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This Week in Tomarrymort (30 August – 5 September 2024)

For this week, I want to dedicate a short note to A Dangerous Game by Cybrid, which updated with the final epilogue chapter, seven years after the first chapter was uploaded to AO3. 

So many emotions I’m feeling after reading this — it’s been a long and gratifying journey keeping up with the updates here, and I’m sure I echo everyone in this ship when I say how grateful we are to Cybrid for having given us one of the most lovingly crafted and foundational works within the Tomarrymort ship. Thank you for everything you’ve poured into these years of writing and hundreds of thousands of words, which I’ll treasure and continue to reread for years and years to come 🤍

Previous Tomarrymort weeklies: 23-29 August 2024 | 7-15 August 2024 | 15-22 August 2024

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Tomarrymort One Shots and Completed Fic

Chapter 61 (Completed) of A Dangerous Game by Cybrid

Chapter 3 (Completed) of Devil's Trill by TimaeusKosmou

One Shot | Buried in the Stacks by @moontearpensfic

One Shot | yet I still believe in ever after with you by @wynnefic

One Shot | let the sky fall by @wynnefic

One Shot | The Heat of the Moment Showed in Your Eyes by @apocryphalzenith

One Shot | love me 'til my lips turn blue by @xodahafez

One Shot | Your Heart Got Teeth by tearfulandweeping

One Shot | Loving You Is Never Letting Go by tearfulandweeping

One Shot | Pall by @floatingdandelionseeds

One Shot | The bed by @jjaegerbomb

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Tomarrymort Ongoing Fics

Chapter 20 of What In Me Is Dark, Illumine by @telelli-writes

Chapter 28 of Of Kings, of Pawns, and of Men by @ambivalens999

Chapters 1 and 2 of Glorious by @obsidianpen

Chapter 3 of the vault by @milkandmoon-ao3

Chapter 1 of The Stubborn Hunger by @thefangirlibrarian

Chapter 4 of Blood Like Candy by @moontearpensfic

Chapter 32 of Part One - The Solitude of Suffering by @iseliljathedreamer

Chapters 117 and 118 of Liquida Tenebris (Remastered) by @dymis

Chapter 15 of Learning to love by @l-archiduchesse

Chapter 17 of Date Ideas for the Linguistically Inclined by Antique_Mango

Chapter 14 of Outrunning the Villain in You by @zenyteehee

Chapter 1 of doublethink by confunded

Chapter 20 of Time Stumbler by Wintumn

Chapter 15 of hook, line, and sinker by @purplemineralwater

Chapter 11 of Catching up by lemonchase

Chapter 7 of His condition by @ciacconne

Chapter 4 of midnight train by @girl-with-goats

Chapter 7 of But What Is Eternity by thelxiepeia

Chapter 6 of Saint Harry by @alenablack @chaos-bear

Chapter 4 of the silence in between by ermineah

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ThunderShield Bingo Sign Ups are OPEN!

Signups for Round 3 of ThunderShield bingo are officially open!

You can find the form HERE

Did you participate last round and want to reuse your card? You can! If you want any changes to your previous card reach out by email (thundershieldbingo@gmail.com) by the end of September 30th.

This bingo is dedicated to the romantic or platonic ship of Steve Rogers and Thor Odinson, a.k.a. Captain America and the Lord of Thunder. As Steve/Thor is a fairly rare ship, we encourage you to reblog this post!

What is a bingo?

A bingo is a type of fandom challenge wherein prompts are issued through a 5x5 card of 24 unique ideas + 1 free space. A bingo encourages people to create new fanworks for a certain fandom, theme, or ship.

What fanworks are accepted for this bingo?

The Steve/Thor bingo accepts all kinds of fanworks, including but not limited to: fanfic, fanart, moodboards, playlists, gifsets, edits, crafts, etc.! If it’s new content you can create for this ship, go wild.

What are the minimum requirements for fills?

There are no minimum requirements for each fill, and you are encouraged to create as little or as much as you want. This is a low-pressure event where everyone should have fun!

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How to Set Writing Goals for the New Year (or Any Time)

A new year is a chance to set new goals! You creative writing skills will grow in incredible ways this year, especially if you set benchmarks for yourself.

Here are a few ways to do that.

1. Consider What’s Realistic

If you’ve never written a story before, you may not write and publish a trilogy in the next 11 months. That’s so much pressure to put on yourself! You’d have to experiment with novel writing, complete over 180,000 words, understand the publishing process, market your work, and get your stories to readers. Traditional publishing doesn’t even work that fast with experts on each writer’s team.

Everyone needs realistic goals, creative or otherwise. We’ve all set our minds on doing something that was nearly impossible and then felt terrible after not achieving it

Let’s not do that with the stories and characters we love so much!

Instead, set realistic goals. They could be things like:

I’ll write a short story in a new genre.

I’ll rewrite an older short story that I love.

I’ll start making a list of novel ideas as they come to me.

I’ll outline a novel by the end of the year.

I’ll attend a writer’s retreat this year.

I’ll read a book on the craft of writing this year.

I’ll get 10 query responses from literary agents.

I’ll get 100 reviews on my collective fanfic uploads.

I’ll get better at receiving constructive criticism from beta readers.

Put your list where you can see it, even if you only have one goal. When you see it hanging on your mirror, monitor, desktop, or phone screen every day, you’re more likely to accomplish it.

2. Make Your Goals Actionable

Let’s pick a goal—imagine you want to write a short story in a new genre. That’s a great goal, but its not actionable. You could feel the same way right up through New Year’s Eve and never accomplish it.

Instead, let’s define the goal. You could make a list that looks something like this:

I want to write a short story in a new genre. Here are my goalposts:

∙ I’ll create a story idea by the end of February. ∙ I’ll draft an outline by the end of April. ∙ I’ll finish the first draft by the end of June. ∙ I’ll finish editing the draft by the end of August. ∙ I’ll submit the story to five publications or contests by the end of December.

The general dates will be actionable goalposts you can add to your planner, calendar, or set reminders for in your phone.

You can also break those into weekly goals. Set a reminder to spend 10 minutes thinking of story ideas in your new genre each week through the end of February. After that, you could schedule 15 minutes per week to create your outline through April. Set aside 30 minutes a week to write the first draft through June, even if it’s five or 10 minutes every other day.

You’ll know how to break down your goals based on your writing routine, how your creativity flows, and what your schedule looks like.

3. Check Back In With Yourself

If you’re anything like me, your new year’s resolutions may not seem as appealing a month, six months, or a year from January. Check back in with your writing goals each month.

You can always change them if they no longer interest you!

It’s healthy to set new goals because you’re learning about yourself. Maybe your skills develop faster than you intended or your creative focus goes to another genre/project. That’s great!

