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calronhunt · 1 year ago

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Do you have any more to share about how the new magic system works in your new Raphael story!! The idea that magic reflects the user symbolically is really interesting and i'd love to hear more about that.. (I coincidentally read a book recently-ish where characters had superpowers that were a reflection of the user and i've been so into that concept lately as a result LOL.. symbolism tastey)

YEAH!!! (also hmu with what that book is called cause I love this kinda shit so much)

I don't usually write magic systems because im worried about getting bogged down in the details and mechanics so I'm going super general and what I find fun. Everyone's magic is different, and it can change and warp as someone lives. I think thta as children everyone's magic manifests in the same way (not sure how quite sure how just yet) and as they come into their own person it gets personalized to that specific person. Raphael's emerged as small blue flames because he felt small but had a lot of energy and fire inside him. It warped and changed from trauma to reflect on his body as that's where most of his trauma concentrated. His ability to still summon the small flames if he tries really hard is due to him still having that spirit deep down.

The other thing that I wanna explore is that corrupted magic isn't like, inherently harmful. Its just the same as when magic initially changes, its just a reflection of what the user has gone through in life and who that person is. I know that sounds like im calling Raphael a monster because of his beast design, but it only looks like that because that's what Raphael sees himself as. Raphael isn't able to control his corrupted magic because he supresses it and refuses to understand it. It's a monster to be locked away and not thought about. He doesn't want to accept that that's him.

And just because I'm not sure when I'm going to talk about it, Lionel's magic as a kid used to manifest as small yellow flowers sprouting out of his hands. To again symbolize how small he felt and how fragile he was. I would need to really draw what his magic manifested after full corruption though. Both of these he's locked out of due to the churchs repression spell however

#ask #its symbolism time baby

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lorebird · 2 months ago

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In which Ford struggles so badly to relate to other people that he wonders if he’s really human at all. The more isolated he becomes, the harder it is to reconcile with his own humanity.

#my art #gravity falls #Stanford pines #ford pines #bill cipher #comic #eye strain #TIME TO DUMP EVERY ONE OF THE 27483949 THOUGHTS IVE HAD INTO THE TAGS BABY #OK!! SO!!!!#I feel like Ford would wonder why he and Stan (being identical twins) aren’t. yk. identical. shouldn’t Stan have polydactyly too?#as a kid he would dream about secretly being nonhuman and being whisked away to a fantastical world full of people like him #finally free of new jersey‚ finally somewhere he belongs #a lot of this disconnect from humanity came from utterly failing at social interactions while others (including stan) navigated them easily #the feeling waned after Stan was kicked out and he didn't have that direct comparison but it never left #then out in the wilderness of gravity falls‚ his isolation and immersion in Weirdness dragged it back up to the forefront #he deserves to have a breakdown over questioning his own nature. as a treat <3 #color symbolism time bc I have a problem and use it at every available moment!!! blue and yellow get more vivid #the further from humanity the subject is #bill is entirely made w pure rgb blue and yellow (+ approximately 2674835 textures/layers/blending modes. I reached 150+ layers. help)#I like the idea that he would appear to ford like pure math considering hes a geometrical motherfucker and how the rest of the mindscape wa #I tried to mostly use trigonometry and related stuff for the Math Greebling. as well as fractals i love you forever fractals #MORE SYMBOLISM:#the grid-ish diamond pattern in all of the mindscape bgs (and elsewhere) is a penrose diagram of spacetime #which shows other universes on the other sides of black holes #SOMEONE ASK ME ABOUT MY EUCLYDIA HEADCANON LATER. IVE DUMPED ENOUGH DUMB HCS IN THESE TAGS ALREADY #BUT I THINK ITS VERY FUN #anyways. fuckt up guys n their egos influencing how they view humanity. bill tells ford hes as human as they come bc he was so easily foole #ford cant reconcile with his humanity bc of a failure to perform in one area #and then the immense guilt and shame over what hes done <3 #I have So many ford characterization thoughts. no man nor god can stop me

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sorryiliketoscreenshot · 2 months ago

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"Whether scholar, skald, or scoundrel, a bard weaves magic through words and music to inspire allies, demoralize foes, manipulate minds, create illusions, and even heal wounds. The bard is a master of song, speech, and the magic they contain"

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anonymocha · 7 months ago

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can u PLEASE draw more medblue i need more yuri beyond my comprehension

Baby Blue and Medicine Coquette just for you 💗🎀 Thank you anon you get me

Inspo^^ Re99 requests still open btw!

