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lukolabrainrot · 9 months ago

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Calm theory anon here.. I've been busy with life but I checked in and I want to share some thoughts I have been having. Pictures are just a moment in time. I can look at a picture and think wow this couple really looks happy and you can look at a picture and say 0h wow there is sadness in their eyes I wonder what happened. People interpret differently and that's the beauty of everybody having their own mind. So you've seen a lot of photos, right with Nicola and Luke this summer. And we've seen twice now where people have misinterpreted situations. One pate gate people assumed that Luke didn't mind the photos, and that was due to the pictures we got. Later on someone put the photos together and a different story was told. Another circumstance the Nicola and JD picture we didn't get the photos in order and what happened assumed that she was just hugging him. As More pictures dropped we seen that they were actually taking a photo together. That's two times now that we've misinterpreted a photo. And that's fine because we all say this is theory. No one knows what actively going on. Not any of these big creators on Tumblr not any of these big creators on TikTok not any of these big creators on Instagram not any of these creators on Twitter. Not one of these people actively know Luke or Nic. All they're doing is taking a set of photos and likes and assuming situations. But as we've already established, there is something called misinterpretation. so anything you see or read can be a product of misinterpretation. Guys feelings and love aren't easy things to understand. Think about the last time you were in love. I was so confused and the feelings were scary. It was the best and hardest thing I ever dealt with. But imagine someone from the outside that doesn't know you trying to understand your feelings for each other. That's just impossible. Luke and Nic are people. They are dealing with feelings most of us have never dealt with seeing as I believe they are soul mates. I truly feel they will find their way.

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Ok I am going to say a few things, and I know my comments are going to blow up probably, but I need to get this off my chest:

Me, and NONE of the other creators on SM, actually know L and N, or any of the people in their lives. We are all coming to our own interpretation based on PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION. None of us have some special inside scoop into L or N's life, and no one should take our word as gospel! I share my opinions on what I am seeing, but I can't definitively say what is going on BTS, or predict the future. I think because we have a lot more questions than answers, we just want to know what is going on BTS. But we are never going to know that full story, and we have to be okay with that. We need to just let them cook, and see what happens.

I have mentioned this multiple times, but my background is in psychology and studying human behavior. I have also mentioned how ~70%-90% of human communication is non verbal. And L/N's non verbal cues speak VOLUMES and is the reason a lot of us are still here. I've talked about this a LOT on here, so feel free to scroll through my page and see my thoughts.

But it was all PR, right?? It wasn't. IMPOSSIBLE. The end.

I try to look at the FULL picture of ALL the publicly available information I have before coming to my interpretation. Yes, I have had a few little freak out moments, but I try not to fixate on a single moment in time, or a single post or interaction on SM. I try to look at everything in context of the bigger picture. And if you look at the larger picture, a lot of the information is pointing to L/N being a lot closer to getting together and going public at some point in the near future. This is my opinion though of course, and it is alright if some of you don't share my opinion.

I think a major reason I decided to start this blog is because I was having a lot of thoughts that I wanted to share around L/N and try and put a psychological lens on what might be going on BTS and what we saw during the PR tour. Another reason I started the blog though is because I have NEVER seen a connection like L/N, or seen people respond so positively to two people just interacting with each other. I am a VERY jaded person, and do not think super highly of the human species. I also have never believed in soulmates, but L/N are the closest example I have ever seen in my life. Yes I don't know them. And yes, I KNOW it sounds sappy. Trust me. I NEVER thought I would end up here today shipping two celebrities I have never met. But watching the way these two publicly interact almost felt like I had run into a unicorn or fairy in the wild. And by THAT I mean this. It is SO rare to see two people publicly show their affection and love for each other the way L/N do. Humans aren't great at it. Period. So I think we fell in love with the way they love each other (at least I know I did) because it is so rare to see, and makes us a little more hopeful. And that, and ALL the other publicly available information I have seen, is why I am firmly sat. I want to see how this movie ends, because I feel like when the PR tour ended, the movie stopped partway.

Lastly, if you do not ship Lukola, MY BLOG IS NOT FOR YOU. Also, if you find yourself spiraling over every new piece of information, this shipping space is probably not the healthiest thing for you. I feel like ultimately, shipping should be fun and not taken too seriously since we're just fans and we don't actually know these people. If you find that you are getting really stressed and not having a lot of fun anymore, it is definitely valid to take a step back. And it is fine if you have a different opinion than me or someone in the comments, BUT PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL. I am going to start blocking more people who are trolling in the comments. Ya ain't slick, people can see you 👀

#calm theory anon #just my thoughts #a lot of people might not agree with me #and that's okay

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aetherceuse · 2 months ago

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I'm retiring from Tumblr indie RP.

A few months ago over on @/chounaifu, I made a post stating that I was taking a hiatus from my Pokémon blogs, and that I wasn't sure whether or not I'll be returning to the community.

After spending that time away, I've come to the conclusion that I am done with Tumblr indie RP as a whole.

I've been in the Tumblr indie scene on and off since 2012, and in the Pokémon rpc on and off since 2016. I'm at a point where I've recognized that this environment isn't healthy for me.

When I sit down in a group environment for any hobby, I want to be able to focus on-- well-- doing that hobby. I can't do that here. The majority of my focus goes into trying to keep track of who has who blocked, so that I don't unintentionally bring two muns who hate each other into the same rp plot. Next to that, I feel a lot of stress and anxiety when I'm on the dashboard, because I feel a lot of pressure to constantly send and answer asks memes, reblog promos, participate in dash commentary, and reply as quickly as I can before a topic or theme is no longer relevant. That just isn't compatible with the energy level that I have these days. I feel genuinely guilty when I can't engage with everyone. I feel like I have this unspoken responsibility to be as active as possible, to interact with every post, otherwise people are going to assume that I hate them for not sending a meme. And while I know that isn't the case with everybody, I've had that experience more times than I can count, and I'm just worn out.

It's difficult for me to be able to write stories and engage with people when so much of my limited energy is put into these things. As a result, it then leads me towards not wanting to write at all.

On top of this, I'm really gutted to know that various people are too anxious to write the same muse as me, because of dupe anxiety. I already worry about taking up too much space in life in general. I don't want to hold my breath about that. I don't want my presence to make someone so anxious that they block me. It's not a good feeling.

I don't know guys. I've been writing in a different environment for a while now, and it's better for my mental health. I'm not going to yap about it here, because truth be told, the few times I have on Bluesky and Discord were met with a lot of negativity. I don't take things like that personally, but I don't have the capacity for much more of it right now. Not with how stressful everything else is.

Idk.

Life is finite, and I want to spend it doing things that make me happy. This doesn't make me happy. Community discourse doesn't make me happy. Thinking about the amount of time I've spent in the past, sitting in chat rooms, listening to and engaging in conversations related to Tumblr rp drama just makes me sad. It makes me really sad. I don't want to do that anymore. I don't want to feel that anymore.

Maybe I'm just not a good match for spaces like this. CPTSD is a difficult condition to live with. When I'm triggered, it can make me stressed and physically ill. And right now, I don't feel like I can navigate the indie rp environment without exposing myself to behaviors and habits that trigger me. So, I'm bowing out.

I'm open to writing on Discord with people. I know that isn't the preferred format for everyone. But I need to do what's good for me, and put myself first.

There's still a lot of good memories associated to the indie rp community for me, though. I've made friends that I want to keep for life. I laughed, I joked around, we had some epic rp moments, I only wish I could have more of that, and that the community was more open to dash events, group plots, and healthy, honest communication. But, I understand that communication is difficult. Not everybody gets along. Things function the way they do here, and, it's not my place to change it.

