#It’s a shash now

[maimoncat]

Ho disegnato Dina in abiti da festa. A questo punto l’ho disegnata più volte come oca antropomorfa che nel suo aspetto umano.

Drew Dina in some festive attire. At this point I’ve drawn her more often as an anthro goose than in her human form.

Hab Dina in Festbekleidung gezeichnet. Jetzt hab ich sie schon viel öfter als Gans als als Mensch gemalt.

[queen-kassiopeia-the-5th]

Personal opinion, but Radiants shouldn't have to be able to heal old wounds, even with stormlight.

During the books we see Lopen regrew his arm, Gaz regrew his eye, Hobber reanimating his legs after being slashed by Szeth in the previous book. All wounds are months/years old but they heal them the moment they become Radiants and could breath in stormlight themselves.

In my opinion it shouldn't be possible. They should only be able to patch wounds they got after they became Radiants. Renarin can only heal wounds on others if they are relatively new, there is a time bracket during which his powers are effective. I think it should be the same for Radiants healing themselves.

Now, I know what some of you want to say. The king of the Reshi isles, who was born a woman but always saw himself as a man - operating under the title King even before - became physically male when bonding a Spren. So the bond turns you into the perception of yourself, how you view yourself in a way - Lopen sees himself as still having two arms etc.

But I still think it's a cheaper writearound. Because think of it. These people became Radiant, but they still have a disability, an injury, and they cam still kick ass despite it! Lopen wearing a fake arm he can send as a projectile, Gaz hiding extra gems in his eye socket a la Aemond Targarian, for extra stormlight, Hobbs flying instead of wlaking, kind of like Rysn's Fabrial enfused wheelchair.

Kaladin can't get rid of his slave brands, because they are part of how he percieves himself now, the Shash is the symbol he is assossiated with, but he also hates them, so I don't get why they don't heal, too.

I think it would be better if this waan't one of the Radiant perks, and we got to see these characters navigating theur powers with their disabilities and turning them into advantages.

[vigilantesyth]

My team 7 head connon

Sasuke and Naruto get injured a lot, and that kinda forces Sakura to become a medical ninja before she becomes a medical ninja and she had to do alot of reading and stuff with kakashi and the boys making Naruto read as well and everyone just knows something about something.

Naruto was all over the place and knows a lot of things that most times never add up but knows exactly how and why those things happen due to hyper fixation. Sometimes the team turns to him when they need something specic for some mission like the time everyone ran out of chakra and it was raining and he just so happens to know a way to start a fire and turn a stone slab into a pot. He also carries around a bag or pouch apart from mission stuff for his.'You might never know trinkets' it comes in handy alot.

Sasuke have read everything in his library turns out it's mostly ninja related anyways so he reads cook books and now knows too many recipes and forces everyone on the team to eat healthy and spoils them rotten while doing it. He bakes every day and found love live love to feed his team. Fun side note you can't poison him because he knows all the poisons and how they taste and or administered now.

Sakura like said before all of this studies all medical stuff she can get her hands on until she knew basically everything and theory's but didn't have any practice. So, I started to practice on herself (think Maomao from Apothecary Diaries). This led to the team finding out, and now they get hurt and just B line to her no matter where she was. She gets so mad at them for not caring about themselves this happens so much that she had done many surges , stitches, cleans, detox, and more. She's mad at them for getting hurt but knows they only lost their self-preservation so she could stop hurting herself for experience. She also has a bag with many medical hurbs and basically makes her own medication sometimes. A shash with medical tools and painkillers masks and gloves there is do much more.

Kakashi was banned from porn book and just started reading books on parenting and therapy. HE IS MOTHER. He sows, cleans, not cook because that's Sasukes domain but dose it on occasion , wash, reads bedtime stories, punishment and more he is a MOTHER.

But he is also a FATHER.

He dose random stuff with them that's fun, pays for everything , fishing trips, protection.

He is PARENT.

He basically lives on the Uchiha compound and the kids took over a section for each of their things anyways so he is their parent.

So he is DILF because he looks so damn good doing it.

But everyone on team 7 is traumatised. Too much too much. And this all happens before the genin exam so do with it as you will how the forest of death would go.

[nashdoesstuff]

CACKLES

i blame @justanidiotartist for this /silly/silly

wahshbs……… shattered x nash exists now <3

????? shash???? nashered????? shattereddoesstuff idfk but here we are

shattered belongs to galacii i belong to shattered /ref

[taurnachardhin]

also @havenfable I totally agree that Hoid would probably like Marsh!

I've always felt like he'd have a similar dynamic with Marsh that he does with people like Kaladin and Renarin where he WOULD 100% poke fun at him, but not in a way meant to be hurtful. Honestly, Marsh getting his own Hoid therapy sesh is high on my Cosmere wishlist, like there's a guy who could stand to hear "the dog and the dragon," you know? 😭 I have Many Thoughts on how Marsh may not have been able to heal his fucked-up eye socket for basically the same reason Kaladin couldn't heal his Shash brand. The injury itself comes from a specific traumatic experience, but he may have internalized it as something he deserved, because to him it's a signifier of what he sees as a shameful failure on his part: not being able to stop Ruin from forcing him to hurt and kill people in general, and his friends specifically. And he still feels guilty for that failure, no matter how irrational it is. Kaladin's real scar isn't the slave brands, it's being labeled as "dangerous" and taking it to heart; Marsh's isn't from getting hit by his friend, it's that his friend told him he didn't have a soul anymore, and Marsh is afraid he was right.

