#back to the Arcana Project. probably

[venusinverted]

redrawing/slight redesigning my Space Channel 5 oc to match the PXZ Ulala art :)

[aiscapades]

thinking out loud abt recent discussions in the touchstarved/obscura fandoms :) literally just my own personal opinion !!!!!

i can't stop thinking abt cirrus bc he's honestly what i want so badly for the touchstarved LIs. it's what i wanted for count lucio.

i was reading y'all's opinions abt the touchstarved marketing and your concerns abt how the game is gonna turn out, and while i was understanding, i also was so confused abt .. where this sudden concern was coming from. and then i played obscura and i was like oh! i didn't know a game could be like this! i didn't know a demo could be like this! i had entirely different reactions to the obscura demo than i did the touchstarved demo

—and yeah that's comparing two totally different games, different studios, different projects. the touchstarved demo served to introduce the characters and the world and it did that wonderfully. it's satisfactory. it's not that they did anything wrong?? but i cannot deny they gave me two insanely different reactions. i was YELLING when cirrus was doing his shit. it was like what i imagine watching trashy reality tv is like. or like watching one of those poorly-made TV movies and just enjoying the ride. i was hollering and jumping out of my chair and GAWKING at the screen. like cirrus was real and he was really saying this insane shit and i was SO ON BOARD and selecting every insane option the game gave me. it was just so wild. and it was so, so fun.

so i thought abt it more and i was like yeah. i actually see where this concern is coming from. rss keeps their stuff so close to their chest that it's hard to tell what routes they're taking, how they're dealing with certain issues, how deep the character arcs go, etc. i have no idea how fucked up their version of monstrosity gets, and for a game that is ENTIRELY about monsters and monstrosity, that definitely gives me pause. we don't know anything. they drop hints and we guess and theorize, but we don't know anything. we know leander is fucked up. we know they're all fucked up. in what way? who knows. does mhin murder people as a giant crow beast every night? we don't definitively know. we kinda assume that based on lore drops, but we don't know. but then other studios are doing semi-regular q&as and dropping information into the laps of their fans on a daily basis (lost in limbo??? hello? every day i get a notif that they've told us something new, either abt ALL the characters or about the world). idk how early obscura devs have been answering questions but they're also doing something similar. but for rss you can send in questions and you're probably never gonna hear back. you can't just ask them what song the m5 LIs would sing on karaoke night and get a response 🧍🏼 they don't do that. which isn't to say it's WRONG of them—i'm not saying they're being bad game devs by any means—but it's definitely a different way to handle game development compared to these other studios we follow.

that lack of fan involvement and information sharing is where the concern comes from, i think. at least on my part!

i mentioned count lucio earlier and i want to elaborate why. firstly, he's my favorite character of all time. i've been writing a fanfic for him for 2 years, and it's nearly 200k words (i'm taking a break from it rn). like i love lucio as a character so, so deeply. is it because of the arcana game? no, actually. it's because of the POTENTIAL his character has. it's because of what the FANS have pulled from him and shaped him into.

the arcana was on the app store. it had such strict rules about what it could and couldn't be. and yeah i can rant about how dumb nix hydra is for taking the mico-transaction phone app route, but my point in all of it is that the devs failed lucio. i think they fumbled a lot, with the other characters as well, but lucio was their watch mojo top 10 biggest anime fails of all time #1 spot.

his bad ending shows him as the new DEVIL and dictator of the world??? and we got to see none of that. his whole route woobified him to pieces. he's just a lil meow meow. he's Baby. he didn't know better. he just made some Oopsies 👉🏻👈🏻 uh oh!!

like he was the main VILLAIN of the story and they turned him into a manchild. the wasted potential of this guy is insane. and i guess i saw that and thought "i can make this motherfucker so much worse" and i did that and will continue to do that. so have his other fans. people have rewritten his route altogether because it was so unsatisfactory.

there's overlap from the arcana in the rss dev team. do i think touchstarved will be the new arcana? nope!!!! but am i also worried they'll play it safe because they think the fanbase wants conventionally loveable love interests? yeah. i absolutely see the concern. it's very real and very there. does red spring studio KNOW we want truly monstrous characters? do they? we're just hoping they do.

leander doesn't have to be just like cirrus. none of them have to be anything. but i do want them to be monstrous. i want to FEEL something the same way i feel something when cirrus orders me onto my knees. like not even in a kinky sexual way. i want to be shocked. i want to hesitate and think "what is this character doing right now? what will i do right now?" i want to be confused and shocked and pleasantly surprised and also horrified. i want the adrenaline high i got while playing cirrus's first chapter. it was like my cptsd was triggered in the best possible way (lmao).

and it's not even about that.

lost in limbo is more fantasy romance than it is horror (save for the goddamn voidbound holy fuck!) but i know that i'll enjoy the game anyhow because i love all the characters. why do i love all the characters? because the devs tell us about them. they don't even have to spoil the game. i know amon smells like chocolate and has a fake southern accent (HELLO?) and that ara can't sing. lost in limbo could be the corniest fucking game and i would still love it because i'm already so attached to the characters.

the reason i turned to lost in limbo and obscura is because my excitement for touchstarved waned. because there's just a once in a blue moon post and it's likely it'll just be a "backers have new updates!" post. which isn't said to shame rss or backers !!!! that's normal and fine and valid!!!! do that!!!! i just mean rss is BARELY giving us what we want. we're stranded in the desert dying and rss is trickling water droplets one by one to each of us. lost in limbo devs are pissing fresh spring water into our mouths at firehose speed. is rss bad for this? no. they're not doing anything wrong. but a natural consequence of their marketing strategy is that fans will move on. i still love touchstarved. i'm going to play it. i'm reblogging fanart and fanfics. i'm posing the mormon leander theory. like i'm still here and still very much active but touchstarved isn't on my mind the way lost in limbo & obscura are.

ravenstar games tells me gael would fail the trial in the tale of orpheus and eurydice and i'm like holy fuck??? holy fuck!!!!!!

would ais? would mhin? i don't fucking know.

and what about elyon and sen? i know they're DLC bonus LIs and they don't need to be fleshed-out as soon as the main LIs. they can be on the back burner until touchstarved comes out. this is fair. but what about them? we know nothing other than 1. elyon is rich because of brothel money and 2. sen is an undead warden? (like a prison guard? like the ppl who watch over vere? i don't even know that for sure) (we also know their flowers but that's barely anything). meanwhile lost in limbo is sharing info about cécile and lázaro as often as their main love interests. they're not forgotten about. i can't even make a mc for sen's route because i know nothing about her!!!!!! which hurts my heart because i love sen. i love the idea of sen. it's the first time a female love interest in one of these games is 1. my type but also 2. not exactly like me (ara i love you but we are twins).

they're impersonal. they are 2D concepts we try to fill out.

maybe rss will tell us the LIs go-to karaoke song after the game releases. or maybe they won't. but there are just so many benefits to sharing that kinda thing and bonding with your fans in that way. that's my whole point. it's not "i need a steady stream of touchstarved content pumped directly into my veins 24/7 or i lose all interest" it's not that!!!!! obviously not because rss doesn't do that and i'm still here. this is my most active blog! i'm having a blast here because the fandom is sick as hell. we're vibing, doing our own thing, and it's great. but rss feels very distant. they are the senobium and we are residents of lowtown wondering when or if things will ever be different. if we're going to have a good day (lore drop or new art) or if things will just continue on as expected.

to reiterate: this post isn't about how rss is doing something wrong or bad or that ravenstar games/rotten raccoons are sososososo much better than rss. rss doesn't have to do everything other studios are doing. that's not what i'm saying. this is just the reality of what rss is doing vs other devs and how i PERSONALLY feel about it. i love them i would literally strap a bomb to my chest and demand my loved ones' credit card info to disarm it for any of these studios/games. i am a fan and i'm hopeful and i want to trust in rss so so so so badly. i want the very best for them. i want them to create a great game and be successful. i want them to be creatively fulfilled and proud of their game. on their own time, their own way. really and truly!

[lunastarhawk]

Judgement

Tides of Memories part 30 - chapter one

It's felt like I've been flinging stuff into a silent void for a while and my motivation has taken a nosedive. I'm finding I've been slowing down a lot. So, while I'll never abandon this as Julian and Altheia's story means far too much to me, I'll be alternating with other things for a while, until maybe I feel good about it again. WIth that being said, I'll post chapter by chapter as they are written, rather than wait until a whole 20k part is done. The endings will probably be posted from my retirement home.

Excerpt

Altheia hummed to herself, biting her lip. A clarity was settling over her, something stirred within her, something that wasn’t her. Was it the Fool? Were they responding to her realisation? For a moment, she wanted to crawl out of her own skin. “The Lazaret. The dream, of the Red Plague, and Julian and you, and… Lucio. And me, thrown into the furnace… That’s where it is, that’s where I am… Alive in one realm, undead in the next…” A numb feeling suddenly washed over her forehead and a darkness came to her periphery, and she retched, clamping her hand over her mouth as she thought she might vomit. She heard Asra calling for Julian, but the fragments were beginning to come together, the torn pieces of the burnt tapestry that was the picture of her, and it horrified her.

