Latest Posts by molotovkhaos - Page 3

Two nutjobs meet at Whiterun

You know what bugs me? Bosmer males. Look, idk how ESO does things, but from Morrowind to Oblivion they seem to be the butt of a joke that just says, aren't short men with squeaky voices funny and juvenile and stupid and ripe for mockery? (Fargoth, Gaenir, Glarthir, The Adoring Fan. I don't remember any Bosmer in Skyrim, but then I haven't played Skyrim since like 2015.) Plus there's that old lore about how the Bosmeri women are hot and the men are not, and frankly, fuck that. Where the short king Bosmer at? (Please share any cool Bosmeri male OCs with me.)

After ESO, I expected something like this in Oblivion.

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The recent AO3 AI scraping incident is killing my motivation to keep writing.

I have recently checked to see if my one (1) fic that I’ve posted on ao3 is indeed in the database. And it is.

I literally feel so shit rn. I felt like that ever since I’ve found out about the scraping.

I’m in college rn and my exams will start soon, so I should probably be preparing for them and not care too much about anything else, but I can’t.

There are only the first three chapters of my fic in that database - the latest one was uploaded a week ago or so and at that point, I’ve locked my fic. But I still feel so fucking nauseous that MY WORK is used to train a fucking GenAi model - a thing that I’ve been against for a long time. I’ve yet to write that asshole (which I won’t even bother to name) on huggingface a doi to remove my fic from the database (I still need to create an account on there).

When I saw that the fic is indeed in that database, I genuinely wanted to scream, cry, throw up, anything. I did not consent to this - I dare to say that the vast majority of ao3 authors didn’t.

I highly doubt that the scraper in question is reading this, but if they actually do, then I just want to tell them this:

Go fuck yourself. You are a fucking thief who stole other people’s work and is now using it for AI without the creators’s consent. You are nothing but a filthy parasite who is invading one of the very last places on the internet that hasn’t been corrupted with ads and aggressive capitalist tactics and is putting people there through misery. You are not a 'noble archivist' who is saving something that might become lost media in the future. Like I said, you are a parasite who is preying on actual creative people’s happiness and uses their work for something so pathetic, disgusting and shitty like training a GenAI model.

And to whoever defends this piece of shit or even tries to do the same things they did, go fuck yourself as well. Seriously.

Ever since I found out that someone did this to my work - my work that I’ve put my heart and soul into, I’ve felt hopeless. I’ve decided to take a break from writing so I could focus on my exams…but I still feel depressed because of it. Writing has been my passion ever since childhood, and now, that I’ve finally decided to post something of my own on the internet, it’s being stolen and used without my consent in such a disgusting way.

Like I already mentioned, I locked my fic. It will no longer be available to guest users because I want to have atleast some form of slight 'protection' against similar incidents in the future. But I also know that there have been those that had their fics appear in that database despite the fact that they were locked.

In which case I have to ask: WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE, AS FANFIC WRITERS (and artists in general) SUPPOSED TO DO TO PROTECT OUR WORKS AGAINST SHIT LIKE THIS???

As if I didn’t make it clear enough already, I never consented to my work being used to train AI and I never will. I hate generative AI with every fiber of my being and I sincerely wish that every such program would be completely destroyed and deleted from existence. If someone ever uses my work to train AI, than I want them to know that I fucking hate them and they should go fuck themselves.

AI """art""" is not art and it never will. It is nothing but a gross, pathetic form of theft.

Uhhh this is basically how the dark elves came about right??

Lazy joke post because I don’t wanna finish what im working on

Also the original https://youtu.be/owgGjg0jpww?si=MLSsF15Kge4KF8lu

its already may 1st in my timezone so HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY FAVOURITE SILLY LITTLE GAME. i love morrowind so much i wish gay men were real

this is what is constantly running through voryn's mind. just thoughts of nerevar in red, married to him.

i still dont know how to draw his hair. maybe one day.

Elder Scrolls: Portrait of dunmer sorceress holding a Star Tooth.

—Cyrodiil. Year unknown. Star Teeth are magic crystals said to be able to counter Shadow Magic. Her vestments are of eclectic style—combining elements of dunmer, cyrodilic and redguard fashion. The brooch on her turban is a stylized head of a nix hound.

Why Neloth is so rude in TES III: Morrowind

I have played Morrowind for hundreds of hours. My favourite great house has always been Telvanni. I have done the Mouths' chores dozens of times.

YET I ONLY NOW FOUND OUT THAT THERE'S A REASON NELOTH IS SO TESTY:

Neloth's Mouth, Arara Uvulas, says:

"Perhaps these will put Master Neloth in a better mood. He is old, you see, and has trouble moving about. I use the soap along with some roobrush and bonemeal to make an ointment for his joints."

A potion made with Roobrush, Bonemeal, and Sload Soap, has three effects:

Restore Agility,

Fortify Agility,

AND DRAIN PERSONALITY

Thus, while ointing his jointing(s), Neloth becomes bitter, mean, and soothes his lil achy knees.

