#anyway go read ibis story

[delulluart]

Another piece for @writingjourney's newest chapter, go and read it. No Plushia version here (DA) and here (AO3, new!).

[lumisparks]

Announcing “Indivisible: Dhar Reincarnated”!

This is a fanfic I used to write when I was around freshman or sophomore year. There were 3 completed chapters(1 prologue, and 2 chapters) posted in the Indivisible Amino but then the Amino got wiped out. Having to lose all that progress led me to stop writing the story. Hell I couldn’t look back at my old digital art since most of them are saved on Ibis Paint in my previous, broken phones XP

But hey, now I gave myself a chance to rewrite the story because I got bored and needed something to do for fun. I got some other projects I’m planning on, they’re not related to Indivisible though.

Anyway, you want the synopsis right?

Here ya go!

“It has been 5 years since the world has been saved from being reseted by Ajna and her friends. In the small area named Lhan; the archer, Zebei, was guarding around the rebuilt monastery city until he saw a purple glow falling in the sky. What was it? Was it a meteor? A direct attack from the recent foes...? The Neo-Ravannavar Army?

Who knows, so he went after it. As he goes down further, he sees a young man lying next to a rusted sword pierced into the ground. That guy... Is that Dhar? He reincarnated! But once the fallen warrior woke up, he seemed to not remember what happened or remember Zebei. Looks like he lost all of his memories... Sounds like a new adventure is about to happen! Here we get to see the current lives of Ajna’s friends in how they are doing, but also see Dhar possibly regain his memories throughout the journey."

Characters:

• Dhar, the Fallen Warrior

•“Back then; Dhar was a former soldier and commander from a power-hungry military called the Navar Army, led by King Ravannavar. He is the first to join(technically forced) sides with Ajna. Far throughout the journey, he died in the midst of chaos as a sacrifice to wake up Ajna’s uncontrollable power.

5 years later of peace, he reincarnated but there was a price when he came back to life... All of his memories were wiped. Is it best for him not to know his past once he begins his travels?”

•Age: 20

• Zebei, the Sharpshooter

•“One of Ajna’s allies who helped her save the world from being reset by Kala. He is a skilled archer, working as a protector of Lhan and Mt. Sumeru.

Zebei discovered that his fallen ally, Dhar, is back alive but has amnesia. Now he has to take care and train him into a better warrior. He hopes the swordsman does not remember anything though...”

•Age:31

• Kushi, the Bird-Tamer

• "A young girl who is friends with a large bird named Altun. She is also one of Ajna’s allies who helped her save the world from being reset by Kala. Surely Kushi’s positive outlooking attitude can help Dhar to become a better warrior, not have him be the man who he once was, but hopes he’ll remember soon.”

• Age 15

Progress on the Chapters

I don’t know how many chapters this story will have, so I’ll probably get a feeling on when it will end. As of now, I finished writing the prologue and chapters 1-2, Chapter 3 is a work in progress.

So I’ll post the completed ones oooooonce I get a Wattpad account. I was going to go for an Ao3 account but when I researched how to get one, I was like... “NOPE! POSTING FANFICS ON TUMBLR AND WATTPAD IT IS!”

I’ll share my progress on how the fanfic is going. So don’t worry! And now for my final words... I am prepared to murder my fingers more as thank you for reading in all this ^ ^

[skeefee-sky]

so uh hi c: sorry i haven’t like, been around the past couple of days aheh. life sorta went and hit me pretty hard >w< i promise i’ve still been writing, and will soon bless you all with something.

for the moment- i sort of went on a splurge of reading an old AU of mine i wrote years ago - a Transformers one, in case anyone was wondering.

it’s basically a Toy Story plot - the Transformers are plushies (plushieformers) and, only their human knows they’re alive. they go on adventures, get into mischief, those kinds of shenanigans… yeah xD

anyway so the other day, i found the sketches i had done of the characters. and i decided, hey, i really want to colour these… so i did c: (ibis paint x organised them really nicely for me lol xD)

i sort of did them in the style of how their owner would draw them (so try not to look at the details too closely lol xD). i also had a lot of fun using the crayon brush with colouring them hehehe

i like felted/embroidered eyes on plushies c: buttons or pins are freaky xD and, i wanted them to look friendly, since they’re popular with kiddos. i wrote up a whole word document with like their sizes and stuff; will have to see if i can find it. (i have also realised i forgot to fix the side of Starscream’s helm, whoops-)

i did try to make them look plushie-esque but… i think the chibi style helps with that a bit >w< as you can probably gather, i don’t draw robots often, and i kinda cheated with these since i traced their sketches but, even then… yeah… i don’t draw robots xD

if anyone is oh so curious about the origin of these plushieformers… xD you can go have a peek, here —> To Call My Own and You had a WHAT in WHERE!?

these stories are outdated, and, i first wrote them years ago so, don’t mind my mistakes >w< i have rewritten them, sort of, but never uploaded the rewritten versions. i have, also roped myself into writing a ‘x amount of years later’ story where their owner finds them again… heheh x’D

...

anywho, enjoy my plushies c: i’m gonna go write some more >w<

[impostorsshow]

ZELDA !!! I decided to try and digital paint with the watercolor + grass brush on ibis paint and it was actually so fun, genuinely the first time shading has been a nice puzzle instead of an unfortunate requirement

Background + the rants I always do under cut

I forgot what this card from Project Sekai is called, maybe it's Lemonade Break 🎶? Eh close enough it's the trained version of that kohane card

This is one of my favorite cards, though I wasn't actually thinking of it when I started drawing, I was actually thinking of the one level in love Nikki hold on I'll go grab a screenshot

I don't know how to get rid of whoever these fucks are I don't read any of the story anyway I was thinking of that background but didn't remember it until I was literally editing my signature to be readable. I also really adore the eyes I did, I like never draw any detail ever and it looks so nice

I also drew this for pride month because I realized I needed new pfps and my current pfp on tumblr is. Uh let's just say only one canvas on ibis paint is usable at a time because every other one has gotten corrupted at the 60+ hour mark and I can't be bothered. But also I found a person on here I'm not gonna tag because I don't want to be annoying but their url is the-phantom-peach and I adore they way they draw and skyward Zelda is just so adorable in their art style I cannot handle it. I haven't bothered to make the pfps yet but I might make them tonight since I'm not tired and it's 2 am? I have way too many flags to choose from it's a terrible problem /j I'm not even gonna use this for discord since I hate using my own art for discord so I have no clue what fandom I'm gonna choose to slap my flags onto for a month.

Uh also any tips/recommended brushes for digital painting would be appreciated I tend to like really pixelated and Minecraft esque brushes, and that's really hard to get while also having a watercolor/traditional effectv and I also just feel like I'm too happy with this drawing and therefore there's something I need to improve that I'm missing /lh

[mostlymalena]

February 16th 2025 10:24pm

I CANNOT WAIT FOR MARCH SO I DONT HAVE TO SPELL FEBIRARY ANYMORE.

Oh dear dear readers I have SHIT TO SAY. My keyboard surly will turn to fucking ash with this post. We have an entire week to catch up on.

