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Jane, having finally heard of the sibling she's not yet met, decides to find her -- out near the goats. It's a little dark when she finds her, so she looks a bit... imposing. Scary. Especially with the demonic horns and glowing red bits of skin.
Evelyn isn't afraid of Jane because of how she looks, but she is terrified of people in general. Having finished her new arm, she's a little less timid when having to meet s a stranger, but that doesn't mean she'll go out of her way to make it happen.
Ava's comparatively short height, combined with her hiding amongst the goats, makes her hard to find, but Jane finds her regardless. She doesn't make the first move, waiting and hoping that Jane will move on without her having to interact with her.
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[Jane notices Theo near her, then squats down, talking to herself.]
Oh, nice. What kind of turtle are you?
I'll be honest, I'm not really sure. But I am the kind that you should pick up.
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*pats Zuko's head* This bad boy can fit so many near-death experiences.
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Read For the Spirits Chapter VIII here!
#atla#avatar the last airbender#zuko#atla fanart#prince zuko#atla art#new gods au#for the spirits#zuko's crew#Royal Guard Ming#atla ming#atla oc#(But not really cause she's a canon character)#spirit touched zuko#southern water tribe#atla fanfic#atla zuko#ponytail zuko#S1 Zuko has no chill#Is this a spoiler? I think it is but at the same time it isn't because we all knew this shit was going to happen.#I mean#Zuko + any of the Poles + blind determination = trauma#And at least ONE hanging-from-a-cliff experience#The spoiler would be telling you how he got there#So this is not a spoiler#This is BAIT#*insert evil cackle*#Look at my boy's face. He's so confident. He's so cocky. He's so “lmao wtf are you talking about I've got everything under control”#famous last words#*falls to the snow and dies*
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no, girl im fine— I’m just crying over the gospel again
#GOD CHOSE TO SEND HIS SON TO SAVE AN UNWORTHY PEOPLE#JESUS CHRIST — GOD THE SON — CAME DOWN AND LIVED AMONGST AN EVIL HUMANITY#HE LIVED THE LIFE WE CAN’T#HE DIED THE DEATH WE DESERVE#HE BECAME OUR SIN FOR US#HE BORE THE WRATH THAT IS OURS#HE IS ALIVE#GOD THE FATHER LOVES US WITH THE SAME LOVE HE LOVES THE SON#JESUS SENT GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT TO INDWELL AND BE WITH US#WHEN HE COMES BACK GOD WILL LOOK AT ME AND MY EVIL THAT PUT JESUS ON THE CROSS#AND HE WILL SEE CHRIST��S OBEDIENCE#HE WILL SEE HIS SON’S RIGHTOUSNESS#THERE IS NOTHING ON EARTH OR IN HEAVEN THAT CAN CHANGE THAT#GOD SWORE BY HIS OWN NAME THAT HE WOULD SAVE A PEOPLE THAT HE DETERMINED BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WOLRD#NONE THAT THE FATHER GAVE TO CHRIST WILL HE LOSE#WE WILL DWELL WITH CHRIST FOR ETERNITY BECAUSE HE CHOSE US AND BOUGHT US AND CLOTHED US IN HIS RIGHTOUSNESS WHILE WE WERE STILL GOD HATERS#SOLI DEO GLORIA#gospel#reformed theology#theology#g.txt
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"my mom found this internship for me. such a slacker, she said. i just hope she doesn't blame herself."
