#because there is personal information present

[marsprincess889]

Vedic astrology observations

Part 11

Or rather: information that I think people forget or do not consider

Enjoy 💕

1. Your Rahu and Ketu axis (signs, nakshatras, houses) is extremely important. To understand and live your life story, you have to look into those placements. Any planet associated with them (conjunct one of them) automatically becomes a crucial part of a person's life story and the themes represented by those planets or planet are like lessons you keep learning or themes you keep bumping into along the journey. There is a highly mythological element to Rahu and Ketu as they are always connected and they always tell a story.

2. Your Ascendant is the filter that everything in your chart goes through while expressing itself. I understood the true nature of the ascendant while revisiting the themes of my ascendant nakshatra and thinking that it was so like me, so me, and yet, it was not really me on the inside, it did not fully feel like me, I just lived it. Ascendant is like the thing you just have to do and go through but even though it's so present and so important, diving too deep into and overthinking those characteristics of yours may not be so healthy. Ascendant is basically the themes of Aries (natural ruling sign of the 1st house) and those include the struggles and uncomfortable sensations that a person has while coming into the body. You may not feel like your Ascendant or connect to it like you connect to your moon but you still live out its themes in the grand scheme of things. And it's important to treat it as what it is_ uniquely important but different from planetary influences. In a way, it's also "mythological" for a person, in a sense that its themes are obvious to everyone (sometimes it can be so straightforward and "in your face" that it might be dismissed) and directly associated with a native's life but it's first and foremost those things, not a deeply buried mystery in a person to be uncovered.

(In short: accept and love your ascendant, embrace it but don't overthink it and do not try to fix it or change it. It is what it is and it does not have to be deeply personal. You cannot really escape it. )

3. Malefics are not always malefics (except maybe the nodes). Saturn, for example, is traditionally malefic for every chart but that does not mean that it gives every single person a really hard time. Unlike other traditional malefics (Mars and Sun) Saturn is directly associated with "hard times", difficulties and obstacles in general. Malefics and Benefics can be personal, and those depend on the ascendant. If a planet rules houses that are considered "negative", even if it's a traditional benefic, then it becomes malefic. The same applies when traditional malefics rule "positive" houses. This is not the exact rule, as sometimes a planet can rule both a "good" and a "bad" house. You can search for benefics and malefics for every ascendant online, it's easily found.

Having Saturn as a benefic is an enormous advantage. Saturn is the real deal. Whatever it gives, you can rely on it. You might struggle with its lessons but once you're done, the reward is true and truly valuable. I've found that, for me personally (Saturn is a benefic for me), Saturn antardashas were never as horrible as people described, and the areas of my life that were represented by the houses that Saturn was transiting in my chart were actually going as I wanted, in many ways. Because I'm also familiar with Saturn's energies (I have Sun conjunct Saturn on the same degree), I have understood its patterns of working in my life from early on. Humility is natural for me, but that does not mean that I don't struggle with it. The good thing about a benefic Saturn is that struggle itself is not a struggle, I'm accustomed to Saturnian energies and as many people have said, including me, Saturn rewards as solidly as it punishes. Saturn is great, I like Saturn.

4. D9 (navamsa) signs work as a layer rather than an alternate chart. The signs are like understones to the D1 and color the native's personality in a truly meaningful way. It's subtle, but it is, in fact, important. I think any individual resonates to people who share one or more D9 big three (Sun, Moon, Ascendant) with them. True for me. I think that even if they're not exactly compatible based on D1, when D9 big three signs (at least one) are the same, there's a natural understanding on a subtle but meaningful level. And you know how you should technically resonate to multiple based on D1 but only a fraction of them feel truly resonant to you for some reason? They likely share D9 big three signs with you.

I'd like to quickly state here, for the hundredth time, that there are no nakshatras in D9 or any divisional chart for that matter. Online calculations might show them but they also show outer planets (Uranus, Neptune, Pluto_ only used in tropical) in nakshatras too, so...

I have multiple posts about this and you're very welcome to read them but I can't deal with more insufficient arguments like "it's debated", "some people say it's really accurate". Like, think for your yourselves, and maybe after reading my posts about that you can come to your conclusion about if they make sense or not.

Some observations about D9 big three (any) in some signs:

Aries: action-oriented and unintentionally blunt, sometimes don't realize how they act, self-reflection is a bit of a struggle but they still do it, can act without thinking much.

Gemini: cerebral and often in their head, love variety, trust their mind more than their intuition or feelings or gut, can analyze too much, versatile, flexible, naturally social.

Cancer: unbelievably sensitive and can be passive-agressive, understanding but self-focused, can be aviodant, not really direct, comfort means a lot to them, secretive but their small actions betray them, may need time to process things, kind-of self involved but often unaware of it.

Leo: pretty direct, love to properly indulge in everything they do, don't like lukewarm or "half here half there" people, basically put their heart into everything, can be too fixed or rigid in their views, value loyalty.

Virgo: have a pure and "clean" aura, simple (in a good way), often express themselves in a clear, precise and clinical way (no matter how they really feel), often they are minimalists, can freeze when they're anxious.

Libra: hate agression, others may accuse them of not having a spine, truly undersranding but also impartial.

Scorpio: no matter how it looks_ they are serious and intense, understand how manipulation works, may feel like outcasts, a tad bit (or not so slightly) vengeful, very protective of their energy.

Pisces: sensitive and flexible, can understand almost anyone and anything, humble yet detached, have something ethereal about their aura, have a broad viewpoint, may have something about them that makes them look like they're "lost".

Do not have substantial info to share about Taurus, Sagittarius, Capricorn and Aquarius navamsas in big three, yet.

5. The strength or influence of any planet in any chart should also be observed from the placement of the planet itself, not from just activations in the nakshatras and signs ruled by them. Of course, those have their influence too, but if we're talking about tge influence from two opposite planets, for example, Sun and Saturn, and a native happens to have a nakshatra ruled by one of them (and does not have a nakshatra ruled by the other) in big three, you should still see if that other planets falls in the 1st or the 2nd house or is conjunct any of the big three (maybe even chart ruler, atmakaraka or Ketu). Chances are that person might feel influenced by that other planet, especially if that first planet is not in good dignity. All planets each manifest their influence differently when they're present as nakshatra rulers from the influence of their own placements.

