#Petra by Night

[vmantras]

Comprehensive Guide to Petra: The Rose City of Jordan

Introduction Petra, often called the “Rose City” due to its pink-hued rock formations, is one of the world’s most breathtaking archaeological sites. Located in southern Jordan, this ancient Nabataean city was a major trade hub over 2,000 years ago. Renowned for its rock-cut architecture and water management system, Petra was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985 and later recognized as…

[twopoppies]

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Hi! another member of bi pride chiming in here! I’ve seen solos say the Lights Up video is a nod to Harry’s bisexuality due to the perceived bi colors in the video but a lot of them are young or don’t know queer history. Bisexuality is sometimes used as a cover, simply a part of someone’s journey, or a “safe” label to slap on someone. George Michael spoke heavily on believing he was bisexual before realizing he was gay and the constraints of our heteronormative society is what made bisexuality an easier fit for him. He stated he was not attracted to/or ever in love with women despite previously having sex with them.

I would wager that George Michael’s experience was not Harry’s experience except for the closeting. At first glance, it does seem like it’s the pink, purple, and royal blue colors of the bi flag that Harry’s standing in, but if you pay attention he’s actually splattered in multiple colors throughout the video and those colors are pink, violet, indigo, (turquoise he’s wearing), yellow, green, red, and flashes of orange. Those are the colors of the Original Pride Flag not to be conflated with the Rainbow Flag which took two colors out. I don’t think it was Harry’s intention to tell us he’s bi. To me, the crowd of men and women around him symbolizes him being clawed at by the public, everyone wanting a piece of him, and no one knowing the real him. I wouldn’t say he’s unlabeled either. I think he’s been very sure of his sexuality for a very long time and I think the point of his Better Homes and Gardens interview is that he’s open about it to his friends/family but won’t give a verbal confirmation because he’s literally been saying it all along. (He also contractually can’t say it yet blah blah blah IYKYK) He also said his sexuality is personal to him and I’d like to add the only personal piece of him we have is the music and he uses that to express it with us. After all these years, he knows which fans will get it and which wont. That video (and Late Night Talking) was a huge step forward for him and I’m so proud of him.

I want to kiss you, anon. THANK YOU.

in reference to this

[premamelody]

derg

[esc-is-holding-me-hostage]

between censoring Bambie's make-up, removing Eric Saade's performance from YouTube, and now this thing with Joost, the EBU just keeps shooting itself in the leg PR-wise this year, huh like, guys, you've already got a full-on protest on your hands, why the fuck are you trying your hardest to make people even more riled up? have you not heard of the Streisand effect?

[raylansspace]

Fun little NITW artstyle experiment i drew a few days ago :-) might aswell do some proper coloring on it soon when i have the time!

[canaryy15]

ok i promise glados isnt the only thing i have for valentines

some aren’t mcyt and from stuff i like :3

The mcyt duos for people who arent in the fandom since im tagging some other fandoms

Flower husbands: Smajor1995 (Scott) and Solidarity gaming (Jimmy)

Mean gills: Smajor1995 and Martyn Inthelittlewood (Martyn)

Desert duo: Grian and GoodTimeswithScar (Scar)

Jizzie: LDshadowlady (Lizzie) and Smallishbeans (Joel)

Also the F! and M! for the jesses are for the gender (female and male)

[breadnabutterfingers]

I would stop writing my fanfiction, but...

Them ACOTAR boys

They wanna fuck, they wanna fuck

Them Night Court boys

They wanna fuck, they wanna fuck

Them Spring Court boys

They wanna fuck, they wanna fuck

Them Day Court boys

They wanna fuck, they wanna fuck

Them Autumn boys

They wanna fuck, they wanna fuck

Them human boys

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Them good good'Dawn boys

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Them Winter boys

They wanna fuck, they wanna fuck

Them Summer boys, they wanna fuck too 😂

[elinerlina2]

One of the 7 Wonders of the World "Petra" or the Martian Desert Camp in Wadi Rum gives you an out of your mind experience during the night

[hazelpuff]

Forrest has his little stall where he sells some goods - for now it's mostly eggs, vegetables and truffles. One evening Leland, Petra, Quinn and Simon showed up. Leland actually visits Forrest quite often - they get along pretty well, curious Petra wanted to check out the goodies - it was her 1st time showing up at Forrest place, Quinn wanted to buy some ingredients for his cook at the tavern and Simon... was just wandering around trying to appear all goody-two-shoes. It didn't last for very long though...

