#i should probably sleep after this

[starkspi]

"why, I had no part in that. you've always been this way!"

just a little something from @morningstarwrites fanfiction "of saints and sinners" which i'm obsessed with

[deoidesign]

Thinking about vampires, death, life, and the space they occupy in between

[zarvasace]

One of the very first lu fanfictions I wrote (which is posted exactly nowhere and never will be) was a darksverse. It was a lot of fun to come up with! Dark Sky is Depth, and one of his big freaky traits was an awful-sounding voice :)

[kingofscoops]

Before/After Gif Challenge

i was tagged by @ncthandrake, thank you 💜

i love doing before and after gifs, these have been my faves from recently ✨

and if your interested you can see all the versions of this challenge i did here

tagging a few awesome people (no pressure obvs): @buckera @emziess @llydiadeetz @nikossasaki and whoever else wants in (tag me if you do)

[journey-to-the-attic]

there's a moment in lesson 45 of nightbringer where mc falls off a thing (again?? is this foreshadowing?? i'm going to rule-of-three this and wait to see if it happens again) and satan tries and fails to grab their hand to catch them, but now i'm imagining the same thing happening with satan and ik except he does succeed, but it's her right hand and the prosthetic just POP comes straight off

[fisheito]

Well THat doesn't seem right....

[glasscitadel]

Lyos ✦ The Vatian Architect

Finally, a more accurate piece of my main villain <3

[icantalk710]

This semi-mild cold has been an annoying start to this week 🤧😪

[satorisoup]

people will think im ordinary until they say one (1) thing about tmnt and all of a sudden im explaining the entire lore starting from the 1990’s movie & why donatello is the best turtle i fear… T^T

tag limit fights me… i must yap… please listen… SOB </3

[taxi-cab-to-slowtown]

Got on the Barbie and Ken mug-shot wagon with Jason and Roy. (I don't know how I feel about Jason's high collar but I had to cover Barbie's hair somehow).

[totally-italy]

Greek Mythology!!

Firstly, thank you so much for sending me this ask! I really appreciate it and it genuinely made my day! Apologies for not answering immediately but I had to go to dinner and also watched a bit of Just Add Magic, for maybe the third time now, with my brother. Also, as a last note, I originally started planning the answer on here but then got carried away, hence the slightly more informal than usual essay. Lastly, I'm kind of wondering if I should gather up the courage to tag (@/nysus-temple) a blog of a Classics student (I think), who knows a lot about Greek Mythology and has posted about it before, so maybe let me know if I should....

Personally, I find that Greek Mythology is absolutely fascinating due to its multi-faceted nature in elucidating multudinous aspects of society around modern-day Greece; in origin, being a polytheistic religion, it consisted of hundreds or thousands of different gods, who were said to control various aspects of the natural world around them, ranging from the sea, the sky and fate, to smaller things such as the seasons and the existence of particular flowers. Ergo, one of the essential aspects of Greek Mythology is that it provided explanations of the world around them, giving answers to the essential human questions, such as why we exist and how the world as we know was created. And, due to the lack of the scientific theories and explanations that are available today, many people living in Greek city states and beyond believed in stories rooted in the lives and actions of gods who lived rather close by, on Mount Olympus.

On the other hand, though this mythology was significant in explaining the origins of human existence, like most religions, its more significant asset was that it provided gods for them to believe in, giving the Hellenes deities to both thank and blame for their fortunes and tragedies alike, whilst simultaneously bringing a dim hope of a certain degree of control; if one had angered an Olympian, they could pray and offer sacrifices to attempt to appease the gods, allowing them a potential solution to their misfortune. However, considering as the Greek gods were notorious for being self-centred and petty, this particular element of hope is not the most convincing or important aspect of the religion. Instead, like many modern religions that still span the globe, Greek Mythology was significant because it provides an explanation of what happens to people after death, in this case suggesting that a person's actions would dictate where in the Underworld they would end up: the Elysium Fields, if they had lived good and meaningful lives, the Fields of Asphodel, if their existence had been one of neither significantly good nor evil actions, or the Fields of Punishment and Tartarus, for the souls who committed sins or crossed the gods. On a psychological level, this is crucial because it gave people the reassurance that they could avoid the Fields of Punishment or Tartarus by trying to live in a just manner, whilst also offering an explanation of what happens after death and consoling people against the dread of simply ceasing to exist (which is particularly common within Western religions, rather than those which embrace both reincarnation and Samsara).