6. The destiny of Rahu in signs, simplified:

Aries: to act

Taurus: to enjoy

Gemini: to communicate/get across

Cancer: to be safe

Leo: to express

Virgo: to cleanse/purify

Libra: to balance

Scorpio: to transform

Sagittarius: to explore

Capricorn: to build

Aquarius: to influence

Pisces: to transcend

The base/foundation of Ketu in signs, simplified:

Aries: identity

Taurus: resources

Gemini: intelligence/intellect

Cancer: safety

Leo: self-posession

Virgo: clarity

Libra: balance/harmony

Scorpio: depth

Sagittarius: truth

Capricorn: status

Aquarius: influence

Pisces: wisdom

Just a reminder: astrology is best learned from observing and double/triple/quadruple checking the facts yourself. Despite this, the mythological nature of it makes intuitive perception kind of necessary to truly grasp it and understand it. I'd advise to write down your observations or to note them otherwise but do not share them or be sure of them unless you have sufficient proof and enough examples. Also, sometimes your personal experience and a pattern you're very familiar with is enough, there's no need to find an example from media or celebrities. I feel like everyone is just throwing random senstences around on astrology blogs these days and very few of them actually say something of value or make sense.

That's one of the reasons why I'd really appreciate confirmations from you in comments or reblogs or otherwise, on this and other posts too. My posts get a lot of likes but not many get enough comments or reblogs and yeah it would be nice to make my posts more visible, but mainly I just want genuine feedback from people. That's why I want more exposure anyways. So, if you want to comment your example(s) or personal impressions do not think that you're being annoying, that's exactly what I want.

[lampridius]

heya! >.< may i request anaxa/dr ratio tutoring honor student reader? (because while they may be good at academics, theyre VERY forgetful and cant seem to connect the dots sometimes) (like- lets say the reader is well informed on how the economy works but still asks why a government cant just print more money to solve poverty lol) thank you! :3

𝙃𝙎𝙍 𝙈𝙀𝙉 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝘼 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙀𝙍 𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙏'𝙎 𝙎𝙈𝘼𝙍𝙏 𝘽𝙐𝙏 𝙎𝙏𝙐𝙋𝙄𝘿 ᯓ★ 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: anaxa, dr. ratio ᯓ★ rules | masterlist | 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 ᯓ★ 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 ᯓ★ 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀:

#𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗫𝗔

he’s perched on the armrest of your study chair, eyes skimming your notes upside-down, one hand fiddling with a stylus while his chin rests on his other hand with a smirk like this is a show. because to him - it is.

you’re explaining supply chains and inflation with ease, hands gesturing wildly like you’re presenting to an entire board of economists, and anaxa’s mostly impressed… until you pause mid-sentence and go:

"wait, but if people are starving, couldn’t the government just, like… print more money?"

the silence is immediate.

anaxa looks at you, expression frozen mid-bite, popcorn hovering inches from his mouth. then he blinks - once, twice - and laughs so hard he actually chokes.

“you're serious, aren't you?” he coughs between laughs. “you just gave a flawless breakdown of bond yields and still said that like a talking dromas putting on a show.”

he’s not mocking you - he’s delighted. he finds it genuinely fascinating that someone so brilliant can also be… well, you. he tousles your hair, “you’re like a walking academic paradox. dangerous with a thesis, but i bet you’d lose a debate to a vending machine.”

then, in a much softer voice, he adds, “but alas, don’t worry. you have me. i’ll keep you from accidentally joining a pyramid scheme next time.”

he doesn’t mind repeating things, or helping you connect the dots. in fact, he likes it. it gives him an excuse to hang out with you and feel just a little smarter for once.

#𝗗𝗥. 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢

you don’t mean to frustrate him. you’re actually one of the few people he’s intellectually impressed by - until you open your mouth and ask something like:

"wait, but if debt’s just a number, can’t a country just erase it?"

dr. ratio sets his pen down very, very slowly. his eyes narrow like you’ve personally offended the concept of logic. he leans back in his chair, arms crossed, and stares at you as if trying to determine whether this is some sort of social experiment or an elaborate joke.

“…are you… testing me?” he finally asks. “because i refuse to believe someone who wrote this” -he gestures at your annotated essay with perfect citations and an original thesis- “also believes inflation can be fixed by… monetary fairy dust.”

you stare at him innocently. “i mean… conceptually?”

he exhales. long. pained. somewhere between annoyed and baffled.

and then he sighs again, picks up the pen, and begins to draw a graph. again. patiently. carefully. this is the fifth time he’s explained macroeconomic consequences to you this week. but there’s a small smile tugging at the corners of his mouth - frustrated, but fond.

“you are a brilliant disaster,” he mutters. “and i have no idea how your brain works. but fine. if i must protect the universe from your potential podcast on why we should all have infinite money, so be it.”

he’ll never admit it out loud, but he’s secretly charmed by how much you care - by how hard you try to understand, even when your brain takes little detours into “what if we made coins edible?”

he corrects you. he scolds you. but he never leaves.

and despite the occasional exasperation, he always shows up to the next tutoring session - pen in hand, notes ready, and maybe (just maybe) a little softer each time.

©𝗖𝗢𝗣𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 ● @lampridius 2025

[allofnypeaches]

I love a lot of things about the hunger games trilogy, but by far my favorite part of reading the books is how suzanne collins manages to use katniss' unreliability as a narrator as an advantage that improves the reading experience instead of limiting the readers' interpretation of the facts. I think about how when reading other first-person narrated books I am always conditioned to perceiving things the way they are presented to me by the narrator, without me even realizing it, and how that - obviously - reflects how every story has multiple sides to it and whatnot. but the hunger games, despite having a very biased narrator, manages to paint us a picture that is wider than katniss' view somehow. I haven't fully figured this out yet, but I think it's a combination of the following things that make this possible;