Julian was there, sitting beside her on the couch, one arm around her back and the other hand cupping her cheek as she leaned into his chest. The other side of her, Asra too had an arm across the small of her back, a hand still holding hers. Only Julian spoke, quiet reassurances that Altheia heard only as a low rumble in his chest beneath her ear, but it was enough. “I’m sorry,” she mumbled when she’d calmed enough to sit up straight. “I don’t know what happened. I’m tired.” “Don’t be sorry, Alteya,” Julian said, and kissed her forehead. “It’s my fault.” Asra raised his eyes to look guiltily past Altheia at Julian. “I said she should go to Judgement’s realm.” “Oh?” Julian’s eyes widened in surprise. “That’s sudden.” “No, it isn’t.” Altheia sighed resignedly. “I’ve known for a while. My purpose now is to release the Fool, and the choices I make will decide my fate. Will the Fool sail between the realms forever, or… will I?” “That’s no choice at all!” Julian exclaimed, horrified. “Why would you choose to—” “I won’t,” she interrupted. “Not directly, anyway.” “What do you mean?” Sounding panicked, Julian looked at Asra. “What does she mean?” Asra shook his head. “I don’t know. Theia, you don’t know yet. You’re not making that choice yet.” Altheia took a deep breath, bringing her racing thoughts and heart back under control. On the exhale, she turned to Asra. “You’re right. I have to get to Judgement’s realm first, don’t I? See what they have to say about all this.” Asra nodded encouragingly. Julian dragged his hand down his face. “I don’t like this,” he muttered. A flurry of feathers dove through the open door then, and Korin landed neatly on Altheia’s knee. She peered up at her through beady eyes, saying nothing; but her presence was enough. Altheia stroked her feathered head with the backs of her fingers, feeling that particular kind of matriarchal tough love radiating from her familiar. “It’ll be alright,” she told Julian. She almost believed it. Turning back to Asra, steeling herself, she said, “Okay. How do I get there?” But before Asra could speak, Korin’s voice popped into Altheia’s mind. You know. Remember what your Queen taught you. “Remember how you found this ship in the first place?” Asra, ever the enigmatic magician, never could give a straight answer. “Your gate, that can take you to any realm you like.” Altheia scowled involuntarily. “You’re going to tell me to use my intuition, aren’t you?”

The rest is on AO3.

Header image is by ladywarlock03.

[shadowsandcoffedripss]

Hi hiii. Can I request: HCs about how courtiers from arcana spend the new year?

Yesss The arcana fandom I'm backkk

Valdemar

• Although they don't really understand (or care) in the first place about the new year celebration, thinking it's just another human excuse to humor about the passing of time, if you insist they mayy try and do it for you. Just because you wouldn't leave them alone.

• When you told them about passing the time before the countdown with "games" you weren't really expecting them to find delight in those, or even having to stop them from getting some of their "ideas".

• But overall they would have or at least try to enjoy the moment.

• Feel like they would either: almost jump of out their skin and run away to go back to their lab or be the only one unfazed by the fireworks lmao

• Wouldn't get drunk whatsoever. Stopped Valerius from getting absolutely unhinged, treating to experiment on him, as first patient of the year.

• They are getting there-

• 100% say that we are all getting closer to death as the year has just started 💀

Volta

• Actually gets all happy and excited for the celebrations.

• Probably because of all the food. It is because of the food.

• Loves playing games with you to pass the time before the countdown

• And even would happily count with you :)

• Only to be absolutely terrified by the fireworks and making sure she doesn't get traumatized poor baby-

• Don't you dare give her alcohol. And please stop Valerius from getting the whole court drunk to have an excuse to go away with Lucio.

• Would get drunk only by drinking one cup.

• Please save her-

• She secretly has a ritual of writing down her wishes for the year and hiding them in a small box, hoping they come true. Cause she is a baby-

Vlastomil

• Insist on throwing the party at least once in his manor, and you were like "what could possibly go wrong-"

• Midnight is marked by an experimental “firework” he’s created, which either dazzles or terrifies everyone present. Most likely the second one lmao

• Gets also drunk and he is the type to either fall dead asleep, or sob from start to finish-

• He views the new year as an opportunity for growth and discovery, sharing ambitious plans for his latest research projects with anyone who will listen. And to talk about worms for the first of many, many, many times during the year.

• Would even say happy new year to each one of his worms, spending the rest of the night like that 😭

Vulgora

• They celebrate with intensity, turning the night into a raucous party full of loud music, drinking, and feats of strength.

• They love a good challenge and might organize competitions like arm-wrestling matches or sparring bouts to entertain their guests.

• Midnight is an explosion of noise and energy, with Vulgora leading a primal cheer to welcome the year. And they most likely would insist to have them every. single. night. They actually had those for a week straight after that-

• They don’t bother with resolutions; they live each year as boldly as possible, seeing the new year as another chance to conquer life.

• Would get drunk and were the one to give Volta that cup-

• Vulgora I swear to God-

Valerius

• Valerius hosts an exclusive, high-class soirée at his estate, where only the most influential and refined citizens are invited. He insisted on you being there with him too, even after the whole prologue situation.

• He insists on a strict dress code—formal and elegant—and takes great pride in outshining all his guests with his impeccable attire and regal presence. He's basically bitching around-

• As the night progresses, he grows slightly tipsy (though he'll deny it), becoming more charismatic and bold in his toasts and stories.

• Deep down, he secretly hopes the new year will bring him peace and recognition, though he buries those thoughts under layers of pride and sarcasm.

• He’s the type to retreat to a quiet corner with his most trusted confidant (*coff*Lucio *coff*) after the celebrations, sharing his more personal resolutions with a softer, more vulnerable tone.

• Won't show it, but he would be terrified by the fireworks. With the whole jumps and little scream to match.

[mibibosartblog]

2018 dump, part 4, The Arcana (mostly Lucio) edition.

Lucio's dialogue from Nadia's story during the Masquerade, making himself as wide as possible in the hallway to not let her through, whilst claiming to be "reasonable."

You can't convince me Lucio wouldn't be down to clown the second he made it back into his body, end of the world or no. Background from the game.

My apprentice, probably leering at an odd customer.

Asra confronting Lucio at the Masquerade about the apprentice's disappearance.

Half ghost, half goat projection Lucio trying to reestablish a human-like form, but struggling to work the magic required.

Smug prick Lucio.

Reference of Prince Charming from Shrek 2, next to sketch of Lucio. That's what that pose was supposed to be.

Shading/coloring practice.

Casual sketch of Lucio and apprentice walking together.

[bluemoonpunch]

🌟Deck Impression & Advice Reading for Kim Seokjin - Tarot & Oracle Reading

[Performed: May 23, 2025 / Posted: June 4, 2025]

VOTING RESULTS!

Deck Impression & Advice — 27.8%

Core Energy Reading — 22.2%

3612 Blueprint Reading — 22.2%

Crystal Garden — 16.7%

For this reading, I chose ten decks for their impressions and advice for Jin. This reading gauges energy signatures and projections based on the typical uses or calibrations for each deck, and provides additional advice or guidance based on those impressions.

Chosen Decks:

Tarotwave

The Wild Unknown: Archetypes

Spirit Animal Oracle

The Arcana of Astrology

Celtic Tree Oracle

Guardian Tarot

Chakra Reading Cards

Wisdom Of The Oracle

Moonology Oracle Cards

Angelarium Oracle of Emanations

Main Reading

Tarotwave

TAROTWAVE

IMPRESSION: QUEEN OF PENTACLES (REV.)

ADVICE: 7 OF CUPS + 9 OF PENTACLES

The Tarotwave, when I use it on its own, is typically geared toward registers of frequency, or the source of projected energies. Here, the impression this deck has of Jin is represented with the Queen of Pentacles in reverse, which comes through as a notice of instability in power or output. As I’m seeing it, the Queen is just starting to drop things, something I’m seeing as the chess piece in the image — losing pieces of the game, or losing certain anchors within a certain task, goal, or design. This deck is picking up on a wobbly, but not yet fallen energy at the base of Jin’s core and the advice suggests this to be rooted between emotional and physical aspects, or the perception of things on the outside influencing the emotional center.

Between the 7 of Cups and the 9 of Pentacles, there’s a big wave pushing the focus of the 7 of Cups toward the 9 of Pentacles, trying to get him to focus more on concrete, solid, out-in-the-real-world type of things. The advice is for him to anchor in what he is sure of rather than what he is feeling about things that haven’t even happened yet. The 7 of Cups seems to be connected to the slight bit of anxiety around the group coming back together and figuring out how things are going to work going forward. It came up in his Elemental Alignment, as well as for some of the other members, that there is an issue of concern or nervousness around what or how things will play out going forward as a group. This deck seems to think Jin is scaring himself and causing energetic upsets where there doesn’t need to be and is encouraging him to focus on solid things that are already in motion, plans that are already in place, rather than worrying too much about the what ifs.

