#love that mumbo is doing science lol

[minecraft-sideblog-tm]

Just saw Mumbo's "who plays minecraft the weirdest" survey on twitter and thought I would share my ranking

Joe is only above Grian because of having Throw Item being "-" tbh because the foot pedal for sprint is honestly based, and then those top 4 are like very, very close lol

Gem, False, and Cleo's are really all tied for least weird because:

1) I also didn't have a desk for a long time when I first got a laptop and would have done the same thing 2) using i for inventory makes total sense to me 3) I have sprint mapped to Tab which is close enough to Caps Lock (plus I'm genuinely going to remap F5 to R later because that sounds SO much easier)

(no clue how long he'll leave the survey open since he posted it like 9 hours ago but here's the link to it)

[oceanera12]

do you mind giving the "Directors cut" of the Jevin chapter, I just love the chapter and find it really interesting? (also love. how unique it felt)

I hope you like long posts, lol.

Jevin's chapter! To anyone who has no idea what this human bean is talking about here's the link:

To anyone who wants to read my thoughts on this chapter, see below.

Jevin's chapter was probably one of the easiest and hardest chapters for me to write. This sounds weird but let me explain:

It was easy in the sense that he had a pretty basic premise to type up. He's a science experience that gained sentience and becomes a player. There are a few other plot points I knew I wanted to put in, but nothing too crazy.

It was hard in the sense that I had to start setting up the Hybrid Hunter Arc. And, at the time, I wasn't exactly sure how Jevin got caught up in the Hunters.

I had a few ideas that ranged in various details. One idea was that Jevin's lab was actually attacked by Hunters and he was captured, only for his science-mom to free him at the cost of her own life (like perma-die). Another idea I had was that it was just a singular scientist that made Jevin, then had him help with experiments until there was a lab accident that killed the scientist. Jevin would then set the other mob experiments free and he would leave to make his own path, eventually running into Hunters. There were a few others that varied in levels of angst and comfort, but these were the main two I kept flipping back and forth between.

I eventually settled on something similar to that last one, except I decided I didn't want to kill the scientist. Actually, I took some inspiration from the Test Tupe Zedaph AU (that is no longer in production) that's here on Tumblr for Jevin.

I actually had someone comment on the chapter and they seemed to be under the impression that this was a Protech lab. I actually don't think it was, seeing as Jevin is like... over 150 years old and Protech was around for about 50 or so years.

Oh, yeah. I've been figuring out some Hermit's ages for Built Family which has been fun seeing as some of them are basically immortal (Joe and TFC) while others just age REALLY slowly (Xisuma and now Hypno and Jevin).

[Complete side note but for TFC's age I literally just have as ??? because he's the oldest and it really doesn't matter how old he is, lol]

I really enjoyed writing up the science report as Jevin's introduction. It was different from the other chapters and I've been trying to find some clever ways to open up for different people, usually related to their backgrounds. I kind of wish for Mumbo I had done something similar or for False to have some kind of briefing as her opening, but I'm happy with what it is for both of them (very excited for Etho's start).

In my author's note for Jevin's chapter, I have a comment about blaming God of War: Ragnarok on the fact that I killed the dog. I was being serious about that. I literally went and watched someone play the first part of GoW:R and saw the scene with Fenrir and just... decided Jevin needed a dog. And that I was going to kill the dog and have a similar scene of holding him until he died.

One of the things I really wanted to emphasize with Jevin was the fact that he was a sentient slime. Not a slime-hybrid (which does exist). The best way I found to do this was having him measure time via phases of the moon and just have the moon affect him in general. I am very proud of that little fact, even if it so subtle that it only matters to me, lol. It was also the reason I made a big deal out of Jevin learning to talk.

Another random side note: I debated about having Jevin sometimes struggle with speaking or be mute at points. Similar to how some people write Link, where he has periods of signing things and periods of talking. I ended up deciding against it because 1. I already write stuff for LoZ and I didn't want to get too repetitive in my personal projects and 2. I couldn't figure out a way to have a standard signing method among players because... you know. Many worlds and many kinds of people. So even if Jevin signed, the only person who would know it would have been science-mom.

Jevin's chapter was also when I ended up introducing Scott, which was quite fun to sort out. I absolutely love Scott and fitting him into this universe was not as difficult as I thought it was going to be. I love his bi-colored eyes in Empires season 2 and decided to use the Origins SMP as the basis for his origin.

Setting up the Hunter issues was not an original plot idea when I first started this little story. As such, Hypno as a part of the anti-hunter movement was something I had to add in through Jevin's POV, which I found quite fun. Hypno, I think, has the most secrets when it comes to all of the Hermits (the exception being probably Doc). And honestly, my favorite thing is realizing that some Hermits have things that didn't come up in their chapter.

I wasn't exactly sure how I wanted to do Jevin and Cleo's relationship. Frenemies is the best way to describe it, but I wasn't exactly sure how to write it. I ended up deciding on a similar method of writing a sibling relationship, only making them a bit more... contempt of each other, if you will.

I can't think of anything else to really elaborate on, but if you have any specific questions I didn't cover, feel free to leave a comment in the note section and I'll answer it there.

[monster-noises]

(I liked those OC questions post a while ago and forgot to send some bc I was mobile rip) For your fave OC: 🔫 PISTOL - do they trust people easily? how easily will they turn their back to someone? have they been backstabbed before? will they betray someone if given an ultimatum? Least talked ab OC: 🚆 TRAIN - what is their answer to the trolley problem? and the OC you love to hate: 🌪️ TORNADO - what is the biggest change you’ve ever made to them? how have they changed from their original verse

Oh gosh!! sorry this took me a few days to get to.. I needed time to draw the Images.. it got long again so off under the cut it goes!!

Pistol:

[img description: A speech bubble coming from Lazarus, a gaunt older white man with slicked back hair twirling a golden knife in his hands, reads: "Trust is not to be doled out without discrepancy. It is a thin and tenuous bond between individuals broken by the mildest of human urges with the same effort it takes to snap a small twig between your fingers. Trust can be faked, altered, and fabricated, it's existence is flimsy and unreliable. Equivalent to wrapping yourself in paper to try and protect your body as you tumble down the mountain side. So no. I do not trust easily." A separate speech bubble coming from a cartoon rendition of the artist reads: "Ignore him, he's absolutely full of shit. He's hardened himself over time, sure, but he wants to trust people. That old heart is as soft as the contents of a freshly peeled pudding cup." /end] Of course Lazarus is my favourite! I love my little meat boy so much... You can take his word (and mine) here on how easily he trusts others. lol, but as for the other questions.. When he does establish a trusting/reliable relationship with someone he is not likely to betray them or turn his back on them, he gets very committed to things, including people, and turning on someone he holds close is untenable. Even given a ultimatum he wouldn't dare turn his back on those he's committed to trusting. Everyone else however? fair fucking game. He's definitely been back stabbed before. I don't think Miranda's manipulative capturing of him cooounts so much (I think he thinks of it as a form of betrayal though, given what she promised him and what was delivered), but the fine arts world he came from in a previous life is cold and ruthless and he was definitely pushed around a lot. He hasn't really experienced any betrayal since coming to the village, this can more so be chalked up to his lack of deep authentic relationships than anything else.