If you want to add me on Discord to stay in touch, I'm at 000missingno. <- Don't forget the period. Otherwise, I'm on to the next adventure.

Sorry for slow Discord responses. Life is hard and I'm tired.

I have so much love for many of you guys. Please do things that make you happy.

- Rex

#✧˖°.« 𝙾𝚞𝚝 𝙾𝚏 𝙾𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎 » ooc

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theheirofthesharingan · 1 month ago

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Hi,

I found your tumblr, and really enjoy reading your posts. I love the Uchiha brothers. There is no bond in Naruto even comes closer to the bond between itachi and sasuke. Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful analysis on itachi's life, thoughts, and his relationship with Sasuke. I really want to learn more about them. The analysis you made here: https://uchihasavior.tumblr.com/post/131420711841/sasuke-itachi

is beautiful. Do you have a collection of these posts? (Sorry I am not familiar with tumblr and don't know how to find them all.)

There's one thing I found strange in the manga that I am not sure if I got it wrong. Itachi seems to be the only one Uchiha who constantly opens his sharingan (3 tomoe) in the manga. He opens his sharingan when having snacks with Kisame, contemplating in the rain, walking in the forest, and even when having a meeting with the rest of the Akatsuki members. As far as I know, using 3 tomoe Sharingan won't lead to loss of eyesight, but it does consume a lot of chakra and is perhaps bad for maintaining the eyes condition. (see how Kakashi always feels tired when he overuses his Sharingan). And Kishimoto deliberately shows this in the manga before Itachi talked to sasuke all those nonsense about the side effects of overusing mangekyou during their fight. (I am going to be blind so I will kill you and take your eyes). But see how contradictory this guy is..... If he were a true power hunger as he described himself, he should have taken care of his own eyes. Because they are the source of his power (ability). But....see how he constantly wasted those eyes in trivial daily activities.... That's really unusual and illogical for me. So I feel like it's also a kind of foreshadowing before the revelation of the truth.

And I think the reason he did this is because he wants to punish himself, in a way of displaying the traits of being a Uchiha......

Is that right? Or maybe I misinterpret the whole context?

I really want to know your opinion. Thank you so much for reading my question! And sorry for my poor English. I am not an English native speaker. I just want to know how other people think of this.

I am happy to find your tumblr. My native language is Chinese, but there are so many haters in the Chinese forum...They call Itachi a beast or monster, in Chinese word 畜牲, because he killed his parents and his clan. While Sasuke is loved and credited for doing the right thing (avenge for their parents and clan) , Itachi is rather a cold blooded machine who is considered the most evil guy in Naruto ....even worse than Obito. I felt hurt when reading those posts, so I decided to check English websites. For me, Itachi is 菩薩心, 修羅命. Which means a man with a kind heart of a Bodhisattva, yet bound to a Shura (warrior)'s fate.

Thank you so much! I'm glad you found solace here, because I know there aren't many people who actually like him. Unfortunately, the hate for him is bad here on Tumblr too:(

I have written a lot. Here's my ask tag where I keep writing about Itachi and Itachi's relationship with Sasuke. There's more, but it's scattered everywhere, so you might have to look up a bit for that.

Regarding the use of Sharingan, I think it was his way of staying alert from the enemies. That was his weapon, of sorts. So he'd stay alert. And even if it exhausted him, because using Sharingan must be exhausting, he did it anyway, because he didn't mind that exhaustion/pain that came with it. You're right that he was trying to punish himself. From being sick to doing things that would exhaust him rather saving his strength. In fact, I think when Kisame said he'd fight Roshi, Itachi only agreed because he'd had to fight Sasuke and he was already weak enough he might not have survived.

Even though he made some selfish decisions in his life, Itachi still managed to be selfless. He wasn't power hungry or desired better outcomes for himself. He didn't really wish for a better ending for his life. If someone had known his story, they would have seen all that goodness inside of him, but he never opened up because he didn't want to be seen as a good person. He wanted to be known and remembered as a monster.

It's okay. Your English is fine.

Itachi is really hated in the Chinese fandom? I thought only the Western audience hated him. Tumblr is no better for him and his fans. But we can curate what kind of posts we want to see. I hope you have a great time here. :)

#itachi #itachi uchiha #ask #anon

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balkanradfem · 8 months ago

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So I wrote about my fun with fall chores, but left out another important aspect of my life; losing my mind without laptop or internet. Even though I'm usually not online a lot, I would at least have all my nancy drew games, stardew valley, and a whole lot of podcasts and audiobooks to listen to at my disposal. Now, nothing.

I had a song stuck in my head and couldn't listen to it. It was devastating. Then I remembered, my ancient little phone actually could function as a radio, if I put headphones in. And the song I wanted, sometimes played on the radio. So off I went to listen to the radio!

Radio music is awful and horrible. I fail to understand how anyone can listen to so many aggressively heterosexual songs. I was dying by the time Chappell Roan came on. At one point, I kid you not, Blurred lines played! I yelled and shut down the radio and then continued yelling. In 2024???

It took me a day to realize that my phone actually had a record button. Which meant I could record music and then just have it permanently saved on it. I was both delighted and hit with nostalgia. I haven't pirated a song by recording it from the radio in 20 years. I remember doing it on my cassette player as a kid! And now my phone had the pre-installed ancient piracy tool. They used to make such good stuff.

I had to listen to radio for 2 days to get my two lesbian songs and to finally get the song stuck in my head (it was Too Sweet. I'm basic shut up). I made a playlist and called it gay and was finally free from the radio. Even though wanting to listen to a song and then waiting for 2 days for it to come on on the radio is such a pre-internet struggle, the joy when it finally came on was incredible. I was squealing jumping woooing laughing. It was almost like a quest in a video game; the more effort it takes, the stronger the satisfaction.

I realized how isolated and small I felt without the internet, just listening to the radio. Every person I know here is heterosexual, and I found myself cut off from community, it became difficult to feel normal. Listening to a lesbian song on the radio was all I had; I knew other gay people were listening, it was a joint activity. I wasn't all alone.

I sometimes wonder if the straight people are hearing it and if they understand what its about. I remember when 'Take me to church' played in the car, I would scan everyone's faces carefully, to see if they understood, if they agreed, if they knew that was anti homophobia playing on the radio. But there was never a reaction. I would then remember that most people here don't speak english, and even if they understood a few words, they don't bother to understand a song from the radio. It's fully possible they're listening 'Hot to go' imagining its a heterosexual song, regardless of how funny that is. Imagine a woman writing a song to get a guy to sleep with her. In what world.

Looking back, most of my internet endeavors were about finding gay stuff online, first it was gay anime, then fanfiction, and then I got drawn to tumblr in the era where gayness was celebrated and strongly encouraged. I felt safe here! And that was all before I even knew I was a lesbian. And now I wonder, is it endlessly painful and unsurvivable to be a lone gay person without any community? If I waited two days next to a radio to get a gay song, if I used any access to information just to find the writings and media made by gay people, it must be vital like the air to me. When I'm here I feel normal only because I'm exposed to the thoughts and feelings of other gay people, and I know you're reading mine. Without you I'd be lost.

#lesbian #gay #gay music #lesbian music #chappell roan #radio #gay culture #lesbian isolation #lesbian loneliness #laptopless life

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michaela-o · 1 year ago

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Hello guys.❤️

I just wanted to update you on why i'm not really active anywhere, discord, tumblr nowhere, is because i'm going through a very hard and toxic break-up right now..

