#but it does the same kind of thing as rebel moon

[cantsayidont]

More hateration holleration:

If you took one metric ton of stale cliches, marinated them for a week in fermented cliche sauce, roasted them until all the edges were thoroughly burned, rolled them in cliche batter, deep-fried them in Oil of Cliche, cut the ensuring mass into two unwieldy portions, and drenched each in a liberal quantity of CGI cliche gravy, you would have something approximating Zack Snyder's REBEL MOON (which is not in fact a Star War despite looking very much like one).

The fact that it has not one remotely original concept or idea might be excusable if it were any fun at all — most recent Mousified STAR WARS projects have been so dreary that there might be room for an off-brand knockoff that was actually a good time — but REBEL MOON PART ONE: A CHILD OF FIRE is ponderous, utterly without humor, and maddeningly self-important, which thoroughly squelches any fleeting spark of interest, emotion, or even memorable weirdness (like Jena Malone as an angry spider lady). Its main attribute is Sofia Boutella showing off the results of her latest personal training regimen, which doesn't seem enough to sustain more than four hours of joyless, labor-intensive space opera screen time. It's like watching someone you don't know play a video game in which you have no particular interest.

Is REBEL MOON worse than THE LAST JEDI or THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (or AHSOKA, etc.)? Not really, I guess, but it has nothing to offer that couldn't be more satisfactorily obtained by just rewatching THE FIFTH ELEMENT, or for that matter BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS.

[saphronethaleph]

Applied Maya

“Your overconfidence is your weakness,” Luke said, calmly.

“Your faith in your friends is yours,” the Emperor replied.

Vader shook his head. “It is pointless to resist, my son.”

“It is pointless to control the galaxy,” Luke retorted. “I’ve learned things about the Force that mean I understand that now."

He waved his hand, and Vader tensed, but it turned out to be for emphasis instead of telekinesis. “The Force is everywhere. In everything. There’s… a level of reality which is far beyond what we care about. It’s around us, everywhere. Even in us.”

“What are you talking about?” the Emperor asked, thrown off his argument about how everything was futile.

“The Force,” Luke explained. “And… us. And everything, because the Force is everything. And we’re the Force. We’re… luminous beings, and our bodies are only crude matter that outlines them and gives our spirits somewhere to be.”

“What are you on about?” the Emperor demanded. “Vader! What is he on about? Is this some kind of Jedi nonsense?”

“It is possible,” Vader mused. “But I do not recall hearing it before.”

“I can explain more, if you’d like,” Luke said, earnestly. “The way that it works is that there’s more than one layer of existence, and this is a layer of reality but compared to the Force it’s just an illusion. Which means that – yes, you should do everything you can to make things better in this world, but – no, this world isn’t all there is, and you aren’t your body. Your body is just an approximation.”

He looked at his hand. “I lost this on Cloud City and… it didn’t make me any less of me. I’m still me, because I’m not my body, I’m the one who lives inside it. And the Force is like proof of that.”

That drew a blank look from the Emperor, and what would probably have been a blank look from Vader.

“Elaborate,” Vader requested.

“Well, we all know that the laws of physics exist, right?” Luke asked. “They define exactly how things work. How things fall, or they don’t. How orbits work. And yet, I can stretch out my hand and pull something into it. Which means the laws of physics aren’t laws, they’re just very persistent illusions.”

“I believe the interaction is mediated by midichlorians,” Vader said. “They are like mitochondria for the Force.”

“So?” Luke replied. “That simply means that part of how we are outside physical reality can be measured. I’ve heard the explanations, I’ve seen it – all that the explanation really does is put it into words, and give it a framework.”

He made another expansive gesture.

“This is trite nonsense,” Palpatine said. “Your friends on the Sanctuary Moon will not survive.”

“And if that happened, I would be sad,” Luke said. “Of course I would. But I came here willing to die, because death is not all that there is.”

Palpatine glowered at Vader.

“This one is broken,” he said. “Do you have another possible new apprentice for me?”

“The supply is a bit low, my Master,” Vader said.

“And I know about your rebel fleet,” the Emperor went on. “They will be ambushed by my fleet, just as an entire legion of my best troops is waiting for your friends.”

“That’s a shame,” Luke said. “But it’s not the same as something being unrecoverably bad.”

Palpatine blinked.

“...what?” he said. “You make no sense.”

“You can think of it like a shadow,” Luke said. “Or a hologram. It looks real, but it’s not the most real thing. It’s illusion, just a very persistent illusion which is why so many are taken in by it.”

“This doesn’t sound very empirically sourced,” Vader muttered. “Did you come up with all this yourself? If not, who taught you?”

“Yoda,” Luke replied, and both the Emperor and Vader flinched slightly.

“Yoda’s alive?” Vader asked, sounding horrified and fascinated.

“Not since… about three days ago, I think?” Luke answered. “I could be off by a day or two on that, I spent a lot of it in hyperspace.”

The Emperor tried very hard to stifle a sigh of relief, and didn’t quite manage it.

“You know Yoda?” Vader said. “You met Yoda?”

“Yes,” Luke agreed. “I was there with him at the end. Obi-Wan told me where he was living.”

“What?” Vader asked, now sounding baffled. “...how?”

It was his turn to wave his hand to make a gesture. “Because I remember Cloud City, and you were reasonably talented, but you seemed self taught. You did not fight like you’d had two and a half years of Ataru lectures from the death gremlin… there weren’t nearly enough backflips for it.”

“...oh, I see,” Luke said. “No, Obi-Wan told me on Hoth.”

“On… Hoth,” Vader repeated, slowly. “He’d been dead for several years at that point. Hadn’t he?”

“Oh, yeah,” Luke confirmed, readily. “He’s a ghost. He’s still around.”

The younger Skywalker shrugged. “Kind of proves what I was saying, right? Death isn’t the end of existence. A person lives on after the death of their body. They become one with the Force, and the Force is one with them, but they still exist.”

Vader was silent for a long time.

“...huh,” he said, eventually.

“Anyway, as I was saying – Father – Your Highness,” Luke went on. “I don’t fear death because death is the loss of the crude flesh, which is just a cloak for our true selves, who are luminous beings of light. To ask others to accept suffering of the flesh is unfair, because they feel it as real, but I understand it for the illusion that it is and so I’m willing to suffer and die for my beliefs – in a very real sense, it doesn’t mean as much to me as it would to anyone else. Because I know the truth.”

“This is all the ramblings of a senile madman, translated through the mouth of a naive boy,” the Emperor said. “What kind of proof could you possibly have?”

“...what, apart from the fact that I communicated with my dead mentor, and he gave me information that I did not know before?” Luke asked, curious. “That was sufficient for me to accept it when Yoda told me, but there’s also the extent to which understanding the illusive nature of reality amplifies my understanding of what the Force truly is.”

“I have to admit, it would explain why Obi-Wan vanished,” Vader mused, sounding like he was talking to himself more than the others.

“You don’t know about the Force,” the Emperor said, snidely. “Certainly your understanding is not as deep as mine!”

Luke examined him.

“You actually believe that,” he said. “But you think what I’m saying is nonsense?”

“If you understood the Force better, you would not be my prisoner!” the Emperor retorted.

“I’m not,” Luke said. “That’s an illusion as well.”

“You cannot just declare anything you don’t like to be an illusion!” Palpatine raged.

“I can if it is,” Luke replied, still calmly, and reached out his hand. His lightsaber slapped into it, then he let go and it floated back across the room to where Palpatine had put it.

He shrugged. “I’m here because I want to save my father. I surrendered because I thought that would be the best way to do it. I’m standing here on a battle station I fully expect to be blown up, because I am committed to saving my father. From you. That’s why I’m here, and it has nothing to do with you having any power over me. You don’t.”

The Emperor attempted to prove Luke wrong by electrocuting him, which lasted about ten seconds until Vader threw him out the window.

The air, on the other artificial hand, stayed put.

“You might be right, son,” Vader said, sounding scientifically fascinated as the room didn’t depressurise. “Accepting this really is helping me understand and use the Force.”

“I’m glad to have helped,�� Luke replied, reminding himself that electrical burns were also illusions no matter how persistent they were. “What do we do now?”

“Leave the room, probably,” Vader suggested. “Then we can see about deciding whether we want to keep this station or destroy it.”

He made a curious noise with his respirator. “Are the Empire’s succession laws real or an illusion? I am fairly sure I could abdicate in your favour if you would like.”

“Mon Mothma would be better, I think,” Luke said, after some consideration. “Or Lando. Lando might work.”

[777rare]

☀️SOLAR RETURN CHART OBSERVATIONS (PT.1)

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Having Pluto in 12th house makes the native fantasize a lot about sex. Can also make the native go through a huge spiritual transformation.

