#The Spell

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

The Spell by Francisco Goya, 1797-98

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“The wind will blow. The devils rise. All who celebrate shall be ghosts. And there will be nothing but eternal dancing, dust on dust, everywhere you look.” -The Plague of Doves  by Louise Erdrich

[hatterhare]

haha get abc123'd

[voca-song-a-day]

Today's featured song is: "The Spell" by Nakiso feat. Hanakuma Chifuyu! (cw: violence, disturbing imagery, and video contains flashing imagery)

[xpuigc-bloc]

The Spell I

1974

H.R. Giger

[sleeper9]

Horror Month 2024

I didn’t watch as many as a normally do cause october was kind of a bummer so!

[mayax81]

The Spell

On the 12th of October, I went to the river.

There are six known fashions of interacting with other worlds in Kingdom Hearts lore. The first is by dark portal. The second is by Gummi Ship. The third is by wayfare suit and skif. The fourth is by the Power of Waking. The fifth is by starfall, the likes of which Kairi landed on the Destiny Islands, Mickey bounced about the cosmos, and Roxas entered the final battle in his new replica body. Finally, the sixth is by bottle message at sea.

Words of the spell:

"Thine resurrections "Be faithful, O Phoenix. "Our shared sky watch over you. "Heavens keep you. "Love reach you. "Thine foes be as mice 'neath wise, silent wings."

Contents of the letter:

Love confession, Image of Papou Fruit, Spell

Components:

Music (optional), Image, Letter, Red String (Connection), White Ribbon (Love), Bottle, Altar Cloth (I chose green, for the color of his eyes), Herbs (Earth) (Rosehip, Lavender), Match/Lighter, Wax (Seafoam, Red) & Seal (if applicable), 8 Candles, (Fire) (+Holders, if applicable), Offering Containers (Water), Feather (Air) (Pelican), Athame, Boline, Statues (I chose wolf and fox), Fatebeads (Red, Black, Seafoam, Red string), Stones (I chose Turquoise, Variscite, Chalcedony, Rose Quartz, Fire Opal, Emerald, Eclipse Pendant, Petrified Wood, Sand Dollar, Quartz Lunar & Solar Wheel, Tiger's Eye, Beach Agate, Moonstone, Sunstone, Coral, Celestine), Offering Coin (if applicable) (CH'IEN-LUNG)

If you have alternative components affiliated with Axel, substitute or add them freely. Both he and Deity Loki share certain traits, so I've incorporated them, as well.

Preparation:

Write and draw the contents of the letter (the image of the papou fruit, your love confession, and the spell.)

Lay down your altar cloth and arrange the other items in a way that best speaks to your intention (for an Axel-oriented spell, arrangements that emphasize the numbers 4 or 8 are more suitable.)

The athame & boline should have been used to harvest any organic items.

Process:

Please use fire responsibly--you must take absolute care with it if you choose to use it instead of its substitutes.

It is also crucial to clean up after yourself. Avoid littering, and protect our shared environment.

Lay out your altar space. Witches say the phase of the lunar cycle (and others) is important--I've chosen to initiate this on the waxing gibbous moon because the weather is proper and the intention of the spell is simple--I wish to confess my love into the void.

Write your confession on a parchment of your choosing. I've chosen brown-tinted sketch paper.

Whisper the spell as you adorn your parchment in whichever iteration of Flame feels right to you. I've chosen colored wax.

Place your finished parchment in a sealed bottle.

So as to avoid littering, simply run water over this bottle (or dunk in a nearby body of natural water). All waters on our planet eventually run together, so most molecules that touch its surface will see the sea at one point or another.

Cross your fingers, place them over your heart, close your eyes, and whisper, "May our hearts be our guiding keys," to complete the spell.

The spell I made for the Subway Bosses of Pokemon, if anyone is interested

[mein-teil-von-unendlich]

Sir William Fettes Douglas, "The Spell" (1864), Scottish National Gallery

[imadream]

Link: https://twitter.com/kazskruge/status/1679193339743322112

[insanesonofabitch]

I feel like watching spn in 2022 and starting it at season 11 then going straight to spnblr right after finishing it receiving psychic damage after psychic damage about how much shit was and is going on about destiel has had irreparable permanent negative effects to my brain.

[mrsegbert]

The Spell.EXE

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

𝔇𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔫 - 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔖𝔭𝔢𝔩𝔩

[amihyperfixatingagain]

The Spell - Cellar Darling

I’ve been listening to this album nonstop for like two months straight and it gives off such Imogen vibes. There’s some really nice coincidences in the lyrics but also it’s in a genre that I feel like Imogen would listen to. If you’re looking for something you haven’t heard before, especially if you want to listen to it through the lense of a character (aka Imogen) I’d highly recommend giving this album a shot.

