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Literally so sick of people bashing "main character syndrome". Let people have fun, ffs. If you all are sooo hurt by another person having good self-worth and romanticizing their life, YOU'RE THE PROBLEM. There is no harm in individualism and believing the main character as long as you don't treat people like shit.

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Ughhhh I've had an awful cold for the past couple weeks. Not COVID, but coughing and stuff. 😵

I just want my favorite OC to cuddle me and kiss my forehead while we wait for the cough medicine to kick in. 😩💕

Imagine ur f/o. Holding u so gentle and helping you get around and comforting you when u aren’t feeling well. and covering you in blanket and mayb rubbing ur back until u fall asleep

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Time to break out my good ol' book and write some stuff down! This post was just what I needed. Thank you!

🕯 Jewish Entities 🕯

Many folks know that Judaism is a closed practice, but don't always know how to spot appropriation. Here is a list of Jewish entities that aren't shared with Christianity, meaning they are closed to non-Jews.* This list isn't fully-comprehensive, but I've marked some of the more popular ones. (For Jewitches, this could also be treated as a list for Jewish spirit workers who want to reclaim some of these entities as part of our own path!)

*Note: Some of these entities ARE shared with Islam (another initiatory tradition,) so they would still be open for our Muslim friends to work with but still restricted to the general public. Those entities are marked with an asterisk*.

Angels

Erelim

Hashmallim

Ishim/Eshim*

Lailah

Metatron*

Se'irim

Demons

Agrat bat Mahlat

Alukah

Lilith

Mazzikin

Naamah

Samael

Tanin'iver

Creatures & Monsters

Broxa

Chalkydri

Dybbuks

Estries

Golems

Re'em (Unicorns are okay, just don't call them Re'em!)

Ziz

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Me turning 19 and feeling 90 😭

Petition to consider anyone in their 20s or younger still young? I don’t want to be old yet. 😭😭😭

starting a collection. pierre talking to natasha in war and peace

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Seriously, good for them.

Good morning everybody

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Forbidden reading nook

Nils-Udo

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Genuine, oddly specific question…

If someone were to make a character a self-insert, and people started shipping said self-insert with other characters, would that be weird? Like, say, if I were to write a book and one of the side characters was basically a self-insert, but people started shipping them with other characters, would that be awkward? I don’t know how to feel about it, but I guess it’s hard to avoid within the shipping community. (Frankly, I’d find it kind of entertaining, but should I feel that way?)

Also, at what point does a self-insert become *not* a self-insert? Because if a character has similar traits to you, or you’re projecting your own experiences for the sake of relatability, doesn’t that make them a self-insert? Would that make many characters that are seemingly unrelated to the author self-inserts in some way?

I’m really sorry, this is a stupid question (and I only took one year of creative writing in high school). I’m also really dumb, so please forgive me.

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They’re both me.

Here’s mine

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Witchcraft - Where do I start?

I wrote this for a server but I felt that this should also be on here(: Beginning your practice can be overwhelming, especially with the vast amount of information available. I recommend starting off with:

Learning about yourself

Finding out what interests you is the best place to start. What reaches out to you? Do you connect with the elements? The cosmos? Do you have an affinity for any particular thing? Explore the topics you feel drawn to, do thorough research, and practice. Develop your own personal set of beliefs and practices.

Discernment

Learn to recognize magickal events and signs from mundane phenomena. (I'll reblog with a separate research and discernment post).

Reading & Research

Read! Read blogs, articles, and anything else you can get your hands on. Become knowledgeable in practical topics as well as theories behind the many aspects of witchcraft—knowing how things work in the physical realm will help you understand and better apply things in the metaphysical realm.

What should I begin researching?

The Essentials

History & Culture

Think about the things you want to include in your craft, and learn about its history and the cultural context behind it. Asking questions like, “Is it open to me? How did the people before me practice?” shows respect for its origins and to the people who practiced before you.

Learn to become socially aware. Learn about why using certain terms (such as smudging, spirit animal, totem, g*psy, etc.) is harmful and something you should never do. Learn about cultural appropriation.

Family History

Finding out about your family history can be difficult for some. If you are able, ask your family members what regions they come from. Ask them about family beliefs and practices.

If you are unable to trace your family lineage, knowing what region your family comes from and researching the beliefs and practices of that region is a good place to start.

Safety

Physical safety: fire safety, and ingredient safety (toxic substances, toxic mixtures and combinations, edible and inedible plants, etc.)

Spiritual safety: protection, cleansing, warding, psychic protection, etc.

Other beginner friendly topics

Basics of witchcraft

Intent and visualisation

Cleansing and warding

Clairs

Meditation

Herbology

Elemental magick

Candle magick

Correspondences: Learn the correspondences for herbs, ingredients, colours, numbers, and anything else you plan to use in your craft.

Vetting resources and reading critically

(guide will be reblogged!)

Read critically: remember to always look for hidden intentions in resources. Ask yourself:

Is the content informational?

What does the author/organisation stand for?

Is this site/author trying to sell me something?

Reminders

Respect that other practitioners have their own beliefs and own ways of doing things.

It’s okay to make mistakes! Mistakes are valuable learning opportunities.

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Gotta do this lmao

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Warrior cats kids I love you

furries I love you

Catboys/girls/enbies I love you

Kids with niche hyperfixations I love you

Anime kids I love you

Mary-sue ocs I love you

People with self inserts I love you

People who subconsciously pick up mannerisms from characters I love you

Interjects with unpopular source material and their headmates I love you

ND people who cannot socialize to save your lives i love you

Xenogender and neopronouns people I love you

Hyper fem/mascs I love you

People with “disruptive” stims or tics I love you

People who got called cringe or weird I love you

Cringe isn’t real it’s just something people make up when they don’t like seeing someone shamelessly having fun and loving themself. Your interests are cool and and the way you express yourself and your emotions are valid.

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“Cringe is dead” also applies to everything except things that hurt people (like bigotry)! That includes acting “quirky”, having “main character syndrome”, singing in public, acting in exaggerated mannerisms, being childlike, etc! (Basically just calling myself out at this point.)

“Cringe is dead” also applies to the people who like family guy or drag race or dubstep or marvel movies or country music

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I act out in cartoonish expressions and act like the main character of some poorly-scripted teen movie and everyone makes fun of me for it… I hope one day I learn not to care…

Bro.

Being cringe is so much more fun than accepting commonly held norms.

Just be yourself, for real.

(Provided it's safe for you to do so)

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Why tf does going to therapy give me more anxiety than the things that actually bother me?

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When you watch a romance movie only to remember that you’re a LITERAL ADULT who: has never dated anyone, can’t make or keep friends, has an awful personality, is the dictionary definition of toxic, is ugly, and is basically the personification of everything society wishes to rid of. :)