#asc original characters

[breaniebree]

Picture of zee

Hi, @jerryfs1

The amazingly talented @mousewords did this drawing for me.

Based on this gorgeous unknown model I found

[mayordea]

wwaaaah. new overdramatic oc art guys auugh

[cosmic-cannon-ocs]

Custom Hoodie [Kaito & Sweater]

cosmic-cannon-ocs Kaito “Can I have a custom sweater/hoodie?”

@asc-rp answered:

"Absolutely, any design requests?"

“Oh, I’d like a black hoodie with a large autumn leaf design on the back please,” Kaito replied, hoping his request was not too much trouble for her.

[venussaidso]

Nodal Dominant Themes — 𝐍𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 12

Ardra, Swati, Shatabhisha embody Rahu qualities to the fullest. Breaking boundaries, whether they mean to or not, refining or rebuilding themselves by the way they absorb Maya (illusion), being thrown into foreign lands to create, explore and challenge existing paradigms. The ultimate mastery of Rahu nakshatras lies in recognizing that Maya is not the goal, but the process of refinement. This is shown in the natives' urge to learn, apply and cultivate something for themselves. This means that their initial stages have a lot of lack, and that's where that hunger to achieve and receive comes from. They'll take on challenges if it means there's an opportunity to fulfill themselves. In these following examples, the Rahuvian character is often given an opportunity to enter higher societies, usually through a job, a scholarship or from meeting the right person in the right time.

Swati Sun Julia Roberts, in Pretty Woman, plays a poor, sex worker who enters the high society through a billionaire and becomes 'refined'. Despite her glow up, her authenticity still contrasts with the pretentiousness of the high class social circle she finds herself in, challenging their perceptions of worth and class.

Much like Pretty Woman, in the film My Fair Lady, the Rahuvian meets a snobbish phonetics professor who wages that he can make her presentable in high society.

In the film Khoobsurat, Shatabhisha Moon Sonam Kapoor Ahuja plays a quirky physiotherapist who is ill-mannered and boundless. She is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work for a royal family. There, she meets a handsome young Rajput prince who is her complete opposite (given that he is portrayed by a Mula Moon native, Fawad Khan, who adheres to the customs of his background, bound by his roots).

Despite their different social classes, the royal family learns a lot from her authenticity.

This theme of outer duality in which the native crosses over to a whole new world different from where they originally came from centers a lot around the 'poor vs rich' dynamic in these modern examples — exploring classism, elitism and other societal divisions which make outsiders.

As I briefly gave examples in this post, Shatabhisha can be linked to Cinderella. Which means that trine nakshatras can also inherit this theme of person from poor background falls in love with person from wealthy background. As shown in that post, the union is often with a Mula native. It was expected to find these Rahu-Ketu connections, as the nodes are always one with each other. Their themes can overlap, which I'll be going more into further down this post.

The Mula CEO also comes from old money.

Rahu thrives on venturing the unknown and embracing the unconventional, often shown in the trope of one falling in love with someone alien.

This otherworldly love is seen in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, where a Rahuvian sailor falls in love with the mermaid, Syrena. Mermaids are captured and exploited by humans — immediately we see this theme of division. And unlike the other humans, he treats Syrena with respect and equality.

Syrena is portrayed by Mula Moon Astrid Berges-Frisbey, while the sailor is portrayed by Ardra Sun Sam Claflin. In the end, Philip becomes a merman and lives with Syrena underwater. This transformation that the Rahuvian goes through in order to unite with a lover of another species is also seen in the film Lisa Frankenstein, starring Shatabhisha Moon Kathryn Newton — although it's more in a Romeo-&-Juliet style.

The Rahuvian character, Lisa, falls in love with Creature, who is a living corpse portrayed by Magha ASC Cole Sprouse. Lisa kills herself in a tanning bed to join the Creature in death. Their union shows her alive, but mummified.

This theme of one overcoming the obstacle between them and the person they desire is seen yet again in the film Casper (1995). A girl, played by Magha ASC Christina Ricci, meets a ghost named Casper, who falls in love with her. Casper is voiced by Malachi Pearson who has potential Swati Moon. Casper's one wish is to be human again so that he can win her heart.

His wish is fulfilled but he can only be human up until midnight. His human form is portrayed by Swati Moon Devon Sawa.

In the Korean drama, Are You Human?, Shatabhisha Sun Gong Seung-yeon plays a bodyguard who is given an opportunity to protect an advanced humanoid whom she falls in love with. Another abnormal, interspecies relationship.

The humanoid is the clone of an heir of a rich conglomerate. The heir is portrayed by Magha Moon native Seo Kang-joon – him being born into wealth contrasts with her being brought up from a poorer background; we see this theme again of a cross over between two opposite worlds as she gets romantically entangled with him.

A lot of these pairings show Rahu's need to break taboos and seek authenticity over conformity, as these unions tend to be abnormal in a discriminatory society. As illusory as Rahu is by nature, it highlights the illusions within society and the challenges that come with it.

Rahu seeks to challenge conventions, forcing individuals to confront their biases, embrace diversity, and explore love in its most expansive ways; while Ketu can be detached from society in general, already transcending or dissociating from it altogether.

Now extending the old money archetype into this, we can see Rahuvians embodying this shabby, nonconforming, rough-around-the-edges, transformative archetype who'll be on the opposite end. As Ketu symbolizes the past, ancestral roots, tradition, the old way of doing things; Rahu symbolizes the future, foreignness, pursuit, a new way of doing things.