Apologies are in order first, I was DEATHLY ill. Stricken down by the flu I have spent the last week in various states of unrest (and puke).

Let's begin.

Feb. 6th I get day drunk with Syd at oceanic. A blast but our day began earlier at ibis where we caught up. I have not seen her since high school (legit ten years). We have kept in touch but she was like Ms. world traveler and just settled back down in wilmy for a bit. I take her to Castle Street to thrift and we both scored cool sweaters. Walking out, we are standing at a crosswalk waiting for a car to pass. When it does, Bentley and fucking RUBY have appeared on the other side of the walk. For a moment I thought it was a fucking apparition. I stop in my fucking tracks just actually shocked to see them both 6 whole days being back in the states lmao. Syd reads the room and she says "who are those people what's wrong??" I tell her just to walk and I'll catch her up. As we are passing them Ruby sticks her neck out and SPITS. She misses by a good bit and it lands in front of me and Syd. We stop and admire it glistening on the pavement and crack up because you are kidding me.

Some Tips:

Work on your aim. If you want to fully frontally assault me just hack in my face. Be brave about.

Still being mad about your boyfriend cheating on you with his best friend while still being with the boyfriend that cheated on you with his best friend is wildly embarrassing. Why are you spitting at me?? Girl he is right beside you????? You are letting a man sleep in your bed who did not choose you. He disrespected you. Not only that but he told me you guys were not even dating!! So which is it??? Did he cheat or are you just upset he slept with someone else???

you should not be this defensive over a man who has said the following quotes:

It's not like she is my whole sun, moon, and stars

I do not see myself marrying her

All she does it sit at home alone with her dog - sorry I want to go out with my friends and have fun

She has like 2 friends

4. Get over it. If you chose to forgive and forget him than why are you punishing me (if that's what's happening) for something you decided to be reminded by every single day.

5. You are too hot for him and too funny and too cool. You should have left him forever when he "cheated" if that was the case and taught him a lesson he should have already learned. Now you taught him that even that is forgivable and you would and will stay for worse.

Anyways - it made my actual day. I got a very good howl out of it and I do love when people embarrass themselves for me. Which brings me to this other absolutely delightful story.

I posted some dumb shit on my story ofc and I was seeing who liked it. I peeped a random business watching my stories. I kept an eye on this for a day or two.

Finally I looked into it. I wanted to make sure it wasnt a client of mine stalking me.

This is the instagram: https://www.instagram.com/threvemercantile/?igsh=YzkxbDR6a3ZseXVn

LOW AND FUCKING BEHOLDD AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. This is a failed clothing store whose social media WAS run by none other than Belle fucking Ballard. My favorite 2 by 4 with eyes. Oh sweet sweet Belle. Next time you want to stalk my social media with a profile that is just you twirling around in the most boring cable knit sweaters and skirts that Taylor Swift would get wet over, do it on your own personal account. You are not blocked for this reason.

Anyways I DM'd the account. I wonder if she will answer me.

Does this mean you and my ex are on the Frits again???? Oh wait no, because if that were true he would be out that same night, proudly telling my now ex-girlfriend you guys broke up and then wasting no time to flirt with her angelic cool-to-the-touch roommate. OH WAIT, that was last time!!! But since you are copying Paul and I's relationship line by line I can only assume you are steadfast in your commitment to the 2 most boring and agonizing years of your life.

One down, one more blissful year to go.

Moving on!

I went to see Ethan play the Friday before I got sick and saw n8 who I met way back when he used to bartend at Opera room and also had his own cute band. We reconnected that night and ended up sitting in my car for no less than 4 hours and goofed the fuck off. It was so fuckingggg fun. One of the best nights Ive had in a while and it was cool to make a new friend.

Now I know you might be wondering... Malena, could this turn romantic. My answer is: I don't know yet. We deffff have chemistry but he lives in Ral and I am SO AGAINST long distance so I can't see it happening soon but he does visit often and we do love hanging out and calling almost everyday. He definitely came at the right time for me and we makes me smile very big.

ADAM AND MARIA GOT ENGAGED. OH MY GOD!!!!!

My sweet babies. yesterday we all go out to celebrate the soon to be Jester's Wedding, I finish up a mean game of foooozeeeball and I look up to see the most perfect ass on a man paired with a gorgeous mane of blonde locks. I know for a fact I will be speaking to this man.

So I walk up to his group and I said "I am so sorry to interrupt but you are huge. You are YOLKED". Turns out it's a team of rugby players!!! I used to play rugby back in high school and then on a team after high school! So I am CHATTING it up with all these huge fucking players and I am also now going to their game Saturday. Anyways the blonde is named Miles. Miles and I HIT.IT.OFF. He proposes to me in Husk and I say maybe and he is SooOOOO stupid and funny. We look at his Grindr profile together, all very romantic things. We are hanging out this week (like a ton).

Guys when I tell you this man is kinda beautiful. He is all around beautiful. And! An amazing kisser. Also he is huge. I have ALWAYS fucked with twink ass men with stick ass bodies and this man could carry me with one arm. HOT. I personally want to ride his fucking bones until the marrow leaks onto my polka dot sheets. I will refrain myself from such behavior.

At bluest Miles and I find Bay/Dani and my group and join them in standing near a pool table located near the base of the stairs that leads you to the big game room. I finish my beer and M finishes his drink and I take his glass and turn around to a table behind me to set the cups down. At the table there is a little brown haired girl who is facing away from me. I say to her "sorry just going to set these here". Now the beer I just finished was a tropical lightning. Yall should know by now that I drink those nasty IPA's because they do the JOB RIGHT. So with my tropical lighting brain I set the glasses down and the girl turns to me and clutches her purse and says something. I cannot full remember but it might have been "do you want to look through my purse too". Now me and my tropical lighting brain did not hear her but she is really pretty but looks really mad at me so I smile real big and say "I'm so sorry I cannot hear you, what did you say". In that very moment I get a good yank on my back arm and I'm whirled around to face bay. Bay says "Malena that is Ruby." I whirl back around and she is staring at me and me and my tropical lighting eyes are starting back and I yell the following at her: "OH MY GOD I DID NOT REGONZIXE YOU WITHOUT BANGS". I mean.. I DIDNT. She looks SO GOOD without bangs tbh.

Jolie and I's yard has to be dug the fuck up lmao. Our pipes are war pipes and like all current veterans, are shitting the bed.

Let's see anything else....

Rearranged my room - slay

cant wait to hangout with n8 Tuesday eek! we are gonna play PBR chess.

had the best vday visiting my friends at their work and delivering flowers

got Brazilian waxed - delish

healing well from admitting my feelings to my best friend and him telling me he has a gf

I love winter

Ethan and I are back on our regular doses of eachother Yay

Being home is so great honestly and I know this wasnt the most thoroughly or thoughtful catch up post but come on. It's me.