(Sometimes Kaladin does feel like Branderson's apology to Marsh stans, like, "ok fine the clinically depressed, self-righteous older brother is actually kind of the main protagonist in this one, happy now?" And of course we aren't happy, we've never been happy people, but we're in a better place now than we were in the past okay I will see myself out)

[shanks42]

Shanks: The ancient prophecy of the missing millennia

This is the first time I am posting. I appreciate feed back and I can do separate one-shots with character if you'd like to place a request. This is a ongoing story with many chapters to come. The story is about Shanks getting Captured, tortured and rescued. Shanks has a relationship with Nami and Robin and history during the 2 years they were gone. Stay posted for more :)

Chapter  1: Shank’s battle with The Blackbeard Alliance

Shanks was currently involved in a battle with Blackbeard, Burgess, Flamingo and Kaido all at once barely dodging attacks. “That was close” painfully exclaimed Shanks after barely escaping a direct hit from Blackbeard. He was barely conscious as it was since his crew had all been wiped out by Kaido and Blackbeard. “Well looks like you dodged that hit and is still conscious I see” snickered Flamingo. Shanks glanced up and gasped when he saw Do Flamingo coming in with his string shotgun. 

Oh no, when did he get up there. I was barely able to stop Blackbeard's attack, I don’t think I can dodge this one. I can’t move and my vision is blurry, I didn't even detect him thought Shanks as he attempted to stand and failed falling to his knees. “Looks like this is the end of the road for you red hair” boasted Flamingo as he sent his string 72lb shotgun straight towards the yonko. “Aaaaaahhhhhhhh” screamed Shanks as it hit him dead on. He flew back and smashed into the ground, blood spraying across the air from Flamingo’s attack. 

Shanks vision is extremely blurry and fading into blackness, the last thing he remembers was Blackbeard walking up laughing “Oh the fun has just begun” was the last words he heard before succumbing into darkness. “Wakey Wakey, don’t want you missing out on all the fun now do we” laughed blackbeard as he punched the red haired yonko in the stomach with his blackhole causing Shanks to jolt awake.

 “Aaaaaaahhhhhhh blahhhh” screamed Shanks as he spat up blood. “Oh good, you’re awake just in time for the party” snickered Kaido from the corner of the room. Where am I, what happened? Last thing I remember was Flamingo attacking me and the “huh” it dawned on him. BLACKBEARD!!! Everything came back to him at once. 

“What did you do to my crew?!?!?!” weakly demanded Shanks, earning him a sharp kick to the chest by Bellinger. It was at that moment Shanks realized his cape, sword, shash and shirt were all gone leaving him bare before his torturers. “Oh, your crew??? Don’t worry about them, we left them to die back there!!” laughed Kaido right before he delivered his gorilla punch right to the side of Shank’s heading. “Uggghhh” groaned a semi conscious borderline delirious Shanks. Blood ran down his face and onto the floor as he realized he was suspended in the air and chained down. 

“W-wh-where a-am I??” weakly groaned Shanks, trying to blink the blurriness out of his eyes. His head was throbbing from the gorilla punch by Kaido. “You are at the new location of the smile factory. PUNK HAZARD!!!” maliciously laughed Flamingo. “Don’t worry, no one followed us so we have all the time in the world to spend time together” laughed Burgess landing  a 1 ton gravity kick masked in armament Haki and lightning to the yonko’s gut. Shank’s head flew back and a blood curdling scream came from the young redhead “Aaaahhhhhhh Aaaahhhhh” screamed Shanks as his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he splattered up blood.

“I think he wants more. Bellinger hit him with your double bull horn head butt” said none other than his stepmother, the one who tried to kill him when he was a boy. “Y-Y-You B-Ba-bastard” wheezed Shanks. “OKIE-DOKIE!!” exclaimed Bellinger, hitting shanks and piercing his chest with his horns. “Aaaaaauuugggggggghhhhhhh” was all that came out before Shanks succumbed to the darkness taking over from the pain he was in. “Oh no, we're not done yet” was the last thing he heard from Flamingo before passing out watching a string pistol shot heading towards him.

This is a ongoing series, let me know what you think. I am currently working on it and will take requests for any pairings for other stories including once shots. Enjoy!!!

[justadumbgnome]

WHY DOES NO ONE TALK ABOUT THE PINK SIDE

We’re all familiar with this image from Redux, and how the orange text “07734” translates to a “hello” from the unknown orange side. BUT I haven’t seen anyone talk about how it also says “Thomas = 8”??? Maybe i’m just not looking in the right places or im just insane, who knows. BUT this kinda confirms a pink side???!!!

We know how the sides each have a color associated with them, and how Thomas is Full Rainbow All Of Time.

Roman=Red

??(Hinted at)=Orange

Janus=Yellow

Remus=Green

Patton=Blue

Logan=Dark Blue

Virgil=Purple

???=Pink???

There are no other colors that could be in the rainbow, unless, its a variation of a color already in use (eg; Logan’s blue is darker than Patton’s), BUT I don’t believe it is. Remus is green, but he isn’t a specific shade of green. His shash is more lime while his emblem is dark green, so we can rule out another green side. Similar theory applies to Virgil. We can also rule out red,yellow, and orange because there aren’t really variations of those.

So we’re left with pink, OR, (i just thought of this as i’m typing) turquoise/teal.

I know the color isn’t much to go off, but it is SOMETHING. What can the color tell us about the side?

Roman, Logan and Patton’s colors were assigned based on outfits before the series became as big as it is now, so there’s little room to guess what those colors have in common with what they represent. However, Thomas made the choice for Janus to be yellow, Remus to be green, and even Virgil to be purple. Remus being green makes sense, as it’s the opposite of red, but what is deceitful about yellow? What is purple about anxiety? And maybe if we found an answer to these questions, we could find some to the questions like

“What is the orange side?”

