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WE GET POSSESSED? | Ghost Hunting with Friends! Pt. 1 Before the Hunt

Summary:

While filming what should be a routine “ghost hunting” urban exploration video with her friends, Tressa uncovers old secrets that should have stayed hidden.

A/N:

Celebrate Halloween with me by reading this obscure Octopath Ghost Hunting Youtuber parody AU?

This is really just a fun little thing I wanted to do, so I’ll posting chapters as soon as I finish them! That means minimal editing, so I apologize for any errors! I just want to get as much done as possible before Halloween hits tomorrow :)

I’m also cross-posting this fic on AO3 but without the extra formatting. Click HERE to read!

All chapters will be tagged with #ghosthuntingwfriends if you'd like to follow along!

Enjoy!

WE GET POSSESSED? | Ghost Hunting with Friends!

515,962 views | Oct 31, 2024

For this week’s treasure hunt, I take my friends on a Spooky Halloween Adventure to the HAUNTED Old Royal Academy in Atlasdam!

Featuring:

Ophilia (@AskSisterOphilia)

Cyrus (@historywithcyrus)

Therion & Alfyn (@GrabBagGames, @DontTalkToMe, @thatherbguy)

Primrose (@primroseazelhart)

Olberic

H’aanit & Linde

Follow me!

IG and X: @TressaColzione

Edited by Noa (@wyndyseagull)

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Before the hunt

3:30 - FIRST FLOOR

8:50 - SECOND FLOOR

19:51 - THIRD FLOOR

25:02 - HEADMASTER’S OFFICE

33:28 - TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES

38:02 - History Lesson Break

46:57 - THE H4TCH

48:36 - B4SEM3N+

66:66:66 - F4LL1NG IN+0 +H3 A8Y5S

1:19:58 - CALLING THE EXORCIST

1:24:20 - NVM WE’RE GOOD

1:36:21 - REFLECTION

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BEFORE THE HUNT

Since diving headfirst into her steller youtube career, Tressa has learned several valuable lessons: avoid drama, thoroughly vet and research any potential sponsorships, create backups of all her files and videos, etc. You know, the stuff anyone in the business will tell you to watch out for. And even though Tressa hasn’t been on the scene very long, at least compared to some of her peers, she really feels as though she’s gotten the hang of this youtube vlogger thing.

So when she rolls up to the looming, imposing facade of the abandoned Old Royal Academy in northern Atlasdam, Tressa doesn’t have a worry in the world. Tonight is gonna go off without a hitch. Once all of her friends get here, she’s sure they’ll be having too much fun exploring the old place to get scared.

Tressa can’t think of anyone else she’d want to guest star in her next big video than these guys. Even if they all make different kinds of content (or no content at all, in Olberic and H’aanit’s cases), everyone is guaranteed to come out of this venture with a special video of their own.

Cyrus and Olberic are here first, of course. They live in Atlasdam for one, and Cyrus specifically helped her nab permission to shoot on the premises tonight. His set up is frighteningly simple and devastatingly slapstick: a cheap video camera and likely even cheaper clip-on microphone. Olberic holds the camera steady with the fortitude of a statue. Cyrus barely pauses his agonizing ramble about the history of the college to wave at her in greeting.

“...thereby earning itself the new descriptor ‘old’ in 1847. However, the Old Royal Academy’s doors would remain open for several years yet, producing such austere minds as esteemed poet and playwright Simeon Ventus and Atlasdam native Yvon Baudelaire, who earned the title of second president of the (new) Royal Academy in 1864. Shortly after his inauguration, his alma mater would mysteriously catch fire, destroying a large part of the northern part of campus and compromising the structural integrity of the building as a whole. Regrettably, the fire claimed the lives of forty-eight students, teachers, and staff. The school closed, never to open again. As you can clearly see behind me, however, the Atlasdam Historical Society restored the building with the intent of transforming it into a protected historical landmark. While repairs were completed in 1962, a series of logistical mishaps stagnated the effort, leading to the project’s abandonment in 1970.”

With his very interesting and not at all boring monologue finished (for now), Cyrus claps his hands and spins on his heel towards Tressa, donning a mighty grin. “And here is our intrepid adventurer now, come to lead us on a journey through this stunning piece of history! How have you been, my dear?”

“Good!” she says, dragging her last duffle bag out of the back of her car. She brought more than enough gadgets and gizmos for everyone to use tonight.

Tressa has REM pods. EVPs. A bunch of different radios. This weird little teddy bear that talks to ghosts and records spooky sounds. A deck of tarot cards–though they’re mostly for show instead of, like, actual use in studying the paranormal. If there are ghosts and ghouls and demons lurking in that old spooky place, Tressa will find them.

And if not, because, let’s be real, ghosts aren’t real, she’ll have a ton of stuff she can use to edit spooks and scares in post! Her editor Noa always knows how to turn a boring video into something wild and interesting.

While Cyrus paws through her gear, critically examining each piece of probable junk, Olberic hums. “And these… items are supposed to help you do what, exactly?” he asks.

Tressa counts on her fingers: “Pick up weird ghost noises, talk to ghosts, catch apparitions, detect temperature fluctuations–oh, and this thing senses movement!”

“Ghosts are said to manifest as fluctuating energy,” Cyrus explains, holding the Boo Buddy teddy bear out at length. He pokes at its button nose. Then Cyrus hands the bear to his husband, who gingerly accepts it. “Paranormal investigators use sensitive equipment to measure that energy. I read through the wikipedia article last night.”

“I see,” Olberic evenly says.

Yes, their first real skeptic of the night! Cyrus is going to take this investigation so seriously, but she’s really counting on Olberic to keep realistic expectations! It’ll create a nice narrative for the evening, especially when everyone else gets here.

And speaking of the rest of their friends–

Next pulls up a real rust bucket of a truck, the back of which is covered in faded bumper stickers. Most of the decals are meme-y stickers from their own store, but there’s more than a couple hippy environmental messages thrown into the mix. The second the truck clunks into park, Therion tears out of his seat, indignantly hissing, “We’re fucking over.”

“Huh?” Tressa asks right as Alfyn calls through the still open door, “He broke up with me because my swag is–”

Therion slams the door shut.

“I’m done,” he reiterates, daring anyone to challenge him.

Tressa rolls her eyes. They’ll be back together within the hour.

Or so she thinks, until Alfyn joins the group, proudly standing before them while looking like an absolute idiot. Tressa doesn’t know what’s more egregious, the hat that says Paranormal Investigator or the shirt that says, This is my Ghost Hunting Buddy! with a big arrow pointed to the left. Presumably the shirt is half of a matching set. If Therion didn’t set fire to his shirt, it probably got thrown out the window to rot in a ditch somewhere.

(At least that’s what he’ll likely tell them–Tressa wouldn’t be surprised if he’s wearing it right now, kept hidden by his stupid hoodie.)

Tressa reminds herself that she loves Alfyn and Therion and values their friendship. She really does. She really, really does.

“I’m gonna text Prim and see where they’re at,” Tressa mutters, abandoning Cyrus and Olberic to deal with whatever that is.

