mortals:

Astarte forces them to lick a rock that makes them explode.
Ilunabar gives them drugs and laughs as they all tragically kill one another.

Jvan makes them "beautiful" then dumps them on another planet.

Kyre single-handedly axe murders them all.

Logos says something about being kingg then compresses them all into a sugar cube.

Mammon finds some demented way to make them cannibalize one another, then twists the survivors into demons.

Niciel dumps them into the Valley of Peace and soon they're just a bunch if tree-loving hippies.

Reathos makes some ten legged, seven eyed, five mouthed, ninety-two armed predator to eat them.

Teknall throws a hammer at them and they explode a la Ashlings.

Toun cures them of imperfections such as feelings, flesh, blood, life...

Ull'yang no-scopes them from across the universe and gives them a sunburn.

Vakarlon does nothing. His insane dragon-kid just eats them all.

Vestec giggles and bad things happen.

Vowzra uses time powers to make them prematurely bald, then tells his ants to eat them all.

Zephyrion revokes their right to breathe.

Now someone needs to make a hero to collect 'em all! Managing to get all of those curses lobbed onto one character would be a feat worthy of a novel.

Actually, Vakarlon would curse them with insanely bad luck so that Murphy's Law controls their life. (Hello natural disasters, plague, famine, betrayal, economic ruin, being at the wrong place at the wrong time and loved ones being lost forever. )
Although Keriss might take action without being asked.