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A cult has been causing trouble for the Infinite Realms in their search for power and eternal life. And to make things worse, the Observants suspect that they have at least one actual ghostāor possibly even a traitorous Observantāworking with them and interfering with their view. This could become a major problemā¦
However, as Observants, theyāve sworn not to intervene directly, so they have to pick someone else to look deeper into the situation for them. And, if necessary, to deal with it.
They choose Phantom for this role, since his half-human nature means heāll have an easier time operating in the living world. Dannyās not entirely happy with the assignment, but the situation does seem like a genuine issue so heās willing to look into it (if in his own way).
Since he doesnāt know how prepared the cult is for ghosts, he decides that infiltration would be the best way to gather info. Thus, he takes on a new identity in his human form and approaches the cult, expressing interest in the publicly known part of their group. Then, a bit later, he manages to successfully gain admittance into some of the more private meetings. Everything is progressing as planned!
ā¦Though he didnāt expect to like one of his fellow initiates so much. He hopes he can change their mind on things and bring them out of the cult with him when heās done.
Meanwhile, a hero from the Justice League has also been sent to infiltrate the cult and investigate the rumors about it. Itās gone off without a hitch so far, but theyāve gained a potential entanglement in the form of one of the other new members whom theyāre developing a crush onā¦
#leaving the ship ambiguous for now#my first thought was one of the bat clan members but a more magic focused hero might be neat#i donāt really know many of those that might be suitable though#also#i came up with the cult as an original group but i guess it could be something from DC like the LOA if thereās anything that fits#iām imagining the ghostly ally is possibly the ghost of the cult leader#having their followers do stuff to empower them#enough so that they can interfere with the Observantsā view (whether directly or through a subverted Obsevant ally)#dp x dc#dpxdc#dc x dp#dcxdp#danny phantom x dc crossover#danny phantom x dc#dp x dc prompt#dpxdc prompt#dc x dp prompt#dcxdp prompt
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Giratina's Temple and the Celestica Ruins
aka Giratina/platinum clan theory is back (also sorry for using mspaint lmao)
So we all know about the Shrouded Ruins, yeah?
(This is the only spoiler warning for Pokemon Legends: Arceus you're gonna get)
Spooky. Ever-cloaked in mists and mystery, surrounded by black-stoned cairns like graves and home to the giant Odd Keystone that once (?) housed 108 souls. Very ghost-centric.
Well what if I told you it was a temple?
Greco-roman temples (and, problematic or otherwise the celestica are absolutely greco-roman coded) are constructed relatively uniformly, with an outer later of columns holding up the roof and an inner layer holding up an internal structure, providing additional support, ect.
We have a perfect in-game model to project from, too, in the Temple of Sinnoh (pre-explosion). You can see that some of the smaller columns are sometimes decorative - likely they held up torches or, in the case of the two nearest the 'altar,' offerings
So knowing that style and having the remaining structures we do see in-game, we can approximate a lay out of what the building may have looked like.
What makes this a temple, however, is more open to interpretation. My evidence to support that it is is actually the blue-tinged pedestals seen within the outline of the building - the place(s) of honor in any temple. Irl, the inner structure - the cella - was often fully-walled in, though sometimes this was constructed via wood and other materials that don't withstand time.
Now, ENORMOUS shout-out to pokemaniacchris and the incredible Crimson Mirelands Archeological Survey Project for a really detailed, in-character breakdown of the ruins structures throughout the mirelands. I can only assume the 'surveyors' hadn't reached Mt. Coronet yet in their explorations.
Pedestals like these (at least superficially similar) are found beneath dozens of statues around Mt. Coronet, including beneath Giratina, Palkia and Dialga in the Sacred Plaza area. Now, I know I'm supposed to be claiming that this is a temple to Giratina, but if we work on the assumption that the four pedestals corollate with Giratina, Palkia, Dialga, and Arceus, a new conclusion can, perhaps, be drawn:
That whoever built this temple saw all four of them on the same 'level' of power or -- and this is my hc taking over -- if the statues were placed in a certain orientation (see below) that they saw Arceus and Giratina on equal footing, with Dialga and Palkia one rank below.
And there is, imo, more evidence to support this disruption of the 'creation trio' into two pairs on equal footing, found in the Celestica Ruins! So, among the structures there are two notable, circular buildings that the Greeks also utilized, called tholoi (plural). Irl, tholoi were a mix of secular-use and small-scale temples, and seeing as these two are small (maybe 10ft across inside?) I would maintain the claim that they're small temples.
And they align/mirror each other just as the statues of Palkia and Dialga do.