She quickly rounds the corner, using her phone as a light. The academy rises high into the sky, blocking out the moon from this side and bathing the street in stolid darkness. Dead leaves sweep across the broken sidewalk and crunch underfoot. The gothic metal fence lining the property is painted a chipped black. The Halloween vibes are off the chart out here. If she hadn’t come out earlier to shoot some B-roll, this would be the perfect time.

the girlssssss 4 people Thursday 8:07 PM tressa Whats you guys’s ETA Alf and therion just got here Therions already throwing a fit prim we’re about 6 mins out. phili Oh no! What happened? tressa they broke up bc Alf looks stupid. prim I swear to sealctige. Sorry Phili. phili I’m sure he looks fine :) tressa He really doesn’t tho. prim well we’ll be there soon. hold fast soldier. tressa o7

Before Tressa heads back to the guys, she pauses for a moment. The air is cool but not uncomfortably so, yet a shiver still snakes its way up her spine. She zips up her vest and tugs the cuffs of her sweater over her fingers.

It’s pretty out here, sure, but it is genuinely pretty creepy, too. There are no street lights around the academy–save a large spotlight out front, illuminating the main front gate. The fence isn’t that high either. Even if it’s topped with ornate spikes, that wouldn’t be enough to stop any ne'er do wells from entering. Yet when Tressa was here earlier to film, she didn’t see any graffiti on the walls or trash strewn about the yard. The academy is in tiptop shape. Well, as in-shape as any old, abandoned building can be.

But it’s still weird that it’s so abandoned, right? Like, there’s not a lot of security around the building either. The front gate is padlocked shut, with the key held solely by some up and up from the (new) Royal Academy.

Tressa warily eyes the dark facade, half expecting to see something looking back at her from one of the windows.

But the place is as empty and lifeless as ever.

She’s psyching herself out for no reason. Ghosts aren’t real, and they’re not in any kind of danger. If they do happen to run into someone unsavory inside, they’ll surely turn tail and run at the sight of Olberic and H’aanit.

Tressa shakes her head. Prim, H’aanit, and Phili will be here soon. She needs to head back out front and–

Darkness swoops in as her phone’s flashlight turns off. Tressa flails in surprise, nearly throwing her phone–but self preservation keeps her fingers locked tight around it. She taps on the screen to turn it back on, but it’s like frozen or something, stuck on the background image of her, Ali, and Noa at the fair this summer. The time reads 8:88.

Wait. What? She looks closer, squinting at the dimmed brightness. Okay, yeah, she just misread it. It’s 8:14.

That’s still… weird, though. It wasn’t that late before when she texted Primrose and Ophilia, right? Is her phone on the fritz? Damn Apple, making crappy, overpriced products. Tressa smacks the side of it, clicking the buttons over and over, trying to force it to restart.

Eventually, it unfreezes and the screen goes black. She keeps holding the buttons, waiting for that stupid little apple to pop up and show it’s restarting, but it never shows. Instead, her lock screen flashes back on. It shows a couple missed calls and new texts:

dumdum did you fall in a manhole or smthn — phili Hello? Where are you? Are you okay? — Missed Call from alf — alf Everything ok? where’d you go for real tress we’re gettin worried — dumdum shortstack where did you go if ur doing a prank video i’ll kill you i’ll seriously do it. — Missed Call from alf Missed Call from phili

Before Tressa can respond or even figure out what everyone’s talking about, a blurred, unflattering picture of Therion fills the screen. Her ringtone blares, cutting through the silence like a jagged knife. She answers. “Hey–”

“It’s about damn time!” he interrupts, sounding breathless. “Where the hell did you go? Did you get kidnapped?”

“I’m like twenty feet away from you, just around the corner of the building,” she snaps, marching back down the sidewalk towards the main gate. “I stepped away to text Prim.”

“Yeah, like ten minutes ago! They’ve been asking us where you are.”

Ten minutes? But that’s….

Tressa rounds the corner, stepping back into the buzzing fluorescent light. Cyrus and Olberic still stand by the gate next to her ghost hunting equipment, but now they’re joined by Primrose, trying to convince them that this isn’t something we need to call the cops over, calm down.

“Perhaps she took a wronge turn and lost her way,” H’aanit suggests, though her brow pinches in concern as she scans the street–and then finds Tressa.

“Okay, well, bye,” Tressa mutters before hanging up on Therion. To the rest of her friends, she says, “I had some phone trouble and I think I zoned out for a bit! I’m good though!”

Everyone breathes a collective sigh of relief. Primrose’s thumbs fly across her phone screen as she texts Alfyn and Therion–missing from the group–that Tressa is back.

Tressa becomes a broken record as she assures her friends she’s fine, that she just lost track of time, that nothing happened. No, she didn’t get lost. Yes, she’s really okay. No, she didn’t see Alfyn or Therion–

“I don’t see how you didn’t,” Primrose says, giving her a thorough scan for–what, any injuries Tressa may be hiding from them? “They both went looking for you. You’re sure you just walked around the corner? Kept to the sidewalk?”

Tressa nods. “Yeah, I stood beside the fence the whole time. I don’t know what else to say. I didn’t go anywhere, I swear.”

“What matters is that you’re safe,” Ophilia decides, descending upon the interrogation with all the grace of a saint. She wears a beatific smile that completely unravels the tension. “Let’s head inside. When Alfyn and Therion rejoin us, we can begin filming.”

#ghosthuntingwfriends #I'M DOING IT #octopath #octopath traveler #this is such a goofy au but dang it I'm mostly writing this for me

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freyjas-musings · 8 months ago

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I think its come to a point where I have to clarify a few things.

To start with , to everyone who reached out , thank you I am doing ok, I am just busy, I have a lot of work related travel in the next two weeks and I am preparing for my deadlines and dealing with real life . I promise I am fine.

As far as people who have doxxed me and have put my username on display subjecting me to bullying and harassment, the irony of the entire thing is not lost to me .

The fact that Elriels accused me of threatening to subject someone to harassment, when I specifically did not mention any username or individual .... while simultaneously displaying my username not only on several public FB groups which I have SS of, but also in several posts on both Tumblr and Twitter is baffling . Don't they see that they literally did what they accused me of "wanting" to do?

Who is the only one who is being subject to harassment and bullying ? Me and somehow I am the person who is in the wrong here ?

Now , coming to the part of character assassination, this isn't about fictional characters or books anymore , these people have written horrible things about me as a person ... twisted something I said on a post which most certainly wasn't said in a serious manner its dumb to think it was ( How would someone force someone to write an English exam ? The entire thing was exaggerated and ridiculous) and have called me different things varying from a Psychotic bitch to a creepy person aka defamation thereby posing a threat to my emotional and mental well-being.

I have been in this fandom long enough and I have interacted with enough people that it should atleast give most people that I have interacted with a general idea of what I really am like.

I have mostly kept well away from Elriels , I don't engage with them in any manner if I can avoid it and I have gone ahead and blocked as many of them and their tags. So , I clearly have no intention of interacting with them irrespective of whether they are decent people or not , I simply don't see the necessity and its not my preference. This is the reason most of my interactions usually revolve around Gwynriels and they are the only ones I usually address even in my posts.

I am a part of this fandom for myself and I commission art because I like the creative aspect of it and I love interacting and supporting artists. This much everybody knows about me.

