#do it!!!

[aheavenofhell]

Book!Aziraphale things you should know (based on this post about Crowley)

1. When the Bentley gets a parking ticket he’s the one who blows it up.

2. He’s so good at his taxes he’s been investigated for fraud.

3. He intimidates “men in dark suits” trying to buy his shop.

4. He just Takes Bites of Crowley’s food.

5. When Warlock got older, he became his tutor. Neither he nor Crowley wanted to teach him math, but they both taught him very different history.

6. He fights with Crowley about directions.

7. At Warlock’s birthday, Warlock takes a gun from a security guard and accidentally fires it at Crowley. Aziraphale turns it into a water gun (and then feels embarrassed)

8. He (Aziraphale) also gets hit with a cream cake at said party, which he swipes off his jacket and licks off his fingers in the Bentley (because free snacks).

9. Aside from books of prophecy and Wilde first editions, he specializes in Bibles with printing errors.

10. “Are you going to introduce me to your new body?” “Oh? Yes. Yes, of course—“ The way Michael Sheen delivers the “oh” in the audiobook is exactly what you’re imaging.

11. He can’t beat the gay allegations. Not that he actually tries.

12. When looking for a body, before he finds Madame Tracy, he lands in an American televangelist preaching about armageddon. He gets so annoyed that he starts correcting the sermon (then gets excited when he realizes he’s on television).

13. He and Crowley can’t stop having little side chats while trying to actively stop the Apocalypse from starting.

14. He’s ✨touchy✨ with Crowley.

15. READ OR LISTEN TO GOOD OMENS YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT

[coffee-the-bat]

I found the image on x but I am using it here

Gangle needs all the comfort she can get, since jax keeps breaking her mask

I found this image on what was formerly twitter

same rules apply to what the image says

[journeytothewestresearch]

Can you please tell me what abilities sun wukong have because am always confused about it i even hear some people says that sun wukong is omniscient and omnipresent and can control time or that he is is a boundless character

At no point in JTTW is Monkey ever depicted as a boundless character with omniscience, omnipresence, and control over time. Anyone claiming that has never read the novel. Never ever trust any online claims about Sun Wukong unless a cited quote is provided.

Having said that, I am slowly compiling a comprehensive list of all of Monkey's magical abilities and skills, complete with corresponding Chinese terms and citations. However, I am nowhere close to being done (and won't be for years), so I can only give you a general list at this time. But I will link to my past articles where applicable.

The following is based on a list I wrote a few months ago for someone looking to make their D&D campaign more authentic.

Immortality - He has six layers of immortality. But these are more like layers of invulnerability. As a "bogus immortal" (yaoxian, 妖仙) he is still susceptible to injury and death because he hasn’t yet achieved Buddha-nature and broken free of the wheel of rebirth (see note #1 here for an explanation).

Invulnerability - He has an adamantine hide that can't be pierced or hurt by earthly or heavenly weapons and elements (this doesn't count the times that he allows himself to be cut). This is thanks to all of the immortal foodstuff he had eaten in heaven being refined within his body by his samadhi fire, giving him a "diamond body" (jingang zhi qu, 金鋼之軀). Sometimes he uses this invulnerability to freak out demons by blocking a sword strike with his bald head. However, he can still be hurt. For example, he is twice wounded by special elements born from spiritual cultivation, samadhi fire and wind (the book treats cultivated and heavenly elements as two different things). Also, one villain, a scorpion demoness energized with Buddhist dharma power, is able to successfully penetrate his skin by stinging him in the face with her tail.

72 changes - He can transform into anything. The only flaw is his tail, which doesn't always change the way he wants it to. Or, a character recognizes him because of his red butt.

Cloud somersault - This allows him to fly 108,000 li (33,554 mi / 54,000 km) in a single leap. The skill is actually a metaphor for instantaneous enlightenment, for those who achieve it will immediately arrive in the Buddha's paradise.

Magic hairs - He can change any one of his 84,000 hairs into anything he wants (tools, random objects, living creatures, etc.) These include hair clones, which are autonomous copies of himself that can range into the tens, hundreds, thousands, millions, or even billions. However, he only deploys these on a small scale in the novel. He never uses the power to its full stated extent.

Super strength - His greatest feat is carrying two mountains while running "with the speed of a meteor." But there are characters physically stronger than him. For instance, Monkey cannot escape the grip of the Great Peng bird once he is caught in his powerful talons.

