#in the sides of the north:

[hauntedorpheum]

Old Hollywood having a gay old time!

[mike-milkyway]

Gotta appreciate how Black Leg "I'm unlovable, you deserve better than being burdened with me" Sanji is one of those characters that gets shipped with everyone and their moms. Rightfully so, because everyone wants him, he's just very blind to how amazing he is.

[youryurigoddess]

Kind reminder that the A. Z. Fell & Co. bookshop was designed by Aziraphale as:

An Eden to return to — for him to guard, for Crowley to feel safe in;

A giant compass showing the directions of the world.

No matter how lost either of them is, they’ll use it to find each other.

[korraofthereef]

Screw Marvel’s What If, I need an Arcane what if:

What if Little Man never told them about the job

What if Powder didn’t go with Silco willingly

What if Powder never showed up to ‘help’

What if Claggor and Mylo survived

What if Caitlyn grew up in The Underground

What if Jayce never got help from that wizard guy

What if Silco and Vander never threw away their friendship

What if Vi and Powder’s parents never died

What if Jinx wasn’t schizophrenic

What if Sevika didn’t lose an arm

What if Vander never took in Powder and Vi

What if Silco traded in Jinx for his Nation of Zaun

Maybe let’s not think too much about this

[sheepthatgobaa]

he's just a guy

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one for @lonely-north-star too lmao

[babybells123]

(ASOS, Sansa II)

(ASOS, Jon XII)

[faaun]

what draws you back to your country what draws you back to your land when i was a kid i told myself if i ever left iran i'd never go back 2 years into living in the UK i started looking at news on iran again 10 years in and i visited it for the first time again and today i heard an iranian mother talk in farsi to her child on the train to london the way my mother used to and i wanted to cry i wanted to ask her whether they're still cutting the mountaintops whether the lakes are still drying today i showed the person i was with pictures of waterfalls and palaces and forests and snow-white north something odd pulls me back with increasing force i can't ignore it ever again

[spinus-pinus]

Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica

6/12/2024 Orange County, Vermont

Matt Felperin via iNaturalist, CC-BY

[soulful-lving8]

8th house series (astrology)

Day 2

Synastry - partners north node in your 8th house

North node represents the future, growth, evolution,whilst 8th house is about raw sexuality,depth,passion, intimacy.

This relationship is a journey of depth, intimacy & transformation within the relationship

There's a dynamic exchange of transformative energy & depth,your partner brings lessons and experiences that will encourage you (the 8th house person) to confront your shadows, embrace vulnerability & transform

This is a karmic connection 😎 y'all just gon reap what you sow. If you work hard, support each others growth, through your deep soul-level experiences you'll reap the reward.

Your partner will learn to explore & embrace the depths of their own psyche and life's mysteries.

Your partner is drawn to your intensity,depth and capacity for transformation

They see in you qualities they'll like to cultivate/integrate into their lives

Your partner is challenged to confront their fears , embrace vulnerability and grow spiritually

You (8th house person) will learn a lot about intimacy.through the relationship you deepen your understanding of intimacy, transformation and lifes mysteries..you'll feel a sense of destiny/purpose

Your partner is in your life to help you confront your shadow, embrace vulnerability and grow.

You both encourage/support each others growth and evolution through mutual acceptance, understanding and depth

Issues of power dynamics, emotional intensity,fear of intimacy and this requires patience, empathy and the willingness to confront your shadow

Your partner may struggle with impatience,they may want to push you hard so you can confront your shadows,you may feel overwhelmed by the intensity of the transformational process but if you both approach this relationship with openness, empathy and a commitment to mutual understanding & support, a dedication to spiritual growth,you can create a safe space for a deep transformation, spiritual connection and deep intimacy ie soul level connection.

You both enjoy an unexplainable and unexpected feelings of animalistic sexual desires with one another,you are raw with each other,you feel so bonded to a point you'll feel merged into them.you both fulfil each other's dark sexual desires.

You'll both inspire each other to confront your shadows,you'll feel like you know their fears,darkest secrets and desires.

It's frightening how much you feel for each other,merging into each other's soul.youve never met someone like each other that understands you on an extremely deep level.

This relationship is meant to help you both grow and evolve through shared experiences relating to themes of the 8th house(finances, intimacy,shared resources)

So ask yourself,what are your fears/ insecurities on intimacy,trust and sharing?

Your partner is fascinated by you(8th house person) they feel a deep sense of attraction like they've known you for a life time,an instant sense of intimacy & connection.

They are likely to be drawn to your power and intensity,they think you are mysterious and intriguing

Your partner feels like they are being pull into your emotional depth,they may feel like they are loosing their sense of self , like they are being controlled or manipulated.