Keep in mind, this issue is a lot smaller than this deck is making it out to be. It just seems way more prominent because this deck is focusing solely on the projected energy of it.

THE WILD UNKNOWN: ARCHETYPES

IMPRESSION: THE SWORD

ADVICE: AGAPE

This deck is focusing on the state of the soul and soul development. With the impression of The Sword suggests this deck is picking up on efforts to separate things out in an odd way. I was seeing it as cutting chords, but also drawing lines in the sand, an effort to separate himself from others. It’s very messy and not quite all there, so it seems to mostly be something in the mind, possibly connecting to the 7 of Cups in the previous set, that inner anxiety around the group coming together again. In the same way that I was focused on the chess piece with the Queen of Pentacles, I’m seeing a strategy in place with The Sword, a very clinical effort to lay things out or figure things out before anything is actually fully in motion. It’s coming through as overthinking or overplanning, and it’s causing some stutters to occur in the soul, which is probably the same as the wobble or instability being picked up on in the Queen of Pentacles.

The advice with Agape is to just… stop doing that? The Sword wants to separate and make clean-cut decisions, but Agape, which is associated with unconditional love, wants everything to be looked at as a solid picture, one where different pieces can change and move around a bit while still holding the same scenery. I’m thinking of a pop-up book where you can see a whole landscape and there’s an interactive sun that you can make rise and set across the sky. It’s also making me think of a mother who is very excited about having all of her kids home for the holidays. It hasn’t happened in a while, so she over-prepared to the point of even assigning her children seats at the table and in the living room. It’s a little overkill but she’s not going to realize that at the moment. Agape is suggesting just opening the door, letting them in, and letting everyone settle in as they need to. In other words, this deck wants Jin to stop overthinking.

ANIMAL SPIRIT ORACLE

IMPRESSION: BUTTERFLY SPIRIT

ADVICE: FLAMINGO SPIRIT

This deck is focusing on outer energetic influences, mainly coming from higher sources such as his soul, his Guides, or the Universe in totality. This deck is picking up on Jin’s state of transformation, being in the midst of a transition into a new state of being that will be marked by the reunion of the group. This can also be registering the energies of the overall Soul Body as well, perhaps picking up on projections of the incubation some of the energy centers are moving through currently.

The advice here, similar to the other sets, is asking Jin to just sort of sit back and embrace the stillness or the time in between now and then, the space between the old body and the new body, the space between purely solo endeavors and the upcoming group activities. So far, all of the decks have been just wanting Jin to relax a bit and float. I think these first few decks have just been putting a lot of emphasis on the conscious mind’s effect on the higher aspects of development and progression.

THE ARCANA OF ASTROLOGY

IMPRESSION: WANING GIBBOUS MOON

ADVICE: ASCENDANT

This deck focuses on cosmic influence as well as points of energetic projection. Here, it’s much more focused on Jin’s projections, especially in the mind. The Waning Gibbous Moon is bringing to mind a curtain call, or the perspective of that final curtain fall from the view of the last person on stage. There’s a closing out feeling here, and this, I’m sure, is going back again to the potential anxiety, excitement, and overthinking around the group coming back together. The Waning Gibbous puts a lot of emphasis on the mind, elements of communication especially. In the description, it talks about learning a lot of new things and wanting to unload that onto other people, as well as a situation where you have a lot on your mind but the people that you would normally share that with are not there or are deliberately ignoring you. For Jin, this seems to be the element of overthinking, excitement mixing with anxiety, and creating a kind of abstract lens to everything, something that goes into the idea of the Queen of Pentacles dropping her pieces and the 7 of Cups being a symbol of confusion or unknown potential.

The advice being the Ascendant is asking Jin to stop any and all thoughts around the idea that he himself is going to be toned down or needs to tone down. The pressure of the Waning Gibbous from the perspective of the Ascendant is much more focused on the idea that he has ideas and plans for his own work and he’s thinking he’s not going to get to do them now, while also being quite excited about being with the group again. The Ascendant is asking him to remember or recognize his ability to rise as an individual within the group, just as everyone else can and has.

CELTIC TREE ORACLE

IMPRESSION: UR HEATHER / MISTLETOE

ADVICE: MUIN VINE

This set is much calmer than the others as this deck focuses on connections to the Earth and more physical elements of influence and our connection to them. Here, with Mistletoe, this deck is perceiving Jin as someone within a growth spurt. It’s really zooming in on the idea of skin stretching or cells multiplying in order to give more surface to a leaf, there’s expansion happening in a very physical way, out in the world, based on Jin’s own energy. It’s happening in such a way where I’m seeing pieces of things coming together to make a whole, which can connect to the very physical aspect of the group coming back together as well as the Soul Body coming back together. There’s a significance to healing and the idea of things that were deliberately separated or cut from each other being brought together and “new skin” being grown around it.

The advice here with the Muin Vine isn’t really advice, it’s registering more as reassurance with its association with bringing things to fruition, abundance, and steady growth assured toward a harvest. This deck wants Jin to know that any of the “growing pains” he may be feeling, any anxiety or overthinking he may be having, all of that is going to wash away the second all the pieces are back together and they are able to “heal” together.

GUARDIAN TAROT

IMPRESSION: ACE OF SWORDS

ADVICE: 8 OF PENTACLES

This deck focuses on subconscious matters and hidden emotions. This is really interesting in this context because the Ace of Swords specifically is all about a person having a lot of things to say, a lot of things building up inside of them both for communication and creative expression, and readying themselves to let it out. This is registering as Jin’s own personal ideas and inspirations for his work, especially in music, which could possibly extend into ideas he has for the group. It’s like these ideas and inspiration are at the very edge about to spill over. This could connect back to the “dropped pieces” of the Queen of Pentacles, the idea of her strategy being upset or lost as she’s trying to make room for someone else’s game.

With the advice, of course, Jin is being encouraged to make those ideas come to life. Share them, they’re already right there at the edge of his mind, and they’re worth sharing and putting on display. There’s a very fast and snappy kind of progression there with the Ace of Swords representing an idea and the 8 of Pentacles being the hands-on work to make that idea a reality. I want to say, on some level, this deck is literally trying to tell Jin that there’s no use in trying to suppress any of the ideas he has, his own mind is going to burst out of his head at some point, so he might as well just lay everything out. Most likely, everyone else is already doing that, and if they haven’t, there’s no way they’re all going to wind up in a room together at some point and someone’s not going to be like, “any ideas?”

CHAKRA READING CARDS

IMPRESSION: PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT

ADVICE: PERSONAL POWER

This deck focuses on elements of soul progression and the alignment between the conscious mind and the soul. Here, the impression of Jin being Psychic Development puts a lot of emphasis on the soul and the integration of the soul. There’s a broadening of the mind, and I see this as him somewhat having a “zoomed out” perspective on himself, similar to what we see in the image as if he can see himself in his life with everything and everyone that is around him. For some reason, I keep seeing this as him becoming detached from himself or the image of himself as part of a group. Like, he’s looking at a picture of himself with the other members and, in his mind, he’s thinking he will have to shrink himself down to reenter that image when in reality, that image is going to expand to fit all of them at their new stature.

This is where the advice stands with Personal Power. I’m really focused on the hands in the images, where, in Psychic Development, the hands gently hold the image so as not to break it and prepare to step into it, but the hand in Personal Power blows through it. I was seeing this as a matter of the heat shown causing the bubble or the glass ball in Psychic Development to expand to fit Jin and the other members. It’s emphasizing for him that he, just like the others, does not have to tone himself down or restrict anything that has built up over the time of his solo ventures. The space will adapt to them, they don’t need to adapt to the space. They’ve all grown well beyond that.

WISDOM OF THE ORACLE

IMPRESSION: TICK-TOCK + CHOP WOOD

ADVICE: TO THE SEA

This deck connects to higher universal influences and divine guidance. With the impression, there is a lot of pressure or stress shown with Chop Wood and Tick-Tock, a lot of work being done on a tight schedule. It’s a little overbearing and the image of these two cards, as they show a lot of dust/sand, and a kind of hot space compared to the To The Sea card, creates a pressure to where it feels like there’s not enough time and in the time he had, he didn’t do enough work. Again, this goes into him potentially feeling like he didn’t get to do all that he wanted to do as a soloist and thinking there’s not going to be room for him to do it going forward, as well as thinking that, in the time he was representing BTS as an individual, he didn’t do enough or achieve enough. In Tick-Tock there’s a feeling of time having run out, and in Chop Wood there’s a feeling of not having done enough.