Give yourself the grace to adjust your goals accordingly and you’ll experience your main goal: strengthening your writing abilities.

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hello!! about your post the other day on how people think bkdk is just another sns, do you happen to have the source for ‘horikoshi dislikes the ending of naruto’? its such an integral part of my bkdk worldview and why im so convinced theyre gonna be canon, but i cant for the life of me figure out where horikoshi mentioned that 😅

This is the link of a transcription of the twitter thread! This was from the middle of 2015, even before Katsuki got kidnapped and wasn't super clear whether he would stay in the hero or villain, so I think we need to keep it in mind when reading about this too.

To give more perspective, a reminder of what happened in that time: Bakugou vs Deku 1 happened in January, and this interview probably happened when the sports festival was starting (as we see it goes until August/September)... A year later we get Katsuki's origin chapter, two years later the second Kacchan vs Deku fight after the kidnapping and rescuing, and six years later we get the apology.

(Interview under the cut, the parts where this is discussed)

The interviewer asks what Horikoshi thought of Naruto and Sasuke's rivalry, and Horikoshi says it was frustrating. Horikoshi says he really liked the "Valley of the End" and thought that would be the end of the series. - Kishimoto notes a lot of readers though Naruto and Sasuke would make up after the Valley of the End and go back to the village together. But he made them fight. - Horikoshi continues that all the misunderstandings during the second part were frustrating to watch and when it all came together in the final fight he almost felt like a parent watching these characters he had grown up with, and he was rooting for them both. - Kishimoto says he's happy to hear that, he wanted people to be able to understand both Naruto and Sasuke's feelings. Horikoshi notes it was really emotional, built up over 15 years. - Kishimoto notes he likes Bakugo as a rival and found it funny how he's an ally almost like a villain, telling the main character "die". He thinks Horikoshi did a good job since you don't know if Bakugo will stay an ally or become an enemy. - Horikoshi notes Bakugo is horrible, but thought it would be more interesting that way. He says he wants him to be like Vegeta from Dragon Ball but doesn't know how it'll play out from here. Kishimoto says he thinks it'll be interesting whichever direction Bakugo goes.

I think this last comment is kind of a reference to what he planned for prototype Katsuki Gougou -he was a really nice guy who would insult ppl accidentally and be loud during fights, but he found it annoying. He probably thought and took inspiration from V*geta in order to craft a rude personality for the beginning, and as we know it wasn't clear whether he would even ever support Izuku in the first place or stay as an obstacle to surpass.

I dont believe we are reading into things when thinking Katsuki has become way more than another V*geta, and that his relationship with Izuku doesn't resemble the one he has with G*ku, as far as I know -cmon he is literally crying over feeling like he lost his chance to be by deku's side forever, while not caring about his own arm or possibility of not being a hero, I dont know about DBZ but I dont think something similar happened lol.

When we say he doesnt like it, its because he clearly states very bold declarations in front of the author -who is basically a sensei, a superior role than his and who he should always respect the most. So being critical about it makes it even more clear how much he truly disliked it -he was tired of the misunderstandings and hoped they would just go back together to the village. So, to say the least, he never really truly enjoyed the idea of a rivalry where the characters are so important to each other, but end up fighting for more unnecessary misunderstandings.

We can see how he took notes from the whole everyone coming together for the fight, and he likes that emotional aspect -also making tribute to DBZ with everyone cheering for the hero just like many ppl did irl. We'll have to see what happens, but I believe we'll see more of Katsuki and the reasons why he was able to survive this long and see vestige All Might

[fallenlondonficswap]

Event Information

The sign-up form is live as of August 15! The deadline to sign up is September 15. On September 19, assignments will be given for the secret gift swap and the public portion of the event will go live in the form of a google sheet.

In summary, the sign-up form will ask you for your experience level with the game/lore for purposes of evenly matching participants, your likes and dislikes, your comfort level with spoilers, and if you want your OCs to be included.

I'm aware it can feel daunting to write about others' OCs, and it's entirely optional! Ideas for types of fics to write include: NPC character studies, second person/game style, explorations of locations, etc.

Most of all: be creative, have fun, and enjoy practicing the craft of writing! Don't be nervous. Your writing is good enough to participate.

How it works:

There will be both a secret admirer gift swap and a public portion of the event. For the secret swap, everyone will be randomly assigned another participant to write for (matches based on game experience level), to ensure everyone receives at least one fic. The deadline for the secret swap will be November 4. You have over one month to write.

The public event will operate similarly to "artfight," in which you'll be able to view people's wishes for fic and write something for any participant(s). This portion of the event will officially end on November 12 as in I will no longer be actively managing it, but you're free to continue writing for as long as you want!

If you need an extension, need to drop out, or need any other accommodation, please don't hesitate to reach out! This is intended to be flexible and not stressful. If you wind up needing to drop out, I prefer that you give me notice by October 28 so I can arrange alternatives for the secret swap. (After the participant list is posted, if there's anyone you absolutely don't want to be paired with, please DM me and I'll try to work something out)

Rules:

This event is limited in scope to Fallen London and not the tie-in games. I'm aware some overlap exists with the tie-in games which is okay to reference, but fics should be focused on Fallen London.

Submissions should be a minimum of 250 words with a limit somewhere around 2000 words. If you go a little over, it's ok.

Keep it relatively 13+, around the same level as the game.

You are required to write an item for your secret swap partner. The rest of the event is optional.

Respect others' wishes. You will be shown people's preferences for what they do/don't like and their comfort level with spoilers. Please follow those guidelines when writing something for someone. If you have questions, reach out to me and I can reach out to the person you're writing for on your behalf.

When posting a fic, please tag this account and the person you wrote it for. You agree to having your work shared on this account.

You're free to share your work on any social media you like, but it must be posted on tumblr. I will be creating an AO3 collection if you wish to be included in that, too.

If you have any questions about sign-ups or need anything at all, please feel free to ask. (This event is fan run, unofficial, and not affiliated with FBG)

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AgneKari Week 2024 Official Prompts and Rules

Hello friends! Thank you to everyone who showed interest in AgneKari Week 2024! We are excited to announce the prompts and rules for AgneKari Week 2024!

Join us from August 11-17!

We are so pleased to announce the first annual AgneKari Week, a full seven days dedicated to the adorableness that is Agnea Bristarni/Hikari Ku from Octopath Traveler II. All are welcomed to participate in this event with fanart, fanfiction, poetry, musical compositions, crafts, and any other creative outlet of your choice.

Please see below for full event information!

How to participate:

During the week of August 11-17, share your creative works related to Agnea/Hikari! You can participate as little or as much as you would like – no need to come up with something for every day. Check out the prompt list below to inspire you, and help us spread the word by liking, resharing, giving kudos, and commenting on other participants’ work.