#1: Katniss, although very young and at times naive and blinded by fear, survival instincts, propaganda and most of the time just sheer confusion because of all the information that is kept from her, is very skeptical of everything. she rarely ever takes things at face value (even when she should, like when peeta shows his feelings for her), and is always questioning, pondering the different motives behind things, the possibilities and outcomes of what could happen if x thing meant y instead of z. and yes, her hypothesizing is often inconclusive - which is very understandable for someone in her situation - but it invites us to question things and hypothesize about them on our own, and through context clues that she may sometimes miss or misinterpret, we are sometimes able to piece together entire puzzles of the narrative before she does, and that is simply delightful to experience, while simultaneously not spoiling anything either, because it makes us anxious to see how and when she will realize what we already know.

a few examples include, but are not limited to :

- realizing that Peeta is madly in love with her before she even considers that possibility

- realizing that Madge genuinely likes her, as well as her entire family, and that they're actually friends before she admits this

- seeing through Gale's words and knowing he has romantic feelings for her before that ever crosses her mind

- thinking that the people in 12 are definitely looking out for her and Prim in any way they can (with their extremely limited resources and freedom) before she gets suspicious of that fact

- realizing how much of a symbol of hope and rebellion she is to Panem before she is told so (that's the most obvious one though)

- comprehending her mother's reaction (or lack thereof) to her father's death before she can see past the resentment in catching fire

- seeing that Gale brings out the worst in her at times, and seeing that he's constantly pressuring her when she's already holding the weight of the world on her shoulders, and how that makes him a bad friend, who, by the way, doesn't see her as a friend at all especially after the first games

- piecing together how terrible Coin is and how she needs to be eliminated just as much as Snow for the war to end before Katniss fully accepts that reality (she is the least oblivious to this one)

- realizing that Squad 451 don't actually believe that Coin gave her a mission in Mockingjay, but they're following her anyway because they want to, long before they tell her that

- watching her fall in love with Peeta, develop deep feelings of love and desire for him, while she is always either excusing it as something else, or too confused/oblivious/naive to see it

#2: the characters around Katniss never seem one-dimensional because of how empathetic she naturally is. because of how much she treats everyone like multi-faceted human beings as complex as she is, we are invited to wonder about those characters' feelings very deeply, and to interpret their actions accordingly, which greatly diminishes the potential for mischaracterization if the person reading actually exercises at least 1% of their critical thinking. this also goes for the system that she lives in, the culture she grows up in and the overall symbolism of things throughout the books. because of how well everything is presented, we don't need Katniss to tell us straight up how manipulative, coniving, dirty, cruel and tyrannic the government is, we can see this time and time again, in small and big things, from her odd description of things she's never seen/tried before showing us how isolated the districts are from eachother and how precarious their living situations are, to her talking about how traumatic her father's death was for her making us wonder if it was actually an accident. she doesn't have to connect the dots for us to wonder about the limited genetic pool of district 12, or about her father's extensive knowledge, where it came from and why he passed it all down to her, why he documented it in a book. it's like there is always a door open into the lives of others, into the things they believe in, into what the past of what that world was like, and if you're just willing to go through that door, the universe within the books greatly expands.

and that is all extremely intentional, too. Suzanne is trying to tell us that it is always worth it to look past our own lenses, to question things, to not be susceptible to manipulation and propaganda, to look beyond what we are shown and see the world, and the people in it, for what they truly are instead of always being limited by our own perspective of things. it's just so beautifully and masterfully written, and it will never stop being relevant. that's why these are my favorite books ever.

[festivating]

do you think glinda liked elphaba more than elphaba liked her? (mostly book canon, but also overall)

TLDR: No.

I understand where the whole "Glinda loved Elphaba more" comes from, I do, but I generally don't really subscribe to it. I think it's easy to believe that since Glinda shows love in a way we're all very familiar with, and we're in her head a lot when she's around Elphaba so the narrative can outright tell us how fond she is, and when Glinda's not around Elphaba she's usually thinking about her. Elphaba is a lot more restrained and reserved in the way she shows affection, but I think that makes those moments extremely poignant. Sadly, they are also easier to miss.

Being the protagonist also means that Elphaba's narrative revolves around a lot of things, but since Glinda is (sadly) a minor character, her story revolves around Elphaba. When you really get down to it, every other character in the book exists to support the protagonist and her story, so things are sort of unbalanced from the get go from a storytelling point. Elphaba has to spend a lot of time worrying about plot, meanwhile everyone else spends their time worrying about Elphaba.

But, anyway, about Elphie and how she shows affection. Funny enough she's the character that says "I love you" the most in the entire book. The first time she says it it's about Glinda, and the second time it's to Glinda. She says she loves her friends, she says she loves Nessa, and she says it to Fiyero.

As for "liking" Glinda, I think actually at first Elphaba likes her more than Glinda likes Elphaba. They have one (1) conversation and then Elphaba is following her around and noticing sooo many little details about her. They also spend a lot of time together, when Elphaba is the one that has more friends. She likes Glinda enough Glinda's friends pick up on it and send her a deranged letter in which Elphaba should join Glinda in her vacation for "reasons she dare not name." Elphaba wants Glinda by her side when going to the Emerald City, and Elphaba is the one that kisses her.

And, I mean, renowned atheist Elphaba Thropp goes specifically to the church of Saint Glinda. When she's at her lowest, she immediately seeks refuge in the mauntery of Saint Glinda. I think there's symbolism there... and beyond that she's just... I mean that is just an insane thing to do jsdfjdsf

Normal way of reacting to information given about Glinda. Also Glinda is the first person she asks about. Which. Ok.

And there's that...

So no I don't really think Glinda liked her more. I think they loved each other an equal amount (if you believe love can be quantified which I'm not sure if I do? And, also, it's not a competition? But I won't get philosophical about it) and I just think that Elphaba is someone with a lot of baggage and very neurodivergent, with a way of expressing affection that might not be very familiar to the audience. She's stiff and awkward and blunt, and the things she says don't always match her actions. Not to mention we're almost never in her POV, and when we are Glinda is not even around. But I do think if you squint you will see the love is very much there, it just presents differently.

And, when it comes to the musical, is it even a question? She wants Glinda by her side in the Emerald City. One Short Day implies they were planning to move to the Emerald City together. She wants Glinda by her side during Defying Gravity. Doesn't even seem to care Glinda is working for the man trying to kill her? Doesn't want Glinda to clear her name because it'll put Glinda in danger. For Good exists. Her last dialogue is her wanting to tell Glinda she's alive. Glinda is, really, not the best person to Elphaba in the second act of the musical, and Elphaba loves her anyway.

