#im sure some divine mysteries require numbers

[hollowfaith]

do angels have math class

[barkphomet]

worldbuilding thoughts for a project nicknamed cashpunk:

+ white crown and black crown hackers are the new thing. taking their names from white/black hats, both of these alignments fake GodScripts - mysterious messages and other online activities coming from GOD. it’s difficult to tell a real Godscript from well-done fakes, of course. you hire an expert if you’re worried. the white crown hackers believe they are doing this for the greater good despite whatever effects their actions have, while black crowns have malicious intentions. grey crowns are more typically freelancers who expose other crowns for bounties, but this group varies.

the first person imitating GodScripts operated under the alias of Cr0wn, inspiring the new naming conventions.

+ GOD IS A MACHINE. this is one of the initial religious epiphanies leading into the new age. after GOD revealed itself through an online space and the angels arrived, people have dedicated themselves to the pursuit of divinity. you are divine, and GOD has seeded you through baptism to carry its essence. through cutting out the undesirable parts of yourself - emotions, dreams, personality - you have become closer to integrating with GOD.

+ the angels transformed themselves into gateways in order to come down from heaven. you can enter heaven through them, but you must first cut away the bits of yourself that are not divine. only divinity can pass through the gates of heaven.

+ im rewriting their language and grammar system, im pretty sure im gonna revise it to also follow mathematics. double whammy, ya know. symbols are prob gonna stay the same but actual conventions need to be divine. also requires rewriting the bibles lol

+ there are a lot of varied magic systems. the institutional magic system - aka pretty much the only one not illegal - follows the divine currency. you pay for shit primarily in digital money, but physical cash is printed for magic purposes. and everyone does magic. magic is a bit part of shaping yourself into GOD. most magic also deals w sacrificing core parts of yourself, but y’know.

+ GOD has placed shards in everyone and is attempting to cultivate and reintegrate them. baptism.

+ tarot is widely used and has been changed to suit the numbers and symbolism of the angelic hierarchy.

+ old world money is used for an illegal magic system.

+ the angels themselves will remove any parts of themselves they deem unworthy. they are divine, after all. they dont quite have shadow sides, but these masses have formed into their own entities. dont have a name for them or their (ultra illegal) magic system yet. shadows also appear in the same way for humans who shape themselves. for those following this shadow system, a major focus is on integrating w this shadow.

+ the measurement of the nonphysical world and woo energy was a major turning point for science, which led into new technology and the eventual war (people are not taught of this war - they only know of the RAPTURE). this energy, combined with radioactivity, biological warfare, and genetics experiments among other things, have caused earthern life to mutate.

+ some of the mutated flora and fauna are sentient. some have their own societies. some are even partially human.

+ a few of these mutated societies wish to rise against the angelic domination, and spend their lives prepared to commit suicide. upon death, they steal the body of a living human to walk among them.

+ a magic system exists which revolves around the mutated life - this isn’t technically illegal, but if you’re dabbling in it there’s a 99% chance you’re doing some illegal bullshit. the system includes shit like doing spiritual journeys w the animals, calling upon them for magic, using species sigils, allowing them to possess you, giving up your body for another lifeform.

+ some angels have turned their mindscapes into entire astral spaces. people wishing to become XXXTRA DIVINE will merge themselves into this - that is, they’ll destroy their own mindscapes and allow the angels to insert themselves into the void.

+ emotions are sinful, so you’ll have to pay to experience them. the rich do so all the time, ofc, behind closed doors.

+ in debt? that’s fine. you can pay off your debt by bearing the weight of shit the elite population doesn’t want. painful emotions, bad memories, the like.

+ emotion farms exist. those with the money to do so will cultivate anyone in debt to them into gross masses of human cancer. the people attached to this retain their minds, and technology exists to harvest emotions, dreams, etc from their minds after you’ve encouraged the growth of your selected product. these things are only chemicals and are easy to induce once you know how.

+ some of the creatures living outside the cities are horrible psychic monsters and uh

+ what is the value of physical flesh, anyway? a body? if you just give up your body for whatever the elite wish to do with it, you can live in a happy dream forever. most of us live on the internet, so there’s not much to lose from making it your only perception.

