#moonshine story

[fujiwaranomokou2]

Happy Lunar New Year

[sassafrasmoonshine]

John Bauer (Swedish, 1882-1918) • Lena Dances with the Knight • from the anthology Among Gnomes and Trolls • 1915

Among Gnomes and Trolls (Swedish: Bland tomtar och troll), is a popular Swedish folklore and fairy tales annual and children's fairy tale anthology published since 1907. One of the most noted of the early illustrators is artist John Bauer.

[stone-stars]

a while ago i saw a post by @sideblogdotjpeg about how the cycles in c3 seem a lot more personal/familial. and i kind of went insane in the tags at the time and i’ve been thinking about it a lot since because like…

you have the heroic cycles that the band of boobs parallel/break on this large scale. the idea of these broken trios of adventurers is there throughout the campaign, but they really start to engage with it towards the end— with the divine hearts, and thiala, and the wheel of suffering/wheel of joy idea. the thing hardwon says as he takes the divine heart, that no matter what anybody chooses from then on it’s with love in their hearts, i feel is very relevant to how they break the cycle. they love each other, and they choose over and over to hold each other tighter rather than be driven apart.

and on the other hand, you have duck team’s refusal of fate vs their family’s resignation to it. look at swag working with mothership, oliana’s contrition, and the stuff that is currently ongoing with gowan. you know— sol is a version of swag who fully rejected mothership and found his friends instead. callie refused to be a part of her family’s business, and her love for the wild and the serpents is giving the world a chance. calder, when he makes the deal with ultrus, telling callie and sol that he trusts them to save him. and now calder is refusing to sit back and let gowan handle things in the ice knife.

it's not that duck team aren't trying to save the world. they are. and it's not that the boobs didn't have a personal connection to the cycles they were breaking. they did. but it's like... well... how do i put this into words. right--

the song melora's boon plays when the boobs arrive at the heart of the world and speak to melora. when she talks to beverly about duty, shows him the places he faltered and how at the last second, he gets back up. (later, when they face thiala, bev doesn't go unconscious once. at one point, he's the only one standing.) for sol, this is the song that plays when he expresses his fear of going down again. when he admits to callie that he's scared of the day that she and calder are down and he's the one that needs to stand up alone. when callie says she's not afraid of that day, and sol finds himself empowered by the mushroom in his chest. the moment that sets up sol's long death monk ability, where he's able to refuse to go down and keep on fighting.

melora’s boon is also the song that plays for moonshine’s boon at the heart of the world. there are actually two songs in this scene, hardwon’s is different, and the transition back happens when melora says there’s a part of herself that moonshine hasn’t embraced. when she speaks to moonshine leading her people to a better future like an alpha wolf leading her pack. for callie, it plays when she tells hardwon and sol that she’s a liability and she needs to change— to embrace winter— in order to get calder back, even as they reassure her that she doesn’t. it also plays when callie asks the others to help her protect honeysuckle while he’s weakened. when they promise to lead honeysuckle home and free him from his connections to gromdal.

the writing on the wall plays when the boobs reach the court of gods. there's the wall of prayers there, and they hear the prayers of the people of bahumia, reaching out to them. prayers of protection-- for and by them. prayers that put the future of bahumia in their hands. for callie, this is the song that plays when she sees aryox's carving of her reaching the cave. when she realizes her mother acted the way she did because she could see what was coming in the future. when she realizes her mother was leaving the world in her hands.

the songs that the boobs first encounter at the end— when they’re basically demigods stepping up to face thiala— return for duck team in these personal moments. when sol finds the strength to refuse death. when callie talks about embracing winter, her mother’s season, something she eventually finds strength in, to save her friend. when callie asks the others to help honeysuckle, one of the serpents that she’s promised to protect partially due to the harm her family caused to the wild. and when callie realizes her mother saw the future and acted as she did because of it, pushing callie to walk the path she’s walking now.

anyway. this was a post about naddpod music.

[shiningliive]

Lets go to an Utapri concert!

I am looking for codes to enter the ticket lottery for Utapri's 'Star Treasure Moonshine' concert!

If you purchased a copy of the Starish Star Treasure Sunshine Bluray or DVD, and will not be using the code that comes with it to enter the ticket lottery yourself then please send it my way!!!