[buckydeservesthebest]

The lack of media literacy of some Sam Stans is frankly disturbing and should be made to look ridiculous.

To rely on the fanfiction in their minds to jump to the conclusion that Bucky and the others "work for Val", just because we DID NOT know how Bucky proceeded after the abrupt ending of the movie, and we STILL don't know how the New Avengers operate, because we only had a 2 minute post-credits scene whose sole purpose was to connect to the events of Avengers Doomsday, which basically gave NO information about them as a team. It's stupidly absurd.

Just because Bucky and the others decided to stay as a team (because literally the movie was about a group of people being forced to work together to confront a seemingly indefensible threat, and to connect and form a bond of mutual support in the process), and take the Avengers name is NOT proof that Val is somehow exerting her influence on them. Did these people even watch the same movie?? Do you really think that Bucky, Yelena and the others would listen to any of the lies of an evil manipulative person like Val after all that happened?? Tell me you didn't understand any of the plot without telling me...

Val does NOT own the Avengers name, so her publicly introducing them as the New Avengers does NOT mean shit. Bucky was already an Avenger since Infinity War or before. John literally said people considered him an Avengers since TFATWS.

Clint brought Wanda to the team, and Steve brought Sam to the team as well, there is no clause prohibiting members from inviting their own recruits to the team. So of course Bucky would have every right to decide to form his own team and invite his new teammates. Bucky has as much right to do this as Sam.

Literally people forget that Val has NO support, she is in the crosshairs of the authorities, she got rid of all her labs and all her research. Her only hope was to be able to control Sentry and of course it slipped through her fingers. Literally Bucky, Yelena and the others have her on a short leash, and they can literally take her down whenever they feel like it.

Also, exposing Val at the press conference wouldn't have worked as the only people who knew Bob was Sentry and The Void were Val, Mel and The Thunderbolts. If they'd presented Bob who didn't even remember what just happened people would have thought they were crazy or just lying to try and bring her down.

Even if Yelena and the others were to say publicly that Val hired them to get rid of any evidence that might convict her, it would be their word (that of former criminals) against hers. It could equally be interpreted that they are just lying because they have no evidence.

And another thing, when Bucky captured the Thunderbolts he was going to take them to testify with the impeachment committee. Their statement would only be useful against Valentina in this situation. For this information to be made public before it got to the Committee would have been counterproductive and would have most likely lost its credibility. So there is literally nothing to prevent Bucky from later arranging a deal in which Yelena, John and Ava could testify against Val in exchange for protection, a reduced sentence or even a government pardon.

People make a stupid fuss that the New Avengers might be somehow related to the government, when we don't even know if this is true or to what degree, but they conveniently forget that the OG Avengers were literally formed by SHIELD, a government organization. And their first team mission was ordered by SHIELD as well. In CA:TWS Steve and Natasha are still considered to be working for SHIELD, i.e. the Government. That only stopped because SHIELD was bought down. The Avengers only gained autonomy because the government organization controlling it ceased to exist.

The idea to form a new Avengers team in CA:BNW literally came from Ross, the same guy who wanted to have enhanced people under his control, the same guy who said Bruce's body was government property, and the same guy who ordered an extrajudicial execution order against Bucky, convicting him as guilty for the UN bombing without a fair trial which is literally a violation of his human rights. Ross is NO better a person than Val, and Sam was going to work with him just because he told him he "had changed", as if Ross wasn't known for lying, he already did it by telling the Avengers that they were "going to have a degree of freedom" if they signed the Accords, and this is NOT true.

Had the scandal of Ross transforming into the Red Hulk not happened on national TV, and thus not ended up in prison, Sam would have ended up working with him. The line between Sam "and when we disagree on how to manage a situation… what happens then?" and Ross "we figure it out together" literally already is a clear implication that they were going to work together.

I bet if BNW had ended up in a similar situation, with no word on whether Ross was arrested or not, and before that he had introduced Sam, Joaquin and maybe others as the New Avengers, people wouldn't jump to the conclusion that Sam is now working for him.

BECAUSE AGAIN, WORKING IN COOPERATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT MEAN BEING SUBJUGATED BY IT. AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE OG AVENGERS, WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH SAM'S FUTURE TEAM AND WHAT MAY HAPPEN WITH THE NEW AVENGERS.

Literally the only mention of the government with the New Avengers was Yelena's "we're the Avengers, the government said so," which couldn't be more ambiguous. Bucky literally has his trusted contacts within Congress, so without any problem they could have been the ones who could have offered them backing. Bucky literally already worked within the system and that did NOT stop him from stepping in and running things his own way. Of course he is going to seek that same freedom for his team.

In the same PC scene Yelena says that "there is a possible space threat and no one is informing them". If the New Avengers were really a government sanctioned organization, why isn't the government asking them to be the ones to investigate this? See the lack of sense? Bucky told Yelena to get a satellite image and send the jets when they are being kept out of the situation. That is literally clear proof that they are handling the situation their way and NOT asking for any permission.

Valentina is NOT the entire government, and NOT all members of the government are corrupt criminals. There's Rhodes who remained a colonel in the army even after he knew the system was infiltrated by Hydra, but that doesn't make him any less of a hero or any less of one.

Sam Stans think that Sam is supposedly so worried that now "the Avengers name is linked to a corrupt politician like Val", and that's why he waited 14 months to file a copyright lawsuit, when TB* could easily use a variant like The Revengers, The Avengerz, The New Avengers, East Coast Avengers, or any other that doesn't infringe copyright. Because avoiding that "The Avengers name is linked to Val" is the problem, not that a "bunch of super people are working for her" 🤡🤡

[thejournallo]

Complete Guide to Creating Your Shifting Script

Lately, my desire to shift these days is sky high! So I went and relooked at all the methods and things I have covered in my shifting masterlist and I noticed that scripting was not there; it is in my manifestation masterlist. So let's do a deep dive into scripting FOR SHIFTING with a better-done tutorial.

What is Scripting?