me 🤝 swansea would do anything for this guy
edit: yeah i'll pin this i'm proud
#unnamed friend.jpg#mouthwashing#daisuke#gore#i want to contribute at least one (1) fanart to the tumblr mouthwashing ecosystem cause the art barrage inspires me to create faster#so yahoo crossposting from insta again let's go#anyway real talk during the scene where he's laying on the ground while drunk my heart was like HNNNNGH IM ILL 😭😭😭#love when media introduces an optimistic and determined character and then crushes their spirit like a soda can. yummy stuff#also oh my god i rarely post art on here so checking my personal image tag is a free jumpscare#what do you MEAN my art looked like that only a year ago
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es rarepair week 2024 day 1 | AU/future
lil ghostic au of mine!!! yuzuru and the rest of fine are long since trapped souls in an abandoned mansion of which rst come across while looking for shelter during a storm :] it doesnt um. particularly end well
#doodles#duck scribbles#es rarepair week 2024#midoyuzu#yuzumido#i Was gonna do the stardew au but then it made me kind of sad. actually this is even worse in that aspect but im in a mood#enstars#midori finds his diary of which details the life of and events leading to yuzuru and the rest of the residents' deaths and w it slowly#becomes able to see/interact with (to an extent) yuzurus spectre himself#midori takamine#yuzuru fushimi#ghostswere initially rather aggressively hospitable in order to keep lost strangers there to eventually die and become a lost soul like the#but most w time grew to just want to be freed and be able to pass on in peace. more hostile ghosts become vague wisps of what they were bef#ore once theyve lost their tether to humanity but those with a strong will still have more control and effect on their surroundings somewha#yuzuru specifically was determined to maintain the mansion and has for decades and maybe centuries kept it orderly hence the clarity of his#spirit!!! having been one of those hostile spirits himself before has moved on to gently guiding guests away from the more dangerous areas#and assisting them so as to ensure their safe leave#they look for a way to break the curse on the mansion together so as to free all their souls!! unfortunately for midori she fell in love w#someone who has long since died 👍#the lil ballroom scene was a funny thing i dreamed about a while ago actually. i like to think watarus ghost put on some music unprompted#oh and since the rest of rst is also there technically you can expect chiaki is Not having a very good time
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Martein, figuring it's best not to interfere with whatever's going on there, just quietly starts making the ritual circle behind her, hoping that they can do what they need to do without being noticed and avoid the possible confrontation.
Martein is appearing and disappearing all across reality, jumping between worlds and timelines to revisit the locations of important events in her life, as well as those important events in others' lives she was instrumental in bringing about. At each site, they leave an intricate ritual circle painting in their own blood. Martein looks around constantly while she works, seeming almost paranoid at times. After they leave, two birds swoop down behind them, a raven heralding death and deep black void with eyes of bright emerald green, guarding each circle against those who might interfere.
Despite her current state of frantic behaviour, it wouldn't be too hard for someone to interrupt her. Martein is well aware of this fact, so works as quickly as they can without sacrificing precision in hopes of avoiding conversation. This effort, however, inevitably fails and Martein finds themself striking up conversations with various onlookers and acquaintances attracted by the strange goings-on.
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part three of the reverse odyssey au! polites' pov this time, cause I thought a constantly changing motive explanation would be fun
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Later, they find that it is the prayer of a terrified Elepnor clinging to the mast that saved them.
He'd called out in fear in the prayer he'd heard the most, growing from a boy of ten to a youth of twenty in the Trojan War, under Odysseus and his quick, odd prayers to his patron goddess- and half-surprised, half out of reflex, Polites had thought later by the look on the goddesses' own face-
Athena had answered.
She'd guided their ship to shore through the storm, somehow, and then stood at the wheel, taller than anyone Polites had ever seen, straight-backed and proud. Staring at them all as they slowly got to their feet, bowing and muttering prayers under their breath as they prostrated, more than half of them trembling in fear.
They'd all known their captain was blessed by the Goddess of Wisdom, in a way that was more than a mere touch or grey eyes. All known the way he'd sometimes stop talking and stare into the distance, and bark out orders for a convoluted, twisted, wonderful plan after.
Polites had known it was something more the day his friend had stumbled out of the forest all those years ago, silent as an owl and grin sharper than it used to be. Eyes no longer Hermes' kaleidoscope-amber ones that hurt to look at, but a gleaming silver that struck you still where you stood to listen.
But this was still more terrifying than any battle they'd ever faced.
(He saw so much of Odysseus in her, even standing still, that it hurt.
They had been so close.)
"Owl Lady!" Telemachus cheers, and runs out from behind his mother's skirts to the Goddess of War. Penelope makes an aborted movement towards him, dredging up some mortification beyond the haunted expression on her face (if only they'd had one moment more, to grab each other's hands even a little, if she'd just grabbed at him tightly, if they hadn't forgotten to get rid of that accused windbag-) at the way Telemachus runs to Athena with even less fear than his father had, grinning wide up at her as he hugs her shins in greeting.