With the advice being To The Sea, this deck is telling him to relax and that he has done more than enough, and because of that, he deserves some time where he is just sort of floating along with everyone else. There’s also this feeling of him being told that they are moving away from this anywhere, the dust and sand making it feel old. It’s an old energy, it’s dried up, it’s going to feel heavier and heavier if you linger in it because energy is being moved and put toward something else. To The Sea is a higher universal energy basically being like, “relax, I’ll make sure you get where you’re supposed to be, don’t worry about any of that. Everything that could be done was done, and now it’s time to move on. There’s more for all of you elsewhere.”

MOONOLOGY

IMPRESSION: NORTH NODE

ADVICE: FULL MOON IN LIBRA

This deck focuses on inner awareness, self-guidance, and connections to the Higher Self or the higher subconscious mind. Here, the impression of Jin is represented with the North Node, which is registered as a very complimentary note about his excitement, eccentricity, and willingness to step out and try new things. He’s setting a good example and in that way being a leader or a guide for the other members as well as ARMY. This deck is coming off as infatuated with Jin, if I’m being honest, it feels so gushy about how expansive he is, and how, even with his insecurities, they don’t show up on the surface. He actively works against them and tries to step over and around any part of him that tries to speak against his ability to achieve things for himself. This extends to his view of the group as well. He has his doubts like anyone would, but they never fully reach his mouth, he doesn’t put them out there, and if they’re pestering him, he’ll deliberately do or say something to counteract it, to prove himself wrong.

The advice from this deck isn’t advice, it’s more approval and encouragement to keep this energy and mindset as it works well for everyone. It does good things for him, the group, and everyone who comes into contact with him. His confidence and self-assurance is contagious.

ANGELARIUM

IMPRESSION: SANDALPHON — ANGEL OF NEW LIFE

ADVICE: TIFERET — HEART/BEAUTY

This deck focuses on high vibrational external influence, so rather than registering Jin’s energy alone, this is most likely picking up on energy that is around him, stemming from higher sources. There’s quite an abstract view to this, but there’s an interesting thing here with Sandalphon where this energy, a strand of it, is present in Jin in relation to him being the first to separate from the group and the first to reconnect with the public after his military service. He initiated the “hiatus” and he was the first to lay the groundwork for the return of BTS. It may seem so simple and not that important, but there’s such a strong blueprint here that he’s been operating in that connects really well to Sandalphon. For this, I want to include the description of this card:

“When the time is right, the twin Angel will return. Sandalphon was the first and now we follow it forward along the shoreline and into the water. Sandalphon’s footsteps bring with it great fear but also awe and hope. With each step, we move closer to the conclusion and a new beginning. Embrace this new epoch; what has come has already passed. What will be is still a dream. Sandalphon flows through it all. When a new era emerges, the blood of the twin Angels brings fertility to everything it touches. Angelarium too was formed this way. So too will the next world, born in the wake of Sandalphon.”

In reading that, I was taken back to the image of To The Sea, and Jin being guided to “leave behind dead energy,” to simply be carried into a new era, a new age of things, and the others will follow right behind him. Maybe this is where a lot of that anxiety is coming from, a conscious level FEELING of needing to prepare and get things in order, but really everything already is in order, it’s just a matter of letting time pass and letting things flow and fall into place.

The advice with Tiferet is to simply maintain balance, not just for himself, but for the others as well. Again, I’m taken to the image of To The Sea, the idea of him needing to wilfully step into the boat, and wilfully hold still, remain calm, as to not tip the boat over. The boat will only move if he’s in it, it will only stay upright if he remains still and passive within this transition, and as that boat moves, the ripples behind him guide the others to where he is. This can be more of a mental thing, energetic, or it could be registering entirely in the soul space. Either way, it’s rippling downward toward the conscious and physical space in one way or another.

MAIN READING WITH SPRINKLES

At the very beginning, over the reversed Queen of Pentacles, there is “it’s about you,” connecting to “longing to go to…” which lies over the 7 of Cups and 9 of Pentacles. It comes through as, “this is about you wanting to continue your work with the group and as a solo artist." Then, over the 9 of Pentacles on its own is “lists and lists,” “destroyed books,” “spirits are resting,” and “day to day.”

“Destroyed books,” connects back to his Elemental Alignment reading where we were shown something that implied a potential shutdown or destruction of his own work in the past. I saw “lists and lists” connecting to both ideas that he has for himself and ideas that he has for the group. “Spirits are resting,” and “day to day,” come together as a kind of response to this hyper-focus on ideas or plans rooted in the past and future, to say, “let your spirits rest and take it day by day, you will get where you are wanting to go.”

Moving over to The Sword, there is “this is painful to hear,” and “teaching.” The Sword was very focused on elements of separation and cutting ties, drawing lines in the sand, and stripping aspects of energy. I was seeing “teaching” as connecting to the “learning curves” that we keep seeing in the readings, them having to learn that they are in a new state of being, they need to acclimate to each other in a new way, and it does not require anyone to quiet down or settle down their energy of influence to do so. It’s a bit humorous as well in the way I was hearing this coming from Jin being like, “this is painful, I don’t want to cut them off and I don’t want to cut myself off,” and his Guides being like, “well, guess what! You never had to!”

Moving over to Agape, there is “Gemini,” “888,” and “more like you than you thought.” This extends over from the learning curve or the teaching moment where through communication (Gemini) he is going to figure out, along with the rest of them, that there is in fact space for everyone in their new standing, and that it’s going to be a lot easier to blend together after they realize that. The 888 implies self-sustained energetic generation and amplification within the group. There’s a moment where they will sync up or something mentally will just click and the “more like you than you thought,” becomes an aspect of recognition in all of them that they were all worried about the same things, and that they’re all ready and willing to sort of allow the environment to expand around them rather than cutting pieces of themselves off in order to fit in an old box.

This then extends down toward TIck-Tock and Chop Wood, where that “dead energy” or the “old box” energy is, through “let’s cry about it.” This Sprinkle bounces off of 888 and shows a kind of release, a letting go of this energy that they would all recognize. It’s like there could be a point where it dawns on them that they are literally in a completely new reality to some degree and where they were before the separation is not something they can go back to. There’s a slight sense of mourning as they are looking back at that space of “dead energy.” Over Tick-Tock and Chop Wood on its own is “soul trip,” which feels like an element of transcendence, they, as a group, would recognize that they have progressed past that state or that time of their lives.

Over To The Sea on its own is “inner insights,” which feels like a floodgate opening up where Jin shares his ideas, and understanding, maybe even getting a bit philosophical in some way and really laying things out from his perspective as the first to go and the first to come back. It might not be so dramatic and abstract on a conscious level, but it really does feel like this is tapping into a really deep conversation that they are going to have, that they NEED to have in order to really initiate this new phase for themselves.

Going back up to the Flamingo, there is a Sprinkle connecting it over to the Ascendant that says, “what’s happening next?” which is then followed up by a Sprinkle that lays over the Ascendant on its own that says, “look at history.” This feels so connected to the previous set, as if the conversation continues on after everything is understood and someone just asks, “okay, so, what do we do now? What happens next?” and they are prompted to look back at their history, implying that this sort of transcendence has happened before — and technically it did in 2015, but this is on a whole other level as it’s happening to 7 individuals at once rather than something that was affecting a single “body” at that time.

To “look at history,” as I’m seeing it, is to look at the “outline” of Chop Wood and Tick-Tock, to look at the time that has passed and all of what was done to get where they are now. To really, quite superficial look at all of it. It’s very detailed for them, but for me it’s like, look back at how you walked up the stairs for ten years, now look forward at how you’ll walk up the stairs for another ten years. Like, it’s very black and white for me, but I’m sure it’s way more abstract and meaningful for them, especially as individuals.

Over the Muin Vine, there is “muddy feet in the grass,” which I was getting as a reference to the idea of Jin having his roots firmly planted in the ground, a more stable standing than one might think. “Muddy feet in the grass,” can imply slippery and unstable movement, but as it is connected to the Celtic Trees, it feels more connected to guaranteed stability, stability you may even forget about or become a bit numb to as it is your natural standing. This makes me think of the idea of how someone from the outside could look in on someone who is very wealthy being very concerned about their finances and worried about losing a certain amount. For someone who is not living that life, they may scoff and mock that person saying, “you’re rich, you’ll be fine,” but for that person their entire way of living, the only way they know how to live is on the line. That’s scary for anyone no matter the superficial context of it. In the same way, Jin, as well as the other members, could be very concerned or worried about things going forward while the rest of the world is looking at living, breathing legends that have already cemented themselves into history.

Following that, “a piece of a story,” lies between both the Muin Vine and Mistletoe, which came to me as a “piece of history.” I was seeing it as, for one, reassurance for Jin that he is a tree in a forest, he is a part of BTS and there is no need to cut off your own branches or sacrifice anything in such a place where all the trees are growing together and supporting each other through it. Just the same, this is reassurance for the group that they are part of history, they are locked in as pillars in the world of art, communication, and personal development. It just keeps coming back to them being able to recognize that they have grown and that there is room in the group and room in the world to hold all of what they can be.