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Signs/planets in 12th house can show the frequent dreams you get when you sleep/what you fantasize about that year. (Also check which house is pisces over and check the planets under that sign or in that house.)

⬇️If these planets are placed in 12h/planets placed in pisces or 12h aspecting other planets(check the subjects of other planets as well if it's aspects by the planet in 12h) /under pisces or in the house pisces is over then the things you get in ur dream are :

SUN- light,happiness,fun,kids,celebrities,art,father,pregnancy

MOON- mother,water,home,emotional,waterbodies,beach

MERCURY- garden,pets,work,phones,books,siblings,technology,neighborhood,neighbours,school,friends,trees,greenery,nature

VENUS- money,food,luxuries,fashion,music,art,business,beauty,crush,lovers

MARS- war,abuse,death,nightmares,fire,blood,fighting,sex

JUPITER- college,trevelling,foreign place,exploring,teachers,ancestors,the divine,your guides

SATURN- public,elderly people,chains,traps,cages,prison,grandparents,parents

URANUS- technology,friends,surprises,rebellion,adventure,wings,angels,flying

NEPTUNE- Drugs,alcohol,fantasy world,unclear,mirrors,water,mystical stuff,escapism,feet

PLUTO- sex,intimacy,death,wealth,secrets,jealousy,pregnancy,nightmares,blood,sinister,murder,weapons

CHIRON- things related to your trauma,healing,could show hospitals,forests,nature,ancestors

Suppose you don't have any planets under pisces/in 12th house, Types of dreams can also be seen by which house pisces is over. Ex: having pisces over 5th house, 5th house ruler is sun so the types of dreams you get are all the subjects that are mentioned in sun⬆️ also check which planets that house ruler is aspecting, ex: pisces being over 5th house, ruler is sun so if sun is aspecting moon in SR chart, the types of dreams you get are all the subjects that are mentioned in moon.🙌🏻🌙

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Mars in 4rth house/cancer natives can have a very tough time in their family life. Can also show lots of abuse or wounds connecting to your emotions. Family members or you can get pissed off on eachother often and most of the times for no reason at all. Lots of fights and arguments with family members. Anger outbursts. Mood swings. Short temper. Not wanting to be around or not feeling comfortable around family members, especially male family members like your brother, father, etc.💥🔥

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YOUR ASCENDANT IN SR CHART IS HOW YOU PRESENT YOURSELF/WHAT AURA YOU EMIT/HOW YOU LOOK

Ascendant in fixed signs- being seen as /appearing :-

AQUARIUS- independent,aloof,cold,unordered,a rebel,unbothered,distant,unapproachable

LEO- boastful,confident,firey,active,angry

TAURUS- sensual,serious,bad bitch,charming

SCORPIO- mysterious,secretive,sexual,emotional,alluring,captivating,dark energy

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Ascendant in cardinal signs- being seen as /appearing :-

LIBRA- beautiful,graceful,sweet,approachable,kind,popular

CAPRICORN- pissed,unapproachable,sensual,bossy,stubborn

ARIES- confident,outgoing,energetic, a fighter

CANCER- soft,loving,sweet,kind,trustworthy,emotional,caring,non judgemental

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Ascendant in mutable signs- being seen as /appearing :-

GEMINI- supportive,casual,charming,mesmerizing,free spirited,two-faced

VIRGO- helpful,organized,pretty,charming

SAGITTARIUS- playful,fun-going, jolly,flirt,hot

PISCES- sensitive,soft,day dreaming,ethereal,fairy, a fantasy

This also applies to the MC but it's how others see you.ex: having Taurus MC, then sensual,serious,bad bitch and charming I'd how others see me.

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Check the sign and planet over/in your 11th house..that's how you view friendships, communication and your future this year. It can also how your friendships are this year.

Ex: Capricorn over/saturn in 11th house - you could be more serious or mature when it comes to making friends. Can also show you love feeling independent or being alone on your own feet from friendships. Like you know, you feel like you don't need friends cuz you feel really independent. Not saying you'll have no friends at all. You will have friends but you crave independence from them. You dont want to depend on friends anymore. You can also be really serious about your future this year. Can be different if other planets are seated there too.

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Always check if fama in in conjunction with personal planets. It can show exposure of that topic to the public or surroundings. Ex: I have fama conjunct moon last year and my emotional life got exposed because of myself due to some addiction issues and I told everything to the whomever spoke to me, I was like unconsciously spilling everything without even myself knowing.its messed up but yes, teachers, friends, most of the people know about my emotions now. I just hate it. And I'm okay now though. No more addiction🙌🏻

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where scorpio is in your chart can tell you what do you get deeper into, have a deeper connection with or even have a deep curiosity to find out things in that area of your life, also powerful intense areas of your life that year (check which house it's over, planets under the sign)

Ex: I have scorpio over 9th house this year and I have a deep curiosity to learn about my ancestors, gods and goddesses, history, ditties, guides. I feel powerful in the areas of my ancestors, connecting with God's. Discovering dark knowledge of spirituality like witchcraft,etc.

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Check where your capricorn is seated in your chart, which house it's over can show the area of your life, you are more independent, serious or structured. Even formal, authoritative and responsible.

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Where your virgo is in your chart can show where you're picky, perfectionist, not easily convinced.

Hope you all enjoyed today's post! Have a great day ahead!🏝💓

Feel free to reblog and tag me when you do❤🙌🏻

[mcgnagallsarmy]

Spuffy style Reading Challenge - #26: Ready & Go Reading Challenge

A fic set in the woods:

Promise of Frost by Eurydice [NC-17]

When a snowstorm strands Buffy and Spike, they are forced to turn to each other for strength, especially when a missing Giles, mysterious visitors, and way too much magic threatens to turn it into a not so very merry Christmas. Set mid-S4.

A fic involving a creative outlet:

Chiaroscuro by OffYourBird [R]

At first, Buffy wasn’t even sure it was him. He was all the way across the gallery, far enough that he was reduced to chiaroscuro in motion—a shock of white hair swathed in rich black leather, his eyes dark and glittering and his skin nearly ivory in the bright gallery lights.

A fic featuring food you have not tried:

Hunger by Sunalso [NC-17]

AU. Spike killed his third Slayer, but Dru was already dust. He's been lost, but when his supper turns out to be more than he bargained for, it leaves him hungry for something else instead. And Buffy? She's just hungry.

A fic involving a train ride:

Vernalagnia by violettathepiratequeen [G]

Vernalagnia: A romantic mood brought on by spring. One that even Angel doesn't dare try to get in the middle of.

A graphic novel:

D-straction Day: All Night Long by HappyWhenItRains [Adult Only]

COMIC: Buffy stops by the crypt to see if Spike wants to go patrolling. He does not.

A fic involving ghosts:

Wine-Colored by OffYourBird [NC-17]

There are so many shades of red, but Buffy sticks to the one she knows best.

A fic set on a bus:

A Place to Call Home by all_choseny [NC-17]

Buffy and Spike have beaten The First, and the Hellmouth is closed for good. Now, at the precipice of a new beginning, the pair must decide to finally give love a chance or walk away from each other for good.

A fic where a main character seeks self-improvement:

Reprise by Holly [NC-17]

Spike came back to life and didn’t bother to tell her. Then he died again before she could chew him out. Buffy makes a wish in front of the right kind of demon to set things right and finds herself propelled back to the darkest period of her life.

A fic featuring a (motor)bike ride:

Open Road by HappyWhenItRains [NC-17]

Life Serial takes Buffy and Spike some places neither of them ever expected to go. We, of course, expected it. They did not.

A fic set in or involving something industrial (factory, etc.):

Death Wish by Sigyn [NC-17]

“World is what it is. We fight and we die. Wishing doesn't change that. You can believe in a better world. I have to live in this one.” Anyanka’s wish was broken, but the world it created continues. Now Buffy must join forces with rebel vampires to create a world they can all stand to live in. But can Spike, Drusilla and Angel actually work with a hardened slayer, who would just as soon see them all dust?

A fic involving a plane ride:

Nevertime by anaross [R]

They lost. But they lived. Spike, Blue, and Angel head north to the Arctic to escape the demons set loose in Not Fade Away. (Don't worry... Buffy finds them.)

A fic set in a snow land:

West of the Moon, East of the Sun by KnifeEdge [NC-17]

I keep having the strangest dream. Every night it's the same thing: a dark room, a big bed, and a silent vampire that I can feel, but not see. I'd be wigged, except it's just a dream, right? It'll be a cold day in hell before I ever willingly sleep with a vampire again...