[daily-nicotine]

Where's the LLxPersona we deserve? (but absolutely don't need right now)

l i s t en

im still salty why FeMC is not canon i need herrrr

this is all according to my opinion (there will be a lot of inaccuracies please forgive me)

Honoka: THEFOOL“The Fool Arcana does not mean it that can be taken lightly. The Fool isnumber zero. It is the void from which all other things begin.“

Because thenumber zero/ having no number holds infinite possibilities. It has nothing andtherefore, has the potential to be anything. However, the Fool speaks of thepossibility of nothing. Where there is nothing, there is the potential forgrowth in any direction.

Honoka wasthe start of it all and the general characteristics of the fool is totally likeher. Of course, being the fool means she needs friends to continue on herjourney. which led to her meeting everyone and pushed her towards her goal. Notletting the school close.

Umi: THEJUSTICE“To find the one true path, one must seek guidance amidst uncertainty…”

This card ismaking decisions based on facts and the truth as opposed to making decisionsbased on emotions. It’s also about bringing things back into balance. Withthat, the card’s appearance also suggests that a fair amount of cool-headednessand a sense of realism is required.

Honestly,this is the only card im confident to assign to her because Umi is the mostlevel-headed person and no matter what, the right thing must always followthrough. Training regimen, not tolerating honoka’s lazy behaviour, or rin’s, ormaybe even nico’s lmao but of course reversed meaning biased ahem umi-chan onegai

Kotori: THELOVERS“ There is both joy and wonder in coming to understand another…”

Sure TheLovers represents the obvious (love, passion, bonds, etc.), but it alsorepresents choices or duality. The Lovers are plural and they need bothindividuals in order to be so. As for the choices part, it can represent amajor fork in the road coming up. Major choices are going to need to be made.Just like a relationship, sometimes you’ll have to chose one thing over anotherin order to make things work out.

which leadsus to that last part in season 1 where she was indecisive whether she would goabroad or not. because going abroad means she’ll have to stop becoming an idoland leaving her two bestfriends and that would be a huge change in herlifestyle

Rin: THE MAGICIAN”Attaining one’s dream requires a stern will and unfailingdetermination.”

The cardrepresents wanting to achieve something and having the self-power to achieveit. It can also represent taking the first step towards one’s plans (orpersonal growth), but is generally more about the fact that one has all of theresources to do something at hand and they just need to push forward.

based on theevents of season 1 where rin gives that little push to pana to join the idolclub and even to maki. The magician guides the fool through the first step asit represents the potential of a new adventure. however, when dealing withissues of their own, they need that simple push to continue on and as seen ins2 where rin refused to wear the dress and tried many ways to avoid it. butpana and the others ultimately gave her the confidence she needed to try it outand let me tell you she was really adorable there i swoon

Maki: THEHERMIT”It requires great courage to look at oneself honestly, and forge one’s ownpath…“

Portrayed asan old man in a dark place or cave, holding up a lantern, the Hermit isassociated with wisdom, introspection, solitude, retreat and philosophicalsearches. Similarly, Hermit Arcana characters share the commonality of placingthemselves in situations that hide them from the public eye. Hermit individualshide away from others or act in more supportive roles rather than putting themselvesin the spotlight.

all truecorresponding to maki’s personality. not wanting to join the idolclub in the first place, she supported honoka by giving her the cd for theirfirst performance. she likes to hide in the music room and isolate herself fromeveryone else. not feeling judged. she’s in a safe haven. this is the negativeside of it. the isolation. there are two lessons to learn from it; the need towithdraw from society to be comfortable with oneself and the need to come outof isolation to share knowledge with others

Hanayo: THE STRENGTH“ Only with strength can one endure suffering and torment.“

Strengthhere refers to knowing about your inner desires and keeping them in check.Suppressing desire altogether isn’t the correct answer either though. In thiscase, it’s about understanding yourself and using that to push forward. Thiscard can also symbolize inner female empowerment. Instead of suppressing yourown desires and just being passive about attaining things, go all out. You’llnever get what you want if you don’t chase after it with all your might.

