#are literally my favorite biblical couple

[niteshade925]

April 20, Beijing, China, National Museum of China/中国国家博物馆 (Part 2 - Dehua white porcelain exhibition/德化白瓷展 continued):

This was actually the very first piece I encountered at the entrance to the exhibition, a gigantic basket of flowers (probably over 1 meter tall and over 1 meter wide?), the entire thing made of porcelain.

And to reiterate, every part of every piece is porcelain. Though I will say that despite the ultra-realistic shape of the flower petals and leaves, the only detail that hinted at these flowers being made out of porcelain was that the painted colors weren't as vibrant as real flowers. That's it. If you don't examine it up close you really can't tell that it's all porcelain.

This is a good place to roughly introduce the technical side of Dehua white porcelain. The color of Dehua white porcelain mainly comes from the clay it uses, which is a special kaolin clay (gaolingtu/高岭土 in Chinese) found in Dehua. The clay mineral used naturally contains sericite and quartz, both of which are silica minerals and may have contibuted to the almost translucent look of the finished pieces; it also contains comparatively high amounts of potassium oxides, while the amount of iron oxides present is low. Due to the intricate designs of the pieces, the firing success rate may be very low. All those pieces involving super thin parts representing fabric or paper or flower petals? They may bring the success rate down to about 5%. Which means many of these pieces may be the 15th-20th try that finally survived firing. For people who are more interested in the chemistry of Dehua white porcelain, this paper goes into depth about it. There's also a great book in Chinese that goes into depth all about Dehua porcelain. (link goes to the first chapter only)

Continuing on, this is one of many Guanyin/观音 (Avalokiteśvara) statues at the exhibition, again with light clothing made out of porcelain:

More Guanyin statues in various classic depictions/forms, of which there are 33 total. This particular form is called Yulan Guanyin/鱼篮观音 (鱼篮 means fish basket), and comes from a legend where Guanyin transformed into a beautiful female fish vendor in order to guide mortals.

I believe the text here reads 持经观音 (Guanyin holding scripture)? The Guanyin here is holding a vase instead of a scroll though.

This is a classic depiction of Guanyin with a little bit of a modern-ish twist? Guanyin is often depicted with a vase of divine water, but here it forms a circle.

Despite some of the Guanyin statues having the amazing ceramic "clothing", this one remains my favorite, just because of the sense of space and serenity that this simple "frame" design creates:

And this very literal take on "thousand arm Guanyin" (千手观音). It's giving me that "biblically accurate angels" vibe:

Buddha floating atop.......idk what that is but the texture is amazing:

A fully painted statue of Guanyu/关羽. The gradient and detailed patterns on his robes is amazing:

Two identical (I think?) statues of the daomadan/刀马旦 (female commander archetype) character Mu Guiying/穆桂英 as she would appear in Chinese traditional opera, one painted and one unpainted. The word 巾帼英雄 in the title means "hero in women's headscarf", which is a term used exclusively in reference to female heroes. There's also the phrase "巾帼不让须眉", which roughly means "those in women's headscarves aren't inferior to those with beards and thick brows"

Porcelain depiction of Dunhuang's famous feitian/飞天 figures, in the classic pose of playing pipa in reverse (called 反弹琵琶). The clothing on this figure is made of porcelain, but this time also painted:

A porcelain statue of a couple in traditional Lhoba/Luoba/珞巴 clothing. The Lhoba/Luoba people are one of China's 55 少数民族 who mainly live in the south-eastern region of Tibet Autonomous Region, and as of 2019, it is the 少数民族 with the smallest population

A porcelain statue of a woman in traditional Miao/苗 clothing. I love how the artist recreated the traditional Miao silver crown in porcelain.

Painted porcelain bust of a woman wearing the Xunbu/蟳埔 "flower crown", named a zanhuawei/簪花围. The town of Xunbu in Fujian province is known for its tradition of zanhua/簪花, or wearing flowers in one’s hair.

Porcelain statue of a Buddhist monk wearing a zhiduo/直裰 (the robes on the inside) and a jiasha/袈裟 (काषाय/kasaya; the garment on the outside that drapes over the left shoulder). From its looks, one can tell that zhiduo originated from hanfu, but with some minor changes (sidenote, this is not the same as the zhiduo of Ming-era hanfu). Jiasha evolved from the clothing of Indian Buddhist monks, but there appears to be a lot of influence from Central Asia and ancient Greece as well (link goes to pdf; this article is in Chinese).

Some modern-themed pieces. Look at those dresses omg

A porcelain statue of Hua Mulan/花木兰, the character from traditional Chinese literature and opera that inspired the Disney character. I will say though this pose reminds me of someone else.......

[papa-m0thman]

every day, i am cursed with the knowledge that only i can understand and appreciate the story of adam and eve in a far superior way to literally everyone else. alas, someone had to carry this burden.

[ilwonuu]

Can you write jealous/possessive jaehyun smut? not in a toxic way but a cute way if anything. 🫶🏼

YES OF COURSE!!!<3 thank u for the request. i am the biggest jaehyun girlie like he is one my favorite idols!!! also he is so fine i need him biblically 🥱

𒀭 ˖ ࣪ only yours. j.jaehyun

summary- you plan to go out on a friday with your friends planning to have the most fun ever. jaehyun has a better idea.

warnings- unprotected sex, slight jealousy, sweet jaehyun(pls save me jaehyun pls), soft sex, fingering, kissing, pet names(baby fem receiving, he gets called jae once), sweet love(ew)

authors note- i’m so happy someone requested a jaehyun fic because i literally was gonna write one anyways<3

you have started to get ready for your night out. you pick out your favorite black dress knowing it makes your body look great. “you look so pretty but you’re really gonna wear that out without me?” he says playfully but you know he isn’t joking deep down.

“jaehyun you knew i was going out with my friends tonight come on.” you look away from him finishing your final touches on your appearance. “i know i did but you just look so beautiful im nervous someone is gonna try to hit on you.” he slowly makes his way behind you wrapping his hands around your waist. “jaehyun no one is gonna hit on me. and if they do it doesn’t matter because im coming home every night to you.” you smile slightly as you turn around to face him. “i know i know im not trying to be crazy you know how i am. you’re too pretty i don’t want anyone else to see my pretty girl. you are just so beautiful.” he smiles pulling you into a deep kiss.

melting into the kiss for a quick second before pulling away. “jaehyun! you’re kisses are gonna mess up my makeup.” he just smiles again kissing your neck this time.