The locus of my identity is internal to me and my circle of validation is a total sum of 2 people - My husband and my child.

So for anyone who thinks they can bully me into going away from the fandom by twisting things and saying mean things about me... you are really wrong.

I honestly wasn't feeling right about BB milking the ship war and preying on vulnerable people while also not lending their support to artists who are integral to the fandom... which is why , I literally stated 2 days back that I would be stepping back from the SJM fandom till we have news on the next book.

But .....

If this is the sort of shit people try to pull with me then it's not about BB anymore, My priority now is bullies in the fandom. My priority is people who thought they could manipulate my people against me.....

I HAVE A FEW WEEKS OF WORK THAT NEEDS MY FOCUS BUT COME APRIL 21ST .... I AM COMING BACK ... WITH MORE CONTENT , MORE COLLABS , MORE GWYNRIEL INITIATIVES AND BETTER STRATEGIES AND YES I WILL BE BOOSTING SEVERAL GWYNRIEL ART PIECES ....CRY ME A RIVER

This is to Gywnriels, I will totally respect it if you guys would like to unfollow me based on the propaganda that's been in action by the Elriels. But seeing I have gained 15 followers in the last 2 days I am going to assume you guys truly understand what I am as a person and for that I am thankful and incredibly grateful 🙏. If you guys see posts of people displaying my username please report both the post and the blogger.

Now , I would like to go back to work because irrespective of who Azriel gets to fuck in the next book ... my work is what is important... its what feeds me and pays my bills.

#gwynriel #gwyneth berdara #pro gwynriel #gwyn acosf #acotar #azriel shadowsinger #gwyn x azriel #azriel #post acosf #acosf theory #acotar fanart #fandom fuckery

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topgunreacts · 1 year ago

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for the omegaverse au, who is the alpha and who is the omega?

Explain my non-standard omegaverse system, thereby clarifying important themes and plot points within my story?? Don’t mind if I do!!!!!

I was going to do this anyway at some point because I know a lot of people avoid A/B/O due to some widely used tropes. If you (whoever reading this) are potentially interested in my story but hesitant due to past omegaverse experiences, this may help you make a final decision. Here’s a quick rundown of my treatment of common tropes in list form, and THEN I will answer your very simple question.

When in heat, do male omegas feel an unstoppable, uncontrollable horniness that overpowers any reluctance to have sex?

Not in my omegaverse. Dubcon winds up in a lot of omegaverse story tags because of this trope. But in my version of A/B/O, a male omega’s heat symptoms can look like any number of things. Horniness can be a symptom, but it isn’t for everyone. And even when it is, it presents itself like more of an itch that wants to be scratched. If a male omega in heat is horny but isn’t around someone he wants to fuck, then he will not fuck. This will cause him to feel irritated, though. If sex is among his body’s primary ways to feel safe during a heat and accrue the most biological resources, he may go on to have a really bad time psychologically. But at no point will he be trying to have sex he doesn’t want to have.

Mpreg?

Not in my omegaverse. I have no beef with it, it just doesn’t play a role in my stories. However, I would like to point out that trans, intersex, asexual, and other flavors of queer people exist within my universe. So a male person WITH a uterus could get pregnant if they were able to.

When alphas are in rut, do they possess an uncontrollable urge to mate with someone in heat?

No, and I call that out explicitly in Marrying the Hangman as a line alphas use in court to try and get out of assault charges. Do bigoted in-universe people actually believe this happens? Yes. Does it actually happen? No.

Are alpha and omega designations synonymous with ‘top’ and ‘bottom,’ ‘dom’ and ‘sub,’ respectively?

Absolutely not! Anyone could be any combination of these things, including vers/switch. A male omega in heat who experiences horniness might personally scratch that itch by way of topping in a more assertive manner, for example. I refer to being alpha/beta/omega as a biological sex, not a gender.

The biggest reason why I chose to piggyback this info on that ask submission is because the answer to the question of who is alpha and who is omega is loaded with assumptions due to the nature of commonly seen tropes. So when I say

Maverick is the alpha and Ice is the omega

that does not impact their characterization in the ways you [general You] might think. I saw a post a while ago scoffing at the idea of Iceman being an omega, and that is almost certainly because ‘male omega’ generally amounts to the following overpacked suitcase of assumptions: passive, helpless, sex-obsessed, ditzy. None of those things apply to Ice. While we’re here, none of those traits are inherently Bad, either. It is our treatment of our assumptions and not merely the assumptions themselves that speak to our biases. They just don’t apply to MY story. Ice IS omega. He’s also still Ice.

The big question, then:

So what is the purpose of heating and rutting?

In my verse, each of the six ‘standard issue’ biological sexes come with their own niche to fill. It’s not just about steamy smut. There are Reasons, god help me, why humans evolved four distinct hormonal/pheromonal types. And sex makes up but one piece of a massive evolutionary tapestry.

We humans are strongest in groups, yes? We form communities. We specialize so that no one has to do everything. We protect our own. My omegaverse reflects that. Heats and ruts, as a result, are all about creating and maintaining those social bonds. And sometimes, that involves sex.

For plot purposes, I focus the most on male alphas and male omegas, but here is a rundown of all six sexes.

Typing Characteristics

Male Omegas

0.001% of male population

In-universe stereotypes that are based on bias, not fact: ditzy, impulsive, irresponsible, unintelligent, weak-willed, slutty, high-strung

Average sperm count

Produce slick

Throw out a LOT of Find Me pheromones during a heat—sex was one of evolution’s many great ideas on how to attract and subsequently recruit nearby alphas/betas as protection and (ideally) long term partners.

Evolved to be community leaders. Their hormones are very chatty, always reaching out pheromonally to make connections with other types. The thing that makes them unique is their ability to synthesize pheromonal bonds between individual people. In the same way periods will sync up among people in proximity who have them, a male omega’s pheromones get all of their People on the same heat/rut schedule to maximize group power and efficiency. When they heat, that ability becomes especially strong.

A male omega’s heat is driven by an external goal. Once a month, their bodies release a stockpile of hormones that compel them to identify and carry out ‘missions’ that strengthen their community. They take more risks (with success) during this time, relying on their sharp senses and protectors to balance out any dangers. [see notes for more clarification]

Their biologically-driven goal is to become the center of a community that helps nurture and protect their unique gift. Because they are so singularly focused on their goal during a heat, they need protection. Alphas and betas offer them that protection.

Heats can go ‘bad’ for a number of reasons. The two main triggers for heat sickness (toxic hormone accumulation) are (1) failing to have their personal heat care requirements met and (2) catastrophically failing to achieve their goal.

Male Alphas

30% of male population

In-universe stereotypes that are based on bias, not fact: sexually aggressive, domineering, always horny, can’t think too horny!

Higher than average sperm count

Somewhat more likely to produce more male alpha children

Strong instinct to provide for and protect their People

American taboo: male alphas don’t bottom. It just isn’t done! That’s for wimmin and gays [male omegas]

Have the ability to knot during a rut

Four types of ruts!