A fic set in a country other than your own:

Favor by EllieRose101 [NC-17]

Spike asks an impossible thing of Buffy––and is stunned when she says yes. Could he really have gone up in her estimation?

A fic featuring a garden:

Unspoken by anaross [R]

"I've always envisioned him giving Buffy a garden that he could never go to in the daytime, to give her something alive for a change." James Marsters.

A fic set in a museum:

Just to Reach You by Sunalso [R]

Post-Series. Spike and Buffy have been a couple for almost two years. The honeymoon is over and together they're discovering they still have a lot to learn about themselves, each other, and how this whole "normal" relationship thing works.

A fic set in a hotel:

A Totally Random Occurrence by Herself [NC-17]

The stake slipped from her fingers, and she had to take a deep breath to stave off the dizziness descending on her like a hood over her head. "You—I thought you were dead." A reunion in New York City. Set post-NFA, spoilers for all of BtVS and AtS.

A fic involving an escape:

The Writing on the Wall by Holly [NC-17]

There was no body to bury. There was no funeral. There was nothing but the three rules and the knowledge that a thousand years of torment was nothing compared to a world without her in it. Spike embarks on a journey through the Gates of Hell to rescue the one he loves, but in order to save her, he must risk losing himself.

A fic set underground or underwater:

Ten Minutes by FlightsofFancy [R]

Buffy, alone, looking for Oz in the Initiative. She only has ten minutes. She finds someone else. Life of a hero, impossible odds.

A fic involving a road trip:

Ties to the World by honeygirl51885 [NC-17]

Spike is gone, but before he went out in a blaze of glory, he slipped a letter into Buffy’s pocket. That letter takes her on a road trip across America, visiting his ties to the world.

[mysticstarlightduck]

Playlist Character Personality Tag!

Thank you for tagging me in this wonderful - and fun!!! - game, @the-golden-comet (here)!

Tag Game Rules Here 💕

I'll go with some characters from the cast of Supernova Initiative! I had so much fun doing this so let's go!

Jack Tithus - "Strong For Somebody Else - Citizen Soldier"

"My personal hell, I'll bury it, bury it Weight of the world, I'll carry it, carry it Pile it all on, I've gotta be strong For somebody, for somebody Put my pain in a pill, I'll swallow it, swallow it Too numb to feel, I'm hollow, I'm hollow I have to hold on, I've gotta be strong For somebody, for somebody Somebody else This voice in my head, it wants me to choose Die selfish or live with my head in a noose Does it ever get better, is this worth the fight? Everyone has a breaking point, guess we'll find mine

Kill the body, not the memory Wouldn't blame 'em, they'd resent meKind of scares me what it takes to just save myself"

How The Song Fits His Story/Personality:

I feel that this song describes his struggles, outlook in life, and overall character so perfectly! Jack is a young intergalactic thief who has spent most of his life being a protector and provided, first to his siblings - Cassie and Deimos - as they grew up all alone on the crime-ridden streets of the moon Cethea III, and now to his team/crew as well (his siblings are a part of the crew btw). He has a bright and optimistic personality, always being the "caretaker" of his group and making sure his loved ones are happy and out of harm's way.

Because of the many hardships he endured and is still going through, Jack has practically trained himself to uphold his perfectly optimistic mask of "I'm okay, everything is fine" and hide the storm of feelings he struggles with behind a kind smile and a determined spirit. He doesn't care what happens to him as long as his team is safe, so he tends to have a very self-sacrificial personality, to the point that he tends to not consider any of his needs as a priority. To Jack, it doesn't matter how much he is struggling because he thinks it is his duty to handle things alone and not burden his loved ones, he feels the need to be the perfect leader, the protective brother, and the relentless rebel at all times, without realizing that he too deserves the same care and support he gives to others.

Despite being a happy and optimistic person, Jack does tend to be a very tragic character and still has a very long way to go when it comes to valuing himself.

Kye Thalax - "Hero - David Kushner"

"How do I begin? How do I cope? Some people sin Some people don't What we had was thin So we couldn't survive Bad times can win While good things can die I was the hero, but you get the glory Now I'm the villain inside of your story I was the saint, you used to adore me Now I'm the villain inside of your story"

How The Song Fits His Story/Personality:

Kye was originally a very kind-hearted and selfless person, much like his father. He wanted to be a good person and help others, to try and make things right for those who needed it. However, his world came crashing down around him too soon - after his father and he ran away from home, his psychotic warlord of a mother sent a group of assassins to kill Kye's father with a poisoned bullet and retrieve the boy. Kye was able to escape being captured, but he did see his father die in the worst way possible.

It's worth noting that Kye was just a kid at the time, so imagine the impact that horrifying day had on him.

After that, Kye's personality changed drastically - he became a conniving, ruthless, merciless killer set on undermining his mother's influence and killing all of her allies, with poison. Eventually, as a teenager, Kye ended up joining a space pirate crew due to a chaotic set of circumstances. His captain was a cruel man who treated his crew, and especially Kye, with whom the man had a strange obsession. It was around that time when Kye met Artemis Zreeth, while the former was on a begrudging mission for his corrupt crew, and unexpected friendship between the duo bloomed.

Torn between his loyalty to his newfound friend and his fear of his employer, Kye's hesitation proved ruinous to their friendship - ultimately sentencing his friend to a similar fate to the one he had had in the past - as Artemis' father's bounty hunter crew staged a mutiny against him and had the man killed. The other boy grew to hate him for being allied to the crew that caused the mutiny and for not warning him, and the duo went their separate ways. Eventually, Kye found a way to free himself from that pirate crew and followed a solo path, still indulging in killing his mother's allies, this time alone, until, by a strange twist of fate, Kye and Artemis' paths crossed once more when they both found themselves working with Jack and his crew.

Cassiopeia Tithus - "Alone II - Alan Walker, Ava Max"

"We would stare at each other 'Cause we were always in trouble And all the cool kids did their own thing I was on the outside, always looking in Yeah, I was there but I wasn't They never really cared if I was in We all need that someone Who gets you like no one else Right when you need it the most We all need a soul to rely on A shoulder to cry on A friend through the highs and the lows"

How This Song Fits Her Story and Personality:

THIS SONG IS SO DAMN PERFECT FOR MY GIRL CASSIE!!!!! You have no idea lol. First of all, the upbeat melody of this song very much fits Cassie's general vibe: she tends to see the best in every situation, always looking for ways to have fun, and likes to enjoy the present moment as it is. She is always there to uplift the team morale and be a good friend to those around her. Cassie wants nothing more than to make her brother proud of her and see her friends happy. Despite all the hardships she has gone through from a very early age, she is and was always the one smiling and happy no matter how bleak things are or were. But another way this song fits her personality is also a bit tragic: Cassiopeia is TERRIFIED of ending up all alone, either by losing those she cares about or being left behind, and is also afraid of being a failure. The lyrics "I'm not gonna make it alone" from this song illustrate this part of her personality very well. She wants to always be happy and smiling because she loves having fun, but also because she can't stand the thought of not being enough to keep the people around her happy.

Deimos Soll - "Whataya Want From Me - Adam Lambert"

"I didn't give a damn But now here we are So what do you want from me? What do you want from me? Just don't give up, I'm workin' it out Please don't give in, I won't let you down It messed me up, need a second to breathe Just keep coming around Hey, what do you want from me? What do you want from me? What do you want from me?"

How This Song Fits His Story and Personality:

Fun Fact: This song was actually playing in the background while I was developing Deimos' character! So it's no wonder it's one of the things that helped inspire me for his story lol. Deimos has gone through a lot, much like most of the main cast of this WIP, and it had an impact on him. He was always a quiet, awkward young man who didn't feel like he fit in anywhere at all most of the time, causing him to yearn for a sense of belonging and closure. When he reached adulthood, Deimos had a falling out with his beloved adoptive siblings (Jack and Cassie), because he wanted to join the Khosmonian side of the war against the Junction, as a way to rebel against the government that destroyed his life, but Jack and Cassie wanted to rebel indirectly rather than get involved with any side. This argument led Deimos to leave their group to pursue a solo path as a rebel sniper, becoming one of the Junction's number one enemies. However, as time passed, he came to regret his decision more and more: he found out that the Khosmonian faction he was fighting for was just as corrupt as the Junction, not to mention that he missed his siblings dearly with every passing day and hated himself for leaving them on such bad terms for something he came to consider foolish. He did leave the insurgent faction he had allied himself to, in hopes to travel back to the Junction galaxies to try and find his siblings, wanting to set things right with them and make amends.