Scripting is the process of writing down details about your desired reality (DR) before you attempt to shift there. Think of it as creating a blueprint or instruction manual for where you want to go. Many shifters find that having a well-crafted script helps them visualize their DR more clearly and shift more successfully.

Why Script?

Clarifies your intentions - Helps you focus on exactly what you want

Creates a stronger connection to your DR

Provides mental anchors to focus on during shifting methods

Prevents unwanted scenarios by setting boundaries and safeguards

Step 1: Choose Your Format

There's no single "correct" way to format your script. Popular options include:

Traditional Script Format

Written like instructions or statements, often in present tense: I am [your DR name]. I live in [location]. My appearance is [description].

Letter Format

Written as a letter to yourself or the universe: Dear Universe, When I shift to my DR, I will be living in a beautiful apartment in Paris...

Story Format

Written like a narrative about your life in your DR: [Your name] wakes up in their beautiful bedroom. The sunlight streams through the curtains as they stretch and prepare for another wonderful day in [DR location]...

the one i use the most is story format because it helps me visualize it more.

Step 2: Essential Elements to Include

Basic Information

Your name in your DR

Your age

Your physical appearance (or specify if same as current reality. if you are doing your script online just add a picture)

Where you live

Your occupation/role

Important relationships

Physical Environment

Your home/living space

Important locations

Climate/weather patterns

Time period (modern day, historical, futuristic)

Safety Measures & Boundaries

Time ratio between DR and CR

Memory retention (what you'll remember from CR and viceversa)

Return methods (how you'll come back when ready.)

Protection statements (Ex:"I am safe at all times")

Personal Details

Personality traits

Skills and abilities

Daily routine

Health status

Special items you possess

Step 3: Advanced Scripting Techniques

Script Affinities

Consider creating connections between your script and physical objects in your CR:

"When I touch this crystal, I feel connected to my DR"

"This scent reminds me of my DR home"

Scripting Permissions & Limitations

Define what can and cannot happen in your DR

"I cannot experience physical pain beyond mild discomfort"

"I am immune to serious illness"

"I can fly/teleport/use magic" (if applicable to your DR)

Scripting Awareness Levels

Decide how aware you'll be of the shifting process:

Full awareness (remember CR completely)

Partial awareness (remember you shifted but fewer CR details)

No awareness (fully immersed as if DR is your only reality)

Step 4: Making Your Script Effective

Use Present Tense

Write as if your desired reality is already happening:

"I am living in Paris" instead of "I will live in Paris"

"I have blue eyes" instead of "I want blue eyes"

Be Specific Yet Flexible

Be detailed about important elements

Allow room for natural development in less crucial areas

"I live in a comfortable home that feels peaceful" vs. listing exact measurements

Include Sensory Details

Engage all five senses when describing your DR:

What does it look like? (colors, lighting, architecture)

What does it sound like? (music, nature sounds, voices)

What does it smell like? (foods, flowers, fresh air)

What does it feel like? (textures, temperature, emotions)

What does it taste like? (favorite foods/drinks in your DR)

Positive Phrasing

Focus on what you want, not what you don't want

"I am healthy and energetic" instead of "I don't get sick"

Step 5: Common Scripting Questions

"Do I have to script everything?"

No! Your subconscious will fill in details you don't specify. Many shifters prefer to script only the most important elements and allow their DR to develop naturally.

"Can I change my script later?"

Absolutely! You can add to or modify your script at any time. Some shifters even script the ability to make changes while in their DR.

"What if I forget something important?"

You can include a safety statement like: "Even if not explicitly stated, my DR is exactly as I intend it to be."

"How long should my script be?"

There's no required length. Some shifters use one-page scripts while others write dozens of pages. Start with what feels comfortable and add more details as you think of them.

Sample Script Template

MY DESIRED REALITY SCRIPT BASIC INFORMATION My name: My age: My appearance: Where I live: My role/occupation: RELATIONSHIPS Family: Friends: Romantic relationships: Other important people: DAILY LIFE My typical day: My home: My skills/abilities: My personality: SHIFTING SPECIFICS Time ratio (DR:CR): Memory retention: Return method: Safety measures: SPECIAL NOTES (Any other important details specific to your DR)

Remember, your script is a personal tool to help you shift. There's no single "right way" to script - the best approach is whatever works for you and helps you connect most deeply with your desired reality!

Happy shifting!

[druggonaut]

This is a very interesting phenomena (the people who can't change their minds with new evidence part) that's addressed in the book "How to talk to a Science Denier" by Lee McIntyre.

The crux of it boils down to how people make beliefs, religion, cognitive dissonance and bias into part or literally their whole personality.

When presented with factual information that disputes what they believe, they can't just take it on board and change their mind because to them you may as well be asking them to stop being gay or their nationality or to change their name.

[themarysuep]

what dynamic do you think the new avengerz and kamala kahn would have if they met?

Ooh I think she'd LOVE them. She's getting her show with Alexei and Yelena later this year, and we'll see more of their dynamic there.

I think she would vibe with Yelena. They're a lot alike. Alexei says Yelena brightens a room when she enters it, we know Kamala has the ability to brighten room even when she's not present. Yelena's growth was also stunted by the Red Room, while Kamala struggled with being too American/too Pakistani to truly fit in, and we know this meant her spending more time in her head. Kind of a a parallel there. They also both broke into Kate's apartment and were super dramatic about it lol. And ofc Kamala is a huge fan of Natasha. Her show had a lot of Nat references. Yelena hero worships Nat like Kamala does Carol. They're also natural leaders, but in an underdog way. So much to talk about with them. I think they'd have a fun dymantic, and have fun on missions.

Alexei would remind Kamala of her own dad. I think Alexei likes hero types, so he'd like Kamala, and she would remind him of his daughters. Kamala also has a lot of patience with her parents, and i'd think she would with Alexei. She would laugh at his jokes. She would be SO glad someone else's dad is embarrassing their child and not hers for once.

I think Fury would have the most information on Ava since she worked for Shield. Kamala would know a lot about her. I think she'd like to spar with her, and someone like Kamala would show her the positives of having powers. Kamala would definitely have a soft spot for Ava because her story would remind her of Kamran's.