WARNING: Toxicity, Attempt of se**al a**ult, gaslighting ( if you feel uncomfortable reading about this please don't read )

Sadly, to realize all of this toxicity, took me 2 years because i was too blinded by love and the desire to feel loved, apreciated and i was blinded by trying so hard to see the best in that one person...

Only NOW i realized what everything i let him do to me without me even knowing about it...i was letting him get control over me, i was letting him guilt trip me, i was letting him gaslight me, i was letting him make me feel like my body wasn't even mine, i was letting him make me believe that having emotions is bad, i fucking letting him make me believe that everything THIS was okay..that i deserve to be treated that way...that i deserve to be left alone when i cry too much..

He would always get upset if i told him i was going out with friends through the weekend when i came back from the dorms, he would get upset and leave to go home if i cried for a little longer than he liked, he would get upset when i told him that i would like to change stuff in our releationship, he really had no friends ( which i felt bad for but was not my problem but i was willing to help him out ) to go out with and when i told him i'd like to go for a walk when was pretty outside he'd say he thought we would be together and not wasting time outside..

Even after all this HE told ME that I'M the toxic one..that when i expressed what i think is wrong, when i told him what bothered me about him, he said that i was using my emotions to controll him..

But now i will set my foot down and i will no longer tolerate ANY of this and i will stand on my spot. I told him that if his behaviour continued things won't be looking okay with our releationship. He started to cry and tell me that i'm scaring him, that i know where his weak spots are, that this isn't me, asking me if he's really that bad to deserve those words..he tried to force me to take it back..that we would stay together forever..(god that fucking stings..)

But not anymore..

BIG thank you goes to my dear roommates at dorms and friends Lea, Silvia, Emma, Adrian and another Lea. These are people that have stayed by my side the WHOLE time even if i cried a bit too much. Even when i talked a lot. I owe them so so much. These people have helped me to finally open my eyes and to finally see my own worth...i'm very hurting right now because i really loved him and i know he loved me aswell but he was NOT self aware and was not going to admit and acknowledge his mistakes..and saying sorry for only the sake of peace? And then doing it again?.. it is not my responsibility to explain that to him..i think i was doing that for long enough..

Thank you if you made it all the way down here❤️ and lissening to my story. I apologize for the inactivity but i'm feeling very stressed, scared and lost right now..he wants to meet eith me today but i just don't want to..i need time..this wound is very fresh and bloody and i think it's going to be healing for a long time..

Thank you again❤️

- Michaela-o

(P.S. sorry for the tags)

#transformers #transformers headcanons #digital art #transformers x reader #small artist #art #procreate app #yandere transformers #transformers mtmte #mtmte rodimus #sorry for the tags #venting #letting go

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saranova · 5 months ago

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2024 Fic Writer End of Year Roundup

aka It's 2025 and I'm just getting to it now

Answer and then tag three or more creators to keep the game going! Tagging @feetreadyheartbeatsteady @fantasywithkassidy @thoughtsaboutshows because I don't think I saw any of you do this, but no pressure!

Thank you to @ubiquitouslyme @lizardsrunfast @oh-no-its-dragons @overjoyedisland for the tags! I haven't actually participated in one of these tumblr things before and being more active on this platform is a 2025 goal of mine so here we go!

I'm not on Tumblr a ton, but I'm trying to be better and, yes, I know it's already 2025 but there's no time like the present to recap my 2024.

How many words did you publish on AO3 in 2024?

According to AO3: 382,988 um ... what!?!?

How many fics did you complete this year?

Seven! The rest are WIPs.

That Infamous Infantry Guy - A Halden/Violet prequel story exploring the theory that he was her famous infantry ex.

The Mile High Club - A one-shot modern AU where Violet and Xaden meet on a transatlantic flight.

The Music of The Night - Iron Flame Violet/Varrish fanfic for the Riders Quadrant winter solstice fic exchange (for @lunatrixart)

Tropical Temptation - A V/X/L Modern AU one shot for the Rider's Quadrant winter solstice fic exchange for @shipmistress9 that I co-wrote with @tegantales

Secrets Die With Those Who Keep Them, So What's One More? - A canon compliant short fic where basically everyone is feeling horny and experimental. B/I/V, B/I/G

A Ray of Light in Shadowed Clouds - A Tairn/Sgaeyl piece for the Rider's Quadrant Summer Solstice Fic Exchange.

Measure Up - A Xaden/Dain piece for the Rider's Quadrant Summer Solstice Fic Exchange

How many in progress or ongoing fics did you start this year?

Nine

The Golden Dragons - My first ever fanfic, my baby! I had no idea what I was doing, I just started writing one day and this modern college AU has evolved. It's fun and I don't take this one too seriously, its a bit of satire and a lot of silly with a touch of serious.

My Adversary, My Abyss - An in-canon Mira/Syrena fic I began back in September as part of the Fourth Wing femslash week organized by @oh-no-its-dragons

One Manhattan - Modern Riorgail AU set in New York City. Co-authoring with @tegantales

Two Manhattans - Companion Piece to One Manhattan, sharing supporting character POV's.

XOXO, Aaric Graycastle - Basgiath's Gossip Column. A fun and silly series of tabloid style articles for Basgiath shenannigans.

Samara Man - Like Florida Man ... but at Samara. Spoiler: it always comes back to Garrick Tavis.

The Choreography of Combat - A series of one-shots of Bodhi Durran sexy sparring all the hot guys.

What was your favorite thing you wrote?

This is a really tough one. I love Golden Dragons b/c it is where my journey writing fanfic began ... but I wouldn't necessarily say it's my favorite thing I've written. Honestly, probably Chapter 6 of That Infamous Infantry Guy, it was my first time experimenting with writing something dark, and I love how it turned out.

What piece was your most experimental or different from your usual style?

Probably The Music of The Night. It was my first time writing something that was really inspired by music and incorporating it's lyrics into the prose. It ended up being far more poetic than my usual works and is very dark and twisted. But I loved how it turned out so much.

Did any fics surprise you - either while writing or their reception?

I was definitely surprised how much I loved writing Music of the Night, I wasn't sure how this Violet/Varrish pairing was going to come together, but once the idea came to me, the words just poured out of me.

I think the fandom's reaction to One Manhattan surprised me the most. I mean, I knew it would be fun and a wild ride, but I didn't expect so many people to take the ride with us and that has been awesome!

Do you have a fic you wrote and loved that went under the radar? (This is your sign to reblog/repost it!)

Definitely My Adversary, My Abyss. Though the response to it has been small, it's been SO positive. The comments and messages I've gotten about it have been some of the most supportive and appreciative I've ever received. There's a lot of M/M fic in the fandom, but there really isn't much in the way of F/F so i am very determined and motivated to finish this one!

Who is an artist that inspired you?

Both @oh-no-its-dragons and @ann7av have created fan art based off of my works and if that isn't inspiration to keep writing, I don't know what is!! The fact that I wrote something that inspired artists to create absolutely blows my mind in the BEST possible way. It's the most wonderful thing, isn't it, to continue inspiring one another with our creations?

A shout out also to @lunatrixart for her amazing Tairn & Sgaeyl piece she created for the Rider's Quadrant Winter Solstice exchange. I started following her after I was assigned her as my giftee - I love how the exchange introduced me to so many creative and inspiring authors and artists!

Who is an author that inspired you?

I have met some really incredible authors this year in the Fourth Wing fanfic fandom through AO3 and the RQ Discord Server. Though, I have to call out @ubiquitouslyme because her Xaden Year 3 is the first fanfic I ever read. It was what I discovered when looking for a cure for my FW/IF book hangover, and it led me here! And for that, I will be forever grateful.