Unbonded annual rut: without the influence of pharmaceuticals, this will happen every year for a male that is not part of a stable community, ideally one with a male omega at the center. For a period of about a week, his senses will magnify, especially his sense of smell, and he will feel an extremely powerful urge to roam. This is Finding Mode. He wants to find a community to protect and nurture.

Bonded annual rut: without the influence of pharmaceuticals, this will happen every year for a male that IS part of a stable community. For a period of about a week, his body will completely flush his alpha hormones, effectively hitting a reset button. During this time, it is critical that his community support him; he will feel vulnerable, his protective urges will magnify beyond what is sensible, and that can turn into paranoia and even psychosis at the extreme end. Make him a pillow fort or something and he should be fine.

Unbonded pseudorut: the US military gives alphas pills to trigger these for combat. This version of the pseudorut is a dumbed down version of a bonded male’s heightened sensory period with feelings of purpose. The military becomes a stand-in for a true community leader, and the male alphas will become more aggressive and intent on following orders.

Bonded pseudorut: these are naturally triggered in an alpha male’s body every time he is around a male or female omega he is bonded to, who is also in heat. His senses heighten, and he becomes completely focused on seeing to his community leader’s needs, whether that means following them into combat as their wingman or getting them more snacks from the fridge.

The other groups see less screen time, so I will shorten their descriptions.

Female Alphas

In-universe stereotypes that are based on bias, not fact: basically every sexist thing that haunts corporate women—bossy, mean, not a team player, etc

15% of female population

Average fertility, slightly more likely to produce more alphas both male and female

Experience ruts functionally identical to those experienced by male alphas

Charlie is an alpha female in this story. She is also an ace lesbian.

Female Omegas

In-universe stereotypes that are based on bias, not fact: stupid, obsessed with babies, always want sex

High fertility rates

15% of female population

During a heat, they become even more fertile. Their bodies throw out copious amounts of protect-me, find-me pheromones. They will feel varying levels of desire to reproduce, and that desire can manifest in various ways. It is a spectrum. Some of them will conform to the stereotypical Horny Time model, while others may not care about sex itself so much as the mechanical act of fertilizing their eggs. Still others may feel little to no sex drive, but they are a minority.

Likelihood for twins, triplets, etc very high

Natural partners for male omegas in terms of community leadership. Working together, they both gain full benefits of being surrounded by dedicated protectors. Taboo in some cultures for them to be sexual partners as well.

Female and Male Betas

In-universe stereotypes that are based on bias, not fact: boring, dispassionate, genetically useless, The Other Guys, mediators

The stabilizing factor of every chemically/hormonally bonded community. They keep the balance when they’re bonded to a group by naturally assisting with pheromonal equilibrium.

Their bodies can produce rutting or heating chemicals that don’t trigger their own ruts or heats but instead “keep the peace” in terms of making sure the core team’s train doesn’t go flying off the tracks

Will play more of a role in the sequel

Other Notes

The term “heat” is used for both omega males and females due to various scientific misunderstandings that happened across many cultures many hundreds of years ago. Throughout history there have been periods of activism where researchers advocate for a more nuanced naming system, but how successful those efforts were are highly dependent on culture. American culture likes its three types, six sexes model. Makes bigotry so much easier! You fit in this box, you act this way. Step outside of it and you will be punished. The ‘It’s Complicated’ models are the ideal.

But I said earlier there are four true hormonal types, not three, and this is how: because male and female omega heats are based on entirely different hormones and evolutionary purposes, they really should not be classified together at all. The four “true” types are: male omega, female omega, alpha, and beta.

On the subject of male omegas’ heat missions: those come in various forms, and various levels of intensity. It all comes down to what the individual male omega wants to do (or is told to want to do). That could look like any number of things: a big hunt or agricultural project, leading a military unit, or starting a new company initiative. It could also look like one male omega, one female omega, three alphas, and three betas (they’re using the trunk obvs) driving to a paintball place once a month to annihilate everyone present and then leave. It’s not all about blood and sex and drama. A group of teenagers who live in a culture that eschews pharmaceutical hormone control could form a hormonal bond around a male omega that is really into skateboarding, and they all come together to built a non OSHA compliant skate park in someone’s backyard. Groups can also shift in membership over time, too. Six months later and the group’s membership and ‘missions’ could look totally different.

Okay I’m done. For now.

#icemav #top gun #writing #ask #top gun fanfiction #omegaverse #principles of aviation #lore that no one asked for but which you SHALL receive #pro queer omegaverse

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rocketturtle4 · 11 months ago

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The Sign and it's Magic and some WILD arse theories

This is not meta this is me cataloguing my brains current tracking of The Sign and it's magic - plus some wild ass theories I AM SO EXCITED (I also know nothing about the mythology/stories on which any of this is loosely based) (If anyone has done or does meta on this, particularly the magic stuff I am SUPER curious but not the best at scrolling tumblr rn so feel free to tag me)

Okay SO

So green eyed stabby boy got green eyed RIGHT AFTER Phayas necklace broke off so it's reasonable to conclude these thins are connected

He ?wasn't a willing vessel, did the Mors essence somehow sneak in with the purpose of killing Phaya

Then we had Tharn use magic while grasping HIS necklace (his necklace which I have NOT been paying enough attention to)

Phaya burned green eyed Mor (revealing his green eyes) AFTER the necklace got put back on, but I am PRETTY SURE Phaya has touched him before then, so that suggests something happened to awaken his powers, presumably the same thing that awakened Tharns (what is that thing? Stress? Proximity? Time?)

@plantsarepeopletoo pointed out we had water dream for Tharn and FIRE dream for Phaya which is FASCINATING especially with the reveal of the giant (?fire?) bird at the end of the ep that is presumably Phaya

Question

Has the necklace been suppressing their powers? - things changed when Phaya's got broken and then Tharn ripped his off to throw that punches

Random Thoughts

Okay so we have been repeatedly told that Tharn did very bad things in his past life and the Karma of that means he should have died as a child, and is still constantly in danger (and maybe even his parents paid the partial price with their deaths...).

We know Green Eyes is possessive of him and currently the doctor, and presumably has always been the doctor and presumably knows who Tharn was. (Abbot seems to know this?)

Tharn is a ?water spirit, I know nothing. Seems to be not disimilar from a siren who lures men to their deaths

We had the cop dead in the second ep (I think) in the ocean, still not clear if suicide but that Phaya investigated and was then lured out to sea - siren links

Green Eyes is the water dragon

and then Phaya is a fire bird? pheonix?

(OH MY GOD THE WINGS, THE TATOO, THE FOESHADOWING AHHHH)

Wild Ass Theories

OKAY SO lets assume Past Tharn and Past Doctor are both water spirits/gods, they were bound together in some way (married? or the mythological inter-being equivelent?).

Past Tharn lured men to their deaths (siren thoughts, linked to the man who died and the fact that Phaya got lured out into the ocean - also might explain the bad karma)

Past Tharn lures in Fire spirit bird who is injured, something something something they fall in love.

Green eyes isn't okay with this for a multitude of reasons shit goes down and ?everyone dies

Details unknown, looks like we're getting backstory next ep

BUT

We do know that Past!Phaya is also someone past!Tharn wronged right? so maybe past!tharn betrayed his love in the end, and that is how they died... or maybe past!Tharn killed himself after his love died as a result of Tharns betrayal...Maybe even swearing that in his next life he would give his own life before letting him die again (thereby explaining the focus of the visions)

Did green eyes die at all then or has he been living on, waiting for his love (Tharn) to reincarnate?

