All the Warcraft III babes
madeinhellism: All the Warcraft III babes
meaganfanart: The grand prize for my give away! :D For lorstandian of their blood elf hunter. I hope you like it.
The grand prize for my give away! đ For lorstandian of their blood elf hunter. I hope you like it.
grouchygutterrat: Karthus will always be my favorite thing to make dead jokes about.
mandromeda: Korvar for gristol
benchflip: sadmage: tevruden: Ok but these orcs We need more spikes on these handsome orcs. You know your CGI is impressive as all hell when you can actually see the very fine body hair on the shoulders. Holy crap! You think thatâs crazy, take a look at it close upÂ
We need more spikes on these handsome orcs.
You know your CGI is impressive as all hell when you can actually see the very fine body hair on the shoulders. Holy crap!
Can fandom bring back the concept of a squick?
No for real in 2k15
Can fandom bring back the concept of a squick
A âsquickâ was a trope or topic that made the reader deeply uncomfortable, even might cause anxiety or intense emotional reactions
Everyoneâs squicks were personal and diverse, and it was considered polite to say, âsorry I canât read this because it squicks me, but you have fun in your corner doing what you doingâ
Can we bring that back and reserve âtriggerâ for MI people who mean âif I see this I will have flashbacks and dissociate for hoursâ
I wasnât aware this concept had fallen out of fandom. Â Seriously, bring it back, itâs useful as hell.
Key to the concept of âsquick,â as it was first explained to me lo these many years ago, is that it is not a value judgment.  If I say âmpreg is gross,â thatâs a negative statement about mpreg (and, by extension, about those who enjoy writing or reading about it).  If I say âmpreg squicks me,â thatâs a value-neutral statement about me and my emotional reactions and how they affect my enjoyment of fiction.
And, as OP says, it does not carry the implications of intensity or trauma that âtriggerâ does. Â (Although I will point out that a trigger doesnât have to cause flashbacks or dissociation. Â There are people a lot better qualified than I am to talk about that.)
Yes, yes, yes please to all of this!
squick: Something that makes you go âewwwwâ and wish you had never seen/read it. Something that makes you deeply uncomfortable. Something youâre not interested in reading/seeing/thinking about, ever.
trigger: Something that you associate with/reminds you of a past trauma (mental, emotional, or physical) and therefore triggers your personal reaction to trauma (be it flashbacks, panic/anxiety attacks, unhealthy behaviours, a crying jag, whatever).
Please, please, please donât use them interchangeably.
I may have reblogged this before but itâs worth doing again: such a useful concept.Â
art-by-g: Tanir for sketchys
benchflip: Nidin-Alfolken (Great Elves) are the tallest and often considered oldest of the Alf race. Like most other Alfolken, the Great Elves have a close affinity to both life and death magic and believe in preserving a keen balance between spirituality and the sciences. The
Nidin-Alfolken (Great Elves) are the tallest and often considered oldest of the Alf race. Like most other Alfolken, the Great Elves have a close affinity to both life and death magic and believe in preserving a keen balance between spirituality and the sciences. The great elves especially hold a deep interest in medicine and history as they believe those two fields best reflect the twinned gods Arbor and Codex. As their name implies, the Nidin-Alfolken reign over the heavily forested nation of Nidinis and seem to take presidency over many of the other elven off-shoots that reside there⌠With the exception of the violent, brutish Troff-Alfolken (Swamp Elves) and the miniscule, wary Seff-Alfolken (Sand Elves).
While all other Alfolken can trace their origins to the Nidin-Alfolken, the origin of the great elves themselves is a complete mystery,and the only rift between their twinned belief system is in fact their conflicting explanations of how they came to be. The religious half claim the gods put them there, while the more scientific believe they are an offshoot of another now extinct race of Alf.
⌠Which in turn is an offshoot of yet another extinct race of alf. Which in turn is an offshooâGreat Elves are identified by their:
Horns –Â unique to Great Elves alone. Females grow larger, more complex horn shapes as they grow in age.Â
Tall, slender, but muscular forms – Especially in their neck and abdominal region. Perhaps to help hold up their large horns.
Identum Coloured Skin, Hair and Eyes –Â Most other alfolken usually have their identum/Soul colour represented in just their hair or eyes.
Standing on the balls of their feet – Foss-Alfolken/River Elves are the only other offshoot to do this.
Long tails with tufted ends – Seff-Alfolken/Sand Elves have tails as well, though they are entirely fluffy. ⌠Chinchillelves.
Height – While Moss Elves are noticeably larger in comparison, the Great Elves can still reach an impressive height of 6.7-7.2 feet on average. ⌠This might include their horns. They ainât telling.(The two Greater Elves in the image are Empress Celaul Ulâshar and her husband Arlan Ulshar when they were in their younger years. Blessâem!)