Excuse you Simon?!

Oh no, he did not!

[echo-the-artist]

Romeo actually played around with the curse well before creating the new world. when he started testing cursed gauntlets on people instead of creating what ever abomination that came to mind, most likely intending to use it on Fred and Xara, it became clear something had to be done. Like the game, Fred was unable to make something that would take his powers away in one hit, all he could do was make a new gauntlet, one that wouldn't turn its host into a mindless golem, it would instead turn any admin into a human, given enough hits.

So when Xara saw Petra, partially covered in netherrack or Prismarine (most likely the former), she knew instantly what Romeo had done and it serves as even more fuel for her rage, knowing Romeo is still playing with a dangerous curse, using on innocent people he deems worthy of his attention

Unfortunately, the curse works a little different than how she remembers. It's very likely Romeo changed it a bit since creating the new world, so Xara's advice, needless to say, is a bit inaccurate and it isn't long before she realizes this, probably when a monster (maybe the three headed ghast or an angry prisoner) attempts to or actually does harm Petra, causing the curse to accelerate.

Before, the curse was actually slowed down by danger. This was likely most likely changed as an incentive to do the challenges, that and Romeo probably thought it made things more interesting

[gallifreyianrosearkytiorsusan]

Invite Me In

Author's note: More of Nanael in Husbandry.

Summary: So- how did Nanael go from being a tragic boy to Cedric's Body dumping buddy?

Warnings: LMK if I need to add anything.

Tagged: @barn-anon, @bleedingichorhearts, @c-u-c-koo-4-40k, @egrets-not-regrets, @kit-williams

Tagged: @sleepyfan-blog, @ms--lobotomy , @thevoidscreams, @i-am-a-dragon34, @gra93fruit-blog

Tagged: @felinisnoctis, @undeaddream

Nanael was glad that he had some rations, both hydration, food and... other fluid rations on him. It helped his healing factor charge up as he carefully poked at his body parts, took off his helmet and grabbed a stick from the ground to bite into as he set his own bones.

Not wanting to bite through his own tongue or make too much noise as he patched himself up as best he could and just wait for his body to stitch itself back together. After the pain tapered off a bit he thought of calling for help.

No- there's no one to help him. His Company is dead- he's the last survivor of his company. Tears fall down his cheeks at he recalls that and he shakes his head, carefully as he closes his eyes and wrestles with his emotions in order to stop crying.

He needs to conserve resources- the time for tears and grief will happen after he's found some semblance of safety. He opens his eyes and carefully looks around- this place- this planet. This is not the planet that he was on before, when he had died- where his brothers had died.

He remembers the voice- the hands the words of his Primarch Father, 'Live, my son.' And part of him feels great joy and pride, while another part of him wonders 'why me?' He's no one special, he's not an Officer of many years, he's not a Librarian of great power.

He's just a freak with wings. Most brothers who gain the wings also get Psykery powers to activate. Unfortunately for Nanael, he just has the wings- but no Psykery to use as well. At least his wings aren't broken and he slowly gets up, and put his helmet back on.

He doesn't know where he is- but as he takes in a deep breath- he has noticed that there is pollution in the air- which means a civilization of some kind must exist on this planet. Whether the civilization is Human or Xeno, he won't know until he finds them.

He checks his vox- and tries to call out- no dice, it's busted. Which, is par for the course, really. He heaves a sigh and tries to find a source of water- a flowing source, like a river is ideal. Most peoples have their places of civilization near a source of water.

He finds a stream and follows it downwards. At just watches this lovely biodiverse planet as he walks. For hours in silence, slowly- he starts to hear noise, of people nearby.

He slows down and lifts his head- he recognizes the language that's spoken. It's High Gothic- and as he carefully approaches, his hearts fall to his stomach. The colors and iconography of the brothers- well cousins, who speak are that of the Black Tempars.

Black Templars tend to be a rather... intense chapter- and are very good at killing. They don't tolerate those they find as Other. And with his golden armor and wings upon his back.

