#musings of a prophet

[curious-prophet]

I wish I knew how to plan multi chapter fics because I have two bridgella fic ideas stuck in my head that can’t be written because I suck at planning.

Mayhaps it’s for the best cuz one of them is super dark. Which is saying something cuz they both involve Ella being kidnapped.

[polyhexianbirb]

According to Eustathius, Tiresias was a woman that basically did what Cassandra did, offered to fuck Apollo for music lessons, went back years later like "eh, I'm not into twinks", got turned into a twink, and then somehow became a woman again! Then she offends Hera who turns him into a man AGAIN only for Zeus to be like "nah, you look better as a woman", and change him back again.

Only then Tiresias thinks he wants to be a man, and the Muse's help with that, but then Aphrodite doesn't like that, so she turns him into a female, and then to rub salt into the wound she turns her into a mouse. Like imagine being Tiresias there. Woman, man, woman, man, woman, man, then WOMAN AGAIN, then mouse.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

“You often say, ‘I would give, but only to the deserving.’ The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for To withhold is to perish.

Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and his nights, is worthy of all else from you. And he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream.

And what desert greater shall there be, than that which lies in the courage and the confidence, nay the charity, or receiving?

And who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride, that you may see their worth naked and their pride unabashed?

See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrument of giving.

For in truth it is life that gives unto life— while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.”

–Khalil Gibran, from The Prophet (1923)

[Memphis Muse]

[slugcatmusings]

Thoughts on Slugcat Mythology UwU

So for the most part I’ve been musing about biology here, but recently I’ve started musing about slugcat culture.  If slugcats are (as I like to think) a sapient species (if not a very advanced one) how might they perceive the world?

More specifically, because I am a fantasy worldbuilder over a science fiction one and I like coming up with stories about gods and monsters, what might slugcat MYTHOLOGY be like?

Rain World is a very harsh world to live in.  It’s full of deadly weather, enormous predators, abominations of nature, and countless other threats for a tiny slugcat, and unlike their predecessors the ancients, the slugcats don’t yet have the scientific knowledge to understand how everything works.  They’re not a united society, more like a bunch of tribes and loners struggling to survive.  Many things they didn’t understand would be attributed to the work of gods or spirits, and they’d revere things that help a scug clan not only survive, but thrive, and whisper warnings to their pups to stay out of dangerous places.

Perhaps the slugcats have gods of the hunt or the bounty of nature, beings who grant them strength to bring down mighty beasts to feed the clan or gift them luck to find food to bring home to their families.  Or maybe they worship gods who have blessed them with resilience, the determination to keep stubbornly going no matter what dangers the world might throw at them.

There are stories of strange beings which live in the metal mountains that tower above the rains and clouds, who gift knowledge never before known.  There are pictures of them carved into trees and stones, odd tailless gods of another long-gone people chained inside their temples with great halos of pearls circling them like satellites.

The slugcats tell of a plague inflicted on those who intrude on the decaying ruins, one that lingers in the highest, twisting places of the world, and oozes into the depths.  A corruption that consumes the body and in turn forces it to consume, friends turning upon friends, littermates upon littermates, parents upon pups, as it eats the entire world starting from the tallest of peaks.  There are stories of what might happen if its endless hunger consumes all, the world becoming nothing but disease and rot.

There are great heroes of legend, slugcats who ventured beyond their lands to bring home wisdom and lead their peoples into posterity.  There are stories of the messengers of the gods, slugcats chosen to bring the holy words and wisdom of the gods to new recipients, for the cost of never living amongst their kind again.  There are stories of great wars between colonies, of slugcat pitted against slugcat for the struggle of survival.  There are whispers of monstrous slugcats who have bathed in the blood of their enemies and become drunk on the slaughter, stuck in a never-ending cycle of bloodshed and pain.

There are tales of a great sea of gold beneath the earth, so deep below that the rains cannot reach them.  A sea which offers an end to the strife and suffering.  A place where the people of the past turned to, when their gods could not save them, and the realm that chained gods long for, hoping to reach it once they’ve broken their bonds.

There are prophecies of a guide who will one day lead the dying gods to their final resting places, deep beneath the earth.  Of the world one day crumbling, and everything ending in one last dying gasp - for everything lives and dies again, becoming something new, and the world is no different.

