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silly sport full of silly people
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#the way nick handed him that ball….. he said: this is for you bbgirl cheer up and seiya said: i’ll guard it with my soul handsome#the rituals are intricate#also i’m so fond of this silly little sport#sometimes you sit there for three hours and literally nothing is happening but it feels like everything is happening and you’re like:#:’) people are fun#seiya suzuki#chicago cubs#shohei ohtani#los angeles angels#baseball#sports
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"Grandfather."
Ra's knew who the boy was the moment he'd snuck into the room. He'd allowed the child--more man than child now, but everyone was a child compared to him--moments to steel himself while Ra's refrained from acknowledging his presence. The boy's breath was barely audible but unsteady, and a drop of something fell to the floor.
His grandson was injured. "Danyal," he greeted and finally gazed upon him for the first time in seven years.
Danyal had grown into his father's height, yet stayed lean in regards to his musculature. His black hair had grown out of the League-regulation haircut, held back in a messy braid. He held himself as strong as he could, but kept an arm wrapped around his stomach. His shirt--standard American teenage garb, he dismissed--was spotted with blood and he could see bandages poking out from under the cloth.
With great care, Danyal knelt before the Demon Head and recited the Oath of Loyalty.
Ra's watched.
The boy's tongue, fat with English, spoke the League's variant of Arabic with the grace of a mace to the head, yet his words were clear. He took his time speaking the oath, carefully sounding out words, working hard to avoid mispronunciation. The Oath in question was the older version, from before Deathstroke's insurrection, but Danyal spoke it with a calm certainty that it would be accepted.
And without a doubt, it would be accepted.
Talia's eldest son had been born from her body instead of through science, a mistake that nearly cost her the child and damaged him upon birth. While the best doctors in the world saved his life, Danyal Al Ghul would always be weak in a fight, always prone to illness, always struggling to excel. When it became clear that the boy couldn't become the next Demon Head, Ra's sent Talia to create a replacement while arrangements were made for her first child to be taught business and science, for the betterment of the League. Danyal, very much his father's child, thrived in his intellectual pursuits while Damian grew and developed into a budding assassin.
But Danyal was more like his father than he'd ever knew. Ra's couldn't miss the signs of one of his family turning away from the League. Not the mission--Danyal had written several university level papers defending the environment by the time the boy was 10--but Ra's methods...
Ra's had a conundrum. Danyal was a dedicated conservationist; once the boy was an adult, Ra's was certain he'd take the world by storm and bring the League to new heights. But if he forced his methods onto Danyal, he could create an enemy of him, just as his father was.
Ra's gave Danyal an offer; Danyal would be allowed to leave the League and live a normal life if and only if he faked his own death in such a way that reinforced Damian's loyalty to the League of Assassins.
Danyal had been hesitant at first, but past his test with flying colors. Instigating one of the more unstable assassins into organizing a coup, cutting the insurgents off near immediately, but "dying" protecting both his younger brother and mother. It was a masterful performance. Even Talia hadn't known about the deceit.
And yet, here he was, on his knees, pledging loyalty. Danyal knew what that meant, knew what he was returning to, which morals he would be allowed to keep.
"And what do you bring with you, child of no one?" Why should the League accept the return of this child, who left once before?
Danyal met his eyes. "I bring with me, my team, who are loyal to me and me alone. I bring with me, research surrounding the Lazarus Pits, in origins and further uses for the waters." Ra's raised an eyebrow, and Danyal smirked. "I bring with me, my knowledge, nurtured within this very home and sharpened in the world outside. I bring with me, my weapons, built with my own hands. I bring with me... my body, finally healthy and whole." He brought his head down to the floor, trembling with pain. "I bring my whole self to the Demon's Head, for Him to accept or reject."
Ra's smiled. "By the shadows that guard our order and the blood that binds us, I accept this oath. From this day forward, you are an instrument of the League, a harbinger of justice, and a weapon in the hand of Ra's Al Ghul."
Danyal returned to his feet, swaying percariously. He needed immediate medical attention. Despite this, he continued, "Long live the League of Assassins. Long live Ra's Al Ghul."
And he collapsed onto the floor.
#dc x dp#dp x dc#dpxdc#dcxdp#headcanon that Ra's has information files on everyone and sometimes those files have baby pictures#bruce hacks into ra's files and finds his kids baby pictures which he thought were lost forever#prompt that inspired this is linked in the story#i made the whole “oath of loyalty” up off the top of my head#i thought ra's would have some pretentious ritual/oath to pledge loyalty to him/the league#c: ra's al ghul#c: danny fenton#danyal al ghul#Danny's lying btw#the league is just a good place to hide from all the government nonsense happening in the states#he chose the fentons specifically because of their research into ectoplasm#set up a situation where they'd feel compelled to foster him#and never left
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head over heels
#nicholas d. wolfwood#vash the stampede#vashwood#trigun#my art#idk how to explain my trigun feelings other than my fav flavor of it being that wolfwood falls hard for this chaotic blonde first#and they proceed to share intricate rituals throughout their travels but never do anything about it#and then vol 10 happens#:]#anyways im a wolfwood falls in love first believer right here#he would do anything for that man
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ALEX CASEY
—I remembered dying in this alley in a dream I had. He was just gonna keep killing me here, loop by loop."
fucking obsessed with what's going on with Casey, in both the narrative and the game play. most immediately, tho, it's just the way that he Has To Die in order for Wake and You the Player to get a gun and a flashlight. sometimes the narrative-gameplay requires a sacrifice-body! feed it your creation, Alan!! except. that's not entirely your creation. there is some 'the things we create when we're scared and want to be rescued' happening re: Alan with Casey. also. the dark presence. the way it gets a hold of Casey is less like a possession and more like a violent penetration or infection. turning these thoughts around in my head like they're on a microwave plate.