I'm not sure about John. Maybe she would kind of understand him. There's a scene in Ms Marvel where she asks why the public won't see her as a good person. Why they were turning on her and seeing her as the enemy. She also lowkey implied that they didn't do that to Carol....maybe slight bitterness? There might be something to explore there with John.

She would just be a fan of Bucky. He's an OG lol. She would ask him tons of questions. She would remind him of his sister. I'd think his sister would have had a personality just like Kamala. Kamala has an older brother and Bucky had a younger sister. Sibling dynamic.

Mel is also South Asian so I think Kamala would just be delighted to know her. They're also two people who had normal lives in a changing world.

I feel MCU Kamala would be kinda charmed by Valentina. A woman and even more morally ambigious Nick Fury type??? She would disagree with her actions, but Kamala is more laid back in the MCU. She could disagree with her actions, and still be like "damn I want to be her when I grown up". She would be like her morals are a 2/10 but her style is a 100/10 lmao. Val would obviously not like Kamala because she's not morally corruptable.

[fandomsmadness]

Late but

TBHX episode 4 rant

Okay if I had a nickel every time they ended an episode with Moon being shot in the head... we all know where I'm going and that's concerning. Two main thoughts about the cliffhanger:

THANK GOD EPISODE TWO WASN'T A FAKEOUT

I hate it, if only for the fact that it pulled our focus away from so many important things that happened in the chapter, hello??? I hate that our final takeaway is "Moon got shot again" instead of a number of other things

We start with the most important things first; last episode rant I was asking whether we should just resign ourselves to Lin Ling being unhappy as Nice for the rest of his life and lmao I have never been more happy to be given the most solid answer I could have hoped for.

However, important implication here; I believe this means trust value is a two way system. In order to work:

Trust must be given by people (fans believing in 'Nice'/Lin Ling)

Trust must be accepted by the other party (Lin Ling accepting that he wants to become/is 'Nice'/himself)

And this brings up a really fascinating question: "can multiples of the same hero exist?" The answer should be yes - we see in cases like The Johnnies that trust value can be given to a team as a whole instead of each individual component. Can the mantle of a hero also be split this way? Will that ease the burden?

And in that same vein, would any hero who decides they are no longer their moniker be able to step away from their burdens and expectations just as easily? If yes, which I believe it is, what happens to Lin Ling if he ever wants to go back to a regular life?

That being said I love the naming of this episode, absolute genius, and the way it was presented, absolute cinema. Personally I'm regarding this point as the conclusion of Lin Ling's current arc and I have to say, these last four episodes had us on a rollercoaster. Lin Ling realising he didn't actually want to be Nice, but a hero was peak and I love that he got to get to it on his own terms.

And while I love the introduction of Jeopardy (that song has no right being so badass) I found it interesting that in this particular scene when Lin Ling is finally defeating God Eye, it's Paragon that plays. He gave up being Nice. Why are we getting Nice's theme song here?

That's not all, we still have more questions: If Lin Ling is now 10, what rankings are the ones on the official website???

Why I'm not considering this part of the arc as of now is because it's unfinished, clearly there for cliffhanger value, and it's very likely that we will all change our minds about this later when more information is given because the whole thing is fishy. How does Moon recognize Lin Ling, who she's never seen before? Why is E-Soul or a lookalike there, and why are they positioned behind Moon while the shot came from the side? Was episode 1 a premonition, or was someone trying to warn Lin Ling? Time will tell.

And while I will be really mad if it turns out Moon is alive after that (AGAIN) part of me is hoping she is because give this girl a break man, wtf?? At least give her a proper vacation, or a death in dignity, as her own person, and not an accessory to a man!

Other (less important to me) things:

Blankster was an interesting study for several reasons, the biggest being how powers can evolve beyond their origin function, aka how strong punches evolved not just in strength but also in terms of memory loss. Given Blankster's boxer origins, this makes so much sense, and I thought it was a really clever way to reference concussions. Secondly, Treeman made it too easy for God Eye, come on! It also showed how corporate really doesn't give a shit about Moon as soon as she left; they just viewed her as a liability. From the episode's start, they didn't care about saving her.

It's also nice (haha, pun not intended) to finally have at least one name to these faces. So these are the hero agency heads. Interesting, and makes sense. Now we only need to figure out who the hooded figure is and the intro's main pain points will be less painful (not really).

And finally, God Eye. I can't help but feel he fell kinda flat. Last ep I had high hopes for him being set up as Lin Ling's nemesis, and he did to an extent, embody that with his "there are no real heroes in this era" talk but then along came Lin Ling shedding the Nice persona to prove him wrong. Where does that leave him? Was he only a gimmick for the Lin Ling arc? I feel there should be more.

After all, we still don't know whose fear is channelling God Eye, and how it came be taken away. By making him a laughing stock, perhaps?

I knew episodes 5-7 were going to be E-Soul centered, but I have to hand it to the team, this was one hell of a way to transition viewpoints.

[kotias]

Yep.

I'm an outgoing mobility officer (= I send students abroad in other universities for a semester or a year), and the undergraduate students are clearly struggling. The parents are also much more hands-in on their higher education, which is both very irritating and understandable.

This is why, typically, I try to give them as many ways as possible to get to the information they need, and all of those ways are valid: I've set up a OneDrive to put all the institutional information they need + all the emails I send them, send regular email reminders, offer regular meetings of information for those who prefer, give weekly on-call sessions on Teams to give them a time of the week to ask questions if they're lost, I have an FAQ that is readily available, hell I have a Carrd for those who prefer. There is 1 email that I send to each group of students per university, that they also receive in their personal address. That email has EVERYTHING, and it is cosily resting in the personal email address because it receives vastly less emails than their student email.

Every single one of those means to get the information will have all of the information. It's a lot of trial and error, a lot of repeating of the information, a lot of sliding and writing and patience, but at least I know they have what they need.

And most of all, because I remind them of those different platforms every chance I get, they get the habit of using them. The OneDrive is shared on their student SharePoints for easier access.

And I gained their trust, meaning that they will NEVER fear asking questions, even if they think it's stupid questions.

I know my universities, I know the coordinators, and I know how to present that to the students in an effective way.

And holy shit y'all, those kids are hilarious once they feel comfortable with you, and once they've found the way to get their information that works for them, they're incredibly fast at understanding what's requested of them.