Old money often means adhering to strict family rituals, customs, and expectations. There's an expectation for the wealthy to marry their own, maintaining a cultural practice that has existed for centuries, a theme of Ketu as it means to preserve the past. But Rahu comes in as a disruptor, changing rules that seemed absolute, causing more confusion and tension. Rahu often seeks unity, even with our all differences.

Rahu and Ketu are always 180 degrees apart in a chart. This gives an understanding to how they're always on opposite sides of the same coin. So their union in these media examples often come with resistance and chaos.

The story of Romeo and Juliet is about a star-crossed love stuck in this push-&-pull between tradition and breaking free from tradition.

Rahu is symbolized as the head of a dragon, while Ketu is the tail. Together they remain in this endless chase, their nature defined by longing and separation. Maria and Tony from A West Side Story mirrors this nodal dynamic, as it's based on the classic Romeo and Juliet. Just as the nodes themselves are forever trapped in opposition and in an eternal chase, these lovers remain trapped by their differences. Their love and lives are destined to be cut short, signifying the impossible union between the opposing nodes in these forbidden love stories.

The tragic ending of Maria and Tony’s story reflects the inevitable nature of the nodes. In both Romeo and Juliet and A West Side Story, we see the power of love transcending societal barriers, yet this love is doomed by the very forces it seeks to overcome.

Another pair of this nodal influence (Ketu-Ketu), with this exact theme, is Mavis and Johnny from the animation Hotel Transylvania. Mavis is voiced by Ashwini Moon Selena Gomez, and Johnny is voiced by Magha Sun Andy Samberg. Mavis is a vampire and Johnny is a human. Their worlds should never have had a crossover to begin with. But Johnny, being Magha, feels a sense of belonging with these monsters and Mavis instead of fearing them (a nod to the Mula archetype and Beauty-&-the-Beast trope, which, as I've stated before, can also manifest itself as Ketu-Ketu instead of Ketu-Jupiter... much like Belle and Rumpelstiltskin from Once Upon A Time, Belle being played by Mula Sun Emilie de Ravin and Rumpelstiltskin portrayed by Ashwini Sun Robert Carlyle — the show's own Beauty & the Beast).

Though light-hearted and comedic, their union was forbidden as monsters and humans should be kept apart to their own worlds due to past conflicts. Mavis' father, Dracula, goes to great lengths to separate the two, but then he realizes that their love is genuine and overcomes his prejudices.

The theme of letting go touches on Ketu's tendency to sever ties, signifying the lesson of how temporary things are, including love. As Mars also rules Ashwini nakshatra, there can a theme of loss.

Connecting Orpheus to Ashwini, so much of this nakshatra's themes are highlighted in this Greek myth. Ketu is associated with nature, animal caretaking, and taming wild beasts. This is seen in Orpheus's ability to charm animals, move trees and rocks, and even change the course of rivers, through his music. Music has been known as a form of comfort and healing, and Orpheus' music is so powerful that it hypnotizes wild beasts, even influencing Hades, the ruler of the underworld.

The mythological character loses the love of this life, Eurydice, and he is unable to accept her death. He becomes so desperate, filled with grief and fear, that he descends into the underworld to get Eurydice back. As Ashwini can be driven by selfishness, severance becomes a major lesson in their journey.

The musical film Black Orpheus (1959) is directed by Ashwini Sun, Magha ASC Marcel Camus, a black Brazilian retelling of the tale.

In Jason & the Argonauts (2000), Ashwini Moon Adrien Lester portrays Orpheus. In the animation Hell and Back, *Ashwini Moon Danny McBride voices Orpheus. In 1960s The Giants of Thessaly, Massimo Girotti portrays Orpheus and he has Moon in Magha (trine nakshatra to Ashwini). This obvious connection of Ashwini to Orpheus takes me back to the ruling deities, the Ashwini Kumaras. Ashwini can be related to partnership, soulmates, connected minds. Here, there's a theme of inseparability yet the nature of the nakshatra forces severance. Back to the tale — With just the charm of his music, Orpheus is able to convince Hades to bring Eurydice back to life, only under the condition that Orpheus never looks back at her when they leave the underworld. Overwhelmed with so much love, he's unable to help himself, as he fails and looks back at her as they neared the exit. This is how Orpheus loses Eurydice forever.

Similar to Orpheus, the Twelfth Doctor from Doctor Who spirals into madness and desperation after the death of his close companion, Clara Oswald. The Twelfth Doctor is played by Ashwini Sun native Peter Capaldi. His Aries relentlessness and selfishness has him breaking the laws of time to bring her back, just like Orpheus breaks the natural order of life to get Eurydice back.

Clara Oswald is interestingly nodal herself, being played by Ashwini native Jenna Coleman.

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His journey through grief and his refusal to let her go mirrors Orpheus's determination to challenge the natural order of life for love. In the end, Twelve's memories of Clara get wiped out when he is forced to sever ties with her. Clara remains dead and so does Eurydice. This makes these pairs star-crossed, as Ketu reminds us of the inevitability of loss and separation. With Mars there, it makes it an obvious theme with Ashwini nakshatra.