However, just as he did so, he was kidnapped by the Khosmonian warlord he had been fighting for, who didn't want to lose her finest sniper, and noticing that he no longer had any intentions of joining her cause after everything, decided to try and brainwash him into her perfect living weapon of a soldier. This cost Deimos a couple more years away from his siblings, and though he eventually did manage to try and find a way to escape before the mind control could work, he was left with no choice but to make a deal with the Junction - which he still despised - in exchange for safety against the warlord who was hunting him down.

The deal came at the cost of setting up his siblings and former crew for capture, something that made Deimos hate himself even more and added it to his pile of regrets. He now wants to make things right more than anything and regrets many of the choices that led him here, but fears he doesn't deserve redemption.

Aleks Keldora - "Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift"

"I should not be left to my own devices They come with prices and vices I end up in crisis (tale as old as time) I wake up screaming from dreaming One day I'll watch as you're leaving 'Cause you got tired of my scheming (For the last time) It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me At tea time, everybody agrees I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero"

How This Song Fits His Story and Personality:

Despite being an extremely extroverted, prankster-type young man, Aleks suffers from severe social anxiety/impostor syndrome, both of which are worsened by his OCD. Aleks fears that he is a fraud and that he doesn't deserve all the accomplishments he has amassed, believing that if people find out "the real him" they'll simply be disappointed, which is the worst thing anyone could ever feel towards him in his opinion. Because of this, Aleks has become an expert at being someone else - being a perfect social chameleon able to fluidly be anyone he wants to be. Being a master of disguises who possesses a high-tech mask capable of completely changing his features, Aleks' takes the metaphor of being a chameleon/shapeshifter to a literal degree. He takes up a funny, prankster, "never taking anything seriously" personality because he wants badly to be considered funny and likable. He hides his struggles and sadness behind jokes and is, at times, insufferably unserious, because he hates being without a distraction from his inner thoughts, always needing company or something to do in order to keep himself entertained and not spiral downwards into a feeling of self-loathing. The problem is these struggles he fights through are practically a "Self-Fulfilling Prophecy" - the more he feels anxious about himself, the more he thinks "I have no reason to be anxious I'm so stupid", and then he feels more stressed. This is something he'll eventually learn to cope with and heal from throughout his character arc but it is a long journey still.

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[beatsboy]

8.19.24 / day 57 of being a delusional artist

day 5 of moon time

today was chaotic, i was under slept, it was 90 degrees outside, and yet, i still carved out time for my art, albeit at the end of the day, and i almost managed to eat a meal before 11am (even though i’d been up since 8). the problem is not when i wake up, i don’t even mind if i get up late, it’s that i keep getting stuck in holes. in hyper fixations. and not the good kind. like the kind that makes your fear of contamination worse and worse every time you open instagram. like the kind that makes grocery stores a battle ground.

today in therapy, we talked about my obsessions, compulsions, and how they’ve been inhibiting my daily life lately. it feels like it’s always about control, unless it’s about my father. i did realize today in therapy, that, because my father controlled me for so much of my life—even when i rebelled, and sometimes especially when i rebelled—i relied on him to inform me of what was real, what wasn’t, what was good, bad, immoral, etc and now i have to figure these things out for myself.

instead of asking myself what i think, though, i ask the internet. i look for experts to validate any side, either side, any opinion, just tell me it’s right and true and real. like my dawn dish soap. i don’t really give a shit if it’s poisonous or not, i’d just like to know if i need to stop using it. it’s more than the dawn dish soap, though. and it’s about more than controlling my environment in a post-addiction life. it’s about the root of the problem: i don’t trust myself anymore. or, maybe i never did, i’m not sure.

i don’t really think i trusted myself back then, i think i more so just leaned into the chaos of it all and let go. sure, substances helped to embrace this chaos. my (same) therapist at the time told me that she thought perhaps i didn’t want to let go of my attachment to being a hot mess. she was right, of course. that was a difficult part of myself to let go of since it was inextricably tied to being accountable for my actions, and responsible for actual growth and change. it was easier to cry about my ex, fuck his friends, and blame it on how much i drank. same as it was easier to go into a k hole in my bedroom and have video sex with strangers on the internet, shoving a dildo up my ass until i feel something, barely able to remember it the next day when i go to work, than to simply be alone with myself at night, in a time when everything was closed, and i had no one else to talk to.

so, alas, now, that i am not an unhinged addicted closeted transsexual, i have let go of much of the chaos, and yet, i have found myself bound to an order that does not always serve me. there are rules in my head, spirals that lead to rabbit hole upon rabbit hole of research and internet deep diving, only to come out with no answers. i still don’t know if crocs are toxic, if dawn dish soap is poisoning me, or if receipts put forever chemicals in your bloodstream just by touching them, but there are some things i cannot afford to worry about, and those things are taking up so much space in my brain it is hard to see anything else. yes, we are talking about if i have ocd or not, i think it might just be the autism though if i’m being honest like, i haven’t always been so afraid of food and contamination things, it’s really developed more and more since covid. that’s when i developed an intense fear of getting sick (i remember taking a full shower and stripping my clothes in the garage the first time i was exposed) and working in healthcare where i had to be exposed was not fun during that time, so i just tried to learn as much as i could to feel as in control of the situation as i could, because i was so scared of getting it. when i got the call that i was getting my vaccine, i literally cried. and now, i know i’m immunocompromised, and the vaccine is not t h a t effective on me and i’ve had it like 3 fucking times and i’m even more scared now because of that so yeah

and i mean i want to believe that it’s the food poisoning me, that it’s my dish soap, or my polyester clothing because even removing every single ounce of plastic from my life is easier than going through the american healthcare system when you don’t know what’s wrong with you and i do know parts, i know about my eds, which has helped explain a lot, and i know that my digestion is s l o w but i don’t know w h y so that’s fun

through all this fear, nonetheless, and realizing that my fear and internet rabbit holing was a way to fill the void where i used to have a father, i still sat down and made art today. i opened ableton, i worked on choirboy, which is, in a way, a song in reference to my father, and myself, of course. i wonder what he would think if he heard it.

[exilley]

may i hear about ivy the oc

I will gladly tell you about her :3

Ivy Aroid is the daughter of a fallen clan of nobles in a monarchical aristocracy. The world this character exists within is one domineered by gods, or more plainly and literally, immortals in charge of governing the metaphysical wellbeing of the universe, but that’s its own lore dump. In short, the world is split into nation-like factions that hundreds of different gods have individual claim over. The citizens of each faction are bound by social expectation to follow their patron god’s doctrine and organize themselves according to the ideals of said god. In Ivy’s case, that doctrine and those ideals entail a social structure that splits a so-called Burden of Coexistence that splits the population into two classes of people: Aristocrats who may become either a Scholar or a Warrior, and Tradesmen who can become a Healer or Artisan (these four categories are a universal standard, but how a god interprets which kinds of work fall under which label is completely up to their whim, as is the manner in which the classes are implemented in society).

Ivy’s family was one of many who fell off politically following a long and complicated ordeal with what was functionally the ruling clan of monarchs of a few generations past. The clan’s rule has left the country (ahem faction) in economic and social disarray, and Aristocrats are all vying to gain power in the midst of a power vacuum opening up. The Aroids are particularly aggressive in their pursuit and the family heads have abused their children to that end, Ivy included. But she’s intelligent and, in her adolescence, grows to become keenly aware of her situation. So she starts to play a character— that of a cunning, manipulative, unfeeling agent who would do everything in her power to climb the ranks. It’s a bid to reclaim what she’s been through; convincing herself she chose to be a bad person and reclaiming autonomy over her survival response, which was to distance herself from people and become the perfect pawn for her clan’s re-ascension. To this end she did a lot of reprehensible things, including but not limited to, blackmail, sexual exploitation, stealing, lying, cheating, and making threats of emotional or physical violence to her interpersonal circle. She lives in a society that is cruel by nature and she embodies that cruelty perfectly, as a medley of tragedy and hurt that can only exist alongside one another. She does what she must to climb the ranks for both herself and her clan, but the line between what she must do and what she wants to do are blurry and indefinite.

And then comes around the congregational season, where all aristocrats are invited to the oldest temple in the nation faction for a ball commemorating a celestial event in which the two moons are both visible and full at the same time— something that only occurs once every other year. It’s at this event that Ivy meets Yeonzhun, the person who would change the trajectory of her life forever. They hit it off really well, since they shared a lot of similar views on politics and had a lot of commonalities outside of their politics as well. Mostly, Ivy was drawn to him/her (Yeon is markedly a transgressor of the binary so regardless of the spiritual canon I use both she/he for her) for reasons that vaguely border on attraction but ultimately I have elected never to clarify. They continue to exchange letters with each other as they lived their lives, Yeon wrapping up military academy and Ivy acting as a subordinate diplomat for another, more powerful clan.