[counselor-elijah]

Reminder of the night! You can go out to dance under the moonlight while it’s still raining but beware! You might get wet and step on,,, something slippery of unidentifiable origin :(

[esotericjerks]

“I’m so sorry- sososo sorry- j- just please, stay over there.” 

Usually this only happens when she’s sleeping. The visions come to her in dreams- disjointed, momentous, awful dreams; they leave her less rested when she wakes. But on very rare occasions- near certain people or places- they start to bleed into real life. It’s violent; her eyes can’t focus, her limbs shake, her head feels like it’s splitting open. There’s a sound in her ears like cathedral bells and a voice she can’t understand. The images flash through her mind, but Adelaide cringes away from them. She doesn’t want to see, doesn’t want to know, but can’t do a thing about it. 

And for someone to witness her like this? They’ll think she’s crazy. Or on drugs. She collapses onto her knees, head in hands. “Sorrysorrysorry—”

[divine-swag-summit]

NO ONE TALK TO ME THEY RELEASEDD MATCHING OMORI X BASIL MERCH DURING PRIDE MONTH ARE YOU KIDDING ME

[running2redemption]

Titan's Prophet AU Masterpost/Overview

A Philip Wittebane centric AU. Character relationships at the bottom of the post.

When Philip first arrived on the Isles, alone and hostile, the Titan attempted to reach out to guide him, subtly at first and less so as the stubborn man ignored the signs.

Eventually the Titan reached out telepathically - and even then Philip accused the Titan of being the voice of the Devil. It was only through ignoring the Titan's warnings repeatedly that he began to maybe consider this guide might not be evil. And once that trust was established, Philip was constantly asking questions about this place, and the Titan answered where she could.

By the time Philip reached Caleb, there was still an argument about being abandoned, but that's all it was: an argument.

Philip wound up living with them, helping Evelyn with potions and writing a book about the Isles from the perspective of a newcomer, published under the pseudonym Belos. It was around this time that Caleb carved Philip his own palisman, Tate(r).

When he heard Evelyn refer to the Titan in a manner similar to God and the Titan responded, Philip had a little tiny bit of a freak out. He was a chosen prophet of the God of this place? He was special. He was Chosen.

Caleb and Evelyn didn't quite believe him at first, but as he demonstrated knowledge he couldn't possibly have obtained any other way they began to.

And Philip was so eager to be directed by the Titan; the Titan had a means to influence the world in a bigger way with Philip. Caleb carved Philip a new mask and he went out to solve the world's problems as Belos, the Titan's Prophet!

He travelled all over the Isles, warning people of impending disaster, resolving conflict and occasionally running into trouble. The Titan shared some of her power with him, enabling him to cast magic similar to a witch, and lengthened his lifespan significantly.

Between following the Titan's bidding he returned to Evelyn and Caleb's home and their seemingly endlessly growing brood. In this time he built the Portal Door and subsequently lost it after a single use, Philip couldn't hear the Titan in the Human Realm so he returned to the Boiling Isles fairly quickly.

As more time passed, Philip asked the Titan to extend Caleb's life as well, which the Titan agreed to if that was what Caleb wanted. But Caleb rejected the offer - he was happy with the life he'd been given, he didn't want to watch Evelyn and his kids die, to outlive them like that. He was happy Philip had found his place in the world and had really grown into an accomplished man, but eternity was not for him.

There was a lot of bitterness about that decision and Philip tried to find a way to convince or force Caleb to accept the offer, but he never could, even on Caleb's deathbed.

Philip was left the house, and began wallowing in grief. The Titan installed Hooty into the house to keep Philip company and draw the man out of his misery. It worked.

Philip resumed missions with Hooty acting as security while he was away, but any Clawthorne was welcome to use the house as needed, it acted mostly as a family home.

The Titan's requests slowed as time went on, partly because there's only so many problems that can be solved by throwing Philip at them and partly because while Philip's lifespan had been extended, he was still aging and the Titan was worried it was becoming too much for him.

He became the Clawthorne family historian, good old uncle Philip, always reliably there. The general assumption is that the prophet Belos died, most of the Clawthornes didn't know that he'd even been the prophet.