(i know im probably overthinking about nothing BUT IM HAVING FUN OKAY and not having anyone to rant to about sanders sides has driven me insane 😭 so if anyone wants to talk about my points that would be GREAT, even its just to tell me im crazy lol)

[nero-vanderwolf]

HAIII tag Beanus so I don't have to send it to him too

Since that first "little" incident at Lisa's school, she had unfortunately found herself hanging out with Eikichi quite frequently. Really, she only wanted to spend time with Tatsuya, but he attracted an odd bunch.

Time spent with the group was still time spent with Tatsuya, no matter how tainted it was. And so she sat, feigning interest in whatever Maya and Yukino were researching for their latest articles. Tatsuya was off in his own world, reading the manual to a motorcycle he did not even own.

Lisa had begun checking the clock every few seconds to see just how late Eikichi would be. Two minutes, five, ten-

"That kid said he had something special going on, then he flakes on us!" Yukino finally snapped.

"Mhm, definitely suspicious," Maya added, though she was significantly calmer than her hot headed friend.

Lisa sighed and slouched back into her seat, "I'm not surprised he's dumb enough to get lost on the way to a diner two streets down from his school."

The little bell above the door rang and rang when the door slammed open. Everyone looked at the panting Tatsuya. His clothes were drenched and his makeup looked like a half melted clown.

"Look who's finally here," Lisa narrowed her eyes.

"Shut up," Eikichi groaned, "Ginko."

"Undie Boss."

The tunnel vision that always accompanied Lisa's mockery of Eikichi had stopped her from noticing the person he brought with him until she stood silently at the end of the table.

The first thing just about everyone noticed was the dress that was not appropriate for the weather. There were slits on either side, with a big red shash in the middle. Lisa had to stop herself from immediately laughing at the odd outfit.

"This is Lyn, and Lyn, these are Tatsuya, Maya, Yukino and Ginko," Eikichi smiled.

"Hi," she said quietly.

They all scooted over on the bench to make room for both Eikichi and this friend he brought with him.

"What area are you from?" Lisa asked.

"Just outside town," Lyn oddly said, for it contradicted what Eikichi had said at the exact same time, "Caelin."

"Excuse me?"

The two exchanged odd looks and Lyn whispered a bit loudly, "You said I needed a cover story!"

"Yeah, when talking to my parents cause they'd call us both crazy! These guys are normal though," Eikichi answered.

They looked back at the rest of the group, who had all been staring at them with blank expressions. Even Tatsuya had put down his "magazine" to listen to whatever they were yapping about.

"You got your stories straight now?" Yukino asked.

"Yep!" Eikichi answered, "Lyn came out of a portal in this alley near my home. She's from a region in this other world called Caelin."

"At this point, we may as well say I'm from Sacae," she said.

Eikichi quickly corrected himself, "Yes, right. Lyn is from a country called Sacae."

Strange. Whatever this prank was that Eikichi had agreed to with this new friend of his, it wasn't particularly entertaining. Lisa merely rolled her eyes while trying to think of something mean to say.

"You sure she didn't come out of a wardrobe?" Yukino said deadpanned.

"Haha, very funny, but I swear I'm not lying!" Eikichi demanded.

"Why a wardrobe?" Lyn asked.

Lisa grinned, finally having thought of a cruel joke, and faced Lyn, "You must get off on humiliation if you agreed to help Eikichi with a joke like this."

"I don't like these people," Lyn said.

The table desolved into a little argument between Eikichi and Lisa, with the occasional mean remark from Yukino. Lyn still could not figure out the wardrobe joke. Maya had put in earplugs and taken out her notebook to review her recent work. No one had thought of Tatsuya at all for the last few minutes.

"Can we see the portal?" he muttered.

Lisa paused mid incredibly rude sentence and looked at him funny, "Not you too!"

"No, that's a great idea!" Eikichi beamed.

"I don't know. A group like this could attract unwanted attention and everyone from this world seems to be..." she paused for a good long moment while her eyes rested on Lisa, "Untrained in combat."

At that last remark, Lisa had had enough.

"Alright, take us to this portal right now!" she demanded.

The group left the table in no time (while Maya briefly stayed behind to pay for their drinks and apologize to the staff for causing a ruckus) and made their way to the fabled alley in the pouring rain.

Eikichi stomped all the way there while Lyn trailed closed behind. The others walked slower as they huddled around Maya, who was the only one smart enough to bring an umbrella.

Eikichi and Lyn turned a corner into an alley that smelled bad from several meters away. While the others walked in, Lisa stood just outside. Trash bags littered the place and there seemed to be an entire rat civilization amongst the garbage. What a vile little place she had been led to.

"Just over here!" Eikichi smiled.

He stood behind a dumpster, out of sight.

In unison, Maya and Yukino gasped at whatever they saw. Lisa could not see it, only the amazed looks on their faces. Had you told them all their dreams came true, it was doubtful they would look even half as surprised and as they did then.

"We're going through the portal without you, Ginko!" Eikichi laughed.

One by one, they all disappeared. Lisa stood alone, staring into that dark alley. She could not decide if it was worth it to follow them and she stood there for several minutes. Her clothes were soaked and she began to shiver. Maybe she should turn home.

But just when she moved her feet, she heard a sound. Tatsuya emerged from the portal and he looked at her.

"Are you coming?" he asked.

When she did not answer, he stepped over trash and boxes until he was on the street again. He did not say anything when he took her hand and led her to the place they had all disappeared only some moments ago.