Additional shout out to Lydi (who's tumblr name is escaping me) for bringing me into the RQ Discord Server and introducing me to the fandom in a deeper way!

There are just too many authors to count because everyone inspires me in one way or another! I appreciate every comment, every encouraging word, every kudo, every meme, and just all our general discussions. Thank you to this fandom for welcoming me with open arms, it's been such a wonderful journey!

Who is a new author you discovered?

Well, I am so new to this fandom that literally everyone is a new author to me! So can I just say, all the authors of the Empyrean Fandom? There's just so much talent here it's unreal. This is such a tough one because there are so many on the RQ server.

@overjoyedisland @lizardsrunfastt @fantasywithkassidyy @thoughtsaboutshowsows @suebswrites @yanny-77 @shipmistress9 @greeneyedwildthing @pillowqueen26 @sarcasticmothwrites @oh-no-its-dragons @june-s-pumpkins @tegantales @hockeyspiral23 @siobhanbooks @essjaywrites Mint (who's tumblr name I don't know) and everyone else I may have forgotten because I'm terrible with tumblr and don't know everyone's names on this platform (yet)

Did you do any collaborations? How did it start?

I did!

I've been writing One Manhattan and Two Manhattans with @tegantaless. I am not actually sure how it started, I think one of us was like, "Hey, I like your writing, we should write something together" and the other responded "Yes, same. I'm in!" and then we just did. It clicked for us immediately, and it's been so easy to co-author together. It kind of snowballed from there - we've now met IRL and have probably 100K words and three different published works between us in just a couple months?

What accomplishments are you proudest of?

I have three things I'm most proud of this year:

I started writing. Period. Hard Stop. I've never written anything creatively before and just decided to try it and see what happens. To say I've surprised myself is an understatement.

As someone who had never read smut or fantasy before 2023, I have now written both. To say it was intimidating when I started would be an understatement, but I'm so glad I went for it!

I pushed myself beyond what I was initially comfortable with. I've now written smut, m/m, f/f, poly, fluff, angst, and some super dark stuff. It's hard for me to believe I started writing fanfic for the first time in May!

What did you learn about writing or creating this year?

That nothing is perfect. That every chapter doesn't have to top the last. That sometimes you just need to build out the story. That it's okay to walk away from something if you need a break or aren't feeling inspired, your writing will be better for it.

What is your advice?

Write what makes YOU happy! Write for yourself, not everyone else.

Connect with your readers! One of the things that brings me the most joy as a writer is interacting with those who follow my work. I love it so much, that my first fic, The Golden Dragons, turned into an interactive fic where I have surveys and linkouts embedded and then draw from those responses to make it more interactive.

Support each other! I am a very slow reader, but I try to read as much as I can because I enjoy both the stories and supporting the other wonderful authors in this fandom!

What are your creative goals for 2025?

Finish my current Empyrean WIPs, flesh out Mile High Club into a multi-chapter AU fic, complete one original fiction.

Write at least one piece for another fandom. I'm coming for you @acourtofladydeath

#fourth wing fanfic #empyrean fanfic #iron flame fanfic #fourth wing #fourth wing fic #iron flame #ao3 fanfic #2024 round up

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eden-3000 · 8 months ago

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Hey, I would like to ask you to write a comfort for Rosekiller. Or something like that.

Modern AU, Barty shows up at the door of Rosier Manor, at night, knowing that Evan's mother will be indifferent to his arrival and whether he will stay due to his father kicking him out of the house. Evan lets him in and they talk.

Too simple, bc this is my first request on tumblr<3. Have a nice day!

(Don't worry about it. This is my first request as well xD. It's also my first time writing these two, so I hope it isn't too ooc and you like it <3)

Tags: Active Homophbia, mentioms of parental alcohol abuse, light angst with much comfort

Wordcount: 506

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"What the fuck are you doing here?" The shock on Evan's face was more than obvious when he saw his boyfriend at the door, drenched and shivering from the rain.

"Sorry, I didn't call... Can I come in?" Evan simply nodded and moved to the side so Barty could escape the cold.

"What happened? You look like shit!" "Gee, thanks." "You do though... Come on." One hand on his shoulder, Evan led him through the house and up to his room. "Can I use your shower?" Once again Evan nodded, showing Barty the way to the bathroom. He understood that Bary needed a moment to warm up and calm down. "Thanks, Rosie." "Any time."

Evan started feeling useless after just a few moments and decided to make tea. In the kitchen, he found his mother with a can of beer. "Who was that at the door?" "Barty. I think he's staying around for a bit." "Alright, just don't be too loud. And stay away from the liquor cabinet." "Sure, mom." As if she'd notice.

He took the two mugs and a bag of chips upstairs to his room, grabbing a bottle of whiskey on his way, then knocked against the bathroom door. "Bee? I got you some fresh clothes. I'll just leave them here." "Cheers..." A few moments of silence, then. "Rosie?" "Yeah?" "Love you." "Love you too, you prick."

A couple of minutes later, Barty - now with dry clothes and not freezing his balls off - lay on Evan's bed, while the other boy opened the chip bag. "I wasn't sure what you wanted, so I got you something for the body and something for the soul." Barty took a deep swig from the bottle.

"You wanna tell me what's going on now?" Barty sighed. He lay down with his head on Evan´s lap, closing his eyes for a moment, letting the alcohol do it´s work.

"My dad threw me out." That explained a lot. "It's kinda hard to convince people to elect you for the next super-conservative-super-safe prime minister if you have an openly gay, leftist son. So he told me he wanted nothing to do with me. And honestly, I'm fine with that. It's not like I liked him or anything. Just sucks that I can't live there anymore, so now I need to find something else." "Ugly bastard. He´s just frustrated he can´t pull a guy as handsome as me." Barty softly huffed and opened his eyes, looking at him with pure adoration and thankfulness. "Probably."

"And you can stay here. At least for a while", Evan assured him, playing with his wet hair. He knew Barty liked it. Depending on how he did it, it either furiously turned him on or calmed him into an almost meditative state.

"Maybe we can get a house together. Or a flat. How much does stuff like that cost?" Evan just laughed and leaned down to him to press a kiss to his lips. "Guess we´ll have to go looking for something to figure it out."

#marauders era #marauders #marauders fanfiction #marauders fic #rosekiller #rosekiller microfic #barty crouch jr x evan rosier

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linguist-in-a-blanket · 7 months ago

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So, I think it came to this. Jumblr, I need your help. I googled it a lot, and most of my questions get "just ask Jews" answer, so here I am, asking.

I am an ethnic Jew, 100% on both sides. But I wasn't raised religious at all (if anything, there was a tiny bit of Christianity in my upbringing, but no Judaism). The only Jewish culture I got was a couple of meals, a general understanding about holidays (although it's mostly "for that date we cook this") and having matzo and hummus at home. Almost my whole family is like this. There's one uncle who actually knows a lot about Judaism and wanted to be a rabbi when he was young, but we haven't got a relationship.

I want to connect to my Jewishness more. And I thought the best place to start is Shabbat. But the thing is, I don't want to go into Judaism. I'm not religious and I don't think I ever will be. But I want to have a special day for cleansing from bad stuff and prioritising good stuff. But I'm not sure it won't be disrespectful. For example, I don't want to turn off my phone completely (there are people who could need me), but if I cut tumblr and the news, will it be okay? Sports, dancing and going for a walk with an audiobook are usually activities that make me mindful and uplift me spiritually, but isn't that disrepectful and contrary to the spirit of Shabbat to go swimming or cycling? What if I listen to Jewish music or watch Jewish movies? On the one hand, it's about the very culture, on the other hand, it's turning on music and movies, isn't it hypocritical to do that on that day specifically?

