a friend
Various patterns and colors of Trout skin
"hey you, you're finally awake, you were trying to see the titanic right? Walked right into that orca ambush, same as us, and that yacht captain over there"
you didn't think i'd leave you behind, did you?
ok so i was listening to brass goggles by steam powered giraffe and went “hey wait a minute. this kinda fits the DCA” and then i blinked and this was on my screen
I like to think a lot of the "forbidden knowledge that will drive you mad" in Apocrypha is just like. Knowledge of, including all relevant cultural context, memes from our real life.
Like imagine you're some poor bosmer, doesn't know fuck about any shit that isn't trees, and you stumble across a black book and upon reading it you are suddenly aware of the fact that Andrew Tate was owned by an 18 y/o on Twitter so hard he doxxed himself and got arrested for human trafficking. And you couldn't even tell other people about it. Of course you'd go mad
Thanks for being funnier than me on my own post
An Altmer mage is plundering a Dwarven ruin with their companions, when they stumble across a mysterious book bound in a material so dark it seems to swallow light. As the oldest and most magically adept of the party, the Altmer offers to be the one to inspect it. He opens the book for a moment and scans the pages, then shuts it closed abruptly and forcefully. Mere moments have passed to his companions but they can see it in his face, he's just experienced an eternity.
He sets the mysterious book back on its podium and leaves the ruins and his companions behind without another word.
Many years pass and an old Nord adventurer decides to retire to her hometown of Solitude. One morning while walking the streets, she recognizes a familiar face through a window of the Bards College. How could she not? Time hasn't shown on his face the way it has hers, at least not in any way a human would see. As fast as her tired legs can take her she rushes into the school, and confronts her long lost companion.
"What happened? Why would you give up your life of adventure for this? Books and history and music theory?" She asks.
He doesn't look up from his composition as he responds "You wouldn't understand. You wouldn't get it. I have to do this. I have to. It's going to be so fucking funny." There is no humor in his voice.
Saddened to see what she'd feared for him most the day he walked away, that what he'd read had driven him mad, the old Nord leaves the elf who was once her friend to his studies.
Another generation of Nords comes and goes and the Altmer has surpassed all other students and faculty in the college. The current headmaster is old and sickly and all the faculty agree the elf would be a perfect replacement, if his obsession with the piece he's been fretting over since his admission wasn't so all consuming.
The Jarl of Solitude is to be crowned High King of Skyrim, and the court asks the College to have their best students and teachers to preform for the celebration. Among others, the Altmer is chosen as heading act. "Perfect!" He beams, "Just perfect! This is an excellent opportunity to show off my magnum opus!"
The coronation come and the ceremony goes off without a hitch, and the celebration at the Blue Palace is in full swing. A hush falls over the party as the mysterious Altmer takes the stage. He smiles to himself, for he knows this is the first and last time he'll ever preform this song, and with its completion, he'll be free from its madness. He begins to sing:
“We’re Not So Different, You And I” - Part 59
What do these four have in common?
Enemies with a wolf
Correct!
- Little Red Riding Hood is preyed on by the Big Bad Wolf
- Puss from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is hunted by Death, taking the form of an anthropomorphic wolf
- Zant from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is trying to stop Link, who in this game can take the form of a wolf
- Professor Marmalade from The Bad Guys is enemies with Mr. Wolf, who is an anthropomorphic wolf (as his name implies)
Next:
What do these four have in common?
They have names with repetition?
Correct!
- Jeong Jeong from Avatar
- Moto Moto from Madagascar
- Señor Senior Sr. from Kim Possible
- Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo from Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
Next:
What do these four have in common?
Destruction of the Moon
Correct!
- Clara from Doctor Who destroyed the moon by letting a creature hatch out of it
- Korosensei from Assassination Classroom blue a giant chunk out of the moon, making it a permanent crescent
- Dr. Eggman from Sonic used his space station’s laser to blow up the moon
- Piccolo from Dragon Ball used a chi attack to destroy the moon to stop Gohan’s Saiyan transformation
Next:
What do these four have in common?
Famous Tumblr Posts
Correct!
- Do you like the color of the sky?
- Are fedoras really that bad?
- I like your shoelaces
- spiders georg is an outlier adn should not have been counted
Last one:
What do these four have in common?
they all have the initials PW ?
Correct!
- Pharrell Williams
- Pendleton Ward
- Patrick Warbutron
- Paul Walker
That’s all, folks! (…or is it? can you tell what the hidden theme is?)
Oh my gosh it is moon moon
Wolf
Double name
Moon
Meme
First and last letter of your name
Goddammit moon moon!
Correct!
More specifically P.W were the letters that formed “Moon Moon” in the original post
Now that’s all, folks!
Thank you so much to @pikachu-says-peekaboo for coming up with the brilliant theme and helping me out with the questions.
This still blows my mind
I will happily delete this if I’m derailing or taking away from the original message (initially I put this in the tags, but a friend asked me to reblog as text)
If you don't want to pursue an autism or adhd diagnosis and you have access to a doctor or therapist you can get them to write you a note attesting to a symptom of your neurodivergence (rather than naming the condition itself) and stating the need for accommodation.
It's something my therapist told me about when we were still working in offices. I have sensory processing issues and on multiple occasions the noise in my office was so bad I broke the skin on my hand clenching my fist.
This work-around of course won't fix structural ableism and relies on you having access to a doctor/therapist who actually gives a crap, so still might only help a couple of folks.
Thats a good add on