The Sovereign took control of the Isles and Philip did ask if he should do something about that but was advised to stand down, which he did, reluctantly. He still wrote scathing political takes in the paper under the name Belos - most people assume it is just a reference to the old prophet for those who know their history.

When Edalyn was cursed and ran away from home she inevitably turned up at Philip's, who gladly took her in despite the attack on Dell - he was confident he could handle Eda at her worst with the Titan's blessing.

Philip has basically become a homebody, rarely leaving the house, the general public don't even know he exists.

Character Relations (most interactions would take place in the first season equivalent)

Luz - A new young face around the house. Philip is somewhat indifferent until he realizes she's human - he's warming up to Luz.

Edalyn - Beloved annoying niece.

King - Beloved son. Spoils him. King does not know he's a Titan at this point, though Philip does draw the Titan often and tells him that it's King's father.

Hooty - A good very annoying friend.

Hunter - Who's that? And why does he look like my long-deceased brother?

Lilith - Beloved niece. Reminds him of himself.

Willow - Luz's friend from school?

Gus - Luz's friend from school?

Amity - Luz's ??? from school?

Raine - Eda's ex. Shame, Philip really liked them, which should have been his first warning that it wasn't gonna work out - he never likes the Clawthorne's partners.

Dell - Beloved nephew, reminds him a lot of Caleb.

Gwendolyn - Not fond. Kind of amused that she is a -lyn that joined the family instead of being born into it.

The Sovereign - Never met them and never wants to.

The Titan - Partner.

The Collector - Who?

[speakergame]

Hello! A bit of a random question; do you have your own names for the Speaker, Seer and the dog? My names for the twins change constantly, but I always name the dog Grim

I have a test game that I use to play through and make sure everything's working correctly, and I've been using the same names for them since the beginning. mostly because I don't want to give myself the added pressure of making up more names 😅

but my test Speaker's name is Calliope "Cal" Frost (she/they), Seer is Cassandra "Cass" Frost, and Dog is Rex 💙

[sleepless-in-starbucks]

in theory the only reason im writing this lj-to-the-left is for prophet luke but unfortunately my brain that is au and lj diseased is latching onto it like a starving vampire,,,,, like ok so prophet!luke is more accustomed to horrors than lj!luke . because of this he is dealing with things better when he gets to hermitcraft . which means while it's clear he had Smth happening in his old world, it isnt affecting him as badly as it was/is affecting lj!luke . which means boatem doesnt have to be as terribly worried about him right off the bat . which means mumbo doesnt have to be as terribly worried about him right off the bat . which means mumbo can openly flirt with prophet!luke . who is unfortunately even more oblivious than lj!luke . do you see my vision . you will soon im already 4k into this bad boy and come hell and high water i WILL have it finished and posted by the end of this weekend

[lususnatura]

🎤 🎤 🎤

a song that i associate with my muse meme!

AHH, hey, ramone!! thank you for sending in this prompt :D since you sent in three of the mic's, i shall now be treating you to three songs that make me think of blamore when i hear them / that i associate with it. an explanation of why i chose them will be in the tags <3

hozier - who we are.

icehouse - crazy.

depeche mode - personal jesus.

[counselor-elijah]

…I don’t think he thought of either of us as people

[flesh-of-the-prophet]

Come to, dear! Come to! I must speak with you. I’ve been waiting for years.

welcome dear! so glad you could join me for tea.

elijah volkov, but you may know me as the pink elephant man

fictive headmate. our collective blog is @washedoutwings

he/him

camp here and there fictive

i sometimes refer to myself as the flesh, the prophet, and the heretic

this is my personal blog, for my musings about my muse. some other information, for your enjoyment: dating our system’s up and adam, lover of raw meat, russian (originally, but this body isn’t), very..enthusiastic, obsessive by nature. i use all manner of pet names for everyone, unless you specifically request that i don’t. these primarily include dear, doll, dearest, darling, and hun.

tagging system:

#gospel of the flesh - posts by me

#gospel of the muse - posts about my muse, our system’s sydney sargent

#gospel of the heart - posts about my dearest boyfriend, our system’s up and adam

#the rarest of pleasures - raw meat posts, if this is upsetting for you please block this tag

#obsessions of the prophet - obsessive posts about my muse and/or my boyfriend, if this is upsetting please block this tag

#followers of the flesh - posts made by others

#sermons of the heretic - my memories from before this body

divider system:

raw meat posts will use the following dividers. if you see these from me, prepare for meat discussions

posts about sydney, and posts about adam will use the following dividers. this includes obsessive posts

posts about sydney will use the top two dividers (pink), posts about adam will use the bottom two (red)

pfp: @/crow-skull

dividers: @/cafekitsune, i do not know where the meat dividers are from

[scarletooyoroi]

Alright! S'been a hot minute the AQ and it's been properly digested so to speak. Under the cut I want to go over a different spin of content in the overview, mainly what I feel like were worldbuilding plot points that met odd ends.

