#and that guy from dagon

[chai-en-kaadhale]

you read old classics because youre actually smart. i read old classics because i like making fun of people from the 1800s. we are not the same.

[kyorru]

hanami was the one and only disaster curse i actually respected and they were the first one to die why does gege have personal beef with me

[muma-kitty]

am i seriously considering making sweeney todd in elder scrolls online? like really truly?

[captainherasyndulla]

SKYRIM BRAINROT HAS RETURNED IN FULL CATEGORY 7 FORCE

[aniraklova]

ANDRES DAGON for just julia @plumbewb

Andres Dagon grew up in party city of Windenburg, surrounded by the rhythms of music, the energy of dance and endless partying. From a young age, Andres was captivated by the art of movement. His parents are both lawyers, but always supported their son's choice, to dance. As a teenager he joined a local dance crew and quickly became known for his talent and dedication. They were taking a part in lots of dancing competitions. The boy spent hours practicing different dance styles, immersing himself in the world of performance. The dancing has become the meaning of life for Andres. He started to teach others the dancing styles at the local art school not long ago. During free time Andres hangs out with the crew, partying and having a good time if you know what I mean. The other free days he just chills at home, now having not a really good time after partying and attends gym later. By the way, Andres lives alone after inhereted grandfather's house near Windenburg. Andres wants to make a family one day, in fact he has a great start, but no one's around him. The crew of course is there for Andres, they are great friends, but it's about the true love and feelings. Being a party animal, Andres had lots of fleeting affairs, nothing serious though. It has been okay till recent days and to be honest our guy, since he saw Julia, he couldn't stop thinking about her. Is it love from first sight or another fleeting affair?

[fskgmegunoba]

EVERYONE ALREADY KNOW THAT MEGUMI'S TYPE FITS NOBARA THE MOST (tho some people are still in denial) ,

BUT LET'S DISCUSS NOBARA'S TYPE

From Juju Sanpo episode 15

Megumi:

1) Useless: he's definitely not useless, gege just hate him, He actually saved Nobara in that detention center, he also rescued Nanami, Maki and Naobito in Dagon's domain, he's the one who plotted the mission to rescue Tsumiki and it worked, though it didn't end up well, he's the brain of the 1st year trio so he definitely not useless

2) Broke: his biological father, yes. But Megumi is faaaaaaaar from broke, he has Gojo who spoils him, and he becomes a clan head later, and he's still working as Jujutsu sorcerer, I need someone to find his net worth

3) Smelly: you see how tidy and neat his room? I can assure you he smells great, I am the perfume's bottle

4) Stingy: If he's unfazed by the fact that Nobara just spilled coffee on a ¥250.000 shirt, I'm sure that he doesn't mind when the love of his life spend quite amount on shopping

5) Dead: he's, in fact, still alive he was just a bit depressed okay 👌

In official fanbook, Gege mentioned that Nobara's ideal type is Oda Nobunaga. It's quite unexpected tbh, I thought her ideal type would be some famous rich modern guy from Tokyo at first, so to find that her ideal type is a man from historical era is a bit out of character (for me).

Until I found this:

HE IS THE HEAD OF A VERY POWERFUL CLAN

AAAAND Megumi as the head of Zen'in, a very powerful clan is 1000000000% canon

In addition, Oda Nobunaga also known as the "Great Unifier". I have this canonhead that Megumi basically unified the 3 powerful Jujutsu clan, because he's a Zen'in, but he's also deeply connected to Gojo, and then we have Kamo, who tried to befriend him, but Kamo left as Kenjaku take over, and then Kenjaku dead, but we have Yuuji who now owns the Blood Manipulation, and Megumi also has deep connection with Yuuji.

Conclusion: Megumi and Nobara is each other's type. Accept this fact or go find the single eye-d cat and fight him

[ladykailitha]

The Hellfire Exotic Club Part 6

Hey guys! I'm going to try something a little different with this one to see if it will help get more people looking it at. And that's only have the 18+ label on chapters that actually show nudity and stripping and not on the chapters that don't. See if that's why this one hasn't been getting the same love as the others.

In this chapter we have the ultimate bitch off, Eddie calling in the cavalry, and Chrissy gets targeted.

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

~

Leviathan and Dagon gave Steve a wide berth after that. Which honestly was for the best. Most of the dancers he got along with or at least tolerated enough to get the job done. He wasn’t there to make friends. He didn’t want enemies per se, but he sure as hell wasn’t going to go home and dry in his pillow over a couple of backup dancers with delusions of grandeur.

If anything he was pissed at their blatant lack of respect for Eddie. Like, hate on him, he didn’t care, but he thought everyone liked Eddie.

He walked into the dressing room to get ready for his pas de trois with Eddie and Chrissy when he found Chrissy crying.

“Hey what happened?” he asked, running over to her. She held up her white leotard she had been using for the dance until Ellie got their color change ones made. It was slashed.

“Try it on and see if it’s still wearable,” Steve muttered, “I’m going to see if something happened to mine, too.”

She nodded, wiping at her face even though the tears were still flowing. He pulled out his white leotard and sighed in relief. His was fine. But whether by design or by fluke that they got Chrissy’s costume, he knew this was a warning for him.

He quickly got dressed and then turned around to see Chrissy barely holding the pieces together.

“Let me see,” he asked tenderly. She sniffled and let her hands drop. The damage wasn’t too bad, just three lines across the middle. Like an animal had sliced her. He ran his tongue slowly over his lips as an idea formed in his head.

Steve grabbed Chrissy’s hand and dragged her over to the long mirror. “It looks badass, Chris. And I’ve got a way to make it even more so.”

Chrissy eyed him warily in the mirror. “I don’t know, Steve. Maybe I shouldn’t go out there.”

Steve gave her the biggest hug from behind. “I won’t make you do anything you don’t want to do, sweetie. But will you listen to my idea?”