I love my job, because I've decided to not be their enemy. I'm their anchor in the jarring experience that is international mobility, just like teachers and administrators should be their anchors in the jarring experience of becoming the adults they legally have become.

And the people shitting on the kids are unfortunately the people who've started working in contact with them. Don't antagonise them, learn to communicate with them!

Please don't become the grumpy adults we complained about at their ages.

isn't it interesting how infrequently covid comes up in discussions about the current generation of college students' work habits? pretty much everyone in the current crop of undergraduates was in high school during the quarantine and i can think of few things that would be as academically disillusioning in your formative years and set you up worse to continue your education.

you get ripped out of school at a critical point in your life because hundreds of thousands of people are dying all over the planet, are then left to try and tread water in your studies with the absolute bare minimum structural support, and are then subsequently forced to return with almost nothing to bridge that gap and the underlying knowledge that it actually may not even be safe for you to be attending class. and yet you're expected to just proceed as normal! and thats on top of all of the ways being a high schooler is already brutal and miserable. it is hard to imagine that would not have a significant

the post that prompted me to make this was going on an absolute tirade calling these kids stupid and lazy and accusing them of rotting their own brains with tiktok. they said one kid should be beaten with a bat. obviously i don't think that's an actionable threat im not trying to say theyre genuinely advocating violence against chatgpt users. but what they were genuinely advocating for was a return to analog schooling; no computers are phones in classes, all assignments handwritten. i'm against this for a myriad of accessibility reasons, but moreso than that, i just can not take any proposed solutions in good faith from people who are writing about the people they purportedly want to help with that much spite. i don't believe you actually want to empower people to learn i think you want to punish people for not learning and those are two completely different things.

man. school is fucking hard and like it or not a lot of people ARE there because they need to become employable, not because they want to be doing this. and it's not their fault things are set up in a way that often necessitates taking this path for even a modicum of financial security. i'm not really interested in any discussions of higher ed that are not even capable of extending an ounce of sympathy to those students too.

[angelshizuka]

Seeing someone on YouTube refer to Stolas as “Bojack Horseman if his habit of playing the victim was validated by the narrative”

First of all, Bojack Horseman is a six-season long COMPLETED series that everyone looks at fondly, one because it is a great show, but two because we SEE where everything was leading to because the show is DONE and has been done for YEARS.

Helluva Boss is STILL ONGOING, and we are 20 episodes into a 50-episode-long story, barely over a THIRD of the way done.

But also the claim that the show “validates his victim mentality” it literally DOESN’T???

I could see this argument being a thing when Apology Tour was still the latest episode to have come out, but now that the season is done, the narrative has literally forced Stolas into a situation where he has to address the problems he has put off and address the ways he has fucked up with the people he loves.

He took a gamble at freedom, he fucked up along the way, and his recklessness cost him EVERYTHING. If the narrative validated his “victim mentality” he wouldn’t be estranged from his daughter right now, who called him out on how badly he hurt her.

Is it because the show still wants us to feel bad for him, because not to pull a “back in my day” like a boomer, but I thought people used to understand that a show can ask you to feel bad for someone and STILL hold them accountable for their actions?

Us feeling bad for Stolas doesn’t mean we don’t get how he fucked up. Blitz comforting Stolas at the end of Sinsmas doesn’t mean he thinks Stolas handled things correctly.

Is it because Stolas spent Sinsmas “whining” and not doing anything about it? Because first of all, the guy is off his meds, he’d be homeless if it weren’t for Blitz, he has no money, his daughter hates him, and his abusers got everything they wanted from him.

He is at the lowest he has ever been, so YEAH he’s gonna whine about it!

Second of all, this is what we call a character flaw. Stolas has grown up on a silver spoon never having to worry about basic necessities because it was all handed to him. So to go from that to living in a cramped one-bedroom apartment where the bedroom is already occupied is probably gonna make him a little bratty, and Blitz gently but firmly shuts that down: “You know what’ll fixed that privileged little attitude of yours? Paperwork!”

Third of all, to reiterate my first point, the show is STILL ONGOING! Stolas is in the MIDDLE of his character arc, he’s not gonna snap his fingers and become a better person just like THAT, and S3 is going to begin with him in a place where he needs to rebuild his life and learn from his mistakes.

I swear to fuck these people would never have survived ATLA with Zuko’s redemption arc.

I've never seen Bojack Horseman, so I can't comment on that, but everything else you said is definitely correct.

These "critics" have made up their mind on Stolas long ago, making up whatever arguments they feel justify their hatred for him, and even now that the narrative has full blown debunked their arguments, they're too stubborn to let them go.

These people need to understand they don't have to make themselves look media illiterate just to hate a character, sometimes you just don't vibe with them and that's okay. I have plently of HH/HB characters I find overrated, but just don't bother with, because people are allowed to have fun with them.

But yeah, it's like saying Zuko is a godawful character when we were only 1 season in, or just got to the s2 finale. I get being worried about a character not being written well, because I definitely have my fair share of getting emotionally invested in a character with so much potential, only for the conclusion to be literal ass. But when a show has a clear finish line in sight that we're clearly still building up to, you need to acknowledge your arguments on the matter can change when new information/developments are presented.

(The main reason I said "a clear finish line" is because one of the reasons I salt about Miraculous so much is because it just keeps going and going and going and going, so there's never a satisfying conclusion, because "there's always more to come".)

Speaking of, just imagining ATLA airing in modern day and the discourse that would've come with it... I mean, it already happened when it came to the US Netflix some years ago. I'm so happy I just peacefully watched it as it aired on Dutch TV and even if there was online discourse going on, I wasn't aware of it.

[kayzero]

adventures in beta discussions

[wrenthetitmouse]

Not to make a long post even longer, but I really like a lot of the points people are making. Diagnosing people with ADHD or Autism in jest is another good point - I feel like as someone who is AuDHD I tend to project my experiences of the world and how my internal thought processes work onto other people and assume that they experience things the same way as I do, even when that couldn’t be further from accurate. I have to deliberately go ‘hang on, people’s brains work differently, I don’t know that this person is thinking about the situation at hand in the same way I would’.