“you know.. you could stay home with me..” he nips at your neck making you shudder at his warm breath. “j-jaehyun you know i have plans i can’t just cancel.” he doesn’t stop kissing and biting your neck gently moving his hand to rub your thigh. “i mean you definitely can cancel and i really don’t want you to go.” he smiles at you. “jaehyun you keep asking me to cancel tho. they’re gonna think something is wrong.” he shakes his head. “just tell them im sick or something.” you roll your eyes pushing him back slowly. “you seriously don’t want me to go that bad? baby it will be okay.” you look at yourself in the mirror. “please? i just don’t want you to be looking so beautiful without me. i swear if you really want to go i will still be happy to drop you off.” he is practically begging you.

“fine. but next time i am not canceling and i mean that okay!” he smiles pulling you back to him to kiss you roughly. “mm i want to take this dress off you..” he pulls one of your straps off your shoulder. kissing from your shoulder up to your neck. “j-jaehyun..”

“huh? whats wrong?” he says pulling the other strap off before pushing the dress down your body. “t-touch me please.” you say with a desperate tone. “of course baby.” he moves his hand to between your legs rubbing your thigh slightly. “lets lay you down hm?” he says walking you back into the bed laying you down gently.

“you look so beautiful..” he says moving in between your legs slightly rubbing your clothed clit. “jaehyun please.” he laughs. “okay okay tell me what you want baby.”

“i want you to fuck me. please.” he nods. “let me prep you first okay?” he pulls your panties down your legs. “look at you. i can’t believe you were gonna go out this wet and this fucking beautiful.”

he rubs a finger over your folds before slowly pushing it in. “fuck you’re so wet.” he doesn’t take his eyes off your expression as he fucks his finger into you. “i need m-more jaehyun please.” he nods quickly fucking another finger into you. “like this?” he says with a sweet kiss against your head. “jaehyun please just fuck me i can take it..” he fucks his fingers into you a couple more times before pulling them out and immediately pulling his dick out of his pants. “tell me if it hurts okay?” you nod watching him line up his dick with your entrance slowly pushing in the tip. “you okay?” he looks at your face to see any signs of discomfort. “i’m fine just keep going..” you say pulling his face down to kiss him. he pushes his dick further inside you bottoming out.

“you feel- shit feel so tight.” he smiles at before thrusting into you shallowly. “s-shit you-fuck i can’t even think y/n.” he groans deeply as he continues to give slow thrusts. “harder jaehyun..” you say pushing your hips into him trying to meet his thrusts.

he does not need to be told twice as he fucks you at a deeper angle. “fuck! jaehyun please don’t stop.” he drills his hips deep into you. “i w-won’t baby don’t worry.” he moves some hair of your face.

he is fucking you the deepest he has ever fucked you. you can feel ever bit of his cock. you are drunk on the feeling of his dick getting lost in it. “feel good baby?” he asks. all you can give him is a moan as an answer.

“baby you are doing so well. gonna let me cum inside your pretty pussy?” he pulls you into a rough kiss making out with you as his dick twitches inside you. he pulls out slightly not wanting to cum before you. “fuck i cant believe i didn’t notice your bra was on. let me take that off for you.” he unclips your bra quickly going back to fucking you.

he doesn’t even give you enough time to think before you are creaming all over his dick. he just watches the mess that oozes out of you. his mouth open as you feel him cum deep inside you. “f-fuck baby.” he whimpers your name quietly before pulling out of you slowly. “shit baby im so sorry i came inside without asking.”

you shake your head. “it’s okay jae. i wanted you to..” you smile kissing his cheek. “fuck you’re gonna make me hard again.” you roll your eyes laughing at him.

“lets clean up and cuddle please?” you ask receiving a nod and a bunch of kisses around your face. “anything you want.”

[kaleb-is-definitely-sane]

Now it's your turn :))

orchid ⇢ what’s a song you consider to be perfect?

cactus ⇢ something you’re currently learning (about)?

bamboo ⇢ do you change into a different outfit when you get home?

abelia ⇢ do you have a particular piece of jewelry you always wear or can’t part with?

daffodil ⇢ do you have siblings? if yes, in what ways do you think you’re similar to or different from them?

mahonia ⇢ what place, thing, activity inspires you most and how do you express yourself when it does?

chia ⇢ what’s an inside joke you have with someone else?

sage ⇢ what ‘medium’ of art (poetry, music, fiction, paintings, statues etc.) is the most touching to you? why do you think that is?

edelweiss ⇢ how’d you think of your url/username? what’s it associated with to you?

camellia ⇢ what were you like when you were younger? do you think you’ve changed a lot?

jasmine ⇢ do you have a movie or book you loved but will never watch/read again?

ivy ⇢ what are your ‘tells’ for your emotions and moods? how can someone tell you’re happy, annoyed, upset or tired?

chamomile ⇢ what kind of things do you like receiving as gifts?

aloe vera ⇢ what’s something (mundane) you really want to experience in life?

palm tree ⇢ do you have a fictional villain you shouldn’t like but love regardless?

nutmeg ⇢ how’s your room/home decorated? do you have a specific theme or style going on?

papyrus ⇢ if you put your ‘on repeat’ playlist on shuffle, what’s the first song that comes up? what do you like about it / associate it with?

taro ⇢ if someone called you right now to catch up, what’re the things you’d tell them about?

orchid ⇢ Oh gosh, I love sooooo many songs. A song I consider to be perfect... idk. I'll have to say Always Be My Baby by Mariah Carey because it's my current obsession lol.

cactus ⇢ The Philosophy of Love. It's so cool. The Biblical Philosophy of Desire and Knowledge, Plato's Theory of Love and Becoming, The Medieval/Arabian concept of Courtly Love. They are all sooooo cool and sooooo fascinating and I love them all dearly.

bamboo ⇢ I go to school at home so I never really leave. And when I do leave to go somewhere on the weekend or such, I take a shower when I come home.

abelia ⇢ Not really, aside from this sterling silver cross necklace I got for my birthday last year. It's really cool and I love it hehehe

daffodil ⇢ So I have 3, all sisters. I don't really think i'm that similar to my older sister. Aside from sharing the same father, we're pretty different. With my two younger sisters, I look like the older of the two, however I'm nicer like the younger one.

mahonia ⇢ I try to take inspiration from literally everything. So... anything you can imagine lol. Whenever inspriation hits me I just start talking out loud. Usually it becomes a line for a poem. And i just recite that line out loud over and over until i get more lines. And then repeat. Usually i end up with a couple stanzas, constantly editing and revising in my mind the entire time until it's perfect. Or, near perfect as it can get.

