#eight point star

[sooouth]

dump

[justanapparatus]

haven't you heard?

collage inspired by Lucky by Halsey and The Star from the major arcana of the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck

[c-e-d-dreamer]

Cassian. General of the Night Court. Lord of Bloodshed. Enalius Reincarnated. Prince of Bastards.

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Cannot thank @azperja enough for bringing this beautiful Cassian character sheet to life! Just perfectly captured everything that is the man, the myth, the legend and created this absolutely gorgeous art 😍

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✨Please do not repost. Do not feed into AI✨

[middle-earth-press]

A breakdown of Tirion's newspapers & political affiliations btw:

The Tirion Chronicle. Oldest of them all, connected with the library and archives. Tries to be neutral, starts off mildly pro-Fëanorian, switches to mildly pro-Nolofinwëan after Fëanor begins to grow markedly more difficult. Not harsh on the Valar, but allows itself to criticise them. Information from all venues of life, most of it very day-to-day, because Valinor.

Fëanorian Quarter Courier. What it says on the tin, I guess, although it's not as bellicose as one might suspect, just has a Fëanorian slant.

The Eight-pointed Star. If the Courier is Fëanorian... then the Star is far-Fëanorian. Its most involved readers would protest at the paper being described as aggressive, but that word is a pretty mild one for it. Everyone suspects Morgoth submitted something anonymously at least once and it's a bit disconcerting that no one can agree which article of many it could be. (He might have submitted things anywhere else tbh, but the Star was always more belligerent than the others, so it's the one people suspect most. For what it's worth it was also most welcoming of people outside its editorial office writing things for it)

Tirion Review. The name doesn't give it away, but it's markedly pro-Nolofinwëan. Often engages in dramatic back-and-forths with the two above that can last for years.

Journal of the Student Association. A serious publication remarkable for being written and redacted entirely by minors. The Free Journal of Noldorin Youth splits off from it once tensions grow unbearable, and what remains acquires a Nolofinwëan bias.

Independent Monthly. Popularly (and unfairly) known as 'Independent Complaints' because it's main position seems to be "Please stop fighting. Can't we get on with eachother?". Finarfin is rumoured to be a contributor.

Not counting the dozens of scientific journals which probably have a wider readership lol.

[spheciform]

ISAT truly is the "IM BACK IN THE FUCKING BUILDING AGAIN" game of the year

[sesamenom]

et tu, tyelpe?

[divinationdrawings]

In and out

[ocglaze]

My silly (read: maliciously intended) rabbit 💕✨

[divinationdraws]

"Magic, do as you will"

-Schmendrick the Magician

[skelavender]

writer vs the urge to get a tattoo for their first Big Fic

[eight-pointed-star]

i hate the fact that i can't tattoo a huge eight-pointed star on my chest (or any part of my body really) without people assuming it's a gang symbol

[sooouth]

sighs deeply. say hi to deimos

[amber-in-the-rough]

I keep thinking about the s6 poem and this line:

<Eight in a line, o chosen mine>

What if those eight have something to do with the opening? If you count the falling stars here, you'll see there are exactly 8 of them. Well, technically, nine -- if we also count the one that falls into the letter O.

I initially thought that I can match these stars with some key characters. I remembered there was a s4 poster with Aaravos in the center and other characters in shards of a mirror around him ("Fractures").

The same characters also have each their own separate s4 poster (plus Karim). The poster above features 10 characters (11 with Aaravos). Technically, we could cross off Viren- if he's dead. And we could also take Janai and Amaya as one character -- though I admit it, it is a big stretch. But this would leave us with the desired number eight (let's pretend I didn't mention Karim). I dont't have much to support this theory with. Well, that star next to the letter S is somewhat like Claudia in that it's getting too close to Aaravos and falls deeper down than the others.

<Ready for a war Endlessly burning-- Hopelessly yearning--! That love will triumph once more!>

We don't know if the love mentioned here is related to Rayllum, Clauderry, Jamaya or Aaravos and his loved one. Depends on who is the Chosen one. But the war part- we know for sure that there will be a war in s6 -- a civil war between the Sunfire elves. Such a thing has not happened in their empire ever since the War of Blood and Ash and here it comes again.

******* Number eight is very hard to come by in the series. We have plenty of six's: the six primal sources, the six nexuses (erm... is this the plural?..) the six assassins in a team, the six horns, the six star-shaped freckles on Aaravos's face... The only eight-things combo I can think of is the six primal sources + dark magic + deep magic. That would be cool :) ******* Where am I going with all this? Idk. Just thought that the number of stars in the opening and in the poem was probably more than a coincidence. After all, they didn't have to make it eight. On the other hand, they probably didn't think the fans are as crazy as to be willing to count stars.

[claudiatherelentless]

Anyway I can't stop thinking about the obvious ancient schism in The Faith of the Seven about wether it should be a Seven pointed Star or Six pointed Star, because the seventh point is for The Stranger and you dont want to Invite Death into your Home.

[generalsyndulla]

I *might* forgive Filoni for sidelining Hera in Rebels if we get quality emotional scenes between her and Sabine in the Ahsoka series.

[swan2swan]

Yes. You were. Because 40+ years of lore has made it abundantly clear that you cannot just Tinker Bell your way into having magic superpowers.

Child, when I was studying the Lore, there were three movies. And maybe some books. You sit down and speak respectfully to your elders.