#and over the years maybe it happened less and less anyway

[northopalshore]

hi I was curious if the Venus sign is important for solar or lunar return charts? like if Venus is in 4H for LRC, which can mean harmony in the home etc etc, but it's in Aries. Does that change the interpretation in anyway?

𝄞⨾𓍢ִ໋ It does depending on what you're looking at in the first place, generally though Venus shows what could be easier, harmonious or enjoyable for you that month/year.

If Venus is in the 4th house, then it's likely you will enjoy a lot of time at home, with family or with the people you live with. Aries adds movement, confrontation, a little more stress & bickering. The context itself depends on your current living situation; are you living alone? With housemates? With a partner? I find that it really switches up depending on those aspects as well.

Let's say you're living alone, with friends/a shared apartment maybe in college or something. It likely means you'll be out of the house pretty often that month/year, maybe hanging outside more and spending less time trapped inside your room. Keeping yourself busy with things that are enjoyable.

If you're living with a romantic partner, then there may be some playful debating going on, wanting to switch up your routine & home life; you could be moving around furniture or adding a little more spice in your daily to-do list. There could be some petty arguments, but it's nothing serious, and nothing (about the argument) will last either.

₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑

From my experience,

Here is what the signs mean in the 4th house in the SRC & LRC (mostly LRC):

₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑

🌒 Aries

You're at home less often, likely very busy with work or just keeping yourself busy in general. Arguments may spark in your home life during this time.

🌒 Taurus & Libra

You'll be buying things to spruce up your home, paying attention to how you want it to look cleaning up, adding furniture, new appliances & knickknacks, changing the wallpaper or the vibe of your home in general.

🌒 Gemini & Virgo

Being more productive at home, being busy but staying indoors.

🌒 Cancer & Pisces

If you're away from family, you'll likely go back to your hometown for a visit. If it's in pisces then long-distance travels are involved i.e long drives or flights. It's also a sign of moving out of your current home or taking a vacation. In some cases, it means being reclusive or a shut in this month.

🌒 Leo

Having more fun at home or with your family, I usually go on outings with my parents when Leo is here.

🌒 Scorpio

There may be a lot of gossip going around in your home life (especially if you live in college or a shared apartment), fights, disagreements and passive aggressiveness. There may be these of "odd one outing" someone, seeing someone's true colors show at home. My past few LRCs have been occupied by Scorpio in the 4th house, it's engraved in my brain now lol. On the bright side, it presents an opportunity for you to bond with the people you live with on a deeper level. You will either be much closer to them or more estranged after this month/year.

🌒 Sagittarius & Aquarius

Always a sign for traveling that month. Moving away! Moving out, going on vacation, moving into a new home or someone coming over to live with you.

🌒 Capricorn

There's usually a bit of tension at home with Capricorn but it's not like fighting - fighting, it's more like passive aggressiveness

₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑

Planets in the 4th House in the Solar Return & Lunar Return Chart;

🌕 Sun

You'll be spending a lot of time at home and with your family.

🌕 Mercury & Jupiter & Uranus

Your home will be quite busy, maybe from moving or guests coming in and out often. Could also be a new family member (or family visiting) for some which includes children, pets & plants. Something could happen that will cause everyone to be on their feet.

🌕 Mars & Chiron

Fights are more likely to appear this time around, especially if you live with your parents or children. You may feel more frustrated at home either because of the people you live with or your personal pent up emotions. There could be a lot of crying this month as well. In extreme scenarios, you may be losing your home.

🌕 Venus

As you already know, it means that your home life will be very favorable this time around. You will enjoy being around your partner, parents and the people that you live with. It's a good time to have dates at home or have children (especially in the SRC).

🌕 Saturn

It might be a little challenging for you at home, mostly because of boredom, routine or responsibilities you have to tend to.

🌕 Neptune & Moon

You're likely to be rather sentimental at home. You could think of moving, or travelling (& may actually do it as well). Could also be a sign of moving away from home or visiting your parents/grandparents/close relatives.

₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑

Hope this helps!

Sincerely,

@northopalshore

[wolfwoocl]

“...Yeah.” 

He doesn’t like admitting the fact out loud. He doesn’t like thinking about it to begin with, but with Vash that is unavoidable one way or another. Despite steadily beating behind his sternum for four years now, Nicholas still has not come around to thinking of the heart in his chest as his. Other than a few…hiccups…here and there, it’s served him well. Kept him going. That’s as much as anyone can ask for, given how far and how hard he pushed the limits of his body.