This part becomes pure conjecture, but I like to think the smaller structures in the ruins might be other small-scale temples for the various mythicals, honoring each much as the Greeks honored a pantheon.
Lastly, the CMASP describes the "Gapejaw Bog Complex" as being potentially an entire agora all its own and I can't agree more. Such evidence would support the idea of there being two groups of Celestica (Note: Not the Clans.)
I actually found myself wondering if the mirelands weren't always quite so swampy, and instead flooded at some point in the past with the depressions around Gapejaw - left by housing foundations - filled in with swamp water.
At the end of the day, I think there's a lot of evidence that the Celestica revered Giratina as well as Arceus, Dialga and Palkia - at least early on. Something happened to cause this schism, and the Old Verses/Plate inscriptions point to an outburst of rage from Giratina -- though, in "pick a god (and pray)" I actually argue it was mispercieved on the part of the Celestica and this misperception is what caused Arceus to despair and withdraw.
Open to discussion!! fellow nerds please interact!!
#pla#pokemon legends arceus#celestica#celestica people#pokemon lore#giratina#arceus#volo#i also think there's a correlation between the ancient hero story's bolts of rage and alphas/hisuian pokemon aggression#specifically my internal timeline is that the schism predates everything purely on the secular/human level#arceus then empowered the noble pokemons' ancestors and fought the hero and believed humans were worthy of his blessing until the celestica#blamed giratina for the rage lightning and shattered the statue and maybe even drove the gira sect out#this dismayed arceus and it withdrew leaving the rage to fade but still linger and make hisui inhospitable#the celestica left (of their own volition imo) to seek out arceus and other knowledge and the clans came after#the clans saw only two statues (palkia and dialga) and picked sides but still upheld the tradition honoring the nobles#i imagine cogita being direct celestica (immortal or otherwise) and volo being gira clan descended or otherwise descended from the diaspora#the celestica then went to sinjoh/johto and so on and so forth#long post#reference
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Iām so normal about the fact that the Song of Healing is the first song Shade teaches Link
#totally normal I promise#link has been through si much when he first meets the shade#*so*#heās lost his family and his home and his body#heās just learned that heās the hero of hyrule too#so when shade reaches out to him#itās with the song of healing#heās there not only to assuage his regrets#but to also heal and empower link#so that he in turn can heal and empower the people of hyrule#AKDKSJSKDK#the heroās shade is a sweetheart and I will take no arguments otherwise#loz#twilight princess#trin rambles
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Two Series Recommendations
So My Hero Academia is ending
I have two series I would recommend
First on a light note:
Psych House, it is a new series only having 12 chapters as I'm writing this, accessable on Viz with a Shonen Jump subscription, which I'm sure many people already have as it's one of the ways to read MHA, it even comes out on Sundays as well
The story so far is light hearted following Kotone a high school girl with the power to teleport objects, joining a house for people with powers. The setting has it so only a few people have powers, or as they call them psychs, they aren't being hunted down or going to large lengths to hide them, they just aren't well known
Now especially for my fellow disappointed villain Stans I recommend Empowered by Adam Warren
Now heads up the series starts as a bondage fetish comic with hints of meta-awareness and seriousness, but much like how Bojack Horseman started as a comedy that turned into a serious drama, it is now a much more serious meta comic with hints of the bondage
It does a much better job of presenting its protagonist as an underdog as while they give their protagonist Empowered (or Emp for short) threatening villains, she is presented as the underdog to other heroes. They do a good job balancing her powers so it feels realistic both when she's struggling and when she does win. This is largely because she's set up as a glass cannon with a lot of mystery around her powers.
Emp wants to save everyone, not just the convenient, she treats her villains and fellow heroes with respect even when no one else does and she isn't. One of the other characters has capitƔn as part of their name, and while everyone else goes to the English pronunciation, Emp calls him his proper title.
Emp is also capable of being made and upset at her situation and being screwed over, and who screw her over. If she forgives someone, it's because they earn it, not some halfassed and performative apology.
With big bads there are three roles that they filled out a lot better. A mysterious and incredibly dangerous threat, well Willy Pete just wiped out a lot of capes, and remains an ongoing threat. A tragic villain that can't be saved, how about a telepath that started making edits to his perceived flaws, removing things like empathy, fear, and compassion. A hypocrite, how about a guy who has been bullying Emp right along side everyone else, and when he claims it was her suffering that inspired him to take revenge, he demands sexual favors to not kill her boyfriend and best friend who never joined in with and was against the bullying
#bnha#mha#my hero academia#boku no hero academia#bnha meta#bnha critical#mha critical#villain stans#empowered#superhero#manga recommendation#series recommendations
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Unironically, Mary had one of my favorite female superhero costumes.