Chrissy nodded and Steve told her all about it. She tapped her finger on her lips thoughtfully. “Lilith is the mother of monsters...”

“Hell yeah, she is,” Steve grinned at her through the mirror. “It’ll be super sexy, too.”

She turned around and smiled back at him. “All right, let’s do this.”

Steve jumped up and down gleefully. “You won’t regret this, I promise.”

So they started the dance with Chrissy wearing a length of green fabric over her leotard like a toga. Then when she fell to become Lilith Eddie ripped away the cloth revealing the scratch-like cuts across her chest, showing hints of her breasts and belly. She landed on her hands and growled at the audience. And the money flew like leaves in autumn.

She did the splits and rose to her feet, as smooth as silk. She continued the dance like that growling and making herself as loud and as monstrous as possible. Look, even Steve couldn’t deny it was sexy as fuck and the crowd agreed with him.

Once everything had been cleaned up and everyone given their cut of the night’s take, Eddie sat down with Chrissy and Steve.

“Do you think this is a one time frustration at not getting the role of Envy,” Eddie asked, “or the start of a vicious series of attacks that are only going to ramp up?”

“What I want to know,” Chrissy said, “was if it’s about Steve, why go after me? Wouldn’t they be going after Steve if they were jealous of him and not me?”

Steve shook his head. “I don’t think so. I think they’re being clever. If they attack my dance partner or do things that make me look bad, but not directed at me then they have plausible deniability. ‘Oh it couldn’t have been me’,” he mimicked, mock clutching at invisible pearls, “‘I only hate Steve I love Chrissy, I would never do anything to her.’”

Chrissy laughed. “Yeah, okay. I get it. So whoever did was being sneaky. But we still don’t know if they’re going to continue or make it a thing.”

“We’ll keep the clothes from Elle in my closet,” Eddie said, nodding. “That way they don’t get ruined.” He stood up and walked over the door to said closet. “Speaking of which,” he continued talking, over his shoulder, “Elle dropped off Steve’s Envy costume so that it fits. It will probably be a couple more weeks until the final costumes are done.”

He tossed it at Steve, who caught it deftly. “Try it on. Make sure it fits. It should, Elle is very good at what she does.”

Steve stripped down quickly and pulled the costume on. It fit like a glove. He did a slow turn around to show it off. Both Eddie and Chrissy wolf whistled their approval.

“Bend, twist,” Eddie said, “make sure you can move around and dance in it. It looking pretty is only a part of the equation.”

So Steve did some of the more complicated parts of his tease. Like the splits and spins. Then he removed each piece as he continued his dance; each piece coming off with ease. Once he was naked again, he got dressed in his street clothes.

“I’d say it’s a hit,” Chrissy said, smirking at Eddie’s slack jawed awe. Eddie’s mouth closed with a snap and he gulped.

“Yeah.”

Steve smirked and flopped back down on the chair. “So we’ll keep all of both Chrissy and my costumes here and hope that will keep the fly monkey at bay.”

“My bet is on it being Danny,” she said, sitting on the chair in front of Eddie’s desk. “She’s just the sort. I don’t think for all of Levi’s bluster that he would go that far.”

Eddie wasn’t so sure. This seemed like something else. Something bigger than some petty feud between dancers. This sounded more like someone with something to prove. He had two suspects, but he was going to keep that himself. For now.

He listened as Steve and Chrissy went back and forth about who they thought it could and if it wasn’t about Steve, then why they might target Chrissy.

“Babe,” Eddie implored, “you should just come out. To the troupe at least. I think that would help cut down on the jealousy if they knew you weren’t sleeping with the owner.”

Chrissy huffed out an annoyed sigh. “I know. But the thing is that if you were gay and not bisexual, they wouldn’t be making the same allegations against Jeff or Gareth, or hell, even Steve. But because I’m a woman the only reason I’m head choreographer is because I slept my way into the job.”

“Would it help if I came out too?” Steve asked, oblivious to the bomb that just went off in that office. “If we both come out as gay, maybe they’d leave you alone.”

Eddie’s friends might tease him about hitting it with Steve to least get out the pent up tension, but that’s all it was; teasing. But now with Steve basically removing the last real block to fucking him, now it was about to get serious and persistent.

Chrissy thought about it for a moment or two and then nodded. “It could even be informal like, a play argument and we call each other out?”

“We could do that, sure,” Steve said with a smile. “Whatever makes you comfortable. Hell, if ti’s okay with her, maybe Robin could join in. I know people have been asking around if we’re dating. Which if they really wanted know they could just ask. But dancers are the worst gossip hounds.”

Eddie snorted. That was certainly true. “The fruity four,” he said with a smile. Steve tilted his head to the side curiously. “I’m bi, sweetheart. Remember, Chrissy said earlier.”

Steve blinked at him for a moment and then smacked his head. “Oh my god! Yeah of course. I was just so focused on making sure she was okay that it must have slipped right past me!”

He lifted his hand like he was holding up a glass, “To the fruity four!”

Eddie and Chrissy laughed. They both raised mock glasses too. They talked for a little while longer before Chrissy and Steve left.

Eddie put his head in his hands. He had to admit how attractive Steve was. Those long dancer legs, the thick thighs, the hair on the man’s chest. The moles. The honey colored hair and hazel eyes. His Envy was his walking wet dream. He didn’t know how he was going to survive having this angel tempting him away from hell.

He licked his lips. Maybe he needed that vacation after all.

~

“Of course I want to see you, Ed,” Wayne said, “I just worry about what brought this on? You having trouble? Because if you’re having trouble, I’ll come to you. You know I will.”

“I’m just feeling a bit thin on the ground right now,” Eddie admitted shyly. “There’s trouble with the dancers, I haven’t had a break in five years, and I’m missing home.”

“Dancers are always gonna be trouble,” Wayne huffed. “It’s in their DNA. If they ain’t gossiping, they’re stirring up drama. I’ll tell you what, why I don’t come down there and stay a couple weeks, see if I can calm things a bit.”