Orpheus tried to get Eurydice back after her death by seeking the realm of the dead as a mortal being. He finds the cave that led to Hades and slowly descended into the Underworld. He sang to Cerberus, a terrifying, three-headed monstrous watchdog, able to tame and charm the beast so that he enters. This theme of entering portals to other worlds and dimensions tends to be associated with Ketu, and I find it interesting that I am particularly seeing the magic within Ashwini nakshatra.

It is interesting that Ketu nakshatras also have this otherworldliness quality to them which is seen in having access to portals or dissociating into other realms. Although I have already explored this theme within the context of Anuradha nakshatra, there is still an undeniable nodal influence to it as I see these nakshatras frequently pop up in this genre of film.

Magha Sun Amy Adams' character in Enchanted falls into a well which is a portal to another world. In Alice in Wonderland (2010), Magha Moon and Swati Sun native Mia Wasikowska's character also falls into a portal to another world.

In the animation Caroline, Ashwini ASC and Shatabhisha Sun native Dakota Fanning voices a girl who finds a portal to another world. In 1953's Peter Pan, Ardra Sun Kathryn Beaumont voices Wendy who is taken to another magical world called Neverland by a boy named Peter Pan who's voiced by Shatabhisha Sun Bobby Driscoll. In 2003's Peter Pan live-action movie, Wendy is played by Ardra Moon Rachel Hurd-Wood, taken into this whole other reality of magic and wonder. In Hook (1991), adult Peter Pan is portrayed by Shatabhisha Moon and Swati ASC Robert Williams, the character a middle-aged lawyer from the modern world who returns to his magical origins. In the Korean drama Spice Up Our Love, Ashwini Moon Han Ji-hyun's character wakes up as the protagonist of the web novel she wrote. In the Korean drama W: Two Worlds Apart, Shatabhisha Sun Han Hyo-Joo gets sucked into a webtoon written by her father. There she falls in love with the protagonist who is played by Shatabhisha Moon Lee Jong-Suk, who gets gets sucked into her reality as well. In the Chinese drama Love Game in Eastern Fantasy, Mula Sun Esther Yu gets sucked into a video game novel as a supporting character. In The Wizard of Oz, Mula Moon, Ardra ASC Judy Garland plays a Kansas farm girl who is taken away in a tornado and ends up in the magical Land of Oz. In the series Emerald City, Ashwini Sun Adria Arjona is a Kansas nurse who is transported by a tornado to the Land of Oz. In the film Oz: The Great & Powerful, Ashwini Sun James Franco is a magician who is hurled away from Kansas into the wonderful land of Oz.

As Rahu is associated with illusions and exploring the foreign, we see this theme of escaping into simulations and dreamy worlds which one becomes absorbed in. This has been explored deeper within Swati nakshatra, which combines the arts and illusory tendencies of Rahu together.

The influence of the nodes often transcends the physical realm, embodying forces of spirituality, illusion and transformation together. But they both manifest differently in this theme. Rahu becomes absorbed in illusions (in form of the arts, simulations, imagination (ex. Peter Pan being the boy who is attached to Neverland because he never grows up — Neverland is an illusory place only found in the minds of children, this highlighting his attachment to illusions)); while Ketu tends to escape the material plane altogether, yearning transcendence and passing by realms to seek meaning and lessons.

In the film Meet Joe Black, Mula Sun Brad Pitt plays an otherworldly being who takes over the body of a man to experience Earth and be guided in the teachings & meaning of life. His very existence quite literally transcends time and space, which I relate to Ketu, as he is a mystery himself.

He is innately detached from human concerns like time, societal expectations, and permanence. But he falls in love with a human named Susan, who is also nodal-ruled, and his nature makes their connection doomed from the start. Susan is played by Mula Sun, Mula Moon native Claire Forlani. This making for another star-crossed pair because he can never fully participate in human life.

Going into the body-swapping trope, this calls to Rahu's desire to navigate a foreign perspective while Ketu seeks to transcend its rigid reality.

In the film Hot Chick (2002), Swati ASC Rachel McAdams plays a teenage girl who wakes up in the body of a 30-year-old male criminal played by Swati Sun and Ashwini Moon native Rob Schneider. In 1989's film Dream a Little Dream, an accident puts the consciousness of an elderly dream researcher played by Magha Moon Jason Robards into the body of a bratty teenager who is played by Mula Sun and Shatabhisha Moon native Corey Haim. Many more examples often include a Saturn nakshatra native as well, which I found very interesting. Hopefully I'll be circling back to that one day!

Rahu is thriving on the chaos of this trope since an entirely new identity is being explored (and lessons are learned as the social difference in one's gender, class, and even age tends to be highlighted for the ignorant one (Rahu essentially refining the native through this experience)).

The interaction of the nodes drive each other to a deeper understanding of life's illusions as it signifies letting go and refining oneself. In this little exploration, I got to understand that Ashwini is a romantic nakshatra which deals with loss and forced detachment due to Ketu. While Rahu nakshatras tend to be more romantic and igniting conflict in their pursuit of a love that's not right according to societal standards. This solidifies the image of the eternal chase of the dragon representing desire and detachment.

[loafbud-wc]

IM SO EXCITED TO SHOW Y'ALL WHAT IM COOKING!!!

This is a thumbnail for a Curlfeather PMV that I'm working on (that I should have finished by early 2025)! I've had this PMV idea circulating in my head since 2019, and originally had it planned for Sleekwhisker.

But ever since Curlfeather's character/personality was more touched on in ASC (no longer just being a background character), I LISTENED to this song again and THE LYRICS FIT HER SO MUCH BETTER BRO........