[tsyllaes]

This is as mapped as the Assiraz palace is ever likely to get, cos the Raykinian palace took enough effort and it's still not completely finished, and Assiraz is frankly nowhere near as important as Ni-Yana to the story, so. That said, pretty in love with this! Inspired in part by the tongkonan houses of Suluwesi, especially the model one Mum and Dad have had since before I was born when they lived in Indonesia, and more specifically by this place which came up when I googled Indonesian palace. Assiraz palace, though, is built of white marble, because of course it is. White = wealth in this world, not purity, so duh. The whole time I was colouring the palace itself I had White Egret Palace in my head* BUT MAKE IT AUSSIE. Which had my stupid brain go to the ibis. So it's now the White Ibis Palace, known colloquially as the Bin Chicken Palace. Are all ibises in the world as filthy as they are in Sydney? I feel like ours aren't that bad, and they must've been impressive to the ancient Egyptians to create a god from one.

Anyway, Assiraz.

The perfunctory it's built on overlooks the River Sushtaq, specifically the huge waterfalls to the north. As such, the cute little building at the very tip is their own personal temple (I have no idea what goes on in a Kazinian temple but don't worry about it) and that most northerly arch of the palace proper is for the imperial family. The entire lower level is for staff--kitchens, laundry, accommodation, storage, etc. Top two levels are for the more important people. The circular bit in the middle is particularly for entertaining, so they can host grand dinners in the inner courtyard there. Northern wing is for housing important guests, so Nol will be in there when he's in Assiraz, then the big winged part and south-western wing is for the government to do their thing running the empire (or more specifically, taking taxes from the empire and using them to run Assiraz).

All the scribbly green is their manicured personal rainforest, including hand-picked birdlife, then there's the huge long lawn reaching down to the front wall. This makes it trickier for people to sneak up on the palace, cos they've gotta cross all that lawn to get up there.

Going down the southern cliff we have the stable with its grand roof and little thatched longhouses for palace staff (the first one of course being for the stablehands). Very bottom corner is the entrance to the Imperial Dungeons, as distinct from the Assiraz Dungeons which are off-site. The Imperial Dungeons are for the high-level crims, especially those who were once of high standing until their nefarious ways were exposed. This is also where Shizaaqa keeps the Flowers from her Bouquet when they go rogue.

Along the northern edge you've got grander, marble tongkonans for Shizaaqa's advisory panel and other particularly high-ranking officials. They don't ALL live on site, but you'd be nuts to turn down the invitation if offered. Next are the longhouses for first the general, then the Commanding Circle. These are exclusively for offices and war rooms. Commanders don't live on site (with the exception of Rezzi, who is Shizaaqa's brother and lives at the palace cos he's royalty) and the general is typically the empress' not-husband, so he lives up at the palace with her.

The compound at the end is the army barracks, as very specifically indicated by the disc thing on the roof which is a model of Ulzaq's headdress horn thing. It's not technically connected to the palace--there's no gate or path or tunnel between it and the palace--though it used to be, until the army one day staged a coup and the imperial family decided from then on it'd probably be a good idea to block that entrance off.

Now Shizaaqa and Assili have somewhere to live :D

* especially Cassie, as she was reading that factoid out from the brochure while we were walking up to it, which had us both look up at it, pause for a second, then Cassie went, '…Sure,' and went back to reading the brochure XD

[the-real-list-of-ominous-threats]

not a threat but what's a short story that you read somewhere between 6th grade and 10th grade (or in college literature class) that left you whispering 'what the fuck what the fuck' at the end and recovering for the rest of the day

[kradogsrats]

Rewatch Shitposts: S3, Ep 5-9

OKAY HOME STRETCH

v.

“I am the senate law”

SOREN, my baby

HAY HAY HAY HAY HAY

Soren like “and you all said CHA was a dump stat lmao”

“You are okay, right?” Claudia I can 110% assure you he is absolutely not okay and has not been for quite a while

Oh fuck, that “everything’s going to be okay, Dad” is very relevant to some of my current interests. I must have subconsciously remembered it.

Not shown: how Soren explains why he’s going back into the castle with his wagon of hay for the hungry, hungry horses still full

Pretty sure this ambler chase is a Breath of the Wild boss fight

ngl I do enjoy a good fictional fascist motivational speech

of course it’s a bit ruined because all I can hear at the end is “YOU are the weakest link, GOODBYE”

the smollest loaf of bread omg

Nyx like “I’ll just be sending you my matchmaker fee later, yeah?”

vi.

Aaravos: “you killed Avizandum”, Viren: “how dare you! …so who the fuck is that”

Ah, there we go with the last breath

Okay, so the unicorn horn can’t be in Puzzle House, because Claudia only got it right before Thunder was killed? Well, then I’m again no longer sure where they’re going with that. Unless it’s “Claudia meets the last unicorn as a child, then comes back for its horn ten years later.”

Appreciate Kasef’s “Wingarduim Levio-SAH” moment

… Horse girl Aaravos

Claudia really is behind literally every spell in this story isn’t she

vii.

Zubeia dying of a broken heart, as is traditional for cartoon mothers and also Padme Amidala

OH, Claudia DOES see adoraburrs, and it is perfection

Ah, the “Aaravos, no” “Aaravos YES” conversation

Basically Aaravos realizing that subtlety is absolutely not required at this point, thank you Viren

Shoutout to the multiple fanfics carefully describing thicc wormvaros crawling down Viren’s throat to be smuggled into Lux Aurea, that also is just gonna live rent-free in my head forever

“No, Mister Bond… I expect you to die”

If you haven’t read the ToX sourcebook adventure about the corrupted Sunforge as nuclear meltdown allegory, highly recommend because it’s actually pretty funny?

Kasef thinking he’s being the hero everyone needs…

Ibis a fucking hottie tbh

viii.

Ten days ago is what… when Zubeia would have received Runaan’s message? ... that is a joke about the series’ compressed timeline, I know that s1ep1 was longer ago than that.

Soren: “you may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like”

Love Calllum’s noodle arm during that fulminis cast

Scouting from the sky is not super useful when you’re above the cloud layer

Viren: /gets roundhouse-kicked doen a flight of stairs, literally bouncing the entire way down, me: … AND THEN HE DIED

Where was Zubeia, anyway? Postpartum spa day?

Soren really nailing it here

I know exactly enough ASL to see Callum spell “Rayla” and then do “friend”

ix.

Huh, I think Rayla just introduced two recaps in a row?

“transcend the limits of your human form” is usually a bad idea in this kind of context, just saying

I feel like it cannot be overstated how much LotR clearly influenced this initial battle choreography, but y’know what? Fair.

”I got more wind where that came from” is such a tragedy of a missed fart joke opportunity, but someone probably thought it was a mood-killer

Aanya just straight-up shoots a dude to death, demonstrating that she is, in fact, this show’s single biggest badass

Fire damage immunity a questionable trade-off for critical weakness to piercing

”We would have been here earlier, but we had to stop and make these sick battle standards”

Viren just… carries the coins everywhere, then? okay

Ah… of course. I see now what’s happening, here. (tbh it should have been obvious)

… and then he ACTUALLY died, despite there being no stairs involved(?)

Hmmm, Janai and the other Sunfire elves doing the human gesture of respect for the human king

I wonder if Zym will have a voice for s4?