Before them was a ring of light in all the colors of the rainbow and inside it was a rippling vision of lush fields with a bright blue sky. Lisa did not have time to react when Tatsuya pulled her through with him.

Her stomach turned and she felt a sort of nausea come over her. But as suddenly as it had come, it disappeared as well. She opened her eyes and found she stood in a gorgeous field. The air was warm and pleasant breeze that smelled of elderflowers had already begun drying her clothes.

Tatsuya let go of her hand, and gestured towards Eikichi, Maya, Yukino and Lyn, who were already several paces away.

"We're gonna visit my grandpa!" Lyn shouted.

Whatever. The weather there was nice, there were no rats, and admittedly, Lisa was curious about this strange new world.

@beantothemax PSPSPSPPSPSSPSPSPSPS

AJSJDBB I DONT KNOW WHAT I WAS EXPECTING WHEN YOU SAID P2 FIC BUT SOMEHOW I WASNT EXPECING LYN!!!! YAYYAYAYA LYN AND EIKICHI FRIENDSHIP IS REAL im clawing and knawing on this so hard you have no idea. you also characterized the characters so well for your first p2 fic AKSJDB <3 BRAVO i know little to nothing about fe7 but i enjoyed this fic so much ehehehehehe

[cosmereplay]

Soul-Mates by cosmere_play

Rated Teen, 3000 words, Shallan & Kaladin (background Shallan/Adolin), Oathbringer spoilers, CW self-harm mention

For the @aro-soulmates-fest, I wrote a Shakadolin soulmate AU where the soulmates are rejected! It's sassy and sweet!

Excerpt:

It was midway through the evening, when Adolin was half drunk and doubly affectionate. Usually Veil would’ve made an appearance by now, but Shallan had decided she wanted a night with her husband, and she was taking full advantage of being the focus of his attention. Kaladin swished his glass of orange, wondering if he should find something else to do while they made eyes at each other. Storms, they seemed so happy. If he didn’t know any better, he would have assumed they were soulmates. He wondered if Adolin knew the truth, or more likely what lies Shallan must have told him. For a while he’d wondered whether he should confront Shallan or tell Adolin, but he’d never gotten around to it. It felt too much like ruining a good thing. They seemed good for each other, soulmates or not. Then, when they’d gotten married, Kaladin had decided never to bring up the fact that one of them was his soulmate. When he was young, the people who heard his soulmark’s words offered excitement. “The way it’s written, she must be a foreign princess! You’ll end up travelling to different lands!” Father thought it was a given that he’d be meeting his princess in Kharbranth. He’d been a fool to think he would travel on his own volition. They had all been so very very wrong. Kaladin’s circumstances had forced him to reconsider what those words might mean for him. Then when he’d heard the words, she hadn’t been a foreign princess. She’d been a foreign liar. Out of anger, he’d ignored her words, and she’d done the same to him. Apparently she hadn’t been interested in being soulmates with a shash-branded darkeyes. He sighed, tapping the table with his fingertips. He thought he was over this. “You have that look,” Adolin said suddenly, and Kaladin glanced up. The lovers had separated, and both were giving him looks of pity. Perfect, just what he needed. He tried to focus on the taste of his orange wine, but the anger had stuck in his craw. “I need a distraction,” he said. “Actually, I want to hear something happy. How about you tell me the story of how you found out you were soulmates.”

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[thepastisalreadywritten]

10 Exciting Facts About Easter Sunday

By: Shash Wighton

Updated: 3 December 2022

For those who grew up without much religion in their lives, Easter Sunday was more about chocolate Easter eggs and little more than that.

This day means much more to Christians, though, with some preferring to call it “Resurrection Sunday.”

This is because the New Testament describes Easter Sunday as the day that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, three days after he had been crucified by the Romans all the way back in 30 AD.

Easter has got to be one of the most confusing celebrations held throughout the year due to this fact, but we’re here to clear this up for you.

First, let’s go into why this happens in the first place.

As we now all know, Easter Sunday is connected to the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

This gets a little complicated, as this event was only recorded in the Jewish calendar that happened just after the Jewish festival of Passover.

The Jewish calendar doesn’t sync up with the Gregorian calendar, which most of the world relies upon, as it’s based on lunar cycles rather than the movements of the sun.

While a solar year contains 365.24 days, a lunar year only contains about 354.

The date of Passover also changes, as it takes place on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the 20th of March, which also ultimately affects the date Easter Sunday lands on.

Obviously, it is still possible to calculate what date Easter Sunday will fall on, but it involves a bit of maths and the consultation of charts, so we won’t bore you with that and instead suggest you simply Google it!

Not just in English, either, as the Dutch and German for Easter are Ooster and Ostern, respectively.

In Old English, the celebration was usually recorded as Ēastrun, Ēastre, Ēastru, or Ēostre.

The origin of Easter’s name doesn’t stop there, though.

In 725, Saint Bede, a Benedictine monk in the old English kingdom of Northumbria, wrote that the name is connected to the pagan goddess Ēostre.

Feasts were celebrated in honor of Ēostre in Ēosturmōnaþ (Month of Ēostre), which is the equivalent to April today.

At some point, the Pagan goddess’ name was appropriated by Christians for the name of Easter Sunday.

Like Easter Sunday, Good Friday also has a couple of other names, including Great Friday, Holy Friday, and even Great and Holy Friday.

Just like Easter Sunday, Good Friday changes date every year due to its connection to Jesus Christ.

Good Friday commemorates the day when Christ was crucified and killed by the Romans.

As Christ’s crucifixion happened a set amount of time before he was resurrected, the date is fixed according to Easter Sunday.