UUUGH IM HYPE FOR THIS!!! I want to give my all in this PMV!

[niyasruledbyvenus]

Magha & Nodal influences in Black Panther

This is my continuation of my last post about Magha. I wanted to touch on Black Panther because it is a great example of Magha/ ketu themes in film/media.

Black Panther in general is very Magha/ Ketuvian coded with its deep connection to ancestors and heritage. The whole movie was about tradition vs modern (killmonger). Chadwick Baseman has Magha Asc & Saturn + Mula Mercury.

The movie was very much Nodal as many of the actors/actresses had either ketu nakshatras, usually, playing the more traditional/ cultural characters or Rahu nakshatras, technological advanced and futuristic.

Michael b Jordan (killmonger) has both rahu & ketu influence. Magha asc but Ardra moon, causing internal conflict between the past and future. This explains why his character killmonger had such and internal battle, acknowledginghis origins, ancestors, and title but also wanting to change tradition and rewrite it as his own. Also, whole reason why killmonger wanted to be king was to take back what he thought was his, exacting revenge on his father for abandoned him, separating from his true roots and family. Magha/ ketu is associated with karma especially from ancestors & lineage.

Unsurprisingly, the director of black panther has swati asc. We can see this at how futuristic and ahead of time Wakanda was from the rest of the world.

Letitia Wright (Shuri) has Swati Sun she was the sibling with knowledge of all the technology in Wakanda and the inventor. Chadwick (black panther) followed the tradition going through the trials to secure the throne his place as the king. The second movie is more Rahuvian. With Shuri being the lead, there is a pull between Wakanda sharing their knowledge & technology or keeping it hidden in fear of it being used for evil.

The diety of Magha is Pitris, the ansestoral spirits that guide and protect the descendants. Need I say more?

That’s is for now, thank you 💜

[bonefall]

Now we've got all six of em, can I just say that CRIPES ALMIGHTY the titles for a starless clan suck major ass! Both separately AND as a group!!

I Do Not Rewrite Arcs Until They Are Done BUT DO YOU WANNA HEAR MY WIP RENAMES SO FAR

Remember: Don't get too attached yet, the only one I can say with certainty will show up somewhere is the title of Book 4.

ARC RENAME: A Starless Clan -> A Prayer Unanswered

The original name is really good but I'm getting a vibe that the theme of the rework is going to be... when love isn't enough.

It's about how some things can't get better. It's about how all the kindness in the world couldn't get Bramblestar to turn around as a leader. It's about how Heartstar might have had good intentions, but occupation never works out in the end. It's Nightheart's relationship to his family being salvageable, not because they don't all want to fix it, but because his life has worked out best with distance from them.

So, Prayers Unanswered is both about the religious part of how RiverClan doesn't have a leader and can't get in proper touch with StarClan, but it's also about every other wish that hasn't come true.

River -> Starcrossed One of the VERY large changes I'm considering is actually massively reducing Nightheart's POV. I'm thinking of doing this, not because I dislike him, but because I think it might actually be a better story if the audience is guessing as to his intentions just as much as the other characters are. So, until he's ACTUALLY needed later, his chapters are short and sparse. So Starcrossed would be about setting up the troubles of the Clans, especially the parts of the conflicts I want to highlight more in BB. It would be setting up the rule changes for "starcrossed lovers" (lmao) but also the brewing anger that the cats have towards code changes... and StarClan, if I do decide to keep the newest revelations and work them in better, in hindsight.

Sky -> Fracture There's a phrase in my head that is so interesting to me that I need to do something with it. "Only frozen water can fracture." I want to make the RiverClan situation worse than in-canon. First of all, there's going to be identifiable groups this time which begin to scramble for power. Instead of having the cats just... forget how to do the chores they've done their whole lives, the Clan is splitting up into factions. This is why they won't be able to win against Heartstar later, when she decides to take drastic measures. They're not fighting like a Clan; they're fighting like a bunch of disorganized teams. There should also be a bunch of needless injuries, maybe even a border aggression that lead to a death, before Heartstar barges in. I also want to make this a bigger part of the story, Erins willing. Too much time was spent on the Catnip Patrol, imo, we're going to have ANOTHER big trip and I don't want this one to eat up so much time. Rowankit is also still going to die; and maybe a couple of elders around the Lake too.

Shadow -> Snakes and Turnclaws Berryheart's hate movement has been too tame, from canon books 1 - 4 as of the time of writing. It's ridiculous that they haven't even injured anyone in the Battle Cat series. I saved Antfur from the previous arc so that she can die here. We've been seeing the Anti-Turnclaw movement rise from the first book, so now with Nightheart's boldness leading him to a place where he will be unsafe, we need to see his rusty butt in actual danger. I'm even thinking that, instead of Nightheart failing his task on purpose, Sunbeam makes him fail by stopping him from getting killed. I need to know the ending of ASC first though, because I MIGHT be having Berryheart getting her exile here. Whatever kills Antfur is either deniable enough that she's able to squeak by while Sunbeam quietly leaves (refusing to accuse her mother of anything publicly) OR it's so obvious that Heartstar casts her out on the spot. Meanwhile, we see the OTHER half of ShadowClan's conflict as RiverClan finally unites... against them, as their common enemy. Task failed successfully, Heartsy