Phaya seems to be getting at least some memories back, more than Tharn so far. Phaya remembers him as a siren and now he remembers his past self too at least a little. Of course this is a dream, it may well be only half remembered when he wakes.

Other Thoughts

Of course this show also has a whole crime thriller thing which I am loving and I have thoughts and questions about that too, but they're mostly magic related... (why the vision of Tharns dad at THAT moment? was the truck vision of his dad, cause the show seemed to imply it was though his visions are normally future. Although he also saw that girl die which was in the past and seemed to be about proximity and perhaps the strength of her emotions idk. So what about that proximity triggered the vision)

I think that's emptied my brain, thankfully, GOSH I LOVE THIS SHOW

#The Sign #The Sign The Series #Incoherant ramblings of a fantasy nerd #rturts is wondering

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jew-flexive · 1 year ago

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Izzy Hands was the abuser, actually. And Izzy Hands wasn't poor or working class (but Ed was). And Izzy Hands sold people out to the cops. And Izzy Hands was homophobic and femmephobic. And you would know all of that if you had watched the show, instead of listening to a bunch of izcels talk about a character they did not understand using traits, plots, and quotes that they literally stole from other, usually POC characters. But I see you're a zionist. So I'm not surprised you're a stupid piece of shit.

....Whose kid is this? Why are they in my backyard?

Anyway, yeah, let's get into it! Edward Teach historically owned and sold slaves and engaged in broad-scale corruption by bribing public officials (including early modern police forces). He also murdered hundreds of people, and was generally an all around Certified Bad Dude. In OFMD canon, from what I understand, he physically mutilated Izzy multiple times and psychologically and physically abused People of Color, on top of the regular list of Pirate Crimes. So your fav, just like everyone's favs, is also problematic.

But Izzy Hands is also...not my fav? I don't watch OFMD? I made a tiny text post because a lot of my mutuals were upset, and I wanted to comfort them because I know what it's like to dedicate a lot of time/effort to a show and feel let down. It wasn't that deep. As I said in my properly tagged post, I don't watch OFMD because I wasn't able to separate the historical figures of Stede Bonnet and Edward Teach from the characters in the show, who were both very bad people in real life. That was a personal choice, and I don't judge anyone who watches OFMD--not even you, Anon!

(I judge you for other reasons!)

(Also, I could make a point about how because you like the character of Edward Teach, you're a supporter of slavery and a racist piece of shit, but I'm not going to do that because I have media literacy and also I'm not going to try to derive someone's political beliefs based on which characters they like in a TV show and nothing else. Because doing that is stupid. And childish. And pathetic.

Sound like anyone we know?)

I could dig into your whole "Izcel" comment and how you are ascribing onto a majority queer audience a term that has caused that community tremendous harm, thereby undercutting whatever progressive values you are trying to promote by attacking fans of a character you personally don't like, but if you aren't brave enough to come off anon to send me hate, you aren't worth my time of educating you. I encourage you to read some actual queer theory, and not just watch the TikTok summaries. I am more than happy to send you a reading list if you DM me!

Finally, I want to address your final point. I guarantee I have done more work to ensure Palestinian sovereignty than you have. I donate regularly to Palestinian NGOs and peace projects in Israel and Palestine. I attend rallies and protests, uplift the voices of Palestinian activists, organize in my community, and support organizers in the region itself. I am, as the majority of American Jews are, extremely anti-Bibi. I'm in charge of the office pool for the Palestinian Red Crescent, and I helped register voters for municipal elections in Israel to promote shared cities and a greater public voice for Arab citizens of Israel. I am committed to the cause of Palestinian liberation and self-determination because I am committed to the cause of Jewish liberation and self-determination. All liberation is connected, and I have spent five years dedicating myself to promoting a shared vision of hope, peace, and safety in the Levant. You have no idea what kind of Zionist I am, or if I even identify with that word. All you saw was that I made posts decrying the violence of Hamas and the hateful response by the rest of the world. All you saw is that my handle has the word "Jew" in it.

I don't know what you wanted to accomplish by sending this ask, Anon. Did you want me to recant my previous post and send a big "Fuck You!" to my mutuals who liked Izzy Hands as a character? Not going to happen. Did you want me to watch OFMD and start liking Edward Teach? Also not going to happen. Did you want to make me look like "a stupid piece of shit"? I assure you, I'm not the one who looks stupid right now.

Did it make you feel big? Did it make you feel powerful? Did it give you catharsis to send hate to a Jewish person, knowing there is no way for you to be truly held accountable? Does the idea of me reading this message excite you? Are you giddy at the idea that you might upset me? That you might scare me? I've had groups of grown men follow me out of work threatening to rape and kill me because I'm Jewish. I promise you, Anon, you don't scare me. You make me laugh. Imagine caring so much about a mediocre TV show you just have to harass a Jew about it.

Fuck you, you cowardly and antisemitic prick. You, like everyone else who hides behind anon to send hate, are so fucking small.

#anywayyyyy ofmd mutuals please come pick up your trash

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jessthetea · 1 month ago

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In response to the numerous inquiries regarding the same subject, I thought it best to address them collectively in a single reply, rather than answering each one separately. This approach should help avoid unnecessary repetition and prevent cluttering everyone’s tags and dashboards.

Regarding the matter of Jess’s debt:

It seems rather plausible that Jamie might, in some manner, be entangled in financial obligations with her, possibly through co-signing a loan or perhaps due to a shared credit arrangement. It’s conceivable that he allowed her access to his credit card, only to later realise the imprudence of such an arrangement. The relentless pace at which he has been working—appearing at conventions and taking on numerous filming projects—might well be his attempt to settle whatever debt he is responsible for, thereby extricating himself from the situation entirely.

As for Jess’s financial matters being public knowledge, it's worth noting that in the UK, business filings are a matter of public record, accessible to anyone who actively seeks them out. While they aren’t particularly easy to stumble upon, they are indeed available by default. Jess is obliged to submit these documents and register them with the government, as per the regulations for conducting business in the UK. Rest assured, she didn’t intentionally disclose this information, and I doubt she ever anticipated Jamie’s fanbase delving into such details.