Moving downward, over Muin Vine there is “grieving in the stars,” which then connects down to Sandalphon through “I enjoyed the beginning.” Again, there’s the element of grieving after recognizing that they have in fact turned the page on all of this and are not able to return to the same kind of dynamics, operations, and statuses that they were at before. The “grieving in the stars,” really feels like a tree that has grown so tall that it’s broken through the Earth’s atmosphere, and it’s looking down at where its roots go into the Earth, how far away it is, how far away they are from their humble beginnings.

With this being over Sandalphon, the Angel of New Life, this really could sit with Jin a lot heavier than the others because, for one, he’s the oldest, and two, he was the first to leave and the first to return. He was and is the first to feel that change and separation. It’s really making me want to cry, like there is such a heaviness to it. Time is passing, they’re getting older, they can’t go back.

This heaviness continues with a black Sprinkle that lays over Sandalphon and Tiferet, which feels a bit like a blockade, an element of denial. The next two Sprinkles feel very detached from it, almost like they’re floating around these cards without touching them. They say, “bring magic into the world,” and “they’re coming soon.” This feels like a call to Jin’s soul, not his conscious mind at all, saying, “keep doing what you’re doing, keep raising the energy, keep turning on the lights, we’re almost ready, they’re on their way.”

Lastly, there are a few Sprinkles over the Full Moon in Libra card, starting with a prompt to “consult Sacred Geometry." With this, he got the Healing card:

Following this, there is “something you have your eye on,” which connects back over into “they’re coming soon,” registering as a reference to Jin’s conscious mind anticipating the group reunion just the same as his soul is anticipating the revival of the Soul Body. The Healing card is in reference to that, of these different pieces coming back together again, becoming stronger as they do.

“Such is life I guess,” is supposed to feel like a shrugging off of any matter it’s connected to, as if to say it doesn’t really matter, but here, it feels like an intentional simplification of the whole thing. As if it’s really saying, “such a situation is of nature, it is only natural that these pieces would come back together again, that you would have grown and become more in that time. It is only nature.”

That’s all I have for this one, thanks for reading. :)

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[l3xdrigo]

Since it's my birthday today and whatnot, this is gonna be a special post :D. I'm gonna show some drabbles and short stories that I've been wanting to share for a while so enjoy.

(also thank you to that one moot(@acesw) that has probably read most of these already and has suffered through my ramblings, appreciate you a lot<3)

(Most of these are Vernetto and Vertin-centric cuz they've been taking over my mind for months)

"Familiar"

It's over, the fight between the storm and Manus, it was all over. Many are bloodied, injured and tired yet cheered for their victory. Just outside the Manus's hide out was a new world that will greet them, time will no longer move backwards yet only forward. Opening the door, many arcanist and some humans alike rushes out, yet a figure stood still in front of the open door. What a familiar sight, someone steps outside and looks back and holds out their hand "Timekeeper.. It's okay now, we won, let's go and see the outside world together. Where we are all free" Vertin gave a smile, a somber smile, "I would love that.. but unfortunately I can't join you.."

A click inside the darkness of the building

" I'm sorry Sonetto, enjoy your freedom"

A loud bang echoed into the walls.

doesn't this feel so familiar for you, little puppy.

Sonetto was in a state of shock, her mind not processing what happened as the blood seeped out and spread. "Sonetto! What are you standing there for, come get Vertin and come over here" Lilya was the one who shouted, being meters away from them but her voice still reached her ears. Then, the whole situation sinked in... Sonetto dropped to her knees as it seemed all the strength left in her body was gone.

The hound couldn't protect her, it's bellwether.

(Or the foundation didn't need their timekeeper anymore, so time to let her rest)

"Aftermath"

The last drop of rain had risen and the sun began to rise, the storm was over. Bodies gone and only clothing was left, the Manus's dark ink-like substance stained the concrete ground. After grueling hours and days of fighting, it was all over, time is moving forward again, both sides had an abundance of followers and martyrs fighting for two seperate cause, they all fought rigorously yet only one remained.

Vertin on her knees stayed there, unable to move as fatigue and the strain of injuries took a toll, but also loneliness. She fought side by side with her team, her family, her herd but she was the only one remaining. Sotheby, Lilya,Regulus, Ms. Druvis, Mr. Apple.. Sonetto, they were all gone, her suitcase was destroyed, the arcanist and humans she's grown accustomed to were also gone. Was it worth it? For the mission of returning to the present but to lose everything to the past.

"One man shall fall and one man shall live to bear the consequences of thy sins" were the last words that left Arcana; the mission is over, take off your hat and face the scene in front, repent and walk to the light, a new tomorrow awaits you, Vertin.

("Are we all alone once again"- The Gleaming)

"Longing"

Sonetto was walking through the halls, passing staff members and managers and exchanging greetings. She was called to get on set today as they needed to record a new scene for the show "Reverse 1999"

Being a part of this project has been great, she's met a lot of directors and producers with a platter of amazing ideas, actors who have made some show-stopping scenes with their talents and.. as she opens the door, there she is. Vertin, with her ash-gray hair tied up in a messy bun, wearing her outfit as the Timekeeper of the show, just minus the coat, talking with one of the managers, smiling and giggling at times as they both talk about how a recent interview went. Oh how gorgeous she was, even after all these years, Vertin was still the one who holds Sonetto's heart captive and it's both a heart warming yet painful feeling.

Both of them have been friends since they were 4, it took Sonetto to grow fond of Vertin as she's been known to be quite a troublemaker but eventually she warmed up to her antics, even if she had to get her out of them most of the time. They both shared a passion for arts and literature, they were interested in theater and would watch them as their bond grew more and more throughout the years. Those times had to end however, as Sonetto flew abroad for college, leaving Vertin and the rest of her friends behind. She's gotten busy and due to that, both her and Vertin have somewhat drifted away from each other, the regret is still eating her even today, to be able to go back in time and fix that mistake. Now, Vertin has grown into an amazing actress and also has made a lot of new friends, she's met some of them, like a girl named Schneider, a bit of a flirt but she's great. There were times where she has gotten a bit envious of their bond, to be able to be so close to Vertin and not feel like her airways collapsed when she tried to utter a word.

She's here now but the distance still feels far, funny isn't it, she thought, 'how are characters we play fight against the reversal of time yet all I want is to go back and experience the past we had before' Sonetto could only sigh deeply, taking one last glance before one of the staff had called her, maybe she wasn't so different from the character she plays.

(Or maybe it wasn't just the lack of communication but another event that left them distant; actor au)

"How the moon stares at the sun"

Vertin stared at Sonetto as she smiles in the sunlight, gently reaching out to a butterfly. Sonetto looked ethereal, her orange hair slightly flowing in the wind, green eyes almost shining as brightly as the sun. Vertin knew how beautiful Sonetto was before ever since they were children of the foundation but right now really proved that thought a hundred times more. Warmth spreading to her cheeks as she just stared at her for what felt like an eternity but the moment Sonetto looked back at her, she immediately hid behind the safety of her hat.

"Timekeeper, are you alright?"

"... yes Sonetto, I am fine"

Sonetto tilted her head a bit, like a curious puppy who's also worried. It took a while for the "stoic" timekeeper to regain her composure again, though still feeling her heart beating like a drum.

"Let's go back shall we, Sonetto"

"Of course timekeeper!"

Sonetto happily followed as Vertin gave a small smile;the moon cannot shine without its sun.

(Look, lesbians)

"Reversed"

Vertin fought against forget me not and some manus followers, both are in equal battle but Fmn has the upper hand, catching Vertin off guard and using an attack that exploded a chunk of the right side of her head to bits. Her body falls to the ground, blood seeping almost immediately as in Fmn eyes, he won, she's dead, there's no way she could get up now, the deep wounds of the fight and a good chunk of her head and skull destroyed, she's dead. They retreat as the storm is here, leaving the timekeeper's body to rot.

As raindrops rise from the ground, it hits the corpse, but instead of just rising to the top, some of the raindrops were starting to affect the body. Vertin is immune to the storm's effects, but it seems that some part of that was false. Colorful liquid like substance starts to form on the sounds and the side of her head, being reversed to their original state, slowly but surely. Reversing the atoms and nerves and bringing life to her once more. She awoke again after a while, breathing heavily as the storm do it's job. Slightly touching the side of her head that was originally exploded, it still feels like liquid but she can feel some part of the bones restoring, it's best not to touch it as it actually quite hurts. Slowly getting up, and seeing the Manus nowhere to be found, she needs to head back to her team, she's worried that the Manus might try to do something.

Fmn attacks were getting stronger as the timekeeper squad casted incantation after incantation, just when Forget me not was going to land a tremendous attack, a strong attack from behind the head was enough to knock him out. The group looked at the source of the attack and spotted a familiar blue hat, Vertin stood there, clothes bloodied and parts of her body weirdly had clusters of colorful liquid. They stared for a moment, not really knowing how to process.

"I'm guessing you would like to know what happened?"

"I- YES WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW"

Regulus quickly answered back, Vertin internally sighed, this is going to be a long explanation.