Thunder -> The Source of the River I'm still unspeakably proud of this outline. There's so much I want to do here. She's going to come back with a DND party and I'm hoping that all of them end up in RiverClan with her; INCLUDING Nightheart. I want the fact that he accompanied Frostpaw to actually be the final straw for him. While he's away, Sunbeam is acclimating to ThunderClan and falling in love with her new home. There are parts she misses about ShadowClan, but as she's adopted by Sparkpelt, taken as a secondary apprentice by the deputy, smiled upon by Squirrelstar after she pressures Bramblestar to abdicate... this starts to feel like this is where she belongs. And that's too hard for Nightheart to ever come back to. "You come to the source of the river, and are vexed that you do not find the water that is flowing downstream" dude.... man. That's what BB's about. Change. I also really want Nightheart to choose HIS OWN NAME by the end of this series-- so at some point in this book he should finally admit "Nightheart" wasn't his choice either. (I'm thinking Deltastep. Because his journey with Frostpaw begins at the southern delta of my reworked map.)

And I haven't done them for Book 5 or Book 6 yet, especially since I might end up condensing them or chopping them up to put into the other books.

I do know I'm really love to play with the idea of a starless sky for one of the last books though, I may or may not keep Splashtail's lack of faith in StarClan (hate the Evil Atheist thing they keep doing), but the idea of a "Pitch-Black Star" absolute fucks as symbolism, ngl. Maybe something like "A Gap in the Stars" or "Constellation's Void" or "The Stolen Star"

Also also also I'm having Curlfeather come back as a Dark Forest Demon for at LEAST one scene.

I don't give a good goddamn if they don't go to the Dark Forest or not. ONE weird coincidence that could totally have been Just Good Luck but was actually Curlfeather. Let Her Drown Splashtail, she deserves it. Let her be a malevolent spirit who protects her baby. RiverClan can whine all it wants about Mothwing who ooo doesn't believe in God, Frostpaw's got a demon. Cry about it

Also I hope Frostpaw becomes leader because I'll make it go hard

[owl-it-here]

Missed opportunities: One Piece #1

Ace's "ASCE" arm tattoo. We all know the iconic tattoos of Luffy's older brother. Jolly Roger and his name, which have been altered to match the symbolism behind it.

The "ASCE" tattoo is pretty simple and could use a redesign. To make it something more than just tattooing his own name with a "mistake". Especially since it makes it easier for the marines to recognize him. (All tattoos make it easier, this one just shows them his real name). So I thought hard about it, because I am found of original one.

What if we replace it with the word "SOLACE." Here are some reasons why it might be a good replacement (missed opportunity):

it still includes the "Ace" part, as well as Sabo and Luffy's initials;

One Piece's plot revolves around the theme of the sun; "sol" means sun; the "o" can be designed to look like the sun; it would be especially cool if Ace did it after meeting/fighting Jinbe - former sun pirate (in a way to honor yet another person, who was his first step in fighting Whitebeard, and finding his new home away from home);

because the word solace means "to comfort or console in times of suffering or sorrow" (noun) and "to console or comfort" (verb); it fits quite well with Ace's character and what he overcame - his life story;

it also adds symbolism, since his chosen family is the one that brings comfort to his life.

That's all.

[wormstar]

I thought the writing style of asc was soooo stunted. I've complained about it on like wcconfessions, i just think reading it was like reading a book series by someone who's never written anything before. It’s so flat and not at all comparable to the first arc which im rereading now. Its just so flat. I also think how they tried to include nightheart in every important thing hes not supposed to be around for. Why did squirrelflight bring him to the moonpool except the plot needed him there. Why would starclan give her a message to give to sunbeam about him. I hateee plot convenience

i remember when i got back into reading wc like 2 years ago i was constantly surprised by the writing quality of tbc and even late arc avos because honestly its livelier than even the original series but iirc from my skimthrough of river and whatever the second book of the arc is it was way more disappointing lol. i think a lot of what does it is the fact asc tries to be like an arc about interpersonal relationships but warrior cats is bad at that because all they know how to do is go "character x felt really bad. why did it have to be this way? character x is SO sad. claws dug into character y's stomach. was character y really going to lose the cat they loved the most?" and its not compelling writing at alllll

[sidrashakti]

Eve Babitz’s Natal Chart: Ketu and Jupiter = a free spirit on steroids 

♈ Possibly Aswini Pada 3 as her ASC: 

Aswini is associated with wealth and luxury, and Aswini natives can often be born into wealth. Babitz was born in Hollywood, California, the daughter of Mae, an artist, and Sol Babitz, a classical violinist on contract with 20th Century Fox. Her godfather was famous composer Igor Stravinsky. 

Aswini is ruled by Ketu and the first nakshatra, the void from which creations emerge. Ketuvians are heavily magnetic, often having cult followings or being actual cult leaders. Ketuvians are highly spiritual, intense, and prone to extremism, especially without a channel for their intense energy. Babitz became incredibly conservative and alt-right towards the end of her life

Pada 3 of Aswini is ruled by Gemini, and this rising would be fitting for Babitz because she was called "a hedonist with a notebook” by the New York Times. Her writing combined Ketu’s hedonism with the analytical and mercurial nature of Gemini. She also was always deemed too shallow by the more serious scholarly establishment, reflecting Ketu’s headless nature. Ketu rules over roots and origins and Babitz’s writing chronicles the culture of Los Angeles from the 1960s to 1980s. 