"Telemachus," She says, bemused and fond. Her voice is... familiar, actually. Polites can't place it for a second, until Penelope makes an odd choking sound next to him and memory assaults- of Odysseus running around shouting with joy after his son's birth, proudly showing him off to everyone around as if he looked anything more than a raisin, Penelope tiredly laughing as she lay against the pillows. Of him suddenly pausing and turning to the strange cloaked woman in the corner and dragging her out into the light to gently hand her his son.
"Odysseus," she'd hissed, sounding panicked, yet he'd just laughed and shifted her hands to support Telemachus' head. Polites and Penelope had frowned at each other, confused, but Odysseus had only teased the woman about a newborn baby being the thing to scare her and offered them no explanations, and what the fuck, that had been Athena.
Penelope's eye twitches a little bit, some of the heartbreak clearing up in her face in favour of a strong wish for strangulation. Polites empathized. What was wrong with Odysseus.
She stares at them now, expectant, and Polites realises what she's waiting for the same moment her lips curl into a sneer of rage. Shit, right, she and Odysseus had had some sort of falling out after the cyclops-
"So," She says, dangerously low. "Does the King of Ithaca think himself more powerful than the Goddess of Wisdom, that he spurns my presence in such a way? Or-"
"He's been taken by Poseidon."
Polites doesn't know the words come from him until Athena swivels her head around to face him.
Oh fuck.
He takes a shuddering breath as he pushes himself to his feet. Glances out to the side and feels his heart drop at the unfamiliar waters, so far away from-
He turns back to Athena and gathers his courage. "Poseidon appeared before us, one year ago. Demanded reparations for the hurt we dealt to the cyclops, his son."
"So then why target-" Athena cuts herself off, teeth gnashing. Her hair starts rising, even though there's no breeze, feathers appearing across her visible skin. "I had rescinded my blessings from him! For this very reason, so Poseidon wouldn't-"
She stops talking with a hiss, pinching the bridge of her nose in barely contained fury. Polites' breath catches. She'd taken her blessings back- to protect Odysseus, of course, her feud with Poseidon was well-known to everyone and anyone, so the ocean god wouldn't take it out on her favoured.
Did Odysseus know that, Polites wants to ask her, remembering the absolute mourning devastation on his friend's face for that one day before it all went to shit, but knows it won't help anyone.
He swallows and continues. This part is going to anger her beyond anything, he knows. "Poseidon cursed him into a creature of the sea," He says cautiously, watching strange colors dance across her armour in her growing anger, looking less and less like a woman as he spoke, eyes glowing fire-hot. "His legs melted and turned into the tail of a fish, and he no longer could breathe above land, so we had to put him in the sea. And-"
His throat closes up, and the sailors around wince back, gathering Telemachus and pulling each other away from the wheel, knowing what's about to come.
"And?" Athena says, deceptively calm, as she watches them stumble away from her.
Polites gulps and feels tears run down his face as he says it. "And he ripped out his tongue."
Athena screams.
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After they've all wiped the blood from their ears and eyes and huddled down in the belly of the ship, holding onto each other until they've stopped trembling-
They're going to write songs about that scream, Polites thinks vaguely, staring up at the wood. His hands still are shaking. The rage of Athena will be recorded for the ages, in songs and poems and books.
Still, he can't bring up any secret resentment against her for nearly killing them- he felt the same, that first day, when he'd found the bloody tongue on the deck and had vomited over the side of the ship, sobbing.
Odysseus, his silver-tongued friend, wisest of the Greeks, able to talk his way out of anything, tongueless. An unimaginable cruelty, especially to the favourite of Athena.
Although, that was probably why, wasn't it.
They all stiffen as the door creaks and Athena ducks to walk inside. Someone whimpers. Polites doesn't blame him.
She looks at them with Odysseus' eyes, staring around at them once more with a blank expression.
"The continuation of this quest will ruin your kingdom," She says simply, and Polites barely holds back five different protests that will get them all killed.
Penelope stands up, walking to the front. "I will not abandon my husband." She raises her chin, meeting the Goddesses' gaze without fear. "Not ever."
Athena rolls her eyes. Eurylochus chokes, and Polites has to hold back some hysterical mix of a laugh and bursting into tears. Gods, she acts just like him.
"I did not expect you to," She says dryly. "But it will take years, and you can't expect Ithaca to finance your search for that long without a ruler."
Penelope's expression wavers, voice cracking to a whisper. "Years?"
