#Our Lady of the Tree

[margothecreator]

The Magicians [S1:E11] Remedial Battle Magic

It’s just not talked about enough that Richard told Julia she was god-touched before Reynard’s assault, before her hunt with Kady and her false visions, before she even knew the gods were real. Julia was born god-touched and the power was always hers. The writers did what Reynard wanted; they took that plot point from her and made the power come from her assault instead, but it’s right here. Magic comes from pain, but power is innate.

[roseyfillorian]

bout to turn into a “the magicians” blog cuz i love this show so much and i need to find my community

[milquetoast-zeitgeist]

Honestly, I love when Divine Spark Julia starts to do stuff with her god level magic. Like fixing Fogg's eyes. Or resurrecting the talking trees in Fillory. I know there were conflicting agendas and she didn't do some of those things completely altruistically, but it's still so fun to see her magic grow and her blossom into a full fledged goddess

[sad-drake-lyrics]

i ended up writing a brief take on Julia in the tags so i'm just gonna drop it here:

#she has always been a goddess #the potential was within her from the beginning #and then she carried the power and intention with her after she lost her goddesshood #and she has always learned from her mistakes #and she made many #and every time she grew both emotionally and magically in terms of her skill #and her innate refusal to give up #on anyone or anything #as well as her suffering #made her the most powerful magician out of the whole cast #well other than Mayakovsky or Dean Fogg #even after we lose Q #all she can think about is helping other people #justice #righting wrongs #a MEANING to her magic

Julia, there’s nothing that you will ever be able to do that’s worth losing him.

[kirasknightley]

Our Lady of the Trees: Julia Wicker - The Magicians

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Sign of the Day...

December 12th is the feast day for the saint Our Lady of Guadalupe... She is said to have appeared, four times in December of 1531, as a vision, to an Aztec peasant, Juan Diego, who was so dazzled and overwhelmed that he was converted to Christianity and then went on to convert the vast majority of his fellow countryfolk… She asked Juan to erect a shrine, but the local bishop demanded some kind of a sign before he would go along… Juan told the bishop that the vision had told Juan that he should gather roses, but before he even could, he opened his cape for the bishop, and hundreds of roses fell out… And just to cap that off, also an image of the Virgin Mary appeared on the inside of his cloak. The cloak is now kept there in the Basilica in Guadalupe. Our Lady of Guadalupe is the patron saint of Mexico, and is also called the “patroness of the Americas”… But she is also known worldwide… Here she adorns a steak house in Amsterdam… There's something cheesily wonderful about this neon glowingness..

[Mary Elaine LeBey]

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Be my mother, I said to the trees, in the language of trees, which can’t be transcribed, and they shook their hair back, and they bent low with their many arms, and they looked into my eyes as only trees can look into the eyes of a person, they touched me with the rain on their fingers till I was all droplets, till I was a mist, and they said they would.

- Emily Berry, from “Canopy,” in Stranger, Baby

[alive on all channels]

[normalest-of-knees]

Did they really..... do absolutely nothing with the fact that Jaune "had" to kill Penny?.....

I thought maybe they could pull something out at the end somehow; maybe have Penny be the one to help Ruby through her rough time as well as the tree lady

Though then again with all the Summer build up I'm not surprised

But I'm.... both flabbergasted and defeated that we went through this entire Volume without ever actually addressing Jaune killing Penny.

Back after Volume 8, so many people were like "So they HAVE to address this, right? Oh man how is Ruby gonna react to this??" And many were speculating and wondering

Apparently she won't, is the answer. We don't even know if Blake & Yang know either. They just never actually talk about or react if they do know

And I'm wondering.... why? Why did they tease about the Penny angst and then it amount to nothing in the end? Why did Ruby have to pass out while Weiss talked about the subject, and then never gets to talk about it afterwards? Why did she get to find the sword (that shouldn't even exist, mind you), give it up, then when it's thrown away she just leave it at that?

I know the answer is random angst and Jaune angst, but still.

Penny deserved so much better, and so did we. The audience deserved to be treated better and respected, but we got... this.

I wished they had picked between wanting to push the Summer stuff or the Penny stuff, since they clearly couldn't do both. And what we got of each was so... nothing

[tricornonthecob]

I made a thing

[elderwisp]

Random Line WIP

We are back again friends with another line WIP

Thank you for the tag @lynzishell 🫶🏼 Have a super sweet exchange between two peeps in the far future:

Person One: I can’t quite explain, but this feels as if I am chasing a dream. Person Two: And what might that be? Person One: That we would be forever intertwined, you and I.