Train:

[Img Description: A word bubble from Virgil, a middle aged white man in a cowboy hat with sandy brown hair and a scruffy beard reads: "That ol' chestnut ain't nothin but a heap' a philosophical fuckin' nonsense. I got more practical, and frankly more important science to be doin' than any o' yer damned ~Morals and Ethics~ mumbo-jumbo." A separate speech bubble coming from a cartoon rendition of the artist reads: "Short answer: He doesn't have one!" /end]

Well.. pretty much ALL my OC's are my least-talked about OC's because I don't talk about any of them. So I'll take the chance to re-introduce an older and very much beloved OC of mine; The original Middle Aged Bottle Blonde Disaster Bisexual, The Prodigy Chemist Who Decided To Use His Brain For Personal Gain And Ultimately Evil, Sometimes known as The Coyote sometimes as Braided Snake sometimes as simply 'That Giant Asshole' It's!!!!!!!! VIRGIL ARTHUR WHINCHESTER!!! (yes with an H and I named him that before supernatural entered my life so huSH)

Virgil's a pretty practical guy, likes to keep things physical, tangible, doesn't like to think to much about Implications or Moral Dilemma's. Doesn't mean he won't debate you if you push him (he will. For hours. You will regret your choices. He will be smug about it the Whole time.) but y'know.. when you're in his line of work it pays not to think about these kinds of things too much.

(also he was originally for a furry comic I was making with a friend in high school where he was Actually a coyote, here's a fun bonus sketch of his Original design)

[Img description: A separate portrait of Virgil but this time depicted as an anthropomorphic Coyote with light blonde fur and bright blue eyes. He is still wearing the cowboy hat. /end]

Tornado:

[Img description: Two drawings of Idris, A horned robot made of gold who wears a leather jacket. The drawing to the left is labelled "Old" and shows him with a simpler design. The drawing to the right is labelled "New" and shows him with an upgraded more detailed design, this drawing has a speech bubble that reads: "Brava darling!~ A -subtle- but marked improvement on the already Immaculate! ~<3" A small cartoon rendition of the artist in the bottom right corner is blushing and has a speech bubble that reads: "I just... Kinda made him hotter. Somehow." /end]

and last but not least! the glow up of the (23rd) century! This is Idris, The Golden Boy, criminal ring leader and founder of Smugglers Honour, a cosmos-wide smuggling operation run so tightly and bureaucratically if you didn't know any better you'd think it was a corporation!

.... it's... part of the setting for the sci-fi/cyberpunk ttrpg game I'm GMing right now...

which is exactly why Idris needed the glow up! While his change hasn't been Drastic he was originally conceived in about 2010-2011 for the comic setting that would eventually develop Into Andromadis as a catch-all leader for the criminal underground which was a bit vague even then but was Especially not going to do in the context of a TTRPG where players were going to have to interact with him and his long reaching actions in specific and unpredictable ways, so he kinda needed a new job, or rather a more defined one. So Smugglers Honour was born! A discrete organization he could be in charge of, something a lot less nebulous than his previous title of "Big No.1 Crime Boy" lmao. But with this new title I felt he needed a bit of... polishing up.

I wanted him to Feel the same, keep all the basic ideas, but just.. tighten the screws a bit so he felt a bit cooler and sexier and more mature. And also fix his dumb stupid badly designed head oh my g o d. I uhh, I think I landed it.

[jungledubs-archive]

Oh that’s super cool!!!!!! I love how Xisuma really just fakes his death and tacks “evil” onto his name to investigate the shenanigans. Do you have any particulars? Does anyone team up? You’ve only given me even more questions

it's more like he fakes his death, and then everybody nicknames this "mysterious competitor" who has armour similar to xisuma's "evil xisuma" because he looks spooky lol

the shenanigans are mostly the various hermits competing against each other: i haven't quite figured out how the actual plot goes in terms of what the challenges are and whatnot, but xisuma is basically competing to see who does what which way and also see how each person is on a more friendly basis

the crews i have so far are:

- scar and doc, in a beaten-up ship filled with "docile" alien creatures they keep as pets. scar has a hoverchair and doc looks mostly the same, and the two of them are incredibly good but also very reckless pilots. their friends refuse to fly with them unless they have no other choice just because there is a higher-than-average chance of dying and a very high chance of getting seasick

- grian and impulse, bounty hunters. grian is just some guy with a bunch of cool tech including a jetpack, and impulse is a fish cyborg. they're pretty famous bounty hunters, mostly because they don't actually kill people very much. they're very good at bringing people in alive.

- zedaph and tango, stowed away on grian and impulse's ship because theirs got impounded due to them being illegal smugglers. tango is a bug alien (and he's like 2 and a half feet tall) and zedaph is mostly human but got scienced accidentally and now he's hard to kill

- cub, iskall, ren, and mumbo. i'm not sure exactly why they're a group yet, but they first three are buddies and mumbo is, like, their ai companion who does a lot of the piloting and such. also toying with their ship having a similar vibe to renbob's van--like, these are just dudes bein bros and having a great time and trying to possibly win a fortune

- all of the hermitgals are a team! they were all doing various jobs on the same jungle moon, and became friends, and when the contest was announced they decided to team up. for example false is a cartographer and gem and stress are biologists. cleo may or may not have hotwired their ship. it's not entirely clear

and those are the crews i have so far! :D

[hermitcraftheadcanons]

Rabid Debate Club AU Masterpost:

'Random weird Au idea where it's a basic hs/uni AU but like two of them try to start a debate club, then invite some friends just so there's enough people. Cut to like, two months later, it's all the hermits just fighting over whether or not pineapple should go on pizza or not lol it isn't very good i'm sorry but ya know rabid debate club AU.' -Anon.

Some headcanons to start us off:

-The NHO are the jocks and typically get the most aggressive.

-Things don't usually get too political, it's usually just about dumb stuff that's for some reason controversial. (Ie, Pineapple on pizza, yes or no? Should we reclass 5 as an honorary even number?) sometimes they treat themselves to a little heavier topics but it's mostly about things like that.

-Cub and Joe are the founders.

-False, although physically strong, isn't as great at navigating around her words.

-Doc and Grian usually end up arguing the most.

-ImpulseSV is a science nerd and often offers scientific explanations to things. (IE, if ghosts were real, no because they behave similar to how 4th dimensional beings act so they probably aren't your dead relatives unless every time we die we move up a dimension.)

-Iskall85 is usually just there to have a good laugh and see how dumb the points get.

-iJevin typically does not back down from a point even if everyone else is against him.

-Keralis is as rich as always and the group socialists like to take jabs at him for it.

-Mumbo Jumbo is also a bit of a nerd like Impulse but he knows more about chemistry whereas Impulse knows more about physics and biology.

-Rendog only came because it said there were free biscuits to anyone who showed up.

-Stress is usually the one who bakes said biscuits.

-TFC is a teacher who sometimes joins in.

-XbCrafted is very much an animal rights activists. Impulse is a bit too but not to the extent Xb is.

