#Apologies for the late reply

[the-darkest-carnival]

hello curis' boyfriend!

~ @zak-is-lost

*The ringmaster looks up, surprised* Oh! You know Curis? Who're you?

[ricksoo]

happy Belated birthday! have a little doodle

GET UP

GET UP

GET UP

GET UP

GET UP

GET UP

IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY!!!

What what

Huh? 😑💤❓️

(Thankie 🥲)

[another-fucking-spinel-blog]

How’s the ‘high’ life? Living large? XD Fr tho what you smokin’? Is it nice?

Lmfaooo nah I just took some chocolate edis they pack a punch lemme tell ya!

[8th-sisterlilith]

Exusseee mee, Ms. Pretty Hair

Have you ever been told that you give good hugs

You look like you give good hugs

- 🍄

Sorry for the late reply again...

And yes, that's true. In fact, I randomly hug my brothers and maybe hug everyone I know. Maybe you. *Hugs you*

[illfoandillfie]

I really enjoyed your latest chapter of ADKoE! It is one of my favorite things that you have written!! I was curious about how many more chapters are left of the story? Any chances or plans of writing a sequel? 🙏

Thank you darling!

So in my planning doc for ADKoE I have about 8 or 9 more potential chapters but, tbh the back end of this fic is not as thoroughly planned out as the front end was lmao so that is potentially not accurate. Looking at the list theres a couple of things I may decide to can cut or combine depending on how I want to approach certain events so 🤷‍♀️

There are still a few more kinks i want to get through though

As for a sequel - at one point i did consider it but i dont think its very likely to happen any more.

[silvertherogue715]

hello! Me again I’m curious on how Sofie and Mercury met one another? I know I’m one of my other asks that you said the two’s relationship(while still in the works) is romantic and I’m curious as to how that came to be. Also that one little comic with Sofie thanking Mercury was adorable and the cat eye expression on mercury’s face made me laugh. I am also curious about Sofie’s standing in the au what does she do? Either way I might just have to come back with some coffee for Terra next ask lol I hope you’re doing well! Thank you

Short answer:

How Sofie and Mercury met:

After separating from the Stardroids, Mercury met Sofie (24) for the first time after her little sister Penelope (7) tried to save Mercury from a moving car. Both ended up getting saved by Sofie instead. Mercury returned the favor later by guiding a very lost and scared Penelope back to her big sister. 

Mercury and Sofie met several more times after that, completely by coincidence, and he eventually decides to stick around.

Sofie Miller:

Sofie is a supporting side character in the AU. She’s Minx’s long-time best friend and big sister figure. She works as a tailor with her mother in America, and helps raise her little sister, Penelope (7). Sofie is usually away from where most of the drama happens (Japan).   Long version below

How Sofie and Mercury met:

While I have yet to create a scene sketch for this, the conditions leading to Mercury and Sofie’s meeting is largely a result of Mercury separating from the other Stardroids, leaving him stranded on Earth. Why? Certain conditions in the story (avoiding spoilery infodump) lead him to believe his best course of action was independence–he wasn’t super close with them, anyway–even becoming an occasional threat to his former brothers in the future. Conflicting interests and whatnot.

Anyway! Mercury meets Sofie through her little sister, Penelope, several months after separating from the Stardroids. My (simplified) main thought of how this interaction would go is something along the lines of:

Mercury roams the NET and real world of the city Sofie lives in hunting Negative Energy Crystal (NEC) shards while keeping a low profile.

While traveling around the city in cat-form, he gets chased into the street by a dog. Penelope spots him and tries to grab him to stop him from being hit by a car, only for both Mercury and Penelope to get snatched out of the way at the last second by a very startled Sofie.

Mercury later returns Penelope’s good will by guiding her back to Sofie when she gets separated from her big sister. Penelope thanks “Mr. Jelly” (because he’s squishy for a cat) for helping her, and he leaves. 

Shenanigans ensue, and Mercury runs into Sofie several more times before deciding (for plot reasons) to stick around. Although that’s technically their “first” meeting–Sofie meets Mercury in his 'Stardroid' form later in the AU.

Additionally, The Stardroids, unlike most other Navis, are not bound to the NET in this AU, and can actually easily travel in and out of it as they wish.

Sofie Miller    

Sofie is Minx’s long-distance best friend and big sister figure, and has been for over a decade. Both girls met around 10, and Ra Moon helped them keep in contact after Minx moved away. 

Sofie is an incredibly hard working individual who had to grow up fast to help her mom run their family tailor shop and raise her little sister. As a result, she is very calm-minded, practical, and patient (she wouldn’t be able to stand Mercury otherwise). 

As far as what she does in the story: Sofie is a supporting side-character. Minx–who is more of a main character in this AU–highly values her input and follows her advice when appropriate. She and Minx are absolutely found family–Minx adores and idolizes her, and does whatever she can to help her out, like offering her contracts to collaborate with Minx for work*. Found family is a huge theme in this AU!

More specifically, she is very much Minx’s rock during the end of Arc 1 and beginning of Arc 2 (4 Arcs total so far) after Ra Moon is “destroyed” and the Stardroids appear. Although Sofie does not live where most of the action takes place (Japan), that does not prevent her from having a decent impact on the story–especially when Mercury shows up. To Sofie, Mercury is Minx on crack.

