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life is so genuinely beautiful. i see the gods everywhere around me, and the beauty they bring to this world is truly something to be celebrated <3

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To Zeus Laoites

King of Olympus, whose great reign extends over all the earth,

Most high god, lightning is your sword and thunder your shield.

Holy, invincible, tempestuous,

Keeper of order, averter of ills, protector of the people,

With your incredible might you cast down the titans and freed your kin.

Let your thunder roll across this land,

Strike down the false kings from their thrones, drive terror into the hearts of tyrants.

Shatter their unholy rule as lightning shatters the sky,

Rain justice upon the nation, bring its people strength and will.

Punish the murderers, those whose hands are stained with the blood of innocents,

Free all who suffer due to the evil of genocide.

Wield your great and awesome power across all the skies,

Raging, supreme master of the storm.

Short prayer/hymn I wrote for Zeus, in the face of the current state of America and the world.

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WHY ARE ALL THE COOL WITCHER FANS EUROPEAN

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YOU AINT GOTTA TELL ME! ITS JUST IN MY! NATURE!! SO TAKE IT LIKE A TAKER! CAUSE BABY IM A GIVERRR!!!! AINT NO NEED TO HURRY, CAUSE BABY I DELIVER! AINT NO COUNTRY BOY QUITTER!!! I GET THE JOB!! DONE!!!!

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i gotta be real i read a lot of folklore and i don't think i've ever seen a source over like 15 years old call fairies "the fae"

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I didn't realize this needed to be said, but uhh

If you are a Nazi, you have no place in paganism.

(Or anywhere, actually 🙂)

And to clarify (since ya'll need that, apparently), that includes people who are transphobic, homophobic, pro-eugenics (i.e. social darwinism anti-vaxxer people), anti-immigrant, racist, etc.

Ya'll don't belong here, paganism is not a safe place for you, and I don't want you interacting with my blog.

No TERFS, no conservatives, none of it. Freedom and equality for all.

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New frames of Ciri just dropped.

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with casting for the harry potter show likely on the horizon, remember that whatever 10 year olds are in this will be weaponized to deflect discussion of jkr's transphobia. that in fact, hbo will likely stoop to any stuntcast they can think of. this might include recasting a popular actor from the movies, casting actors of color as characters who were previously white, or even queer actors as a wink and nudge that, see, joanne is totally cool with the gays (as she donates five-figure sums to anti-trans legislation lobbying)! do not fall for it when it happens. it is to try and make people forget this show is being made because jkr - whose involvement is confirmed to be very heavy - is cranky that half the cast of the films (including all three main actors) have publicly denounced her for her transphobia.

turn up the heat on anyone who lets their name be attached to this. demand their stance on jkr's transphobia and let them dig their own graves. the fastest way to render hp culturally irrelevant is to make corporations feel like associating with it is a liability. if signing onto this show becomes reputational suicide, we saw from the radioactive sludge basin that fantastic beasts turned into how unceremoniously that will get future projects cancelled.

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All this discourse over who does "painting with light"

Hiroshi Nagai's paintings need sunglasses to look at.

They look like how it feels to walk across a parking lot on a 98° summer day without a speck of shade in sight.

They look like heaven but also like you'd burn your bare feet on the ground.

Even when you can see shade you know it's not enough and the minute you step out you'll be burnt to a crisp like a vampire.

And it's BEAUTIFUL

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just say you don't consider other people human

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flow winning animated feature is the kind of story that's going to be taught like the boogeyman to every big animation studio's intake class for decades

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unironically gets pissed the fuck off about boobs

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how is trump alive?? like hes rlly gone thru his whole life like That …. and no one has ever just fuckin decked him?? gave him the ole one two? knocked his lights out??? incredible

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Smol Scale

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NEED all of you to see this gorgeous two parter natomato animatics

part 1 / part 2

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I'm truly overcome with gratitude for the gods. I often forget it, but they have blessed me with so much, and for that I give eternal thanks to them.