-Xisumavoid is usually the one with controversial opinions, (political.) Enter: Should chicken be seasoned? No.

-Zedaph is a communist.

-Cleo was the first member to join who wasn't a founder.

-Tango usually just ends up agreeing with Impulse most of the times because he knows Impulse is smarter than him.

-Hypnotizd only joined because Xb joined.

-Welsknight is that one kid who knows way too much about history. Say for example if they were debating about 'is it actually worth having a president over a monarch' or something Wels would just be like, 'acTually, Historically---' and drop more knowledge than anyone was ready for. It gets to the point they just use him as a history-fact-checker-Google.

-Wels' main participation (aside from being Google) seems to be pointing out times when people are going in circles just restating points over and over again. He doesn't talk too much but when he does, his arguments are very strong because he's good at picking up patterns from previous debates. When people ask him how he's so good, he says "History always seems to repeat itself."

-Scar joined the club at when everyone was in the debate of, "cats or dogs?" So Scar brought Jellie to the club. After that everyone chose Jellie as the clubs mascot.

-TFC is a geography teacher- you know, cuz of all of his branch mining... and one day Joe and Cub showed up and were like “we need a teacher to start a club can u sign off” and TFC was like “k as long as u dont burn down my class...”

-For the rabid Debate club au- after Scar brought Jellie in, it became a bit of a challenge to see who could sneak their Pet or Pets in with out anyone noticing. Mumbo won, bringing both Kubo and a new member Grian. Everyone was freaking out about the big fluffy dog, no one noticed Grian sitting in a corner, kinda awkward. Which started Grians own challenge of "see how long I can go until someone notices Im here." It was several days...

-ngl this au is doing better than i thought it would when i first saw it, noice. as for hcs, cub & joe were supposed to register as an official debate team near the beginning of the year for like statewide competitions and stuff, but joe conveniently lost the paperwork after realizing the club was chaos. joe and cub do love the monstrosity they've created, but sometimes you'll find them in tfc's supply closet actually speedpresenting debate arguments they spent hours on while xb or cleo judges

same anon: yes, joe n cub wish the debate club was legit sometimes. they're very glad it ended up the way it did, and have massive fun doing they stuff they do, but like... it gets to em sometimes. every once in a while, cub gets in a Mood and ends up just hanging out the supply closet doing his homework. someone else will judge for the day. everyone just figures cub's just havin one of those days, but it's usually bc there's a debate competition happening that day that they would've gone to.

(All in red above are from our community's wonderful Anons!)

-Cub often judges the tournaments/meeting, and he absolutely never takes bribes at all ever, why would you say something like that? Anyway, his favorite kind of cake is red velvet. Just so everyone knows. :)

(-@shadeswiftdraws.)

-Debate au: tensions are high after a bake sale where the hermits debated with each other to prove their bake sale stand was the best. Things get out of control and everyone is really confrontational. All hell breaks loose when in one evening the question of ‘do you pour the milk or cereal first?’ is brought up. There has been conflicts before but this time it explodes, the hermits organize teams to defeat eachother, and thus, civil war of season 6 happens. (-@ivi-prism.) Zedaph drinks cereal with water, Python doesn't eat cereal, TFC drinks bottle/carton cereal from the box/pack. Concorp does both. (Anon adds.)

[thezitteam]

What other majors or professions do you think the hermits should have in this AU? I'm liking the idea that nobody knows what X does, as he has a big beautiful appartement and is often seen on campus. He might be a student, TA, really young proffessor, or something else, but whenever someone asks he just smiles and gives a funny answer.

stalright hi sorry for the late reply, i had a wholeass national exam today lol

i love the xisuma idea lol everyone thinks he’s secretly a mafia boss despite his cheerful personality because of how secretive he is, but he’s probably a lab tech or something and no one takes the main sciences, so they never see him at work or something. he probably found it funny and decided to add fuel to the fire by just not answering them hehe

i did some thinking about what other majors the hermits would fit, and here are some that i came up with under the cut! would love your opinion on it too, though!

grian: architecture

mumbo: computer engineering

bdubs: business (idk why, he just seems like a good business person to me, heck he’s going to take over half of the shopping district at this rate)

cub: business administration

ren: business/psychology

scar: civil engineering

false: sports science

joe: english literature

tfc: teacher assistant for social sciences

i like the idea the zit know each other from some (part time?) job, which xisuma frequents, and he just naturally gets to know them.

that’s about half of the current hermits i think, but that’s all i’ve come up with so far! would love your input on this! :D

[delistylehardcore]

dreamt about brio which was very exciting bc i almost never dream about fictional characters, at least not in a way where they’re ‘brought to life’ - usually if fictional characters are involved at all in my dreams it’s because i��m just dreaming about drawing them or consuming whatever media they’re in or whatever. to have a dream that just plays out as a story i’m watching unfold that the character is part of has become very rare in my adulthood and its always really exciting to me when it does happen. it was weird (as dreams tend to be, lol) and didn’t make much sense and didn’t amount to much of a compelling story (ie. warning, everything below the cut is Not That Interesting) but was still fun to experience and i havent been able to stop thinking about it and i feel a lil inspired by it

-brio was with aku aku and 2 other unspecified people (seemed to also be scientists but more like real-life non-cartoon regular scientist people, definitely not recognizable characters like gin or tropy), in a weird little mobile laboratory, like little mad science RV outfitted with all kinds of gadgets and doodads

-they were trying to help this sort of intangible energy-based being, some kind of spirit, that was... trapped inside something? contaminated with something sinister? or otherwise in trouble? trying to use science and technology to free it or purify it or whatever it was that needed doing, undoing the (seemingly also mad science-driven, maybe cortex was behind it?) means through which it was hurt or trapped or whatever

-brio found himself experiencing some kind of supernatural sense of empathy towards it; fell to his knees in pain and distress while it was suffering as they were trying to help it, experienced a tremendous sense of peace (and whispered “free...” to himself) once they successfully healed it. aku told him some mumbo jumbo along the lines of “you’ve become sensitive to spiritual energy”

-brio stepped out of the mobile lab with the entity as it floated out, and almost immediately upon getting outside, he closed his eyes and found his consciousness temporarily exiting his body to... mingle? with the entity in some way i don’t remember very well. it seemed like a strange but pleasant experience. once he came back into his own body he timidly looked over at aku aku and quietly stuttered out that it “spoke to him.” aku smiled and said he could see the whole thing happening. brio immediately went wide-eyed and blushed

-aku said something to brio about how he has a good heart. it was sort of implied brio was soon going to leave his body (ie. die) to become a spiritual entity like aku aku and the one they just helped. he seemed to calmly accept this, content with it. he and aku talked about his newfound supernatural sensitivity, brio asked aku if he had that while he was still human, aku said yes, after a lot of time struggling to achieve that kind of harmony with the world around him. brio thought to himself that he must be doing the same

cheesy and doesn’t make much sense but im kinda captivated by it. maybe i could take some elements of it and try to spin them into some kind of coherent little narrative, like for a comic or something. i do like the idea of there being other entities like aku and uka inhabiting the wumpa islands, and i love the idea of cortex somehow managing to do something nasty to one of them and brio trying to use his own scientific knowledge to undo it... im a sucker for the idea of him encountering some kind of island spirits and somehow getting the opportunity to help and/or befriend them and it being one of the ways in which he’s growing closer with the islands he’s finally starting to embrace as home (and... they’re starting to embrace him right back...)