A new heart, a product of a new century, placed in the chest cavity of a man who should have died over a hundred years ago. Ironically, it’s the only part of him that fucking belongs here. 

“Thought hadn’t even crossed my mind,” Wolfwood responds wryly. Leave it to Vash to leave an impossibly well-timed comment...probably without even being aware of it. Out of place, not out of time. He can’t further pursue the darkening line of thought even if he tried. Not with Vash watching him so intently. Not with those eyes, mercurial, shifting somewhere between bottle glass blue and nightglow iris depending on how the light hits them, the angle of Vash’s face. Not when they finally have time. 

Wolfwood follows the faint, crackling lines in the corner of Vash’s left eye, right above his little mole, with the pad of his thumb. Both hands travel upward from there, gently rubbing circles about Vash’s temples, kneading his scalp and lathering the dark strands of hair further. 

“Quit squirmin’, ya missed a spot. ‘s what happens when ya only got one arm to work with, huh. Too busy gawkin’ at me with yer big saucer eyes, maybe…”

There’s hardly anything he can think of that Vash can’t do just as well with one arm that he can with two, but Wolfwood likes having the excuse all the same…And no one ever said it had to be a good one. 

Hair, shoulders, upper arm, sides, back. Wolfwood takes his time going from shampooing to soaping skin without accepting any ifs, ands, or buts. He’s earned that much, damn it, and Vash will not dissuade nor distract him. So what if he finds himself cataloguing every new scar, ones both recognizable and not? On the grand scale of things, finding Vash sooner would not have changed anything. There are more years to account for than the length of his own natural lifespan.

Somehow, Nicholas feels responsible anyway.

At the very least, he can keep his hands busy while he answers the rest of Vash’s questions. “The way I had it explained to me…My heart was cooked. A regular human heart wasn’t gonna cut it between all the shit Conrad and Chapel put me through. So they got a little creative. Recovered my file out of his archives, found some old notes the good doctor left behind.”

Wolfwood had expressly asked not to see that particular document despite Luida’s suggestions. He didn’t want to know. Didn’t need to know or relive any single part of that life.

The words do not come easy. Wolfwood’s voice becomes halting and tense as he tries to keep it steady, “It’s artificial, more or less. Infused with Plant ‘n Plant energy…Wasn’t real clear on the distinction at the time, if I’m bein’ honest. There’s still a chance that my body might randomly decide to reject the damn thing, but so far so good.”

In hindsight, Luida’s deadpan delivery of all the things that could go wrong with his new heart seems almost comical. It might also randomly explode, stop working altogether, or suddenly run out of power, but Vash doesn’t need to live with that knowledge right now.

Damn it. 

He’s lost track of how many times he’s scrubbed at this part of Vash’s back. Change of subject, then.

“Anyway, what the hell is this about you goin’ to jail? Everyone on Home was bein’ all tight-lipped about it whenever I tried to ask.”

Breathe.

Vash just needs to... breathe—to give himself a moment to take it all in, to calm down, to think about his own words. He fixates on his breath while undressing so much that he finally silences his chatterbox mouth for more than a few minutes.

He can't help but feel a creeping shyness in undressing, even if he'd done all of that and more with Wolfwood two hundred years prior. It's been a while! His body wasn't pretty before, and it's definitely worse now. Carved chunks of his flesh look deeper than before, he has far more stitched wounds. He'd nearly lost a leg once, indicated by a twisting, jagged scar around his shin and thigh where a bear trap weapon clamped onto him. Before he turned himself in, the bounty hunters became worse. Desperate, penniless, and hungry, these hunters gave their all to catch him for the unimaginable prize attached to his name. Most people didn't recognize him anymore, but when someone did...

All of the metal had to be removed when things began to shock him wherever he went, replaced by the same sturdy alloy that his most recent arm was made of. Unlike his arm from two centuries ago that didn't survive the end, the one Wolfwood retrieved lacked a gun. He couldn't have weapons in jail for obvious reasons, so Brad made him an arm just like the one he had when he'd met the priest—instead of shimmering green, it was a glassy onyx. That arm served him well. Without Brad around though, Vash can't help but wonder how he'll get a replacement...

With it gone, at least he doesn't need to concern himself over taking it off as well. Vash can just get out of his clothes and slip into the tub before Wolfwood can look at him too hard. He can feel his gaze on him when he's undressing, and while not unwelcome, it does send a terrible chill through Vash's bones that he wishes he could hide better. He wants this. More than anything else on the planet, he wants this right now. He just... hadn't thought about what bathing would entail. Kinda.