#jess moloney #jamie bower #jamie campbell bower #stranger things #asks

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jung-koook · 1 year ago

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Just wanted to pop in and say that I totally feel you when it comes to all the shit going on with the boys, but it seems to affect you a life negatively and it makes me sad and anxious to see 😞 ever since I stepped away from Twitter and just get news from the Bangtan subreddit, my life has improved 100000% and I just want to recommend the same to you. Just not having negative things thrown in your face every time you open the app has been so good for my mental health, and I’m even considering leaving tumblr to be able to avoid it fully since I always see people talk about it here… yes it’s awful that bad things are happening to the boys, but they are adults and have people around them who work full time to keep them safe. I’ve realised that feeling upset about these things and look them up actively is a waste of energy that I could spend on things I actually enjoy. I hope you find that peace as well some day ❤️ I really hope you don’t take this in a bad way, I just wanted to share my experience since I can see myself in your reactions and it makes me anxious and sad ❤️

I'm so sorry you feel like that. and if you want to unfollow me so it doesn't affect you here too, please do, ok? there are a lot of things I don't talk about here because I prefer not to talk about these things or just comment on them in private with my friends. I agree with you that there are things that we could not comment on publicly, especially because we are giving more attention to it, right. but unfortunately there are things that I need to comment on here and to show what is happening or to show how disgusted I am or just to vent. and yeah, this affects me a lot because we had everything to be a beautiful fandom. of course we have a lot of beautiful people in our fandom but unfortunately the bad side is often louder. the bad side is completely contrary to what bangtan has been showing us, the messages that bangtan has been bringing. the bad side is literally everything that bangtan has been against since the beginning. they are never welcomed here by anyone, so why are they here trying to dirty our image and thereby dirty bangtan's image. because our image will always be linked to bangtan like bangtan image will always be linked to armys. and unfortunately, disgusting behavior will always be linked to everyone. for example, someone who declares themselves as army bullied someone online, unfortunately people will start saying "armys are bullying" they will put us all in one group and that is so unfair. especially because one of the messages that bangtan has and that armys has is all about anti-bullying. we don't accept that. I had many armys who were here with me from the beginning and who literally left the fandom because of what it became. so yes, I will always want to speak out against these behaviors. maybe I could start using a tag to make your life easier 😭like for example "tw: negativity" thats good, right?

#reply #anonymous

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ferromagnetiic · 1 year ago

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massive kid backstory spam soon.

⸜( ´ ꒳ ` )⸝ // hello i am alive. it is me.

I'm insanely sorry for vanishing for a while. My gf has been staying over, and we got caught up watching OPLA, and we wanted to finish playing pokemon sword/shield while she was here because scottish and we had a bunch of trips planned so we've been really busy. But!!! we've also been working on Kid's carrd. every. single. day. for literally about. more than two weeks? because his backstory is immensely dense and long. his backstory is literally the most lengthy thing I have ever written for any of my muses in my life. Oda gave him the absolute bare minimum so I had to write him his own spinoff novel.

The problem was that we kept reaching the word limit on his carrd. So we tried to condense it. The condensed version also hit the word limit. So we tried to condense it a third time, and cut out some major plot points for the sake of his carrd. and that ALSO hit the word limit. The only way we could make it fit was to take out all of his portrayal notes, make them into separate posts, and then link them in the card. Because it just would not fit otherwise.

Now we actually have to post all these portrayal notes so we can put the links in the carrd and thereby finish the carrd. Which means we have about 20 headcanon posts ready to go (or very nearly ready to go, some are like 90% done) and we can't post his carrd until they're up so like. there's going to be a huge amount of kid heacanon posts coming soon, and I wanted to give everyone on my dash a heads up because I don't want anyone to get angry at me for spamming his content. I will completely understand if you want to temporarily block my headcanon tag. I will try my best to space them out a bit.

That being said, we really poured so much time into making his backstory sound good. Gf stayed up for many nights editing everything to make it sound pretty.

There's so, so, so much more that we haven't even started on, but if we try to get everything done now then it'll literally take months to finish, so we've decided to go with what we have so far and just keep posting updates to it every so often.

Anyway. In summary, lots and lots of Kid posts coming soon. And I'm very sorry for being gone for so long. My activity will still be a bit slow for the next few days, but I should be back to replying normally soon and start catching up on everything I missed while I was busy.

thank you for waiting! and huge thanks to everyone who dm'd me while i was away, i felt very loved and happy to see people hadn't forgotten me.

#ooc #long post #【 ⚙ ˊˎ | UNFORTUNATE HOSTAGE | ooc. 】#// we worked so hard on his backstory i hope you all like it.#// we had to remove so much of it though so a lot still is missing.

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egginfroggin · 1 year ago

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Since I have other fics in progress, I feel like this is a good time to finally talk about the other other version of WTST that I mentioned here.

There is no difference to what Emmet goes through in Hisui, but what goes on with Ingo is. Uh. Worse than in the main fic.

Okay, first, to prevent confusion:

The Future Will Be Special, the Past Was Not (named after the extra stage theme, "Tomorrow Will Be Special, Yesterday Was Not," from Touhou 10: Mountain of Faith) is the companion fic to the main, original Welcome to Sinnoh's Temple fic; it has not been completed yet, unfortunately, but it essentially tells Ingo's side of the story, much in the same way that WTST tells Emmet's side of the story.

A Promise Broken Is a Lie Told is the version of things alluded to in the above post, where Ingo handles Emmet's disappearance... very badly. This is the version of things that I'm talking about in this post.

Fic talk below the cut -- be warned of themes such as self-blame, self-hatred, bad coping mechanisms, and self-isolation. Please let me know if I should tag anything else. Thank you.

Little changed about the incident -- Emmet's disappearance -- itself; it was really more of a hypothetical scenario where Ingo did not handle his grief well at all, taking his twin's disappearance worse than in the main scheme of things, and it leads to him making some very bad choices.

Bad choices include:

Taking all of the blame for Emmet's disappearance upon himself, even though there is really nobody to blame and it was, as far as anyone can tell, a freak accident. However, in the wake of tragedy, it is human nature to want to pin the event on somebody -- Ingo just happened to pin that blame on himself.

Isolating himself from his family. In the original companion fic, his family -- Drayden, Iris, and Elesa -- is a huge well of support for him. They still are in this version of things, but he spirals just a bit too far and, in his desperation to remove himself and his problems from them so as to not be a burden, he keeps them at arms' length, denying himself their support.

Applying value to himself based on things beyond his control. When he and Emmet were little, they lost their parents, and in an effort to comfort both Emmet and himself, Ingo promised that they would always be there for each other. Naturally, that was derailed, and even though it was a mutually-kept promise -- Emmet had insisted that it wasn't fair for Ingo to be the only one upholding it and that it was his promise, too -- he views himself as the one at fault.

As a direct result of the above point, Ingo considers himself a failure because he couldn't keep Emmet close -- whether something stole Emmet away or Emmet left of his own accord, it isn't 100% certain, but what matters is that he's gone.

Coping by "replacing" Emmet with something else to be protected. A way to prove that he does still have value in that he can keep something close to him, or that he's competent in being able to protect something. This is also a way for him to feel somewhat in control.

The replacement feeds into the points about denying himself familial support and keeping himself away from loved ones so as to not be a "burden." How? The last point:

"Proving" himself -- to himself -- by taking the title of Champion And chooses to remain in the Pokemon League, at the end of Victory Road, as much as possible, making it harder for anyone to get to him in the first place.

Surprise, Champion Ingo AU! He gets a coat.

As an aside, to pursue the Champion title, he resigned from Gear Station, thereby also cutting himself off from the Depot Agents -- also known as his family away from home because they are all fantastic beans who care for each other and very much, like a good little healthy work unit.

Speaking of healthy things, Bad Decision number... 6? 7? Number x:

Neglects himself in favor of looking for Emmet in his free time. Of course. He doesn't give himself any time to relax. This worries literally everyone he comes across, because it shows. In multiple ways. He does not look in a good way, even if he's all prim and proper for a challenger. Everyone can tell. Everyone.