They also need to face their fears of intimacy & connection,their fear of transformation,resisting the changes this relationship is bringing into their life

Your partner will learn to trust & surrender

They'll help you connect with your own power & intensity,face your fears and grow.

This is a connection/relationship that requires courage,honesty and a willingness to face ones deepest fears and insecurities.

[vedicinsights]

ASTROLOGY OBSERVATION PART 14

People with Saturn or Rahu (North Node) positioned in the 12th house often experience sleep disorders, anxiety, and stress-related issues.

The 12th house represents the subconscious, sleep, and distant places. These distant places can refer to physical locations on Earth, as well as the 5D or parallel universes, since this house directly connects to dreams and consciousness. Enlightenment is also associated with this house.

When malefic planets like Saturn, Rahu (North Node), or Mars are positioned here, they disturb everything related to this house. Overthinking can also be observed in such cases.

LET ASTROLOGY CHOOSE YOU

[vonlipwig]

my favourite genre of period drama love interest is 'most autistic man in England is increasingly and hopelessly obsessed with the one woman in Society who loathes him with such a burning intensity that she can only speak to him by way of scathing riposte, and wants nothing more in life than to trail after her dotingly but cannot work out how to get her to let him do so'

[notsocooljess]

due to hurricane helene, western north carolina has experienced record flooding from a near-failure of an essential dam. this has devastated local real estate and wildlife, completely destroying many homes and businesses. experts are saying had the dam collapsed, this storm could have been as disastrous as hurricane katrina.

western NC makes up southern appalachia and is comprised of mountain towns. these are largely under-serviced areas in need of more funding. their infrastructure was not prepared for a storm of this severity.

i’m mentioning this here because we are all huge fans of a the hunger games series that takes place in this area, and these people really need help. even the location where district 12 was filmed for the movies is in asheville, NC, which is currently without phone service and in great need of funding for repairs and supplies.

more than these areas have been affected. i found a few resources with verified donation links for victims of hurricane helene. please feel free to add more as you see them. this storm has already had devastating consequences, and there will likely be more to come.

links:

[six-of-ravens]

hmmm just watched a somewhat motivational yt video ('week in my life' vlog they are like drugs to me) and now since I'm kinda sad that I don't have nanowrimo to look forward to next month, I think I'm gonna do New Shit November, which is a thing I just invented where I try something new every single day.

Literally anything new: new show, new music, new drink, new coffee shop (maybe I'll finally remember to go in the one with the funny signs?), new book though I guess that's a low-ball one bc I read new books all the time. New hobby/activity. Walk to a new place. Go in a new shop. ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT'S NEW COUNTS.

and I'm gonna try and record everything in my planner so I can review at the end of the month.

[sheepthatgobaa]

DAYYY 14: except I didn't wanna do witch so i replaced it with summoning hehe Solomon and mammon summon a very evil stupid demon named Paula (moots's oc (cough @lonely-north-star )) and uhm can you tell someone here is turned on

Anyways prompts by @obeymetournaments

[l-in-the-light]

The Red Line and the All Blue

I have been thinking about the All Blue lately. I really, really like the theory that to get to the All Blue we need to destroy the Red Line. But there's just one problem with this. It lacks story reason. It doesn't have the oomph the usual mysteries in One Piece deliver. It's like the fandom discovered this piece of puzzle and left it on display, instead of trying to connect it to other things to make bigger sense of One Piece's world.

Red Line is called, curiously enough, a line.

If we ignore the seabelts, it looks like it seperated the world into two parts, two halves, because that line goes all around the globe. Interestingly enough, it seems like the North-West part is the one that is scientifically more advanced in comparison to the East-South. We have the family of best doctors the Tragalgars and botanists Mont Blancs in the North. Germa Kingdom with it's advanced science also is located in the North. And there are also Ohara's scholars in the West.

Meanwhile, there's no notable locations like that in the South and East, and most places seem to look very primitive there (lots of villages and small towns, not counting Goa Kingdom itself). In South Blue it seems to be similar, though there's one exception: Torino Kingdom. It looks primitive but actually hides lots of advancement. This makes me think that (at least some places in the) East and South might be pretending to be more primitive that they actually are, hiding their inventions. Flevance or Ohara were pretty open about their achievements, knowledge and technology, like it was to be expected that they're advanced and proud of it.

Oda doesn't really expand much on West and South Blues, but we know quite a lot about East and North, so I will focus on them primarily as we move on.

Shakky makes it sound like calm belts are means of protection, not something posing danger, like we were led to believe so far. But now they're not so safe anymore because of scientific inventions. It makes it all seem like calm belts were placed there intentionally somehow and aren't a result of coincidence. Not even Marines could go to the calm belts before using Vegapunk's inventions.

Now the question we should ask is this: what are calm belts protecting? People like the Kuja tribe (personally I think Kuja are just benefitting from it, they weren't the original purpose)?