Fun Fact: Good Friday is not named such because the day was a happy day, but because “good” used to be a synonym of “pious” and “holy.”

Many Christians around the world observe the tradition of Lent.

During this period, diligent Christians must give up a Lenten sacrifice (some form of pleasure or luxury) for forty days.

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and runs until Easter Sunday.

Traditionally, people in the English-speaking world would use up their eggs, dairy, and other richer foods the day before they began a fast for Lent on Ash Wednesday.

Because of this, Shrove Tuesday began to be known as Pancake Day in the UK.

The tradition crossed the channel into France, where it became known as Mardi Gras (which translates to “Fat Tuesday”).

Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, or however you want to call it is the day that slowly evolved into a day where celebrants feast on finer foods, especially on pancakes.

The eating of lamb on this day goes back further than Christ himself, as it is actually connected to the Jewish festival of Passover.

Passover celebrates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, and at the end of it, a “Passover lamb” is slaughtered and eaten.

The tradition of eating lamb at the end of Passover was likely continued by those who eventually converted to Christianity, and the tradition of eating lamb on Easter Sunday began.

It’s been justified by Christians as the lamb is said to represent Christ’s sacrifice on the cross, but these days many non-religious British families also enjoy a lamb roast on Easter Sunday.

The Eastern Orthodox Church, which includes the Russian and Greek Orthodox Churches, celebrates many similar holidays to other Christians, including Easter Sunday.

For them, it lies on a different date, as events in the Orthodox Church are calculated according to the Julian Calendar, which much of the world used before changing to the current Gregorian calendar in the 16th Century.

So the date is different because of the use of two different calendar systems, but that’s not all.

When the Eastern Orthodox Church was formed, they decided to use a different formula for calculating what day Easter Sunday fell on.

Because of this, there’s actually no set number of days between Easter and Orthodox Easter, with the two occasionally falling on the same day!

These days, it’s not a good Easter Sunday without more chocolate eggs than you should probably eat. However, that hasn’t always been the case and still isn’t in some Christian countries.

Before Easter Sunday was celebrated with chocolate Easter Eggs, people used actual eggs dyed with natural plant dyes and decorated with intricate designs.

This tradition is said to go back to some of the earliest days of Christianity, with the eggs originally dyed red to represent the blood that Christ shed when he was crucified.

Followers of the Greek Orthodox Church still paint their Easter eggs red.

The painting of Easter Eggs is still carried out in most countries with ties to the various Orthodox Christian churches, with chocolate Easter eggs considered a more “Western” notion.

In 1772, Easter Sunday fell on April 5.

It also happened to be the day when Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen first set foot on the island, which came to be known in the English-speaking world as Easter Island.

It was already called Rapa Nui by the island’s local inhabitants, but Roggeveen decided to name it after Easter Sunday anyway.

Well, sort of.

He actually named it Paasch-Eyland, which, in 18th-century Dutch, translated to “Easter Island" in English.

As we now know, the date of Easter Sunday is calculated according to a formula that, among other things, takes both the lunar and solar calendars into account.

Because of this, Easter Sunday can be anywhere between March 22 and April 25.

One would easily be forgiven for thinking that any given dates that Easter Sunday land on do not actually repeat themselves in a cycle, as it seems to be different every year.

That’s not exactly true, though.

The specific cycle that it goes through (e.g., April 1 in 2018, April 21 in 2019, April 12 in 2020, and so on) has so many factors affecting it that it takes a mind-bending 5.7 million years to repeat itself.

[feathered-moths-ablaze]

Anyone want my Jimmy Casket headcannons?

Jimmy and Sally are two of my favourite characters out of the lot, each for the opposite side of the scale.

I love Sally the way she is. I don't have alot of headcannon for her because I just loved how she was in the videos. While she wasn't the most serious, She's not completely naive to everything around her, and could absolutely be a little shit when she felt like it. The Alyx Vance playermodel fit her so well too- my neurodivengent ass loves the 6ft waffle-loving tomboy.

Jimmy, on the other hand, is great to dip into the headcannon soup: we barely know anything about him other than his name and what he wants to do. You can pull him in so many directions! Is he a demon bent on murder or a child corrupted by death? What's his and Johnny's history? Why does he want to kill? What's the secret he's hiding? Does Gregory fit into any of this?

2016-18 me loved him for edgy reasons and 2023 me loves him for nostalgia, so here's my headcannons for him, for how he came to be, relationships with others, and any extras.

god this took like 3 days holy shit

Life

1800s

Gregory Casket was born in the 1800s, an only child, to Lacey and Nathan Casket. It was long and tedious pregnancy, with many complications, but they managed pulled through, their son in tow. After all of that, they both thought that everything would be fine, and they could take care of their little Gregory.

They were wrong. When Gregory was nearing a year old, a shaded creature attacked the parents during the night. Lacey suffered a shash to the neck and Nathan lost an arm and chest in a bid to save his family. The creature was about to leave when it heard the cries of a baby from the upper rooms. Following the cries led it to Gregory, crying from all the noise downstairs.

When police got to the house minutes later, they found two dead bodies, and a lost child. Two days later, all three were pronounced dead.

With Cardboard Friend

It fled to a rundown house, carrying the baby in its arms. It doesn't know what urged it to care for him, but now it has a kid. Making sure he was comfy enough to fall back asleep, the creature was thinking hard about the sudden task it brought upon itself. First things first, the kid can never know the truth. About his family, about it, about the outside world.

With how young he was, Gregory would never know who his parents were, so there was one thing scratched off. It had heard about some new thing made in England - Cardboard. Maybe that can help cover up some things.