Martial arts - He is proficient in armed and unarmed combat, being able to go toe-to-toe with deities with centuries more combat experience than him. "Short Fist," a historical style, is listed as his preferred boxing method. But he mainly relies on his magic iron staff for fighting.

General magic - Monkey is shown capable of calling forth gods and spirits, growing or shrinking to any size, parting fire and water, creating impassable barriers, conjuring wind storms, casting illusions, freezing people in place, putting anyone to sleep, unlocking any lock, bestowing superhuman strength, bringing the dead back to life, turning invisible, changing someone's appearance, traveling to and from heaven and hell, etc.

Magic Eyes - He can see through illusions. But this isn't always portrayed consistently, for I know of several times where Guanyin fools him, and even a god of the soil, a lesser deity, is once able to do the same thing.

Medicine - He can diagnose maladies and concoct medicines to solve the issue.

You can see that omniscience, omnipresence, and control over time are not listed. I think the problem is that people are confusing Sun Wukong at two different points in his character arc. The powers listed above come from the journey itself (ch. 13 to 100). The omni-level powers would come after he achieves Buddhahood at the end of the novel (ch. 100). However, it's very, very important to know that the story ends before Sun Wukong, now the "Victorious Fighting Buddha," performs any feats (i.e. he has no feats as a Buddha). I'm sure people could assign him powers ascribed to other Buddhas in religious literature, but what happens after the story ends is beyond canon.

I hope this helps.

[blindmagdalena]

I need to figure out how to write coherently because the amount of ideas I have about Homie is being tripled every day... I fear this may be a permanent affliction 😭

when i wrote my first homelander fic, i told a friend that i was just "getting it out of my system."

now here we are... almost two years later... 😅

[l0ganberry]

"Just drive Gangle. F##king drive!!"

NAH BUT WHY IS JAX LOOKING LIKE HE'S THREATENING GANGLE WITH A SHOTGUN!?!? MY BOY LOOKING HYSTERICAL!!!

SOMEBODY PLEASE DRAW THIS FRAME WITH THEIR STYLE!! PLZ!!!

I will do the same but I hope more great artist do too

[trennoandgreggo]

I WOKE UP TO THAT

[thatoneluckybee]

Okay since this is a thing now...

It seemed fun :3

Trigger warnings in tags if needed!!

i will reveal the truth when poll end :D

[mercgaydes]

DO IT OSCAR

CAUSE A SAFETY CAR (safely)

I KNOW YOU WANT TO

[nomorejust1ce]

take my horse quiz.

[reputayswift]

the world because Tolerate It made the setlist, got a gorgeous piano intro, and is fully acted out with props and all

[genderlessjacky]

OKAY im gonna do this too cus it looks fun and im interested how sick and twisted yalls music taste it 1st , 5th , 10th song : Oc's personality 3rd , 6th ,8th , 58th song : Oc's Backstory 4th , 7th song : Oc's Love life 9th , 45th song : Oc's current situation 75th , 55th : Oc's Timeline (like in the past , future , or like a completlt different world (and if you're a DnD pal) 100th song : Oc's Class 96th song : Oc's top skill

[l-crimson-l]

HOLY SHIT NO WAY!!!!

[lessnearthesun]

The fact that there has never been a good adaptation of The Brothers Karamazov (either in film or television) is CRIMINAL

[merelygifted]

Calls to remove Trump's Walk of Fame star stump City Council - Los Angeles Times

...  The star has been vandalized and smashed several times, costing more than $20,000 in repairs since 2016, according to the Hollywood Historic Trust. One street artist placed prison bars on the star in 2021 and brought a toilet, bathtub and stacks of fake documents to the site of the star in 2023 in a reference to the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case.  ...

...  A felony complaint filed against James Lambert Otis, who destroyed the Trump star with a pickax and sledgehammer in 2020, says the star is owned by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. But a spokesperson for the chamber told The Times the city owns all the stars and the sidewalks they’re embedded in.

Rudick said he believes the authority to remove a star lies with the City Council, which has the final say in approving new stars, but City Council members could not confirm this was the case.

“I don’t know whose responsibility it is,” Councilmember Bob Blumenfield said in an interview. “There are a number of folks, including both Cosby and Trump, who certainly don’t deserve a star given what we now know about them.”  ...