/falls face down on the floor and just lies there

[in-silks-and-flesh-and-leather]

Deafest Silky,

I was thinking about you and I hope you're doing well! All of your stories have been such a gift to myself and many others.

I in no way want to pressure you, and I completely understand if you no longer wish to share your writing. But I just wanted to tell you that I still think about your stories with frequency. They are all meaningful and I genuinely wonder how they will continue and what beautiful conclusions you have in store!

The Bear and Maiden Fair is one of my absolute favorites of yours, but there are really so so many! I am truly enraptured with Bear & Maiden and I hope to one day be able to read what you have in mind for them, even if I have to buy it off a shelf!

Unforgivable, Ibi Amour Ubi Dolor, Malocchio, Red Riding Hood Jacques, even Jacques not knowing his birthday and the spicy backstory for Fiammata and scar worship. The dynamic between Jacques and RC in Ibi Amour is one of my favorites too! I often thing about where that story may go.

Tetrawizard, Amortentia, Runaway Bride, Fairy Wine, Stolen Car are all versions of Clyde that I think about often.

What Am I To You and Ready or Not Kylo are so beautiful and perfectly suited to Kylo.

Cowboy Flip, the concept you mentioned for Quintessence, and zombie invasion Flip also replay in my head when I think about flip.

You have added to each of my favorite characters in much deeper and more meaningful ways than the movies did themselves and I’m very thankful to you for that. Your characterization much more so than the movie versions, are what I picture with each of these men now.

I wish we could give back to you and add to your enjoyment here, but I can only extend my deepest thanks and gratitude for all your writing you've gifted everyone with! 💛💛💛

Oh, my darling ❤️

I am honestly speechless. That these stories stay with you and that you would take the time to so sweetly write about them - it's incredible 💗

I will absolutely make sure you can read them - I've been thinking about a discord or a private account here that I can use to share all these existing stories with people who appreciate them. I suppose maybe an account here would be the simplest since we're all here anyway.

But now that you've brought up these stories that are so dear to me being different from what I had read back when I came across the fandom, it's so meaningful to me 😭

I love Stolen Car and I think about it often since it deals with an imperfect Clyde - insecure, angry, prejudiced in some ways, and a very jagged pill with a spoiled RC who - spoiler alert - ends up being the reason Jimmy's wife and Moody meet in the first place, as if she and Clyde didn't already have enough problems. I love where that one goes.

I also love Ubi Amor and it has such fun developments, with an RC who is arguably even more audacious and profligate than Jacques, I can't wait now to share more of it with you 😍

And I was just thinking about Ready or Not last night and how it's all very fast and intense, I'm so glad you remember it and like the concept ❤️

And all the other stories you mentioned, the ruined weddings, AUs, and all these concepts that have made me/us explore the boys and their personalities, they're all so dear to me. The best thing I can hear is that they feel like themselves or that you've accepted and grown attached to those characterizations 🥴 That's the most important thing to me, a compelling story and a character that stays with you ❤️

Thank you so much for your wonderful words, they make me happier than I can express ❤️ You make it worth it to stick around 😍

[jello-skykid]

Hello! Author here! I wanted to say a few things with the upcoming stories, and also ask you all a few questions (I would prefer absolutely 100 percent answers, and if you're not a follower of mine...feel free to answer anyways!)

1. This is just sort of a warning, I feel as an author it is my responsibility to make people aware of the kind of content I produce, so that they can filter out what they don't want to see. I have plans for the story here, but as they are somewhat dictated by my rp's on a few of my servers....that being said, my roleplays can become a little violent. By a little I mean a lot. I do plan on drawing this violence unapologetically, but I also don't want those who are sensitive to that kind of content to stumble upon it without warning.

2. This is kinda related to my first point, but I was wondering if anybody would be interested in me opening a sky rp server, or just a sky server in general. I am already in several of them, most of which contain people from one big server that kinda split into little groups, but I don't mind making another. It depends on how many people would be willing to join however.

3. I would also like to ask if you guys are interested in asking more characters than Horace questions. I do have plans for having more characters in the near future, especially because the story is going to be picking up real soon, but not many people seemed interested in Gretchen and Seraphine (who's sprites I have to recreate because the other file got deleted when I switched phones...thanks Ibis) I don't want to make an absolute ass ton of sprites if nobody is interested in interacting with that character.

That's all, thank you all for reading, the final announcement is that I'm getting close to 100 followers! I hope I can reach that milestone, maybe I'll make something special! :3

[jinxedpanda4life]

She was named after a bird

May 13th 20--, age 17

My father once told me that my mother was an angel. My brother said she was the embodiment of a rainy day. My sister said that she could wage the fiercest storm and still be calm. I was told she was named after a bird.

I never knew my mother. I wish I had, for all I have are stories. My uncle told me to write. So here I am writing. My mother loved stories. All the books in our library have her name in them, her reviews of them, when she finished them. There is only one book she did not finish. We aren’t allowed to touch that book. I know, I tried. Father was upset with me. I was only eleven when I happened upon it.

I had read all the other books in the library that summer. It was easy since I had no friends and my family was busy with other things. It is easy to be a ghost within these halls. I slept in the library and read until my eyes shed tears and my head swam with words. The last book I came across after my journey through our library was small, not very well worn and it’s spine showed lack of use. ‘Perfect,’ I thought, ‘a fresh book.’ My father made sure to visit me twice a day, at noon and at supper time. When he found me to call me to supper he was flown in a rage.

I was halfway to mother’s point in the book, I was enjoying it immensely. The language was fun and the characters were fleshed. All the makings of a good book. Father saw me, asked what I was reading and when I folded the book to reveal the cover I swear he looked as if a casket was awaiting him. He did not yell, he did not scream, but in a strained voice full of so much emotion he told me to put it back where it came from. Of course I questioned him, I had no reason not to, especially since I enjoyed the book. He said nothing but his face said everything.

I never finished that book. Even when I saw it at shops I never have finished it.

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May 30th 20--, age 17

My Uncle says I look the most like my mother. Sure both of my siblings and I have dark hair, but it would be impossible not to the punnet squares agree. I don’t just have my mothers eyes he said, I have her posture, her coloring, even the same bone structure. He swears we could be twins. 

I know father sees it. It is why he has grown sad as I have aged. Brother says he can see it as well, especially my eyes. Sister does not care. 

I refuse to tell my father of my powers. I fear he will shatter. I have been able to feel others emotions all my life. The first emotion I truly remember was sorrow. It filled every open space, clung to walls and skin, suffocated me for years. I was told I would cry a lot as a little one. It was the sorrow, I drowned in it, suffocated in it. There was nothing else I could do.

I have been able to move things since I was a tot. Small things like blocks or plush animals. Though now I can move much greater things; cars, small cottages, animals, people. I know I have tried. Not with my hands, for I do not have the physical strength for such things, but with my mind. 

I started flying when I was 3. I know because my Uncle was so afraid. Uncle Jason had been babysitting me for the first time, he is my favorite. Suddenly after staring at the television I started to fly, giggling and upside down is how he found me. He immediately called Uncle Richard. Father was never informed of my flying. I do fly from time to time, not as often as I would like, but enough to keep it well versed.

