#I honor his rage

[psalm40speakstome]

Till The End Of The Moon

Never over the way we are seeing his face and whole soul wake up to the emotions he’s never been safe enough to feel before now.

[deadtiredghost]

Can we make Team Red a thing?

i think they would get along like a house on fire. we need more fanfic of this trio.

^^ how i think they might bond.

[praazlwurm]

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!!

[shieldmaiden19]

The Bridgerton boys really are all hoes.

Anthony - the ‘so intense it makes him stupid’ hoe

Benedict - the ‘hoe for a good cause’

Colin - the ‘self-absorbed, dumb of ass’ hoe

[zerodaryls]

my work got canceled due to snow, so this is what i did with my morning instead. \o/

[vivalu]

My love to the people who don't like the Astyanax lives au but I do find it kinda silly that they use Greek tragedies to prove it's a bad au. Surprise surprise I like tragedy in my greek myths ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

But in all seriousness I think thematically having the thing that Odysseus has spent so long fighting for as what ultimately kills him is so fascinating. Yes, we all know Odysseus is a smart man but we also know he falls victim to his pride. (This next part is epic specific) If he thought for a second that maybe he could avoid the will of the gods then maybe for that second he becomes willing to try.

And to those saying that a baby going through the Odyssey would never survive let's not forget Zeus himself said nothing can change the inevitable. Astyanax fate was tied to Odysseus the second he thought he could change the gods' will.

I truly fell in love with this au because of a post talking about its tragedy. How telemachus must've suffered to see the boy his father was able to raise. How it took so much time for them to all get used to each other and still not get it fully right.

But what hurts so much more is that Telemachus was able to see him as a brother. Anytime Astyanax had a secret his brother was the first person he told. And I personally lean towards the idea that Odysseus was always honest about Astyanax origins. Maybe at first he didn't care but with time his curiosity got the best of him. Like them all saying goodbye to him knowing deep down that would be the last time they see their son/brother??

So he sails off to find what was left of his city. Maybe he eventually finds his mother. And fueled by her rage he kills Neo. Maybe that inherited rage fuels him to kill the rest of the Achaean kings. And maybe he saved Odysseus for last.

He and Penelope have already grown old and Left Telemachus to the throne. They've long made the choice to stay instead of trying to hide. I can't decide if he kills them (yes them, he knows too much to separate them again) mercifully or if he tries to kill them like the rest of Greeks to ignore the memories.

Maybe Odysseus smiles with his arms around Penelope. Maybe he remembers holding him in his arms that night. And maybe he doesn't regret it.

In the end when Telemachus finds him standing over their his parents, do you think he looked his brother enemy in the eyes and realized that if his father killed either of them when he had the chance none of this would've happened?

[bruciemilf]

I feel like Bruce and Tommy Jr would be the kind of siblings to at times just fight each other on site

Holy shit, YEAH. Have you ever seen two cats engage in a combat so vicious they'd make a lion cry? That's Bruce and his brother. Damian saw TJ flirt with Talia once just to piss Bruce off. A flying knife, yelling, swearing, illegal insults occur, and for someone who hates guns, his Baba's aim is OFF the charts

[xavigab]

Gamer/modern au🎮

where Oliver plays games like: elden ring, rdr 2, gta, resident evil, baldur’s gate, Skyrim, silent hill, outlast, horizon: zero dawn & horizon: forbidden west, ghost of Tsushima, and all the final fantasy ones

And then Felix over here plays: animal crossing, sims 4 (he likes making Oliver and him get married, he also like bought everything), super Mario bros, cooking mama, stardrew valley, firewatch, Untitled Goose Game,Minecraft, journey and like a lot of otome games (he had a mystic messenger phase which Oliver hated cuz he had to compete with non-existent guys)

Anyways Oliver tries to make Felix play the games he plays but Felix keeps dying, even in the easiest mode, and even worse Oliver is getting fed up cuz he doesn’t listen to him. On the other hand, Felix makes him also play his games which Oliver doesn’t really see the appeal (he likes a challenge). so they decide to not play each others games haha

(I play all of these games and I love them with all my heart (((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))♡)

Until fortnite (._.) both of them weirdly get really good, Oliver because he likes to win, and Felix because he keeps buying skins and doesn’t want his character to die. He’s always behind Oliver waiting for him to kill other players before he goes and gets the loot. He’s also good but he likes building houses so when others try to kill him Oliver is there to protect him

[away-ward]

Hey KO, pd said the reason damon named fane.. fane was to honor rika's father since he respected him after realizing her father still wanted to raise him despite his origin. he wasnt named to honor rika but to honor her father.

That's great actually, and it makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.

[paradoxsun]

FUCK

I got scammed so bad, I can't even talk about it. SHIT. I save pennies even when treating myself and some man took double the ride charge from me, I'm gonna be sick-

[univemma]

Finally watched 'Not Lout' the other day,,, Spitelout Jorgenson count your days

(Context i adored httyd years ago and watched rtte but recently im hyperfixating on it and rewatching it, and i literally remember nothing from the show its so fun being able to first watch again after years)

[tequiilasunriise]

Happy birthday to T H E best girl I love you Blake Belladonna <333

May volume 9 treat you right

[jathun]

still hate george rr martin for the red wedding

[creationsofimaginationsblr]

Angst

There is no grief like the loss of what could have been. There is no rage that can rival that of someone who has lost everything

[usercelestial]

like 'i wanna go' doesn't mean he's suicidal, it means 'i've developed friends and family, i've grown, i've experimented and discovered who i am and made peace with it, i've loved everyone i needed to and they loved me back and i know that now. i can let go of the idea of glory and just be with family for the time i have left. i'll sit with ed until i go and tell that i love him, tell him it's okay that i'll be gone because he has people who care for him, it's not just me anymore, i can trust stede to love him, watch him become who he wants to be, i can tell him that i want him to be happy, that he can leave blackbeard behind and be who he is outside of being the legend we made together. ed's loved and protected, the crew is safe, my family is taken care of, and i've done everything i need to.' he doesn't mean 'i wanna go because i don't want to live' it means 'i wanna go, i'm ready, i lived my life and i can let go now' izzy died happy and fulfilled, he died in the arms of the man he loved, surrounded by people who loved him. the crew mourned him by celebrating lucius and pete's love, they mourned him by going forward and avenging him, forming a new family and crew to carry on the legacy of piracy, and most importantly ed is mourning him by doing exactly what izzy told him to do, he's letting blackbeard die and allowing himself to be loved, he moves into a little house with someone who will always love him with izzy's grave and memorial in view, and izzy will always be with ed in so many ways, but especially because he gave him permission to let go of his darkness and become someone better

[kazeofthemagun]

"If you must weep, Do it right here in my bed as I sleep If you must mourn, my love Mourn with the moon and the stars up above If you must mourn, Don't do it alone"