I'm going to tag @oatberrytea @nectar-cellar @eowr @yersea gimmie da lore if you'd like 🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻

[itsalwaysdark]

brothers a tale of two sons is such a connor and lamp reference bc yes it ws like popular i think but i think me and lamp have referenced that game more than anyone on earth. and its all bc i was mean as a child

[cee-grice]

here's a question for y'all....imagine you live in a scarcely populated rural area where it always snows a lot....then, one day, your snow shovel disappears (you kept it outside)....could it have been stolen. and if so, fuckingg.why

[relicsongmel]

Currently crying in the club on a Wednesday afternoon over this journal entry from my mom’s camera roll

[paceypeternathanslawyer]

Having listened to "Talkville," "Drama Queens," "Office Ladies," "Welcome To Our Show" and now the new Full House rewatch podcast "How Rude, Tanneritos" I have strong opinions on which cast hosted rewatch podcasts work.

1. I absolutely love the Full House rewatch podcast. Granted, only the first episode is out so far and it wasn't even covering an episode. Next week is the Pilot and this one was just an introduction and they did talk about the opening theme and credits.

2. Maybe coincidentally the podcasts that work have been the ones led by women entirely. My favorites have been Drama Queens, Office Ladies and now How Rude Tanneritos. No diss to the Smallville podcast but I don't feel a whole lot of enthusiasm or chemistry between Tom and Michael with Talkville.

3. I also believe that these types of podcasts are so prevalent that a lot of actors feel like "it's the thing to do" so there's no kind of real thought of which actors should host it. Like for instance, I think that if Tom and Erica had hosted Talkville that would be a lot more fun because they have such chemistry and a rapport. Also Michael Rosenbaum already had a random celebrity interview show prior to Talkville and so now Talkville just feels like an extension of that. It doesn't feel organic or unique.

4. The actors who end up hosting really make the show. With Office Ladies.... Angela and Jenna are truly best friends and you really feel that. You feel the friendship chemistry even in podcast form. Also they are very dedicated to it and are knowledgable. I've never heard a podcast that is quite so chock full information and trivia and previously unknown behind the scenes stories because if they don't know the answer to something then they do a ton of research and ask cast and crew the questions. You can also tell that Jenna and Angela are having so much fun together and they are really proud of The Office.

5. Drama Queens is hosted by Bethany Joy Lenz, Sophia Bush, and Hilarie Burton and it's another situation where you can tell that those three are amazing friends and really love each other. They have a perspective and they are really passionate about anything they are talking about. They are just a fun group of women to hear speak on One Tree Hill or even anything. They do go on some minor tangents but they also try to keep a good structure.

6. With How Rude Tanneritos I can only go off of the first episode but I just found myself entranced by the conversation because Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber are really good friends for real life. Also the reason they wanted to do the podcast seemed more moving and organic. Ever since Bob Saget passed away they've been wanting to revisit those old memories and wanted them recorded in podcast form for the fans, themselves and their loved ones to enjoy forever while they still weren't too far removed and could still remember those times to a certain extent. There were some funny moments and some fun trivia. I think that this is the oldest show to have a rewatch podcast for it which is pretty unique.

7. Welcome To Our Show I haven't listened to for a while but i'm a part of a popular Facebook group for New Girl and most people on there seem to hate it. Honestly the problem I had with it was the lack of structure and how little they talk about the episode they are covering. Also weirdly, I don't feel the chemistry between Zooey, Hannah, and Lamorne. Which is weird cause they have great chemistry in the show itself. I think this show could have been better if it had been Lamorne, Hannah, and Max hosting. Max has a really funny personality and I think it would have added some spice. And I feel like Hannah and Lamorne have great chemistry but honestly Zooey hogs the conversation a bit too much. I have nothing against Zooey, ever since the podcast I feel like a lot of people have come to dislike her. It's not even that she hogs the conversation to talk about the show, it's that she hogs the conversation to talk about herself and her other filmography. But I do feel like some people are overly harsh with her. I just feel like if you don't create a strong structure around the episode and how you're gonna talk about it then that's just bound to happen.

Disclaimer: These are just my opinions. Some of you may love Talkville and Welcome To Our Show and that is great. Also I haven't listened to them in a while so some of this stuff could have improved. If so, please let me know. I could use some inspiration to start them up again.

[milquetoast-zeitgeist]

And then! When Divine Spark Julia and Kady finally confront a de-divined Reynard, P23 actually advocates for murder/revenge because of what Reynard did to Julia40. Not because it happened to Julia23 ("his Julia") but because it happened to *Julia* at all. And he can't wrap his brain around how being mortal is more of a punishment for Reynard than anything else.

[somaligovernment]

[actual-corpse]

Heard this song at work and was like ??!!?? When he mentioned Muhlenberg County...

I grew up in that area lol