I figured I was able to teleport when I was six. Sister was mad at me for one thing or another and I created a portal and shoved her in it. She was not amused. She didn’t tell father though, I believe she knew it would kill him. The first time I teleported myself was when I wished to escape a party my family was hosting, I wanted to go to my room and read, so I created a portal in a dark corner and walked myself through. I ended up in the back part of the gardens.

 The first time I astral projected myself was to eavesdrop. It was a couple of years ago, I knew I could do it before then but never needed to. Father and my uncles were arguing over something, actually about me, and I wanted to know what was happening.

Yes, I was 12-13 years old at the time. I had just started puberty and was struggling to keep control of my emotions so that my powers would not explode. Neither of my siblings inherited my mother’s powers, lucky fools. They also were quite a bit older than me at the time. I believe brother was finishing college and sister was just starting.

Uncle Richard had asked me if I wished to join the family business so to speak. I declined. I have no interest in those things. I want to read, write, draw and play my instruments. Being a hero is dangerous. Look at what happened to my mother. Uncle was convinced father planted those seeds in my head. He did not. 

Father did not wish me to be a hero (I agree it seems tedious, especially when one could just kill the enemy). Uncle Richard wanted to try and train me. Uncle Jason asked what I wanted and said what I wanted should be what happened. Uncle Tim said that if I had inherited mother’s powers that I would be useful.

It seemed like the family was at war.

I was with Uncle Jason later when I told him that I knew of their, well, battle. He said that if I did not wish to join I would not have to. He bought me ten books that day. Three were in French, two in German, two in Spanish and three in Arabic. He also started gifting me my mother’s old tomes. Her spell books, journals, everything to do with her powers and magic. He truly is the best uncle.

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June 5th 20--, age 17

It seems that someone has snitched. I truly hate my cousins. I never have liked them. The majority of them are loud and annoying. 90% of them are also at least a decade older than I am too. 

My least favorite cousin (she does not deserve her name to be used, that bitch), has informed my father of my powers. That did not go over well. He asked how long I knew I had them and all the usual questions. I answered honestly, no use in lying. He was upset, which is an understatement, that I had not informed him sooner. I told him exactly;

“Father, I knew that if I told you your emotions would sour and that look you have whenever you think I am not looking would appear more and more. I do not wish sorrow on you father, and if I told you, you would look at me as if I am her.”

So tonight while father is being ‘The Dark Knight’ or whatever, I am cutting my hair. Shaving more like. I am shaving half of it off and dying the tips of the remaining hair red. I never rebel, but I am sure as soon as everyone knows, in the hero community, of my powers that I will be faced with many many annoying, pompous, supers trying to direct me. Father may even let them

I would get a piercing but my sister said that once she was in town she would go with me. I am not my mother. She may have been named after a bird and I may also be named after a bird, and we may possess the same features in many ways, but I am not her. Father will see. The supers will see. I will not be forced to become a hero. I will not succumb to anyone.

My name is Ibis and I will not be my mother.

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Does this count as fan fiction? I had an itch to write something of this nature. Maybe I will write more, maybe not.

ANYWAY, hope anyone reading this enjoyed! Tell me how you feel about it, if I should continue, etc. Anything is appreciated.

[wildselkie]

Reasons to love The Dragon Prince!

Forgive me cos this will be a bit jumbled up. I'm just a smol chiald typing and trying to organize my thoughts as I go. So apologies for my shit grammar. Also some things are kind of worded weird. I'm not really good at putting thoughts into words so..

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1) There's a very diverse set of characters! I, personally, don't really think much of a show or movie when it comes to diversity, but goddamn this show really pulls it off beautifully. I love how each character is portrayed so naturally in the world- there is no real questioning to them or their abilities. Like general Amaya, she was born deaf and communicates with sign language. She's strong and confident and is shown to be an incredible fighter & respected leader. And the varying of identities of characters like Kazi. Such a bby 💖

2) Healthy relationships!!! And when I speak of healthy relationships I mean (mostly) of Rayla and Callum. I don't think I need to say how and why their relationship is great so I'll talk a bit about the familial kinds. One of which would be Callum and Ezran's family. The two have a good bond as both friends and brothers.

I also love how it shows the feelings that Callum goes through when it comes to his step father, King Harrow. Harrow knows he can't step into that place where Callum's father was, but he was there to provide his love and support from afar. He didn't push him to accept him and that's something to admire.

It was also sweet to learn that it was Harrow who gave Callum his sketchbook. ❤

Another thing to note is how the show portrays same-sex couples. In their world, there is not stigma or hate around this. It's played so naturally and it's so so amazing.

Btw can we just appreciate how fckin gorgeous the Queen of Duren are/were? Like... mmmm so BEAUTIFUL. I honestly believe that they could pass as some sort of other world goddesses or smthg.

3) And speaking of gorgeous, all the character designs are stunning and aesthetically pleasing and, yes, gorgeous. The creators did not miss out on making all the characters beautiful, and I am loving every second of it. Gren? Yes, please! Amaya? Fuck yeah. Queen Khessa and Janai? Absolutely yes. IBIS MY MAN YESSSSS.. and Aaravos? Well we all know the answer to that 👀

4) The fandom is pretty nice. Of course with all fandoms there will always be a few negatives here and there, but the tdp fandom is pretty tame (imo). I mostly lurk amongst fandoms of things that I enjoy, but this is the first time I've really gotten into it (making posts).

And from observing it, everyone is pretty welcoming and overall positive. The vibe is nice and it doesn't feel intimidating at all. The fan art and fan fics are super cool as well. Like the fan art is INCREDIBLE like,,,, , I didn't know I needed to see that until I saw it and it gave me a little bit of more life. 💕❤ ALSO ON ETSY THERE'S A SELLER WHO MADE THE MOONSHADOW ELF BINDING I ALSO LOVE AND WANT THAT LMAO

Anyway... I got carried away there.

Also.. Rayla's parents make me go 😭👏💕����💙😤👀

5) The story. I don't know what to really say about it but it's good. Every element put into it fits well. It adds alot of colour to the each character and gives them that relatability and/or real feeling. I'm interested on seeing and learning more about Rayla's journey in dealing with PTSD, figuring shit out in Katolis, and just how everything comes together with the Xadians.

And

Dragons, birds with flappy strings, fancy humanoids (elves) and basic humans, and ducks with horns. :))

I believe that's all. I'm super tired now. Anyway, if someone got this far then congratulations you win a cookie 🍪 and thank you so much for taking the time to read this jumbled journal-styled mess. It means alot. Goodnight, goodmorning, good evening, and good afternoon to you all.

[richincolor]

We have eight books on our calendar that are releasing tomorrow, and there’s something for everyone! Which ones are on your radar?

We Are Not Free by Traci Chee HMH Books for Young Readers

“All around me, my friends are talking, joking, laughing. Outside is the camp, the barbed wire, the guard towers, the city, the country that hates us.

We are not free.

But we are not alone.”

