#it's like a day early but idc

[canofspooks]

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jokes aside, the real entry for day 1 is under the cut. you can also find it on my AO3 (@9hikers)

Summary: AU where Danny’s parents built a portal to another dimension, just not the one they were looking for.

The last thing he remembered was his muscles tensing. The pain came so quickly, he couldn't quite register it all before it was a series of burning static coursing through his body.

Then there was nothing.

The nothing didn't last very long, unfortunately. The dull, spasming ache in his body returned with a vengeance. Before he managed to open his eyes, he'd already decided on a few theories.

1. He was in the "Ghost Zone" his parents had talked about.

2. He was dead.

On the plus side, it didn't feel like hell. His back was pressed against soft earth and grass, while sunlight warmed his face. That was enough encouragement for Danny to open his eyes.

The sky was blue overhead. The kind of blue he didn't usually see in the gloomy Amity Park. If he tilted his sore neck just a little, he could see Tucker pacing back and forth just a few feet away, and Sam sitting on a rock in the midst of a staring contest with the ground.

At the sound of his movement, she turned her attention to him. "Sick, you're not dead."

"That's debatable," he groaned. "Did you guys get killed too?"

Sam rolled her eyes. "Nope. You got knocked out, fell into the portal, and we went to get you. Now we're here."

He tried to prop himself up in his elbows - emphasis on tried, because he couldn't get his spine to bend. A fresh jolt of blinding pain shot into his body when he got even a fraction of an inch off the ground.

So he laid back down.

"Can you drag me back through the portal? I don't think I can walk right now."

Sam returned to her staring contest with the ground.

"It closed behind us," she explained, plucking strands of grass absently. "Closed, or broke, or just... disappeared. I dunno- but it's gone."

Whether it was the near-death experience or the constant throbbing ache all over his body, this information didn't hit him as hard as it should've.

"So we're stuck in the Ghost Zone?"

"... Maybe?"

He looked around at the sparse forest surrounding them. Of all the places to get permanently trapped, at least it wasn't a dimension of fire and brimstone.

Tucker returned from his pacing. Or rather, he moved his pacing a few steps closer to the other two.

"That's the thing," Tucker started. He walked in the space between him and Sam. "I don't think this is the Ghost Zone. I think your parents built a portal to another dimension, just not the one they were looking for."

"Are you some kind of ghost expert now?" Danny scoffed.

"No, but I don't think the Ghost Zone has dragons."

He shot up, ignoring the searing pain as he scrambled to get his stiff body in the position to run away from a giant fire-breathing lizard. He looked at Tucker with wild eyes.

"Dragons? Where?!"

Tucker pointed back over to where he'd been pacing. Now that he was upright, Danny could see they were on a hill. It gave them a pretty good view of the landscape. The vast, untouched land was covered in sprawling forests, towering mountain ranges, and rolling hills as far as the eye could see. Squinting hard against the sun, Danny spotted something big and scaley circling the sky above one particularly evil-looking mountain.

Huh. Dragons.

"So if this isn't the Ghost Zone, where are we? And how do we get back?" Sam asked.

"Let's find somebody to ask. This place has dragons, so it's gotta have magic. Maybe they can make a portal or something to get us back," Tucker said with entirely too much confidence, and started walking into the woods.

Danny hobbled after his friend. "Wait, Tucker, that's insane. What if we meet... orcs or... something?"

"We either starve out here or we get killed by orcs. Going out in battle is cooler." Sam fell in step beside him. He wasn't sure he agreed, but it was two versus one. Danny would just have to make his peace with dying in a horribly gruesome way in another world where his parents would never know what happened to him.

Lovely.

[doctorsiren]

For Valentines day...may I request Feenie and Dolly (Iris) art?

Please 🥺

they had lunch together everyday 🥺

[luckycl0ve]

Make thick my blood,

Stop up th’access and passage to remorse,

That no compunctious vistings of nature

Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between

Th’effect and it.

Gale inspired by 'Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth' by John Singer Sargent 👍🏻

[ascendingtostardust]

(x)

[itgirlb0y]

jon sims doing aerial silks

[chiistarri]

me when ihave a dream about my 3rh closest friends all beyeaying me 🤯🤯🤯

[j4r-of-flies]

I’ve had the worst day ever I came home early because I was dying all I need is a big hug from my moots in these trying times ❤️‍🩹

[todayisafridaynight]

One moment in Y3 I'll never get over is Daigo, fresh out of coma, instinctively reassuring Mine with such tenderness. Yeah it made him feel more guilty, sure. But at that moment I was like "I get it, Mine. I now get why you're that obsessed". Doesn't make it better that Daigo is pretty pretty with a wonderful voice and gorgeous shoulders

this ask was so real and true and right and it still is but i am cackling a little at 'daigo's gorgeous shoulders'

[lesbiansanemi]

We’ve officially hit the point where I can’t fucking sleep because of this shit and on top of everything the AC went out I literally want to cry I’m so stressed I physically feel like shit like I need to throw up I’m so tired but between my stomach hurting, the stress, and the heat I can’t

[thelastsaiyanprincess]

Sending positive vibes and energy your way, good luck with your presentations!