Eddie let out a shuddering breath. “Yes, please. I know that it could possibly make things worse with them not trusting my authority, but god, I don’t know how you did this on your own for so long.”

Wayne snorted. “I did it because I was debt, son. Once you took over, and it started making money, good money even, I knew it was time throw in the towel. You had a better head for business then I ever did.”

“You’re just saying that to make me feel better.”

“Maybe,” Wayne said with a smile, “doesn’t change the fact that it’s still true. I’ll pack my things tonight and call Doris to water my plants, I’ll be down first thing in the morning.”

“Thanks, Uncle,” he murmured and they rang off. He put the phone back down in its cradle with a sigh.

Eddie stretched out his limbs until he could feel his spine pop.

Fuck.

Peaking at thirty is such bullshit. He wanted to speak to the manager, he wanted a full refund and a new body, please and thank you.

He got up to go see how his drama queens were doing. He didn’t like leaving them alone for too long because the shit they were capable of stirring up in the shortest amount of time was unfathomable.

When he got there he realized what he just stumbled into when he saw two of his favorite people standing in the center of the stage squaring off against each other.

“God,” Chrissy huffed, “are all ballerinas such queens?”

The rest of the troupe gasped, but before anyone could say anything, Steve put one hand on his hip and popped it.

“Better a queen then beanflicker, darling.”

“Fairy!” Chrissy shot back.

“Beaver eater!” was Steve’s returning salvo. Eddie snickered at that one.

“Shirt lifter!” Chrissy huffed, putting both hands on her hips.

“Boondagger!” Steve bit back, mirroring her pose. The whole troupe was silent. The wait staff had gathered to see what the ever loving fuck was going on.

Eddie sidled up to Jeff as Chrissy shot out “Pillow biter!”

“So what started this?” he whispered, leaning over so they didn’t disturb the hilarious scene in front of them.

“Vagetarian!” Steve spat.

“Steve told Chrissy her turn wasn’t tight enough,” Jeff whispered back, “and that if she tried that with other dancers on the stage she was going to hit one.”

Eddie nodded sagely; a nitpicky thing that would be great starter to their faux argument. He settled down to watch the show, making sure not to look at Robin was nearly doubled over in laughter, turning almost purple from lack of breath.

Chrissy’s shocked face at the most recent insult was hilarious. “Sausage jockey!”

Steve raised a singular bitchy eyebrow. And Eddie knew that this was the finisher. The one Steve had been holding onto the whole fight.

“Dick dodger.”

Chrissy blinked at him for a moment and then burst out laughing. “Okay, God. You win. You’re such a Mary.”

“Back at ‘atcha, lezzie,” he said with a smile. “Plus, I already have an annoying lesbian to deal with, I don’t need two.”

Robin finally took a breath as she gasped in rage. “Hey!”

Steve burst out laughing, hopping off the stage to kiss her cheek. “You love my gay ass, and you know it.”

Jeff waved his fingers between the three of them. “Wait, wait, wait...” he said with a grin. “Are all three of you gay? Like I knew about Chrissy, but damn, Ed.” He turned to Eddie and shook his head. “Really dialing it in on the diversity hires there.”

Eddie burst out laughing while the other three just grinned back.

“Yeah,” Steve said, “Robin and I are ‘Platonic Soulmates’ with a capital P. Just a couple of queers trying to make it through.”

Chrissy bumped her shoulder into Steve’s. “Same with me and Eddie. It was a little harder for me to come out because my family is ultra conservative and my ex is one of those annoying street preachers you see on YouTube harassing poor unsuspecting people on the street.”

“And I will kick his ass the next time I see him, too,” Eddie said with a fond smile.

“Wait,” Levi said, “you’re telling me that not only are Steve and Robin not a couple, neither is Eddie and Chrissy?”

“Nope!” Robin said with a shit eating grin. “Not even a little.”

The unasked question of then why was Chrissy made head choreographer then, hung in the air.

Gareth chuckled darkly. “Hey, Chris. How long were you in cheer and gymnastics?”

“I’m older than I look,” she replied with a wink. “Let’s just say I started gymnastics at ten and cheer at fifteen. Then I took jazz dance in college for a bit of kick as an elective. All those things are choreographed. Then right after college, I got hired here by Wayne to be lead choreographer. I applied just like everyone else. Did Eddie suggest I apply? Sure, but I got this job because I’m good. The only leg spreading I do is on stage.”

Steve and Robin clapped.

Chrissy took a bow.

Eddie smirked as there were some muttering from the dancers. “All right, we’ve had the preview, now it’s time practice the main attraction!”

Everyone got into position. Eddie caught Steve’s eye and mouthed, ‘Thank you.’

Steve just winked and go into the groove, let the music wash over him as Eddie watched. His heart beating faster over this ridiculous man and his fucking heart of gold.

He was in so much trouble.

~

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[creature-wizard]

Check Your Conspiracy Theory Part Three: Babylonian Mysteries?? In My Religion???

Does your conspiracy theory sound something like this?

There is an ancient Babylonian mystery religion that secretly survives to this day.

This religion is responsible for all manner of false and corrupt teachings.

They are behind the Catholic Church and numerous other false religions.

Human sacrifice and cannibalism are included among its practices.

The Virgin Mary and Jesus are based on Ishtar and Tammuz, Isis and Osiris, Devaki and Krishna, or some other divine mother/son duo.

The word "Easter" comes from "Ishtar."

The pope's mitre is based on the mitre of Dagon.

This conspiracy theory was created by Alexander Hislop, a 19th century Presbyterian minister who decided to take Revelation extremely literally (always a bad idea) when it described a woman clothed in scarlet with the words "MYSTERY BABYLON" on her forehead. He proceeded to cook up a conspiracy theory about the alleged origins of not only the Catholic Church, but also of just about every religion that isn't Christianity or Judaism.

