#in the womb of the earth

[tiiramisu-cake]

hilarious that yuji's domain expansion hand sign is just middle fingers up

[personal-worst]

gilberts explanation of how lud was born oscillates between "you came from The Earths Womb", "i birthed you", "i created you" and "stork/cabbage" depending on his mood. and which option annoys ludwig most and will guilt him sufficiently

[wingedblooms]

I saw somebody ask @merymoonbeam this and thought it would be fun, as I know there were several theories you had that were also correct.

Could you pleeeaasseee share with us what theories of yours were confirmed or even seemingly true after reading HOFAS?

Thanks!

Thank you so much for sending this ask! 🥹

I will preface my answer by saying that nearly all my theories relate to what will happen in the next acotar book, not hofas (though I love that series). Even when talking about the crossover, I was more focused on why it needed to come first and how it might impact the world of acotar and the maasverse she is building. I am really excited about what we learned, so here is how it tracks with my theories:

1. Urd / Mother, Cauldron, Fate / Stone Mother: Anyone who’s followed me knows how obsessed I am with the Mother, Cauldron, and Fate. Based on what the Under-King tells and shows us, I believe I was correct (and so were others) in thinking they are three faces or forms of a whole and she goes by Urd, which is called Wyrd in Erilea. This is important because Vesperus confirms that the Asteri bound Urd to the land, and she is depicted on the sacred mountain that is located in between the other two: Ramiel. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Elain is so connected to the land, and that she was described in terms of blooming life in Illyria.

2. Mapping secrets underground and the Asteri’s influence on the sacred sister peaks: In hofas, Nesta and Azriel travel underground / near the heart of the Prison mountain with Bryce. In Forbidden secrets, I suspected the next acotar book would involve the sacred sister peaks because they hide secrets (correct) and that’s where the Daglan, who I believed were the Asteri (correct), made their marks the deepest (correct). I theorized they were the ones who caused the sacred sister peaks to become void of life / barren (correct), and I suspected that the secrets they find below will lead them to the top of Ramiel (not totally confirmed yet, but I think it’ll be correct and the monolith on top of Ramiel, though perhaps deteriorated over time, may have once mirrored the behemoth (and behemoth originally meant beast of the land, I’m in heaven and already thinking of a post) of Urd in CC; the bowl is positioned at the bottom of the monolith on Ramiel in the caverns, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it was once in the monolith’s upraised arms like in CC, before the Asteri). Vesperus confirms that there are more mysteries to solve under the sacred sister peaks, so that bodes well for Azriel and Elain mapping more secrets of the land.

3. Healing the Womb of the earth: I have always thought that Elain, the sister who loves growing things, would be a healer of the land. I connected that plot thread to the Cauldron since my first post on here. The reason that’s important is because we have sacred land that is clearly chained at the very root by an invasive presence, and it seems the land has waited for someone to open their heart and release them. (I mean, damn, this plot was made for Elain, who loves the land and has been chained magically and physically.) The same can be said for the Cauldron, and I believe it chose to give her something (such powers) so she could restore the land, healing the very womb of their earth (both physically and magically, dream and reality entwined). So, that healing plot in Forbidden secrets seems to be the correct direction for Elain’s book, and hofas really, truly reinforced it.

4. And the path to Hel: This one hasn’t happened yet, but since the acotar plot will likely take Elain and her friends beneath Ramiel, and there is a Helscape depicted at the bottom of it, I can’t help but feel like this one could be on the right track too.

That’s mostly from one post, but my posts are often a web of interconnected theories in one. 😅 I posted a follow-up to Forbidden secrets called Blooming dreams to pull together the new evidence we’ve been given. I’m so excited to see what she’ll do with all the seeds she’s planted.

[melaninnmagixc]

Religiously/Spiritually, whatever you learn, it always goes back to the divine feminine. They all came out of a woman. The end.

[iamsuperwholocked]

Gwen: I dare you-

Ianto: Jack isn’t allowed to accept dares.

Jack: Apparently I have no regard for my personal safety.

[transingthoseformers]

I'm having feelings about some of bayverse's worldbuilding again

[attleboy]

Attleboy why are you literally like the coolest person ever

-@smbaby

oh hello again.... erm erm erm i'm so cool because.... it is winter in canada and it is very cold . get it? temperature??? [insert laugh track]

anyway thank you, you are very cool too... i'm looking at you with big ol eyes full of gratitude... like this.....

[lookismaddict]

Everyone, here is my drawing of Jong Gun Park… my “masterpiece” 😭✨ Dedicated to my fav Auntie @wannaeatramyeon 🖤

HAD TO CENSOR IT TOO. 😭😩 IM STILL HOWLING AT THIS BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. IVE BEEN DYING SINCE 3AM AND I CANT STOP CRYING OVER THIS HAJSHSKSHSKSHSSK. IT’S TAKING ME OUT, HEEELLLLPPPPP MEEEE 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[shitty-check-please-aus]

if I had a dollar for every holistic medicine person on the internet who has a bullshit theory about why thyroid disease exists, I wouldn't have to worry about my health insurance deductible

[suncattle]

There's something in how some people try to turn the word "Palestinian" to Hamas.

Like immediate you say Palestinian they hear it as Hamas. You say Palestinian children and they hear young Hamas terrorist. You say hey maybe calling an entire ethnic group violent bloodthirsty animals is racist and they go "so you support Hamas?"

[drugbinges]

I still really want to get my belly button surgically covered.

[rumireed]

Womb Dreaming

The amniotic sac that surrounds the fetus is a protective boundary that holds the amniotic fluid. A watery dream realm within the uterus. When the fetus is born through the birth canal and has a face covered by the veil of the amniotic sac, it is considered to be a child protected and connected to the otherworld. One who sees with second sight beyond the veil, destined to be a healer, oracle, and…

[llumimoon]

listen i spedran my dude design bc of the insane brainworms i got thinking about doodledot BUT i didnt actually manage to draw what was in my head 😭 so i definitely need to redraw their design

[notalostcausejustyet]

On the question of why so many people are leaving the church. Of how our grief is inextricably intertwined with a deep loss of faith and sense of self. On how healing begins, one day, one step, one act of defiant joy at a time.

People are leaving religion behind because “love” delivered by a hand that holds a blade to your neck and tells you in no uncertain terms that it is conditional, is not love. Because when someone says they love you, but follow it with “you made me do this”, it is not love. Because the expectation that you carve out the marrow of who you are in order to be worthy of acceptance, is harm. You cannot tell someone that they are loved, and in the same breath follow it with, “but…”. Because grace cannot be delivered under lock and key. It can only ever be freely given, or not at all. Benediction is not a bargaining chip and love is not a cudgel to be wielded for obedience.

We are not less for being imperfect and imperfectly human. We are not less because we bloom in all the infinite variations that nature granted us. We are not unworthy of love and forgiveness and acceptance for failure to conform or failure to obey. We are wonderful, and wonderfully made.

[everyitadoriyuji]

[spideyladman]

Thinking about the disturbing implications of Cain's story and destiny from the Bible rn