♈ Krittika Sun in 1st House (AK) 

Krittika makes natives passionate, fiery, and bold. Babitz is known for her memoirs, focusing on her self and her life rather than fictional characters, which makes sense with her Sun as her AK. Krittika is often associated with relationship scandals and affairs. Babitz’s personal life was very messy, she had affairs with married men and celebrities, often overshadowing her talent as an artist. Krittika is known as the knife, but I find this manifests as having a precise eye for art or talent. Before writing her memoirs, Babitz made album covers at Atlantic Records and “scouted” many famous actors and musicians in her personal life before they became famous. 

♒ Chart ruler (lagnesha) Mars in Purvabhadrapada in 11 House 

Babitz was best known for her relationships and associations (11th house) with the LA party scene. Purva bhadrapada is the “younger blessed one” and Eve first became known at age 20 for a nude photograph she posed for. PB is another nakshatra related to cults/cult followings, and symbolizes two faces/duality. Eve’s reputation (especially in the misogynistic culture of the rock and roll scenes and literary world) as a groupie/party girl was at odds with her intellectual work. PB natives (like Kanye West) can veer towards delusions of grandeur and extremist beliefs.

♌ Magha Moon in 5th 

Claire Nakti says Magha natives are often pictured with cigarettes and Babitz was a frequent smoker. In 1997, Babitz was trying to light a cigar when her skirt caught on fire, leaving her with third-degree burns over half her body. Magha rules ancestry and the 5th house is a house of artistic expression, and Babitz was born to an artist mother and composer father.

♉ MercuryR conjunct Saturn in Taurus 2nd House 

Rohini is a moon ruled nak symbolizing power, beauty, and fame. Marilyn Monroe had Rohini Mercury, and seduction is a big draw of this nakshatra. Babitz made much of her livelihood off her beauty and proximity to famous people, rather than a traditional job. Saturn here gave her intellectual work delays but longevity, Babitz didn’t really achieve much fame for her literary work until it was reissued in 2010 (retrograde = a second time) when she was in her late 60s. 

♊ Gemini 3rd house with Jupiter in Punarvasu and Venus in Ardra 

The third house can rule adolescence, and In 1963, her first brush with notoriety came through Julian Wasser's iconic photograph of a nude, 20-year-old Babitz playing chess with the artist Marcel Duchamp on the occasion of his landmark retrospective at the Pasadena Art Museum. 

A gemini third house is a good indicator for a writer, and Venus and Jupiter give her talent and expansion here. The symbol of Ardra Nakshatra is a teardrop, signifying emotional depth and sensitivity. Punarvasu nak symbolizes a boundlessness and freedom that I really see in Eve’s work: her memoirs are about being young, wild, and free. Much of her writing deals with venusian and jupiterian themes: art, love, sex, and freedom. 

♋ Rahu-Ketu on the 4th house/10th house axis 

Rahu rules fame and Babitz first became famous for her nude photograph showing her large bust (Rahu in Ashlesha).

Rahu rules blindspots and illusions, and in Ashlesha, Eve’s sexuality and physical attractiveness overshadowed her writing talents (Ketu in Dhanista) during her lifetime. Dhanista is the nakshatra of fame and in her 10th house, and she has it in pada 2 which is ruled by Mercury, hence her legacy would be her writing.

Ironically with Rahu in 4th, Babitz became her most famous and her work began to be taken seriously when she stepped away completely from her previous very public life (as Ketu is the remedy for Rahu). Furthermore, Eve was often inconsistent with her writing and caught up in her feelings and her party lifestyle (Cancer) and her agent had to call her at 7am every morning to make sure she was up writing until she developed discipline (Capricorn).

This axis is especially interesting because her gender (cancer is the feminine) and her career worked at odds and in tandem for much of her life, her sensuality granted her access to the world of Hollywood that she would write about, but also caused her to not be taken seriously. With Rahu in Ashlesha, Babitz was first written off as just a victim of patriarchy but later came to symbolize a sexually empowered feminine in literature.

I’d love to look into her D9 chart at a later date!! 🌺

[tomjamesavery]

The original ones...

Tom Riddle and his oldest Death Eaters, his dorm mates from his time at Hogwarts, some of his most loyal and cruel followers.

All Characters have been created with the prompts and description from @breaniebree ´s Story, ASC. At least for those of whom I had descriptions, for some, I had to improvise as there was no description of their looks.

Starting with the one and only, Tom Marvolo Riddle:

He was created on this prompt:

"A 25 year old evil good looking man called Tom Riddle with a sharp pointed face in dark robes, dark gloomy"

And this picture was also used as a prompt:

Next up is Titus Avery:

For him I had to improvise as I had no description of his looks in ASC, so I took a picture of the original Avery from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as a prompt as well as this:

"A 25 year old evil good looking man called Titus Avery with a sharp pointed face with a perfectly coiffed short beard, blue eyes and short blonde hair in dark robes, dark gloomy"

And this picture, the original Avery at the Slug Club flashback(my pfp by the way lol):

Next would be Titus Avery´s wife, Tabitha Nott Avery:

For those of you that know ASC shes Theodore Notts half-Aunt, and Thaddeus Nott´s sister.