Fourteen teens who have grown up together in Japantown, San Francisco.

Fourteen teens who form a community and a family, as interconnected as they are conflicted.

Fourteen teens whose lives are turned upside down when over 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry are removed from their homes and forced into desolate incarceration camps.

In a world that seems determined to hate them, these young Nisei must rally together as racism and injustice threaten to pull them apart. [Image and summary via Goodreads]

Like Spilled Water by Jennie Liu Carolrhoda Books

Nineteen-year-old Na has always lived in the shadow of her younger brother, Bao-bao, her parents’ cherished son. Years ago, Na’s parents left her in the countryside and went to work in the city, bringing Bao-bao along and committing everything to his education.

But when Bao-bao dies suddenly, Na realizes how little she knew him. Did he really kill himself because of a low score on China’s all-important college entrance exam? Na learns that Bao-bao had many secrets and that his death may not be what it seems. Na’s parents expect her to quit her vocational school and go to work, forcing Na to confront traditional expectations for and pressures on young women. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

Wayward Witch (Brooklyn Brujas #3) by Zoraida Córdova Sourcebooks Fire

Rose Mortiz has always been a fixer, but lately she’s been feeling lost. She has brand-new powers she doesn’t understand, and her family is still trying to figure out how to function in the wake of her amnesiac father’s return home. Then, on the night of her Deathday party, Rose discovers her father’s memory loss has been a lie.

As she rushes to his side, the two are ambushed and pulled through a portal to the land of Adas, a fairy realm hidden in the Caribbean Sea. There, Rose is forced to work with a group of others to save Adas. Soon, she begins to discover the scope of her powers, the troubling truth about her father’s past, and the sacrifices he made to save her sisters.

But if Rose wants to return home so she can repair her broken family, she must figure out how to heal Adas first. –Image and summary via Goodreads

Never Look Back by Liliam Rivera Bloomsbury YA

Eury comes to the Bronx as a girl haunted. Haunted by losing everything in Hurricane Maria–and by an evil spirit, Ato. She fully expects the tragedy that befell her and her family in Puerto Rico to catch up with her in New York. Yet, for a time, she can almost set this fear aside, because there’s this boy . . .

Pheus is a golden-voiced, bachata-singing charmer, ready to spend the summer on the beach with his friends, serenading his on-again, off-again flame. That changes when he meets Eury. All he wants is to put a smile on her face and fight off her demons. But some dangers are too powerful for even the strongest love, and as the world threatens to tear them apart, Eury and Pheus must fight for each other and their lives. — Cover image and summary via Bookshop.org

Micah: The Good Girl (Flyy Girls #2) by Ashley Woodfolk Penguin Workshop

Micah Dupree had always liked being the “good girl.” She was happy painting, going to church, and acing her school projects. After all, she had a perfect older brother to live up to. But when he unexpectedly dies, Micah’s world is turned upside-down. With her anxiety growing, a serious boyfriend in the picture, and new feelings emerging, Micah begins to question what being the “good girl” really means…and if it’s worth it, anyway.

With simply stated text and compelling characters, Flyy Girls is a series that’s perfect for readers of any level. — Cover image and summary via Bookshop.org

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam Balzer & Bray/Harperteen

The story that I thought was my life didn’t start on the day I was born

Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he’s seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood escalates into tragedy. “Boys just being boys” turns out to be true only when those boys are white.

The story that I think will be my life starts today

Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal’s bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn’t commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art. This never should have been his story. But can he change it?

With spellbinding lyricism, award-winning author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam tell a moving and deeply profound story about how one boy is able to maintain his humanity and fight for the truth, in a system designed to strip him of both. — Cover image and summary via Bookshop.org

Lux: The New Girl (Flyy Girls #1) by Ashley Woodfolk Penguin Workshop

Meet the Flyy Girls. The group of girls who seem like they can get away with anything. Veteran author Ashley Woodfolk pens a gorgeous and dynamic series of four Harlem highschoolers, each facing a crossroads of friendship, family, and love.

Lux Lawson is on a spree. Ever since her dad left, she’s been kicked out of every school that would take her, and this is her last chance: Harlem’s Augusta Savage School of the Arts. If this doesn’t work, Lux is off to military school, no questions asked. That means no more acting out, no more fights, and definitely no boyfriends. Focus on her photography, and make nice friends. That’s the deal.

Enter the Flyy Girls, three students who have it all together. The type of girls Lux needs to be friends with to stay out of trouble. And after charming her way into the group, Lux feels she’s on the right track. But every group has their secrets, including Lux. And when the past starts catching up with her, can she keep her place as a Flyy Girl? In this searing series opener, Lux takes center stage as she figures out just how hard it can be to start over.

With simply stated text and compelling characters, Flyy Girls is a series that’s perfect for readers of any level. — Cover image and summary via Bookshop.org

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas Swoon Reads

A trans boy determined to prove his gender to his traditional Latinx family summons a ghost who refuses to leave in Aiden Thomas’s paranormal YA debut Cemetery Boys, described by Entertainment Weekly as groundbreaking.

Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can’t get rid of him. When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find the ghost of his murdered cousin and set it free.

However, the ghost he summons is actually Julian Diaz, the school’s resident bad boy, and Julian is not about to go quietly into death. He’s determined to find out what happened and tie off some loose ends before he leaves. Left with no choice, Yadriel agrees to help Julian, so that they can both get what they want. But the longer Yadriel spends with Julian, the less he wants to let him leave. — Cover image and summary via Bookshop.org

[scarim]

Here ya go! An art piece as promised! There’s 3 because I couldn’t decide between backgrounds I took from Ibis Paint X- It took me a whole week to finish it (and maybe more than that) because of schoolwork, but this is a JSHK/TBHK AU with, yes, Izuku :DDDD

his story is different from canon, still following some of Sagi-kun’s story with an earlier twist- but, anyway, I had so much fun working on this! The hair especially was a struggle, but hey, it turned out pretty well! I got inspiration after looking at numerous fan work done by others (a.k.a. manga colouring that was mainly bnha) and I thought the way some of them shaded were really cool. I also found this useful video on YT about shading a long while ago, so if you want to see it, go watch it here!

And that’s all I have to say for this post. So if you’re reading this, I hope you have a wonderful day/night! ^^

Nion (first character from the left side) by @blooblueee

Aya (third character on Izuku’s right side) by @amyahchesca

[Sagi-kun] Izuku by me!

[bigskydreaming]

The Regents’ Deck

Bit of a worldbuilding extra for my fic By Lost Ways....nothing you need to know to understand the fic and its all information that unfolds over the first ten chapters anyway, so no real plot spoilers here. But I do love me some worldbuilding and I know other people do too, so figured some people might like to have it laid out here.

So this is the official Regents’ Deck talked about in that fic, with the exception of the Joker card of course. I’ve filled in the official Regent titles that have been revealed thus far in the prologue, but the other bit is the part that doesn’t really come up in active discussion until certain characters like Bruce and Roy enter the picture with a more scientific approach to things.