He leaves Gear Station about six months after Emmet disappears, traumatizes the Elite Four and Alder, and becomes Unova's Champion. And then proceeds to near-murder every challenger who reaches him.

Politely, of course.

He may be drowning in self-blame that's bleeding into hatred and waging his self-worth on how well he can defend his title, but he's still polite!

Anyway, that's the basis of the fic. It's really an excuse for me to be mean to Ingo, much like how Welcome to Sinnoh's Temple was -- and still is -- and excuse for me to be mean to Emmet.

There is a happy ending. And therapy. Lots and lots of therapy.

Thanks for muddling through this! It's a bit nerve-wracking to post, like Pandemonic Planet, because apparently I am extremely self-conscious about posting self-indulgent things. And frankly, this particular flavor of WTST isn't fundamentally super different -- it's just hypothetical.

But also the urge to justify my hypotheticals is strong, and I... don't have much of a justification for this beyond "hehehe sad train man go brrrrrrrrrr." Sorry.

This is all still in progress, of course, cooking on the back burner behind all my other fics, but some things are subject to change in the future. Things will probably be added or removed as the idea develops.

Have a good day! And please take care of yourselves! <3

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tri-punisher · 1 year ago

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I want you to know that every time you post art or just a good take on media etc i feel like that one Eminem rat throwing meme and i do not know how to explain it further than that but- i got to ask I noticed in your tag that Lesley is one of the only people razlo lets loose around is there any special reasoning for that? Did they go through anything together? (other than the general eom experience) or has lesley just "proven" herself that she doesnt want/need anything more than razlo friendship

this wasn't my intent initially bc i just wanted to give razlo more friends, which was also the reason for lockjaw's conception, but lesley becomes a sort of refuge for razlo as their friendship progresses and razlo and sid's continues to do a death spiral into destructive codependency. a lot of the time when razlo's with lesley he has to mimic livio in order to get sid off his back, because sid is a possessive, vindictive little cunt and would have nothing positive to say about lesley if you asked him (which is funny to me now considering i had also conceived lesley as sid's friend too) and will usually leave livio alone if he knows it's him. when lesley joined the eye she was a lot older than sid and LR were when they were first brought into it, sid i'm imagining being the youngest and thereby being with them the longest, and not in quite as dire circumstances so her head was screwed on a little better then theirs were, meaning she's generally capable of acting somewhat more mature and levelheaded. the way lesley reacts to sid and all his bullshit is the first inkling razlo gets that there's clearly something wrong with the way that he treats him. not that he has a whole lot to compare it to, under chapel's rules and restrictions and expectations and punishments, but it's obvious with how much lesley despises sid's behaviour that something is up. lesley can largely get along with everyone else because she's not one for starting trouble, she's usually the one who ends it. even if she doesn't like a lot of other people she has the capacity to at least pretend to be cordial as to not make trouble for herself. she keeps her head down a lot, though she does go to bat for razlo more than she would anyone else because razlo does the same for her. she has a lot of trouble tolerating sidney though. their personalities are too incongruent and she thinks his behaviour is outrageous and over the top on the best of occasions. similarly to razlo it takes a lot for lesley to actually get angry--razlo i believe is quick to respond, to retaliate, not quick to anger--and unlike sid violence isn't her first option when things don't go the way she wants. her temperament is a lot milder. but sid has a knack for getting under her skin and 9 times out of 10 it's because it involves razlo.

so summarily: lesley is someone razlo can go to when he wants a break from everything and everyone. like i mentioned in those tags, lesley does not expect anything from him and does not want anything from him, except his company. he does not need to perform for her, or be a hard example of durability and strength, or dutifully uphold expectations placed upon him, or, where sidney is usually concerned, expect him to be baited by every spiteful rapid fire shotgun attempt at conflict that's thrown at him. when he's with her he can just be. it's not an opportunity razlo is afforded often.

#i think that's the most i've talked about lesley on here wow #also thank you im really happy you like my stuff ❤#trigun tag #chit chat #asks #thehornyfreak #text #oc tag: lesley #oc tag: sidney

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pixelpoff · 1 year ago

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I was gonna put this in the tags but I have too much to say

Old people in my church try to preach that the wine in bible times was purely grape juice, no alcohol content at all. To try and say Jesus never created something with an alcohol content, so that they have reasoning behind their conviction not to drink.

He said to the bridegroom, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now” (John 2:10)

The master of ceremonies is admitting that hosts would serve the good wine first, and insinuating that WHEN EVERYONE IS GETTING TIPSY, they bring out the poor wine because everyone is too drunk to tell the difference. This verse admits to the wine Jesus created having an alcohol content, because "his wine was the best, and yet saved until last."

‭‭Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise. (Proverbs 20:1 NIV)

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: And whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. (Proverbs 20:1 KJV)

The writer of Proverbs warns against getting drunk. That anyone who loses their sound mind due to drunkenness is unwise. This verse also proves that the wine being drunk by Israelites, and later, Christians, had an alcohol content. You cannot get drunk on non alcoholic drinks.

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, (Romans 14:17)

Paul warns US, the church, not to squabble about matters of earthly opinion, like food and drink. Romans chapter 14, "The Law of Liberty", is where Paul elaborates that to some Christians, they have a strong conviction about what is good and not good to eat and drink. To others, they are strongly convinced that everything God created is good, and therefore good to consume.

Frankly, some Christians used to be alcoholics, (because yes, wine and beer have alcohol!) And now, they are standing upon verses like Proverbs 20:1 to justify their abstinence from alcohol altogether. They know their limits, and they are justified in their decision. They are no longer being led astray by strong drink, and therefore are no longer unwise.

SOME Christians, like the ones in my church, preach "I'm abstaining, so I must be the correct one, so I advocate you must also abstain. If you do not abstain, you are WELCOMING the temptation to "be led astray."

But the verse warns against "being led astray." Becoming a drunkard. Not against enjoying a drink.

I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. Romans 14:14

BUT, if your "liberty", your FREEDOM from conviction is causing you to argue with the one still convicted, then you are not free at all. You are becoming a stumbling block to your brother, telling him something is "ok to do" when HE is not okay with it. And so, we become the same "preachy, self justifying" Christian that the non-drinker was. We judge the abstainer because "they are not free like I am", while the abstainer judges us because "they are not obeying like I am."

Which is all EXACTLY why Paul said the Kingdom is not a matter of eating or drinking. What a waste of time this was!! All these words, and you still drink, and they still don't, and God loves both the same.

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Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. ‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭2:23‬

#pardon my ramble #faith

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yeonchi · 1 year ago

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Kisekae Insights #34: One Country Two (Naming) Systems

If the woke left wants places and cities to be known by their traditional Indigenous names, then I’m allowed to do this shit. In other words, if the left wants Melbourne to be known as Naarm, then I'm allowed to call it Hong Kong.

After coming back from a trip to Hong Kong in 2005 (that I missed 3 weeks of school for), I started giving places and suburbs in Melbourne counterpart names, thereby shaping Melbourne into my version of Hong Kong. I got so into it that even my parents got annoyed at me for doing this, particularly on Facebook (back in the day, there was a map you could access from your timeline of all the places you tagged in your photos, so having a lot of pins in Hong Kong and Japan was something that looked really cool to me).

