[Start description: A drawing of Barry Bluejeans holding the Animus Bell in one hand and holding one finger over his mouth in the traditional shhh gesture. He is a pale skinned human with short brown hair, wearing glasses and a red robe. Note: this is not the lich version of Barry. End description.]
percy and ripley are the only ones who would like. care? about regulating it. but now im thinking of an au where ripley isnt a literal murderer/torturer and instead just generally a terrible person and her and percy getting into academic rivalry in a place where non-magic-related acedemia actually exists
the glintshore confrontation is just a really intense conference where one of them flips over a table
“Big Pharma” okay are we talking about how privatization and monetization has deeply corrupted the field of medicine or are you talking about how you think chemicals in the water are making the frogs gay
“GMOs”? Are we talking seeds that grow sterile plants and patenting genetic modifications then destroying any competition no matter how small they are? Or are we talking life saving rice with vitamin a to make sure kids don’t go blind in regions not suited for other high vit a veg? … or are we talking about your chidoodle?
Conversely, “alternative medicines”? Are we talking the traditional practices of non-Western societies which have an ancient history of being the cultural tools that allowed communities to take care of the health of their members and are nowadays rigorously studied within these communities to adapt them to the needs of the contemporary life, and can offer important prompts to modern medicine? Or are we talking about a white woman who traveled to India twice, followed a five-hour seminar and knows everything about inner energies now
Vex’s Grey Hunt was everything I could have hoped for. It allowed the best parts of her class(es) to shine (she dealt 66 points of damage in a single hit!!! Trinket was clutch!!!) and was incredibly badass. The image of this fight under the moonlight is beautiful, and Vex’s final words to the creature — “I protect this forest now. It is mine” — are such a perfect encapsulation of her character. She takes the things that she loves; she makes them hers and she protects them. She is greedy, but a loving greed that won’t let anything harm that which is hers. And now she has a land and a people to protect, and I’m so proud of her.
Also the description of the Grey Render: “sometimes bind themselves as a protector of a certain territory… given certain circumstances can choose either an individual or space to protect, as well. But, that can depend on circumstances. Otherwise, they can be a dangerous force of nature.”
Isn’t that also a perfect description of Vex? Wild, dangerous, at home in nature — but deeply protective of individuals and places that she’s claimed as her own.
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