Athena looks remorseful at least when she nods. "Years," She says kindly. Someone puts their head into their hands, but Polites can't tell who, because his vision is blurring out with tears. "He has been blown to the far eastern shores, where the sands stretch over a land a thousand times the size of Sparta. It will take a year alone for him to make it back to the ocean, and Poseidon will fight to keep him away from you all. And by then-"
She closes her eyes and purses her lips, swaying back like someone has dealt her a physical blow. "By then," she continues, steeling herself back to untouchable Goddess. "He will have been of the wild waters for so long that he will be little more than an animal. You will have to catch him, with nets and boats and ropes- and then find a way to bring him back to normal."
They are silent for a while.
"So be it," Eurylochus says, standing up and placing a hand on Penelope's shoulder. He nods to the Goddess, even though he's close enough that Polites can feel him shaking to do it. "What would you counsel us to do for Ithaca in the meantime, Goddess?"
"Ctimene has an equal claim to the throne, as does Penelope," Athena muses. Polites starts and feels the men murmur. Still, who would argue with-
"How will Ctimene rule, though?" Someone pipes up. Nevermind, then. Clearly, Odysseus took everyone's common sense with him when he was rolled off the side of the ship.
Eurylochus snorts before Athena can answer, turning around with a wry smile. "Odysseus may have won us the Trojan War," he tells the lackwitted man. "But never has he once won a single fucking fight with his sister in all the time I've known them. She is a terrifying woman."
Polites feels a laugh slip from him before he can stop it. "She's your wife."
Eurylochus nods grimly. "And I am scared."
"She is rather... shrill." Athena agrees, mouth curling in distaste. "Still, she and you can rule when Penelope is on the waters and the kingdom will not suffer for it. But you cannot both abandon Ithaca to possible invaders."
Penelope sobs and quickly tries to muffle it with a hand, screwing her eyes closed. Polites puts his hand on hers, trying to be reassuring even though his own chest aches. Years.
They will do it, he knows. But still.
"You will find food to eat on these shores," Athena says, turning around. "Ithaca is twelve days west from here."
"Where are you going?" Telemachus pipes up.
A smile props up on Athena's face, small and lacking joy. Cunning and cruel. She still feels so much like Odysseus. "I was dealt a great insult," She tells the child. "And I must return my reply to it."
When they set out the next morning, all the fish in the waters are floating at the surface, dead.
#athenas here!!!!#athena#and she is Pissed#like. this is half her closest friends life being upended and half poseidon flipping her off specifically ruining her project so thoroughly#she is fucking Seething#Polites#he is very broken up about this#also i thought about rewording it to odysseus looks like athena but. its polites.#penelope#telemachus#eurylochus#ctimene#people do not give this girl enough credit. for not killing her annoying smartass brother lmao.#either she is a saint or a sorta jealous weasel woman who is determined to match odysseus' cunning with her own. she is managing it.#i dont actually. know the names of the men. and im too tired to find out#reverse odyssey au#the whole kingdom of Ithaca versus the fucking sea#odysseus#< w us in spirit and also in egypt#odypen
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Korra: I haven't seen Asami for 3 years.... Kyoshi: You haven't seen your girlfriend for 3 years???? Korra: W-we aren't dating.... I dunno if she likes me. Kyoshi: Oh been there. Girl, she built a statue of you, take the plunge. Kyoshi: But, spirits, 3 years? I barely lasted 6 months. I would've died. Korra: Really? Kyoshi: Oh yeah, but Rangi would've ripped my soul out of the next Avatar and plunged it back into my body if that happened tho.