If you send me an eligible code, I can to provide you with a logo design, chibi art commission, or perhaps small payment in return. (Commissions would not include commercial rights, but you may use for personal use and post to your own social media with credit to me)

Art/Design samples:

I currently only have one code to enter, so the more codes I can get, the better chance I have of hitting for tickets. This has been my dream for the last 12 years, so please do not hesitate to reach out if you have one available! you can DM me here, or @/magicalmeily on twitter (where you can also see more of my graphic design samples).

Any boosting would be appreciated!!

[nordfjording]

once when i lived in the south of norway i ended up in a discussion with friends from the southeast (relatively flat area) because their idea of a 'bad road' was a winding road so when i complained about roads in the west being bad they thought i meant there were a lot of turns. and i had to tell them about when someone in my home town owned a shire horse that caused municipal govt a lot of trouble because when the horse walked on public roads the asphalt would crack and crumble bc the ground was too soft to support the weight.

so yknow. we live in different contexts i guess.

[podcastwizard]

hey i know it's been a while since podcastwizard has posted about podcasts but i think jake and emily should fully lean into a calder/calliope romance as a special gift for me personally

[precious-little-bhaalbabe]

Constantly thinking about the data miner who found cut content of the voice lines of companions learning Minthara was pregnant and everything about that

[missneko-otaku]

This event story is so erotic, love it X^D

[catsockpuppet]

alrighty, so, thanks to @momentokori, the story i’m working on is now called howling moonshine!

i’m still working on death blossoms and the haunted ocean, but those require more time to start (which i don’t really have) and howling moonshine has no.. overarching story. it’s kind of just a fun world i can mess with

[tricoufamily]

i don’t do blood sports after this is the fall ends and i instead do my beckett and connor western au

[paranormaljones]

starting to regret not reinstalling Red Dead Redemption 2 on my compooter after I had to get it replaced because dang it I want to play it again but with my awful internet it's gonna be like a three day affair to install it 😭

[fujiwaranomokou2]

Summer in YunokiRoom Part 2

[sassafrasmoonshine]

The Clown of God • Retold and illustrated by Tomie dePaola (American, 1934-2020) • 1978 • Simon & Schuster

[thedogsleg]

I hate the rdr1 ambient challenges so fucking much. Do you know how many people ive disarmed and de-hatted in and out of dead eye and its not registered? And those damn hutter challenges. Its so... "put game has X hours of content" and its that ling bc its just frustrating and reloading and gahgahgahhrgehaghhhfgg

[florainkingdom]

"Come on Petunia, at least have ONE drink. What's the point in gals' night if ya don't have a bit of fun." Hallia managed to drag Petunia away from paperwork, now it was just a matter of getting her to unwind.

"Alcohol taints the soul and mind Hallia. Besides, you should've known I wouldn't indulge the second you invited her." Petunia would look at Mary after saying that.

"Still mad about tattoo?" Mary asked, which earned her the ever-famous Quibble glare. "Hey, you got it removed, and it wasn't THAT bad."

"You never mentioned this to me Petunia. Now I have GOT to hear this story." Hallia wondered why Petunia never mentioned it before.

"Absolutely not. It was a whole ordeal and a mistake I made when I was in college. No need to bring it up." Petunia would rather have her foot cut off again than relive that night.

"Oh, come on, it was only a tattoo that said T-" Mary was swiftly cut off by Petunia jumping on top of her and covering her mouth.

"Not another word out of you Moonshine, or I may have to break some vows." A vague threat, though one Mary seemed to fully understand as she nodded her head. The feline getting off the false nun and sitting back down.

"I think I'll pass on the story now." Hallia rarely sees Petunia get THAT mad so best just to drop it and not risk being out of a job. "Come on, let's just settle down an enjoy the rest of the night."

"Sounds good to me," Mary said, back in her seat despite neither Hallia nor Petunia actually seeing her get up and sit back down. "Just let me know if you want a drink Twtichkitten." Then there goes the false nun booking it with Petunia running after her.

[cry1ngd3vil]

Little Prayer

!All fake!

I sit in my room, blood dripping from my wrists as I kneel down, praying to god or any higher creature that will hear my pathetic, desperate little pleas.

"Why do they do this to me, God?"

God is silent. He usually is.

The moon shines bright this night, the knife under my pillow reflecting the glow that comes from my window and drawing my attention.

I grab it, deciding to put an end to this once and for all.