For her, the only Info I had, was that her brother had dark brown hair and blue eyes so I went with the same for her:

"A 25 year old evil good looking woman called Tabitha Nott with blue eyes, long dark brown hair in a black wizarding dress, dark gloomy"

Next one would be Abraxas Malfoy, Lucius' father, for him I had more information:

"A 25 year old evil good looking man called Malfoy looking like Sebastian Roche with a sharp pointed face, blue eyes, long white-blond hair pulled back and stubble in dark robes, dark gloomy"

Moving on to his wife, and Lucius´ Mother, Isla Rowle Malfoy, for her I also had a prompt:

"A 25 year old evil good looking woman called Isla Rowle looking like Veronica Lake with blue eyes, long blond hair in a black wizarding dress, dark gloomy"

Next would be Tabitha's Brother, Thaddeus Nott, Theodore Nott´s father, or was he??? ;)

For him I had almost nothing as well only that in his older years he had a large belly, so I again took a prompt picture from the original Nott from the Slug Club with Riddle:

The prompt: "A 25year old evil man called Thaddeus Nott with a perfectly coiffed short beard, evil grin, blue eyes and short dark brown hair in dark robes, dark gloomy"

The prompt picture:

Next I have Wendall Selwyn who was three years younger than the rest but was also part of Riddles Gang.

And for Selwyn I again had no information and had no idea what to use as he isn't in the movies, so I did something cause why not, and used this ancient and unflattering picture of myself as a prompt hahaha, and well, it definitely made me a lot better looking lol

Prompt: "A 25 year old evil looking man called Wendall Selwyn in dark robes, dark gloomy"

Next is Linus Lestrange the father of Rabastan and Rodolphus Lestrange, and Bellatrix´s father-in-law:

Again not much Info, so i used the original Lestrange from Riddles Slug Club Meeting:

Prompt:" A 25 year old evil man called Linus Lestrange with a sharp pointed face with a perfectly coiffed short beard, evil grin, blue eyes and short brown hair in dark robes, dark gloomy"

and the picture:

And last his wife Cassia Shafiq Lestrange, no Info again but she had a middle Eastern-sounding name so I gave her dark hair and dark eyes: The prompt:

"A 25 year old evil good looking woman called Cassia Shafiq with dark eyes, long black hair, in a black wizarding dress, dark gloomy"

As always:

All Credit for the Character Info goes to @breaniebree

Check out her stories ASC and TFTA where these Characters are in:

ASC: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12924292/1/A-Second-Chance

TFTA: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14061727/1/The-First-Time-Around

[mothdapple]

I always knew that first arc-centric fics dominated most of Warriors fanfiction, but I was curious to see how much that was really the case. Being the data-driven nerd that I am, I took the top 100 Kudos Warriors fics on AO3, sorted them into different types, and these are the results.

No DotC, TBC, or ASC fics were in the 100 most kudos-ed fics.

I think the most surprising thing to me is how few TNP fics there are in the top fics. I know that TNP isn't the most popular arc, but TONS of iconic characters originate in it, and as the 2nd arc it also has time on its side to gain power with nostalgia for fics (or just rack up the kudos since the longer a fic is on AO3, the more readers/kudos it gets, hence I think most of these fics are biased to be older.)

There are also very few OC fics here (exactly 2) which isn't terribly surprising since almost every fandom favors canon character fics over OC fics, but I maybe expected a bit higher since Warriors in particular is a fandom rich with OCs. I am immensely proud, though, to say that one of those two fics in the top 100 kudos is mine, Cold Bloodlines :)

[venussaidso]

I'm fully convinced Go Min-si is at least a Ketu nakshatra native. She still could be Ashlesha Moon, I just say she's Magha (because the Moon did also change into Magha on her birth date) for now because I'd like to include her in my observations. If not Magha Moon, then 100000% her ASC is in a Ketu-nakshatra.

Plus watching Esther Yu (Chinese actress), they look sooooo alike (to me anyway). And both played women who have soft spots for beastly characters. Esther Yu is Mula Sun.

And the way Go Min-si embodied the spoiled brat Ketu archetype in Love Alarm. Not only that, but falls into the golddigger archetype. Two more archetypes that are Ketuvian. Just depleting the resources of her mother and the cousin she bullies. She was basically Angelica Pickles!!! (Who's voiced by a Mula Sun).

Also, Mula Sun Esther Yu did play a game character who comes from wealth and is very spoiled by her spineless father (I'm referring to the original villainous supporting character she woke up in the body of). The dynamic was just like Chloé Bourgeois and her mayor father who she controls and who spoils her in turn. Chloé Bourgeois is voiced by an Ashwini native.

[breaniebree]

THE FINAL CHAPTER IS HERE!

Chapter 41 -- The One With the Final Epilogue

Well, this is it!  THE FINAL LAST EPILOGUE AND LAST CHAPTER of my world of Kismet.  It started back in 2018 with some random Marauder snippets that I put aside to write about Sirius and Remus raising Harry which turned from a 25 chapter story idea to 360 chapters of A Second Chance and led me to write a prequel with my original Marauder snippets in The First Time Around.  It ended with Third Times the Charm.

As I always say, I write this story for myself first and this is the final chapter of what I wanted to write and how I wanted to end my world of Kismet.  I’m very excited to share it with you and I hope you’re excited to read it.  I hope those of you who have been reading this story have been enjoying it even half as much as I’ve enjoyed writing it and that you like the ending as much as I do.  And for those of you who don’t, I thank you for reading as long as you have and hope you find a story some day that pleases you more.  There are a lot of amazing writers in the world and I hope someone gives you the ending you want.