Now for outside. Of course he'll get curious about what lies beyond the trees, and start asking questions... The idea sparked in its head: Lie! Just give little white lies. It'll satisfy his questions without risking more!

So Gregory grew up believing that he was dead, that he was a sort of purgatory to grow up until he was old enough to leave, and that Cardboard Friend was here to take care of him. He never questioned why CBF Never went out in the rain, or why he wasn't allowed in the woods. She was here to take care of him! She knew best!

Until she got wet, and spilled the truth. It shattered him to the core. Everything wasn't true? What about the trees? The house? Himself?! Horrified, he fled, ignoring her cries to come back. To let her explain herself better.

He ran into the woods, and never came back out. Cardboard Friend found him a week later, dead from eating poisonous berries.

1900s

Gregory was only 5 when he died for real. His ageing slowed down to a crawl, so growing up despite being dead was horrible. Unable to ask for help was just as bad, as no-one could see or hear him.

He spent time watching the world around him, trying to talk to kids of similar age to him (with no luck), having multiple Existential Crisis from being a ghost at a young age

Everything changed when he found Ghost.

He was a little younger than him, and blabbling to the cat plushie he had about anything he could think of. Casket responded like it was a conversation, not expecting him to stop and face him. They were both very surprised who he asked who he was and he responded, "er um... Jimmy!"

"... Hi Jimmy. :D"

They soon became friends. Ghost could often be seen talking to thin air or the cat plushie that his mother just caulked it up to imaginary friend, with some of her friends playfully teasing him about "your new friend" at times. Jimmy did not like those comments whenever he heard them. He isn't anything like Cardboard Friend! He is real! He just looks a little funny. Don't listen to them Johnny, please!

However, he was the one to get Johnny curious about the paranormal growing up. After all, if he is real, but only he can see him, then he's a ghost, right? So how does being a ghost work?

They stayed as friends until Ghost met Toast through a late start to school and he started hanging out with him more and more over the years. Jimmy got very jealous over this, not willing to share friendships. This jealousy only helped to drive Ghost away, and spark the argument that made Johnny tell him to leave him alone. He's done with him and his nonexistent ass. Jimmy, very hurt and angry, does so since he can't convince Ghost otherwise, but not before threatening his return.

First kill

Jimmy had become very spiteful in the time between the argument and his return. He felt hurt ok?! He's lost his only friend to some posh British dude, everyone thinks he's someone's mind figments, and he doesn't know how to prove them otherwise! God sometimes he felt like punching people in the face.

His spite and desire for violence built up and up until he couldn't take it anymore. One dusk, when Ghost was fast asleep, Jimmy came back. He borderline pounced on him in order to scare him awake - next thing he know he was in Ghost's body. It was a massive shock, seeing his brown eyes go wide back at him with a greenish hint in the mirror. After being dead for so long, having a body again was... amazing. After the shock had worn off, he started cackling, still starting at his reflection in near manic ecstasy.

But his moment was cut short when Ghost's mother, who was making dinner in the kitchen, came into the room wondering why her son was suddenly laughing like a Kookaburra.

Jimmy was not about to let go of his body after a short time, so he bolted out, trying to get away. He ended up in the kitchen, with the mother trying to talk to (who she thinks is) Johnny about what's going on with him.

The knife left on the counter was within arm's reach, and it was a split-second decision that ended up with him plunging it into her chest, killing her.

He just stared. Just yesterday, he couldn't do anything, and now he's killed someone. He has actually killed someone! Someone is Dead! Because of him!

Something in him that had been cracking for years finally snapped as the laughter came back, louder and with more ferocity. Gregory Jimmy Casket was back, and he's making damn well sure noone's forgetting him when he's done.

When he got kicked out of control, he watched as Johnny freaked out at the sight of his dead mother and the bloody knife in his hand, frantically running to the landline to call Toast, but he didn't reveal himself, drinking in his panic. What happened that night will be his own little secret.

Current days

Compared to where he started off, he's alot stronger thanks to all the murder. So strong in fact, he could just make himself a physical form and just leave Johnny, but he's gotten used to being the voice within Ghost's mind, plus it's more energy efficient, so he stays.

Physical Appearance

(Please read first: while I do have eye refs, here's no full body ref sheet because I hated how it looked, and felt that typing it out would be easier.)

Jimmy is pale, very scrawny and short, littered with scars up to the eyeballs, but makes up for it in agility and flexibility. His hair is a brown rat's nest; at first it was thick and long due to it not getting cut, but at some point it was getting in the way, so he cut it himself. He did a terrible job at it, but it stays out of the way so it works for him.

He wears very simple and comfy clothing: a jacket that definitely didn't start off as a dark crimson and a white t-shirt. Both are obviously near falling apart with the amount of damage, missing bits, stains and stitches they're embroidered with. The jeans he has are equally ruined, main details being the massive holes at knee level and the scruffy leg openings. Jimmy runs around barefoot.

He's dirty from old blood and dirt, especially around his hands, knees and teeth. It's at the point that his hands and claws/nails are permanently stained with a red and earthly hue.

His bloodshot eyes, once a soft gray blue, are now a hard red. Like other ghosts, they act like cats eyes, with pupils reflecting any light shined into them. This also carries on to possession.

Eye ref here

When a spirit, Ghost sees Jimmy as himself but more ragged and red eyed.

Attack types

Standard: the one he's most know for - chasing down victims while laughing all the way. He asks about his secret as a way to startle and distract so he can get a window to attack. It's like a game to him, and has easily won multiple times. Doesn't make the rush any less however.