chia ⇢ Me and my baby sister (she's 8 but always the baby) will constantly recite Benedick and Beatrice's lines to each other. Especially their first conversation in the play. Much Ado About Nothing is soooooo good loll. And then with @jordie-is-definitely-sane, we have incest is wincest lol. Because I love traumatizing her hehehe

sage ⇢ haha. I can't choose either. How could anyone??? I'm an aspiring actor, poet, and author, so obviously my favorites are theatre, poetry and prose fiction. But also music, paintings, sculpting, dance, et cetera all have such splendid things to offer as well. And i would love to learn how to do them all! They're all art and they all touch somewhere hands can't: into the deepest most inner part of your being. How one can say which is individually more touching? I can't fathom.

edelweiss ⇢ It's just my name + is definitely sane. Which is definitely a lie lol. My older one's were a lot more interesting but because of that i also constantly changed them lol. This one's more basic, but i'm never changing it

camellia ⇢ I'm not sure. I was happier as a kid, I used to run around more and talk more and I had a lot more friends irl. Now? I don't really know how to hold a conversation (T-T), I definitely talk less (not because i have less to say tho lol. Trust me I could talk for hours and I do when i'm alone), I definitely don't run around as much. Tho i'm not as sad about that last one. I have started dancing in the rain again like I used to so that's good :). I still read and write, in fact I do both of those even more then when i was younger. I still find beauty in everything. I still have an incredibly idealized view of nature and childhood. I still have a deep sense of needing to be myself (who that is? idk. but i need to find it) I think deep down I'm the same person. Just, kind of mellowed. I can't think of childhood and growing up without think of Trenton Lee Stewart's Riddle of Ages; he says that he doesn’t believe we become different people as we age. No, he says he believes that we become more people. We’re still the kids we were, but we’re also the people who’ve lived all the different ages since that time. And I think that's a beautiful sentiment.

jasmine ⇢ No. Absolutely not. If I loved it, im going to watch/reread it a thousand more times.

ivy ⇢ Body language, eyes, mouth, tone, the language they use (are they talking differently then usual), hands, etc.

chamomile ⇢ Books, chocolates, sweaters/hoodies, necklaces and bracelets (i love expensive shiny stuff but also that homey handmade stuff. I eat it up), MONEY$$$$$ lol. But like seriously.

aloe vera ⇢ I just want to know and be known. Which, though it sounds really mundane to others, I think is actually one of the most special, transcendental and divine things one can do in life (can you tell I've been studying the philosophy of love lol?). I genuinely believe in the Avicenna's concept of the ennobling power of love. With all of my heart.

palm tree ⇢ I mean... I can't really think of one? I love the Percy Jackson series and I love Luke so, i guess him? I have strong thoughts about him (bbg hates the West so much but is such a western tragic hero lol), he's so fascinating as a character and even moreso as a concept lol

nutmeg ⇢ My rooms pretty basic so no lol.

papyrus ⇢ I don't have one T-T. So i just picked a random song: ICU by Coco Jones. I associate it with @mera-mann-kehne-laga. No context.

taro ⇢ I'd probably tell them that I'm writing poetry, I'm working on 2 books, and that I scored a 28 on the ACT. I'm very bad at conversation so I probably just let them talk and listen to them, ask them questions to prod them, etc.

Thank you for the ask @memory-the-unconscious <333

[vo1dbug]

IM BACK HEHE

I finished the Natlan archon quest a couple days ago and wanted to share my thoughts + my Capitano art dump/ screenshot sketches cause he’s so fun to draw and literally my favorite character rn alongside bill lol :>>

I feel like you’d want to see this :]] @ezio-adonyn

Anyways, I even tried making my own version of what Capitano might look like w/o his mask even though I think he looks amazing with it on (I’m aware the scars may not look as accurate as they should but it was a trial and error for me so please don’t hate too much :,)

And my thoughts abt the archon quest + random things below :33 which means spoilers ofc

OKAY ARCHON QUEST STUFF + RANDOM STUFF TOO

If there’s spelling errors I’m not fixing them :,D

At first I didn’t like Mavuika that much mainly design wise but after playing the quest she started to grow on me 😭 and her design too

THE CUTSCENES WERE SO COOL?!? like the whole Capitano vs Mavuika was so epic Ragh whelp like something I’ve seen in those crazy anime fights 🤔 but idk since I don’t watch anime :/

I HOPE CAPITANO IS PLAYABLE I kept looking at those random videos online and everyone is saying he won’t be playable in Natlan but Columbina will or something around that 😐 honestly I’m not that interested in comunbina which is ironic because I loved drawing biblical angels and she kinda is one but she hasn’t really interested me yet so im really hoping Capitano is playable within Natlan

The friendship between Mualani and Kachina is amazing and so wholesome :))

I loved Mavuika’s room with all those items in it reminds me of me with my random items I collect but I got so sad when she had to use them as fuel 😭 cause some of the stuff was so damn pretty. Does that mean she also burned the picture of her family 😦

I love the damn animals in Natlan they’re so cutee EPESCIALLT THE CAPIBARAS RAGHHH

I’m excited to see who was talking to Capitano at the end of the archon quest cause I feel like it’s Ororon

And I’ve noticed that in the out of barrier areas there’s a lot of stuff that isn’t realized which looks like the other tribes they look so cool I can’t wait to finish my oc finally and make them based of the saurians from one of the tribes

I’ve gotten over 20 or so pulls in barely 3 days or so 😭 it’s so crazy I love it. All those wishes are being saved up for capitano >:D

I got kazuha on a one pull and I’m not complaining heh ( he’s at level 50 rn rotting as I travel Natlan I’ll probably forget I have him honestly )

Anyways that’s the end of my random yapping lol if you read all of this I’m surprised cause the grammar probably died during the middle of this

[sylvanas-girlkisser]

Please please please expand on this milf campaign I need to know more

YEAH!!!!!!!!

So backstory first: imagine a cross between a lovecraftian elder god, and one of those christian momfluencers who just WILL NOT STOP having children due to an unexamined breeding kink. That's Illucia Starsong the woman who ate the gods.

Anyways 2 bazillion years ago the world basically existed in her image, then 1 billion years ago her 7 daughters (each themed around an element) teamed up to kill her. But then they chickened out last minute and instead trapped her inside the vault of her castle, and placed said castle at the bottom of a frozen lake.

The daughters went their separate ways, with Althaya (whose domain is nature) being the only one who tried to keep them in contact. A big part of Althaya's self image was being a healer and caretaker, so after a century or two of more and more of her sisters going no contact, she got married to a demon summoning warrior king. Cause you know, she could fix him.

So when that didn't work out, and her sisters weren't around to emotionally support her after the breakup/help her trap her ex in eternal torment underneath the roots of a tree, she decided to enter her villain phase.

