#Ravana

[alexasharpe-art]

DANCE TO THE SONG OF RINGING STEEL 🦋

[bhrm555]

The great battle between Rama and Ravana c 1780, Guler style, Pahari

[meghavahana]

[devidamya]

I saw this picture somewhere and thought it would fit perfectly in this context.

Lakshman: Brother Ram- it's Ravana- he-

Rama: Shh... First take a deep breath and tell me, dear brother, where is my Sita?

Lakshman: Hyperventilates *sweats profusely* sh-she's been abducte-

Rama: *SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTS 108 OTHER UNIVERSES*

[vaidehi-raghunatha]

Jai Shree Ram

[sivavakkiyar]

Vivek Narayanan, from After

[forgotten-bharat]

Ramayan in one picture 🚩

[niharikaaa2]

How are we feeling about this one fam?

[nshi-ao3]

"You of all people should understand!"

[heartberryblue]

[h0bg0blin-meat]

Hanuman, to Ravan: Can I have a seat?

Ravan: *cracks up* What makes you think so?

Hanuman: *shrugs* Touche.

Hanuman: *expands his tail and coils it on the floor to create a seat for himself that is higher than the seat of Ravan's throne and sits on it, smirking*

Ravan:

Hanuman: So anyways-

[questionableresponses]

[zeherili-ankhein]

Headcanon:

Vibhishan would have to tolerate Kumbhkaran and Ravan's aggressive and sometimes violent arguments over Ravan's shitty decisions from his late teens to his adulthood.

He would usually side with Kumbhkaran (who in my retelling was the only guy he could talk to because he was the only other guy who disliked Ravan's assholic behavior) but also like try to calm them down and come to a based conclusion.

Kumbhkaran: YOU HAVE HORSHSHIT FOR A BRAIN. Ravan: TF DID YOU JUST SAY??? Vibhishan: Guys please!

Sometimes V wouldn't even come out of his room because of this, but Kumbh would at times call him out to support him, and then he has to go.

Also Kumbhkaran was the only person who was protective of his lil bro against Ravan. Whenever Ravan yells at V Kumbh yells back at him. "Don't you dare talk to him like that!"

V also would have to deal with Kumbhkaran ranting about his fights to him aggressively and he'd just have to be his unpaid therapist (not that he didn't appreciate Kumbh's venting but at some point it gets annoying yanno)

So when Ravan banishes Vibhishan Kumbh tries to argue with him but Ravan wouldn't budge. V was already intending on leaving but he wanted Kumbh to join him. However, he was skeptical because even though Kumbh would talk shit about Ravan he'd still be awfully loyal to him.

The night before leaving he asks Kumbhkaran to join him but in this hc Kumbh knew he was destined to be killed by Ram along with Ravan so he refuses. V is heartbroken and so is Kumbh. the latter asks him to win this thing, because that is the only way this whole shitshow would end. V starts crying and Kumbh tears up too. He also says V better be prepared cuz he will not hold back in the war against him. He says that he'll love him forever, even if he doesn't feel the same for him atp. V is even more conflicted, mad at his brother as well, but respects his decision and leaves next morning.

HELP OMG 😭😭😭😭😭

*I typed in big words to show how much I am screaming*

ALL OF THIS IS SO TRUE MAN 😭😭😭😭

ALSO ALSO It became even harder for him to stay with Ravan when Kumbh was given that curse boon to fall asleep so now he got so much less time with Kumbh supporting him and having his back and Ravan being a jerk towards him

Also nothing else helped because Ravan was like unstoppable and getting even more bigraelu with their grandpa supporting him so V adn Kumbh were kind of the only persons and nobidy could tell anything to Kumbh cuz well he's still strong but V is not so strong so he was the black sheep always

HELP WHY IS EVERYTHING SO SAD 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Also V had so much heartbreak while telling the Vanar and co. about how to kill Kumbh like that's him brother but ATP that's his enemy and he's loyal to Ram but that's him brother but that's his enemy but that's his brother but that's him enem- sigh

[arach-tinilith]

22 and 24 for the durge questions

Ty for the ask!!

22. What first impression does your Dark Urge give off to strangers?

A very menacing aura. Like the kind that instills a sense of malaise if she walks by

24. Does your Dark Urge have a treasured item with them? If yes, what is it and why is it special? If no, how do they feel about item sentimentality in general?

After waking up on the beach she does realize she has a locket with a small braid of platinum hair. She knows it has some significance either that it was put there to torture her (her head hurts when she looks at it) or she held onto it despite whatever had caused this chain of events. She does thumb at it to ease herself but its really the only thing she has

[vaidehi-raghunatha]

The feminine urge of holding hands with ur husband and spending 14 13 years of heaven in the forest away from the society <3

[rrcraft-and-lore]

Vimana?

What is it?

Well, put simply, they are the mythical flying "chariots" out of the South Asian epics. Though, interestingly enough, the earliest mentions of them specifically exclude mentions of horses//being horse drawn.

They are entirely self moving. The word means to traverse, traverse/measure out.

In the ancient epics, they were as large as some palaces, and sometimes listed as a palace (for a character in the epics) and interesting is the evolution of the word today from the days of the epics to where it now means airship/craft.

In the Ramayama, the character and villain, Ravana (inspiration for Rahvin for you WoT fans), has a vimana described as: resembling the Sun, and a chariot able to traverse anywhere and everywhere, resembling a bright cloud, and by command, could go into the atmosphere.

Vimana can travel the skies at insane speed, and notably rain down fire and weapons of mass destruction in battles. Idk about you, but that sounds like some space ship level stuff.

Maybe Stargate was onto something. :SG1 MUSIC INTENSIFIES:

Viman can be shaped into many ways, however. One story tells of a flowery Viman shaped like an eagle that Lord Vishnu sent down to carry the soul of one person up to heaven. Important to also note that Eagles are important in the mythos as they are associated with Garuda a deity and divine bird being who is eagle-like (like not 1-1), as well as often related to a kite (the bird) and yes, the toy that flies through the air is derived in name from the bird. Anyways, Garuda is the mount of Lord Vishnu, and so through him eagles also have a level of high prominence - another example is Shyena, the divine eagle associated with Agni (god of fire).

Anyways circling back to Vimana, some could go invisible (cloaking engaged). But, yeah, read the South Asian epics and myths, there is mind blowingly cool stuff in them.