At this point, I should mention that Ivy has established many connections all over, but her primary contacts are illicit: the coven of rebels who seek to overthrow the regime of the gods and overturn the world order so that mortals have complete self-determinative capacity. This coven extends worldwide and is comprised of a mix of Rogues (a fifth category of person, who, loosely defined, are those who have abandoned their faction’s subservience to their patron and were exiled as punishment), descendants of a “cursed” bloodline (heavy quotes there because whether the bloodline is actually cursed or not is up for interpretation), and those with status in their respective factions who secretly wish to abolish the status quo. This may initially seem at conflict with Ivy’s character, since it goes against the grain of her intended to be a symbol of the cycle the people are trapped within, but consider that she is foremost contextualized by her desire to have control over her role in society. That she wants tangible authority and power to mitigate her internalized anxieties of being deprived of control is not necessarily at odds with the idea that she contends with guilt and shame over having done bad things in the name of a poorly justified cause. She doesn’t enjoy being trapped in the cave any more than the next guy.

After several exchanges with Yeon over letters, she one day asks if Yeon would be interested in joining the rebel forces with her. Of course, she was aware of the implications of roping Yeonzhun, an aristocrat who by far outranked her and had her own slew of baggage, into something like the rebellion, but there was just too much she admired and loved about him that she felt it would be disingenuous to not reveal this side of herself to her. Yeonzhun accepted in a heartbeat, and after receiving the reply, Ivy basically swore a vow of servitude to Yeonzhun, to help her achieve what she herself had suffered through years of agony for. Yeonzhun was not just a genuine companion to Ivy; he began to epitomize the concept of hope and strength for her. There was so much that she lamented or regretted doing and Yeonzhun was the outlet for that self-hatred. Symbolically, and literally, Yeonzhun became Ivy’s new patron god.

It’s the kind of romanticism you’d write a line like “If the heavens were a tree, I would grab the trunk and shake the branches to fell the fruits of my sins for you” for.

And uh… commit sins she does! Because once Yeonzhun comes out of the military academy and Ivy found an opportunity to resign from her position, the two become a pretty infamous duo. And the closer they grew in person and the older they aged together, Ivy came to realize the one thing that kept Yeonzhun from snapping was her stubborn belief in the goodness of people. Ivy did not ever once think less of her for this in spite of her experiences. Rather, it was a trait that she considered to be one of Yeonzhun’s most admirable qualities. But Yeonzhun is not a politican like Ivy, she’s a fighter. A Warrior. It’s a point where their similarities dissipate into differences. And Ivy, with all of her jaded optimism, who at this point truly only desired for Yeonzhun’s ideals to become a reality as it represented the best possible version of Ivy’s (at least, in Ivy’s perspective), came to the conclusion that the best way to help Yeonzhun realize his goals was to betray him and face the consequence of certain vengeance/death by his hands.

So that’s exactly what Ivy did. She betrayed him by leaking to some of the brass she was connected to that Yeonzhun was part of the rebellion, and should thusly be exiled from the Aristocrat class as punishment. In the months after Yeon’s exile, Ivy mostly retreated into herself and spent the days contemplating what she’d done with her life and how she ended up here. In the end, she did exactly as her parents wanted: to rise up the ranks and bring the Aroid clan back into prominence. She basically set that motion into stone with her betrayal of Yeonzhun, since it earned her a lot of respect, awe, and fear. But she also accomplished the complete opposite of her efforts to defy that initial compulsion, which was to play the game for herself and herself only, by tying her whole being to Yeonzhun. And, of course, when Yeonzhun makes a return leading a group of rebels driven by the shared anger of being sold out by who they all thought was a close comrade, Ivy’s throat is cut by Yeonzhun himself.

Such is the entire story summed up neatly. You will notice that it’s long, so I had to cut out basically every detail related to Yeonzhun to keep it a somewhat reasonable length. But knowing Yeon’s deal makes Ivy’s fascination and infatuation with her very clear I promise. It all makes sense

[sergeantsporks]

Runaway Legacies: Jumping off the idea that was sent about tiny Hunter learning about human wolves and picking up the inconvenient habit of howling. Eber doing normal rounds of communicating/checking up on some local beast demon nests and get told about about this little witchling that keeps howling at the moon in different parts of the isles. One night Eber actually goes to investigate this and manages to sneak quietly enough to catch begging to have the wolf book read again in between howls to the moon (Darius is ofc stressed but also not wanting to ruin what little fun the kid has in all their wandering and is trying to get him to howl quietly? And Hunter makes this tiny little “awooo~” while still nearly incapable of containing his excitement) and Eber just has this moment of, ‘This one of the cutest darn things I’ve seen in a long while’ and ‘I’ve only known this pup for two minutes but anything were to happen to them-‘

Idk, I just love the idea that even if Eber doesn’t get the chance to have the same bond with Darius as canon and has been rebelling by themselves in this Au, that he still becomes inexplicably fond of Hunter in a distant sort of way and does little things in the background to hinder the efforts to capture Darius and Hunter that neither end up being aware of until Darius eventually gets approached about joining the rebellion many, many years later.

This would actually be a really fun way for Eber to figure out that the propaganda about Darius isn't so true! I like that a lot, I think it would be nice for him to be kind of like "oh, okay, Something's Up" in the background

[brionysea]

i know as much about star wars as steve does, but this isn't the only time that ewoks are mentioned

even within the same episode, teddy bears come up again, and they're linked to mike. el was unable to get the teddy bear off the shelf but mike could

the ties to mike go further back into season 3 too

anyway. back to ewoks

i wondered if it was meant for el, will, or mike, because they're all kind of the core characters, but the cut from mike's face straight to the tv makes me think while it involves all of them, it's for him

also, with how similar joyce and mike are, does that mean mike forgot something? something specific to him, not just will's birthday, because everyone else forgot that too

with how thorough stranger things is, i'm sure there's something in the specific cartoon shown, but i don't particularly want to watch it, so here's what i found from the star wars wiki for ewoks

the very first thing on the wiki immediately sounds like mike

"The Ewoks are fierce warriors. The top of the food chain on a savage planet!" "Okay, first of all, they live on a moon, not a planet. Second of all—"

the "not a planet" aspect also reminds me of dustin starting to wonder what the true nature of the upside down even is in season 4 before he got convinced it was irrelevant

endor -> the upside down

ewoks -> demo-creatures

leia befriended an ewok (like dustin befriended dart — "that's like saying just because someone's from the death star, doesn't make them bad," mike says about it, because he's at the start of his character arc about learning that the world(s) don't operate within a black and white moral framework) and went to their camp as a guest while her friends got taken prisoner by a different group

When these Ewoks saw the protocol droid C-3PO, they identified him as the Golden One who they believed had brought balance to Endor millennia before. Despite Wicket and Organa's protests, the Ewok shaman Logray attempted to sacrifice them as a feast in C-3PO's honor. Skywalker's use of the Force to make C-3PO levitate combined with the droid's warnings soon changed Chief Chirpa's mind, however.

this is just. interesting. it makes me think of "without heart, we all fall apart" in reference to mike, and jason talking about how everything that's happened with the upside down have been ritualistic sacrifices. the one who stopped them from happening being the person with the force (el) matches up too

i don't see how anyone besides mike could be the golden one. he understands the upside down so intuitively that it's suspicious, it refuses to hurt him even though doing so would disable the rightside up's team immensely, and he started off as the golden child who audiences loved before slowly falling off the pedastal. there's also the fact that the little teddy bear he couldn't afford (yet?) was gold

That night, C-3PO told the Council of Elders the adventures of the Rebel heroes. The Ewoks accepted the Rebels into their tribe, and allied themselves to their cause. The Ewoks helped in the ground battle to destroy the Imperial shield generator on the forest floor, and their primitive weapons felled the stormtroopers and the scout walkers of the Empire, although they took many losses to Imperial blaster fire.

so basically, the golden one unionised the ewoks against the evil empire. mike unionises the creatures of the upside down against vecna

[interspellar-ask-blog]

**What is Interspellar?**

Interstellar is a fantasy series that combines the setting of outer space with fantasy elements and magic. It follows a main cast as they attempt to lead a rebellion against the counsel that rules the galaxy with an iron fist. One of their missions is to locate the six cosmic stones and use their magic to dismantle the counsel and their reign.