It's feminine, but not sexy. A lot of female heroes have sexy costumes, where you wonder how that haven't been stabbed in the chest yet, but Mary doesn't. None of the Shazam villains really go for the legs, so having her legs exposed isn't much of an issue. And it's also an entirely unique outfit. Kara has a skirt, but in the most popular iterations she wears a crop top. Mary's top half is fully covered.
This could be due to her being, like, twelve, though. I can't see it being a good idea to put a child in the deadly-pinup doll style of costuming. But it's still refreshing, and it's nice that they haven't changed it even though she's older on the comics now and at an age where you could possibly get away with it.
(I also don't like most of Kori'ander's. What a shock.)
She's also naturally kind, and often the boys' babysitter, but still allowed to kick ass. She'll be nurturing, and take care of them the way a big sister would, but she's also allowed to be rude and break guy's jaws.
I love her, and the fandom needs to put more respect on her name.
#shazam#mary bromfield#mary marvel#dc comics#dc captain marvel#I need more feminine but not sexy heroes in my life#its more empowering
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If I had a nickel for every incarnation of princess zelda I think is transmasc. I'd have two nickels
#spitblaze says things#not 2 say ill turn up my nose at any transfem interpretations of EoW zelda#just that i see the amount of ppl who clock her as a man (link but still) when they see her in the cloak and her lack of reaction to it#and the sword transforming her into link and how her voice drops when it happens#and like im *well aware* of the misogyny this series is drenched in and even this entry#zelda cant hold a sword forwver bc shed get too tired. boooo she can pick up her hard light lynels and strut around with em like its NOTHIN#and its stupid and misogynist to not even let zelda be zelda with the sword. shes gotta be link#anyway now that ive made my critiques against the doylist side of things#it feels very telling that the music goes all upbeat and triumphant when zelda gets magically forcemasced#its not diagetic and one is potentially left to infer that its a representation of how zelda feels#and compared to the baseline. its more energetic. more vibrant. empowering and encouraging#and ik link is the courage guy but im like 80% sure this game is pre-oot on the timeline#(other 20% says its on the defeated hero timeline)#but like. the point here is. zelda gets genderbent temporarily and the implication from the music and how it plays that she enjoys it#the bar is on the floor. i know. but you cant just give me a girl being mistaken for and turning into a boy and seemingly enjoying it#without expecting me to go š¤Øš³ļøāā§ļøāļø#loz#also link is a girl. it has to equal out#they r t4t transhet in every timeline <3
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Be the advocate for those that are unable to speak for themselves. Respect all life. You make the difference now.
Elisabeth Babarci
#Hero#Courage#Bravery#Life#Leadership#Leaders#Leader#Inspiration#Inspire#Motivation#Motivate#Empowerment#Empower#Love#Peace#Unity#Happiness#Wisdom#Quote#Community#Peaceful#Spiritual#Faith#Trust
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As awful as Cartman is, his true desires are simple. He just wants attention and praiseā and itās not only important to Cartman that he gets that praise, but also by whom itās being said. (thereās a reason Jimbo is one of the people to say good job)
#south park#he could have gotten this praise honestly too. heās always so close yet so far#trey rly said āhe doesnāt wanna rule the world or crush his enemies he just wants praiseā and iām listening trey i hear you!!#iām taking notes!!#moments like this is why iām so adamant that heās an ennea 3 and not an 8 like most ppl assume#8s as well as any ennea appreciate praise but itās not a priority#usually itās the success of the business and seeing it grow that would empower an 8#but for 3s seei bc how their success is turning the publicās eyes towards them and praising them for their effortsā#for THAT specifically for Cartmanās voice to wobble and say itās a dream come trueā iām furiously pointing at the screen like leo dicaprio#thatās a signature 3 wish#eric cartman#cartman#I think his more specific wish of being a hero (thatās been brought up more than once) is also worth looking into#he doesnāt wanna be seen as the bad guy even though heās objectively the worst person in SP#one person was missing in that gaggle of ppl giving praise but tbh if he showed up cartman would literally die on the spot
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Many people, including Disney fans themselves, view the Disney Prince (with very, very few exceptions) as a guy who is just....there and the least interesting, compelling, most bland and personality-less character in the whole cast, but the thing is that this stereotype applies to the very old ones (and this is primarily because back then it was damn near an impossible task to animate a realistic-looking human, let alone a MALE human), yet it has been applied to any Disney Prince that isn't Flynn Rider (and quite possibly Naveen, even) and it low-key upsets me because it's far from true. I saw a post that said that there were only two Disney Princes (guess who they were!) that were "worth anything" (obviously stating the rest were just worthless) and that pissed me off. The only time they ever get brought up is to bash the Princessess instead of looking at the positive qualities that they have because, yes, they do have those! They aren't just there to look good and exist. I think they should be defended more because I honestly think they are just as misunderstood, if not more, in some cases.