*(Minx works for IPC’s video game department, creating and selling custom style chips that mirror video game character clothing/accessories/weapons from IPC games. Sofie creates real-life models for some of these, which is used as a reference for the tech/chip team)

[philibetexcerpts]

“I find it interesting how the Sultan and the Prince of Brunei, Muslims, were seated in the front row during the coronation.”

Probably because the BRF is closer to Asian royals than European ones?

No bc if that’s the case then why were they seated next to the Swedish royals?

That’s not what I meant though, I was just pleased to know that King Charles’s coronation was also about celebrating inclusivity and diversity.

[sketchingstars03]

Another reminder to stretch!

-sweetheart anon

Thank you very much <3

[daily-ravka]

I think, in regards to the season 2 combination of books 2 and 3 theory, that it is unlikely. The writers have been good at pacing, and Netflix is usually very good at pacing, so I think, just me personally, that all this fear about the combination of both books is unlikely. I think, what's going to happen, is they'e going to carry over a storyline or two. My personal like, this is crazy but imagine it, theory is Mal is going to die and that's the cliffhanger story line they took over.

Interesting theory! I really hope they expand this at least for another season and just don't cram everything into one. The worst case scenario here is them doing s&s + r&r + soc. It'd be hell.

[molassified-minipak]

Hello hello! Gentle reminder that the ravio and hw one shot still exists and has simply gotten out of my hands, it has currently breached 3k and it’s still going *hands on knees* will i eventually get it out? Yes. How long will it take me? Heaven knows but I’m mostly sending this as a reminder that it still exits (gasp) that it can be read (GASP) incredibly sorry for taking so long my only excuse is I’m slow, hope you have a wonderful day and bye!

an update 👀

Friendo, i hope you know that every consecutive word you sent filled me with unholy glee. Yes!! The plot lengthens!

know that whether 500 or 500k, i am ecstatic for the final reveal! Or the ongoing reveal, whichever 😆 continue with my blessing!

[lexa-el-amin]

When you have a moment, could you explain the usage of "zum" please?

Asking now while the question is on my mind, otherwise i know i'll forget 😅

in German, sometimes prepositions and articles mesh together.

e.g.

Ich gehe zur Schule. = Ich gehe zu der Schule.

Ich gehe zum Training. = Ich gehe zu dem Training.

Ich bin im Urlaub. = Ich bin in dem Urlaub.

you can find a lot more examples in this article.

So that means "zum/ zur" happens because after a "zu"-preposition the noun is nearly always in dative case (Ich gehe zu wem oder was?).

Does that answer your question or did you also want to know when to use "zu" and when to use other prepositions?

[tetsuskei]

helloooo new mootie 🥰 so nice to meet you. just dropping by to wish you a nice week and say i am excited to interact more with you 🩷

hello dear hea, it is so nice to meet you! i hope your week has been going well and i look forward to interacting with you more as well ! :> 🫂💝

[avidrawsthings]

THANK YOU WHAT

That cake is def Reina Core

She'd ttly love that

[bnuuy-anon]

*it settles itself in more, tucking its head between her head and its body to take a little nap.*

- crow

..?

She stayed still for a moment, unsure what the movement was until she somewhat felt the crow's beak.

oh.. did you tuck in..?

(...)

..goodnight...

[a-god-in-ruins-rises]

You've talked about wanting pagans to "organize" but can you expand on what that entails? What does your vision of an organized pagan group look like?

lots of things. it can be a small group of friends creating a fellowship and making offerings in their backyard. it can be esoteric pagans creating mystery cults and secret societies. it can be entire communities coming together for public worship. it can be loosely affiliated associations of many different informal groups. it can be hierarchically organized and legally recognized "churches." any of the above would be applicable. better yet: do all of the above simultaneously.

but i guess when i'm talking about pagans organizing i'm mostly referring to the "church" level of organizing.

community focused, public facing, legally recognized, formal institutions. as for what it'd look like it'd probably look like a christian church but obviously with pagan teachings and pagan symbolism. formal liturgy led by a priest, public offering to the gods, singing hymns and prayers, collecting donations and offerings, maintaining relics and the temple grounds, reciting parables and teachings from pagan texts, "bible study" but for the aforementioned texts, hosting public feasts and holiday celebrations, offer moral guidance to the public, offer blessings and prophecy and other mystical services, etc.

people will say that such organized worship is "heretical" or "inauthentic" paganism. i think that's debatable but even if it was "inauthentic" so what? paganism wasn't always the same. it had constantly evolving customs and practices. times have changed. paganism must adapt to changing circumstances. plus, the christians stole so much from us so it's not unreasonable for us to steal a little from them.

[klavierpanda]

1 from the ``let's get personal'' ask game!

1: 6 of the songs you listen to most?: (this is just a guess /lh)

I'm Not Okay by MCR

GOLDENVENGEANCE from the Omori soundtrack

Vampires Will Never Hurt You by MCR

Summertime by MCR (it reminds me of my boyfriend)

Mahler's 9th Symphony (in particular the final movement)

Citizen Erased by Muse