(It’s progressive metal, in a similar vein as Nightwish or Evanescence for example)

[smokiedokie]

I opened my copy of The Tale of the Body Thief & immediately had to close it again because of this silly little annotation

[beccadrawsstuff]

AU by Honeqqu where Bill gives up on world domination and marries Ford and becomes a weird supernatural grunkle

[wintergrofyuri]

"(blank) hates laios!" WRONG WRONG WRONG. SHUT THE FUCK UP

shuro is just as awkward as laios and it is made So clear he considers him a friend and likes him. he defends him when the canaries start talking shit and actively readies himself to physically fight them so they dont get to him.

namari also likes laios. she respects him as a leader and also defends him and readies to fight the canaries.

ive not actually seen anyone claim izutsumi hates laios, but a lot of ppl Are weird abt them. izutsumi and laios' relationship was rocky at the beginning. he struggled to figure out how to interact with her. but by the end, she actively seeks him out to talk with during the lead up to the feast. she hides behind him when falin wakes up. she has already realized shecan do what she wants and does not need to stick around, yet she does. she sleeps near him on the windowsill, waiting with him and marcille for falin to wake up. she has accepted him as part of her life and wants to keep him in it.

marcille does not hate laios. let me say this again.

Marcille Donato Does Not Hate Laios Touden.

marcille Loves him. in a platonic, familial sense. laios returns this just as readily. she yells at him. she whacks him. she tells him whats on her mind. she uses healing magic to ease his pain during the parasite fiasco. she reattaches his leg when he loses it. she teaches him magic. she lays her head on his corpse and cries before reviving him. she launches herself at him two times, when the canaries interrogate them and when he talks her down in the tower. he is a comforting presence to her. she trusts him, she cares about him, she worries about him, she imagines him as a big fluffy dog that loves and protects her. laios is her rock when falin is taken from them time and time again. and she tries to be his as well. she whole-heartedly, unconditionally, loves and trusts laios.

chilchuck does not hate laios. laios pays him his rates, no questions asked. laios trusts and respects chilchuck's job as a lockpick. laios does not see him as a child (at least, i cant think of an instance where he does so). chilchuck states, outright, he sees him as a friend and doesnt want to see him hurt. he actively worries about him as the falin situation gets worse. chilchuck respects laios. he shows almost 0 hesitation in helping get falin back, nor eating her by the end. he does not think of leaving him once, until he realizes he could lose him. chilchuck is cowardly with emotions and prefers to bottle things, so his first instinct was to bolt. he was angry because he was scared of watching someone he cares about destroy himself. laios is his Friend.

and holy shit. holy Fucking shit. kabru DOES NOT hate laios. kabru has the rockiest start known to man with him, and he Still helps him by occupying the canaries. he warns him about them. he hides the black magic from them just as shuro does. his whole Thing is trusting laios despite himself. kabru has his own baggage regarding other people, just like laios, yet he tries so hard to believe and trust this man. he Wants to. kabru is not very hopeful, but laios makes him Want to be. he states like 3 times he wants to be close to him and sees him as a friend. he stays through the entire feast!! the man who hates monsters, whose biggest trigger is monsters, actively, consciously, Willingly stayed through the entire monster meat feast. all to help his friend get his sister back. he could've left!! the feast was like an entire week!! yet he was there for every single day. he was one of the closest people to the door when falin awoke!! after reuniting with her brother, her friends, the people who knew her the most (plus senshi and izutsumi), the first person she greets is kabru!! he wants to be close to laios, he likes laios, laios is his friend and he cares for him, he wants to meet his sister!!! kabru fucking stays on the island with him as one of his closest, most trusted advisors when he becomes king!!!!! he wants to help him succeed!!!! he wants him to be happy!!!! laios is his friend!!!!!!!!

im just. people like laios!! laios is a nice guy! he is friendly and cares about people! he is weird, he doesn't understand most social cues, he oversteps boundaries, but they stay beside him, because they like him and he is their friend. he is their friend!!!!! friendship is not all sunshine and rainbows, relationships in general are not sunshine and rainbows. you will upset people, people will upset you, you will get into arguments, things will happen, but at the end of the day, the people close to you like you! they love you! they care for you! they want to work it out and get through it because they love you, but they will feel those emotions first! human relationships are complex and messy and life is complicated. even shows for toddlers know this.

if you truly believe any of these characters hate laios you are worse than a toddler. watch some fucking oobi or something. god. fuck.

take this

thanks