[spectralarchers]

4 and 48?

4) What is your favourite genre to write for?

I wouldn’t say I have a specific genre, but I do like realistic fiction - I lose my grasp on the story-telling when it gets to be too much science fiction mumbo jumbo (partly why the latest chapter of TTSBA took me so long to write, it was space jargon with mystical powers and seventeen gazillion characters, it almost broke my brain).

I love looking at the raw edges of the MCU - how does the body of our heroes hurt? How do they deal in their daily life? What about the geo-politics of a world filled with superheroes, how does this happen and how does it work?

I love looking down to the details of a story and trying to make it feel as realistic as possible. 

I think, though, it burns down to a quote I saw a couple of years ago by Tom Hardy about how he approached his acting: “Whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something. They are not just talking. They are alive; going through a drama in which they will go through some sort of dramatic human experience. Keywords: Alive and Experience. It is your job to make them become so. Anything you do on stage or film has a direct relation to something you have experienced in one form or another in real life. Use your imagination to exaggerate or lessen that sensation. Then, disguise it in characterization and don't forget to make lots and lots of mistakes, and look like a complete asshole. You'll do fine.”

I try to make my characters come alive by giving them tiny details of characterization and by sometimes stopping to look at how a situation impacts them. 

If that makes sense, lol!

48) What’s your favourite trope to write?

I haven’t written it too many times, but the “character gets stabbed and a) everyone sees as they raise their hand from the wound right before they pass out or b) they hide the wound until the very last moment where they finally pass out.

This post sums it up really well. 

There’s also the “applying antisceptic to a wound that makes people wince or whine” part, but it’s more of small things like that.

I don’t think I have a particular trope that I like to write, other than putting Clint through absolute hell and bringing him back to it. I LOVE writing Clint and Barney doing brotherly shenanigans, though. 

Send me any of these fanfiction writer asks!

[itsallavengers]

depressed-fangirl replied to your post “The thing that’s haunted me the most since Civil War came out is not...”

You really thought a helicopter has a... negative mass. How else does it take off if you didn't think about rotors xd only by some mumbo jambo with gravitation - F = (GMm)/r^2 - G is a constant, M can't be negative as everything would float away (yeah, negative mass is BS, but for the sake of our discussion...), distance can't be negative as well. How the hell did you come up with that shit xd in the same way you somehow figured out Tony was right in CW? Nice.

It’s because I’m a dumbass who doesn’t know how to do maths and was trying to make a Funny Post lol pls take off ur science hat I really don’t care that much my love

[athetos]

bubbaline or pearlmethyst for the ship ask!

I’ll do both because why not also ty Lola for knowing EXACTLY what pairings I wanted submitted lmao

Under a read more cuz it’s kind of long hopefully the read more works, I’m on mobile

Bubbline:

who controls the netflix account and what have they dominated the suggestions with by watching: marceline probably watches a ton of horror movies while PB watches documentaries and the recommendations are always a mess.

Who snores: probably both tbh lol

who has an embarrassing ringtone that the other calls them in public just to get to go off: PB has the embarrassing ring tone it’s probably an overrated pop song and marceline loves to tease her

Who sleeps on the top bunk if given a chance: marceline, because she floats above the bed when she sleeps (when she’s not cuddling with Bon) and she smacks her head on the bunk above all the time if she’s the bottom.

Who plays the piano at 6 in the morning to wake the other: marceline because while she sticks to strings instruments for the most part she’s actually an exceptional pianist and knows Bonnie loves her playing. She’s also up the earliest because she’s nocturnal and doesn’t need a lot of sleep to begin with.

Who has accidentally set something on fire while trying to make a bday meal? In the episode Five Short Graybles PB makes the perfect sandwich doing a ton of science mumbo jumbo and I feel like absolutely she’d set things on fire making this like, god tier meal. And all Marcy does is just suck the red out of it. At the same time, because marceline doesn’t really need to eat real food, she’s a horrendous cook and is banned from the kitchens. So both!

Now for pearlmethyst:

who controls the netflix account and what have they dominated the suggestions with by watching: amethyst uses Netflix the most and watches a really eclectic mix of horror / gore movies, cartoons / anime, and millennial sitcoms. Pearl is like Bon and watches documentaries, but she also loves cheesey romance movies but will never admit it.

Who snores: amethyst, for sure. Pearl doesn’t really sleep to begin with, I think she would nap with amethyst so they could cuddle but she doesn’t have a regular sleep cycle.

who has an embarrassing ringtone that the other calls them in public just to get to go off: amethyst has a very embarrassing ringtone, it’s probably just someone going “hewwo???” Over and over. Pearl doesn’t really tease her about it though because she hates hearing it LMAO

Who sleeps on the top bunk if given the chance? Amethyst claims it which wouldn’t be a problem but she moves in her sleep a lot and falls off so pearl forces her to take the bottom bunk

Who plays the piano at 6 am to wake the other? Pearl because amethyst would never be up that early, and also because pearl loves to play jazzy classical stuff. Amethyst says it’s annoying but she loves it actually.

Who has accidentally set something on fire while trying to cook a bday meal: amethyst. Pearl is really good at cooking even though she doesn’t eat. The good news is that since she doesn’t eat, amethyst never has to cook so win/win.

Thx Lola 4 my life

[bluiex]

I can imagine cyberpunk Cub and steampunk Scar getting in so many arguments on which is better

Cub likes futuristic ideas and how they can be made by technology and computer science

Scar on the other hand like everything old fashioned, and inventing by hand, such as something as simple as little trinkets

Grian and Mumbo so often have to be the ones to break them up, that they can never go out with all four of them, it always has to be either them or Cub, or them and Scar. Otherwise, it just ends in another argument.

A lot of people still wonder how the four of them could still be together

I don't think it's that bad, to the point they all cant go out together their little polycule is happy an healthy in my head, their arguments are more along the lines of teasing and trying to annoy one another (because they find their reactions funny, but ykno, coming from a place of love. they dont genuinely find their personal style/liking better than the others) at least in my head LOL

a little insight for my feelings about this: i just perosnally dont like situations like this in relationships. makes me uncomfy(for personal things ive been thru). but you do you! imagine it how you want it! doesn't bother me i just wont claim the headcanon and I'll only share it for others to see cuz someone else will like it :D /nm

[notaboutmeeee]

Thoughts on episode 4 while I watch

Spoilers, so beware

OK, so 5 years since lois saw Lucy? I didn't really know the time frame of the Lucy story in the past episodes but I guess the boys and Clark have met her

Uh hmm don't know how I like Lucy.. Hmm maybe I'll like present her?