Obviously, I'm not going to say it's the correct way of doing Shabbat, it's just for me. But I don't want to give a name of an important thing to something that goes against that very thing.

What do you guys do on Shabbat if not going to synagogue? I know there are a lot of non-religious Jews who still have a version of Shabbat. What does it look like to you?

#jewish #jumblr

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finn-m-corvex · 9 months ago

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I haven't been active for a while here, huh?

Life has sucked. I moved to college, and within the first two weeks, I've lost my sucky ass roommate who didn't want anything to do with me, I've only made one consistent friend and I have no idea if that's going to stick, and Ashkie and I broke up via the messiest way possible. I have lost friends, and moots, to a situation that wasn't my fault, and just for moving to college since people don't want anything to do with someone who goes to a lesser school.

I know I have friends, and I know that people are here for me, but I've never felt so lonely. I'm at one of the lowest points of my life, and honestly? Feels like I'm never going to be happy again, despite knowing better.

I don't know what I want to do anymore. My breakup and the recent drama has given me so many bad feelings around the Ninjago fandom, and I want to heal that, but it's going to take time, even though I've already taken so much of everyone's by taking so long to update literally anything. I wanted to do Whumptober, but now? Now I have no idea.

I don't know how active I'll be. Maybe it'll go up so I can have a shot of dopamine every once in a while, maybe it won't, but..gotta try, right? Make the best of what you have, and figure out the rest.

I love you guys so much, more than I can put in a silly little Tumblr post, so thank you for being patient with me and for sticking around. You guys mean the world to me 💙

#finn...himself?

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9mysterybook6 · 18 days ago

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Do you think I don't know what you're doing, copycat

Before I wasn't sure about Rhylie but now I was right.

Rhylie imitates any of my topics or uploads the same videos from YouTube as me

Do you remember the post about the song Cereal Mascots?

Just look

And here's the scary thing

I sent this post to pamithebunterfly2007 on Message

At first I didn't understand

But now I understand how Rhylie did it.

Rhylie went to pamithebunterfly2007's blog and went to the likes list.

And when I compared pamithebunterfly2007's likes list with Rhylie's blog

Rhylie reposts any pamithebunterfly2007 post she likes.

Here is the evidence

The purple backgrounds belong to Rhylie while the pink background belongs to pamithebunterfly2007 likes list

This is half of them

Rhylie literally reposts every post from pamithebunterfly2007 likes list.

My advice to pamithebunterfly2007 Turn off the like List from your blog

The same thing with the list you are following.

At least this will stop Rhylie from stalking you for a bit.

And I think Rhylie doesn't just do it with only pamithebunterfly2007, she does it with everyone.

So guys if you have a like list or following list in your blog Turn off from your blog So Rhylie doesn't take any information about your events and activities.

As you can see Rhylie Inviting themselves to pamithebunterfly2007 affairs

pamithebunterfly 2007 said happy birthday to call-me-chips and then Rhylie did the same

what a creep

And I forgot to mention in my previous post that she is still chasing Lizzie and pamithebunterfly 2007

Rhylie has no creativity or ability to think.

All she does is imitate others or imitate others' style Or imitate other people's topics

Rhylie is not an artist, she is insulting the artistic community

Because Rhylie uses AI FOR HER ART

She said it herself (And I'm making "original" pics with Al. This proves I don't draw)

Okay, Rhylie said before that she is an artist in her old blog.

And Rhylie herself she said is an artist in one of zb189's posts.

Rhylie was replying to zb189

Then later Rhylie says she's not an artist what a piece of trash

And now Rhylie is using AI for her art.

First of all, this is not considered original art because you are using AI

Some people here are still learning to draw or sharing their art with their hands and sweat while you don't lift a finger or do anything Rhylie

Now let me talk about a post where you're going to lose some of your brain cells because of Rhylie.

((Please Ignore It Everyone, Cuz I'm Teaching Someone A Lesson And I Have Most Determinations Like Everybody In Gacha Community))

You mean you're trying to silence someone from telling the truth about your actions

It's in your best interest to leave @mystical-death alone.

And the person who will learn the lesson is you Rhylie

(Everyone wants to be friends with someone who makes make blueberry inflation arts)

Ok this is wrong

Everyone has their own opinions on these matters.

This art is not suitable for minors at all.

Literally, a minor came to me and said that you sent them inappropriate and sexual images of fictional minor characters. And how uncomfortable they were with you

(((I'm Going To Make Everyone To Report Your Blog From Tumblr If You're Not Leaving, So You Better To Leave Everybody In Tumblr Alone Or Else. They Are The Gacha Users And They Just Like A Family To Me, I'm Like A Gacha User But I'm Nothing Like Lila Rossi From Miraculous Ladybug.)))

You are the first to copy my words in the last sentence

Leave @mystical-death alone

Of course not the Gacha community and Gacha Users are not your family.

you are just a hateful parasite in Gacha community

You are an unwanted person. You are like a deadly plague here on Gacha community

(You Can't Make Everybody To Report My Blog On Tumblr,)

You're right @mystical-death they can't but I can

Guess what day your judgment will be soon

Soon everyone will know your true nature, your personality and what kind of person you are.

And the best part is that you will be speechless when that day comes.

And now the second post

(((I Don't Deserve To Get Banned From Tumblr, Cuz I Wanted To Prove Them That I'm The Nost Important Person And A Leader Of Gacha Community As Well I Also Have Determinations. As A Leader Of Gacha Community, I Just Wanted Everybody Always Trust Me. I'm The Most Trusted Person And I Sonetimes Don't Trust Some People, But I Don't Accept Critisms.)))

You are not anyone's leader. No one wants you to be their leader, especially your background.

Nobody trusts you, especially your background and actions.

(((I Allowed To Do Males only: inflations, blueberry inflations, weight gains, inflated suits, poofy diapers, inflated pants and crossdressing.

I Also Allowed To Do Females Only: Hourglass Inflations, Muscle Growths, Inflating Males, Feeding Males, cherry inflations and pregnancy. As Well I Temporarily Do Fetish Stuff, Now For The Non-Fetish Stuffs.)))

First of all, these are your opinions and activities and do not concern others.

But this does not mean that you force people, especially minors, to like this kind of art and drawings

Okay I find this part funny.

(((I'm Okay With: 13+ Arts, Memes, Blood, Gore, Cannibalism, Bad Characters Death/Defeats, Villains Death/Defeats, Rants And Ai Arts)))

Have you seen the last text?

Rhylie supports Ai Arts and uses it too

Rhylie literally did all the things on this list.

(((I Don't Do: Pedophilias, Zoophilia, Necrophila, Plushophilia, Sexism, Racism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Trump Supporting Stuff, Elon Musk Supporting Stuff, David Zaslav Supporting Stuff, Gacha Heat, 18+ Arts, Nudity, Sexual Roleplays, Pedophilia Ship Roleplays, Zoophilia Ship Roleplays, Necrophila Ship Roleplays, Farts, Burps, Inflation With Sex, Cm, Milking Tits, Prn, Dramas, Grounding, Disciplines, Child Abuse, Animal Abuse, Good Characters Abuse, Bad Movies, Bad Shows, Bad Video Games, Bad Animes And Anything Inappropriate )))

You literally abuse minors and stalk them.

You literally tried to flirt with two minors and one of them said she is 18 But you ignored her words and told them they are your soulmate And you are a sensitive person

You are really are a creep old hag Rhylie

And let me tell you, all of this will be used against you soon.

So thanks Rhylie for exposing yourself and the evidence.