Rage: this happens when he can't find his victim or by certain people. He's alot more destructive and focused, and will make more of a mess with his stabbings when he finds them. It's not a game anymore; it's a hunt.

Chill: sometimes he has the energy to kill, but not the energy to chase. So he'll stalk, staying quiet and light on his feet until he's right behind them, stabbing them fast and tight in the virals.

Relationships

Johnny Ghost - Neutral. Jimmy loves messing with him, but he also does hold a bit of fondness for him. They were friends once, after all.

Johnny Toast - Negative/Neutral. While he absolutely hates him, he has bigger fish to fry first before Toast is on the chopping block

Sally Acachalla - Negative. She's one of few who's managed to fight him off, so he both dislikes her and is scared of her. Bonus is that Jimmy won't target any of the Acachallas because of her.

Maxwell Acachalla - positive. They teamed up through scaring Ghost that one mission, and now they're friends! Through there are times where they seem to be more Father/Son.

Cardboard Friend - Negative. Never put them in the same room. Jimmy will go into a blind rage and attack her for everything she did to him. He'll be screaming in Ghost's head trying to cause a blackout just so he can get a chance for revenge.

Gavin Toast - ???. Sicko4Sicko. Jimmy is alot more friendlier and chattier with Gavin. Gavin is very suspicious about it though: does he actually like him or is this a trick to drop his guard down? Well, he's peaking his head over your shoulder; you'd already be dead if he wanted to.

Extra Info I can't fit anywhere else

Are Johnny and Jimmy related? Kinda. Nathan did have a brother that continued the Casket line, which produced Timothy Casket, then Johnny Ghost. The reason why Johnny doesn't share the same name is because Timothy took his wife's name, and offended, the in-laws disowned him. So by blood? They're distantly related through Nathan and his brother. By the eyes of the law? They're not.

He's a few inches shorter than Ghost, and doesn't get why Ghost hates being short. Your a harder target to hit why are you complaining?

He has eaten people. He will eat people. Multiple bodies have been chewed on. He was hungry. Why do you think his teeth are stained red?

He makes cat sounds. He will growl and hiss if angry/frustrated, might purr in his sleep (if lucky), and sometimes go 'mrrrp?' when something grabs his attention. Why? Because he wants to.

Can't stay still

While only Ghost and Gavin are the only ones that can see him, other can kinda sense him. If you feel eyes on your back or like your being watched, it's Jimmy.

Don't call him Gregory. Only CBF called him that, so you'll just send him into a rage, thinking that CBF is nearby.

He won't eat anything with 'Berry' in the name (Blueberry, Strawberry ect.)

Currently, Jimmy looks in his early 20s, while Johnny is in his late 20s/early 30s. Even with slow aging he has been around for over 200 years. He looked around 9/10 when 5-year-old Johnny first met him.

During Secondary school, Ghost clung onto Toast like a lifeline through all the stress he was dealing with, like the death of his mother, no home, and dealing with 'blackouts'. The classes that they didn't share (English and Biology) was when Jimmy showed up instead. English bored him so he acted out, but Biology was especially interesting to him and it became his favourite subject. It's why he's efficient at killing; he did 5 years of research.

[whirling-fangs]

⋆┈┈｡ﾟ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ﾟ｡┈┈⋆

"You know, shashed skulls aside, naps are much nicer with a pillow. Even if it's not a whole bed, would you like one?"

obligatory Kanae getting involved with this bean? Yes.

That... that human! Thinking she could just talk to him without getting his claws impaled right through her chest!

Her offer was so ludicrous that Kiba remained stumped for a bit. He wasn't sure whether to cut her throat now, or wait to see if she would keep on spouting nonsense. Not to mention, under that layer of stupidity... she doesn't seem weak.

"Hah? Naps? Demons don't need to sleep, you mush for brains. You can eat your pillow. No, actually, give it to me, and I'll make you eat it! Then I'll eat your dumb brains!"

[panda-of-the-trash]

*hands you a shash that says "best dancer" and a crown*

I'll take you back to Earth now. Will you join us next year?

WOOO YEAH I GOT A COOL SASH

I will absolutely join you next year! It would be my pleasure

[1five1two]

And now the craggy top, and lofty side

Of Atlas, which supporteth Heaven, he spy'd:

A Shash of sable Clouds the Temples bindes

Of Pine-crown'd Atlas, beat with Rain and Windes;

Snow cloathes his Shoulders, his starch'd Beard is froze,

And from the old Mans Chin a River flows.

Virgil, 4 Aen

[ly0nstea]

Pronounciation guide for my non-irish speaking fic readers

I wrote a PJO-based fic around Celtic myth and I know not a lot of people speak Irish so, here's a little guide on how the words and phrases are pronounced and their meaning! Enjoy!

Word - meaning- pronunciation guide

Siobháin - Name (God is gracious) - shuv-awn/shiv-awn

NíCróga - Daughter of blood/gore - crow-gah

Maidin Mhaith - Good morning - moh-jin woh (oh pronounced closer to the o in stop)

A leanbh - Calling to child - ah lan-uv

Íosa - Jesus - ee-uh-sah

Nuair na ba dul seasc - Nurr nah bah dul shash-k

agus na caoirigh ná táirgthe - oh-gus nah kwee-rig naw taw-rg-hah

tá Éire i nguais - taw air-ah ih new-ish

beidh sraith nua a tharlaithe - beg shrah new-a ah har-lah-hah

beidh curadh nua a bhreith - beg curr-ah new-ah ah vreh

Ó! - An exclamation - Oh!