When uploading works to Archive of our Own (AO3), please drop them in the “AgneKariWeek2024” collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/AgneKariWeek2024 

When posting works to social media, please use the #AgneKariWeek2024 tag so that others can easily reshare!

Prompts:

For each day, we are providing two prompts to choose from. You can pick your favorite or try to combine them. Don’t be afraid to get creative – all potential interpretations of the prompts are welcomed! And if the prompts aren’t speaking to you, no worries. Thursday is a free day, when you can write, draw, or produce anything you’d like, as long as it relates to Agnea/Hikari.

Full prompt list:

Sunday, August 11: Home | Path

Monday, August 12: Music | Hot

Tuesday, August 13: Travel | Rest

Wednesday, August 14: First | Fall

Thursday, August 15: Bewildering Grace (Free Day)

Friday, August 16: Joy | Sorrow

Saturday, August 17: Shadow | Dawn

Where to go for more information:

Follow the official AgneKari Week twitter/X account @AgneKariWeek

Join the official AgneKari discord: discord.gg/ppQFjwnX

Or email any questions to AgneKariWeek@gmail.com

Who’s steering this ship?

We have two moderators, myself and Ivy!

You can find Ivy on Twitter (@Ivy_WritesYall), Discord (@pomegranate_leaves) and AO3 (@azuki_porridge).

You can find me on Tumblr (@hylaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa), Discord (@hygirl), and AO3 (@hiya_girlie).

Other questions and answers:

I want to participate, but I don’t want to write or draw. Is there anything I can do?

There are plenty of ways you can participate! Tell an artist or writer what you like about their work, repost some of your favorites, or get creative – compile a playlist, make a mood board, or bake themed cupcakes! All ideas are welcome.

Can I share information about AgneKari Week on my social media channels?

Absolutely – in fact, we would love it if you did! Feel free to direct folks to the official channels for more information.

Can I include background ships?

Sure! Just make sure they are tagged appropriately.

Can I write/draw explicit content?

We ask that all previews be non-explicit so that we can share freely, but as long as your work is tagged appropriately, there are no rating limits!

I like Agnea and Hikari but want to depict them as friends. Is that okay?

We agree that friendship is a great ship! Feel free to depict them as friends – we just ask that you don’t pair them romantically with anyone else if you tag your work as part of AgneKari week. And please bear in mind that folks may still interpret it as romantic.

Why is the free day called Bewildering Grace?

Because we’re wondering what will happen!

I have a prompt idea for AgneKari week. Where can I submit it?

Please send any ideas to the email address listed above! The prompts for this year are finalized, but we would love to hear your thoughts on prompts for future weeks.

I have a question that’s not listed here. What should I do?Reach out to the mods on any of the channels listed above, and we’ll do our best to get back to you with an answer as soon as possible.

Thanks for joining us for our inaugural AgneKari week, and we hope you have a wonderful time!

-Mod Hy♥️

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Gears & Playing Analysis - Matthew Bellamy Song Writing Method [STYLE Series #004 - Muse (August 2010)]

Matthew Bellamy Song Writing Method

Muse music that is grand and spectacular, yet somehow gives a fragile impression. The secret lies in the exquisite chord progressions that Matthew creates! Commentary: Yugo Yokoyama

Diatonic chords in Key=C

Diatonic chords in Key=Am

T: Tonic, SD : Subdominant, D dominant SDm subdominant minor Tm: Tonic minor

Let us now analyse the characteristics of Matthew's compositional technique in terms of chord progressions. As you know, not many Muse songs are simply ‘bright’. Some people may think that this is because there are many songs in minor keys, but in fact, it's not that simple. In fact, if you actually analyse the melody and chord progression, you will find that there are quite a lot of major key songs in Muse songs. In other words, even songs with major keys are elaborately crafted in such a way that they are not simply ‘bright’.

As an example, let's check the chord progression of ‘Falling Away With You’ (Ex-15), which was also featured in the play analysis. The exact chord progression is as described in Ex-15, but Ex-A makes it easier to understand. The Dm and C/E in bar 1 are omitted as they are considered transitional, and the E/G# in bar 3 is simply E as it is based on the E chord tone.

Let's first check the Key. Key=C, as can be seen from the fact that the final solution is a C chord. So let's consider the chords that can be made on the C major scale, the so-called Key=C diatonic chords. These are the chords shown in Fig. 1 above, with the exception of Fm. Key=C songs fit these chords because the melody is mainly formed by notes in the C Major Scale. The problem then arises with the chords in Ex-A that do not fall into these categories, namely E and Fm. First of all, E can be considered as the dominant (V) of Key=Am, which is the parallel key of Key=C (see Fig. 1 below). This is not so exaggerated as a modulation, but the intervening Key=Am chord creates for a moment a melancholy atmosphere characteristic of minor keys. The other Fm is a subdominant minor chord (IVm) with the third of the subdominant F (IV) lowered by a semitone. This is not strictly a diatonic chord, but it is often used to add a sad atmosphere to a major key tune.

Thus, in Falling Away With You, the two chords E and Fm are major keys, but they are not simply ‘bright’. Incidentally, it is interesting to note that these characteristics are also common to early Radiohead songs. A comparison with the chord progression of ‘Creep’, one of Radiohead's most famous songs from the early days, should give you a better idea of this.

Next, let's analyse the chord progression (Ex-B) of ‘Take a Bow’. Again, as mentioned above, the subdominant minor chord is key. The part covered in Ex-B is Key=D, so let's consider the upper part of Figure 1, moving it up one note in parallel. If we do so, we can see that Gm (on B♭) in bars 6 and 9 is IVm. The B♭ (#5) in bar 2 is a bit tricky to interpret, but if we compare it to a subdominant minor Gm with a maj7th tension, we can see that its chord tone is almost identical (Fig. 2), so here, as well as the Gm (onB♭) in bars 6 and 9, we can It is reasonable to consider this as a subdominant minor chord. In other words, it can be seen that the technique revealed by the analysis of Ex-A is also used here.

Incidentally, Matthew is said to have used either guitar or piano when composing, and this song was probably composed using piano. It is difficult to come up with a chord progression of [B♭(#5)→D] while playing the guitar. However, it is a different story if you play the piano. If you lower the root note of B♭ (#5) [Bb+D+F#] by a semitone, you get the expanded form of D [A+D+F#]. The chord progression in Ex-B is the beginning of the song, but the same chord progression is repeated in the following keys [Key=G→Key=C→Key=F→Key=B♭→Key=Eb], while modulating to the key 4 degrees lower than the previous key, so please check them too.