I love this game.

It's all coming up Astarion.

Auriel's Knight-Paladin (TES:V)

@burgershopsammi I think I've seen someone else making the same (very good) point recently, and in the YEARS I've been playing Skyrim, it never hit me !

...anyways, now I'm in the middle of a 14-(small) page comic, sooooo... Thanks for the extra dose of brainworms !

half a lip balm tall

here's some morrowind mini figurines i made (and finally painted)

sotha sil's still under contruction, but the others are finally done !!

lip balm for scale

Some afternoons in bed

yo pass me that-

dagoth ur walked so all woke propaganda could run

“video games are woke now”

In 2002, a very significant part of Morrowind’s plot was Dagoth Ur beaming “GAY SEX GAY SEX GAY SEX” into the mind of you, the reincarnation of his ex-boyfriend

but okay yeah this is TOTALLY a new thing

Old Teldryn Sero fanart

They say judas is in hell because he betrayed jesus but thats actualy a misconception, that was gods plan and so he didnt do anything wrong. Judas however IS in hell because god thinks he made his son gay

" I don't suppose you have some good news for me. "

Another character concept I wanted to draw; an Ordinator who has contracted Corprus, and now spends the last of his sane days eradicating Sixth House cultists.

As he is no longer allowed to affiliate with the Ordinators, he has been stripped of his Indoril helmet and conceals his armour, however Local Temples will sometimes leave supplies for him at dead drops. When citizens begin to hear about him, they start to leave him prayers and offerings of beads and trinkets. He carries them with him and adorns his armour with them to remind him of his purpose. When the time comes and he feels his mind slipping too far (if he hasn't already died fighting in some Sixth House pit) he will pass through the ghost gate and never be seen again.

Something I did around the Valentine's day to see Voryn in a pink dress

Mzulan's Thoughts on the Chimer and Dunmer (Even in Modern Times)...

Mzulan (arms crossed, standing outside a Tribunal ruin with a disgusted squint):

“They still have the ears. Still have the eyes. Still carry the same smugness in their posture. But now they burn incense and call it forgiveness.” (Spits in the ash.) “No. I remember the Chimer.”

🔥 MZULAN’S VIEWS ON THE CHIMER (AND THEIR DESCENDANTS)

Even after thousands of years—and despite becoming something more nuanced, more contemplative—there are scars that don’t smooth with time. And one of them walks like a Dunmer and chants like a saint.

🜂 1. Chimer in the Time of the Dwemer:

Arrogant. Devout. Reckless.

Obsessed with Daedra, ancestral veneration, and destiny.

Constantly clashing with Dwemer logic, despising atheism, and mocking technology.

Viewed the Dwemer as “soulless smiths” and “machine-slaves.”

“They called us godless. We called them pyromaniacal dreamers with shiny rocks and egos.”

💀 2. After the Disappearance

He returns to a world where the Chimer have become the Dunmer, broken by betrayal, shadowed by gods and sins alike.

His reaction?

“They changed skin, not structure. Still pray before breaking things.”

He sees some worthy individuals among them. But as a people?

“You built your culture on a foundation of corpses and whispers, and now wonder why it creaks when you walk.”

He especially distrusts:

Ashlander mystics (“Desert philosophers wrapped in guilt and silt.”)

Tribunal scholars (“Gods made of ego. Temples made of apology.”)

Dunmer historians (“They rewrite us as villains to make themselves tragic. I take that personally.”)

🎴 3. Notable Reactions to Modern Dunmer

On a Telvanni Wizard:

“Floating in a mushroom tower. Still compensating for something.”

On a Dunmer priest of Azura:

“Oh good. The Moon Mistress still collects worshippers. Tell her I remember her favoritism.”

On seeing Velothi architecture still standing:

“Of course it’s still standing. Chimer buildings collapse only when someone stops praying. Or thinking.”

On a young Dunmer trying to reconcile cultures:

“I respect your effort. But understand this: Your ancestors tried to burn out my gods and shatter my truths. I’m not ready to dance in the ashes with you just yet.”

🌫️ 4. Azhrina’s Take:

She wants peace. She sees the Dunmer as wounded descendants trying to climb free of their ancestors’ chains.

Her line:

“They carry their guilt like relics. You carry your memory like armor. Perhaps neither of you are free.”

Mzulan replies:

“Freedom isn’t the goal. Truth is. And I remember who lied the most.”

💬 Journal Quote:

“The Chimer never respected silence. They filled it with prophecy. With fire. With screams. We filled it with equations. I still hear both when I dream. One calms me. The other... wakes me.”

Like Mother, Like Daughter

After about a week in the works - my redesign of the two Volkihar matriarchs, Valerica and Serana!

Inspired by a whole mish-mash of things, but special shoutout to @arimabari for their take on Oblivion count fashion, which was a big inspiration for this Valerica's coat :)

CHAURUS JOCKEY

Teldryn chilling on your dash.