(And, not judging, just curious, how many hours of sleep do you try to get every night?)

thank u!! vibes were felt and received 🙏🏽

im a giant baby that requires a minimum of 9-10 hours of sleep per night or else i become homicidal 🩷

[hauntedtotem]

i know the entire ygo fandom clowns on duel links but I actually miss playing duel links so much 💔

[biueprint]

his flawed sense of justice had come back to bite him in the ass.

5 days left! really excited

i will NOT stop making fun of him for having twitter blue.

[kuromi-hoemie]

fictional or not, dragon lore is always so interesting.

[waluijoe]

not to act like a traumatized child but pple who yell or get violent/really really angry with their animals to the point where their pet shows fearful behaviours often... i wish you would stop existing for a while till you learn to self regulate without resulting to forms of violence yes thank you

[bunnyb34r]

Ough sleepy but I have to work on craft shit 😭😭😭😭

[m00n-pr1sm]

morgana enneagram argument (!!)

guys it’s finally real. months of deliberation (bc I am indecisive and overthink) but i finally decided and wrote an argument (most of it crammed during math yesterday bc why not) so yayayayyaya!! also i wrote this for pdb so it’s posted on her page too ^^

Hello, it’s the #1 Morgana enthusiast, here with my sx4 argument! Although so2 is an understandable take and I agreed with it for a while; I would like to refute it and explain why sx4 is a better fit.

Also, ignore how this took forever I’ve been busy lol

Part 1: Refuting SO2

I personally agreed with so2 because of Morgana's similarities with the trait structure of one (cold, egocentric, demanding, etc.) however, I now believe she fails to fit the core type. To clarify for the uninitiated, variants and enneagram are not two separate systems, subtypes are made of a multiplication of the instinct (so,sx,sp) and the core type, they are inherently tied.

Two’s have the fixation of flattery and the passion of pride, becoming dependent upon the approval of others. Thus they frequently suppress their own needs in order to appear helpful to others in the hopes of receiving praise. 

>” Their need for love and approval is extreme— they feel dependent upon it—and in order to get it, they try to please and play to the object of their affection, fawning over and excessively praising them. Hence the name of this type, Ego-Flattery. The disproportionate value they place on those they admire and want to be loved by is their deepest form of flattery”

Morgana doesn’t fit this passion at all, nothing she does is motivated solely by receiving love or approval from others, while yes she does desire familial connection and acceptance, I will later explain why this fits e4 more. While she may flatter people (especially in S3), almost all of these instances are for achieving some greater means; being admired is not her final goal. Even in one of Morgana’s defining goals, which is her desire to bring back magic, there are no hints that it was for self-elevation and the exaltation of her own self-worth

The passion of pride manifests differently in all the subtypes, but so2’s in being a social climber and wanting to become a figure of reference; the coldest and intellectual of all the 2’s. Morgana never seeks this sort of social recognition; even when she was queen she didn’t try to seek out the people’s approval, in fact, she actively did things to make them yield through force, fully aware of what the people would think of her. While Morgana does sort of take on the role of a reference figure (for Mordred in s5), one that is above others; it isn’t due to an attempt of gaining love and recognition.

While 2 and 4 are both situated in the heart triad, the one all about image, 2’s want to gain love through a false image they create, whereas 4’s identity as the part of themselves that is missing, what they lack; thus striving to achieve fulfillment. Just because Morgana is cold/prideful and is able to operate effectively in social situations, doesn’t mean she’s a (so)2.

> “Sometimes the sexual E4 can be confused with an E2 subject, a self-proud person who presents herself as a queen with a throne, she enjoys her position, feels lucky and apparently has a lot to give. A sexual E4 person feels like a queen but who has been robbed of the throne early, either because she has done something wrong or because they have realized that she does not deserve it and she spends her life claiming it. "Give me back my throne! Don’t you realize that it's mine? This is unfair!".”                                                          

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Part 2: Explaining Core 4

E4 may seem like a strange take but I would like to explain why it fits her.

She fits the fixation of melancholy, which is defined as dissatisfaction with the present and always looking toward the future. This fits Morgana's disposition, especially in the earlier seasons, she longs for a future where magic is legal and she’s able to be herself. 

>“I don’t want to be brave, I just want to be myself” 

-s2e03

>“The main inner mood of Fours is a sad and heavy sense of lack, a feeling of being cast away, and an inconsolable and insatiable longing, as though they are in perpetual mourning for the connection that has been lost.”

Eventually, they develop the fixation of envy, their yearning for whatever they long for turning into a sense of envy, as they are missing something the other has; believing they are lacking and fundamentally flawed. Morgana fits this sense of yearning very well, her desire for the throne and the longing for a place where her magic can be legal and accepted. She also has the belief that she is tragically marked (almost taking on this great sacrificial role, the one that will bring back the old religion) and an “other”, with both her magic and Uther’s rejection of her in the episode The Crystal Cave. 