Moreover, most myths within Greek Mythology elucidate some of the morals that people should live by, whilst delineating blood crimes (the murder or injury of one's own relative) and a lack of Xenia (which is the virtue of hospitality, holding both the host and the guests to certain social standards and levels of respect) as being two of the worst sins that one could ever commit. Within this, the concept of fatal flaws is highly significant, considering as many heroes met tragic fates as a consequence of some of their personality traits, often in the form of hubris. However, the first and foremost concept that must be grasped when thinking about Greek Mythology is that the depiction of the gods, despite varying between individuals, often is akin to that of temperamental children with an unjust degree of power, rather than the Judeo-Christian notion of God as an omnipotent and omnibenevolent being. Essentially, the gods are an exploration of what humans would be like if they were completely immortal and did not have to face the consequences of their actions; considering as the gods would generally be revered above most mortals, they usually wouldn't have to face the repercussions of their negligence during their life and, being immortal, would not be punished in the Underworld after death.

For this reason, Greek Mythology contains many tales of gods like Zeus and Poseidon, who were revered for the power and authority that they held, but who nonetheless were unfaithful husbands and bad fathers who notoriously committed sexual assault on multiple occasions, yet were seldom held accountable for their actions. In contrast, other deities such as Hera, Aphrodite and Athena are depicted as jealous and arrogant deities, who have been hurt by others to the point of often also becoming cruel or unsympathetic perpetrators of horrendous and violent actions. In fact, Greek Mythology as a whole does not distinguish between deities by painting them in different lights based on how many sins they each committed or how many people they hurt; whilst such actions are not condoned, the entire infrastructure of Greek Mythology is such that a god resembles what they represent or stand for, sharing similar aspects within their own personality. For example, as the King of the Gods and the god of the sky, Zeus at times serves as a decisive ruler who works hard to ensure that quarrels on Olympus are resolved, whilst not subtracting his plethora of negative traits as one of the most egocentric and arrogant gods of Olympus.

Similarly, whilst Hera is depicted as jealous and vengeful to a fault, the psychology behind her pain over being constantly cheated upon strikes a nerve with those willing to empathise with her married life. Whilst she is the goddess of childbirth, marriage and family, her own life as an Olympian serves as a representation of mistaken marriage and its consequences on a person's mental health, whilst still exposing some of her deficiencies, particularly as the mother of Hephaestus.

Elaborating further, though certain deities are depicted in a warmer and less violent light, such as Hestia, who made of vow of peace after the end of the Titanomachy, it is clearly within her nature to provide comfort and care for those around her, considering as she is the goddess of the home and the hearth. For this reason, Greek Mythology, whilst providing some vague guidelines for sins that should be avoided, was neither intended to imply that mortals should act like the gods nor that all the Olympians are inherently evil; though gods such as Zeus and Poseidon are both rapists who would be imprisoned within our modern society, I honestly don't believe that the Greeks would have condoned their actions by simply arguing that gods should have their liberties or that, being an example of what people would be like if they were immortal, that they simply 'couldn't help themselves' since they were so unused to not having to face the consequences of their actions. In fact, when instead casting an eye to Roman Mythology, where poets like Ovid wrote about the gods in such a way as to heavily emphasise their negative traits and their deficits, it is clear that the gods were never intended to be seen as perfect deities, yet rather as omnipresent forces and authority figures who had to be revered in order to survive.

Overall, though at the heart of Greek Mythology, there is a general tendency to comply and not disagree with the gods, in order to not be cursed by them, I think it is really important to consider the multudinous facades within this rich culture of oral tradition; whilst providing a hypothetical explanation for how the world and people came to be, Greek Mythology is a religion which provides moral stories of the gods and how to avoid ending up in Tartarus, yet it has also been a source of entertainment for people of all epochs, bringing together generation after generation, all revelling in the magic of the storyteller, recounting the trials of various heroes as they struggled in their lives and faced their own quests. In conclusion, though it clearly also served as an explanation for the natural world and was a polytheistic religious tradition, I think Greek Mythology should also be considered for what it represents: an amalgamation of human experiences, from the pits of despair, to love and strength, whilst retaining a certain wariness of what they would become without the constraints of their own religion and of death.