Fast forward to now: After spending ages ruling an evil empire from the shadows Althaya, now going by matron Sortrose, has decided that if not even having children is going to fix the sense of loneliness she feels inside, her only choice is getting mom out from under the ice. Everything was way better when mom was in charge anyways! They were a family, and everybody loved her and saw what a kind and generous person she is!

So the high concept of the campaign is: the party having to track down the other 6 of Illucia's daughters and help them work through their issues so they can stop Althaya from unleashing the biblically accurate milfpocalypse.

And of course, since all her daughters have been around for a while, they're now all milf-aged, but because there's an in-universe justification, they don't count against my milf quota!! Also since the sisters are all some flavor of dyke, it means I also get to give them milf-aged girlfriends/wives who also don't count against my quota!!! #milfmaxing

So here's the seven sisters and their respective element and flavor of milf:

Ammanhue (magic) - witch milf

Aglaroth (Earth) - army/dad milf

Althaya (nature) - evil queen milf

Asper (air) - fuckboy butch milf

Aunrak (water) - paladin butch milf

Allustriel (fire) - unfuckable scientist milf (she's aroace)

Armillah (ice) - auntie milf (yes she has packed the party lunch, more than once)

Also a few other key milves from the story

Vivian Trench - detective milf, who is also a litteral cougar lady

Rhiannon - travelling magic item seller, with the approximate vibe of a used car salesman

Mocauhqui and Delilah - a couple of revolutionaries, who after succeeding in overthrowing the colonizers are doing a GREAT job at handling their trauma.

And of course my personal favorite: Azzy (aka. Azganriel the angel of love)

So, since Illucia is such a great and normal mom, when she learned her beloved daughter Asper was battling depression and addiction, she was like "I know what will help: a girlfriend who will act as a second mom when I'm not around." So then she created an angelic being in her own image, with limited capacity for independent thought, and sent her off to be Asper's girlfriend/caretaker.

It worked out about as well as you can imagine, but in the process, Azzy gained self-awareness which she used to be a huge slut. Her and Asper are bros now, and instead she's dating Aunrak.

So you've got this literal angel, loose fitting white gown and all (and a pair of melons to concuss a dragon), who is dating the most paladin to ever paladin. But she's also an endless source of innuendos, and will take any excuse to get her tits out, which never fails to turn said paladin wife into a tomato.

[ideasarestuckinmyhead]

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Boo got Covid

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- Alphonse misses his spouse, he misses them a lot

Incorrect Quotes:

that's a woman??

ow ow ow ow

movie picking

oh shit I'm in love??

{♡} ask

- Seth comes to realization.

elbow check

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- Damn Boo packs a mean elbow

Boo and Seth's dad.

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- How would Seth's father fell about Boo?

Summer time crushing

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- Seth is having pan panic looking at the couple

Incorrect Quotes:

ANYTHING for u

shrine of love

{♡} personal

- Charles def has a shrine, like yandere simulator

Incorrect Quotes:

2 + 2

how'd you bag that baddie?

gay for you

hit this weed

feeling him

Birthday with Finn

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- Spend your birthday with your blonde boy!

Some hc's of the different Finns

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- hcs with all the Finn's

predator listener

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- how would it be if listener was a predator to his prey?

Masochism Tango

{♡} personal

- it just fits ngl

Gasp a witch! Or is he a fairy-

{♡} personal

- kids def think he's either one

Incorrect Quotes:

OMEGA!!

Outfits before weather

a single star

Juicy Couture

running away

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- context from below, Auron running and you hear footsteps behind him

email

{♡} personal

- start running. Nvm it's too late they found ur location.

Cosplaying idea

{♡} personal

- I need him in a skin tight suit.

Incorrect Quotes:

I was his favorite son

in mY OFFICE!

in check

ducks

Time is a cruel thing.

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- time eats all his children in the end.

Biblically Accurate Angel

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- Baby I can see your halooo

Angst potential

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- let's ruin him mentally.

Halloween is when Demons and Angels meet

{♡} personal

- the veil gets thinner on all hallows day.

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banned

flash a titty

Sonic and Shadow dynamic

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- ngl I see it, him Sonic and his listener shadow

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lil ashamed?

Streamer Au

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- the boys play lethal company.

Drunk listeners

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- how do the boys deal with a drunk listener?

Things i love about the yv boys

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- just said in the title.

Listener knows another language

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- how would the boys react to listener knowing more than one language?

Bittersweet Trio HCs (again)

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- more bittersweet trio hcs bc I love them

Slow Blinking

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- Alphonse, Seth and Charlie reacting to listener blinking slowly at them.

Frog Blinking

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- Auron and Faust reacting to listener frog blinking at them

Au ask

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Agent of Chaos baby Boo

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- baby Boo is a Menace

Boo's persistence

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- Boo has all the patience in the world.

Character Ai

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Designated kissing cheek

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- more on a bittersweet hc I made for the trio

Too Sweet by Hozier

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- literally love the song my guy

Crane Wives and the YV boys

{♡} personal

- lord help me if I compare the boys to songs by them.

Middle ground

{♡} personal

- I love this ship they live rent free ngl

minecraft dropping

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- What would the boys drop in minecraft? Or like minecraft after u beat them?

face card

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- pretty ass face card NEVERRR declines.

YV Twitter Pt14

Incorrect Quotes Multi Character:

dilemma

Violent dog

self love and love for another

class of 09 reference??

Middle ground + Boondocks

pulls out gun

thoughts of boo

Sound off

bubble butt

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[destiel-wings]

question for the supernatural analysis game!

we constantly see supernatural show parallels between relationships, so like cain and abel paralleled with dean and sam, and even dean and benny with sam and amelia, so this leads to my question;

is there a favourite parallel you have in the show? personally mine is how god and michael/lucifer parallels john and the winchester brothers

For the ⭐ spn analysis ask game ⭐

I think my favorite parallel was when they introduced Adam (a human) and Seraphina (an angel, whose name is the female version of seraph, the type of angel Cas is) the episode before Cas confessed his romantic love to Dean.

It was literally so clear. A beacon in everyone's face to remind the audience that love between angels and humans IS possible. To remind viewers that angels are capable of romantic and sexual love (as if we never had Gabriel in the show, btw), and to remind viewers that even an angel's immortality isn't a problem.

We literally could've had Dean and Cas live forever and happily in love, with Cas healing Dean to make him live as long as he wanted, and instead we got... yeah let's not talk about what we got 💀

Anyway I think it's remarkable the amount of effort the writers went into to try and give Dean and Cas a canonship status simply by paralleling them to other canon couples (that had the greenlight to be so). I'm thinking of the other blatant examples, like when they literally made up a wife for the biblical figure of Cain just so they could make a parallel with Cas:

Or when they mirrored the lines of that canon couple from the failed spinoff setup episode word for word:

Or when they did this:

Just... insane writers behavior that i absolutely love. But anyway, Adam and Seraphina is probably my favorite one, maybe because it's SO RANDOM (why would Adam, the first human ever, be in a relationship with an angel, generally named Seraphina) and placed in such proximity to the confession.