He claimed that after Noah's Flood, the legendary hunter Nimrod and the semi-legendary queen Semiramis were the married rulers of Babylon, and they created a mystery religion in which they were venerated as divine beings, and of course this religion demanded human sacrifice. He claimed that the pair of them had a son together (Tammuz), that Nimrod was killed while Semiramis was pregnant, and that when Tammuz was born Semiramis declared him to be Nimrod reborn. And the arguments he uses to "prove" this are... shall we say, less than sound.

Imagine if someone told you that Hatsune Miku and Michelle Obama are the same person because Miku obviously comes from Michelle and the -ama in Obama is clearly related to the -une in Hatsune, then claimed Michelle Obama was the creator of every video game ever made because Hatsune Miku created Minecraft. Then they claimed Michelle Obama also owned Microsoft because Microsoft = Mikusoft. And then, to top it all off, they also claimed she was a famous singer who performed under the name of "Luce" because the Catholic Church's mascot is obviously based on Hatsune Miku.

That's what this entire book is like.

If two things looked kinda similar, or if two words sounded kinda the same, or if he could make any connection whatsoever, Hislop would claim they were actually connected regardless what any form of common sense might suggest. For example:

He claimed that because certain Near Eastern kings wore horned crowns, then the horned headdresses of certain Native Americans must have been related.

He claimed the Tahitian god 'Oro was based on the Egyptian god Horus, because their names sound similar.

He claimed that Athena was based on Semiramis because her name was supposedly based on the Hebrew adon (meaning "lord"), which could also be pronounced athon, because Astarte was referred to as "Beltis" (Greek form of Belit) which means lady.

He claimed that Odin was based on Nimrod because his name sounds like adon, and Baal means lord.

He claimed that Osiris being depicted in leopard skins is evidence that Osiris is based on Nimrod, because Nimrod hunted leopards.

He claimed that Eros is based on Tammuz because his mother is Aphrodite who was based on Astarte who was based on Semiramis.

He claimed that Nimrod was torn apart because some other figures he decided were based on Nimrod (including Orpheus!) were said to have been torn apart.

The Babylonian mystery religion is of course a complete fabrication, created in his imagination by presupposing that the Catholic Church is literally a Babylonian mystery religion, and by assuming that whatever the Catholics of his own time practiced and believed was also what the ancient Babylonians practiced and believed. (Plus all the human sacrifice stuff!) Basically, it's a whole lot of circular reasoning.

The book has been a huge influence on people like David Icke (the space lizards guy) and Fritz Springmeier (the 13 Illuminati Bloodlines guy), and through them it's diffused into a lot of western conspiracy mythology. Thanks to its ongoing popularity among certain hyperconservative Protestants, it's also leaked out into general culture, usually in the form of memes or factoids proclaiming the alleged pagan origins of Catholicism and various Christian holidays. Ultimately, few people have ever encountered it in its original and undistilled state, and so few people realize just how ridiculous and utterly hateful it all is. However, if you ever want to see the bullshit in its pure form for yourself, the book is in the public domain and can easily be found by searching for it.

[yandere-daydreams]

Gojo and nanami are definitely the most misrepresented characters in fanfic in my eyes. I share the same sentiments with you about nanami and people writing him as if he's geriatric because he's just a no nonsense, work and go home, responsible adult. He knows what memes are, and he knows how to use a smartphone, he even used video game terms when he was fighting dagon! ("It's like he has infinite HP") He would know who doja cat is!

As for gojo, I feel like a lot of writers conflate his extroversion and somewhat silly demeanor for having people skills. It's canon that his lack of social skills is his one main flaw! And you can see it through the way the other characters interact with him: Ijichi is scared of him, Nanami thinks he's flippant, and Utahime straight up despises him and he thinks she's just joking about it. All of the Tokyo students save for Yuuji and Yuuta think he's weird and find his silliness off-putting. I just don't think he'd be very popular in those college AUs that write him as some kind of social butterfly who's friends with everyone, at best, he'd be well-known for his good looks and family name and being glued to the hip to Geto, who would definitely be the more popular one of the two. He'd probably also put people off by making insensitive comments (intentional or not) when trying to hold conversations, he's just not a guy that can easily understand other people or be understood. That's just my take tho

i've already spoken my thoughts on nanami, but,,, yeah T-T he's a very 'no frills' character, and since it's difficult to make a character who's only goal is to be boring, y'know, interesting, people tend to just settle on making him act older/overly mature/overly stoic, instead. i get why it happens, but i do which creators would engage with how funny he is as a character from time-to-time. that poor man is bare-knuckling it through life, blasting cobra by megan thee stallion and trying not to get the sixteen-year-olds he works with killed and he should be more appreciated for that.

and i couldn't agree more with the gojo stuff T-T T-T the popular fuckboy is a very common archetype that a lot of people want to write around, and as the resident pretty boy, i get why people want to slot gojo into it, but it's literally canon that not a single damn person can stand being around him for longer than an hour at a time beyond, like, two high-schoolers and the ex-boyfriend who hasn't spoke to him in ten years. i think the only canon-compliant way to write for him in an college/no curses au would be like. that guy who everyone assumes is popular because he's rich and attractive, but actually has like two friends and is way better at sports + housework than his overly pretentious major. he just kind of sucks, and it's important to me that people recognize that as one of his most endearing traits.

[sighed-the-snake]

Speculation on Archangel Michael

I think Crowley might have murdered Michael's boyfriend.

The way she rushes off so eagerly to make that phone call in the stairwell.

"It's me," she says with familiarity. Her voice is soft, and sweet, like her smile. "It's our man, Aziraphale. Is there any possibility he's working for you?"

She accepts his denial easily, without question. "No? Well then, you might want to investigate the activities of the demon Crowley. Might be playing his own game, word to the wise."

She's warning him. When he resists, she pushes back, but she is still gentle. "No, I'm - I'm telling you, you can't trust him."