Finally, one more characteristic of Matthew's music is that many of his songs use so-called ‘cliche’ chord progressions. A good example is the ‘Butterflies and Hurricanes’-style chord progression Ex-C. Here, a cliché like the one shown in Fig. 3 is used. Incidentally, Ex-17, discussed in the play analysis section, is also a cliche-based progression, so please check that as well.

Translator's Notes: This part of the article is short, but I was still just as confused with it as when I started reading it. Otherwise, I'm quite satisfied with how Deepl translated it. The next article will be about Dom's role as the drummer.

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@wintercorrybriea2 re: surmounting Writer’s Block and/or Writer’s Traffic Jam, this is a rundown of strategies that work for me personally, and by “work” I mean “ameliorate the problem anywhere from 30-75% about 30-75% of the time,” lmao, but this is literally my cheat sheet for when I get stuck:

Freedraft. (Also known as freewriting.) Implement a regular freedrafting schedule. Even if it’s just 15 minutes at a set time each day. I hate freedrafting because forcing my neurotic self-monitoring editor brain to shut up is impossible. But you have to do it. It is the only way you will get both faster and better at writing. In the month of August I committed to freedrafting for 34 minutes every weekday in a notebook on the train, because that’s the duration of my MNR commute in the morning. And I wound up completing a 16,000-word project I had been working on in a little under three weeks, which for me is a personal record! I write SLOW. The first week sucked but before you know it you’ll be off to the races. Forge the habit. Do whatever you need to do to forge the habit.

If you can’t freedraft, outline. Structure first, details later. Revise your outline, re-write your outline, expand on it or experiment with it, get more granular with it. Get an idea in your head of where you want things to go, and get it down on paper or in a word processor. Even if it’s just: Character needs to get from Room A to Room B over the course of this scene. How might you want them to do that?

If you can’t outline, read. If my creative writing gears are jammed it means I’m probably not reading enough to grease them. This should technically be #1, because the most important thing a writer can do is READ. Read fiction, and read research materials on the subject(s) you’re writing about.

If you can’t read, seek inspiration in other, related mediums, and maybe take some drugs. Seriously. Some of my best story ideas have come while I’m high off my ass, binging movies or making playlists in a similar genre or mood to what I’m writing. Whatever it takes to get you looser and less inhibited creatively. NOTE: make sure you check those ideas for coherence later, when you’re not under the influence. Spitball stoned; scrutinize sober.

Go for a walk and listen to music and daydream. It’s also just good for you and you will be a happier person.

Revisit central dramatic conflicts and character motives. What’s the Problem in the story, or the Problem in the chapter? What do your characters want, and what motivates them to handle the problem in the way that they do? What’s preventing them, both externally and internally, from finding easy resolution?

Revisit character transformations — or lack thereof. How do you want your characters to change over the course of your story? What are the ways that those changes could be interestingly, meaningfully effected? If one of them is not going to change — and sometimes this is even more interesting — what kinds of narrative scenarios would be the kind to make them stubbornly refuse growth, and why?

Revisit themes, symbols, and motifs that have already established themselves in your work. This is really only helpful if you’ve got enough already done that you can observe them. But if you have a general idea of where you want your story to go, and are struggling with the mechanics for getting there, finding those preexisting patterns might illuminate a path forward.

Craft backstories for your characters, and borrow liberally from real-world observation and research. The better you know your characters, the easier it will be to inhabit them, and the easier it will be to write them past the blocks that throw themselves up in your way. I am absolute dog shit at creative invention from scratch, which is part of the reason I write more fanfiction than original work, but drawing abundantly and directly from life is also how some of the most compelling original work gets made. (Cough cough…)

Revisit the source material and “novelize” a scene. This is only applicable to transformative work, but I’m including it since you mentioned you might be doing some forays into worldbuilding. If I’m stuck at a particular juncture in my own fic, I practice writing out an existing scene from the source itself, almost as if I were adapting it for a novel. This way, I can stay inside that universe and practice writing in it without having to do the heavy lifting required by plot. It’s more of a descriptive exercise, and I often find it gets my imagination and motivation going to resume writing the “real” thing.

SORRY, that got long! But with a little luck there’s some small thing of use to you in there!

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REDOING MY INTRO!!

(The old one is still here)

Name: Aster Atlas

What to call me: Aster, Atty, Ast (Be careful not to say Ass🔫☺️) or any other nicknames you decide, I love them!!

Age: 14/15

I was never shown my birth certificate, never celebrated birthdays, and my foster family never knew either, but we have a general idea. The day they took me in was June 17th, and so we call that day my birthday..

Personality: I love lots and lots of things! I love loving things! I'm typically pretty upbeat all around, except late nights and hard days, but we all have those! I'm too loud sometimes, but it's okay because I'm surrounded by people who love me!!! Also, I'm pretty extraverted and optimistic.

Hobbies: Archery, crafts, silly poetry👀, spying on my fellow campers, spilling tea with @half-bloodhades-spawn 🖤💜

Legal older sibling/custody haver of @im-jus-da-baby-apolloson It's kinda complicated. My foster mom is our Mama, and that's all that matters

I'm queer and bigender🤍🤍🤍

Music I listen to: Lots of different people with similar happy artsy vibes, here's a playlist! (I get sad sometimes)

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#4 Ask box open to everyone for just about anything! Please do not vent in my ask box unless it's rp

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August 15 2024 update: my new tag/only one I've ever had because I forgot is now "Hanslocalsibby"

//Run by @d3adgayw1zzyr3ad3r //

[fashionthroughtimewithlucy]

Woodstock.

Woodstock, the most famous of the 1960s rock festivals, held on a farm property in Bethel, New York, August 15–18, 1969, at the end of the hippie movement. The hippie flower child look from the late 1960's carried over into the first half of the 1970's, in a non-restrictive bohemian silhouette with a heavy folksy influence. Arts and crafts had a huge impact on fashion during this time including tie-dye, batik, knitwear, crochet and macrame.

1970s Gunne Sax dresses.

Gunne Sax's aesthetic has been described as feminine, nostalgic, Victorian, old world and romantic. Though the brand is now closely associated with formal and bridal wear, its origins date back to late '60s San Francisco.  In 1969, San Francisco boutique Gunne Sax needed a house designer. Enter Jessica McClintock, an elementary school teacher with a life-long interest in fashion. When a friend told McClintock of the opening at Gunne Sax, she applied immediately. McClintock was hired despite her lack of formal training in fashion design or clothing manufacture. Herself and designer Laura Ashley popularized the prairie dress phenomenon.

Sometimes referred to as Granny or prairie dresses, a typical Gunne Sax dress of the early 1970s featured a banded Empire waist and a long maxi-skirt. Lace trim, high collars and long sleeves evoked an amalgam of past eras and created an overall impression of demure femininity.

