#healing and all that ya know

[blamemma]

[luna-the-cretar]

So we know that Taishen’s healing magic makes the target feel warm, inside and out, like drinking a hot drink on a cold day. So what if Jornir’s healing magic was the inverse?

Like, Jornir’s healing magic is cold. Like enjoying a cold treat on a hot day. Or applying an ice pack on inflammation. It’s not freezing, by any means, but noticeably cold. It makes you feel cold, but not in a way that’ll damage you. Just…cold.

Also, this is kinda irrelevant but for some reason my brain is also supplying me what their respective healing magics would taste like, if you could taste them.

But like, I imagine Taishen’s healing magic would taste like chai tea, perhaps. Maybe not chai, exactly, but if you were to taste Taishen’s magic, you could taste hints of cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, etc. Basically the taste of fall. It would taste as warm as it feels, ya get me?

Likewise, Jornir’s healing magic would taste like peppermint. It tastes sweet, but comes with the unmistakable cold feeling in your mouth that the menthol within causes. It essentially just tastes like winter.

Idk, my brain latched onto Taishen and Jornir all of a sudden and like I just. Want to talk about them. And how they’re like. Polar opposites in so many ways. But so alike in others. I just. They make me unwell.

[faggling]

ive decided im singlehandedly going to bring mr robot back from the dead because if any show deserves to have a revival in popularity it does

like.

can you fucking imagine the discourse??? the possibilities are endless

[wishfulsketching]

Girlfriendsss

[dootznbootz]

To ME, The Iliad and The Odyssey are about the different reactions to trauma and "hate".

The Iliad is about how a man gets destroyed by hatred. Achilles is "destroyed" metaphorically because his hatred and grief caused him to lose his "humanity". Hector is killed by a man filled with so much hatred (Achilles). Both men are "gone".

The Odyssey, being what happens directly after, is about how a man can come BACK from such hatred. Menelaus and Nestor, while still in pain from the war (the time, friends, and family they lost), are still able to move forward and live normal lives. We watch this happen in real time through Odysseus.

Odysseus' name means to hate and be hated, something he's been probably doing since he left Ithaca to a degree. You could even see the slaughter of the suitors as being the "final fight" he has to go through before the "healing". He gains back his humanity, kingdom, and identity by loving and being loved. (Niko's post about Odysseus and his identity. It delves further into all that well!)

Some people are lost to war and some people CAN come back from it. While the ancients (of every culture as well!) didn't have the semi-universal term PTSD yet, they knew damn well people who have experienced trauma tend to be "different" afterward and had their own stories and even some "remedies"

Other ancient works, such as those by Hippocrates, describe soldiers who experienced frightening battle dreams. (Source, whole article gives more info on ancient PTSD too!)

Celsus, a Roman doctor described a condition named Insania sine fibre.

In Ancient Mesopotamia, “They described hearing and seeing ghosts talking to them, who would be the ghosts of people they’d killed in battle – and that’s exactly the experience of modern-day soldiers who’ve been involved in close hand-to-hand combat.” (Source)

This is my own interpretation, but in a way, I think the Epic Cycle is...showcasing that. The Iliad shows how trauma can "end" a person. And The Odyssey is kind of a way to give some hope to folks in a "Hey, you CAN get better. You CAN have your life back."

[hatchetsfield-arch]

y’all look at my birthday cake! do you think if we sing the summoning instead of happy birthday the lords in black’ll appear

[dragonsfictavern]

It’s decided. I need Halsin on top of me like a damn weighted stuffed animal, Shadowheart on my left side petting my head and murmuring soft praises, and I need Astarion on my right side caressing my cheek and resting his face in my neck as he tries to restrain himself from biting me.

That will cure all my ailments.

[opens-up-4-nobody]

Man, sasuke is the saddest lil guy in the whole wide ninja world :'(

[em-b-sides]

I think about that tiktok trend where you like paint your partners eye color on your nails or make a bracelet or something with the color a lot actually

[sugaredrhubarb]

now that we're bringing up me rambling in old tags, I give you ru and @chai-isms on blue-collar ghost that rattles around in my brain once a week (this is literally from a month ago)

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads

What Stalks Among Us

YA thriller

two best friends skip a field trip to explore some old forgotten backroads - and get trapped in a looping corn maze full of weird shit, including their own dead bodies

they have to figure out how to get out, what’s killing them, what’s causing the maze, and face their traumas

fat girl MC with anxiety, both are bi and have ADHD, no romance

[doodle17]

Low-key gonna need a blessing from my bishop when I go to church this Sunday because ain't no way am I gonna survive the week with pain like this

[danwhobrowses]

Okay cool so this is was me all of this and last week fretting years off my life about the episode and I guess it's gonna be me next week fretting years off my life about next episode coolcoolcoolcool

[mossmx]

I don't give a shit about the flared base I am fucking that T piece for the spin, you are absolutely right that we need to incorporate the gameplay into the experience

I'm still team | but you are so valid

btw, speaking of gameplay, I feel we are sleeping on the fact you need ALL the pieces to make a line eventually

So idk, I am thinking we should consider the poly aspect 👀

[comfysofti]

My dad is missing on war for like, two years now, almost three

And i basically don't remember him by now

And words cannot describe how much happiness and relief this brings me

I quickly forgot how he looked

For the longest time, the only thing i could remember about him, was him yelling at me

But now, even memory of this yelling sounds odd. I don't recognise his voice. Memory of his voice in my head sounds like a cheap copy

And this feels so freeing

I don't remember his face

I don't remember his gaze

I don't remember his voice

I don't remember the fear he brought in my life

I feel free

There's obviously lots of traumas left behind from all his actions throughout my life, but again. I feel free and good, realising im forgetting him

I hope his abusive ass is actually dead and rotting in hell for all the pain he brought upon me and my mom <33

[shad0wheart]

I have done a deed.

Its the isat gang as Eeveelutions, or well, the eevees i assigned to em at least. For funsies.

I shall explain my reasoning under the cut (because spoilers)

Mirabelle gets to be an Umbreon. She gets all the Rings and Circles for free! Also, as a Horror girlie, it suits her.

Odile is a Glaceon, because crystals and gems. Those are important to her. Also she deserves the ice typing :> Very levelheaded.

Isabeau deserves the Sylveon. It's funny. He gets the most Trans colored of em all hehe. Also the guy Loves with a capital L, so he gets one of the vees that evolve with it.

Bonnie!!! Is. A. Child. Eevee. But theyd probably turn into a flareon. Warm, fluffy hugs and lots of delicious hot food. Also, they're loud and hot headed :D

Siffrin is a Leafeon, fight me. As a physical Eeveelution, they get to be the Garden Scissors (Leafeons can cut through trees?) and also, itd give him a connection to the Universe. With nature. Funnily enough, out of the whole team, Leaf is still the fastest Pokemon. It fits.

Loop still loses Mouth priviliges as an Espeon. They probably would also look very off by Pokemon standards. Anyway, why are they an Espeon? They literally do Psychic Magic. And also, they're very Mentali unwell ;³ (hehe.)