He questions her, and there is a flirtatiousness in her voice. She almost purrs. "Of course you can trust me. I'm an angel."

Who is she talking to?

That's right. This guy. Ligur.

The one Crowley melts with holy water when Ligur comes for him.

Contrast this with the way Michael conducts her phone call to Hell in S2. (For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure she's talking to Dagon.)

"I'm not saying Hell is complicit in this," she says, the facade of angelic grace barely concealing her irritation. She's lounging stiffly in her chair. She doesn't want to be on this call, explaining herself. "I'm not saying anyone is complicit. I'm just saying that if anyone is found helping him, we are prepared to use extreme sanctions."

"Extreme sanctions?" echoes the voice on the line.

"Yes," says Michael, almost rolling her eyes and restraining a sigh. "Book of Life."

"I'm on it," says the voice dutifully.

Michael's reply is almost a sneer. "I appreciate it," she says, and hangs up on the demon by literally blowing them off.

That is a pretty big tonal shift.

The softness she showed Ligur is not her usual way of going about things. She does not get her way by using a light touch. Irritated exasperation is closer to Michael's default.

She's calculating, and canny, and restrained. She sees through Aziraphale's deception in the Job job. She later investigates him by combing through Earth's surveillance when he makes some remarks that don't sit right with her. She cuts people off to talk over them. She's ambitious and covets Gabriel's job.

And yet, she was soft and sweet to Ligur, in a way we never see again.

And when it was time to execute Crowley, who showed up with a pitcher of holy water to destroy him?

That's right. Michael.

Taking this scene at face value, I thought it was because Michael is one of Heaven's heavy-hitters, and she's the one with the backchannel to Hell. She's the one talking to them, so she's the one who goes there with the holy water.

But with S2 in mind, I'm seeing this with different eyes.

I think she requested this job. She knows Ligur was destroyed trying to bring in Crowley, and she has probably guessed where the demon's holy water came from. This execution was personal. She wanted to be the one to supply the water that melted the Serpent of Eden into a dingy pool of filth, just like he did to the demon she cared about. When she walks away with an empty pitcher, she looks satisfied.

That's it, that's the theory. Crowley murdered her boyfriend, Aziraphale supplied the murder weapon, and she probably hates both of them down to her angelic bones.

[yuesya]

In chapter 77 (a while ago I know), Satoru said that Domain Expansions are fragile from the outside. That's canon, but in your headcanon does breaking a DE's barrier from the outside nullify the DE's sure-hit effect for those inside? I'm curious for your thoughts on this since Yuji was still auto-hit by Mahito's DE even when he broke its barrier getting in to rescue Nanami.

Short answer: It depends on what you mean by 'breaking' the DE barrier.

Longer answer:

In terms of 'breaking in' through the barrier, the DE is unaffected by the intruder. The individual in question would still be auto-hit by the DE.

This is because they are only entering the domain, not destroying the barrier.

I consider Itadori entering Mahito's DE to be similar to what Fushiguro did by entering Dagon's DE. In both cases, they made an 'opening' through the barrier from the outside, which allowed them to enter. Neither of them actually destroyed the DE by entering the barrier like this.

(Canonically, I believe there's a mention somewhere of how there's no 'merit' in entering a DE in that manner.)

I think of Mahito's DE breaking down to be the result of the following chain of events, in this order: Itadori breaks inside the barrier > Itadori gets auto-hit by the DE technique > Sukuna reacts > Mahito is severely injured > Mahito is unable to maintain his technique > The DE collapses.

So technically the DE collapses because of Mahito being severely injured, not because Itadori broke through the barrier.

However:

If the barrier of a domain is destroyed, and not just bypassed, then this will also terminate the DE. This can be seen from how Sukuna broke Gojo's DE in canon by completely destroying the barrier.

Something else to note: Even though we say that a domain's barrier is fragile from the outside, that's just comparatively speaking. It's not actually as easy a feat as this sort of description might suggest. Don't trust Gojo's standards on this, guys.

[what-even-is-thiss]

In the elder scrolls iv oblivion you generally have to go to the Daedra. You have to seek out their shrines to get their quests, you have to ask to talk to them and put work into it, you have to head to the shivering isles of your own volition. The Daedra are all over the place but Merunes Dagon trying to break into the physical world is the only one trying to butt his way into anything.

In the elder scrolls v Skyrim you’re just going about your business when you come across an orb by accident and Meridia is like hey I’ve got homework for you and then you just try to save an island of people from an evil dragon man and Hermaeus Mora is like hey you’re my new toy Dragonborn help me kill a random old man and then you help a guy inspect an abandoned house and Molag Bol is like hey I’m in this house also you’re in a cage now go kill someone for me and

[five-raccoons-in-a-trenchcoat]

watching supernatural, week 13 (28 IV - 4 V 2025)

im baaaaack

episodes watched: 12x15 - 13x13

woah, almost a full season in a week? it hasnt happened in a while

28 IV 2025:

12x15: "im using that fancy shampoo you keep hidden from me" oh so that's how Sam keeps his hair all fabulous and beautiful // Cas and his flipped FBI badge back at it again! // I wonder how much does Cas know about conspiracy theories? // ugh not Lucifer again, this is getting annoying // Dean being in love with his car //

12x16: Claire is back??? // Dean being protective over Claire is awesome // oh no oh oh uh oh // yay!! Claire is alright

29 IV 2025:

12x17: Eileen will be back, no? // ✨️tragic backstory✨️ // EILEEN WOOOO // Crowley is getting too cocky // "no one cares" slay // well, I didnt like the guy, cant say im glad hes dead, much rather have Dagon dead // DUDE SCREW THE CODE, LIKE SRSLY? Mick youre becoming a likable character, dont change it // well uhm that wasnt that unexpected from my pov but ok. also eh // WHAT WHAT NO FUCK NO WHAT THE FUCK NO NO NO MICK JUST WENT THROUGH A HUGE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN A SPAN OF A FEW EPISODES AND WHAT FOR WHAT WHAT NO HELL NAW WHY WHY THEYD KILL HIM NO I SAW THAT COMING TBH BUT NO IM SO MAD OH MYYYYYYY AAAAAAAA i hate this stupid ass sucking fucking dumb idiot show