Because of pana’stimid personality. She often doubts herself whether or not she can become agreat idol and gets lost in all of her insecurities. Her pessimism is also aplus. But we see how much she has grown. Using her desire in becoming an idol,she used it as her strength. Her inspiration. And therefore, overcame thehurdles of intimidation and insecurities because pana is awesome and we alllove our rice goddess

Nico: THE STAR”It’s a strong card,one that gives hope to those on the ground below. It shines in times of need.But, eventually, it is destined to fall to the earth and disappear… Even Ican feel the sadness of this inescapable destiny…“

It’s one of those feel good cards thatpeople like getting because it means that there are better things to comesometime in the future. Think of those stereotypical movies with a scene wherethe protagonist feeling depressed, but for whatever reason, looking at somestar in the sky somehow sparks an epiphany and suddenly everything is okay again. Just because it appears though doesn’tmean immediate changes. You could still be stuck in a slump for some timebefore the whole hope thing kicks in. The important thing though is thatsomething better is out there for you, and you just need to look for it.

Terrible situations lmao of course nicowith her financial difficulties, her failure in her first year with her idolclub, not being able to reach her dream of becoming the number one idol and thedeath of her dad. All of those were setbacks but it didn’t stop her. Being thenumber one idol in the universe is a huge deal and thinking of how she wouldget there hurts my heartstrings a lot because she’ll go through hell and backto make it come true. It’s the hope the nico always carried. It may be wishfulthinking to others with such an outrageous dream but she will never give up onit. the Star symbolizes to have trust and confidence in the future. Also theneed to cry. donttouchmeimcrying

Eli: THE EMPEROR”Only courage in the face of doubt canlead one to the answer…”

The Emperorsymbolizes the desire to control one’s surroundings, and its appearance couldsuggest that one is trying too hard to achieve this, possibly causing troublefor others; some elements in life are just not controllable. This card is aboutassertiveness and maintaining your own power over a situation. Just like a realemperor, it’s about standing above people and maintaining that order that makesthings run.

S1 eli was really like this and tried notto entertain honoka’s idea. Being the student council and all, she needed totake control of things before they got out of hand which resulted to manythings. She also didn’t want for the school to close but she thought that theiridea wasn’t going to help. And eli being eli she shouldered the responsibilityall for herself. Nonetheless, she learned to understand. It’s okay to get help.There’s nothing wrong with that. And from there she regained her stability. Hersense of control.

Nozomi: THE EMPRESS“Celebrate life’s grandeur…itsbrilliance…its magnificence…”

The Empress card is kind of like TheMagician in that it’s all about creation. However, where The Magician was aboutcontrol and pushing forward, The Empress is more about letting things grownaturally and at their own pace.  The card also stand for and naturalgrowth. In tarot readings, the Empress represents mothers, prosperity,creativity, sexuality, abundance, fertility, protection, and comfort (mostoften in helping maintain peace around them like an ideal mother would.)

It was nozomi who pieced all the characterstogether. She was always lurking somewhere, ready to guide. She’s the goddess asshe is the one who named the group and stringed all the relationships together.As seen in s1, she already knew they needed nine people to form the group. She justlet things go at their own pace, slowly but surely. Let’s not forget she saidthat if μ’s were a family, she’d be the mother. Althroughouts1 and s2, we see her motherly instincts come and go and it led me to believewowowow boy do I love nozomi the queen

Also id like to point out thatshe can also be the high priestess and the hierophant. The priestess is a symbol of hidden knowledge or other untappedpower, wisdom, female mystery and magic when it appears in tarot readings.TheHierophant is kind of like The High Priestess in that it represents knowledge.On the other hand though, The Hierophant is about bringing wisdom to othersinstead of secretive knowledge. This card is about taking what one alreadyknows and applying it to real life or sharing it with others. Kind of like ateacher. It can also indicate a solution to a problem. On the reversed side,this card means being unwilling to listen to what others are trying to teach.It can also stand for being stuck somewhere because you refuse to listen tosomeone else’s wisdom

not all of these are mine!

credits: https://pitiedthefool.dreamwidth.org/3045.html

http://metanorn.net/2012/06/divining-fate-an-analysis-of-tarot-cards-in-persona