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flintstonegummy69 · 2 years ago

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#THE SECOND PIECE IN MY ACCIDENTAL WITTEBANE SERIES #feat flapjack #i started out making a faux woodprint thing and it spiraled....#baby pip and The Coat make an appearance once more #this time in the phillip wittebane journal style kinda #anyway evelyn & caleb romeo and julieting their way to the demon realm is so canon to me #yes i had my palisman bring u enchanted flowers w extremely symbolic meanings only i would understand #yes ur brother tries to set up traps for my bird #its forbidden love........how could i not #- evelyn probably #the owl house #toh #caleb wittebane #phillip wittebane #flapjack toh #my art

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wheelercore · 1 month ago

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For as long as i was obsessed with Rosemarys Baby i did not realize until tonight that Lonnie is literally Guy woodhouse. Im convinced Lonnies actor was cast in part because he resembles John Cassavetes more than slightly (Guy's actor). A win for the "lonnie was in on will's disappearance" team. This is the only proof i need honestly.

#its all rosemarys baby? always has been!!!!#lonnie byers #rosemarys baby x st #will byers #ohhhh and the fuckign stripe symbolism and the stripe wallpaper in the closet in RB im sickk im illlllllllllll #i dont think i was ever wrong about RB symbolism in ST btw i still think im completrly correct and never wrong #they cabt drop the word anti christ and son of satan 5 times and NOT expect me to think oh. rosemarys baby.

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m00ngbin · 7 days ago

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Uh so there's a baby crying in the background. Btw.

#that horse is so creepy #the mascots name is polly right? i think i vaguely remember that theres some kinda symbolism tied to polly and anyas baby #but! i dont remember what it is at all #the horse is like everywhere he goes though and he cant get away from it. im assuming this is jimmy #and the 2nd time he very literally runs into it its super malformed and everything #i also think its interesting that the baby is always crying #ALSO THE FIRST ID WE FIND IS ANYAS AND I THINK THATS SICK AND FUCKING TWISTED #anyways maybe the horse is jimmy refusing to take responsibility for what he did to anya and the baby #bc i know theres a serious Take Responsibility thing. but maybe not anya specifically #bc im pretty sure he doesnt actually see what he did to her as horrific #i dont know anything about mouthwashing from this point on #NOT JUST “THE HORSE”. I MEAN THE SYMBOLISM OF THE HORSE. i fucked up a tag up there #if i got anything wrong thats fine bc ill know soon anyways

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end-orfino · 9 months ago

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It just all feels more pointless now. I think i lost some of the spirit. I dont know if its temporary or how to get it back

#found myself less passionate about my ocs and their stories and about making them real one day #but not in a good way #its not letting me go of my perfectionism or whatever instead its just like. whats the point. theyre not that good anyways #theyre as in the stories #im increasingly aware of the plot holes and the parts that are kind of held together with string in order to make the plot make sense and--#--im not sure if anyone ever could get as passionate about them as i was?#especially since like. *i* dont feel as passionate abt them as i said.#my main baby my main oc project that i cherished and hoped to make real in some way now feels like i should keep it private.#the other one that i was hoping to make into my first long term project remains unfinished plot-wise and i dont feel motivated to work--#--on it further #the one that i think has an alright plot that i could share is just kinda in the bg #and also i always felt like i was good at like...symbolism...metaphors...parallels...this kinda stuff #i felt like my stories were something you could dig into #now it feels like i overestimated them #and theyre actually painfully simple and just. idk. feels like theyre not that good #maybe its because i recently didnt have time to work on them?#and fell into a fandom that has a painfully not-deep story where i also often feel like other ppl in the community dont want me there #maybe i gotta get away from that lol #but it doesnt feel like its gonna help. idk what will.#all of this isnt giving me any relief its just making me feel empty and like i thought too greatly of myself #bcs i still want to Make things and stories and now i just feel like im lacking at that??

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feardrummed · 1 year ago

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pry ollie having a prototype golden bonnie plush as her childhood stuffed animal from my cold dead hands

#'wasnt it founded in 197-' not in my house it wasnt #listen i have my reasons. some symbolic some just 'i think i like it better if baby ollie n michael grew up around the brand' but.#its fnaf time isnt real i do what i want!!#a visor for a visor (ooc)

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basingstokemercury · 2 years ago

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So uh

Does communism not have any symbols aside from the hammer and sickle?