>“Just as Fours experience themselves as abandoned by others, so they in turn abandon themselves through this frustrating yet relentless external longing for fulfillment. With the inner conviction of their own inherent badness or, at best, paucity, they long for intimacy and closeness with others, and yet it is difficult to allow. To really open up and be vulnerable would mean revealing the inner sense of lack and of badness, and then they believe they would surely be abandoned, repeating the initial intolerable wounding.”

A big part of Morgana’s character is the initial guilt she feels at her magical abilities, a feeling of being a “monster”, encapsulating this “void” an e4 feels, that’s why I believe she was so eager to stay with the Druids. They helped her to realize the nature of the powers, that they aren’t something to be ashamed of. Although understandably, most people would feel this way if they were in her situation, however, I think how easily she fell for them is indicative of this deep longing. This also applies to her turn to Morgause (while I think it’s a tragedy the time between s2-3 got skipped and I could talk about it forever, I'll spare y’all) who provided a familial bond and offered support.

While of course her passion is modified a significant amount by the sx instinct, Morgana fits the core type.

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Part 3: SX4

The E4 combined with the sexual instinct (“who am I with”)  produces a character that is very outwardly hateful and the subtype that is the most shameless about their own shame. They are intense and externalize their own suffering onto others in order to feel a sense of compensation. 

>” They are Intensity in its pure form, competitive and arrogant.”

>” The sexual E4 does not easily show their weaknesses or need, but neither does the self-preservation subtype want to know anything about their envy or weakness. Hate protects them from fragility and they intend to make it disappear.”

>” They stick out from other 4s due to their harsh and aggressive attitude, often described as shameless and feeling a strong rejection by the world as their inferiority gets replaced by aggression.”

I think this embodies Morgana's attitude in how she goes about things in the later seasons and even in the earlier seasons. Instead of the tenacity of an sp4 or shame of a so4, Morgana is far more outward and critical of others. This is only exemplified by s4 and beyond, manifesting in much more direct violence and hate. That’s why I believe Morgana doesn’t come off as a 4 super clearly, she replaces the typical insecurity/lamenting with a mask of arrogance and ruthlessness. (also exemplified by having an 8 fix lol)

>” The sexual E4 also presents obsessive tendencies, either towards a person who is the target of his love, or towards some activity in which he finds comfort, and these become the only lifeline and something essential that is out there to solve the problems. Issues that he does not face on his own, and perhaps to control a depression that he could not contain.”

These traits are reflected in her pursuit of Emrys as well as her countless attempts to rid Gwen of the throne, which Morgana claims as her own birthright. There is undeniable envy there, a sense of yearning.

"I have dreamt the future and, in it, that servant sits upon my throne. I would rather drown in my own blood than see that day."

-S4E02

If she becomes the queen then she could undo the damage that Uther has done, in some way making up for the years of fear and loneliness he caused her. This later extends to Arthur, as she comes to view him simply as an extension of his father. Eventually, this manifests into an obsessive desire to get back at Arthur, tainting her once noble goal; by the last episode, it's spiraled into a quest for revenge.

>“I have always moved between a very high ideal of myself, and on the other hand a very poor self-image. With little packaging to recognize the pain and refusal to accept the responsibility of life. I have always blamed God, my craziest idea has been that God has a plot against me. -John Lion 

(from the Guilty and Blaming Others point on the trait structure of an sx4)

Also, sp>so because Morgana focuses on her conservation of resources more than interaction in the social sphere, self-explanatory.

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Part 4: Refuting other options

This is mainly for my own sake but I’ve gone through a lot of options so here’s me refuting them. Lightning round!

E1- Morgana lacks the standards of perfection and the need to be perfect herself, while she does have a twisted worldview and strong morals, sure, those aren’t really traits exclusive to E1, anyone can have them.

Sx6-she doesn’t move away from people in the way a head triad would nor fit the core type of a 6 > 4 her later actions aren’t motivated solely by fear/an attempt to appear strong; like her volition is genuinely too strong. Like yeah, she was scared of Emrys, but I really think any average person would be wary of their prophesied doom. Besides she does have a strong 6 fix.

So7- I half-jokingly considered this but it’s a cool idea, alas Morgana lacks many of the key traits of E7. The only reason I considered this was the so7’s desire for social comfort thus having plans revolving around how to achieve it. I wish she was though </3

E8- never considered this but considering it’s the 2nd most voted option, Morgana lacks the lust and sensory-motor dominance of the 8,+ 8’s are described as having a “lack of inwardness” which contradicts introversion, Morgana constantly looks inward to her own emotions and is in touch with her inner world. She is very 8-fixed though (triple reactive queen <3).

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Part 5: Sources

-The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram 

Link

- 27 Personalities in Search of Being

Link

- I forgot a few of the exact sources I used so my bad (dw they’re all reliable) but the main few are from the books listed above ^^

- also the PDB wiki page on sx4 is good (paraphrased some of Haiki’s and Chestnut’s descriptions)

[This is me manifesting merlin trends out of nowhere so this page rises to life]