But yea vulnerable/lost Lucy falling under the spell of a cultist.. OK sounds like an understandable development even if sad

Oh shit this cultist leader saying "ascending"?! About a suicide?! Biiittccchhh

Oohhh I want lois taking down this ally cult leader;GO LOIS GO

cult= hive mind?anyone else think that too or just me getting these vibes?

Biz (that's what I call Bizarro superman) has fire breath? Cool!

Hm what's up with the necklace? Why the hate bro? (jk, it probably has sth to do with however the other villains brought him here or so)

Oh damn that iron suit looks broken oof

JH and Clark being buddy buddies is still sorta weird to me since he was so hellbent on killing Clark in s1 haha

Oh no, lanas competitor in the mayor race digging up durt on lana and her daughter, probably the therapy (was it self harm? ) from s1

Damn those poor cups Clark keeps dropping/breaking lol

Hmm is biz gonna ask Clark for help in destroying the necklace? Probs not

What is up with the necklace?!

It's sucking in Clark? Nooooo

JH to the rescue (again) yay

Did the necklace suck in some of Clark's superpowers or his essence/energy? It looked like sun stuff, that bubble that formed around them? No idea

Aww chrissy is such a smart cookie and good reporter, love to see it, well she told us so I guess not see

Oh so Jon hasn't told his parents about the xkrypto drug... Hm so it gives people 1 specific superman power? Jon tell your parents! This is sth dangerous they should know about! Arghhh

JH and his science mumbo jumbo ex-machina tech stuff

We don't mention 'andeson' in this house JH!! Though his team of super teens are alright

How did those teens not see the clearly visible ice on the floor?? Oh you dumb ass Jordan, getting caught on tape with your powers? Is there any brain in these twins? How did none of the smarts from either of their parents transfer over

Oh poor Mr Lane getting interrupted in his retirement.. While golfing.. What hobby will be interrupted next hmm?

Oh we love Mr Lane/general lane!

Chrissy going undercover? Oh wow, I mean I want her to succeed, but I feel like sth bad will happen and she'll get caught/found out

Inverse society? Is there a connection to Bizarro?

Clark you can't seriously trust Anderson not to do it himself with his team, right?

Oh Jon is taking the drug now? He does know he might not get strength?!

What power did he get? Speed? I can't tell

Guess he got lucky and got strength? Is Natalie gonna notice sth is up?

Is this a trap with lucy?

Aw crap is chrissy getting sucked in now too;you're stronger than this cmon girl;oh shit nvm, allys got you found out

It is a trap!! Right?

Right!

Other self? The other universe? So ally has sth to do with Bizarro right?!

Wait but how should Lucy and lois' chat paint lois in a negative light?? I don't get that. I mean lois was protecting Lucy?

This rift between lois and chrissy also feels forced? Idk

Go Sarah! What a boss

Ohhh jon got super sight! I don't know how I missed that lol, it was so clear

Clark is so optimistic and full of advice to balance out lois with her drama plots, which is nice but also please give him his own stories and plots

Argh I knew it Anderson that asshole

Oop biz is gonna kick their butt's yikes

It was nice knowing yall (especially tag)

"superman of America" oh fuck you anderson

Oh tag took the necklace.. Wonder what Anderson will discover

Oh shit no, JH is injured; why is he always going into these fights with a broken and low on battery suit??!! my dude stop risking your life to save Clark, you're not indestructible, you can die and you have a daughter! My dude!

No way, they can't kill JH.. Whyyy? I just-

Ah shit mayor is so dirty and gross, ugh politicians

Aww poor Sam Lane, can't do his retirement, now he's training jordan

Don't you dare drink kyle

What the fuck where you doing at the bar Kyle.. Aside from drinking.. With the bartender lady?? Kyle?? There better not have been an affair.. Especially not one that lana doesn't know about

This whole 'truth' talk this episode is confusing me

Yup so chrissy is joining the cult.. Argh man, sometimes I hate being right/predicting sth without being serious about it when predicting it

Uhmm what if chrissy is faking it to really infiltrate the hive/cult? I mean I doubt it but it would be a nice thought?

Thoughts on ep 5 based on the trailer

Is the whole ally/shadow self/other dimension/Bizarro thing another mislead from the writers?

Is Jon going to take the xkrypto and 'fight' with Jordan to really prepare him? Will he tell Mr Lane about the drug? How long will none of the adults know about the drug going around among local teens (maybe even in other cities/worldwide)

Ah the funeral for the 2 super teens, obvi not Clark's fault since he told Anderson not to send them after bizz since he knew that had no chance

Oh a party? Sarah's quince?

Thoughts on Superman and Lois season 2 episode 2 (sort of while I'm watching it)

Aww lois trying so hard to get Natalie to talk with her/like her, hopefully she listens to John Henry's advice to just be herself

Ugh this show is making me feel slightly bad for Sarah.. Tho at the same time I'm like "dude just give her some space and wait for her to come to you when she's ready to talk about whatever is going on with her"

What is your secret saraaaahhhh

Natalie and Sarah? Yes more of that!

Lana is for sure gonna end up running for mayor herself right? I knew she was gonna enter the city politics back in s1 lol

The lights on the creature/person in a suit that is in the mines are sorta throwing me off a bit, can't figure out who its supposed to be hmm

Jon wants to be more buff/man's man to get a better position in football/fit in with the guys or sth?... I do not care

Aww Jordan protecting his dad

Also how are Tals powers back? Did the energy/power sucking thing from s1 not work? How did no machine/security thing at the dod notice his powers being back, aren't they hightech? Confusion...

Is it lois' mom or sister who was invved in the cult.. Hmm I think Lucy.. Either way interesting...(further in the episode and ahh Lucy was the source)

Tag!! Ahhh;maybe I'll join team sulerkids/superschool (this does not include Anderson)

Poor Clark with his visions, headaches and being smacked around by villains loki/hulk style hahaha

So smoking the exkryptonite gives you temporary powers? But does it only give temporary strength /aka only one power?

A little flashback moment of alt!lois.. Will we see another flashback moment of evil superman (pls pls pls)

The bro bro mom drama with dupes tal and their mom is meh, so much drama, don't really care much about it tho I thiiink

Is tal gonna join team superman (like John Henry did in s1)? And try and be good to win his mom's love/approval or sth?

Is the cult leader gonna be one of the many villains this season?

Ahhhhhh I knew it! But also YES supportive Kyle! Yes! I love ittttt! Aww two great minds (Kyle and lana) thinking alike

Wtf is the point of Sarah's secret? I'm sorry? So she's straight (it was just a camp thing; which ugh, coulda been some bi rep, sigh) but also felt guilty about kissing a girl/her friend but also wasn't sure about telling Jordan about it? This makes no sense..

I'm confused why only Clark is having this telekinesis connection with whatever/whoever is in the mines and not the other 2 kryptonian aswell.. Hmm

'sth came through' so there's a portal in the mines?? Came through from where? Another planet or universe?

Who even knows who she's talking to, I'm not gonna try and guess yet lol

[evenstevensranked]

#37: Season 2, Episode 11 - “Wild Child”

Louis jeopardizes Eileen's campaign for Secretary of State by being a general lunatic on television and must deal with the repercussions of his actions. Elsewhere, Nelson wants to learn how to fight and goes to Donnie for help.