Vogue Italia March 1970.

Twiggy for Vogue 1970

Thea Porter, Godmother of Bohemian Cheque.

Thea Porter, who is credited with bringing the bohemian look to London catwalks. Although Thea Porter is not as famous a name as Mary Quant or Laura Ashley, her influence on the look of her era is just as potent. Her loose, draped shapes and fabrics helped create the style of stars such as Faye Dunaway and Elizabeth Taylor in the 1970s, and they have since become forever entangled with the idea of rock-star self-indulgence. She celebrated ethnic styles in Indian style prints, free flowing breezy gauzy tent dresses and wide legged pants.

Porter's seven signature looks: the Abaya & Kaftan; the Gipsy dress; the Fraye dress; the Brocade-panel dress; the Wrap-over dress; the Chazara jacket, and the Sirwal skirt, as well as important fashion photography from the pages of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Women's Wear.

Changing skirt sizes.

This was the year of the changing hemline. There is no longer one length for one woman, but a whole wardrobe of lengths from which to choose. Mini, regular, midi and maxi length. Both emerald and bottle green were popular colours of the 1970s along with rust, wine red, purple, orange, and brown.

Tom Wolfe called the 1970s the "me decade" Across the land, Americans seemed determined to escape from the wars and social movements of the previous decade. Disillusionment with national and global action led many to look inward and find solace in discovering more about themselves. Women demanded respect as equal partners, and began to emerge into the work place. As women asserted themselves economically, socially, and politically, the idea of remaining trapped in an unhappy marriage became less and less appealing. Consequently, the divorce rate soared. An 1974 book entitled the courage to divorce  encouraged individuals to put their own happiness above that of their spouses and children.

Every rule of fashion was shattered in the 1970s. Lapels, ties, and collars, reached record widths. The polyester leisure suit, available in a palette of citrus and pastel colors, was extremely popular among young males. The jacket, pants, and vest were often worn with an open collar to display thick necklace chains nestled in exposed chest hair. A senses of masculine style emerged in the film 'Annie Hall' which created a sensation with Diane Keaton wearing a fitted vest with a collard white shirt and men's neckties.

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The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology first listen 🎧🪻✨

More than 15 years later wow it still feels so magical to listen to a brand new album. The joy, the excitement, the nervousness. I mark chapters of my life with her albums, they always seem to arrive with perfect timing. Is it fate or delusion? Probably the later, obviously she has no idea who I am. Idk it feels nice to delude myself now and again that we’re all journeying through this time together in some connectedness (is that a word?). It feels sort of nostalgic in some ways, from being just a child to now an adult, it’s like Sesame Street that grows up with you. Not a great analogy but what I mean to say is it holds a special place to me.

This album, this anthology feels much like we’ve been handed her diary, filled with sticky notes bound together, it’s so raw but so expertly crafted, messy feelings but the penmanship is exquisite. From her debut album, it’s always been poetry. She transports you to her world. What a journey, what a joy, what a gift.

I like to capture my first thoughts of each song in my silly chicken scratching written notes. Most of it makes no sense. It feels like a nice silly tradition and it’s fun to look back on. So here goes:

Fortnight

- It’s giving moody 1989??? Excuse me miss?!!! Ohhh she knows. Preach bye time to cry

The tortured poets department

- Ooooh we’re in an 80s dreamscape. Yes yes yes. Who’s gonna love you but me? A fluffy dreamland Patty smith? Insert wait I understood the reference meme. Ooooh it’s lovely. I am sad

My boy only breaks his favourite toys

- excuse me?? I’m shattered byyyyyeee. I’ll tell you that he runs because he loves me?? You should’ve see him when he first saw me? Once I fix me he’s gonna miss me??? Ladies and gents welcome to afternoon tea on the menu SCALDING hot queen’s special. Maybe I’m a crumpled up paper on the floor. Maybe I am no more.

Down Bad

- well damn she’s said the quiet parts out loud again. Oh smokes time to dissapear into this galaxy smoky cloud of night. One of us. One of us. One of us.

So long London

- literally standing by the river in the rain. May as well cry my damn eyes out . Darn it blondie. Poetic destruction. Crying my eyes out by the water like I’m in made in Chelsea. Darn.

But daddy I love him

- a folklore ode? Little house on the prairie Princess revolution. Serve it up serve it up I’m ready to be stuffed like a winter pig. A grown up love story. It’s ridiculous and maybe wise eyes know too well it’s chockablock of red flags but darn I’m a cheesin’ this is so cute.

Fresh out the slammer

- oh it’s like August but dark. August dark afternoon blistering hot and the storm is about to come.

Florida!!! Ft Florence and the machine

-ExXUSE MEEEEEEEeE?????!?!!?teee heee heee heeee. Your home’s really only a town you’re a guest in??? Sorry can’t speak my jaw has shattered. Pls pls. Palm tree pls.

Guilty as sin?

- A false God dreamy haze confessional? With sprinkle of Gold Rush??? I am a melted.

Who’s afraid of little old me?

- The who’s who of who’s that is poised for the attack? But my bare hands paved their path, you don’t get to tell me what’s sad? - I AM CHOKED. Silenced mute. Ohhhh miss blondie is on BUSINESS. TELL THEM SWEETIE. Oh my heart 💔

I can fix him (No really I can).

- Oooh moody blues preaching with generous dash of delusion? Ah yes my routine favourite beverage. I am drinking this up like air. Drunk on false hope? One of us. One of us. One of us.

Loml

- You Holy Ghost you told me I’m the love of your life. Oh no I’m crying again. Back to crumpled paper rocking back and forth on the floor in a ball it is. It’s so pretty yet, shattering. Devastating. I wish I could unrecall how we almost had it all. Dancing phantoms on the terrace, are they second hand embarrassed that I can’t get out of bed ‘cause something counterfit is dead? Yep that’ll do it.

I can do it with a broken heart?

- Oh damn. Honey nooooo. Oh myyyy. Oh I’m in this picture and I don’t like it. It’s so artfully done, so upbeat and Poppy yet so hauntingly sad. Yes that’s the point but it’s sooo well done. Oh sweetie. I can’t stop laughing it’s not funny, it’s just you too pumpkin. I wanna hug her and tell her it’ll be fine. Ok ok.

The smallest man who ever lived

- Oh I’m speechless. And I don’t even want you back, I just want to know, if rusting my sparkling summer was the goal. The bridge? Excuse me while I sink to the bottom of the darkest ocean.

The alchemy

- Oooh it’s so cute and dreamy. I’m beaming you can hear her smile when she sings.