12x18: what is up with Cas, we didn't get any of him in... 2 episodes? that heaven business sketchy much // Dean dude that was such a bad pick up line // "waking up right now safe and sound" yeah wouldn't be so sure // "how does Sam get his hair so shiny" its the fancy shampoo he hides from Dean // the initials scratched into the table's surface oh

30 IV 2025:

Im starting my spring break!! next week is mostly free so yay!! back to watching

12x19: okay, so we will get some info about Cas this episode, wont we? // Kelly. Kelly no. Kelly dont. oh goodness. // love to see Sam doing his research and stuff as always // CAS // "we're glad youre back" "really?" Dean is very pissed. Cas looks sad // "You, me, and Sam, we're just better together. So now that you're back, let's go, team free will" love this scene // where did the angel go again // I am in pain. Cas why 😭 Cas i know you think youre doing the right thing but. oh my. Cas 😭😭😭 // he didn't kill her. Cas you did the right thing // Lucy crashing out // dude literally just call Sam and Dean and there you will have the answer like oh my goodness Castiel // Dean is even more pissed OH THE WALL PUSH // im sorry but as the show progresses i seem to notice more and more and EVEN MORE intense staring between Dean and Cas and its so amazing // Kelly drove away. ive seen ppl talk about this scene and how Dean just threw Cas the keys even tho he was mad and how in here they probably think its Castiel who was driving :c // why is Cas constantly getting his ass handed to him, like the dude is literally a soldier, that's getting annoying // what. is going on // oh hell nawwww. its bad its bad //

12x20: this episode was fucking painful, man. like ughhh i hate this kind of episodes (as much as I love them as well bc of, yk, emotions, but id much rather have angst with characters who have plot armour)

12x21: I AM FUCKINV THROWING HANDS, NOT EILEEN 😭 no just no. // I want to murder that British bitch // there was no buzzing and lights and stuff, Crowley must've escaped // uh oh // tbh im still upset about Mick

1 V 2025:

we're nearing the end of the season and I will probably finish it today soooo lets get to it

12x22: if they kill Jody off, I swear- // damn. this episode was a pretty huge one emotionally (dont mind me crying) and so. yeah yeah I dont know, idk what to say, im just. ouch. And Dean only thinking about Sam and the monologue and oh my okay yeah um yeah ouch

12x23: cARRY ON MY WAYWARD SOOOON // "I know how hard it is" no you dont "thats a lie" exactly // ha i knew he was the rat // weird seems to have arrived ? // "big, beautiful, lumbering piles of flannel" real // where did Cas go??? // "angel killing bullets? awesome" *camera cut to Cas* // NO CASTIEL NOOOO // oh fuck oh noooo no no :cc they just. lost basically everyone. ou //

I remember thinking "wow i really enjoy supernatural, good thing i still have like 10 seasons left" and now. I have 3 seasons to go. I dont think im ready 😭 lets go on to season 13 tho. Im craving more

13x01: starting off with "Nothing else matters" by Metallica and im in love, pushing me to finally learn to play it on my guitar i see // wait will we get Dean's widower arc this season? is that it? // Dean unable to say that Cas is dead, im unwell // "I got issues" at least shes honest // is he hearing angel radio? // "my father is Castiel" "I chose him to be my father" I think I might cry // "we lost everything. And now youre gonna bring him back. okay? youre gonna bring back Cas, [...]" Cas is everything to him, im gonna throw up (I know he started saying others as well but this is like literally the same as with "I love you. I love all of you" while looking at Dean) // Jensen's beautiful acting is once again breaking my heart //

13x02: "Jack, I can take the couch" "no no, its fine" I love this kid // Jack mimicking Dean 😭 // "what would Mr. Rogers do?" ayyy Donatello that's actually smart // Dean, Jack is a kid, you need to chill out // poor Jack :c // oh my goodness, someone give this kid a hug //

13x03: Dean. // Dean highkey what the actual fuck. Dean stop blaming Jack for Castiel's death oh my 😭😭😭 // CAS??? // yea well, like seriously, I mean, Dean's acting so unfair towards Jack. "you deserved to be saved, he doesnt" Dean. I know youre grieving after Cas and everyone else but stop taking it out on the kid pls :/

13x04: they really do need therapy tho and im glad they went there lmao even if for the job // Castielllll // "I know what you hate, I know who you love, [...] theres nothing left for you there" not. true. // LEAVE HIM ALONEEE // CAS IS BACKKKK

13x05: "im fine" yeah yeah sure mhmmmm yeah // "he lobotomized them" "fun" my sister always is like "no??? not fun???" when I reply to something like that. rude. I wonder if I picked that up from Dean tho? hm could be // Dean fucking dont. Dean no. oh my goodness // uh oh // *suicide went wrong cause Death says im important* // "you okay?" "no" congratulations on finally admitting it Dean // they actually aced it with the song at the end, they fucking aced it // THEYRE BACK TOGETHER im gonna throw up //

13x06: Dean suddenly all happy and cheered up cause his angel came back from the dead and he gets to be all nerdy about cowboys // sure sure, making him wear it to blend in mhmm // "I made you watch it" // no dude Jack, stop // Jack noo :cc

2 V 2025:

13x07: alternative world Kevin // lmao dude you kinda lost most of your grace // Cas pls dont agree to work with Lucifer without talking with Sam and Dean pls // "did it ever occur to you that I might be one of the good guys" nope. // mmmmm not fun not nice

3 V 2025:

13x09: Jack. what are you doing. // uh oh visions // "We want Jack" "cocaine boy?" LMAOOOO // "You, Castiel, youre my family" Jack i love you // dude really got a hang of his powers // Dean. chill dude. // "dont worry. we'll be fine" "We're screwed!" yeah well // supernatural x jurassic park crossover?