**Who are the main characters?**

There are seven major characters, all of whom are part of the rebellion attempting to take down the counsel. They are:

-Cassiopeia (Cass) [she/her]

*A star marked. She is the pseudo-leader of their group, but oftentimes butts heads with Dess. She grew up as an orphan on a planet and joined the rebellion because of a close friend. Strong willed and confident, she has a knack for getting out of tough scrapes, even if she has no respect for rules or authority.*

-Dessponia (Dess) [she/her]

*A void marked, the daughter of a rebel captain, she has been in the rebellion since she was a child. Strict and powerful, she is a heavy rule follower and struggles with Cass’s brashness and unconventional ideas.*

-Lumi [they/she/he]

*A very talented inventor despite being the youngest of the group, Lumi is a brilliant engineer who creates a number of gadgets for the rebellion. A comet marked.*

-Ophiuchus (Ophi) [he/him]

*The son of a revered rebel who passed away some time ago, Ophi is eager to prove himself and although he sometimes exaggerates his abilities, his heart is good and he cares very deeply for the others, particularly Lumi, who he shares a close friendship with. A moon marked*

-Solaris [he/him]

*An sun marked and an escaped counsel prisoner, Solaris strangely has no memories before the age of 14. He is the currently only known survivor of a planet called Surya, which was annihilated in a counsel attack. He is a brilliant strategist and has served as a bit of a mentor to a couple of the others in terms of training. He is serious and blunt, but perhaps there’s more than that deep within himself, but he refuses to let that side show.*

-Arion [he/him]

*Dess’s twin brother, they were separated as children and Arion went on to be a soldier for the counsel. He and Solaris met during that period, and when he rescued Solaris from capture on a rebellion mission, he came back with him. He’s joined the rebellion, but tensions are still high with some members, including his sister. He is a comet marked.*

-Helix [they/them]

*The child of one of the council members, Helix is a fairly high ranking commander in their empire. What none of them know, is that they’ve been feeding the rebellion information for years, and is one of the core reasons they can complete missions and haven’t been wiped out by the counsel. They are nebula marked.*

**How does the magic work?**

The people in Interspellar are born marked as one of six kinds of magic. If two parents have the same mark, their child will have that mark. If the parents have different marks, there is a 50/50 chance the child will have either type of mark.

A mark is located like a tattoo somewhere on the person’s body, and glows when they use their magic. Magic is life, it flows in all living things and if something’s magic is totally depleted, it will die as it is the being’s life force itself. Magic is the primary form of combat, as technology is also powered by it.

The six types of marks are:

-Sun (fire magic)

-Moon (terraforming and water magic)

-Star (light magic)

-Void (shadow magic)

-Comet (ice magic)

-Nebula (air magic)

There are also six cosmic stones, beautiful gems that hold within them the most powerful magic of each type in the universe. Whoever holds them and can harness its magic would be one of the most powerful magic users of that type in the galaxy.

[jobey-wan-kenobi]

further adventures in beatles astrology

So another cool thing about Paul’s chart is how the planets are all clustered into the upper half: 

These top-heavy charts indicate someone who is expressive and status-driven. They are highly motivated to achieve and maintain a good reputation. They tend to be involved in their communities. Take it too far and they can be shallow, but in general they are the backbone of a functioning and healthy society. Makes sense for Paul, right?

That kind of chart is really something I haven’t seen a lot. Part of that might just be that people who are looking for readings tend to be more introspective, but even in celebrity charts I’ve seen a lot more bottom-heavy than top-heavy charts. Like, say, John’s: 

See how most of John’s planets are on the bottom half? Only Moon (☽) and Mercury (☿) are above the axis. These bottom-heavy charts mark people who are more driven by authenticity than status. They are less likely to be interested in public recognition, rewards, and honors (sometimes, even a steady paycheck isn’t really worth it for them). They tend to be very private, introspective, and they have idiosyncratic personal standards. Take it too far and they can be solipsistic and antisocial, but in general they stand for the right and duty to determine for ourselves whether or not we are living our best lives—and anyone who tries to weigh in can go hang. 

John’s chart is bottom-heavy, Paul’s is top-heavy—I think this indicates one of the major things that drove them apart. Different values. Different sources of validation. John sought fame, sure (his Moon up there explains a lot of that—the Moon has a lot to do with our emotions, desires, and dreams), but, once he actually got it, he sure got tired of everything except the money in a hurry. His chart totally makes sense for a househusband stay-at-home parent “watching the wheels go round and round.” Whereas Paul is still going strong five decades later; even when disgusted by the press he still kept trying to win them over and correct the narrative and play their game. 

So John’s chart has almost the opposite energy to Paul’s, but it is quite similar to Ringo’s, which is bottom-heavy to the extreme: 

Remember the outrage when Ringo announced that he wasn’t going to answer any fan mail anymore, ever, period? That is a move totally predicted by this chart. Its extreme “lowness” indicates someone who is concerned with their own habits, family, friends, passion projects, and daily routine far above anything else. (Also, bless him, Ringo has most of his planets in house 5, the house of creation, pleasure, and fun. “I just wanna boogaloo!” Indeed.) 

So you may be predicting that George will be in the same vein as John and Ringo. I did too, but we are wrong. George has a very balanced chart, planets spread out all around his zodiac: 

I was surprised at first, but this made a lot more sense when I thought of George’s life as a whole. As a Beatle we saw him uncomfortable and cramped—by the fame, by the rules and structure, by the “drag” of touring and interviewing, by his flying phobia, by his creative dissatisfaction, by his deteriorating relationships with some people (John cough Paul cough) to whom he would have once been so close. So he became very withdrawn and kind of passive-aggressive. (He’s also super Water-dominant, so that’s on point as a coping mechanism.) But outside of his Beatle phase of life... think of what we know of him as a schoolboy. Independent, a rebel, a social leader. Also someone who valued his friends fiercely and wasn’t afraid to show it (like headbutting the classmate that he so quickly decided who wasn’t worthy of Paul). We also see all this again in the Traveling Wilburys phase (the way he’s remembered to this day for what a great hugger he was...) In short, his chart argues that George is a pretty well-rounded person, not given to extremes of ambition or privacy. Does it check out? I think so.

[butterflyeffectiveless]

I realize that mewmans and humans coming together at the end kind of makes sense. Because according to the show, mewmans were originally humans that strayed too far and ended up in another dimension by accident many years ago. 

Just made me think that the finale makes sense in a way. Mewmans were meant to come back to Earth at the end. 

It would also make sense if mewmans had been persuaded to reject magic and return to Earth dimension, to return to their ‘ancestry’. I imagine an alternative set of events, where Star and Co realize that magic caused a lot of issues and that the Mewman royal bloodline did more harm than good to both mewmans and monsters, and she persuades other mewmans and Moon to leave Mewni and come to Earth? 

And it would be a valid reason enough for Toffee to back down. Who knows, if he were to learn that mewmans and humans share the same history and saw for himself that mewmans are willing to come to earth and leave monsters’ dimension alone.

It would also connect season 1 to the rest of the show. Star spent so many days on Earth and she felt like at home there, and later on she realizes that it Was in fact, her home. It would make a nice plot twist and would feel the connections with Earth characters feel special.

And knowing that Star is a rebel princess and takes charge, not listening to her mother, it would make sense that she would decide for Moon that magic should be given to monsters instead. Moon would be against it, but Star would disagree with her. 

I dont know if it’d be a good plot point, but maybe Star would give the wand to Toffee , - mirroring the 1st season - except, unlike season 1, Toffee did not anticipate it at all, it was Star’s decision. (He spent his life plotting to get rid of magic, and suddenly he is gifted with it - What.?? ) . But given his own reasons, he refuses and expresses that he “does not trust magic”. Which is another plot twist for the main characters. The plot twist is that, Toffee hates magic Not because Mewmans possess it, but because he thinks magic | itself | is a root to the problem.

Since Toffee is a septarian, he knows personally a lot more about what happened because of magic, since he lived through several generations, so his dislike toward magic makes sense.

So, Mewmans learn that Humans are their ancestors and they want to reconnect with them and consider leaving Mewni. So from then on in the show, mewmans work | together | with monsters to do something about Magic.

* Plus starco would also look poetic in that sense that Star is a mewman and Marco is a human, and them ending up together helped Mewmans and humans come together. 

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But then I am not sure about destruction of magic. Toffee being potentially a former spell who blended in with monsters - im not sure about that ‘plot twist’ too. But it seems like the only potential to explain his connection with Glossaryck. So somewhere at the end, Toffee actually contributes to the main characters’ plans by persuading Glossaryck to destroy magic in an ‘alternative way’.

Glossaryck: Magic outlived itself. It’s been too long. Surely that was what you wanted, didn’t you?

Toffee: I did. Though, I believe in opportunity. That was presented by princess Star Butterfly.

Glossaryck: Huh, interesting.. Alright, the Lizard, I am sure your plans are not any less entertaining.

Toffee: You can...call me... [ *cringes* ] Toffee.