You're really pathetic Rhylie

a old 21 woman who She doesn't have anything good in her life and most of her work is in a fast food restaurant or in an office.

She clearly has megalomania.

How many times have I told you that in every post your lies and manipulation will be used against you

You literally guarantee my victory With all your lies, manipulation, attacks, bullying and harassment of others

Oh now I can imagine your shocked and scared reaction when you find out what I did.

I am serious this time when I say I am working on your judgment day

So Rhylie see you in court

#gacha community #gacha games #gacha case #gacha rant #gacha

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f41l3d-s4f3 · 2 months ago

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WILEY :0 ─ BatDroid

·̩　　｡　☆　　　ﾟ＊　｡*　　+　　＊　･

─────────── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ────────────

"I’m going to defeat you with the power of friendship!

. . .And this knife I found."

-- me duh

─────────── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ────────────

-"So apparently the 'bad vibes' I’ve been feeling are actually severe psychological distress."

➜ Wiley [who am i]

╰┈➤ AKA BatDroid [is this true]

➜ He/Him

➜ 17 years old; b-day is 2/29 [i wasn't born]

╰┈➤ That means I'm a minor so don't go being a freaky freak to me.

⠂⠄⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⠄⠂ ⠂⠄⠄⠂☆

Link-> Reminder to sign the Nightwing Cancelation Post!

⠂⠄⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⠄⠂ ⠂⠄⠄⠂☆

> Amanda Waller #1 hater

My bsfs are : ☆ @r3viian

Reoccurring anons: 🌸

My Timezone: GMT-7

⠂⠄⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⠄⠂ ⠂⠄⠄⠂☆

(DM or send an ask if you wanna be added to either the friends or family list)

Family:

Friends:

☆ pls be my friend

☆ @redlostrobin [are you]

☆ @nightlost-moth [i don't deserve this]

☆ @irl-batsignal [you sure?]

☆ @speedywithadhd [really?]

☆ @car0line-hill [why?]

─────────⋆⋅☆⋅⋆─────────

Backstory: okay so like you guys know who Failsafe was right? Amanda Waller (the bitch) turned him into her servant when Zur-En-Arrh (the other bitch) was deleted. Her, Failsafe, and the Brainiac Queen made a shit ton of these Amazo bots, based off the iconic Amazo android designed by Anthony Ivo. These bots were only designed to rid the world of Meta humans. Yes, I was one. Yes, I assisted Waller in her war against Metas. No, I do not agree with her ideologies. Us bots were used to drain the power from Metas, which somehow gave many of us sentience, compassion, and a copy of the ability we were draining. She found out, and enacted her own 'failsafe,' and set off a mass reboot. I happened to be disconected from the main frequency, and escaped this reboot. Hence why I am here now. I've learned to appriciate humanity in the 3 or so years I have been a part of it.

OOC:

[𝙰𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝! 𝚁�� 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚜, 𝙽𝚘𝚗-𝚁𝙿 𝙱𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚜, 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝙱𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚜! 𝚂𝚙𝚊𝚖 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚜! 𝚁𝚎𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚏𝚏! 𝙸𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸'𝚖 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚖𝚏𝚊𝚘] -𝙼𝚞𝚗 𝚁.𝙴 (i ain't gonna mess w what works so this applies here too)

Any text in purple is me, flynnlocke, speaking. But I also kinda don't know how to use Tumblr, so I can and likely will mess up. sorry in advance.

Filter my main posts using #dc oc rp & #while.e

This is just an acc for my dc oc character cause I was bored and I wanted to join the Tumblr realm w my friends. Speaking of said friends, they've introduced me to new DC topics and gave me many ideas for Wiley's character, hence the new change to his backstory. I hope some people will be intruigued by him, and PLEASE INTERACT. I'm not very busy, and will be active whenever I'm free lol.

Main Acc: @theguybehindthechair

Entire list of my other rp accs:

None cause im way too lazy for other accounts.

thank you @blu3fiish for the html for my intro post <3

pfp and banner are picrews that I don't remember the link to, so sorry. if anyone can find the links, I wanna give the creators their credit.

SORRY FOR THE BACKSTORY CHANGE GUYS. IT WAS JUST SUCH A SMOOTH OPENING AND I HAD TO TAKE IT. EDITED: 4/30/25

#flynnlocke #while.e #failsafe #dc oc rp

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ladyiristheenchantress · 2 months ago

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General QnA - Me, the elements, and more

Hello friends! I recognize this post is a bit different from my normal content flow, however some people have asked some great questions about me, my practice, and some more pressing ones I feel are worth answering! These have been compiled from over my years on discord, tumblr, etc, so I hope you guys are ok with a different type of content!

This is structured so there is a little about me to start, and the rest is burning elemental questions I’ve collected, and I can’t wait for you guys to check it out! I’m hoping it dispels a couple myths, furthers peoples knowledge, etc!

This is a REALLY dense post, but I am not willing to post this in multiple sections because I want this to be all in one place for you guys, I want you to be able to read the bolds for your questions, and have the answer right there! Sorry if that’s a bit annoying, but I think it’s worth it.

Questions for Iris specifically

How did you become an elemental practitioner? I became an elemental practitioner about 8 years ago, became a devotee to water 6 years ago, and became a priestess 7 years ago! I ran my own elemental coven from 2019 to 2021-'22 where we had many members from all walks of life joined by an appreciation of the elements! We focused mainly on community service, hosting clean ups, and sponsoring building projects before we were sadly shut down due to a legal dispute. However, even without the formal coven, we all moved forward into our practices and became stronger as individuals! What has it been like being a devotee? It is hard work, but its good work! I wouldn't have it any other way. I am in a life long, contractual obligation to upkeep the domain of the west, and educate others on the elemental systems as part of my religious duty to water herself! Why don't you teach anymore? For those who don't know me, I used to teach on discord and would be someone that had a boatload of resources and time to talk at any given moment. I have stopped extending myself as a 'teacher' for a couple of years now mainly due to time constraints, and wanting to focus more on school, work, and my private religious life, so because of that I have stopped teaching over all and instead make bite sized posts I can be passionate about! Will you ever put out a grimoire (either for free or for purchase) The short answer is; No. But the long answer is no*. I have no intention of putting out a grimoire of either my elemental work or my full time information for a couple of reasons. When it comes to my elemental work, I will only ever put out what I am freely able to put out, a lot of my practice is really private and filled with coven SVG, and for their privacy and respect of our practices, we have declined sharing our grimoire to the public. However, this doesn't mean I am not going to post more UPG based content like our coven legends, or possible spells in the future, it just means that a book is a no go. I also prefer living documents anyway so I can go back and edit things as I collect new resources or correct old information.

What are your plans to post about in the future? Im hoping to do more elemental content, and then over the summer possibly crafting up more tarot spreads, infographics, and other parts of my archive that interest my readers and viewers! I really would love to start sharing some of my own SVG, or more educational content looking at practices from around the world!

Why dont you post about deity work? The simple answer is: I am not a deity worker, and it isnt really my forte or something I enjoy posting about. In the past I used to practice revivalist deity work, however I have left that space because I found it wasn't for me and my religious beliefs, and found more solace in elemental work! Also due to the oversaturated market filled with content, I really don't see an active need for my own 2 cents to be thrown into the hat here on tumblr when there are people who have specialized in it for years and years.