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Thank you for the ask!! <3

[ripgray-moved]

this is partly as coming from someone who's never seen the film & just generally curious - what are some of your favorite pieces of your own original lore you have for peter? whether it's things you've changed from the film or have made up on your own?

BHHFJKHFJKFH A CHANCE TO GO APESHIT ABOUT THE THINGS I'VE DONE? HELL YEAH!!!! ILY @theha1r !!!! under a read more for long rambly stuff and a couple of mature themes!

the world works based on a "scale" sort of setting. there are sixteen dimensions; each dimension houses differing planes, planets, races, parallel timelines and so on. earth is within the d3 realm— which, yes, is very low. we as humans, on average, aren't privy to things like magic, divine /infernal entities, not even a lot of monsters / cryptids, etc. we boast about our intelligence constantly yet we know very little about the world beyond our tiny rock. this in turn makes peter a very interesting case, as he learns magic and utilises it to destroy these evil forces from dimensions several tiers above him. mans is fighting FAR beyond his means from the very beginning as paimon is from d10.

kind of related to the above point: paimon has a LOT of parallels with peter and this is on purpose. paimon is outrageously strong, but it isn't because he's a demon; demons, to humans, are op as fuck, but you've gotta remember how weak humans actually are; that puts it into perspective that demons, in the scope of the universe, are not actually that powerful. anyways, paimon is absurdly powerful because he is well travelled. paimon's story is literally too huge to delve into in this post ( that's what his about page is for, which i swear i'm in the process of writing lmao ), but before he becomes what he is, he was uncommitted to his kind and spent his time learning about interdimensional travel and visiting other realms. he has learned so much from beings both higher and lower on the dimensional totem pole than he is, and all of this knowledge has culminated into one terrible foe when he eventually becomes the antagonist of peter's story. similarly, peter becomes absurdly powerful because of his exposure to these higher beings. he asks for help, without shame, from a d16 entity ( that being am, who manifests as his staff ) and despite paimon terrorising him, peter does listen to him. later on, when he banishes paimon, he continues in his studies of magic and keeps am around because he's his FRIEND.

the whole biological father thing i discussed in my previous anons is just so gnarly and i genuinely love it. it's so fucked up and nasty and obviously i hate the sa element for annie ( after all, can an act be truly consensual even if you verbally say yes if you're under false pretences? like i have to stress that this man did not hurt her / force himself on her, but the entire reason she was willing to sleep with him was because of paimon's thrall, so in that regard......... ehhhh, it's real dubious and twisted ) but i really enjoy that glimpse into the cult's cruelty and how they'll stop at nothing to get what they want. joan is so cunning anyway but she's SO MUCH MORE SO in my stuff and that works out so badly for the grahams, especially for peter.

also love that DEMONS / ANGELS ARE NOT TIED TO RELIGION AT ALL. this is ofc just my own way of life / personal feelings but........ i don't........ reallyfuckwithreligionasaconceptso........ i really enjoy the fact that i've separated paimon from his biblical stuff ( i take some inspiration, of course, but he's not an entity based on religion! ). i enjoy it so much because it really ramps up the cosmic horror element for pete. he's not dealing with something humans have knowledge on; he's dealing with something beyond his comprehension, something that's never really been seen before. demons as they're portrayed in media / religion are NOT the demons that actually exist and that takes a toll on peter and forces him to think outside of the box. he knows things that NO human should know and all he uses it to do is absolve himself of his own curse? he has all the ways in the world to go insane and destroy humanity or whatever and he just. takes care of the cult and banishes the demon theey brought forth to fuck with him....... Power Move of the fucking millennia.

also, a non-heavy headcanon ( sort of? ): peter has baseball hats hung up in his room, though he never expresses any sort of interest in it ( doesn't have any other memorabillia, etc ). i headcanon that he kept them from his early days of his dad trying to connect with him as a little kid because charlie liked the art of the mascots on the front and it helped peter connect with her. she liked to draw them and it was one of her main references for learning, outside of her..... uh..... shoebox of animal.......... heads......... yeah that's a thing.............

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

Charlotte's Art History Tarot - Card 9 - The Hermit

Art: Magdalene with the Smoking Flame – Georges de La Tour

pull this card

as someone with a very low social battery who prefers being alone or with just a couple friends or family members, I'm a pretty darn big fan of the hermit. this card is all about turning inward and withdrawing from the pressures and chaos of the exterior world. it is a card which signals that you might be due for a little alone time to allow for introspection and meditation - whatever that looks like for you. as for the art, Magdalene with the Smoking Flame is on my list of favorite paintings of all time, so there's that 😅. but that aside, the biblical figure of Mary Magdalene literally withdrew from society and became a hermit in the desert. many depictions of her show her in prayer or mediation, just as this image does. there's a kind of calmness to this image that I just adore, and the warm tones help the viewer to focus on the flame just as the magdalene does. she doesn't acknowledge the viewer at all - rather, she is completely consumed in her own thoughts, entranced by the flickering dance of the candle. to me, this aligns perfectly with the message of the hermit: disconnect from the world and take some time for peaceful contemplation. additionally, I like that the candle in this image echoes the lantern held by the hermit on the traditional Rider-Waite card. that light represents the inner self which the hermit card encourages you to turn inward to find, and the magdalene's calm consideration of the flame reminds us to take a deep breath and step back into ourselves - in whatever form that may be for you.

[starlitangels]

I wanted to finally start listening to redacted but I have NO idea where to start 😭 do you have suggestions?

*sucks in deep breath* There’s a couple ways to answer this.

My first instinct is to literally just say “go to the playlist titled ‘Everything’ and start at the beginning and work your way up” because Redacted’s lore can be confusing if you haven’t heard it in the order it came out in. I listened to Geordi’s first video the day after it dropped as my first video and had no idea what was going on. Then went to Elliott’s playlist and was even more confused because that playlist is major story heavy unlike some of the others

But I understand that the Everything playlist (while most useful for lore digesting and didn’t exist yet when I found the channel and wasn’t an option for me) can most definitely be overwhelming. It’s long, I won’t deny it. But it also gives you the space to get to know each of the characters a little bit at a time

If you don’t want to go that direction though, I have two decent options:

Start with Freelancer, Season 1. You get a fairly good rundown of most of the rules of the magic system, and the difference between daemons/demons, and humans. Redacted’s d(a)emons use the word in the old, more Fae connotation than a Biblical interpretation. They’re more akin to simply supernatural magical entities rather than creatures of evil and damnation or whatever.