Glossaryck: Hoho? I never thought you’d accept my silly nickname. I guess saying that you never learn was a mistake after all.

Glossaryck’s philosophy would be that he goes with the flow, and follows the events that unfold before him, to achieve his goals, this is why he listens and gives them the opportunity to do things their way.

What about an idea that magic spells are not exactly “magic”, but they are real beings who were a | byproduct | of a destructive core that is magic? So when the characters aim to destroy magic, it means destroying a dangerous and destructive core of it, Not harming the sentient magical beings. So this is why the destuction of magic doesnt end up in genocide and Star destroys the source and all magic beings are not harmed.

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and, at the end, before mewmans leave to earth Moon says:

Moon gives the wand to Ludo Avarius: Here. It’s yours.

Monsters: But why? You give your royal artifact to us?

Moon: Yes. We never meant to be on Mewni. We were always humans.

Toffee: So Mewni belongs to monsters now?

Moon: You have always been on Mewni. This dimension has always been your home. You are mewmans.

Toffee’s eyes widen.

so at the end mewmans become humans and monsters become mewmans. (i mean they dont change or become humanoids, they are called mewmans now because they live in Mewni.)

[daandyli0n]

ok ill bite. whats this about turning block people into rock people (the gem au btw)

HOO BOY, I'VE HAD THIS AU IN MY MIND FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW:

so! general gist of the au's premise: the dsmp characters and (part of) the plot get put into a Steven Universe kind of world, where there are Gems (rock aliens that have no gender. i'm pretty sure that's canon) and humans. the characters, depending on what i think would be cool, are split between these two species. it doesn't follow the plot of SU exactly (there is no Gem-Human hybrid as the main character, most of the Diamonds are actually better than they were canonically. kinda, anyway, and what exactly caused the "Gem War" is different), but there are a few similarities.

so! PLOT TIME (i'll be using the Gem names, 'cause why not)

(i apologize how long this took, there is just. So Much)

there are four Diamonds: Green, Black, Pink, and Amber Diamond, in order of age (these are c!Dream, Bad, Eret, and Wilbur, respectively). each of them get their own colonies, and eventually, Amber gets his own (Earth and the Moon).

Pink and Amber are besties :]

unlike in the actual show, when Amber asks the others to leave Earth alone, as to not destroy the planet, that request is respected.

the problem? Amber is unable to "grow" his own Gems, meaning that he requires help from the other Diamonds

the other Diamonds give him a few extra Gems here and there, including "undesirable" Gems: "defective" Gems (have multiple things wrong with them by Homeworld's standards; generally aren't viewed as functioning well/properly), "off-color" Gems (not necessarily defective, but have some things off with them physically (wrong color, for example) and/or have wonky powers), and "rogue/rebel" Gems (have no desire to follow the purpose the Diamonds have chosen for their Gem Type; ex. a Quartz of any type doesn't want to be a soldier or guard. "rebel" is generally used when a Gem is "at risk" of being a "problem," and "rogue" is basically shorthand for "is currently a problem"). Amber would end up showing these Gems more kindness than the other Diamonds did (except for Pink, but due to Reasons (*cough* Green) she can't be as open about it as Amber does)

through this, Amber receives four Gems that he will come to consider family: a "rebel" Jade and an Obsidian from Black Diamond (Phil and Kristin), a "rogue" Rose Quartz from Pink (Techno), and a "rebel" Lapis Lazuli (Clementine).

how did they each get labeled this way? well...

Jade didn't just want to sit around and deal with High-Ranking Gem BS, he wanted to go explore!! maybe even build stuff (which is i recall from the show was a job for Bismuths)!! and the Obsidian? she just followed him when he was sent off.

Rose Quartz was...more violent than RQ's typically are (they're generally healing/guard Gems. but this is obviously Techno we're talking about here. plus Anarchy™), and while Pink is generally accepting like Amber is, he feels pressured by the other Diamonds (Green specifically), so they just gently send any "troublemakers" over to Amber.

and the Lapis Lazuli? well...they're generally pretty quiet, keep to themselves, and listen to orders pretty well. not this one: she pretty much came out of the ground loud, a bit rowdy, and just generally telling everyone to F**k Off. Amber had to go and get her from Green himself before that guy decided to shatter her or something. when they finally went down to Earth, her first words to Amber were something along the lines of "Did I do something wrong?" Amber assured her that she didn't do anything wrong.

and now we have SBI + Kristin :]

so yeah. if it wasn't obvious, Amber pretty much believes that Gems should just be allowed to do what they want, as long as they aren't hurting anyone.

the SBI learns from humans that names exist, and give each other names. they're the same ones that. y'know. the characters have (Amber is Wilbur, Lapis is Clem, etc.)

Amber and Green...didn't get along. So A War Starts!

things are fine...until Green gets one of his Quartzes (Punz) to assassinate/shatter Amber, only stating to leave no witnesses. which he does. but, oh, what's this? Clem Witnesses It But Is Hiding! So Quartz Doesn't See Her!

Green somehow covers the whole thing up. the other remaining Diamonds are suspicious, however (Pink more so than Black)

SBI, over the next few centuries, research to figure out how to bring Wilbur back. and they find one! but it basically requires the essence of the other Diamonds and a Rose Quartz's tears. they already have Techno, so now they need the Diamond's help. Clem offers to go do it

things go well when asking Pink and Black. it's with Green that problems start (because of course it is, right?)

so. she gets to Green. he eventually decides "f**k it, i'll help bring Amber back, everyone's too suspicious of me already." Clem gets the Diamond essence, and gets ready to leave.

and then she sees Quartz. and gets rightfully pissed off

Green, now realizing that there Was a witness to Wilbur's assassination, kind of...panics. and does the one thing that comes to mind for him to do.

he cracks her gem. Badly

now. here's the reason why that's bad: That's The Equivalent Of Attempting To Murder Someone And Putting Them Into A Coma.

given, y'know, that people Already suspect him of having some role to play in Wilbur's death, and that people would probably get Pissed if they figured out what he did, he decides to bubble her gem (something that Gems can do; they quite literally create a bubble around the object they're bubbling) and teleport that bubble to his "Bubble Room" (something else gems can have, apparently), and forces all the Gems that were in the Throne Room/Palace he has to keep quiet about what happened and claim that Clem just never arrived there.

some Gems who are technically witnesses, who Will be important later, are an Amethyst guard (Purpled; didn't tell anyone because he was a direct witness (heard the yelling and subsequent cracking of Clem's gemstone) and was honestly scared for his life should no one believe him) and a Brown Agate (Schlatt; didn't say anything because he genuinely didn't give a s**t).

Pink and Green despise each other after this :]

for the next 2,000 years, various different things happened:

two new Gems joined Green's Court: an "overcooked ('defective')" Bumblebee Jasper (Tubbo; is basically just much shorter than Jaspers are, a consequence of the Gem staying underground too long. he's also one of the spotty bumblebee jaspers :]) and a "defective" Snowflake Obsidian (Ranboo; is technically a perma-fusion from birth. two gems combined before Ranboo was "born," thus making Ranboo a fusion. they literally cannot unfuse, because he will die). these two hate their jobs. due to Ranboo's circumstances (which, keep in mind, is something out of his control), they are practically treated like a Pearl (literally a servant Gem. like, they are the lowest on the Gem Hierarchy due to something Ranboo Can't Control. like, his options are either to Literally Die or be treated like a servant).

Clem is stuck in a Limbo between life and death

the rest of the SBI and a bunch of corrupted Gems are still on Earth. the other members of SBI view what happened to Clem as a threat.

Brown Agate is sent on missions with an Azurite (Quackity; relatively High-Ranking Gem in Black Diamond's Court) and a Pyrite (Foolish; not technically a High-Ranking Gem, but Pink is really close to him, so they made him High-Ranking because F**k Green, She Does What She Wants <3). these three basically hate each other, but Azurite and Pyrite hate each other less.

so...in the show, the Diamonds created a Human Zoo. in the show, this was to preserve humans so that they wouldn't go extinct from the Earth getting destroyed. in this au, it's because Gems genuinely don't understand that humans are sentient too. so like, this wasn't entirely done out of malice. again, not entirely

so...now that we've got caught up on the past two millennia, now let's enter the 21st century! :D

now we finally get introduced to some humans :]

Puffy: a sailor/fisherwoman who lives in a seaside town with her adopted daughter Michelle. she has always dreamed of adventure, maybe even a sea adventure :]

Niki and Jack: live in a small town. Niki is a baker and Jack works at a motel in town :]

Ponk: lives in the same town as Puffy. they're a doctor :]

Fundy: a teen interested in coding and stuff. doesn't have..the best home life, but it doesn't deter him from his coding dreams. he lives in the same town as Niki and Jack :]

i'll continue this in another reblog, give me a bit. hit a character limit

[brightbeautifulthings]

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

"'What you don't understand,' she said to me once when I told her how dangerous it was, 'is that I am the thing in the dark.'"