This one opens with the most bizarre shots of Louis "riding a bike" in front of an obvious green screen. It's actually pretty great. Again, it's one of those moments like the fake dummy, or the surfing green screen. You automatically know that it's not meant to be taken seriously. I mean, if Louis meditating on the bike crisscross applesauce isn't an indication that the scene is not intended to be realistic, then I don't know what is. Shia’s genuine laughter at the absurdity of the whole thing is also great.

He’s thinking “what is my life”

The scene is used in contrast to the rest of the Stevens family meeting with Eileen’s new image consultant for her Secretary of State campaign. They’re clearly concerned about Louis’ whereabouts and that he’s missing out on some important information. Steve is all “I can’t believe he’s not here yet” and Ren sarcastically says “Yeah, you know.. It’s not like him. He’s usually so considerate” — which hard cuts to Louis screaming “OUTTA MUH WAY!!!” as he zooms past pedestrians with zero regard. Incredible. He even steals a corndog away from the stoner extra Lefkwitz. I’ll never understand Disney’s obsession with corndogs. I feel like they talk about them so much.

Louis shows up late to the meeting with vegetables growing out of his hair, claiming it’s his science fair project. He also says it could be Eileen’s platform: “End world hunger,” which is a great visual. Imagine if we all walked around with food growing out of our heads. The consultant says “Please, tell me this is the wacky next-door neighbor” and in that moment I so wish that Louis was for the family’s sake. He would be the wacky next-door neighbor if this show was about anyone else on their block. This is definitely a sign of Louis becoming more and more outlandish, though. Growing a farm on his head...... like… come on. One thing I’d like to point out is that Christy always makes the actual best facial expressions when reacting to Louis’ craziness. 

Meme central right there.

This whole scene has a lot of those unflattering close up shots that we saw in Surf’s Up. Both episodes were directed by Paul Hoen. I seriously wonder why he apparently likes those angles so much. It definitely adds to the quirky vibe of the show, but still, I’m not entirely sure it fits. It’s a little distracting to me, almost overkill.

Fast forward to the next day. Eileen is officially announcing her candidacy on the Sacramento Morning News with none other than reporter Cynthia Mills. The image consultant dresses them in the most ridiculous “All American” getups and I have no idea how this guy possibly has a career in image consulting.

Is this Even Stevens or Leave It To Beaver? (Steve holding that spatula gets me every time.)

Of course, Louis is missing yet again. This time he has yet to make an appearance because he hates the outfit he has to wear. It is… pretty cringy considering the character of Louis Stevens. This is definitely something he’d never wear in a million years.

Did Eileen make him clean his room just in case? lol Because it looks immaculate in comparison to the tornado of clothes and junk we usually see.

Donnie literally has to carry him downstairs and Louis shouts “PUT ME DOWN, CRAB GOOSE!” which I’m assuming is an ad-lib. Where does Shia come up with this stuff?! Honestly! God bless him. Cynthia asks him “Is something wrong, little guy?” and all hell breaks loose. This is probably one of Louis’ greatest meltdowns, though. It really made me want to rank this episode way higher. It's absolutely insane! But as great as it is, you kinda get annoyed at the fact he can't even control himself long enough to not embarrass his mother on television like that. He legit destroys the living room and breaks Cynthia’s baby toe. But lines like "I am not a little guy, and these are not my pants" and "I'M NOT SHORTY PANTS KID" make it all worth it. It’s another scene that I just have to embed.

Larry Beale gives Ren a hard time about the fiasco at school later. He actually throws some solid shade by saying “What a circus! What is your mom running for? The ring master? ‘Cause I just wanted to know.” But, Nelson decides to step up and say “Hey, Snarky! For a guy with a tiny brain, you got a big mouth.” He proceeds to get stuffed in a locker. This is what motivates him to learn how to fight. But, we’ll get to that later.

Ren knows that some drama is about to go down.

Eileen, Steve and Donnie are at home watching the news report in horror. Cynthia brought Eileen’s opponent on for an interview and of course they seem like saints in comparison to Eileen’s segment — which basically should’ve started off with “Hi. I’m Louis Stevens, welcome to Jackass!” They desperately change the channel, only to find that the story has been picked up by literally every major news outlet. My personal favorite report:

“The Crazy Child” lol. 

Louis comes downstairs and seemingly has no idea why they could possibly be upset with him. Eileen starts to feel like everything is her fault since she’s the one who hired the consultant. And Louis just… AGREES WITH HER! He puts it all on her shoulders and takes no responsibility. “Ma, you’re a good kid. You are. You messed up, but it happens… right?” Eileen puts him in his place and explains how much damage control she has to do because of him. This scene makes me so mad. Ugh. Louuuuisssss. He tries to reassure her, saying it’s yesterday’s news. When suddenly Cynthia and a news crew bust through their kitchen window hoping for “The Wild Child” to go berserk again.

Now Louis finally starts to show genuine remorse, which is always nice and adds that endearing quality to the character. He confides in Ren letting her know that he wants to be the kind of kid who makes his parents proud. I love this. Louis decides he wants to win the science fair to specifically impress Eileen. Ren encourages him by saying she knows him better than anyone and if he sets his mind to something, he’ll do a great job. This is so true.

We see Louis working on his new, elaborate project for the science fair — The “Eco-Bot 3000.” He’s not exactly sure what it does yet, though. Ren is impressed and tells Eileen that he’s been working day in and day out on the project and that she should really go to the fair. The only issue is that Eileen scheduled her damage control press conference for the same day.

So, yeah. Nelson wants to learn how to fight and enlists Donnie’s help. Donnie knows the kid doesn’t stand a chance, so he teaches him some bogus ancient pinky finger trick he dubs “Ka-Ting.” That poking someone in a certain spot will reduce them to a pile of jelly on the floor. Okay. Nelson falls for it though and thinks he’s suddenly become some sort of blackbelt. He starts intimidating kids at school with his pinkies. How embarrassing. Let’s just wrap this subplot up now, shall we? Ren finds out about what Donnie did, so she tricks Nelson into thinking he’s too powerful and needs to put his pinkies away for good. He falls for that, as well. What a gullible guy. The end, lol. It’s an underwhelming subplot and feels like a total waste of time. 

One of the craziest things ever happens at Eileen’s press conference. Cynthia asks her "Is there any truth to the rumor you have sent him off to a desert work camp?" Holy crap. Did the writers just predict the freaking future?!

I wonder if Shia was already confirmed for Holes and they wrote that in as a little joke?! This episode aired in 2001. The movie was released in early 2003, so it obviously must’ve filmed in 2002. It’s a possibility! Suddenly the entire movie has become a spin-off/Even Stevens AU fanfiction of Louis being sent off to camp for terrible behavior. Let’s be real, though… He WOULD become the leader of the D-Tent pack. Holes will forever be a Louis Stevens at Camp Greenlake story now. Well.. minus the whole “no-good-dirty-rotten-pig stealin’-great great grandfather” mumbo jumbo. And the fact that his name is Stanley Yelnats. Annnnd has a completely different life story. Just forget that. Anyway, I just thought this bit was borderline eerie!! haha. It’s too coincidental. 