Vash huffs and shakes the jitters out from his shoulder to his hand before turning around. His gaze softens as he admires Wolfwood from the chest up, sunken and relaxed in the water just as he'd wished would happen when he built this place. It's satisfying, to say the least.

"Well, you are the only one who's ever been able to catch me," he chuckles and continues with an endearing speaking tone, "I don't have billions and billions of double dollars to give you as a reward though. Guess you got scammed, huh?"

He takes Wolfwood's hand in his as he steps into the bath and sinks right into the space in front of his partner, between his legs and against his chest. The new scars on Wolfwood's body hadn't escaped his scrutiny however; still holding onto his hand, Vash leans forward to present his back to the undertaker. Betwixt all of the scarred flesh and implants are difficult to see fringed scars, lightning scattering in every direction and more.

"We match now, I guess," the water swirls as he returns to leaning against the man behind him, "Do they hurt? What—um... what did they have to do to you? You seem more... Plant-y than I remember. Your heart, specifically. I know it's weaker than before but... it's as if they replaced it."

Vash shuts himself up by dipping his head below the water and running his fingers through it before they lather it up. Strands separate from each other as he scrubs at his scalp underwater, freeing them from a decade of grease and oil. He breaches again and sits up, curiously twisting his back to see Wolfwood's face and golden-brown eyes. The Independent has no idea just how love-stricken he looks, but he does feel tears threaten to pool at the corners of his eyes again.

It's just the hot water, Vash thinks to himself, trying not to think of all the years that came between the two of them.

"Oh, and d-don't worry about me shocking us in here! I've been... feeling calmer. Less zappy. Maybe my 'nap' did work after all..."

[indestructiblelittlefuckers]

[even though they're like 30 years together, I don't think Ed kissing Izzy would have any less impact on him — he craves any sort of intimacy from Ed that even pining him against the wall was something just exhilarating for him.]

[cj-kenobi]

On my knees begging for anything trans!Obi-Wan :') love your work btw

your wish is my comand lovely anon, here's obi-wan having a nice peaceful moment training

[synthshenanigans]

Actually had this done since December but wanted to make it digitally but I don't think I ever will so magical rocket launcher girl heart

Context & the old art from over a year ago:

[wetcatspellcaster]

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[deus-ex-mona]

i miss her…

[kakusu-shipping]

I love Iroh he's a top tier character but every time I've ever committed to making an S/I for him it ends up a bust and I never figured out why, he'd just sit on the backburn with a half baked Self Insert until I'd scrap the whole thing. He's been on and off the F/O list more than any other character.

Was it the dynamic? My plots? Was it not interesting enough, did I feel like a background character? Or was it TOO interesting and take away from Iroh pre-existing narrative? Am I weaved in enough? Are we believable if I was canon? Why isn't this working?

Upon rewatch I once again began my song and dance of find a plot I like and build into it, and I am once again hitting a wall. I decided to really sit down with this one, run through all my plots and drafts, run ever S/I at once and see why none of them are sticking.

That's how I finally I realized, it's Zuko. My wall is Zuko

Iroh loves Zuko more than he would ever love me, that's why none of my plots were working, because at some point it has to be about just Him and Zuko.

It's kinda interesting getting your heart broken by a fictional character...

[ef-1]

[icewindandboringhorror]

Lineup of all of the characters that appear long enough to need a visual representation of them in the game lol

[kyouka-supremacy]

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[ahalliance]

i love when the us election year rolls around every four years and makes it the rest of the world’s problem

[guinevereslancelot]

not to be ungrateful but i don't get paid enough at my job lol

[tenrose]

So in the end today might have started with a breakdown and me saying we should kill all men but I redirected my rage pretty well. Bow tomorrow I will have to say "ok one or two men can live and humanity has like two good aspects (food and books, and food again), sorry about yesterday"

[cuteniaarts]

Wine stains on porcelain

(Alternatively: @katkastrofa and I have created 5 OCs in 3 days and I suffer from chronic “I wanna draw the little guysssssss” disease)

[quilleth]

the extreme level of 0 fucks to give i feel about work lately is kind of problematic. but also...i give 0 fucks about it. just absolutely 0 motivation beyond the most bare minimum i can get away with doing and that's not even really motivation. that's just "i need to not be a complete bump on a log or i will get fired and we literally cannot afford to live if i do not have a job and also i would lose my admittedly very good healthcare that is covering therapy and medications and testing for my adhd, insomnia, and chronic fatigue." but like i don't care about it. i'm back in the office full time (i work remote during breaks) and i'm dreading it