13x10: will we be seeing supernatural girls team this episode?? pls? // I love you Claire // "wayward sisters" YES // girl chill out a bit tho, Jody has every right to be worried // girls love to bond over scars and traumatic experiences <3 (I do as well) // well they're not as dead as you say // om nom nom nom lizard // I miss Charlie extra much this episode 😭😭 // I think yall gonna become a dinner // OH FUCK NO // aw FUUUUUCK // Claire's character development and the ending of the episode ah i love it

4 V 2025:

13x11: Sam? whats wrong // the lie about being Donna's family is gonna backfire, isnt it // the creepy guy from the gas station is even creepier, watching ppl get mutilated, not only watching, but actively contributing, ew // uh oh creepy guy is actually a vamp guy // crazy shit, ngl // "I was a vampire" happens to the best of us, buddy // I mean, Sam is kinda right but at the same time, please let everyone be delusional that life might be better than it is. I mean, sometimes it's really the only way to push through i think. And it's not even necessarily being delusional, sometimes it's just having hope. And I know in this show it won't work but.

13x12: I love sarcastic Castiel so much 😭 // uh oh Dean got hexed // uh oh bad // Sam and Rowena bonding over Lucifer trauma // yoooo good job Castiel // Rowena?

13x13: uh oh Cas // I highkey love Donatello 😭 // also Cas is so short 😭 // aw Lucy's getting emotional :c (sarcastic) // oh fuck no // GABRIEL?????

all that said, I hate this stupid dumb ass show (affectionate)

[facts-i-just-made-up]

How do I start beef with an eldritch god of the sea?

I have some bloodborn type stuff that I need to get done, and don't know where to start.

Angering an ancient god can be dangerous, but if you should wish to do so, they aren't too difficult to piss off. Try the following list of things that can enrage the great old ones:

Disturb their slumber: Most elder gods are not dead, but dreaming. If you sound an alarm clock or loud music in their area, this can invoke their wrath. Try also a loud motorcycle, or crying baby.

Deface their idols: Nearly all gods have every season of American Idol on DVD, and scratching their discs will make them skip during the performances. This will surely bring down their hatred on you.

Kill the god's favorite animals: Most gods will not care if you kill their human followers, but if you massacre the animals sacred to that deity, they will be pissed. There are no records of storms at sea before the invention of whaling, and there are no records of political corruption before the snakes were driven from Ireland. These are due to the vengeance of the whale god Payakan and the snake god Thulsadoom, respectively.

Usurp their fanbase: Most gods are jealous, as seen in the film "Jealous Gods" which happens to be free to watch on YouTube and Vimeo. If you torment a god by stealing their worshipers, they will almost certainly wreak havoc on you and those you love.

Move the triad of statues out of alignment: If you invade the esper realm and raise the floating continent, then use the light of judgment to burn your dissenters or even for your own amusement, the returners will likely defeat you and magic will fade from the world. Or something, I don't know, I never played Skyrim.

Have sex with their spouse: From Greece to Egypt to Rome and beyond, sleeping with the spouse of a god tends to end poorly for all involved. This excludes of course the god Polyculus, patron of ethical non-monogamy. Sleeping with a spouse of Polyculus generally just entitles the participant to use the Sacred Shower of Lavacrum, and if needed, the Holy Lozenges of Desogestrel. Jesus is also married to like a million lonely nuns and hasn't smote me yet for what I did with Sister Redgrave and her convent...

Profane their sacraments: Many worshipers of the ancient ones will ingest various substances to commune with them. By ruining these sacred substances, you incur their ire. Just be sure you know what will work for which deity, because I know a guy who angrily threw fish guts on a sacrament of Dagon and now he's their high priest cuz Dagon fuckin' LOOOOOVED that shit. Like... In a creepy way.

[falmerbrook]

Gates of Oblivion Thoughts

What an interesting mess. I've been turning it over in my head for a few days now that I've finished it.

Thoughts (and spoilers for it if for some reason you care) under the cut

The whole thing, especially Blackwood, felt like the first rough draft of a potentially interesting storyline. Unlike the past Chapters/DLCs, there were really no solid emotional beats in this one, and outside of maybe Lyranth and Arox, I don't feel like the character writing or pacing let us get attached to any of the characters properly. While I enjoyed Blackwood, I get why people say it's mid/bad/boring. Like i said, it felt messy but not without potential.

I just keep thinking about how interesting the Ambitions could've been. I wasn't that invested in the plot until the reveal that soylent green is the Ambitions were people, which genuinely had me taken aback. I just think the character concept of people who have been raised in complete isolation in a vault with 0 idea that they are being groomed to be weapons/sacrificed has some very cool potential, but not only did they not really do anything with it, even just the basic writing of Destron, Calia, and Sombren was lacking. The twins had really inconsistent characterization and almost all of their (all 3 of them) development happened off screen. Like, Sombren going off the deep end at the end didn't seem like a bad direction to take him, but it all happened completely off screen, and the epilogue was so fast paced that we had no time to dwell on it or his (or Calia's) headspace or motivation. And then he just became the Bad Guy and died with 0 fanfare. Idk I just keep thinking about what could've been with the three of them. They could've had a fucked up tragic found family thing going. On top of that, they did a really bad job explaining what the Ambitions actually were. The Longhouse Emperors refer to them as weapons, but the long term goal was also to just sacrifice them to Dagon?? Because he imbued some of his power in each of them... which he needed to let him invade Nirn? I think?? The emperors at least got hypothetical human weapons if they fell out with Dagon, but the whole time I was wondering wtf Dagon got out of it. Unless I missed something, they only explain/imply what Dagon got out of doing any of that (the Ambitions would develop and "nurture" the powers so there would be more power to give back to him I think?) in the final battle with him. Should've explained that way more and way earlier imo.