Or... perhaps to protect the Grand Line itself by seperating it from everything else? And by extension, also from the Marines. Grand Line is the place where all pirates go who seek the One Piece, it can't be a coincidence.

"This is the boundary between justice and evil!" said the Marines as they painted the line and told everyone to respect it. What we know from the Void Century so far is that it was a war between two different ideologies. What if the Red Line is the result of those two fractions seperating from each other, literally dividing the world into two parts? "Don't ever cross that line". Crossing the Red Line is definitely a difficult thing to do for normal people and if anyone crosses it it's either Marines or Pirates. It divided the seas for forever.

Vegapunk also said there are still scars left on the world from the Void Century's war. Not only the world sank by 200 meters, apparently there are literally traces from the war left behind, and normally you would expect to see some ruins. But 800 years passed already and so many nations are so fast at rebuilding their kingdoms, what possible "ruins" or "scars" could be left behind that are still visible? Unless... those scars are the Red Line and the calm belts. It would be indeed very challenging to get rid of those. Coincidentally we have no idea when the Red Line got created. All we know is that Lunarians used to live there at some point. Marco knows that from Whitebeard and I wonder who Whitebeard heard that from? Perhaps Roger, because Roger told him what the D. stands for, so why not that as well.

Unless it's somehow connected to the D.

Because in the "land of gods" this is what welcomes the visitors. Cloaked figures of warrior-guardians (my guess based on their looks alone), those on the left wieldings swords, those on the right spears. This must be a relic of older times, because it has literally nothing to do with Celestial Dragons. And it kinda fits the idea that current Government just stole the older structures for themselves. Impel Down (that bears poneglyph-like writings), Gates of Justice, Marie Geoise, they might have even had different functions long, long time ago. What all those locations have in common is their advancement and heritage that seems not to be used to it's full potential, more like recycled for a different purpose. Impel Down was probably never a prison to begin with. If you want more headbending mysteries, then I can't reccommend enough to play One Piece World Seeker. Just the map alone of the Jail Island raises so many questions. It's also a mining town and has an underwater prison as well...

This looks like there was once an entrance or a passage way, allowing the ships to go through between the North and East Blues. It has been sealed off or something else was done to it.

Curiously enough, doctors were the ones allowed to pass the line between "justice" and "evil". Because doctors save lives. We know Trafalgars were apparently a family of doctors for many generations. It is possible they didn't even originate in the North Blue, but moved there at some point. Because doctors are allowed to cross borders.

Many people speculate that the red figure of Luffy (or is it a statue of Joyboy?) symbolizes the Red Line in the logo of One Piece. The horizontal lines are the calm belts protecting the Grand Line. What's the anchor and skull&bones with the Strawhat then? In the very first chapter of One Piece Luffy wears this shirt:

Is the anchor Luffy, or rather, the East Blue where Luffy comes from? Is the skull and bones with a strawhat the North Blue then perhaps? So then, the idea behind destroying the Red Line would be to finally connect the East and the North Blues together again, seperated for centuries. That might be what the rope symbolizes: connect them together (coincidentally, the "full" name of One Piece treasure includes the word hitotsunagi which might have a second, double meaning: connect the people). The goal of destroying the Red Line is to bring the two seperated seas back together, and by doing that we discover the All Blue. Perhaps, long long time ago, in the ancient times there was only one sea.

Zou is on the back of Zunesha for over thousand of years. That's way before the Void Century even happened. Which means minks have the knowledge about the world that dates back a thousand years. And back then there was only one sea, the All Blue, and 5 islands in the whole world. It's likely the world was not divided yet into two parts with the Red Line either.

Why is the skull munching on the rope, I have no idea.

I have a hunch this is all part of the plan. Roger's plan and Joyboy's plan (yes, I believe Roger did something as well to help Joyboy's plan to succeed). They're waiting for the "right people" to show up, after all. They are stationed in certain places that can't be avoided on the voyage to Laugh Tale, like Twin Capes, Sabaody... all ships have to pass through these locations on the Grand Line.

Maybe they helped fate a little?

But clearly fate isn't all there is to the story.

Merging those symbols together get us a "sun" symbol we have seen in many places before (like Alabasta and Shandora and Kozuki's clan, they're all the guardians of the poneglyphs and had possible ties to Joyboy). Blackbeard has it too, he apparently likes to study history, so maybe he knows some secrets.

My current bet is those two fractions used to be one, then they divided into "crossbones" (later outcasted and villainized, perhaps?) and "crosses" (World Government, the "good" guys or in other words: the winners).

But I bet you anything there will be a twist, or even few twists, here. There's no way the final answer will be that simple ;) And I'm sure Joyboy's plan will be one crazy ride as well :D