#I've mentioned this before #but to me and many jews (and non-jews) who have history in eastern Europe #it's not fun or quirky or memey to use the hammer and sickle #it's a symbol linked to one of the worst totalitarian states in history #my grandfather was born in Siberia. my grandfather. a baby. who only lived because his mother worked in the kitchens #ny great-uncle smuggled Jewish holy materials into Russia because yes it was that bad.#this thing didn't come down until the chocolating nineties.#please please please the ussr and its paraphernalia are not your cutesy communist symbols #they are the symbols of a state that traumatised people #that killed people #I'm not going to do holocaust comparisons because just no #but as a jew whose family was in ukraine during wwii #it really was being caught between a rock and a hard place.#rambling a bit but this is something i see a lot and it hurts ne every time

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ileftherbackhome · 1 year ago

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i think it's quite silly that atheists are still pretending like you cannot prove gods don't exist in 2023 tbh. all gods start out as an explanation for natural phenomena humans could not explain and the god hypothesis has a failure rate of 100% so far for explaining those natural phenomena. for every single hypothesis that god has been the assumed answer for, they have failed. your argument of "you don't know what came before the big bang!" is literally just another god of the gaps argument but updated to reflect all the science we DO know about now. it's extremely unlikely that the god hypothesis will succeed on try one million and two tbqf.

"you can't prove god doesn't exist" yes we can prove that 99.999% of all gods ever created by humans didn't exist. why is your god any different? because u say the things that would prove him false actually prove his existence? yeah okay do u see how crazy u fucking sound?

like why are we still debating this in 2023???? please bro. how is it that every single time we've tried to prove a certain god exists, we come up with a new science field and learn even more mindblowing things in the process, none of which are the result of said god? idk if u wanna believe in santa claus as an adult, that's your business but pushing it onto society as a whole because you've convinced yourself santa is really going to torture you for eternity if you don't please him is like... next level.

#it's truly insane how we're still playing this agnostic game holy shit #personal #their entire argument is you just gotta have faith!!!#faith in what???? the single human experiment that has failed the most times in human history????#also like if u really wanna go there we can but your religion literally is factually inaccurate #arguing that its symbolic doesnt make up for the fact that if the founders of ur religion heard u they'd burn u as a witch #no baby u just say its an analogy now that we've proved ur holy book factually inaccurate #that's why religion is so dangerous to me honestly because once u prove it beyond a reasonable doubt they just switch lanes into #symbolism and it was never meant to be taken literally omg!?!?! like thats just factually inaccurate you know that right #i know that why are we pretending like acting like a factually inaccurate text is some encoded puzzle from the almighty creator #i just... none of it makes any sense at all

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classycoffeecat · 2 years ago

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I need to go to sleep...

But first I must tell you this hot-off-the-sleep deprivation prequel theory:

Dean in the photos is not our Dean... it is Dean JR. !!!!

#Dun dun DUN #spnwin theories #not really a theory but lol #classy posts #the return of dean jr 🤣#baby is still time traveling #she needed some air from being stuck in the garage for so long #heres how its revealed:#we finally have a scene with 'dean' - his sleeves are rolled up and we see an anti possesion symbol on his forearm #dean jr. just wants to meet his grandparents

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pinkaddiofficial · 2 years ago

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How did it feel when you killed them? Seeing the light leave their eyes? Knowing they'd be alive if not for you?

* The glow kicks up again, flickering rapidly. A static charge lances across their hair, causing it to puff up in response to the supposed threat.

* When they speak, their voice comes out as a static whisper, a thousand-yard stare into the bottom of the cup as the tea within begins to freeze over.

leave me be. please. i don't want to remember. don't make me remember.

#ic #babys first fully on-screen panic attack yippie!!#thanks for the ask you are the lifeblood if this blog!!!#everyone says thinks to spamton fur teaching me how to do small text #(its the <s> button)#time tk play how much symbolism can i pack into one asterisk before i look like a prick

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arolesbianism · 6 days ago

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Euphrasie vc haiiii Claudie can you help me with something real quick ^w^ (<- visibly trembling because one of her circle wall ornaments keeps looking smudged to her no matter how much she wipes is and it's now 3 am and shes been at it for the past 6 hours)