Because while the Regents embody and represent symbolic and metaphysical forces through their magic.....they also all each represent and embody a physical force as well. And this is where the magic system of this world really comes in: the use of feathers (the link to the divine energy of Mother Sky in this world, other than the Regents themselves) to channel and manipulate various physical forces.

Of course, there’s a bit more to it than just waving a bunch of feathers around, but the feathers are always a necessary ingredient, and the core key to unlocking various powers or spells. Swan feathers create anti-gravity effects while ostrich feathers ground things, tanager feathers amplify heat while tern feathers drain it away, etc. 

Which is why a particularly ingenious archer, like say, Roy Harper, can be a total bad-ass in this world, even moreso than usual. After all, Roy was known for being the one who created most of his own weapons and trick arrows in the main DC Earth, and when you apply that ingenuity to a feather-based magic system via say, the fletchings on arrows......you get a whole lot of fun stuff, like lightning arrows and frost arrows that act like liquid nitrogen, silencer arrows and arrows that break apart the bonds holding things together.

BUT.

The real trick, for those who have devoted significant parts of their lives to unlocking the secrets of their world’s magic, like Roy.....comes from when you figure out how to COMBINE certain types of feathers....and the physical forces they represent....to get combo effects. 

And that’s how you end up with an archer like Roy who has arrows that have a strange combination of feathers that don’t make sense to most other people at first glance.....but let him do things like fire arrows around corners, and arrows that pass through walls intangibly until they reach their target, or seemingly wipe something entirely out of existence.

So yeah. I had a lot of fun writing Roy in this, lol, due to this particular magic system.

And of course, the Regents are the exceptions to this, as they don’t use feathers to channel their abilities.....as they are in essence walking nuclear reactors tapped directly into the forces they represent, for as long as they’re Regent. Thus using the various magics associated with their Regency is as simple as thinking for them - BUT the flip side is that they can’t use or tap into the power of any other Regencies, even via feathers.

(There are a couple other exceptions to this magic system too, in the sense of characters who use magic that’s completely outside the system....but that’s because the planet Sky is not the only world created in this cosmos, and certain visitors from other worlds still show up, with powers/magic stemming from the worlds of their birth. For instance, Kory’s powers here are fueled by what she calls soulfire, and are tied to the goddess figure of her homeworld, and Atlanteans live beneath the sea in a giant caldera in one of the uppermost mountain ranges in the world....but originally came from another world, a water world, and thus Garth uses a totally different magic system as well.)

But anyway, this is the Regents’ Deck and the physical forces each card corresponds to, just if anyone wants to refer back to it when reading the fic.......although, just FYI, a key part of the story involves the fact that the modern day characters in the fic have some incorrect ideas about the Deck and the Regents. For instance, below is the order the Deck is usually ordered in when not shuffled for a reading.....people think this is the order the Regents are supposed to go in, to make sense with the scientific discoveries they’ve made over the centuries, and how they correspond to the various Regents.

There’s just a couple problems with this order.....as in things that break the mold/don’t make sense according to the in-universe understanding of it.

The big one is the Mockingbird.....the Mockingbird Regent pretty clearly breaks the pattern and always has, as far as anyone knows. It doesn’t seem to fit anywhere...its placed where it is, just because that’s kinda what people have decided is their best guess for it, based on the powers it bestows and unlocks via mockingbird feathers.....but the thing is, as is stated outright in her title and description itself.....the Mockingbird Regent is never as she seems....and never has been. People have had a totally incorrect understanding of her and the forces she embodies pretty much since day one....but whether or not that’s by design, and if so, by whose.....*no spoilers* 

(I will say though that the Mockingbird Regent is Stephanie Brown, and that’s not really a spoiler, so much as a reassurance that I haven’t forgotten about her - or Duke - just because I don’t have them listed as Robins in the summary).

There’s also some minor confusion/incorrect assumptions about the Raven and Ibis Regents and their roles and what they represent/embody, but that’s not hugely crucial to the story.

The other big thing though, is that a couple of characters like Roy and Bruce, have figured out through their various experiments with magic and their scientific studies of it.....there’s something else about the Deck that doesn’t make sense. Two of the cards, in their expert opinions....are missing their true opposite numbers. Something that can only be explained in their minds by the notion that there might be two cards - and thus two whole Regents - that are missing from the Deck. 

How that could possibly happen and what it means IS going to be important to the story however...and it suggests that there’s a couple more types of feathers out there with their own unique magical properties just waiting to be discovered. Or rediscovered as the case may be.

(They’re actually not quite right. There are actually THREE Regents and their corresponding cards that are missing from the Deck. I mention this only because I’m actually reeeeeally interested in seeing if anyone can figure out from this what they are - as in, what forces they’re meant to represent/which cards are missing their true opposites. I know the world so well in my own head that I just honestly have no idea how obvious or not it is, so I’m genuinely curious. I think one should be fairly obvious, but the other two, maybe not).

Anyway, so here’s the Regents’ Deck, as its currently understood in-universe, with the above-mentioned ‘mistakes’.

Sparrow - Space (reduction) Seagull - Space (propagation)   Hummingbird - Time (reduction) Crane - Time (propagation)

Magpie - Quantity (reduction) Kingfisher - Quantity (propagation) Robin - Regent of Change and New Beginnings - Entropy (reduction) Vulture - Entropy (propagation)

Eagle - Weak Nuclear Force (reduction) Shrike - Regent of Bindings & Battle - Strong Nuclear Force (propagation) Swan - Gravity (reduction) Ostrich - Gravity (propagation)

Hawk - Electromagnetism (reduction) Dove - Electromagnetism (propagation) Tern - Regent of Winter and Woes - Thermodynamics (reduction) Tanager - Thermodynamics (propagation)

Cardinal - Light (propagation) Mockingbird - Regent of Lies and Tall Tales Owl - Regent of Secrets and Silence - Sound (reduction) Canary - Regent of Speech and Song - Sound (propagation)

Crow - Regent of Death and Deception - Consciousness (reduction) Rook - Consciousness (propagation) Raven - Regent of Midnight and Mysteries - Knowledge (reduction) Ibis - Knowledge (propagation)

[americangodstalk]

Notes about S2E3: Muninn

# As stated previously, Betty is the modern form of Sleipnir, and we see its reincarnation here.

# Note that on the newspaper Wednesday reads that is an article about how the “Deep State is watching”, a foreshadowing of Argos. 

# Ibis is seen here eating pieces of the corpses he dissects (something that Jacquel did in the novel).

# Argus Panoptes is mixed up with “Argus”, the dog of Odysseus. He is also referred to as a “peepin’ Tom”.

# Argus backstory is honestly a mess... The backstory is told in an Egyptian style. Ibis says that Argus Panoptes was rebirthed by Hera as a “god of surveillance” (it is actually merely a metaphor, and it is show that Argus had other incarnations before the American god of surveillance, but many people took it for literal). And it is mentionned that he was a god of surveillance before joining the New Gods - in fact it is the fading of his worship that pushed him to an alliance. 