So Freelancer S1 isn’t a bad place to start before moving on to whichever characters strike your fancy

But the other of my aforementioned two options is Avior’s story (the playlist is now titled “Sovereign State”).

Now, anyone who’s reading this and has known me for a while is probably chuckling like “of course Star is recommending her favorite character that she never shuts up about loving” but hear me out: Avior’s story has a lot of heavy, heavy worldbuilding lore all dumped into one place for quick access, but is almost entirely separate from the rest of the world Redacted has built, so it’s less complicated than jumping right in with, say, trying to keep track of the three werewolves and how they all connect to each other but also the vampires. Avior’s story is self-contained for the moment and season 1 of it is wrapping up right now so there are going to be some resolutions to a few things hopefully

Heed my warning though: Erik (Redacted) isn’t afraid of tackling some darker topics and heavy situations. If that’s not something you’re comfortable with, pay attention to the Content Warnings he puts in all of his video descriptions with applicable warnings. If you’re not into Yandere characters be mindful that he has three-ish. One of the three has mostly had his story finished but will occasionally pop up for a random reappearance. One of the three hasn’t seemed super Yandere to me yet but I’m sure it’ll get worse. The third is definitely one to be mindful of too because it’s much more magic-based.

Also Inversion and both seasons of The Imperium AU are dark and heavy so if you’re gonna listen to them you might wanna be cautious

So, TL;DR, either do the Everything playlist, Freelancer Season 1, or Sovereign State (technically season 1). From there you should have mostly enough information on the worldbuilding and such to pick and choose whatever catches your fancy from there. Though I’d recommend maybe the werewolves first after those three because they’re less story heavy and just kinda slice of life and also Milo is sexy moving on

If you have any questions about the lore or the plots please feel free to come back. I get questions all the time looking for explanations (usually from another video that the asker just couldn’t quite remember). There’s no shame in it. I’m the resident Lore Gremlin anyway and love helping people understand the world as best I know it

Erik also has a timeline (it’s in his Linktree in the video description of all his videos) but I don’t recommend reading it outright just yet. Because you will be confused and overwhelmed. Let the videos guide you first and then go to the timeline for clarifications

[fazgoo-connoiseur-1987]

3, 11, 16 for the FNaF ask game!

Oh yippee!!

Link to the questions

3.Who's your favorite human character?

Henry... Mr Emily... for so many reasons I love him. I love how since he's contrasted with William so much he seems normal but if you take a step back you realise how truely fucked up this weird roboticist is. He jumps to extreme solutions, he has trouble with his emotions particularly controling his rage, he believes in the glory of the machine, he manifests this as really dangerous children's entertainment animatronics AND he's a shady capitalist who's surprisingly okay with lobotomy and arson. The perfect character I need to study him. Literally the idea that Henry was intentionally covering up the murders it what got me back into making fnaf content again.

11.What year was it and what game got you into fnaf?

Yep 2014! A couple months after fnaf came out i think but prior to fnaf 2. I remember watching Markiplier play fnaf 1 and being TERRIFIED of Bonnie; little me was freaked out by his lack of eyebrows.

16. Do you have any aus? If so what are they about?

Yes :) I have two that I've conciously sat and thought over.

'Help! There's a Dead Middle Aged Serial Killer On My Couch!" is my excuse to have Vanny and William family dynamic. It's kinda what I thought they were gonna do with Vanny before Security Breach came out and I liked the idea so much I kinda... held it over. Vanny becomes obsessed with the Freddy's murders through working on the VR game and finds a way to drag THE William Afton out of hell. She's helping him adjust to it being the 2030s now and slowly deconstructing the idea of Afton she had in her head (he's actually just a massive loser) while juggling her own struggles. Bill's just happy to not be in UCN anymore and is just trying to make the most of that freedom. He likes having someone else who shares his mindset. I think they're really interesting.

The other one I don't have a name for yet but it's basically a 'What if Henry got the UCN treatment and had to physically deal with his issues in Biblical Hell' type thing. He didn't deal with his guilt why he was alive so the ghost kids are getting this man some exposure therapy. I don't have a lot planned out for this one yet but I like the idea of him having a snarky little Springbonnie companion that fucks him over on purpose.

[taylorrama]

The Locked Tomb + mewithoutYou pt. 16/17

Today a thousand years Of strained affection and prayer "Out beyond ideas of right & wrong is a field" Will I meet you there?

Song: Julia (or, ‘Holy to the LORD’ on the Bells of Horses) Album: [Untitled]

For the last two posts in this series, we'll be looking at a couple songs from mewithoutYou's [Untitled] LP. Overall, this album has a dark, heavy, and ambient sound that matches well with The Locked Tomb, but many of the songs are admittedly beyond my comprehension. That's probably intentional, though, given that the tone of this album is very much whatever the fuck is leftover after the apocalypse.

Today's song, "Julia," is one of my favorites on this album and most of the connection I see with The Locked Tomb is in its sense of religious doubt.

Today a thousand years Of strained affection and prayer "Out beyond ideas of right & wrong is a field" Will I meet you there?

We start off pretty strong, though, with an image that's more literal when applied to TLT: "a thousand years of strained affection and prayer." This is easily the Lyctors' POVs, but it can also apply to the Ninth House and how devout they are, yet they have always somewhat been the outcasts of the Empire.

The line in quotes is from Colman Barks' Rumi. The actual line is something like "Out beyond ideas of rightdoing and wrongdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." mewithoutYou's song, however, flips the certainty of the last part into a question.

In a TLT context, I feel we get some aspirations of these lines–there's the hope that Gideon and Harrow can somehow be together or that there is some better version of the universe that could exist. There is also, of course, the River and the way it inhabits this place that's separate from reality.

The summer garden blooms With autumn soon replaced Another harvest moon— So many ways to lose So many faiths

These lines tie the changing seasons to a change or loss of faith. Though blooming gardens aren't typical TLT imagery, what they represent here is the beauty of a particular idea/certainty of faith. The summer garden is where everything about the universe makes sense, but autumn comes. We gain new understanding and some of our notions die. Plenty of faiths are lost throughout TLT: faith in the Lyctorhood process. Faith in the righteousness of the Nine Houses. Faith in Jod. Faith in the Body.

The chorus.

"Holy to the LORD" on the bells of horses Safely on the shore we sank like stones To the bottom of a made up ocean

What we have here is a Biblical reference followed by this oxymoronic image of sinking despite being on a safe shore to the bottom of an ocean that doesn't actually exist. So again, we have this representation of certainty (the Bible) juxtaposed with this unraveling of certainty.