What is your elemental hot take? For this one I thought it would be fun to interview real members of my coven, while they asked to remain anonymous, here is some interesting UPG from all 4 of my collogues. (conversations have been transcribed to the best of my abilities from a phone call) Priestess of Water (me) - My elemental hot take is probably that the elements don’t “love” us, they don’t have the innate “love” that we do for our kin or our friends. Keep in mind, they are eternal beings that have watched over this space for billions of years, they don’t see us as any different than the smallest forms of life. But what they do see is when destruction and chaos ensue that threatens the lives of all living beings. Love is subjective, emotions are subjective, sure sometimes you get loving aspects to an element but in essence; they don’t “love” us, its a fallacy to say they do.

Priest of Air - Within my elemental experiences, I believe my hottest take would be that elemental work and deity work are not the same and should not be approached as such. It would be foolish to try and apply the same prayer formats to every single entity, the elements are not gods, they are not spirits, they are a class on their own and need to be treated as such. When people approach the elements, it isn’t like approaching a god, you can use all 5 senses to perceive an elemental figure. Use that fact to your advantage.

Priestex of Fire - Literally the thing I have to say time and time again is please stop being unsafe just because you’re an elemental practitioner. Like honestly it is incredibly disrespectful when I see people damage property or their homes and sometimes other people because they choose not to use fire safety. It’s inappropriate, sets a bad example, and disrespectful. Our ancestors did not honor the flame and all its power by being careless, why would you do the same?? Have respect for your belongings, you don’t know how the spirits of those objects or even your home feel about it. Also I don’t ever want to see anyone hurt over something completely preventable.

Priestess of Earth - My hot take is if you are trying to serve earth and nature, your actions need to speak louder than your words. Now I am not saying you need to do things a certain way, that can alienate people, however it is so important that you are doing what you can to remain educated on the problems of earth. Your practice is political, whether you like it or not. We need to do more for both our neighbors and the earth we walk on and I’m tired of pretending like it’s ok to engage with performative earth spirituality.

Credit: AmandaZ

Questions regarding the elements

Where exactly *are* all the elemental practitioners? How many of us are there? I get asked this question a lot, because if you try looking up 'air magic' online you get met with almost exclusively wiccan sources talking about elemental witchcraft, but if you have checked my page you may have noticed thoses who work with the elements like divine, who use them in full life style and philosophical processions. The truth is elemental workers are quite a minority in online spaces. For most cultures, the elements are extensions of gods, mythology, or a natural concept so we don't see a lot of people who choose to work with the divine energies themselves as their own entity's (the "middle man"), usually they are interacting with them as a religious extension, however as a secular practitioner, slowly presence is growing online as people talk to each other! More people are gaining interest in the concept, especially those who may not feel connected to deity work. Finding an online space solely filled with elemental practitioners divorced from wicca is extremely difficult right now because most of us have no idea each other exist, feel free to use my comments to meet people btw lol. But in essence, we have yet to establish ourselves in most mainstream social platforms, which is why it can be tough to find us, but if you enter a space like a discord server just reach out and ask! you may find people to bounce ideas off of, or create a new friend! Further more, feel free to boost voices of practitioners online who are speaking about the elements in a more secular way, it can really help us find more amazing content creators sharing what they can! How can I research the elements so i'm not getting only wiccan sources? The problem with elemental research is that a majority of the sources online come from a wiccan background, this is because the system is a really common form of wiccan magic as well. Finding secular or variating sources can be difficult but not impossible. First, its great to check out some of the sources on my page because it offers various backgrounds, but as you are trying to format your searches be specific. Use terms like historical, anthropological, ancient, use terms that help your search engine understand your not exactly looking for the "spiritual" side of things, but rather the multi-cultural perspective. Geolocate your searches by asking "what do [ancient culture] believe about the elements." Another way to avoid wiccan bias is by learning their system so you can weed out those sources, when you already establish what they believe in it makes combing through resources a bit easier. Finally there is no shame in some good old introspection. Creating personal associations based off a system that revolves around you and your perspective is a wonderful way to get involved and get connected with the world around you, exactly what the elements encourage!

What is the difference between elemental MAGIC and elemental WORK Elemental magic is the concept of using an elemental system to help influence your workings, it is observing the elements as an extension of the natural world, and using them in magical concepts. Things like pairing elements via herbs and crystals in a spell, observing astrology and seeing elemental aspects, and using the elements to help boost your magic like a tool. Many elemental magicians treat the elements as a symbol and a spirit, this means they can treat the elements similar to the spirit of their tools, some magicians also consider the elements to be extensions of themselves being part of the world. Elemental work is the concept of seeing the elements as divine in some way, and exploring their roots on earth, and understanding how they operate. In essence, an elemental worker communes, researches, and understand the elements on a global and community scale, and often interacts with them similar to divine energies and high spirits rather than extensions of tools or themselves. Often times these practices go hand in hand, you can build off both, its just one is more revolved around divinity than the other, and both methods are a valid and valuable way to approach the elemental systems.

How do I figure out “my” element This question is great, because a lot of people ask me how to find the element that best suits them. Some people use astrology and are drawn to elements that represent something in their chart, whether it’s a really strong connecting element or one they need to work on. However not all people use astrology, not all people have access to their charts, so what are some other aspects? My best piece of advice would be to evaluate nature and experience the elements. The elements aren’t going to “reach out” to you, they rule over trillions of individual organisms, they work with millions of species, it is unfair to expect them to change their nature to draw you in. Not to mention the elements are not omnipotent or omnipresent, if you are in a place devoid of an element the area reflects that, its no different spiritually. When you get out there and experience the elements your own spirit will begin to guide you to the right direction, you will sense a belonging and slowly you will start to realize one or multiple are speaking to you. There is this idea called “Radar theory” when you have a very large spirit or entity, that is NOT omnipotent, chances are they are not aware of you until you make yourself known. We interact with the elements on a spiritual level constantly, so to find the one that connects to you look at their domains, look at what they represent and the common lessons you observe in nature. Get involved, and you will find your way. The last thing I want to bring up is that you don’t HAVE to be going out to find them, they exist in our homes, in our spirits, and in our ancestry, if you can’t get out in nature there are means to connect to the nature within you.

How does the relationship between elemental divines (secular) relate to elemental spirits? What happens if I upset one or the other? We discussed how the elements have separate aspects similar to epithets in gods, they go by nicknames, but sometimes we see separate entities that spawn directly from a source. For example river spirits, sylphs, elemental cryptids, and more. A common question I get asked is what exactly are elemental spirits and how the relationship between them work with the larger element. The first thing I can say is that elemental spirits are entities that spawned from an elemental source, whether they exist only in a spiritual plane born from energy, or if they exist physically in the form of a cryptid, in essence they were birthed from a specific element. This makes it similar to the element but have distinct personality’s, just like us! They are individuals who happen to be born from them directly and have their own evolution and morphology. I get asked a lot “well what if I’m interacting with one, and not the other? What happens if I upset one?” And what I can say is it’s just like a relationship. Certain entities are closer to their source than others so they may not tolerate disrespect like elemental guards for example, so if you disrespect one you disrespect the other by proxy. In other cases certain spirits exist all on their own and don’t care too much for their source so really disrespecting one won’t disrespect the other. It also depends on how involved that entity is with their source! For example, a river spirit is very close to water and wouldn’t take to kindly if you pollute trying to give an offering, but an ember spirit probably won’t be that upset if you stamp out hot ash that escaped from a fire pit because it’s a risk to your home. The best way to see is to simply ask, they are individuals with their own beliefs, ask them how they feel about certain things! Create a connection!