Of course, in Year 8, I shared my system to the world as part of a “personal best” project, first to my class and then to a bunch of people who were the parents of those selected by each class to present their projects in front of the school principals (I only got selected since nobody else in the class was willing to do it presumably). Naturally, barely anyone understood and maybe a few people laughed, but I imagine everyone there thought, “oh, he’s a bit of a travelled boy for someone with so much free time lol.” I never thought about naming it One Country Two (Naming) Systems until 2016.

Over the years my names for places have changed, particularly after my first trip to Japan in 2011 that brought a big shake-up to my system in the way of establishing prefectures the size of suburbs and naming most of Melbourne after cities and towns in Japan. I’m a fucking weeb, aren’t I?

What does this have to do with my personal project, you might ask. Well, this version of Hong Kong is where a majority of my stories are set. I’ve been keeping the location settings of my stories vague for privacy reasons, but it’s not like some people don’t know what city I live in already. The rest of Australia is also divided into and named after provinces in China, but that’s not important. In this filler instalment of Kisekae Insights, I want to introduce you all to each region of my Hong Kong along with the prefectures and their major cities. Let’s get right into it.

Hokkaido 北海道: Mount Dandenong region

Tohoku Region 東北地方

Aomori 青森: Craigieburn

Akita 秋田: South Morang

Yamagata 山形: Hurstbridge

Fukushima 福島: Epping

Tung Chung 東涌: Broadmeadows

Hokuriku Region 北陸地方

Kanazawa 金沢: Heidelberg

Toyama 富山: Greensborough

Nagano 長野: Preston

Fukui 福井: Essendon

Kōbō 港防: Coburg

Tōkai Region 東海地方

Gifu 岐阜: Eltham

Tsu (Mie) 津 (三重): Templestowe

Nagoya (Aichi) 名古屋 (愛知): Doncaster

Niigata 新潟: Doncaster East

Fo Tan 火炭: Warrandyte

Taiwan Region 台湾地方

Tai Po 大埔: Lilydale

Sha Tin 沙田: Ringwood

Ma On Shan 馬鞍山: Croydon Hills

Hsinchu 新竹: Croydon

Hualien 花蓮: Mooroolbark

Accessible through the Archangel Tunnels are Taipei/New Taipei 臺北/新北, Taoyuan 桃園, Keelung 基隆 and Yilan 宜蘭.

Popei Island 浦北島, Parris Island ぱりすあいらんど and Minato-Sugaru Island 港携島 are administratively part of this region.

Kantō Region 関東地方

Ho Man Tin (Yau Tsim Mong) 何文田 (油尖旺): Nunawading

Maebashi (Gunma) 前橋 (群馬): Box Hill

Utsunomiya (Tochigi) 宇都宮 (栃木): Vermont

Mito (Ibaraki) 水戸 (茨城): Glen Waverley

Sham Shui Po 深水埗: Clayton

Kwun Tong 觀塘: Wheelers Hill

Yokohama (Kanagawa) 横浜 (神奈川): Knoxfield

Hanzhong 漢中: Ferntree Gully

Hung Hom (Kowloon City) 紅磡 (九龍城): Rowville

Zhongshan 中山: Bayswater

Yuen Long 元朗: Boronia

Sendai (Miyagi) 仙台 (宮城): Wantirna

Accessible through the Archangel Tunnels is Tin Shui Wai 天水圍.

Shutoken Region 首都圏地方

Accessible through the Archangel Tunnels are Tokyo 東京, Saitama 埼玉, Chiba 千葉, Sao Paulo, Cardiff and Shizuoka 静岡

Kyontong Island 洪東島 is administratively part of this region.

Kōshinetsu Region 甲信越地方

Morioka (Iwate) 盛岡 (岩手): Balwyn

Kofu (Yamanashi) 甲府 (山梨): Camberwell

Chengdu 成都: Malvern

Chongqing 重慶: Prahran

Hong Kong Region 香港地方

Hong Kong 香港: Melbourne

North Point (Hong Kong East) 北角 (東區): Richmond

Aberdeen 香港仔: South Melbourne

Repulse Bay (Hong Kong South) 淺水灣 (南區): St Kilda

Kinki Region (Kansai) 近畿地方 (関西)

Ōsaka 大阪: Footscray

Kyōto 京都: Sunshine

Kōbe (Hyōgo) 神戸 (兵庫): Deer Park

Wakayama 和歌山: Williamstown

Nara 奈良: Maribyrnong

Ōtsu (Shiga) 大津 (滋賀): Werribee

Chugoku Region 中国地方

Hiroshima 広島: Caulfield

Okayama 岡山: Cheltenham

Takamatsu (Kagawa) 高松 (香川): Braeside

Matsue (Shimane) 松江 (島根): Carrum Downs

Tottori 鳥取: Chelsea

Yamaguchi 山口: Sandringham

Shikoku Region 四国地方

Matsuyama (Ehime) 松山 (愛媛): Cranbourne

Kwai Chung (Kwai Ching) 葵涌 (葵青): Narre Warren

Sai Kung 西貢: Pakenham

Kōchi 高知: Frankston

Tokushima 徳島: Springvale

Tsuen Wan 荃灣: Dandenong

Kyūshū/Ryūkyū Region 九州地方/琉球弧

Fukuoka 福岡: Mornington

Kumamoto 熊本: Dromana

Nagasaki 長崎: Rosebud

Kagoshima 鹿児島: Portsea

Miyazaki 宮崎: Flinders

Ōita 大分: Hastings

Saga 佐賀: Rye

Naha (Okinawa) 那覇 (沖縄): Cowes

Sheung Shui 上水: Wonthaggi

As a bonus, here are some cities outside Hong Kong in the provincial enclave I call Guangdong Province. A lot of these place names are even vaguer and not entirely fixed because I’ve had to rename place names to fit in the names of other places where they are closer to their original counterparts in China. Because there are so many places I can name before I run out, certain place names are taken from neighbouring provinces, and those counterparts in my personal project can cover areas between two states in Australia. At the same time, Australian states can fit several Chinese provinces.

Guangdong 廣東

Magadan: Healesville

Shenzhen 深圳: Geelong

Yangjiang 陽江: Warrnambool

Zhanjiang 湛江: Port Fairy

Foshan 佛山: Ballarat

Yunfo 雲浮: Ararat

Zhaoqing 肇慶: Maryborough

Qingyuan (Guangzhou) 清遠 (廣州): Bendigo/Castlemaine

Hengyang 衡陽: Swan Hill

Shaoguan 韶關: Echuca

Heyuan 河源: Seymour

Heping 和平: Shepparton

Longyan 龍巖/Yongding 永定: Albury/Wodonga

Dongguan 東莞: Warragul

Changping 常平: Traralgon

Jieyang 揭陽: Bairnsdale

If the name Guangdong had to be Westernised to fit the original state’s English name, I’d rename it Guangtoria. Anyway, thanks for making it through this post. If you’ve managed to get to this point without getting a migraine, then congratulations, you’re as crazy as I am. See you all next time when I write something more interesting.

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