# Argus is confirmed to be the eye seen in season 1 through the bank’s security camera.

# Argus is described by Wednesday as akin to Mr. Wood, a being that adapted into “something else”. It is mentionned that his “many eyes faded”, and that only his memories stayed intact - in the form of the Argus archives. Argus actually appears to the world as a private surveillance company - we can note that the symbol of the company appeared on the jumbo screens of the “Media reinventing herself” scene.

# Argus is connected to Black Briar and offers its “eyes” to them. We see he uses drones as part of his many eyes. When one of said drones is taken down by Muninn (or Huginn), the Caretaker complains that the system was not updated and the GPS files are corrupted. Tech Boy answers that he told Argus to upgrade the system, and complains that he is not a “micromanagement”. However Mr. World quickly tells Tech Boy to put “your man on the line” (here Argus is identified as an agent of Tech Boy). Mr. World mentions the “broken window theory”, and insists that visiting Argus instead of texting him is “per tradition”. Mr. World has this very interesting concept that “We build the new world on the ruins of the old”. 

# Before New Media appears, Mr. World has strange hand gestures - which almost makes it look like he is “downloading” informations from Technical Boy he then injects into the screen New Media comes out from. Or am I reading too much into this? 

# New Media appears dressed as a Japanese schoolgirl (some mentionned a Harajuku vibe), with a Hello Kitty-look alike on her collar (hinting at the influence of Japanese pop culture over the Internet and the youth). In the background you can see the screen she comes out from becomes full with social media posts of New Media - one can see Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, a lot of selfies and videos... She is shown disdaining things that are “old”, and she also is seemingly aware of who, what and how her previous-self acted since she makes a reference to Media by imitating the Marilyn Monroe persona. Of course, one can see she literaly manifests emojis, emoticans and picture filters in the real world. She also refers to Argus as “the man with the fiber optic”. 

# The headquarters of the Argus company have a parabolic satellite antena. Wednesday explains that, for the “local tinfoil hats”, this building is a stronghold of the Deep State, the Illuminati and/or the Men in Black. But to the “local city council”, it is just an old warehouse filled with computers. And in Wednesday’s words, in the end “truth and lies mix up”. Again, it is mentionned that in the warehouse there are “miles” of fiber optic cables, and that “only the memories remain”. 

# Interestingly, we see Argus doesn’t just archive information, but also himself or rather his old versions. We get to see the “cast-away husks” he collected after he changed into “something else”. Here, we get to see the original Argus - the monstrous sheperd that was supposed to guard Io in the Greek mythology and was killed by Hermes. Apparently, only a sacrifice can allow one to move forward from this stage of the archive - the killing of Io. The fans have been splitting their head over what exactly the wooden tool Wednesday uses is - on top of that, it has an eye symbol engraved on it. 

# Wednesday mentions that Laura is a “revenant” and like all revenants, she is “single-minded”. Just like the archive and Argus, to move forward Laura needs change, but change only comes with a sacrifice. 

# We step away from all that to go to the Corn Palace, a strip-tease palace where live Old Iktomi, the Native American shapeshifter and spider-spirit (compared by the Jinn to Anansi). Actually it seems it was originally the “Porn Palace”, but the P neon letter “died” in such a way it looks like a C now. The Jinn describes Iktomi as “manipulating humans like puppets” and advices him to not look at him in the eyes. We also get to see another Native spirit - Gnaskineyan, “Crazy Buffalo” an evil spirit, looking here like a tall blind man. 

# The next incarnation of Argus seems to have been in Roman times - indeed, we see that Argus was at this point the caretaker of the Library of Alexandria, renowned as the greatest collection of knowledge in the world. It seems Argus is locked in a cycle of rebirths and deaths - more precisely murders. Indeed, Argus always end up killed, because he keeps repeating his original myth - guarding something for which he will die. He murder because he was the guardian of Io, burned down along with his library... Note here that the Library of Alexandria was located in Egypt - which might explain why Mr. Ibis had Argus story told through an Egyptian point of view. Also note that here, Argus had his eyes ripped out.

# Iktomi appears in a wheelchair (hinting at his decay as an Old God). He grows marijuana in the background of his Palace - it seems he is an expert at tricks and potions. I honestly don’t know why people keep saying Iktomi and Whiskey Jack are the same being when, from my researches, they apparently are not. Whiskey Jack is a Crane spirit from the cultures of Algonquian and Dene people, while Iktomi is a trickster from Lakota mythology. Yes, both are considered equivalents, but they are not the same. 

# We need an explanation on how Iktomi ended up having Wednesday’s spear. It seems Iktomi is also aware of Thoth, as he mentions he will be against the use of the spear for it is an “instrument of death”. 

# New Media of course uses hashtags in her talk. In her talks with Technical Boy she appears friendly, childish, energetic, but she has a snarky and nasty side to her hinting at her rivalry with the technology god. She explains that Tech Boy and her have “different audiences” and she mentions that she needs “bandwidth”. 

# Tech Boy threatens Argus to come back on their deal, which would have Argus “go back to trolling the Dark Web on IRC bots and Geocities pages” - so that’s what he as doing as a god of surveillance before taking a deal with the New Gods. Interestingly, we here have an incoherence - before Mr. World identified Argus as an agent of Tech Boy, but here Tech Boy has the hardest time acting as Argus boss, since the “surveillance god” says he was offered a deal by Mr. World and works only for him. 

# Odin explains that he wants Argus killed because he “plays both sides” (how? We never saw Argus help the Old Gods), and apparently to kill him Laura needs to stab the tattoo in his neck. Though one may actually see how he plays “both sides” by looking at what Argus says - he says that entropy leads to disorder and all systems evolve towards chaos, “even alliances with gods”. It seems as a result that Argus has a sort of nihilistic view - he doesn’t wish to partake in the war, or to really help one side or another because ultimately it doesn’t matter who wins this conflict. That’s why he is so rebellious against Technical Boy. Or at least it seems like it... 

# New Media, to interact with Argus, brutally switches personality - you can literaly see her change. She becomes seducing, flirty, very sexual. She visibly wants to take over Tech Boy by stealing Argus to herself. She mentions that she has “likes, shares and subscribers” and that everyone watches her, but what she wants is “someone to watch them back”. She wishes to “connect and merge” with Argus - which takes the form of a strange sexual scene. I personally believe this is a reference to “hentai” in its primal form - the typical diea of “sex with tentacles”. Indeed, in this episode New Media has a strong Japanese pop culture influence, and for those of you who don’t know, “hentai” originally was a form of pornographic art of Japanese culture, very old, and that often involved tentacles and sexuality with octopuses. However, the Internet took over this “hentai” style and turned it into a true meme, a recurring joke and a “common knowledge” and “popular trope” of Internet works - it is a literal representation of how the Internet takes back for itself forms of traditional art and turns them into something entirely new. 

Anyway, she talks about her “fusion” with Argus as a “synesgestic expanding” and a “marketing opportunity”. 

# Despite his death, Wednesday mentions that “Argus will come back”. Which hints that maybe Argus has enough belief/worship/popularity to keep living, contrary to the other Old Gods.

# It seems Bast is part of Wednesday’s plans, or will act at Wednesday’s request when she will “heal” Shadow.