#rat rambles #stars posting #I am having sooo many thoughts abt euphrasie rn y'all have no idea #I just spent like 3 hours mumbling to myself abt my hcs on her relationship with the change belief and the universe and how both shape her #beliefs and behavior but shes not at all concious of the latter despite how heavily it shaped her relationship with the former #and also just general thoughts abt how she acts in general and how most ppl dont realize shes experiencing hashtag symptoms because she #tends to carry an air of deliberetness that is not at all acurate to her actual reasons for doing things 90% of the time #and the 10% when it is deliberate its the symptoms™ and shes actually having a very bad time but is good at masking it most of the time #I also have a lot of thoughts abt her islander dad and his relationship to both of his main beliefs and how a lot of euphrasie's first #explanations of different change symbols and concepts came from his perspective #both of her dads were religious ofc but her other dad didnt talk about it as much plus her more talkative dad was Really passionate about #the change belief and change as a concept #also bonus euphrasie hc she was a wishcraft baby #this is a big part of the reason that she has distinct knowledge on wishcraft and it's capabilities while also not knowing the rituals well #also bonus bonus hc white hair in ppl with roots from the island is often a sign of a wishcraft baby being somewhere in your bloodline #generally speaking wishcraft babies were far far less common in the period before it disappeared due to stricter regulations but they used #to be fairly common so white hair became a very common trait there #euphrasie's dad from the island didn't actually have fully white hair but he had a lot of white strands

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get-more-bald · 20 days ago

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ME WHEN I PEAKEEDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!

v bad picture but THE ART IS NOT EVEN THE FULL POINT....I LOVE IT BUT THE STORY IN THE TAGS IS MY HEART!!

ngl the drawings are so good tho. im so much better at ghoul design than bethany

#THE GHOULS........#dont look at karol he does not matter here. hes a young nationalist #the old officer here is 💀💀💀IM DECEASED. WHYS HE BAD THO #AHHHH I REMEMBER MAKING A FALLOUT WARSAW AU AND MAKING IT A LOT ABOUT GROWING FROM PAST TRAUMA #VS BEING STUCK LITERALLY UNDERGROUND STILL BEING AFRAID OF THE WAR AND FIGHTING #i need to tell you ALL ABOUT IT WHEN I HAVE SOME MORE FIGURED OUT #but the basis was the fight between two main factions of the mermaids and the eagles #the mermaids lived in warsaw over the ground and they focused on healing themselves and the land etc #and the quest to get the player into the faction was finding the warsaw mermaid statue which was supposed to be a big morale booster #and like their main symbol and whatnot. to help with motivation. and the mermaid companion was supposed to be the old ghoul nowak i think #(the one at the top of the page here. next to him is a little mermaid symbol ❤️)#and the eagles were a militaristic faction made of mostly old ghouls who lived underground in the literal warsaw uprising sewers #and they all had like. trauma from the war. because this is a bad universe and the german occupation didnt end in 1945 but continued to 2077 #but like theres 50s aesthetics in fallout anyways so thats where i took the warsaw uprising from #anyways they all still live like its the war and its horrible but ingame theyd make some p good points about something #so thered be actual conflict and not 'good faction vs misguided/bad faction' but theyre kinda xenophobic whatever #and theyd have a quest of like. going through sewers without a map so you dont trigger any gas traps #and their companion was either karol (a foil to nowak [old ghoul supporting a new movement] - a young human supporting an aged movement)#or the old officer whose companion quest would be getting him to trust you and then leading him out to the surface #(like. him trusting you not to surrender him to the enemy) and the scene pictured is him seeing the saxon garden flowers for the first time #since he descended into the sewers as a young man to fight nazis. and I STILL LOVE THE DRAWING BABY!!!!!#and he was meant to be like. a character who inspires growth and healing from old and horrific trauma #and learning that the world doesnt always have to be as evil as it was before. and all that shit #ALSO the thing on his hat on the left is NOT a cross its a tiny little eagle pin #also the eagles faction was supposed to be much much harder to get into but reward it with better loot #or more interesting quests. because they are incredibly distrustful in case youre an enemy. and the mermaids are open and accepting #and kinda basic. but they are really vulnerable to any kind of attack because its full of inexperienced youngsters #so thered be a mermaids ending. an eagles ending. and a good unified polish factions ending where the eagles provide military support #and their experience and insight. while the mermaids provide food and healing and sunshine and their new perspectives etc #also old nowak and the old officer were meant to have some weird old man gay tension🤨🤨🤨❤️

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heckcduparchived · 3 months ago

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OOC

#;; ooc #ok baby is asleep #so is toddler and husband #and the animals are fed i think im gonna spend some time here again #two nights in a row look at me go lol #anyway if anyone wants to talk some plots out or just send some memes go ahead #i have no timelimit on when i posted a meme so you can go to my tag and just send whatever #but try to leave some context if its a symbol meme or something #anyway im gonna work on some more messages from last night

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