In a literal sense, when characters in TLT enter the River, their bodies technically are safe, but the River engulfs them entirely and it's a very real threat that they could get lost in it forever, but it's not a real place in the sense that other real places are. In other words, this is like the 10th time a mewithoutYou song has described the River.

Skipping to the third verse, we have these lines.

In case your plan falls through To mispronounce my name

This is just every single moment in Harrow and Nona when someone's full name is dashed out, or when "Gideon" is replaced with "Ortus."

To curse You-Don't-Know-Who And bow before the same

"You-Don't-Know-Who" likely refers to God, so in TLT we'll say it refers to Jod and what an interesting title that is for him. Arguably, we still don't really know who this guy is even after Nona. We get his backstory, but it's his version of it and his version of himself, but is that all really true? And as many people hate John, at the end of the day, everyone loves him, bows to him.

I'll meet you there

This is now the definitive answer to the question from the first verse. The implied "we" will meet in this place that curses You-Don't-Know-Who while also bowing to them.

The chorus repeats one last time to end the song, cementing this sense that the certainty of faith is no more, even though there's a glimmer of finding something outside of its constraints that makes sense. This is an underlying feeling I get from TLT, especially Nona the Ninth. Camilla and Palamades seem to have generated a united existence that isn't Lyctorhood. One of my theories is that, because we're given Nona as a concept and a character, we're right to believe that this universe contains a possibility for something besides the rage of Earth's soul.

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TLT + mewithoutYou pt. 1; TLT + mewithoutYou pt. 2; TLT + mewithoutYou pt. 3; TLT + mewithoutYou pt. 4; TLT + mewithoutYou pt. 5; TLT + mewithoutYou pt. 6; TLT + mewithoutYou pt. 7; TLT + mewithoutYou pt. 8; TLT + mewithoutYou pt. 9; TLT + mewithoutYou pt. 10; TLT + mewithoutYou pt. 11; TLT + mewithoutYou pt. 12; TLT + mewithoutYou pt. 13; TLT + mewithoutYou pt. 14; TLT + mewithoutYou pt. 15

[btpbyalison]

Madison Smith is one of my dear, dear friends.  Besties, if you will.

There is a lot I could say about why I’m friends with this girl, but I’ll save that for another day.  We both love shopping on the interwebs, and locally.  Back during the pandemic, my friend downloaded this dating app called Hinge.  Of all the things she has found on the internet, this soon-to-be preacher boy named Isaiah is her favorite.

Over cold sandwiches in Lafayette Square Park on a bench; their love story began while attempting to social distance. 

Maddie is incredibly decisive, so she knew he was “the one” right away.  I remember the first time I met him, I was told to be nice.   No grilling. 

For a while, I called him every Biblical name, but Isaiah, and he laughed every time.  The day I met him, I knew we were stuck with him.  And I was so grateful.  Nobody loves our girl like this guy.  And, he immediately loved my boy.

Fast forward to a chilly St. Louis day in March, Isaiah proposed.  It was perfectly planned, overlooking the park bench that started it all.  Plus, so many of the family members that I would celebrate with this weekend, too.  Including two college besties and should have been Miss America who would be bridesmaids. 

Then came THE weekend.  When I arrived to the rehearsal at Graham Chapel on Washington University’s campus, I found this couple I adore in coordinating Hanboks. 

We were given the one Jase would wear as the ring bearer for the ceremony.  If you’ve been a follower for a while, you know I’m a sucker for teal and purple.  You might be thinking, of course, she and Maddie are friends. 

After a few walk-throughs and a few pep talks from your favorite red-haired photographer....

....we headed off to Maggiano’s.  

Ms. Paula was right. The zucchini was worth thinking about all day.

Food was enjoyed.  Gifts were exchanged... including a special lambie and pair of dinosaurs.

Thanks were given to the families and the wedding party.

Then it was time to rest for the BIIIIIG DAY!

 As the bride didn’t want a late night, the day started early.  Homewood Suites was the home base for the bridal party. 

The girls were loud.  They were excited.  And they were beautiful. 

Especially Maddie.  Seeing her dress made me sob.  Seeing her IN that dress took my breath away.

I will still never get over Maddie saying, “Those lashes.  We decided on the vavoom.  They were nice, but a little more Rhianna.”

After hair and makeup…and lashes… were nailed, it was time for a first look with the bridesmaids.  Maddie took their breath away, too.

Then it was Emerson’s turn.  AKA Maddie’s Daddy.  This was one of my top moments for the day.  If you know Maddie, you know she ADORES her Daddy.  If you know Emerson, there is no one he loves more than his girls.

Then we all scurried off to Graham Chapel.  Ms. Paula got her turn to see her beautiful daughter, and get a veil on that bride. 

I met up with the groom and the fellas. 

I thought I was going to have bleed again for a wedding, but thanks to the Wedding Krugh, the boutonnieres had magnets!  Seriously…put magnets on your boutonnieres!

Questions were answered.  Things got sorted.  A bride asked the time every 3-5 minutes because she was ready to go.  A precious ring bearer and a totally gorgeous flower girl played hard.

Is he not the cutest ringbearer ever?  No?  Just me?  Shooting this wedding, and rangling my own kid was a job in itself.  Thank God for Jason.  I digress.

I prayed over each of my friends then we got the show on the road

Maddie’s childhood pastor married them and helped create the most sassy....

Ahem..perfect ceremony.  Yes, I cried.

Then we partied.  We danced.  We toasted. We had the most delicious cake.  We danced.  Anniversaries were celebrated.  Advice given.  This couple was celebrated fiercely.

I am grateful for the vendors I worked with this weekend.  We literally became a magical team having never met.   Everyone stayed in their lane and accomplished our #1 goal:  to create a night of a lifetime for our couple.  Mission accomplished.

DJ:  Chris Abell

Coordination/Flowers:  The Wedding Krugh

Wedding Venue: Benjamin Brown Graham Chapel

Reception Venue: The Majorette

Maddie and Isaiah, I am so grateful for you both. Keep growing the love and respect you have already established. As I prayed over you both, I wish Colossians 2 for you. Keep making Hell nervous as you build a marriage that glorifies Him. I love you both and adore how you love each other. You still owe me a dinner.

[siegesquirrel42]

On the topic of VTuber lore

The lore video/episode-length anime sequence in which Ironmouse being Literally Actually Satan is properly explained is amazing for a lot of reasons, but i think my favorite is the implications of Calli's cameo.

You are Calliope Mori. You're getting by in the Underworld, doing whatever it is you do, and you just somehow scored a pretty sweet internship as the apprentice to Death himself, but that doesn't start for a few weeks so right now you're out for a walk, trying not to freak out about everything.