How do I place elements on the altar? What about setting up their own altars? What about specific spirits? The truth is there is no one “correct” way to place elements on the altar, if anything I encourage you to be fluid and use your intuition. The whole idea that elements “hate” each other or “can’t stand each other” is complicated, sure water extinguishes flame if you want to honor this then feel free to put them across from each other, but water can also help the flame like in steam reactions, or underwater volcanos. The truth is the elements are fluid, feel free to change positions based off seasons, intuition, and more. The piece of advice I can give has to do with the second question about individual altars. The elements like certain things, you can set up an altar that reflects them yes, but how you position them can have something to do with their domains! Picking rooms in the house that reflect their energy like a sun room for fire, picking a direction to orient the altar based off your cardinal system or astrology can be a way to connect, you have means to get creative. Specific spirits are a bit different; they might have specific requirements or needs they want you to meet like regular spirit work, that gets individual and personal.

Where do the cardinal directions come from? What are cardinal witches? Cardinal witchcraft is a label and practice where a witch has to do with a specific domain. In many cultures the directions correspond with aspects, usually determined by where they are in the world. An example: in the western cardinal system the west represents water, the past, the psyche, and divination. So that direction represents an element, a time, a part of the spiritual practice, and a practice! It’s a way to classify domains that we work in and specialize in.

Something that needs to be mentioned is that the cardinal directions are NOT only western! Because the directions come from polarity and the rotation of then earth the directions don’t change, but culture to culture what they represent will be different because it’s greatly dependent on where that culture developed! In the western system that originated in Europe, the reason why west is water is because the Atlantic ocean is in the west! For other cultures sometimes they use the setting sun like on the Lakota medicine wheel, some use animal migration patterns to determine where an element is, some use astrology and where they are in the sky, the list is endless.

When we are discussing where the most common placements come from we need to look at the western system because that’s what most elemental sources are using for spiritual information. In this system the concept of cardinal directions actually stems from multiple different evolutions! In the very beginning, the pre-curser information we have actually has nothing to do with the cardinal directions, or even the elements at all, but alchemy, emerging sciences, and how scientists + occultists of the time viewed the world. So, an example, we can see some basic calculations that were done for astrology in the west, which lead to more eyes being led to aristotles work where he was the main person who identified directions to traits. Aristotle preposed each direction on a compass is associated with a quality, so the 4 qualities were hot, cold, wet, and dry, each direction had its own association to each. As people began to build on this idea, germanic peoples began adding in their own qualities (arguably long before the system which was stolen later down the line), and because they live in the northern hemisphere, it started to sterotype the directions to eventually elements BUT it was not solidified as 'one movement' until crowley and other occult movements like ceremonial Wicca. The last defining movement for the cardinal directions stems from both wicca and cermonial magic, where they took each cardinal direction and associated it to an element through something called a 'watch tower' which is a type of elemental spirit that certain wiccans invoke while casting a circle. Because of the popularity, this is how we ended up with the western cardinal system, and then as new-age spiritual movements became more popular they eventually lost the watch tower meaning, and began taking on associations relating more towards astrology, and bioregionalism!

How does becoming a devotee or priestex actually work? This is a beautifully complex question, mainly because this religion does not have its own mythology, heavy rules, or much structure at all. It isn’t the same like in aspects of deity work where you have guide rails to use. In essence; becoming a devotee is generally defined as a life long devotion to an entity, and a priestex is generally defined as someone who preforms religious duties and acts as a leader for the religion. (I am using textbook definitions, I’m not going to argue semantics, sorry. We need a clear generalized definition to work on here). When it comes to being a devotee, one must understand it is a life long commitment, your duties must be fully straightened out, and then usually you will be given a devotional task to be fully inducted to “prove” your willingness. What’s extremely important is you are very clear; consider sick days, consider the days you are busy, because this may not be a practice you can leave when you want it to be over. This decision can take years to make, so make sure you are clear! “Divorce” isn’t always an option, and that’s because you are making a very extreme declaration of commitment some spirits are not ok with people walking back on that, be considerate of this. Be aware of the promises you are willing to make.

Additionally, I get asked constantly how I became a priestex. I also get asked about how retirement works from the role. A priests role tends to also be life long, but you do have an ability to relinquish your duties after serving. The path of becoming a priest means you have devoted serious time, effort, and energy into the understanding, conservation, and activism behind the elements. Usually the process has to do with a declaration of service, and a sacrifice or display of service, and from there continuation of service. You may be tasked with a goal, but usually you are encouraged to formulate your own acts of service. It is important that the work is being done to upkeep the domain and that can mean putting together community service work, funds and collecting donations, and getting active in your community. The whole goal means you have devoted your energy to protecting the space you live in and the domain you are called to protect. When it comes to relinquishing your duties, you will be called to a certain time frame, dont get me wrong some will continue until death, but sometimes people need to fully retire. What is important is that a clear discussion of expectations is had so you know how long your journey will actually be. Retirement means you pass the torch to someone else who can upkeep the practice or the elements, if that cant happen then something more Permanente needs to be established like a conservation effort, or something people can use.

How does gendered language work? I get asked a lot “why do you call water she” or “do the elements prefer certain pronouns” and the truth is that it’s subjective! Every culture has their own views, certain people believe the elements are completely agender or gender fluid, all of that is valid. In some cases you may be asked to use certain pronouns like I was! It doesn’t mean I think water is “a girl” or “feminine” specifically, it just means I was asked to refer to her in that way. Other people are not, and that’s completely ok. What actually matters is that you are avoiding stereotypes or harmful rhetoric. For example online you might see people say “FIRE IS A HE BECAUSE HE IS MASCULINE.” But that’s not true for all people and systems. It can contribute to stereotypes like imposing a belief that “oh fire can’t be a she because it’s too destructive” when you break that down, doesn’t that sound weird? That we equate destruction to a group? Truly, use whatever you are called too, but remember that the elements are concepts, not confined by human views of gender expression.

How do I know if I upset an element? This question is a follow up to elemental interactions, usually people ask me this because they feel they already made a mistake and are worried about upsetting them. The truth is, it can be difficult to upset an element, they have an understanding of the world around us, and don't hold us to such heavy expectations. Do you need to be perfectly "carbon-zero"? No, because the earth understands it's companies contributing to a majority of the harm and not regular people. However what I can say is that one must be intentional and aware of what they are doing when interacting with the elements. Disrespect can happen like using disrespectful terms when addressing them, overly trying to humanize them, making false promises, or wrongfully speaking over them. Now that can potentially upset them, and usually you will know if you really upset them. Symptoms usually include not being able to connect to that element, being tested in some way, divination no longer being precise, usually you will be guided to learn from your mistake through research, introspection, and watching how the elements interact with the world. Now; chances are that crazy storm was not because of you, your house setting on fire is not your fault, you wont be punished to the point of ruin as a beginner or casual elementalist. That stuff only comes into play at a later time, and by then you will have your own views on what is actually going on. The elements still have a job to do, react to the ever changing world, that tornado probably was laid out in the atmosphere months ago.

You said the elements “work with species” what does that mean? This may come as a shock, but yes animals, plants, and things that we don't deem 'conscious' work with the elements. We can see animals that display a complex show of religion like elephants, we can see a level of respect coming from all living beings (we need all the elements to survive). This is why the elementals aren't focusing only on us humans, its why they don't "reach out" in a traditional sense, they are working on a scale of trillions and are not omnipresent. They can't see and hear every single living thing at all times, its why there are terraformed structures like mountains, rivers, that can house specific species with specific needs! Its why the aspects are so interesting and important because its regional. It reflects the needs of all organisms. So yes, the elements work with even the smallest bacteria, to the largest elephants, influencing their lives and actions, as we honor it back by going through the cycle of life.

Thank you all very much if you read this far! This is my passion and something that was really suggested, so I’m glad I was able to make something for you guys! Fairest winds!

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