#rangi would've stopped the avatar cycle with her own fucking hands i know it#she just LIKE THAT#Rangi: NOT TODAY ROKU!#legend of korra#lok#kyoshi#korra#rangshi#rangi sei'naka#rangi#rangi seinaka#korra: then how did you last like the last 200 years without her?#kyoshi: do not bring up the dark times to me child#rangi would've spiritbended the avatar spirit right back into kyoshi if that happened#i'm not saying rangi is op i'm saying she is so hilariously determined to keep Kyo alive TT0TT#she would've fought the volcano and won just saying Roku#asami sato#korrasami
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Be determined.You can make it in life.You can make all your dreams come true.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#quotes#Lailah Gifty Akita#thepersonalwords#literature#life quotes#prose#lit#spilled ink#belief-in-self#believe-and-achieve#believe-in-god#believe-in-yourself#determination#determine#determined#determined-person#determined-spirit#determinism#dream#dream-big#dreamer#dreamers#dreamers-versus-reasoners#dreaming#dreams#dreams-come-true#dreams-quotes#insight#insightful#insightful-quote
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[047] Applied my version of Doom's partial invisibility fuzz effect and an accidental offshoot I created in the process, heehee :-)
#047#xisuma#xisumavoid#daily xisuma#hermitcraft#flashing#pretty sure...better safe than sorry#hey I have so many words about this actually!!!#if you wanna learn what the doom fuzz effect is/how it works I recommend decino's video on partial invisibility. somewhere past the halfway#mark he explains it!#it's basically like...for each pixel you either take the pixel on top of it darken it and use it; or you take the pixel below darken it and#use it. and the way you determine whether you do top or bottom is through a list of “top bottom bottom top bottom” that never changes and#you cycle through. so it's a sort of repeating pattern that you make look random by starting at different places in the list#second gif is created when you apply the effect over an image that has already had the effect applied to it. I coded it on accident and#scared myself HAHAHA#really neat though! first time I actually did image processing because I am a little silly but it went quite well once I figured out#how the frick bufferedimages work#I wanna make this work for non pixel art now mmm. will have to do some un-doomy modifications for that unfortunately. oh well? mmm.#already it's not perfectly in the spirit of doom because I math.random() my problems away when choosing the fuzz table start index for each#new image. if I cared enough I'd carry over the index that I ended on but alas. I do NOT care that much! (shockingly)#all it really changes is that every time you generate the fuzz it's different versus in doom spirit it would always be the same
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Life is a game of chance. You ought to play the game.
Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
#Lailah Gifty Akita#Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind#quotes#motivation#inspiration#thepersonalquotes#literature#lit#capable-of-more#courage#determination#fighting-spirit#game#greatness#life#life-lessons#overcomer#philosophy-of-life#positive#potential#self-confidence#shine-your-light#willpower#wise-words
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ppl on twitter are such haters, you can't even make a post ab zutara without a dozen mfs lined up in your comments going "iT's bEEn tWeNtY yEArS" bro if there's a time limit for shipping things i'm cooked bc my obsession is from a book series that fizzled out and died in 2018
#i honestly don't really get the hate behind zutara given that it makes so much narrative sense#but that's okay some ppl are just determined to go to war over a kids' show i guess#text#atla#spirit animals#spirit animals books#spirit animals series#katara#zuko#abeke#shane
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Inner Strength 🦅 Holding on to our inner strength helps us protect our dreams and nurture our goals. Like an eagle soaring high in the sky, we follow a clear vision and tap into our spirit to overcome obstacles. With every step, we embrace the journey, trusting our inner guide.
#Strength#Dreams#Goals#Vision#Spirit#Journey#Eagle#Courage#Resilience#Empowerment#Guidance#Inspiration#Motivation#Determination#Focus#Trust#Growth#Hope#Overcome#Believe#Success#Mindset#Ambition#Perseverance#Clarity#Balance#Confidence#Transformation#Awakening#Adventure
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~ Batman: Knightfall
Bruce and Barbara can start a class to teach people how to beat someone ass while in a wheelchair.
Anyway, Bruce is worried Tim is in danger and he didn't thought about it. (Tim is fine and not even home. Shondra and his dad, tho...)
#batman#bruce wayne#tim drake#dc comics#my ramblings#knightfall#Seeing this makes me think of Bruce teaching Barbara how to fight in her wheelchair#hear me out she can totally teach herself she is capable like that but imagine#Barbara who just got her wheelchair and she is very annoyed and sad because shz cannot be a vigilante anymore#and Bruce trying to lift her spirit up by teaching her how to transform her fighting knowledge to fight in her wheelchair#because that's how he communicates “You're sad? I'm going to teach you how to fight”#of course how badass she still is in her wheelchair is the result of her determination and her own training afterward#he gave her the base to help with her mood
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Having a fun night Trick or Treating!! Happy Halloween Everypony!!
#fluttershy where she shouldnt be#mlp#fluttershy#pinkie pie#halloween#trick or treat#the costumes were determined by the results of the spirit halloween poll!!#pinkie pie was number one so flutters is wearing her as a costume#and vampire was number 2 so thats pinkies fit!!
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