Cut to the science fair. The "Eco-Bot 3000” ended up being an automatic recycling machine and can/bottle crusher. HE'S SO TALENTED!!! I swear to god. If there was ever an Even Stevens reboot, Louis needs to have a job in engineering and do stand up comedy on the side or something. Wow.

Eileen ditches the press conference to be a good mother and support Louis at the fair. Everything is great and amazing and he wins first place! Until he demonstrates how it works to Cynthia Mills and the news crew and accidentally has it crush a full carton of milk — which explodes everywhere and the system runs haywire. There was a crap ton of milk in there. How did he not feel that when he lifted the carton??? He’s smart enough to create this machine from scratch but too dumb to realize the carton is full of milk?! Logic. The Eco-Bot pretty much becomes an extension of Louis’ personality we saw earlier, and terrorizes the fair. And… that’s it.  

Look how proud he was, though… :(

This one doesn't have much of a definitive ending. Or maybe it does, but it's just not very satisfying because Louis still basically loses in the end. The thing he worked so hard on ultimately goes wrong for him… on live TV… again. I don't like that. It always leaves me feeling upset and a little empty, tbh. But a memorable moment like the Shorty Pants freakout, and seeing Louis genuinely want to be a better kid redeem it for me. I couldn’t care less about this Nelson subplot, though.

Thanks for reading! And side note: Today is actually Shia’s 31st birthday!! Aww. Time flies. Go wish the king himself a good one.

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[magicgeekponsol-blog]

“Soulmates...hm?”

Ponsol’s opinion on the whole Soulmate concept. I lied appareently when I said the others weren’t as long as Shugarl’s. This one is like 100 words shy of being the same length. lol

Unbeknownst to many, Ponsol was a romantic at heart. He got lonely easily, and he did seek validation from others. If he was asked if he believed there existed a soulmate for him, then he’d tell you that such a tale was BULLSHIT.

It wasn’t logical, nor could you prove it to be true.

However, deep down he did want to believe it. He wanted to believe it, but as a man learned in the Sciences, he had to be able to separate fact from fiction. Soulmates weren’t something one could prove, but when you thought of creatures like Crows which mated for life to a single partner, it had you thinking. Could soulmates truly exist?

Crows were social creatures and they were solitary until they found their mate. If something were to happen to their mate, they’d remain alone for the rest of their lives. Other example of animals were the same. When you thought about it like that, could that be proof of the existence of fated pairings?

If so, why wasn’t it that every creature was like this? Was it due to population control? Having a soul? (due to the fact many attest that animals have no such thing) Who was to truly say?

If one needed a ‘soul’ in order to display soulmate behavior, then was that proof that some animals did in fact possess one? Many would dispute this claim, either because they believed animals were too mentally inferior to possess one or due to religious reasons. Regardless of the fact of whether or not animals possessed souls or not, humans believe they do.

Humans do attempt to mate for life if possible, but sometimes they break away from their supposed mate and find another. Sometimes they lose their mate in an untimely accident and find another they love just as much as the first. Did they have two soulmates? Were neither of them the soulmate if both spouses were loved equally? Was the TRUE soulmate out there, still waiting?

Did they even wait? It’s possible they went and found someone else to love instead. The concept of Soulmates was very idealistic, but that’s the point—it’s an idea. Does it truly matter how factual it is? It’s a dream, a wish, and a goal. The point was that one was to find the one they can love more than anyone else in the world. If you came to love someone to the point you were sure you’d die without them, must you check out thousands of other people to drive the point home that you truly love your partner? Ponsol would think not, but it wouldn’t hurt (if done right).

One thing Ponsol was sure people of Rouves were forgetting: Could it not simply be the fact the man was a just a lousy man who got caught in the act of cheating on his wife as he’s a predator and in her rage, she vowed to never forgive him? The mistress, lusting over power (whether she truly is in love with him is anyone’s guess) accepted him as second hand goods. Love could be viewed through the glasses of politics and not some magical and legendary mumbo jumbo.

There were multiple factors and sides to everything. A lot of people studying biology would agree that love is a series of chemical signals to the brain, a primal desire of lust, and attraction to the other person’s scent. You could love someone, but it was a part of human nature to be interested in other people. Genetic fitness at its finest. On a basic level, everyone wants for their young to be fit for the world. It goes without reason that those with good genetics are attractive. A faithful husband may love his wife, but will occasionally have a wandering eye as a man’s instinct is to produce many children to continue his legacy.

Just nature. It was similar to how most women, even if the child was not her own would become fiercely protective of it. The maternal instincts of women were strong, so even animals are seen rearing animals of other species. Is it weird? Yes, but it is nature.

That being said, as moral, intelligent, and social creatures, cheating on your partner was deemed wrong for humans. Though it was a part of instinct to wish to produce many children, staying faithful to one partner was ideal. Some were horrid at doing so, like his father for instance. That man brought shame and pain upon his family and was one reason why Ponsol absolutely detested the idea of cheaters.

Living creatures were attracted to each other by the appreciation of genetic diversity, fitness, hormonal compatibility, and attraction to the other’s scent. (Ever wonder why you appreciate your significant other’s scent? It’s because you are in fact compatible. Consider that for next time). Compatible personalities, good health, wealth and other categories were also good factors to consider when one starts to love another. Taking all that into consideration, it was not a stretch to consider the fact that there is a person out there who is fit for you better than most others in the world. It may seem as though that person was especially made to be with you. Is that not essentially a Soulmate? Just… without the inclusion of the soul being a necessary component to whether or not you were meant for loving each other?

Rather than saying your souls were fated to be together, it may be more accurate to say that by completely natural means, you are more likely to fall for a certain person or peoples. In some way, one could consider this similar to having a Soulmate if it would be inevitable to fall for someone because of your nature.

From these thoughts, a part of him did believe in the concept of soulmates, however, he did not want to set himself up for disappointment and failure. Therefore, he often put up a façade of disbelief in order to numb the pain if he fails to find his perfect destined person.

Ultimately, Ponsol could be considered ‘undecided’ on whether or not he believed in the existence of soulmates. He disbelieved it as one could not hope to prove such a thing, that in the world of billions of people just one person out there was the BEST suited for just you in the world. However, natural examples did have him contemplating on the validity of such claims.

Hopelessly romantic to believe that there truly was one person who you were destined to fall in love with and they with you. The validation of knowing that there is someone who accepts you for who you are, sees you as THEIR number one was horrendously alluring, but also starkly disappointing when you considered the possibility of such a thing. Even more painfully heartbreaking when you then took to thinking the probabilities of even being able to find this person in your human lifetime when the world was so vast.

Still, a romantic thought could remain a dream for the young man who did wish to find someone who would love him and truly prefer him over his brother.

Now, would he join a rally for such a thing? You must be kidding him. That sounded like a huge bother and a waste of his time and patience. Do you believe he’d be able to remain calm enough to not wreak havoc on the crowd of pestilence (this is how he viewed most people) and ignorance?