Mo chailín beag - My little girl - muh hall-een byug

A dhéithe - A plural form of oh my god - Ah yay-ih-hah

Púca - Ghost - Poo-kah

Cú Chulainn - Ancient Celtic Hero - Koo kull-in

Tír na nÓg - Teer nah n-owe-g

Oisín - Name (Fawn/Little Deer) - uh-sh-een

Niamh - Name (Bright/Radiant) - Nee-av

Badhbh - Name (War Goddess) - Bye-v

Bean-Sídhe - Mythical Creature (Banshee) - Banshee

Foc - Fuck - Fuck

Drogheda - Name (Town) - Droh-head-ah

A athair - Calling to father - Ah ah-her

Ó'Lír - Son of Lír - Owe leer

Knowth - Name (mound) - N-owe-th

Oscailt - Open - Us-kult

Anois - Now - an-ish

A Sheáin - Calling to Seán - ah hy-awn

Seáin - Name (John/Jack/Shaun) - Sh-awn

An Ródaí - On Road-ee

Tabhair Abhaile Mé, Brighid- Take me home, Brighid - T-aw-vur/T-aw-ur ah-wall-ya may, Brighid

Brighid - Name (Goddess) - Breed/Bt-ih-j-it/Br-ih-jih-d

I mo Dhia - Oh my god - Ih muh yee-ah

Dúlachán - Doo-lah-hawn

Fionn - Name (Finn) - Fy-un

Mac Cumhaill - Surname - Mac Cool

Teach na Leanaí Déithe - House of the Gods’ children - Chok - nah lan-ee day-ih-hah

Crannóg - type of house - Cran-owe-g

Tuatha Dé Danann - Tribe of Gods - Too-ah day dan-an

Mór - Big - More

an Fhile - The poet - on ill-ah

an Ghabha - The (black)smith - on hah-va

And a small featuring of portuguese

Olá - hello

Fica de boa aí, cara - Chill out, man

Merda! - Shit!

Carahlo - Fuck

[shanks42]

Shanks: The ancient prophecy of the missing millennia

Part 7 of the story. Straw hat finds shanks

Chapter 7: The Red haired Pirates alliance meets up

Whitebeard and his crew sat on the beach with the Red Haired pirates when Yassop yelled from a tree “I spotted the Straw Hats and Mihawk!!!They’re headed this way now”. “It’s about time, I hate to think what they are doing to Shanks right now” impatiently exclaimed Ace. Just at that moment, Luffy jumped off the ship screaming Ace’s name and jumped in his arms giving him a huge hug. “Ace, I missed you so much. How have you been? What have you been up to?” asked Luffly excitedly. “Honestly not much, but we can catch up later, we have more dire issues right now.” exclaimed Ace. 

At that moment they received a call on the transponder snail “I was wondering how long it would take you guys to get here and try to save Shanks. Don’t worry we will hand him over to you no struggle Bahahahaha” bellowed Blackbeard with Kaido being heard in the background. 

“Where is Shanks, Put him on now” yelled Luffy “I don’t think he will be able to answer right now, he’s a little preoccupied bahahahaha” laughed Kaido putting the phone near Shanks “Do it” said Kaido. “What is he tal-” “AAAAAAHHHHHHH GGGGUUUUUHHHHHH” bellowed Shanks in agony and pain. “SHANKS!!!!!!” Screamed everyone all at once after hearing a series of blows. 

“What did you do to him!!!” angrily exclaimed Luffy with Whitebeard fuming beside him. “Oh don’t worry, you will soon find out what we did to the Red Dragon Yonkou. Come and get your boy, we will be waiting bahahahahaha” click. “We need to go now. Hongo, Chopper, Luffy, Ace, Law, Robin and Nami come with me. The rest of you stay back and wait for us. Jinbe, Marco be ready in case anything happens. Yassop, Ussop be long range in case we need support fire” said Beckman “Right!!” yelled everyone as they took off towards the island on the Thousand Sunny.

They arrive at the dock with no problem and no sign of anyone nearby. “I don’t like this very much. It’s too quiet and where is everyone? " said Ace looking around at the scrap metal everywhere. “I have no idea but keep your eyes peeled for anything” cautiously exclaimed Nami feeling a bit uneasy. Just as they said that a black mass in the sky appeared and Kaido, and Blackbeard appeared holding a badly beaten Shanks covered in blood barely breathing from the looks of it by the throat. 

Everyone looked frozen in horror at the Beaten red haired Yonkou not believing what they saw. He had deep cups and holes all over his body, his shirt and shash were gone and every part of his upper body was badly bruised and cut up. His face was covered in fresh blood and they could hear the light wheezing coming from the red dragon. 

“SHANKS!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOO YOU CAN’T DIE!!!! NOT NOW!!!!” screamed Luffy and Ace at the same time “Bahahahaha, you can have him, but first a little magic trick with the God Devil Fruits bahahahaha” bellowed Blackbeard as Burgess showed up with 4 fruits glowing blue, white, black, gold and green. “What the hell are those?” said Beckman. Meanwhile everyone else watched from the ships not far and Whitebeard gasped at the sight of the fruits. “He can’t, They will tear him apart and kill him!!!” exclaimed Whitebeard.

They all watched in horror as Kaido held Shanks spread eagle in the air while Blackbeard put all 4 fruits up the man’s chest. Everyone watched as the fruits started to fuse themselves into the red haired man’s chest “What the…” said Luffy frozen in shock and fear. “AAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH” was all they heard as a blood curdling scream ripped through the air sending chills through everyone. “SHANKS!!!” screamed Beckman and Luffy seeing as it came from him. Everyone looked up to see Shank’s head thrown back, jaw open in a silent scream, eyes rolled in the back of his head and body convulsing in pain as nothing came from his mouth.