Year Read: 2022

Rating: 4/5

About: When Iris and her two sisters were children, they disappeared on a street in plain sight of their parents. They returned some time later with matching half-moon scars on their throats and no memory of what happened, and strangeness has haunted their family ever since. Now seventeen, Iris's oldest sister Grey has gone missing. Following the trail of clues that Grey left and being chased by an impossible horned man, she discovers that Grey remembers more about what happened than she let on, and finding answers to their past may be the key to finding her sister. Trigger warnings: death, child/parent death, suicide, body horror, bug horror, fires, violence, guns, sexual assault, magical manipulation.

Thoughts: I fell in love with Sutherland's writing in Our Chemical Hearts. Some writers know how to turn a phrase just so in a way that sounds both brand new and somehow familiar, and she's one of them for me. Outside of that, the books have little in common, and I think that's to their credit. House of Hollow is just my kind of weird, and Sutherland excels at capturing the space between something lovely and something terrifying, or that uncanny space where it's a little of both and all the more compelling for it. I loved the descriptions and the imagery here, and so much of the book is about atmosphere.

It's also very much about sisters, and I loved each of the Hollow girls, as different and destructive as they are. Iris is the reliable narrator, the dedicated daughter, the one who doesn't want to be a monster. Vivi is the middle sister, the punk rock rebel, the one who knows monsters can be useful at times, and then there's Grey, the oldest sister who leans into their brand of beautiful monstrousness and makes a career out of it. It's fascinating to see the way the same gifts play out differently in each girl, and their relationships with each other (and to a lesser extent their mother) are the heart of the novel.

I wouldn't say it's a terribly plot-heavy book, and it flounders in places where the search for Grey goes on too long or none of the girls have a plan for what to do next. There's plenty of other things to like about it though, and I ultimately enjoyed the slow unraveling of the mystery of what happened to them when they were younger. It's a cool new take on a couple of familiar concepts, and I like what Sutherland does with them. I'd be interested to spend more time in this world or with these characters, but I appreciate it as a standalone too.

[threewaywithdelusion]

Stranger Things Shadowhunter AU

So in this AU, most of the main characters are Shadowhunters. The Wheelers, the Sinclairs, and the Hendersons are all Shadowhunters from old, respectable families. (Dustin's father died in battle when he was young). The Buckleys are also Shadowhunters, but they're not connected to the rest of the Shadowhunters in town for some reason. Maybe they moved to Hawkins more recently. Maybe their family is being judged for something they did a generation ago. Maybe Robin's parents being hippies translates to her parents being really friendly with Downworlders, which made other Shadowhunters look down on them. Maybe Robin isn't her father's daughter and is instead the product of her mother's tryst with a faerie, making her odd and unaccepted in the shadow world (like Mark and Helen Blackthorn).

The Byers used to be Shadowhunters until Lonnie was turned into a werewolf, back when Jonathan and Will were children. He came home angry and upset that he was going to be exiled from the Clave and he lost control of his transition. He Turned both Will and Jonathan, who then became outcasts. Ex-Shadowhunters who were now Downworlders and something to be feared or pitied. Joyce didn't get turned, but she stuck by her kids and faced the same ostracism as them.

Steve Harrington is a mundane. Nancy Wheeler is rebelling not only by dating the town golden boy but also a mundane who her parents would never approve of. Once Steve gets involved in Everything, he becomes an Ascendant and he and Robin become parabatai.

Will goes missing, just as he does on the show. It's not the full moon and they don't know where he's gone. Jonathan should be able to find him (they're brothers and in the same pack) but he can't, which makes the rest of the Party concerned. The Clave isn't doing anything, because the Byers may have once been Shadowhunters, but Will Byers is a werewolf child and thus not their problem. Mike, Lucas, and Dustin go into the woods to look for him and that is where they find El.

El has magic, so she should be a warlock, but they can't find a warlock's mark on her, which is strange. (She's the result of an experiment, à la Tessa Gray. Maybe they mixed a warlock with a faerie somehow. Maybe El is a warlock who has far too much demon blood in her veins, which when she discovers it, makes her worry she is a monster).

Most of the plot of Season 1 plays out, but with Shadowhunter shenanigans instead. Mike protects the strange girl they found in the woods. Lucas insists she must be a demon and they fight. Nancy bonds with Jonathan, who she's always kind of known but never associated with because Nancy was being a Good Girl and doing what was expected her and Good Girls don't hang out with werewolves shunned by the Clave. Steve acts like a dick and when he goes to apologize to Nancy and Jonathan, he gets dragged into the Plot and ends up saving their lives, setting up his future as and Ascendant.

I haven't quite figured out who the bad guy is (the scientists who experimented on El, who took Will because they wanted to test a shadowhunter/werewolf child? Some kind of demon?). Or what do with Hopper (is he a Mundane cop with the Sight, perhaps one whose daughter was killed by the shadow world? A Shadowhunter who has been stripped of his marks? A Shadowhunter who has lost belief in the fight after the loss of his only child?)

But I think this could be fun.

[rahorak-a]

PSA : THE LE.ODI.A SHIP.

It's been a while since I have touched upon this ship, let alone shipped it with anyone really, so let me make a somewhat detailed post explaining my stance on this ship.

I tend not to make it a secret that I don't ship Le.ona and Dia.na in canon. I never really have, because I find the nature of it extremely toxic. And not in the fun way. One, if not both of them, is actively trying to kill the other and I think it was a bullshit decision on Rito's side to make them basically canon, without removing that part of their lore. Because we now have a romanticized oppressor / oppressed ship on our hands.

I get that their sun / moon dynamic is very pleasing, to some more than others. And you won't see me harass others who DO ship them, never, ever. I won't tell others what they can or can't ship. So I really, really hope you will extend the same courtesy to me. Because I know full well how... vocal, this fandom can be. Therefore, I reiterate:

This is only my own opinion. I speak for myself, and no one else. The purpose of this post is for me to have it to point towards if / when people ask me about this, so I don't have to constantly repeat myself. It is not to shit on your ship. It is not to take the joy out of it for you. It isn't even about you. Now, without further ado, let's dive in.

As a Le.ona RPer, there's always been a certain pressure to ship them. I'm sure people didn't mean to, but I am not blind. I see how my numbers skyrocket when I post anything about them. I see the joy it brings to a lot of people. I see that, more than any other ship I've had, I get questions and such about them. And that is fine, because I know you mean well. And by all means, keep them coming. I am not shy to give my opinion on things.

But it is disheartening, as someone who loves their muse, to very often have her be... just, sort of expected to be with another character. I spoke with Jinx about this last night and, honestly? We agree that Le.ona feels kind of like a side character to Dia.na. Or maybe it is vice versa. But they feel ultimately so intertwined that, me, a rebel, wants desperately to break out of that. I want my muse to be her OWN character. Not someone's girlfriend. Not the villain in someone else's story. Her own. character.

And you know how much I love sun mom. I do not say this lightly. I want to give her the respect and attention she deserves. That is my primary concern. My secondary concern, is the aforementioned problematic nature of canon Le.odi.a. Perhaps I will expand upon that with time. For now, I think ( Or hope. ) You know what I mean.

Because I want to state very clearly that, I can see myself shipping Le.odi.a, despite this. The reason being that, while I disagree with them in canon, my Leona is not canon. And should the right Dia.na come along, I am willing to give things ago. My only two requirements are these:

My RP partner accepts my portrayal of Le.ona isn't canon, and that she is her own character.

My RP partner respects my other ships.

Quite simply, the same shit I ask of any of my other ship partners. I didn't spend 3 years writing a character to have my development for her disrespected by my own writing buddies, lmao. My Le.ona does not wish death on the Lu.nari, including Dia.na. It is possible for them to have had a romance, or almost romance, in the past. It is possible for them to have a romance ( Albeit a tragic one, given the other Solari's, and especially the elders', stance on things. ) going on so long as everyone involved are aware that their factions are at war, and it won't always be pretty. So long as their suffering isn't romanticized.

The take home messages here are the following:

Please send me questions about my ships, but be respectful about my character being her own woman in the process.

I don't ship canon Le.odi.a, but I can be convinced to ship them canon divergently.

Don't fucking bite me about this, I will bite you back.

Maybe one day my view on this will change, I cannot say. But for now, these are my two cents. Feel free to go ham in the replies below if you've something constructive to say!