As for me I am very proud of my final scene and of this trilogy.  

THANK YOU!

I would like to firstly thank @thedistantdusk, who even though only was my Beta from chapters 200-360 of ASC and for all of The First Time Around, her patience and guidance were greatly appreciated.  Thank you to SilverStarwolfe who was my first Beta from about chapter 120-190 before life got in the way and she had to stop, her patience and guidance was also greatly appreciated.  Thank you to @seriouslysam8 who was an amazing sounding board and helped me work out the kinks in the final idea of Sirius and Zee and helped me come up with the story titles for The First Time Around and Third Times the Charm.  I really appreciate all of the help she gave me and hope one day she might even read it too.  LOL.  Thank you to @ellieoryan7447 for being such an amazing reader who went out of her way to attempt to make character art all about my characters.  It’s surreal to me that people even want to do that and is more appreciated than I can possibly put into words.  And lastly, thank you to @celtics534 for putting up with my random asks about reading over scenes, giving great writing advice, and not being afraid to tell me when something is crap and how to fix it.  You’re more appreciated than you know.  PS — Sorry for bothering the crap out of you with final reviews of this last chapter LOL.

Thank you to everyone who has been reading from the beginning, to those jumped in somewhere in the middle, and to anyone new who stumbled across this world when the final story was ending.  THANK YOU!

Thank you so much to everyone who has taken the time to follow me in this story-writing journey for the last six years.  It means so much to me.

I have no plans of writing anything else in the near future, as I do very much need a break, but who knows what the future will bring.  These epilogues, while being very much a conclusion, still leave lots of holes for me to jump back in if I ever want to (old and next generation).  It leaves the world of Kismet open to me in the future while still showing you that that there was a happily ever after for these characters (which is very much deserved).

Thank you again for all of the continuous support and love I have received.

Please remember to drop a review — I love to read to them.

THANK YOU!

Love always, 😘

A 🇨🇦Canadian🇨🇦 girl who loves writing HP fanfiction

~ Breanie aka Bree ~

[exocynraku]

thunder spoilers under the cut!!! read at your own risk!!! here are my opinions on the book!!! i wrote this right after reading originally on the 4th and planned 2 post it on the 7th. it's not the 7th exactly where i live but the wiki updated with spoilers since it's the 7th over there so whatever

okay, so, overall, i liked it. i didnt LOVE it, but i liked it. sunbeams chapters were all great, and with nightheart travelling with frostpaw, he finally had the chance to not be an ass, and he wasn't as bad! i actually read his chapters this time, and oh my god frostpaws chapters were INCREDIBLE!!!! i loved her interactions with whistlepaw and smoky, and wow. she did get spayed, LOL! got spoiled for that early (thanks, assholes!) i was NOT expecting to meet the new cats of the park! i totally thought we'd encounter warriorclan! i'm a little bummed about that, but the cats of the park were all super nice to read about which was super nice. especially bee! thought i'm upset she has the same name as another cat.. wails the reveal of splashtail i totally expected, but i'm a little surprised over curlfeather. i know that there's been suspect she was a villain, but damn! i wanted to hold onto hope! but hey, her being evil is super interesting. plus, wow! she's in the dark forest! i guess i shouldve expected that, but it's felt like forever since a cat got sent there. (which i dont think is rlly true? juniperclaw went i think that was tbc? whatever, still feels so long ago) also i didnt mind that it was a travelling book! i know a lot of ppl HATEEEE travelling books, but i think there was still enough substance to make it interesting! now, that ending... er, hard to explain my feelings. i like cliffhangers because they make me really excited for the next book, but man! this one hurt bad! i want frostpaw to jump out !!!! raugh!!! also, waffle and wasp are cute! i'm happy theyre coming to the clans! we NEED more genetic diversity SOBS and honestly, with frostpaws thoughts right before leaving the park, with the clans needing to become less harsh and fighty, and more open, especially to outsiders? that was incredible! genuinely, genuinely incredible! and i hope they go through with it, i really do! berryheart is also an interesting character. if i'm being honest, i hope she leaves. not becaues i dont like her (i think she's one of the most interesting characters we've had in the series for a long time, even if she sucks), but because like i said earlier we NEED more genetic diversity in the clans! more cats with long blood lines need to leave or die, and new cats w/o long blood lines, or none at all need to start existing. all of the incest is pissing me off. so i'm glad that somecat with not a particularly long bloodline, but a big one (berryheart has like 70 siblings) is leaving. plus those other cats. last misc things, finally, some tree action! it's a miracle! i also like how there were mentions of 1: thunderclan being overcrowded (please please please mass exctinction event GO) and 2: tree being mediator, but never really having the chance to shine. also, cherryfall sucks. jeez louise! i used to like her for gods sake! spotfur and her kits were adorable, i liked ivypool in this book, and oh my god, brambleclaw finally gets less of a spotlight! overall, i liked it. not the most amazing book to ever exist ever, but it definitely got my excited for the next books!!! really happy with ASC so far and i'm pumped to see what's going to happen with it in the future.

also, with the cats of the park cats being introduced, i'll have to draw them! oh boy more work for me to do

[wc-confessions]

asc is the worst written arc period. it's stilted and the plot has to run around itself to keep going and no one but the protagonists are ever in character. The books have always had their problems and especially since the new team started, but ASC feels so uniquely soulless and churned out to me. not even the narration the original writers are writing seems impassioned.

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