The rest of Blackwood's characters didn't really stand out either. I liked Eveli fine, but I think they wasted an opportunity to continue her development from Orsinium. In Orsinium she's completely new to being an adventurer/hero and really naive about it, and ends the story feeling like her perception of the role has been rocked and she's unsure if she wants to keep going on this path. In Blackwood she has some more adventuring under her belt, but is now facing a bigger threat. It could've been that in Orisinium she was sorta learning under the Vestige, and now in Blackwood she takes up the mantle to be more of a seasoned hero and leader (especially if you gave her more interactions with the Ambitions). Other than her and some fun side quests (Alchemy and Stibbons), not much else stood out.

Fargrave really grew on my though. It was visually stunning and I loved the layout and the clutter and the concept. The story was same meh as Blackwood but it ended up having a pretty strong cast that made me like it quite a bit by the end! That's something I've noticed with ESO's stories, that for me personally a stronger cast of characters is more important than a good story (although obviously both are ideal, and arguably good characters are needed for a good story, but I think it can still enjoy something with a weak story if the characters are good, y'know).

I liked Lyranth. The constant questioning of whether she actually cared about our goals and considered us a friend or if she was just acting on her own and the semi-twist with her at the end were good. I like that they steered away from her not being like other daedra and showed that in the end she still was one, no matter how friendly she had seemed (although, clearly she had cared at least a little bit since she let us defeat Dagon before taking the powers we needed to defeat him). I wish we got to see more revealed of her long term goals, but I'm honestly pretty fine with not knowing too. It feels in character for her not to tell us. The Anchorite was fine, and a fine mystery (although I called that she was the 4th Ambition from literally the first moment we met her), Arox was great, Rynkyus was great and was great for insight into how daedra think and see mortals. I like all the development on daedra and how they think and operate. The focus on daedra not being able to die properly was a good call and something that I liked seeing expanded. Just a cool setting with characters that help us explore it well.

To be honest though, I think Blackwood and Fargrave/Deadlands might've worked better as two separate stories. The stories in each are already barely held together imo, and I think letting them each have their own time to shine (and maybe let each be a little longer with better pacing) would've been good for fleshing out the setting of Fargrave and the characters in each. I though Murkmire was a really good one off setting/story, and I think Fargrave and the Deadlands would've worked well like that, with maybe Blackwood having a different DLC that fleshed out what was going on with the characters from that storyline more.

All in all I liked it, but I completely agree that it's one or if not the weakest storylines in the whole game.

Also I'm fascinated there is like 0 fan content for this arc. ESO is pretty sparse on fan art/fic anyway but it's kinda hilarious there is nothing for this expansion lol

[taraxippos]

If they actually touch up on the story I would like ANYTHING that makes Mankar Camoran a better villain. Maybe I'm the one who's getting hung up on this but you see him once and even though he's pulling the strings of the cult he's so disconnected from the player that when you get to Paradise you're like "who tf is this guy and why is he talking to me". That's the reaction I've seen from a handful of people at least. I suppose it's cause the real villain is Dagon as the force of destruction.

Yeah he’s got some cool stuff going on but is SO not impactful given you only see him once before the final confrontation, and only very briefly. I also don’t know how you’d fix it beyond changes that would either be Tenuously better or would modify the entire main quest.

Like I think a lot of it comes down to the choreography of the beginning being so awkward. The ‘oh no we lost the amulet of kings’ bit is the lynchpin, like they’d either need to fully lean into this being a stupid ass blundering error or go about it entirely differently, maybe have the amulet be taken right at the start. It might be a bit silly for Mankar Cameron to show up at the assassination tbr but like, it’s a silly game, I think it Could help. Like have him cast some crazy shit that paralyzes you and the blades so that the assassination doesn’t just happen because the game scripts you to be immobile while Uriel Septim dopily smiles at you and gets his throat cut. Have Camaron take the amulet from his body himself and then disappear in his paradise portal. Maybe he says something cool.

Then maybe the player is less railroaded into starting the main questline, doesn’t have the unremovable AMULET OF KINGS floating in their inventory. Maybe Jauffre can be more of a Caius Cosades thing initially where you’re sent to (or taken) him to inform him of what you’ve seen and he decides you’re potentially useful but doesn’t Immediately dispatch you to Save Da World. Maybe you can alternatively start the main quest by just happening across Kvatch up in smoke and there are Already some Blades (presumably more trusted than you, a random prisoner who the emperor mumbled about seeing in his dreams shortly before death) dispatched to retrieve the bastard and you can get wrapped up in it there. 

(I also think you should be able to see Kvatch intact prior to its destruction, have it be populated with all the later survivors and also NPCs who will die, maybe even have a few optional quests there. Maybe you can get sent there for the Mages Guild recommendation quest or etc. You can happen across Martin and he’s like ‘blessings of Akatosh upon you and etcetera, please ignore that I’m voiced by Boromir I’m quite sure this will not become significant later’. Being able to visit intact Kvatch might legit be my highest hope for this remake). 

You can then have Camoran appear again in the infiltration quest more or less the same way, so he has Two total pre-climax appearances rather than just one, and he’s established himself more securely as a direct threat. I also think he Should be more of the antagonist than Dagon (though they could do a better job of making Dagon’s physical manifestation have the gravity it should) (also bla bla bla ‘Dagon is also the prince of Change and he might have ultimately kind of won maybe’). Camoran is the human enactor/interpreter of his will, he’s a more suitable opponent for your relative nobody protagonist. It would be great if they could find a way to have him speak with you directly Before the climax, give you more of an insight into his personal motivations and TAMRIEL AE DAEDROTH beliefs. At the risk of just doing Dagoth Ur again maybe he could appear in your dreams if you sleep in Cloud Ruler Temple due to the proximity of the Mysterium Xarxes? Idk. Might be cool.

Not that any of this is going to happen.