[sparring-spirals]

I got to say I really liked the episode (despite only having watched exu calamity of the exu series) and I think maybe Matt needed a breather after so many fast paced, lore filled episodes.

however, I am kinda bummed that the fcg processing has been put on hold for (at least) two weeks now and that means that, despite them being great actors that truly merge with their characters at the table, their reactions will be much less raw and there’s a chance some of them will forget tidbits of information, emotions they felt when it happened because they (as role players) will have had time to process it out of the game and it might create a dissonance in the game. tbf I kind of felt the difference even between the end of ep 91 and the beginning of 92 but it made sense because technically they were still running and couldn’t afford to process. idk. I have hope that we’ll still see that raw emotion, but I fear it won’t be as impactful as it could’ve been, especially if they’ll have to put the “reporting for duty” hat on immediately when they get to the camp

I think being a little bummed about the sort of unexpected hiatus on the Bell's Hells/Post F.C.G processing is super understandable! As someone who also really did enjoy the Crownskeepers return (hello im still yelling about Opal internally), I'm kind of in the same camp of being kind of thrown/disappointed about not getting to really dig into/sit with the Bell's Hells post-F.C.G loss. Like, LOVED the Crownkeepers, fascinating second half, kind of meh on the specific timing.

I'm holding my reservations about whether they're going to have to keep running/moving once we return to their portion of the story, since hey, until it happens (or doesn't!), we don't know, so I don't feel like getting too in my head about it until then.

That said! I do think that in general the cast puts characterization and staying true to the emotions of the character/story as a very high priority within the campaign. I think you're right that it won't be the exact same as if they had done a big emotional blowup/goodbye/processing scene in the same ep where they lost F.C.G, or immediately after. I don't think that means it has to be less impactful, just that- yeah, they'll have had more time to actually think/process it.

But they're also all professional voice actors who have, IMO, thus far shown how much they think about the inner lives of their characters and enjoy really digging deep into the emotional/interpersonal aspects of roleplay.

My assumption (my hope?) is that with additional time to think about + process a devastating/deeply emotional loss for their character(s), they'd choose to lean into that more, and not less. It wont be the same as the immediate raw reactions, thats true! But i dont think that means it has to be less impactful, even if they (as people) have had more time to process, and will be choosing how their characters, fresh off the loss, react. I dont think thats a guarantee it will be less impactful/emotional (maybe the additional thinking would actually enhance the reactions being true/insightful to the characters vs gut reactions from cast), but it will be different.

But if the cast chooses to lean into the heartbreak/emotions, and the circumstances of the BH in the upcoming ep enable it, I'm sure they can still kick my ass (emotionally), timeskip or not.

In general, I'm cautiously optimistic about what could happen next! Even if I don't love the timing thus far. I think there's still plenty of ways for me to get what I'm hoping for wrt F.C.G/BH. :] There are plenty of ways for me to get let down too, probably, but until it happens, or doesn't, I'm opting to not get too doomery about it. We'll see.

I uh. Hope that helps? A bit? Being bummed about specific things you were hoping for being off the table is totally reasonable. just hoping to lend an alternate way of viewing it, if desired.

(i wrote the sentence: "don't be lamenting your chickens before they hatch" and then went "what the fuck" out loud. i spent 4 hours at work today just doing systems diagramming and my brain is fried. clearly. keeping this here for my own entertainment.)

[capn-twitchery]

for some reason hawaiian shirt twitch broke out of the editor when i tried to post it an hour ago and my desktop tumblr hasn't worked right since. what the fuck

[athena-xox]

Wait okay another hc to go along w my last one here me out okay?

In cedars sdcc letter it mentions like that her and her friends are stuck as puppets and because cedar has experience as a puppet she can help her friends escape and who are the other friends stuck as puppets? Maddie, Raven and Apple.

Then she says that she thinks the puppet master is going to hand them over to EQ. HELLO?!?! OKAY ?!?!