I wonder if something similar is going on gender-wise? As a kid it took me a while to understand how being trans ‘worked’ because I didn’t get the whole concept of having an innate sense of gender - my approach was very much ‘well, if your assigned sex at birth doesn’t tell you what you are, then how do you know?’ Part of that was me being a child with very little life experience and minimal knowledge about trans and gender diverse people, being raised without a lot of pressure to conform to standard gender roles, and also being autistic and having a hard time relating to others. As I grew up and learned more about the queer community and also about intersex people and all sorts of other stuff, I started to ‘get it’ a bit more. I still don’t entirely understand many peoples’ approach to or explanation of their gender identity but it’s none of my business! I don’t have to understand to say ‘oh cool!’ and respect it.

Humans are hard-wired to want to have a solid explanation for things and to be able to sort people into categories or ‘boxes’, and I think sometimes people see someone being gender non-conforming and tend to sort them into the category of ‘non-conforming = trans’ as opposed to ‘conforming = cis’.

The trouble with that is, as @hollycantkeeptrackofthedaze says, that overly familiar assertion over the selfhood of a stranger, as well as a massive oversimplification of the concepts of gender identity and gender role conformity. There seems to be a somewhat pervasive notion that someone’s gender identity is something that can be seen and known based solely on external visual cues, which is just not accurate. Trying to sort someone into a box that describes their identity based on how they present or act is not gonna be super accurate, especially with people who don’t really conform to commonly existing boxes, because you’re missing some of the most important information there.

Then you get into the whole conversation about labels and how they help vs harm, which is a whole other interesting and deeply nuanced conversation, but basically from my understanding boils down to ‘can be helpful for someone to use to describe themselves, but not all that helpful when pushed on someone who doesn’t want it’.

I won’t go on with it because I’m just going to start repeating some of the excellent points that people have already made, but those are pretty much my (fairly unqualified) thoughts on the matter

Obligatory Not A Trans Woman so my opinion on the matter should be taken with a dinosaur-sized grain of salt, but I do think that the trend of telling dudes that behave in traditionally feminine ways or like 'girly' things that they are trans women who's eggs haven't cracked yet and then doubling down and insisting and acting like they don't know themselves when they say 'actually I'm just a dude who likes feminine things' is maybe not the enlightened take that I'm seeing it presented as

Like, trans women are amazing and wonderful and generally a light to the world and I am all for empowering women who haven't realized that they're women yet to come to that conclusion and be happier and more comfortable in themselves but there's a difference between 'hey friend i've noticed these patterns in the things that you say and do and that you've consistently expressed or apparently alluded to the desire to be a woman and I just want you to know that if that's how you feel, that's an option and it's okay and I support you' and a constant stream of 'lol you naive idiot, just wait until the egg cracks, I'll be waiting to say I told you so, it's so obvious' being publicly directed at someone

Absolutely open to correction and input from people more informed than me or who have personal experience but it's a pattern that I've noticed and I feel like it does more to enforce stereotypical gender roles and force gender nonconforming men into a box than it does to support trans women yknow

[marciaillust]

bro fuck it im workposting. i did illustrations, i storyboarded, i directed. I did many cool things in 2024 and millions of people all over the world saw em. that has to count for something

[waywardstation]

So I have no idea who else to freak out about this to:

Does anybody else remember that in Pokemon XY at the Parfum Palace there are statues of Reshiram and Zekrom? Because I forgot and now I'm buzzing in excitement wondering if that means something is finally going to be done with them in Z:A? Will it tie into Ingo and Emmet?

(Sorry, I just really wanted to gush about this)

Yes they are! (This is a Pokemon Masters EX background but none the less, they’re there in the games)

I’d be surprised if they do anything concerning Gen 5 legendary pokemon seeing as they’re in the Gen 6 region, as PLA didn’t include any box legendaries outside gen 4 (only legendaries included outside of sinnoh at all were the Forces of Nature, and they added a hisuian fourth anyways with Enamorus, so I’d sort of expect PLZA to do the same to another group of legendaries). But who’s to say; PLZA doesn’t have anything that says it has to be exactly like PLA! It could be different!

Regardless, it is interesting to see Kalos have statues of Unova’s legendary dragons. It would be cool to see if PLZA could possibly give a narrative reason for that and put some important event including them, but of course I’m just speculating on a hypothetical right now.

I’m not sure OP, but it would be interesting to see if they would do something with the legendary dragons! Thanks for brining this to me! :)

[ebonytails]

maybe im just dumb but what is the difference between kris p and kris t?

TL;DR - They are Kris Dreemurr fictives and we needed a way to differentiate them

Oh you're not dumb, don't worry! It really is a little confusing because we haven't talked about who they or we are in a very long time. I'm going to talk a lot here so you have all the context you might need! If it''s too long,, the TL;DR above is the gist of it.

For context, we are a system! You can read about it a little in our FAQ

Kris T and Kris P are TWO Kris introjects/fictives of Kris Dreemurr from Deltarune in our system.

Originally we just had Kris T who split in Dec 2018, and then when Chapter 2 came out, Kris P came into our system after that. Of course at first, Kris T. was just "Kris", but since we had a double now, we had to figure out how to differentiate between the two. We knew another Kris fictive from a different system at this time who was nicknamed P. Kris by Susie in our system, and susie wanted to emphasize who she was talking about.

SO. As a small nod to that, everyone decided to nickname Kris P as Kris P, as an inverse of P. Kris.

A little convoluted, I know!

Besides being Kris introjects/fictives though, they also look different! I made some new drawings to try and showcase their differences if that helps :3?

Their dark world forms also look different. Kris T's is simpler, with a shiny soft cape, while Kris P's is more complicated with a hooded cape, which is also described as "very comfortable"

Here's a whole Toyhouse of images of how Kris T. looks like right now! There's also his reference ! vvv

Sorry if you weren't interested in our "life story"! They're not just random characterizations (they are alters), so I wasn't sure how to answer w/o giving you some sort of explanation.

They have their own sideblogs, so if you have specific questions directed towards them, you can always ask here because we'll see it better, or you can send them an ask in their own blogs. Kris T's is @kristalpepsi, and Kris P's is @itswhattheycallyou