Clara bow

- Oooh it’s the lucky one grown up. The bridge is a masterpiece. It’s hell on earth to be heavenly, thems the breaks it don’t come gently. She knows she’s a star, The never ending cyclical wheel of stardom, even the shiniest, ends with a new star born in its shadow.

The black dog

- Oh No no no I Am 1 billion percent destroyed. Byeeeee

Imgonnagetyouback

- Oooh blondie is on the prowl and what can I do but bop like the well stuffed clown I am. Insert meme of cat bopping their head.

The albatross

- Banjo? Haunting country cautionary tale? - scathing review of one’s reputation, worst traits but underneath it all is just vulnerability. Caged for ‘monstrosity’ but being so vulnerable and just wanting to be freed loved. The ‘monster’ trying to protect the one they love from the things that will come for them too? Do they even realise it? Do they care? Wow it’s poetically beautiful.

Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus

- Oh it’s sad. If you wanna break my cold cold heart, just say I loved you the way that you were? Oh myyy. Replaying old moments, looking for clues wondering if it can all have a new ending? Wow.

How did it end?

- Wow the invasiveness of empathy of the innate curiosity of wanting to know, so you can something comforting, learn from it but you forget how it can be the worst part, having to offer up a ‘post mortem’ to all when you’ve barely even processed its ended yourself. The cyclical nature of it happening every time like it’s just a formal process we’ve come to accept even though it haunts us all. Ironically as we listen to this. Wow so beautifully done.

So high school

- I wanna find you in a crowd just to hide from you, and in a blink of a crinkling eye, I’m sinking, our fingers entertwined. Awww the sort of bubblegum silly feels you roll your eyes but you have the biggest smile on your face. It’s soo cute. You know how to call, I know Aristotle.

I hate it here

- Oooooh tell me something awful like you’re a poet trapped inside the body of a finance guy. One of us. One of us.

ThanK you aIMee

- Oh my goodness it’s grown up mean but she made it out. It’s so sad but I’m beaming. I say that’s my baby and I’m proud. Andrea? Oh thank you next. Not the kid. I’m cackling.

I look in people’s windows

- Oh it’s haunted death by a thousand cuts glimmering of desperate false hope. It’s lovely.

The prophecy

- Oh. Damn yep that’ll do it. Right in the ticker. Damn. It feels very much like am I doomed to always be the one before the one? Wow. Just yeah.

Cassandra

- I don’t know why but this makes think of safe and sound. Like the woman that was there when everything burned around them. She’s telling her side. Everyone’s there to watch you burn, screaming your guilt but silent when they’re wrong? If that ain’t the truth miss. Oh wow. Shes beautifully captured such a dark chapter.

Peter

- Oh wow it’s beautiful. It’s like post cardigan and she’s all grown up. 'Cause love's never lost when perspective is earned. But the woman who sits by the window has turned out the light. Oh wow it’s wow.

The Bolter

- Oh we must stop meeting like this but it always ends with a town car speeding. Wowowow. It feels like the time she fell through the ice, then came out alive. Oh my a BEAUTY.

Robin

- Oh it’s so pretty. It’s like never grow up, safe and sound and seven swirled together. Wow. It’s like she’s talking to her child but then also herself in the past and present, like from an older perspective? Ohhh it’s beautiful. Why does this make me think of coraline’s real mother watching her sleep? I wanna cry.

The manuscript

- Wow god it’s beautiful. Another time travel song. You keep revisiting past in your mind and you gain perspective and then you realise you aren’t that version of you that lived it anymore. You can feel it still, not as deeply perhaps but you’re disconnected from thinking the way you did at that time or after. Is sobering and haunting. The healing. Wow wow wow.

@taylorswift thank you my love 💕

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1985 Games' Kickstarter Triumph: Obojima

  A Fantasy World Like No Other: Obojima and Its Inspiration

1985 Games, the creative minds behind Dungeon Craft and VHS Dice, have returned to Kickstarter with an ambitious new project: Obojima: Tales from the Tall Grass. Inspired by the enchanting films of Studio Ghibli and the beloved game series The Legend of Zelda, this Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting has captured the hearts of gamers worldwide. Within minutes of its launch on August 1, the campaign reached its funding goal, and within 24 hours, it soared to a remarkable $400k.   Exploring Obojima: A World of Wonder In Obojima: Tales from the Tall Grass, players will be transported to a fully-realized world, spanning over 250 pages of 5E content. This enchanting book will evoke a sense of cozy nostalgia reminiscent of beloved games and movies while introducing an array of exciting new options. The setting will feature playable races, subclasses, spells, magic items, feats, and much more.   Bringing Obojima to Life: The Talented Artists Behind the Project To visually breathe life into Obojima's captivating world, 1985 Games has enlisted the talents of two exceptional artists. Varguy Art, a German illustrator renowned for his simplicity and creativity, will contribute hundreds of stylized illustrations. Panel Per Day, also known as Scott Higginbotham, an Australian illustrator with a reputation for skillful character and creature design, will add his own unique touch to the project.  

Journeying through Obojima: The Pages Unfold

Obojima: Tales From The Tall Grass is divided into two halves. The first intricately details the island of Obojima, delving into its locations, characters, and rich lore. The second half is brimming with thrilling content, including new player options, an array of monster stat blocks, and a cutting-edge Potion Crafting system.   Unleashing Creativity: Never-Before-Seen 5E Content Within the pages of Obojima, players will find an array of unprecedented 5E content: - A detailed Potion Crafting system boasting 130+ ingredients & 180+ potions - 8 Subclasses - 3 Playable Races - 50 Spells - 60 Monsters - 50 Magic Items - The Hero’s Journey Boon System - Thematic Feats & Fighting Styles - 8 Familiars and Fresh Familiar Mechanics - 20 Weapons & Weapon Mechanics - 10 In-Depth Chapters on the World & Lore of Obojima  

Finding Inspiration: A Childhood Dream Realized

Creative Director Jeremiah Crofton shares the story behind Obojima's inception, revealing that his love for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke sparked the idea. Drawing from these beloved influences, the team embarked on a quest to create a refreshing and imaginative 5E supplement that stands out in a sea of gritty realism.  

The Kickstarter Adventure: A Journey of Success

The Kickstarter campaign for Obojima: Tales from the Tall Grass launched on August 1 and will run until the end of the month. The response has been overwhelming, with the introduction of 15 new products, Kickstarter exclusives, and an array of stretch goals that have made it one of 1985 Games' most successful campaigns to date.   A Special Gift for Early Supporters To show appreciation for early supporters, 1985 Games is gifting a handmade resin D20 as a callback to their previous VHS Dice Kickstarter. The D20 serves as a thematic tie-in to the world of Obojima, adding an extra touch of magic to the gaming experience.   Playtest Material: Join the Adventure Early Leading up to the launch, 1985 Games has been sharing playtest material with the community weekly. They plan to continue this practice, providing players with a sneak peek of the wonders that await in Obojima. Those who sign up for the playtest can explore creatures, subclasses, and magic items, and anticipate even more exciting player options.  