Whereupon suddenly you hear crashing and screaming and gods know what else, and when you go to see what happened and if whoever it happened to is okay, you come upon what you soon realize is several thousand Literal Fucking Angels, their wings burning away and horns growing from their heads to shatter their halos. They all just sort of lay there in pain for a bit, until finally you see one of them stand up and raise his fist to the heavens in what you can only assume is some kind of symbolic bird-flipping. The others start joining him, and you decide to leave them be and go home, maybe work on some raps, because no way are you dealing with whatever that was.

Time passes. Demons are A Thing now, and at some point it hits you that holy shit, you witnessed the creation of a new species and a metaphysical paradigm shift of literally biblical proportions.

Time passes. That guy you saw do the fist thing is in the news now because he broke his boss out of Heaven's most fucked-up prison and now they're conquering Hell together. Also apparently his name is Beelzebub which you think is kind of silly but then who are you to judge since you go by Calliope in polite society.

Time passes. Your whole reaper gig is on hiatus now because the humans figured out vaccines, so you're lowkey kinda bored, and when you find out about this whole "virtual YouTuber" thing the humans and a couple of their minor gods are trying, you decide "what the hell, may as well" and all of a sudden you're, like, some kind of celebrity to them.

Later you find out that Satan Herself, AKA the aforementioned boss, is also a VTuber working for a different agency, and that guy you saw that one time is her sidekick. You end up collabing with her, and oh no she's adorable, and you're her friend now. You still have not told anyone that you're the only other being who saw them fall.

You are Calliope Mori and you don't even know anymore.

[toughtink]

some post-nona thoughts and questions in no particular order:

and this will be long and full of spoilers, sorry

so is silas coming back next time? because i have questions about wtf took over his cav especially seeing as those tongue eye things showed up on the ninth house. biblically, silas traveled with paul, so maybe paul will be related to his comeback? idk

what’s with the tower? “kironia” and ianthe are referred to as “tower princes,” the RB was yelling about a tower to nona via judith, and we got a big tower coming out of the river now?? and the whole “the tower has reactivated” cipher or whatever it said, too. the only tower that’s been story relevant thus far is canaan house + the facility beneath it. harrow estimated they only saw ~30% of that tower with the rest going deep under the ocean, which i always took to mean that it was originally a sky scraper that they built a temple/church/palace on top of. OH YEAh! and a tower is in the jod chapters maybe??? it was confusing. (gasp! what! confusing??? in this series?!)

so is nona translating a ton of people’s names when she hears them, and that’s why she calls corona “crown” and has that exchange with hot sauce where she gets corrected on born in the morning’s name? and this is a separate thing from the multi-sentence long names that seem to be BoE tradition?

speaking of weird name stuff, the jod chapters have him using intials to refer to his friends! that was annoying but implies that they didn’t all used to have their fancy mouthful names which makes some sense, especially since jod specifically mentions changing U— and T— to ulysseys and titania. however, i’ve seen a lot of folks under the assumption that he wiped his friend’s memories after rezzing them, but is there evidence for that? i gotta reread htn, but i know that mercy didn’t seem to realize that gideon’s gold eye color was jod’s before it was alecto’s and only put it together near the end—point in memory loss’s favor (tho i don’t think we can officially say it’s purposeful on jod’s part yet.) HOWEVER!! when nona & the gang are approaching the tomb near the end of ntn, pyrrha mentions gideon (the first) and after saying his name a couple times says “G—” like jod does in his chapters!! implying that pyrrha might just know gideon’s pre-resurrection name! so either jod’s friends did retain their pre-res memories OR that memory loss thing happened later, probably post lyctorhood if it could affect the lyctors but not the cav secretly residing inside still??? idk. EDIT: my frand ginny pointed out that on pg 433 jod talks about how his friends “won’t have to remember anything,” because he knows where remembrance lives in the brain, and this sort of mirrors harrow own attempt to alter her memories. i think with pyrrha remembering g1deon’s name, we can say these are likely altered memories rather than a complete clean slate.

i need people to realize that when nona describes “teeth” coming out of gideon’s speed holes, it’s most likely ribs and not literal teeth. also—the speed holes joke is maybe one of my favorites in this book and incontrovertible proof that kironia is indeed our gideon.

i want to know more about anastasiaaaaa! was she another married/romantically involved pair with her cav? did pyrrha mention something about painting a nursery on the ninth?? what if anastasia was pregnant when her lyctorhood went wrong????

what’s this with cassiopeia and the sixth house in communication? that was her house, right? also, cass is the C— mentioned in jod chapters that marries the artist N— (nigella) and has teeth flowers at their wedding. also, she had the tooth trial at canaan house. and the tooth secret message in the corresponding study. what’s with all the teeth? lol

that tooth secret message was about doing soul melanges to power the canaan house staff, including teacher! 6th house theorm was soul melange related, so paul makes sense!!! ;v; (it should be noted that everything with cam, pal, and paul had me in tears and i’m never getting over their recorded conversation.)

gideon is clearly missing pieces figuratively and literally (her heart!! 🥺). TM said that if gideon’s soul was a happy meal, harrow ate the cheeseburger, but that leaves the fries, sauce packets, and toy. so where’s the cheeseburger now? attached to harrow’s soul? or attached to her body? completely absorbed and essentially gone? something has to be powering nona’s lyctoral regeneration powers so i’m kinda team body. that and the fact that she’s wearing the cheeseburger shirt and that feels like TM trying to give us a giant neon sign of a hint?

as for harrow…i saw the icy tomb she climbed into at the end of htn as a metaphorical tomb in her mind, between the lobotomy slits i guess where she was keeping gideon’s soul, thus the nonexistent sexy magazine. ntn makes me think she was also in the actual tomb, aka fully swapped places with alecto? but i suppose either could be true. the jod chapters feel like she’s tapping into alecto’s memories and subbing in herself maybe? that doesn’t really say much about the literal placement of harrow’s soul, tho, just that she has a connection with alecto.

anyways, it looks like she woke up long enough for the epilogue and then promptly passed out again (woo go girl! give us nothing!). and we know that she’s going to be harrowing hell at the start of atn?? good luck have fun i guess???

oh yeah is part of the reason nona’s not all there because not only is she in the wrong body, but she’s dealing with harrow’s lobotomy brain???

gonna come back and add more laterrr—edit: i’ve come back SEVERAL times to add more. maybe i should just reblog or make a new post for more. 🙈 i’m at the end of my gtn reread so htn will be next. oof that one will take a while methinks! and then i can reread nona…which will be my first Proper read through for the final version since i’ve only read the ARC months ago and some random passages since it came out.