filibusterfrog:

fantasy prosthesis

let’s be real if you reblog this you’re automatically a nerd but. tag yourself.

garashirs:

been thinking a lot lately about fantasy races and their approaches to makeup. after all, surely humans wouldn’t be the only ones who would want to enhance their appearance.

consider: dwarves favouring bright, jewel-like tones so vibrant they resemble crushed gemstones: sapphire blue and verdant green, copper and silver and gold, designed to dazzle and catch the eye. elves preferring more subtle, pastel hues derived from nature: warm, pinkish tones that remind one of a sunset, or yellow like fields of ripening wheat, or the icy blue-white of a frozen stream, brushed onto eyes and lips with a delicate, precise hand. orcs selecting bold, dark, earthy tones that reflect their surroundings: shades of gray, and green, and brown that they proudly streak across the planes of their faces like war paint.

fantasy novels that pit different races (eg: elves vs dwarves, humans vs orcs) against each other because of “racial prejudices” but have no characters of colour are just lazy writing by racist white authors who want points for being “woke” without compromising on their racism, in this essay i will