#disney prince#disney#meta#disney meta#txt#y'all remember when rob said eric was bland and had no personality#not only is that relatively popular opinion people have of his character#but that's the general sentiment towards this archetype in particular#and the remakes don't know how to do them right because they are so caught up in āempoweringā their princesses or whatever#that they get treated like they are straight up disposable#flynn rider wasn't the first disney human male character that was actually well-written had a personality and was interesting enough#honestly i feel like this is a general sentiment towards the heroes as a whole not just the princes#because the heroes often get lumped in with them too
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do you consider h-dial holders nepotism
Honestly yeah, but I could be biased because I hate the h-dial.
#h-dial#dc#not to be a bitch#but the hdial is wayyyy to overpowered and annoying#āOH NO WE NEED A HERO WITH A VERY SPECIFIC POWER SETāā#and then the h dial shows up#also#at least other empowering artifacts require like personality types or training#but Nah#hdial?#slap anyone on it#hell give it to the 10YO#also DRAWBACKS?#any please???#asks#anon#inbox
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lindsey horan is my hero i think holy fucking shit
#tobin talks#literally jaw has been dropped for well over an hour since her goal#my mom cried#thats what womens soccer is its so much more than just a sport its this thing and its empowering and#GAHHHHH. SHES MY HERO I THINK FOREVER. THAT WAS AMAZING
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#empowered by @adam_warren_art is still the best #superherocomedy I've ever read. It's sexy, it's funny, it's dramatic, and it has the #GoddamnMaidman. I still hope that, if they ever do a live action, #Jensenackles gets the role. Oh, and i made a video about this! https://youtu.be/J9oSJDswDo0?si=QvHbqMEMUm7P92nf
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woag... love when the heros are fighting some high villain creature thats trying to destroy the entirety of the world and suddenly they are losing there is no way they will win
Then the people theyve helped along the way and befriended help empower them with their voices yelling their positivity that they can do it and it works
its so cheesy its SO cheesey but i cry every time i dont KNOW WHY-
#This is about pokemon mystery dungeon gates to infinity and watching someone play persona 5#I really am almost crying at these things huh sjhgshg#Salt speaks#The heros almost dieing almost giving up only for the worlds beings to cry out with their hope for them to win#And that hope empowering the heros to continue on growing only more powerful just enough to beat the antag the world ending threat#why does this make me CRY why is this a trope that i have had to keep myself from crying for wjhgs
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Ardbert really got the rough end of the deal tbh, I cannot imagine my WoL doing and sacrificing what he did and remaining even remotely recognizable.
#hes obvs affected by it in SHB but tbh nit nearly to the degree I think that it would break Sylv for instance#so that's why Ardbert to me is so much of Azems exuberance and strength and love#and I do think joining with Ardbert helped empower Sylv in ways she struggled before that#i just woke up thinking of him lol excuse me#personal q#he did all that and STILL wanted to be the hero. to help his world and his people#ardbert is just so important#just like. heroes strengthened by the faith and love of the people around them > ???#but ardbert in his mourning even still tries to hold onto that love to make the sacrifice mean something#anyway. coffee time.
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Man. Coriolanus is such an anti-democratic play
#text post#tales from diana#ive been reading it on and off for like 3 weeks#im in act 5#ive heen reading slowly bc ive also been reading aphra behn from the library and of course my hw assignments#but it's definitely a disconcerting play politically#i know ppl say that the jack cade parts of henry vi part 2 are anti-democratic. but this play REALLY is#u can read the jack cade plot in many ways. it's definitely anti-populist extremism and anti-demogoguery#in the context of the wars of the roses cycle as a whole that plot becomes more nuanced by comparing it to other crises#whereas coriolanus is just pretty plainly against the public/the lower classes#the title character is obviously not an uncomplicated hero but his estimation of the roman plebians are validated in text#and more admirable noble characters like menenius state their classist views in more eloquent ways#i can't act like nowadays tho i don't agree w some flaws in the fundamental premise of democracy#but they can be alleviated in a society w better education/living conditions/etc#this play does not acknowledge empowering the ppl to more benevolently sway policy in any way lol#it's very dark and unsettling#not my favorite tragedy for these reasons but not the least interesting one to analyze either
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