He will be lucky if they don't try and kill him. Maybe... maybe he can ask for direction from them and leave? He makes sure to make noise as he approaches their camp.

"Halt!" one of the Black Templars on guard duty calls out sharply, "Identify yourself."

"Nanael of the Lamenters," Nanael reports dutifully.

"What are you doing here?" The Black Templar says as he approaches the Lamenter suspiciously as he glares at the larger space marine.

"Looking for help," Nanael replies honestly.

The Black Templar spots the black and white Checkerboard, the bleeding heart- and hears his name and chapter and, Nanael's hearts sink as the Black Templar pulls out his weapon.

"Foul Mutant- begone from here." The Black Templar barks out- he had spotted Nanael's wings. "If you come closer I shall strike you down!"

"What's going on brother?" One of the other Black Templars calls out- noticing that his fellow Templar has drawn a weapon.

"A Mutant dares to approach our campsite." The first Black Templar says with an angry growl.

"I am not a mutant!" Nanael protests, "I'm a fellow Astartes."

"Oh- it's one of that, Chapter," The second Black Templar says in disgust and recoiling a little, "You- bad luck magnet. Begone! Before your presence curses us."

"But I," Nanael tries to say.

"Leave or else!" A Third Black Templar barks out- this one is in Terminator plates. "We don't want your kind to taint us with your cursed luck. Try and stay and death is what you'll get."

"... I'm leaving." Nanael says, with no other choice, still badly hurt and aching.

Another voice calls out, "What is going on here, brothers?" While Nanael limps away.

"A foul Mutant freak, that dares to call itself an Astartes has approached our camp, Chaplain Petras." The second Black Templar says, as he spits towards Nanael.

"That sounds concerning," The Chaplain says sounding concerned as the Chaplain of the Black Templar approaches the group. "Oh- a Lamenter."

The Chaplain looks him over, the skull mask of his Specialty glaring at Nanael as he shifts away from the other's judgmental gaze. The Chaplain gently pats the shoulders of each of his Crusade.

"Why don't you three go and get something to eat, hm? I shall speak to this one." The Chaplain says.

They protest, the Black Templars not wanting their Chaplain to be near the foul abomination. "I can handle myself brothers, besides- I can guide That One to a place of rest, where it- he, shall not bother us."

"Yes Chaplain Petras," The line brothers say with polite nods as they head off back deeper into the camp.

Nanael has a really bad feeling about this as the Chaplain turn towards him. He braces himself, wondering what is going to happen next.

[scoutingthetrooper]

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The Well of Eternity Artist: Bill Petras (2004) Cover for War of the Ancients 1: the Well of Eternity

[astarions-wife]

Trying to decipher why Cazador would ever turn Yousen, a gnome into a Vampire Spawn. Like what was the point. What audience was he catering too? Like everyone else I can find a reason for:

-Astarion and Petras were conveniently attractive men. They’ll both use similar flirtatious language, so this one isn’t surprising.

-Violet, who I presume to be a singer, makes perfect sense. A young, beautiful woman is perfect for luring people back, and we know she was doing pretty well—considering she was on the favorited spawn ledger one year.

-Aurelia, a naive tiefling woman. It breaks up the species ratio a bit, but it makes sense that he’d want more than just elves and humans, it appeals to a larger audience after all.

-Dalyria, unconfirmed, but quite possibly a drow? Like Aurelia, she would appeal to a larger audience, and plus she’s a doctor. I’ve previously posted my theory (here) on how she was probably “tortured” by being the one to tend to her siblings injuries…

-Leon is self explanatory. He made favorited spawn almost every year. He’s the only one to be recruited into this mess with a child of his own. His clearly was able to do enough to have a child, so this isn’t much of a surprise.

-And then we come down to Yousen. Who just doesn’t fit the criteria I mean, people are canonically so racist towards Gnomes—Astarion barely views them as people, considering he suggests feeding off of them. Like what. Was the point. Where did he come from. Why Yousen. He used to have dialogue saying he was recruited in the last sixty years, so it wasn’t even like he was the last one 💀 I just. I want answers.

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

december meems :)

[vepaluiron]

"If you're wondering why Petra wasn't on the Queen's flagship... well. I always figured Her Majesty knew more than she was letting on."

-Cayde

morning after the night before the war.

a ref/lighting study turned sovenj piece