(Vertin being able to heal in the storm was an interesting idea I've had)

"Clinging onto a thread"

As Vertin, Regulus, Sonetto, Mr. Apple and lilya are walking to Madam Z's office after getting back from the island and that god-forsaken first field mission, Vertin speaks up.

"Umm...Regulus, you know it's okay to let go of me now right? "

Regulus could be seen clinging onto Vertin's left arm and Mr. Apple was holding onto a small part of Vertin's hat, she shook her head.

"Nah mate, from the amount of bull crap we just went through, I'm not letting you go. And besides, I'm not the only one clinging to you"

At her right, Sonetto could also be seen clutching at her arm, looking somewhat calm but the way she firmly holds her arm says otherwise.

Vertin just stays silent for a while, and continues to walk. It would be pretty hypocritical of her to make them let go, as she herself has been holding Lilya's hand, the eagle has been guiding them back the entire time.

(It's crazy to think that the island thing was their first-field mission)

"Can you please stop taking their timekeeper away every 5 minutes"

The timekeeper squad was in Madam Z's room, currently talking about some important matters as there was a knock on the door, Madam Z gave the permission to enter as a foundation staff walked into the room.

"excuse me Madam Z, we need to take the Timekeeper for a few moments to evaluate some reports about the recent storm."

The staff was immediately bombarded with questions.

Regulus: You're taking her already?? When will she come back?

Foundation staff: in maybe a few hours

Lilya: And how long are those "few" hours?

Foundation staff: it is estimated to be around 1 or 2 if the evaluation goes smoothly

Sotheby: You're not going to bring her anywhere else right?

Foundation staff: of course not, just to the research Center.

Druvis: After the evaluation, is there anything else she would do after?

Foundation staff: umm,, it depends but I'm certain that it's only an evaluation, nothing more after that.

The foundation staff looks at Madam Z if she can take the timekeeper who's been standing next to the foundation staff and seemingly waiting patiently.

"Just let her take her leave as soon as the evaluation is over, but other than that, yes the both of you may be excused."

The two left the room and it felt very awkward. Vertin apologized for what happened, telling the poor staff that they were just worried about her after the recent events, the staff brushed it off, saying that it's fine. Though deep inside it was incredibly scary, even the Apple seemed intimidating.

(Can we please stop taking their timekeeper away, they need her as much as she needs them🥹)

"Sleeping in"

Vertin slowly woke up, the fresh sunlight hitting here skin through the windowsill of her room. It's been a few days since the disastrous mission that her team just went through, being put on break as all recovers. Something was missing, or she should say someone, getting up groggily, she drags her body out of bed and outside her room. After walking in the suitcase for a bit, she spots what she was missing, Sonetto.

She spotted her right away and was about to greet her when Vertin wrapped her arms around her waist, bringing her to a hug. Sonetto lets out a small squeak from the unexpected action but quickly recovers and wraps her arms around her as well. "Are you still tired? " the timekeeper only let out a small hum as a response, the two have gotten closer since that mission, finding it hard when both were seperated, so the two prompted to sleep in together, not like both of them minded it(Sonetto was a flustered mess at first but hey, she's fine) . Finding comfort and solace with one another, through their aching pains and injuries, both have enjoyed each other's company and warmth.

Sonetto looks at one of the clocks for the time, it still seems too early for the two of them to be up, the rest of their team still asleep. "It seems a bit too early for you to be up timekeeper, would you like to head back to bed?" Earning another hum from the timekeeper, both make their way back to the bedroom. Maybe sleeping in wouldn't be so bad, they are on break after all.

(They deserve some eepy and cuddles. Again, lesbians)

(Idk if I'll add more to this later but damn this took a while)

[thisisnotthenerd]

i’ve seen a lot of theories about what the soul relay did with ludinus and whether he’s coming back.

and i can help but think my ideal scenario for that would be a laudna situation using liliana

a couple of reasons for this:

worked with delilah briarwood on the assembly for years and would presumably recognize her work and be able to replicate it. he was able to trigger her in aeor—presumably he knows the conditions of the state she’s in because he’s looked into it himself

he would want a way to get back through the barrier in a reasonable amount of time—even assuming a convenient clone factory on ruidus, that’s still time for bell’s hells to pull some bullshit

the extended soul relay could have functioned to keep his soul until it got within range of her. she was in the outer chamber, still weakened from the quintessence array.

elaborating on this for a second: for this to work, he’d probably have to use a combination of soul cage and magic jar to make it work. have the staff capture his soul upon death, and then project it using magic jar, wherein he’d be able to possess anyone in a 100 foot range. based on my memory, she would be within range from where the staff was being held by the ravening void—moving it during the fight wasn’t a concern because he wasn’t using it as a focus. also the soul relay could extend the range a fair amount.

obviously her condition is a concern, but if we take the spell at its word:

Once you possess a creature's body, you control it. Your Hit Points, Hit Point Dice, Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Speed, and senses are replaced by the creature's. You otherwise keep your game statistics.

if we consider the exaltant state/powers related to a tether to predathos, there’s no reason to assume it couldn’t transfer bodies. after all, it could be siphoned by the quintessence array.

he’s an archmage. this is exactly the type of shit they get up to. he’s artificially extended his life before—who says he couldn’t do it like this?

provides a scenario in which liliana has to literally fight ludinus’s influence on her brain, not just metaphorically.

alternatively, he’s been working with the weave mind and the cerberus assembly on body and genetic modification for a long time. who’s to say that liliana never underwent any of that in her time? i think he could figure out the arcana of a clone spell being applied to a different person rather than a clone copy. that would transfer his abilities, memories, and personality, thus making it so he could go through the barrier without issue.

when chetney went back to check for anything left by the forcecage, he didn’t find anything. imogen asked about her mom, but matt skirted around it to focus them on getting through to predathos.

makes the ‘ludinus is imogen’s mom’ jokes true

[the-blossica-fan]

Greetings!

Actors Au Schneider interacting with Schneider (ehhh just have either her be alive miraculously or this is before she disappears).

What are your headcanons for Sonetto and Schneider for actors AU? Either as a pair or individually is up to you!

Whats the tea between Arcana and Constantine?

Ill guess the seasons for the actors au are the patches, and the mysterious narrators are like the mysterious voices that appear in the beginning of eps. Grandpa and Grandma could be old famous actors (maybe the Grandpa was the narrator in Disco Elysium since Ive heard his voice has been compared to that game) or related someone in the cast!

Hello again, Comrade!

Schneider talking to AU Schneider could probably happen after the storm, a surprising apparition of another - less healthy and tired looking - Schneider was quite a surprise, and naturally both wanted to see each other.

AU Schneider is healthier and more active than Canon Schneider due to their difference in pasts, but still maintains that similar personality trait that characterizes them. This didn't last long, as the others, but Schneider was able to leave this alternative universe in peace after knowing her family is safe, even if not in the world she comes from.

Canon Schneider: Is My Lord alright?

AU Schneider: "My Lord"? You mean Vertin? Yeah, she must be spending time with her girlfriend

Canon Schneider: Girlfriend? Is she dating Sonetto?

AU Schneider: Nah, Sonetto is dating me

Canon Schneider: What?

As for Sonetto and Schneider, it's not that long of a story actually.

Sonetto used to study with Vertin and Mesmer Jr in the same class and held nearly the same activities, when it comes to filming, she's quite camera shy.

One of the most extroverted ones is Schneider so she always ended up helping Sonetto during scenes, trying to get her to crack open that shell. One would say they're complete opposites, which is why they somehow attracted each other.

They're not dating per say, it's that stage where they both know but haven't been able to give that step further, either for outside reasons or simple nervousness.

Sonetto is definitely more shy than in the series, though she does develop alongside her character. This is her first time actually acting, unlike some of her classmates (Matilda is pretty experienced in this field due to her family name but ofc, they're just acquaintances) and she's very, very nervous, which prompts her to often make mistakes

Meanwhile Schneider is not necessarily new but she's not been in the filming industry for long, she's slightly older than Sonetto after all. She knows some stuff and decides to help a fellow.

Gotta say, Sonetto did have a crush on Vertin a while back

How do I explain Constantine's and Arcana's relationship... It's complicated.

They're friends and have been for a while, they were one of the first members to be cast and have had enough time to connect. And by friends I mean frenemies who got it for each other but will not admit it.

They're their biggest supporter and hater at the same time. Saying they're enemies is getting rid of every friendly interaction they had, saying they're friends is a bit too little but saying they're lovers is quite the lie.

It's... Complicated.

Smoker grandpa and Sarcastic grandma ate quite a famous couple the directors had to beg for them to give their voices for the series. They're married and have children who are older than half of the cast, who already have children, they are grandparents after all. None of their children actually act on R1999, they truly enjoy the series but only they are a part of it

The narration happens at the start of a chapter or during a change of scene, offering more information on the background of the characters and current situation. The narrators also have a part to play on separate projects (Like Three Doors, for example) but they gain relevance as a storyteller for the series.