Then she says if you can distract him I get get a potion to turn my friends back human. This part isn’t really important but I want to talk about it anyways. We could maybe assume she’s talking to a specific character to save them like cerise or kitty but I think it’s more likely supposed to be the reader. Idk I just think that’s interesting knowing what we know from the legend shadow high.

Back onto the theory, somehow cedars plan fails and the puppet master hands over cedar, Maddie and raven keeping cedar for his show.

Who are the only three who appear in the labyrinth from eah in the lost movie? That’s right Apple, Maddie and raven.

So the lost movie happens and because we don’t get the ending here’s what I think happens, not both of these but either of these could bring us to the next part:

The evil queen curses the narrators to not be able to see ahead because then they can change the story but she actually totally messes up timelines for everything, causing people and narrators to collectively forget things

The protagonists realize it’s dangerous for the worlds to be connected so they magically close all portals like what the gimms did to wonderland. And unfortunately, like wonderland monster high provided essential things to the world of ever after which is plot continuity (because monster world scares the story in line - idk sue me)

And of course a general ending and cedar is saved blah blah blah. Either way the eah girls forget about monster high because it’s been erased from their memories

And then later the legend of shadow high happens

That’s my explanation for how the lost movie/all the eah x mh connections can co exist with the legend of shadow high. And how in legend a lot of it doesn’t line up with previous canon

[skysglcw]

I’m not crazy (at least I think I’m not) but idk what you call a person who refuses to sleep even if it’s 5 in the morning and has done nothing but scroll through hundreds of posts of Blanche and Dorothy on Tumblr just to fangirl all over for them because you're too overwhelmed by their chemistry and the feeling just makes you hyped even more to the point where you can't sleep anymore because you're too excited although your eyes are burning from staring at the screen too long……

[tcfactory]

the obvious shenanigans that follow are well! if sj isnt going to socialise the poor beast then sy will! lqg staring like. "What is that." begging peak lord Liu's pardon, but this is a spiritual wolf that is meant to be under the care of peak lord shen. it requires socialising and i was informed you also possessed a spiritual wolf! the wolves, ofc, get on. sj wants to die when he finds out. he wont STOP them because that would make it worse but sToP WaGGinG YouR TaiL when liu-shidi comes over!!

Liu Qingge takes Shen Yuan at face value about the wolf - like, he knows Shen Qingqiu's daemon is a wolf, had seen its silhouette move in the shadows during night hunts, but this wolf is out in the open and is getting pets from Shen Yuan so he can't be Shen Qingqiu's Calamity (the wolf is actually called Harbor, like 'Safe harbor in a storm', but he would never admit to it so when people started making up names he just ran with the most menacing/powerful sounding one) - and during the next Peak Lord meeting he goes to confront Shen Qingqiu about neglecting a spirit beast in his care. How jealous does one have to be to hurt such a majestic wolf like that?! He can tell exactly what caused those scars and he will not stand for a fellow peak lord whipping innocent beasts!!

Shen Qingqiu can glare Yue Qingyuan into silence, but not quick enough to shut Shang Qinghua up before he can blurt out what's up. Liu Qingge demands that Shen Qingqiu prove himself by calling his daemon there. He's reluctant, but complies. Everyone is upset at the state of the wolf (did someone try to dock its tail to make it look a bit more like a dog?!?!!? yes, it was one of Qiu Jianluo's bright ideas to make them more obedient), most of them on Shen Qingqiu's behalf. Shen Qingqiu very much wants to strangle both Liu Qingge and Shang Qinghua, so Airplane reaches for the most convenient bombshell he has as distraction and blurts out what happened to Yue Qingyuan before he flees.

So now Shen Qingqiu has a regretful shidi (planning various nutritious and difficult to hunt monsters as apology gifts) a very regretful and kinda relieved shixiong (sporting one hell of a black eye) and a bunch of other mildly regretful and worried martial siblings and things are going to be fine. All thanks to one oblivious but very pretty hallmaster of his who he absolutely will not thank or fill in about what's up, no sir. (It's fine, it will take YQY and LQG maybe a day or two to get over their shock, realize what happened and start matchmaking, like the idiot sibling-types they are. Shen Qingqiu will have a supportive family whether he wants one or not, and we all know that he kinda really wants one actually.)

It's all going to be fine.