Come and talk to him again once it starts becoming a global issue. After a few years of living in Bellevue, he’d planned to move back to the US. The happenings in Rouves in all likelihood will not heavily impact the States. If it were to become a global issue in which businesses, celebrities, government officials and the like started to add their own inputs, THEN he may join the fray. Even if he still chose not to, his grandfather would task him to do so.

What a pain. You would think that going to the Rallies in order to talk to Alaine Blanchefleur would be his goal, but he didn’t want to network with someone deeply stuck in too much drama and controversy. That’s just a pain.  The least of his worries would be the tabloids believing him to be her next meal. He has honor and standards, thank you.

[flameontheotherside]

Yes yes and MORE YESS! Love it... 😍❤️

What is interesting, I want to add...

I smoked a shit ton of weed once and experienced what was my chakrahs opening up. Each one like a flowers pinning in opposite directions. Each part tingling and such. The flowers started to become more vibrant. Back in 2008 I wasn't even close to being on the spiritual path. I was totally against it so I didn't know what I was experiencing so I jumped up and shook it off. Whenever I smoke weed my 6th sense is amped up a notch and it's overwhelming. That's how I noticed I could have conversations with Erik responding in something like Morse Code. It was trippy. Since then that's how I "hear" him.

Again, I smoked weed heavily and I attribute it to opening up parts of my brain that allow my spiritual gifts to function. Because they definitely do! I also take psychiatric drugs. If I was really psycho, these drugs would have wiped out my gifts or my spiritual doors would just about close, right?

My medications aided me on my spiritual path!

Without my medications, I can't consentrate, I have frequent nightmares, my anxiety would be through the roof. I started my meds in fall of 2016 and when I was stabilized on the right medications, my lucid dreams about Erik started to become more frequent and clearer. I can remember every detail. So I was stabilized in spring 2017 shorly after I asked God for my path and accepted my spiritual gifts and whatever, I had two vivid dreams about Erik right before I met him.

On the right medications I am able to perform better because I am concentrate, I don't over think or become spooked so easily although from time to time I still do! I notice when I was on my medications in 2010-2012 I also remember experiencing about the same but I wasn't invested in it as I am now. Lol

If I stopped all medications I wouldn't be able to keep up my spiritual path.

I have Bi-polar, OCD and ADHD. My mind is constantly in to projects and focused on keeping busy. I wouldn't have any time for spirituality and what I thought was mumbo jumbo. Sitting and talking to Erik? Haaaaaaaa no, not even possible. Meditation would be impossible to do. Because these things were impossible, even when I wanted to become more spiritual, it was a lost cause and BECAUSE it was a lost cause, I felt spirituality was bullshit. Like if I can't concentrate on a moving crystal then spiritual practice like that is bullshit. I was only salty that I was incapable of focusing.

Some people link weed to having to do spirit. We get HIGH because we are accessing our higher spiritual components! I think! Some of us open or get access to spiritual doors that would have been shut had we not been chiefing. Modern medicine will always associate spiritual with mental illness.

From my point of view...

People have turned away from God/Spirit and science is the reason why. The powers that be want us to turn away and become sheep. We are so heavily medicated and so we become docile. If we continue on the spiritual path and accept what he's given to us because of a plant he created we are a step ahead of those who aren't.

Remember guys.... It's still important to take your medications. While I'm on mine, I'm able to focus on my path and continue living a human life. If it weren't for modern medicine I literally would not be here!

Thanks @elevenmoonwind for your post! This was an awesome read and I'm happy for you!

BTW resperidone made me lactate lmfao 😱🤣 I was like, noooooooooooo! My boobs got bigger and of course I gained weight but wellbutrine got me back down to 130! Love it!

😘❤️ Good night ya'll!

Spirituality & Mental Health Conditions

In 2015, after smoking copious amount of cannabis (I had never smoked before), I started having odd symptoms. Intrusive thoughts, elevated mood and delusions. In 2017 I was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and my doctor stated that my smoking of cannabis caused the onset of the symptoms (not the disorder, however. I want to stress that).

Now, being in the spiritual community, I have been told what happened to me was purely spiritual, and that medicine for mental disorders are harmful and never work. Well, I don't believe that. I do believe I had both a psychotic AND spiritual experience. I felt more gratitude and happiness than I had ever felt while is psychosis. But I had delusions and intrusive thoughts, and problems sleeping. Now, I do believe I had some internalized issues of insecurity, and that my thoughts reflected that. Shadow work does help with these things. But since being on antipsychotics my schizophrenia symptoms are gone, both the positive and negative symptoms. I do belive there is a physical component to my disorder, and that it's not strictly spiritual. I understand a lot of people in the new age community will disagree with me, and that's okay. I just don't think it's healthy to tell people with psychotic disorders that medicine is always bad for them. Sometimes, it is. And often these medicines have bad side effects. I gained 65 pounds in 2 years on risperdal. On the flip side, I lost the weight once I got on abilify. People have to find if they truly need medicine and what will work for them. I do truly believe there CAN be a spiritual side to psychosis, but that's just not always the case.

Also, the reason I say it was also spiritual is because I believe I experienced kundalini. While I was sleeping I awoke to a purple energy going from my groin up and out my head. It was one of the strangest things ever, lol. I also had innate knowledge that I had never encountered. I knew we as beings are all connected, and I experienced my own growing intuition.

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mia i'm thinking abt studying nursing... do u mind sharing how u decided on nursing/how u feel abt studying it

hi!!! right now i’m really enjoying it... i’ve always had an interest in science and i’ve always loved helping people, but it took me an entire to degree to figure out that “pure” science (i.e. like...research and shit) was not my cup of tea AT ALL. my first undergrad was in biomedical sciences and literally for four years i was like “...i literally don’t care...”and it was rlly awful. so basically i went into nursing bc i had nothing 2 do after my first degree and i wanted something practical that could get me a job LOL. but now that i’m here, i’m really glad. this is the kind of science that i like...being able 2 learn about body systems, disease processes + pharmacology in a way that that is tangible and will help me help other people u know? i think all that theoretical mumbo jumbo just rlly wasn’t for me and i didn’t ever feel motivated bc i just didn’t see a point lol.the first few semesters of nursing were really hard bc we had to learn about all that basic foundational shit, and i literally wanted 2 die every day (i was THIS close 2 dropping out) but now that i’m in the hospital with my own patient assignments and able to practice skills independently, i feel super accomplished and good about it. so if u do decide to go into it, give it some time!!!anyways, i would just say look at urself, look at ur strengths and what u want to do and go from there. nursing is such a varied discipline, and u can do a lot of things with a nursing degree, so if u like end up hating the hospital u can work out in the community, u can be a travel nurse, u can do administrative shit like....damn i kno. ask urself questions like: do i like helping ppl? do i understand that im going to be seeing ppl at their very worst? am i prepared to partake in every aspect of care in relation 2 my patient (like personal care, walking with them, seeing them cry), etc? honestly, if u can find a shadow opportunity, i would go for it! um srry this is so convoluted and not very informative, but if u have specific questions feel free 2 message me again or like send me a chat msg :-)