[enddaysengine]

Horned Dragon (Paths Beyond)

My patrons expressed interest in a few of the remastered monsters that got a facelift, and I am thrilled to present the first one: the horned dragon. With the remaster project, Paizo had to chuck the classic chromatic and metallic dragons out with the bathwater. Or at least they had to check their names out. While Monster Core is full of brand, new and deliciously weird dragons, there is a familiar face. The green dragon has been redubbed in favour of its horn, making it clear all the dragons we love to love and love to hate are still around. Expect the other metallics and chromatics to reappear with a fresh coat of paint as time goes on. In the meanwhile, horned dragons have literal decades of lore we can draw upon. 

Art by Ben Wootten

The most notable change to horned dragons in the Remaster is trading the arcane spellcasting tradition for primal. This aligns with their fondness for woodlands and linguistic talents for both elven and fey, although their erudite minds still resonate with the arcane tradition. There is an overlap between the two in shapechanging  and elemental magics, which suggests some themes to worm horned dragons around. And, as I will frequently say when dealing with the Remaster, there's no reason you can't just go with the classic arcane caster and all that entails, especially if that's what makes sense for the story.

Horned dragons have a reputation for being intellectuals, but they do have a gap in their knowledge: the outer sphere. For those of us who harken back to the Planescape days or focus our planar games on the afterlife, that sounds like a significant gap. Likewise, they know relatively little about outsiders, and the undead. It is worth remembering, however, that this is the only gap in their knowledge when it comes to planar affairs. Horned dragons are trained in Arcana, Nature, and Occultism, with even a young dragon able to beat expert level DCs reliably. Add in the fact they’re experts in society as well, and they know about almost every type of monster that’s out there too. Horned dragons don’t just have a reputation for being smart, they are genuinely brilliant and unlikely to let you forget it. What that means is that horned dragons could be the masterminds behind any plot involved in the planes. Or they could be the ones who dispense a crucial piece of information to the party. Or both. Probably both.

Deep within the Hanging Bower is one of the Green Mother's favourite concubines: the horned dragon Urðvox, the Hungering Mind. Her title was bestowed by her Eldest mistress, for Urðvox role the Green Mother's court is to speak for and embody mental seduction. Hours of conversation with the ancient worm pass in the blink of an eye, but the horned dragon only hints at her great knowledge. Those who wish to learn her secrets must tease apart the few crumbs the dragon give, all while being careful not to get drawn in too quickly.

The oddest monastery exists in the Napsune Mountains, founded by Zestrex, a young but capable horned dragon. The dragon is enamoured with the Laws of Mortality, scoffing at the prospect divinity makes one more worthy than intellect. Upon arriving in Rahadoum, Zestrex found many restless spirits, mortal and elemental alike, and resolved to gather them to himself. Now, Zestrex studies the primal and occult forces at work within his disciples while helping them move on or return to their planes of origin.

Imetx lives a contemplative live of seclusion and reflect on the Ethereal Plane. She considers herself a gardener, but unlike horticulturalists on the Universal Plane, what she cultivated are emotions. Anger blossoms, red and stinging, on fleshy vines that must be constantly trimmed. Joy is a field of yellow blooms, as far as the eye can see. The white stalks of fear are rarely seen, for it is never Imetx’s own fear, but that of those who see her imposing form. An authority on the In-Between’s emotional resonance, Imetx can provide information or ritual components relating to aura reading.

While horned dragons are known for pursuing self-perfection, they can be protective of other beings they view as perfect, to the point of possessiveness. Giorgis the Pure sees unicorns in this way — they represent perfect virtues, are perfect horses, and serve as perfect emissaries between the mortal world and the First World. The horned dragon obsessively tracks in the comings and goings of all unicorns within the forest where he lairs, as well the portals they use to commune with the fey. He has a violent and deep hatred of alchemists, blaming them for alicorn poachers, whether or not they deal in such substances.

Note: If you want to get a vote in the what monsters I cover out of order next, come follow the link at the top (and right here)

I do have some Monster Core writeups done (you can also find them at the link), but I'm waiting for Archive of Nethys to update so I can include art.

[itsthesaltshack]

Rambling

Originally I did not know what to do with my Odysseus esper but after listening to some epic the musical songs I have some really cool ideas

Basically like he hasn't technically seen his family in 10 years but that's only because he was in the union all this time but then

Starting from 2027 he's like unironically missing

And also for context I have his son as an esper of Patroclus

Tldr

Achilles esper event: Adrian helping his boyfriend track down his dad

Also I like to think that they end up metaphorically encountering some events that are inspired by obstacles in The Odyssey

It's going to be very very very very loosely based

I am including certain espers with patrons like Scylla calypso and what not and they are going to be a few new OCS

Some of them non esper but representing Odyssey characters

Some of them existing espers who might not be in the same mythology but they do serve a purpose

Oh epic the musical we're really in for it now

I know technically it means the event technically focuses more on relationships other than Adrian himself but like he's kind of like the glue starting it and moving stuff forward

And there is in fact a personal character arc for him in there

I'm going to be putting a bunch of four stars in this event

I imagine some of the events happened to Peter and it would be Adrian and Orion walking in on the aftermath

While some of the loose events would happen to the boys directly

It's probably going to be like an odyssey Saga where the characters kind of move back and forth between the worlds but it's held together by the story

So there's going to be an event for

Adrian (Achilles)

Orion (Patroclus)

And Peter (Odysseus) to tie it all together

Although I am a little torn as to whether I should put Orion first or Adrian

Because technically you can count them as both protagonists because they're the ones following the trail that was left behind by peter

Peter can also be counted as a protagonist but I'm having parts of his perspective obscured until his event

Supporting characters include dahlia, Meredith, a little cameo from leora or David maybe

I was almost thinking about Arcana making an appearance but no one will probably need to give me propaganda for that dude to make me consider

Biodina has a partial role that shares loose similarities to Poseidon's actions but it's more impersonal

If anything she would be acting on behalf of a client or someone who had accompanied Peter on his personal project that caused him to disappear but then they disappeared too

I think you can tell I have kind of been listening to epic the musical because this is why I have so many thoughts on this

I Def am planning on Peter having certain espers as temporary traveling companions

For the prophet who ends up giving the prophecy on one hand I could take a certain canon character who is already predisposed to seeing the future but on the other hand it would not be wrong for me to make an entire OC

But also dont I want to go through the effort?

Because they effectively share the same purpose of saying a prophecy

And also I think the problem I have the most is that like I already have arcs planned out for Orion + peter

It's mostly me figuring out stuff for Adrian

All right I did figure out a reason for the disappearance

Basically I kind of engineered my own ocean monument where I imagine there's like a bunch of Raya shit in there and then initially Peter owed a favor to someone and they decided to cash in on that favor so that he investigates the archeology site for him but then after that stuff starts going wrong when he decides to turn around and go home after they got everything

[dance-in-the-morning-glow]

ask swap!!

if u could travel anywhere where would u want to go?

since u finished utlhs, have u had any au ideas for flo & cutler that u genuinely want to write?? or potential scenes that u thought of later/didn’t make it

also if u can assign a perfume to this scene i’m writing where the characters r having a serious conversation over cigars behind an old church on a hill in rural wales that would be cool. i imagine the ocean is somewhere close also? idk if that’s too vague lol

Hiii!

I’d say probably Vietnam or New Zealand since I’ll tick off Indonesia from my bucket list in 2025, yay.

As for scenes I didn’t include, honestly, everything kind of fell neatly into place. Thing is, I still find the idea of exploring Cutler’s POV during all of that interesting, but since that would basically mean retelling the entire plot, I don’t think it’s worth writing. I did write a oneshot from his perspective around two months ago which was super fun because it kinda felt like coming home and was born out of the comment I made to a friend that Florence most definitely has some sort of weapon kink. I guess you could count that as a scene I would have liked to include but didn’t because it wouldn’t have really added to the story. And this way I finally got the chance to write from Cutler’s pov — two birds, one stone.

And I would have loved to focus on Archie — Cutler’s uhh ex of sorts — a bit more, because he’s so fun to write, but maybe that’s something for the next au lol.

As for au ideas, I can’t stop thinking about what would happen if Flo agreed to marry Cutler instead of running away back in Nippon. I haven’t fleshed out the plot or anything, but it would definitely involve some sort of corruption arc for her later on. I’m bad at juggling multiple projects, so I need to finish my current wip before even thinking about touching that tho.

For the perfume: Not too vague at all! My first thought was Cliffside Bonfire (conifers, dry woods, rain, saltwater, seaweed, ambergris (vegan), charred wood, smoke) by Solstice Scents. I feel like it ticks all the boxes — even though the smoke leans more toward wood smoke than cigar smoke.

If you want to focus on the churchy feel and the cigars, you could try layering Arcana’s Holy Terror (burning frankincense, sandalwood, deep myrrh, and dusty beeswax candles) or Solstice Scents’ Monastic with Firebird’s Tobacco Honey (a gentlemanly blend of sweet pipe tobacco, golden honey, and black tea) or Solstice’s Vanilla Pipe Tobacco.