Naturally will have some touch of spoilers for those not caught up.

The first thing I want to dive on is the issues that we were teased about Fontaine having.

First example being.

This was one starting example, but there was a few more NPCs and Liben's accounts that told of Fontaine's infrastructure. Now we could angle this as these researchers thinking extremely long term, yet, the realm of Fontaine itself never gives any visual or quest based storytelling of this account. If anything, there seems to be a craze trend with both robotics and the issues regarding the primordial sea.

To me that always just scratched the thought of this being a storybeat that ultimately needs attention. That said, we've virtually got none of that in response. The initial energy issues weren't even an issue as the newly established power source of Indemnitium (which we've never seen even be USED for the town, only Pneuma/Ousia has been utilized) didn't have no concerns what so ever. On top of that, we've learned from Focalors that a mere, minuscule fraction alone was enough to power Fontaine.

So okay, cool, with the granted direction and it's eventual demise, even though it's come at the VERY end of the AQ, that could lead to some future Fontaine stories for this route, right?

Well, no, for again the potential energy issue that needs to be regulated is then magically hoisted up by Nevuilette's hand. His Hydro authority granted him immediate generation, upkeep and control of Pneuma/Ousia energies. Which I mean.. is fine. That said, what to make of all the prior region teasing? Why are the humans there even bothering when technically, there should be no signs of downfall to warrant this concern? As it looks we've seen no measure of heavy pollution at all there either.

In return it gave me the impression that Fontaine's environment might've had a vastly different outlook before. Moreso a deeper look into aspects of pollution, purity and having to make good on caring for the land.

Sliding over to the next!

Another aspect of Fontaine it felt like we were going to get depth in was this, how there was this supposed shadow war between new and old generation Oceanids. Egerias idea of love and unity, Focalor's..??? We never really learned what she did to warrant this distaste, since her plan was moreso focused on just getting the Heavenly Principle's plan situated. Did the Oceanids even know about her existence? Was the distaste aimed at Furina?

There's also the new generation Oceanids in question. Was it the Hydro Phantasms that warranted this issue, or was it the Oceanids that followed the desires in becoming human? The latter feels difficult in being the case as we've seen no rhyme, reason or sign of Oceanid humanity even bothering with them, it's all in their own lives.

While the Hydro Phantasms can still be up for contention, we've rarely met any of them focused on this task. They're either wild spirits or in cases of the Veluriyam mirage, phantasms that wanted to keep the wishes of travelers there alive.

Being a longer time player, this is where many of the storytelling issues didn't end up-- bad (at least too bad to me), rather, it's a really weird note of them just shuffling some past ideas under the rug and calling it a day. I honestly don't think we're going to find any ground on them, given the gradual changes of their story overtime.

These were the big two about Fontaine that I really needed to get out there. With themes such as 'Purity' being a key part of it's story, this felt really weird to just topple on the wayside like this. Instead, it looks like it switched Egeria's sin of human creation instead.

Have you noticed any particulars yourself? Stuff like this fascinates me so I'd love to hear it.

damn you really out here readin' a lot.

[running2redemption]

Dog and Rabbit for Philip

Dog: When was the last time you felt really happy?

“…There are small joys here and there. King and Edalyn usually do coax smiles out of me every time I see them - they like to make others smile, it’s their thing. Luz’s too, from what I’ve seen of her so far.”

Rabbit: If you had any children, what would their names be?

“I do have a child: his name is King. But on the incredibly unlikely chance I had another somehow, Caelyn sounds like a nice name.”

[divine-swag-summit]

entities guy, I hope you know that your submissions got me to listen to the magnus archives

and so far all i have to say is: hey what the fuck(affectionate)