About 1985 Games: Where Gaming Dreams Come True

Hailing from Portland, Oregon, 1985 Games is a group of dedicated players passionate about enhancing the TTRPG hobby. With their ninth Kickstarter campaign underway, led by Creative Director Jeremiah Crofton and President Lenny Gotter, the team is committed to creating gaming accessories that address the community's needs and desires. From their first success, the Dungeon Craft terrain system, to the latest Kickstarter venture, Obojima: Tales from the Tall Grass, 1985 Games continues to captivate the gaming world with their creativity and innovation.   Sources: THX News & 1985 Games. Read the full article

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𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 — a twenty-eight year old horror movie director who thinks she's still a regular person, penned by 𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓫 for 𝖓𝖊𝖕𝖔𝖋𝖒. INTRODUCTION   ,   PLAYLIST & PINTEREST.

𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐒

lorde.     she/her.     cis   woman.      ›      spotted   at   the   met   steps   ,   lucky   strike   carson   ,   most   likely   listening   to   heads   gonna   roll   by   jenny   lewis   with   their   airpods   pro   .   the   twenty-eight   year   old   gained   quite   a   reputation   ,   known   to   be   -uncompromising   yet   +inventive   to   anyone   who   knows   them   .   you'll   easily   spot   them   when   you   hear   about   carefully   categorized   prints   of   1970’s   horror   films   stacked   neatly   in   a   home   theater   ,   the   whisper   of   uncertainty   —   asking   if   another   miracle   can   happen   ,   the   magic   of   fame   wasted   on   a   girl   obsessed   with   being   an   outsider   ,   deep   insecurity   hidden   behind   cigarettes   and   snark   ,   followed   by   old   cigarette   smoke   and   vintage   perfume   .   latest   nepoupdates   article   talks   about   the   newest   queen   of   horror   isn’t   as   down   to   earth   as   she   seems   —   production   assistant   tells   all!   ,   but   i   guess   any   reputation   is   good   reputation   . 

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐒

full name: lucky strike carson

nicknames: mostly goes by strike, unless you've know her a long time. does not tolerate "lucky" except from those very close to her.

birthday: june 29, 1995

zodiac: gemini

hometown: topeka, kansas

occupation: film director

sexual orientation: bisexual

face claim: lorde

career claim: ari aster

𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒

NEWEST FILM BY LUCKY STRIKE CARSON MAKES $22MIL ON LIMITED RELEASE — The Hollywood Reporter, 15 August 2023 STRIKE CARSON WINS INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD FOR MIDSOMMAR — Sight & Sound, 5 March 2023 STRIKE CARSON SMOKES A CIG WITH SETH MEYERS TO PROMOTE NEW FILM: SEE FULL VIDEO — Variety, 1 December 2022 SURPRISE HIT WITH A24'S HORROR FILM, HEREDITARY: READ OUR REVIEW HERE ! — The Guardian, 19 October 2020 WINNER OF STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL: MUNCHAUSEN WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY LUCKY STRIKE CARSON — The NYU Times, 14 April 2017

𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍

she's been weird her entire life - and really, with a family like hers, how could she not be? the only daughter in a gaggle of boys, surrounded in her family's trailer by both love and constant criticism. each of them latched onto something - she just picked the old vhs copies of slasher films that her uncle left over, the last time he ever visited. and that would be her saving grace, and her downfall.

she buys a camera - or, well, you could say she sort-of steals a camera - when she's twelve. she pawns a few things she picks up off of the porches around the neighborhood, and then uses that to buy a film camera that's a bit too old and a few rolls of film. and then it begins, she's directing little movies with her brothers in starring roles - everything from war dramas to romantic movies featuring their girlfriends as love interests.

they put up with it, until she's in high school and it's no longer a product of her youth. then, she's got to recruit the losers and the theater kids from her high school - this time, all to make a full film reel. she's got her sights set on film school, on getting out of the town she's in and moving to new york city. and she'll need a scholarship to do it. so she works her ass off, and gets the scholarship, and the rest is a carefully crafted montage of packing up a life and moving it across the country.

film school is everything she thought it would be and more. she's got the freedom now, between her very structured classes, to branch out - try new, more experimental things. and she's got the equipment to meet the ideas she has in her head. nyu loans her real cameras, and she goes a little insane for the first two summers she's there - filming everything she possibly can and entering film festivals with short films that she actually feels meet her expectations.

she meets abel there, in class, and she actually finds someone who she values the opinions of. most people know that strike has never been able to be told she's wrong - too opinionated and hardheaded to actually be reasoned with. but abel's ideas are good, and their delivery's gentle enough that strike doesn't feel attacked all the damn time. they fall into the relationship with ease, like it's something that it's supposed to be. and strike doesn't even mind that misses a class or two, if it means she's actually got something real.

she wins, at the student film festival, with a short about the death of familial relationships - and she feels accomplished in a way she never really has before. she wants more, wants to actually bring some of the horrifying shit she's been writing to life - but she has to finish school first, has to perfect her screenplays and create a pitch, and she disappears for a little while, into her dorm room, to work on that. abel is the only one who actually sees her, for a while.

and then the relationship is over, one random morning, and strike is left alone in her dorm room. and she can't even process the heartbreak - she has a meeting coming up with several production companies and she works through it - works through everything. she's a bit of a workaholic, chasing a legacy that she knows she can leave. only her brother really gets through to her, when he moves up to new york, too. she's glad - he reminds her to eat and... exist, outside of the confines of a film set.

she wins an award on her first feature, and the accolades keep coming in, and being as meticulous and rude as she was during development seems... worth it. yeah, some of her actors hate her - but she got their names out there, by word of mouth and good performance, right? everything can be forgiven if it's a means to an end.

she releases another film with incredible turnaround time, and that one wins bigger awards - makes more money than she knows what to do with. they offer her a ridiculous amount of money - enough to buy the entire goddamn trailer park where she grew up, and she... turns it down. or - tables it, is a more correct way to put it. strike wants to be a person, and not a little worker bee.

so, she takes two years off - or, she gets the production company to agree to her taking two years off - and goes into the city to actually experience it. she'd never even been to central park, before - and she lived not ten blocks from it, during college. and when she starts to interact with the people around her, she starts to realize - she doesn't belong among them, still too many sharp edges and too much history. people think she's grown, a rags to riches success story - but strike's still that same girl, stealing off the others in her trailer park to chases insane dreams.

𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

THE ACTORS — people that appeared in her movies! strike is intense on a set, a whole different person than she is outside. you either hate her, or respect her for the way that she's able to push her actors into performances of a lifetime. no matter the opinion, her movies have garnered acclaim, so often those in them might hate her on set, but love her once the reviews are released.

THE COMPETITOR — perhaps another director, who attended nyu at a similar time - someone who's been coming up at the same time. neither of them are sure whether the rivalry is real of something they're both just clinging to - especially since they work in wildly different genres. nevertheless, the two are probably being eyed to be in an oscar race eventually - and that will be a bloodbath, if they don't make nice soon.

PLATONIC — she's hard to like, on set, but off of it - she's completely an open book. abrasive to a fault, strike's friends will have to be laid back and easygoing, able to take a joke ; people who also came from nothing, or who are less interested in living a life of luxury and more into smoking cigarettes outside of dingy bars that remind her of home ; anyone who might be interested in being in a movie - this could be someone who's a little more manipulative of her, she's desperate to feel normal again, and a friendship could get their food in the door.

ROMANTIC — hookups! strike's known for picking up at bars and trying to be completely normal about it afterwards - even worse, she's good at it. sex doesn't mean a lot to her - which could cause some conflict ; an ex that she "forgot" about during production, probably it fell apart due to her just... not ever texting back... could be dramatic!

ANTAGONISTIC — people who think they're better than her, or at least people who act like they're better at her ; people who are way too proper and upper class who might think she's a bit of a street rat (she is) ; anyone who doesn't like a random 5'1 girl swearing up a storm in their general vicinity - no matter what her status is in the movie world.

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#5

Incense blends for the Gods (part 2)

Link to part 1 here.

Link to my post about incense in ancient greece

Haven't done this in a whiiiile but I'm running low on my incense stocks so I'm starting to think about those blends again.

Once again, this is partly historical and partly UPG, so use this as an inspiration if you want and get creative !

In the months to come I will probably put some of these to the test and review how they feel and smell, because ultimately what matters is that the scent is pleasant to the gods and that you took time and effort to craft something special !

Hekate

Dragon blood - she is often associated with snakes and dragons, one of her epithets is drakaina, so naturally my mind wantered to this resin. So yeah, a poetic association. Plus I love the scent.

Saffron - this one is more historical as this spice and its color is associated to the goddess

Cypress (leaves or wood) - a tree associated with death which I picked due to Her psychopomp role

Yew - historically put around the neck of bulls ready to be sacrificed to Her, also burnt on funeral pyres

Dionysos

Labdanum - a thick and resinous product with a very instense and intoxicating scent

Pine resin - his thyrsos has a pine cone at the top so pine resin seems really fitting. Of course would be better to use a mediterranean pine but I think you can broaden a bit

Frankincense/Olibanum - as per the orphic hymn

Bay Leaves - connected to the meanads

Zeus

Oak (leaves of wood) - sacred to Zeus

Sage - it is said that he was raised under a sage bush

Storax/benzoin - as per the orphic hymn (see my other post)

Frankincense - as per the orphic hymn

Persephone

Violets (dried or scented incense) - she was plucking violets when she was captured by Hades

Lilies - same reason -> could work with roses as well

Patchouli - a rather odd combination you make think but to me it has a really earthy and nostalgic/sad scent to me and one that goes well with flowers

Benzoin/Storax - a ceremonial scent that would fit her role as Queen of the Underworld

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#3

Incense blends for the Gods (part 1)

A while ago I made a post about incense in Ancient Greece, and following that I really wanted to make my own incense blends for the gods as a way to have something I could dedicate to them and them only. I'm going to focus on the five gods I currently worship but if y'all are interested I can do more ! Since I already made a list of which incense is historically attested for which deity, I'm going to go a bit beyond that. I got inspiration from the historical links but I also picked things intuitively and relied on UPG.

There are no measurments as I haven't gotten to make these just yet (it's planned for next month) so this is currently a theoric recipe.

Grind everything in a mortar and mix together and store away from the light.

Note that I find all my incense from this french website which has incredible quality and really great prices, so if you're in Europe it's worth considering. I have no idea where people elsewhere might go to! Etsy perhaps?

Hermes

Indian/golden Benzoin - I tried many different types of benzoin and I found that this one is the sweetest of them all and the one that brings the most joy to my heart, hence why it seemed the most fitting to him

Dried lavender - a calming herb that smells delicious when burnt and that I associate with him (and I'm apparently not the only one)

Cinnamon - great because you can buy it in a supermarket, use either powder or sticks that you will break. Cinnamon is a common UPG and a scent that brings warmth to the whole mix.

Saffron - comes from the crocus flower which is associated to him. Quite pricey so you don't need to put tons of it.

Apollo

Oliban - Solar incense by excellence, this smells bright and confident to me. There are different types for different budgets so pick the one that suits yours the best.

Laurel leaves - historically attested and one I like to use for its purifying properties

Cloves - Smells incredible and brings warmth to the overall fragrance, one that I find to be solar as well.

Amber - it is known as a stone that is symbolically connected to the sun, but did you know it was also used as an incense since it's a resin ? To me amber feels like solidified sunrays so I thought it would fit nicely in the mix.

Artemis

Mugwort - also called Artemisia, this plant has a particular scent but one that works, I think, nicely for her someone just told me mugwort is toxic when burnt, which I didn't know! So please don't use that ! A good alternative would be sage

Cedarwood - Cedar is said to be associated to her and smells lovely. Note that cedar resin is also a thing so you can use that instead if it's more available to you.

Pine tree resin - I wanted something that reminded me of a forest for the Goddess of the Hunt and I thought pine resin would fit quite nicely.

Demeter

Barley seeds - historically attested and symbolically connected to the goddess and her title of Lady of the Grain

Mint - also historically attested (used in the Eleusinian Mysteries)

Elemi gum - a sticky ingredients that has a citrusy and woody smell and one I associate with her.

Aphrodite

Myrrh - symbolically seen as a feminine incense and one I find both beautiful and sensual, which is why I think it's suited to her. As to what type of myrrh you should use, obviously better quality will be more expensive and I found that they smell even better, so go with your budget!

Rose - for this use either dried flowers or rose scented granules such as these. This flower is perhaps THE aphrodisian flower so I couldn't not use it.

Jasmin - same deal than with the rose, use flowers or scented granules. This flower has a sensual and voluptuous smell that is perfect for this goddess.

Sandalwood - a delicious scent that mixes quite well with the other used in this blend and one that I associate with her.

228 notes - Posted January 30, 2022

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Hello it's me again with a post I was meant to put online three weeks ago! I've done several of these: Artemis - Demeter - I also made one for Hermes during my 30 days challenge but I've just realized it's quite short so I will be making a new one again at some point in the future.

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