[szkicel]

Welcome to my art page!

Hi, I’m Lucin, also known as Szkicel, and I’m a bug artist working on a few projects - mostly webcomics and games!

Instagram | Twitter | Bluesky | ToyHouse | ArtFight

I’m tagging this post with all my tags that I use, so it’s easier to find stuff on mobile~ (will be updated as time goes on)

Let me introduce some of my projects under the cut :D

RO.Bug

Sayta & Neska are two cockroach sisters working as bounty hunters to put some food on the table. Sometimes Neska’s best friend Artun also tags along to help them out. They all live in the remains of a human house, where a lot of other bugs built their towns and cities.

This is the project that currently I’m putting the most focus on, working on the script and hopefully soon - drawing the pages of the comic!

RO.Bug sideblog: @ro-bug

Characters & plot - summary

RO.Bug on ToyHouse

RO.Bug: The Sinking Ruins

This is a project of a game that I worked on for my thesis. It takes place in the same universe as RO.Bug of course, but it focuses on a different location and different characters.

Isel is a moth traversing the old ruins on their robotic wings, trying to find a way back to their kingdom and to the man who took their wings in the first place.

RO.Bug: TSR on ToyHouse

I also had ideas for multiple spin-offs that take place in RO.Bug universe, mostly games with a couple webcomics, but right now I’m focusing on the two RO.Bug projects mentioned here so I won’t introduce the rest until I have more concrete concepts.

Purgatorium

A concept that started out as an idea for a comic, that later turned into an idea for a game due to its complexities and different endings. I don’t want to spoil it too much, so all you need to know about this for now is that it takes place in the afterlife and the main character wants to learn about their life and how they died.

MetalHero / Stage Heroes

I’m still not 100% set on the title for this one because I’m still looking into what isn’t copyrighted yet or how many protagonists I want to include (it started out with one but as more characters arrived the more it seemed this story could benefit from either having multiple POVs or being an anthology series)

It’s about superheroes with powers based on music - different genres, specific bands, artists or even instruments and songs. One of the heroes we follow is MetalHero (again, probably the name will be changed bc this one might be copyrighted), a friendly silly guy who just happens to be into metal - and also everyone in his city knows his identity and is chill about it~

It will start off as a webcomic, even though it could benefit from being an animated series.

Currently I don’t focus too much on this project, because the bugs take all of my time lmao but if you wanna see some of my old artwork featuring these guys, you can scroll down my instagram :D (I probably posted about them here too, but it’s easier to find them there) also if you have any questions regarding this series, feel free to ask~ !

Other Stuff

I also draw fanart from time to time

Here’s some of the media and music that I enjoy and I might draw stuff for (no promises tho):

Hollow Knight

Bug Fables

JJBA (esp part 3, 4 and 6)

Spiderverse (both movies)

Hades

Samurai Jack

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Adventure Time (haven’t watched fully yet so no spoilers pls)

Owl House

Amphibia

Undertale & Deltarune

The Arcana (current hyperfixation, mostly Muriel and Nadia lmao haven’t finished yet so no spoilers pls)

Baldur’s Gate 3 (current hyperfixation, not a player and I barely scratched the surface lol)

Ghost (the band)

Queen

Caravan Palace

Thank you for reading :D

I’m open to answering any questions regarding my projects so feel free to hit me up here or on instagram!

[lunastarhawk]

The Memories He Lost - Chapter Five

Chapter Five: Dance by Moonlight

(aka drinking shenanigans and sexy times. Standard Juleia behaviour, really)

Julian and Altheia continue their ritual to unlock Julian's memories, and he relives, well... drinking shenanigans and sexy times.

It's not as long of a chapter as it should be for how long it's taken me to squeeze it out, between vidya game distractions, a depressive spell and Life as a Grownup but... it be what it be.

Shoutout to @anew-flame for forever dragging me out of whatever pit of despair I find myself in, in between tolerating my hyperfixated rambles, thank you bestie. x

A lil preview...

(this is a flashback of 10-something years ago, so although Julian can play a vielle very well now, he couldn't back then. He's practiced a lot since then)

“You know,” he began, plucking at the strings of the instrument to test if they needed tuning, “I uh… I wasn’t being coy, you know.  I really can’t play very well.”

“I didn’t say you have to play well,” she grinned.  “Only that you have to entertain me.”

“That, I can do.”

Nerves nearly got the better of him as he raised the vielle to his chin, to cheers from the rest of the crew, and it was probably only the rum in his blood that saw him through.  He looked Altheia in the eye as she stepped back from him, away from the dancing light of the bonfire, and he began to play.

The first few bars were horribly out of time and barely in tune, but no one seemed to mind.  Some even recognised it and sang along - also horribly out of time and barely in tune.  Very quickly, Julian settled into the music, carried by the singing and dancing of the others.  Altheia danced, too, and Julian’s heart felt light with joy as he watched her.

He finished one tune and launched immediately into another, but Altheia stopped, and he saw her gasp.  Thinking he’d done wrong, he started to change the tune, but she waved and mouthed “Don’t stop!” before retrieving her coat and fishing out a small silver pipe from the inside pocket.  Turning back to him, a gleam in her eye, she put the pipe to her lips and started to play.

Julian’s heart soared and he could barely contain his delight as the light, clear sound of the pennywhistle sang to him and danced with the sharper tone of his vielle, sometimes in sync and sometimes back and forth, as if they’d rehearsed many times before.  As Altheia spun and danced, her licorice-dark hair flew around her head, and the sash around her hips streamed in a flash of crimson against her dark leggings.

AO3 for the rest!

[asurrogateblog]

How popular and influential is Clarion Call in your story? I perfectly understand that they went out with a bang, so that's gonna leave a lasting impression, but still lmao

Popularity

Prior to 1983, I would place Clarion Call in a popularity tier below Pink Floyd, kind of around where Alan Parsons Project and other prog-adjacent bands tend to sit – widely known, but a bit more niche than the kind of band that's selling out 90k stadiums.

That said, it fluctuated over the years. Izzy's disappearance in 1970 got unexpectedly sensationalized in the media, and that skyrocketed their popularity particularly for their first post-Izzy album Arcana (which used a lot of tracks of his that had already been recorded). The novelty of that waned in a couple years, and in the mid-70's Roy and Nelson also kind of struggled to find their own sound, which contributed to a bit of a downturn. With their 1977 album Chrysalis (widely considered to be one of their best albums) and its accompanying hit single "Imago" things went back up, and leveled out until 1980 when Izzy's body was finally discovered, and reignited interest in that "mythology".

R&N would've loved to be like Pink Floyd and go completely unrecognized in public, but the scrutiny they frequently got means that that wasn't really possible for them. Their music wasn't quite as successful, but even before they died their names would've been a bit more recognizable. A lot of fans past and present (100% correctly) think that they murdered Izzy, and apparently that's an attraction.

Influence

Clarion Call, among music aficionados, are particularly known for instrumental experimentation. Before dedicating himself entirely to the band, Roy was going to school to become an engineer and later had a production apprenticeship at Polydor (the label they'd later sign with). He was especially interested in modifying his instruments, like his custom-made mellotron that he made tape strips for to play sounds other than its usual flutes, violins, etc. He made Nelson a lot of custom guitar pedals in this vein. They'd end up with very unique results that (for better or worse) they would as a rule never explain how they got. As a result, their biggest influence was probably on later bands doing their own kinds of experimentation to figure out how tf they did that.

Nelson, not to be outshined by Roy, reflected this attitude in how he played his guitar. He almost never used standard tuning, and a recognizable feature of CC is multiple guitar tracks each using a different tuning – treating it like vocal harmony. He's not necessarily a guitar god or anything, but this means that its generally difficult and annoying for novice guitarists to learn how to play CC songs. He's influential in terms of providing a challenge.

In general, if you asked what makes the band good on like, r/clarioncall, the fans would say that it's because they see instruments not in terms of what they're supposed to do, but what they could do.

[strange-destinations]

question, is there a way i can learn more about SUNFLOWER SONG . its such a great song and i want to know more about it and story behind it, cause the description is very interesting

it's from The Spread, which is a music project I was going to do as my final graduate project before i moved to working on Aisling Green (which was a much less ambitious project, i'm glad I switched!). It's a set of 22 songs, all themed after the major arcana cards of the tarot deck, with several interlocking absurdist plotlines. Sunflower Song was #3 (the Empress), and one of the only songs I managed to draft fully before I switched projects.

Hopefully I can come back to working on the Spread eventually! It's a bit of a weird project (inspired a lot by Ghost Quartet, actually) and would require a lot more external assistance from various musicians and singers to pull together properly, but I'm not discounting it entirely. At the very least, if/when I do manage to finalize other songs from the project, I'll throw them up onto Youtube too. Probably out of order.