also this too
The Scapegoat, Rene Girard (trans. Yvonne Freccero)
bsky ⭐ pixiv ⭐ pillowfort ⭐ cohost
#alan wake 2#alan wake 2 spoilers#alan wake#alex casey#i wish to GOD my thoughts were coherent but mostly im just going. hey!!!! HEY!!!!#there's a specific thing happening with alex casey and alice wake too. as narrative-ritual substitutions btw#i gotta pin down my thoughts about alan and saga as co-authors and how alex-alice-saga for a triangle of balance
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you guys remember when house wanted to move into wilson’s spare bedroom (amber shrine) and the way he chose to communicate this was by jerking off on his couch when he knew wilson would catch him. i’m seriously asking. are they normal about anything
#I want a permanent room in your home#which also happens to be the room where you and your dead gf used to sleep#I think I’ll masturbate about it#I fucking hate them aksbdhajjsbsj#house md#hilson#house/wilson#greg house#gregory house#james wilson#the worst part is#he kept his hand under the blanket all through the interaction#something something men will construct intricate rituals in order to relieve the seriousness of asking for further commitment#while also being able to look their bff in the eyes while their hand is on their dick
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one of my favorite headcanons with little to no canon support is that xue yang and mo xuanyu were guidao jin disciples at the same time, and mxy mentioned a few times wanting to ressurect the yiling laozu to kill his mom's evil family, so when xy saw him (or rather his body) entering yi city AS the yllz, he was like "son of a bitch he actually did it"
#mdzs#the window of time for them to have been disciples at the same time is small but IT COULD have happened#and with mxy having had access to the sacrificial ritual (and his lack of progress on “proper” cultivation)#it's perfectly possible he was one of the jins' demonic students#also at yi city xue yang attacks wwx#who asks if he's trying to take advantage of that body's low spiritual energy.#BUT HOW DID HE KNOW BEFOREHAND THAT MXY'S BODY HAD LOW SPIRITUAL ENERGY HUH‼️⁉️‼️⁉️🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔#(please ignore the lack of sword-carrying)#i just want mxy and xy to have been buddies idk#it's very fun to me if xue yang recognizes wwx in his old classmate's body#modao#lace speaks
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Finding out the Danny Phantom pitch bible originally included more creatures other than ghosts really makes me want to just (DUMPS TRANSCENDENCE AU ALL OVER IT)
#Danny Phantom#tau#transcendence au#zilly squeaks#Danny would still be a ghost and not a demon. i think. brainworms pending#oh no here come the crossover thoughts#portal accident happens just years after The Transcendence#hear me out#Danny and Dipper bonding over becoming immortal nonhumans feared by the general public#'i rolled out of bed today and fell into the basement' 'that's rough buddy. i threw up glitter today' 'shit dude'#'you getting unsolicited summoning rituals too' 'yeah i found out how to make an answering machine for that' 'oh no WAY you gotta show me'#no but fr Danny Sam and Tucker deserve to have wacky adventures involving all sorts of creatures#PLEASE everlasting trio + mystery twins being very new and very bad at this and helping each other#are they the same age? canon ages?? i don't know what would be funnier
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sleep token rituals 14/? ♫ source — a hug for The Summoning
#this has been in my drafts for ages#the original caption said this was part 7 of ritual gifs sdjcbjhsd#and i know it happened ages ago but i'm doing a huge draft cleanout since i'm back from my trip so#here we are#it's so hard to see this and the footage is bad quality but it's fun so we're posting or this will rot in the drafts#str_series#user copia edits#user copia all tag#sleep token#flashing gif#vessel sleep token#iv sleep token
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@littleguysdaily has such a fun template to play with
#ghost#the band ghost#ghost bc#cardinal copia#papa emeritus iv#this happened at my ritual man he hates his dad's stupid song that#happened to blow up on tiktok. and then go platinum#sister imperator ii
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“do you think caesar and joshua explored each other’s bodies” i think joshua slid the barrel of his gun into caesar’s mouth one night in their tent, knee rested between his thighs on the throne, and unprompted caesar wrapped his lips around it. i think caesar came without being touched and decades later he still denied any of that meant he was gay
#fallout new vegas#joshua graham#edward sallow#pia desideria#if you bring this up in conversation caesar will try to excuse it away but won’t deny it happened#You Construct Intricate Rituals
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paul is dead trutherism isn't taking it far enough we need to invent even weirder conspiracies. suggestions include:
paul isn't dead because he never existed in the first place he's a symptom of mass hysteria and if we all just face reality and stop believing in him he'll finally disappear
paul did die in a car crash but the other three necromanced him back to life so it's basically a wash
paul did die in a car crash but after they hired billy shears to replace him they summoned paul's ghost and got billy possessed so it's basically a wash
paul is john's childhood imaginary friend that he imagined so vividly he came to life (this could also work in the reverse direction but john's current real-life occupation is already "paul's imaginary friend")
paul, john, george, and ringo are actually all the same guy who's in a closed-loop reincarnation situation as karmic punishment
#i'm going to become an idea 2 (necromancy) truther now#paul and john's relationship goes sour in late 67 bc john gets paranoid that its not the same paul or that he maybe sold his soul for this#and paul is mad at john for resurrecting him with black magic which he finds violating and he feels guilty about whatever john sacrificed#it can never be like it was before.... especially after an argument where john impulsively tells him he regrets bringing him back#everything else happens canon compliant#unfortunately. whatever ritual it was they could only do it once. paul cannot return the favor when the time comes#angst ensues...maybe john was right. should they have used up their one chance? should it have been him instead?#the beatles#paul mccartney
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it’s actually so wild to me that this fairly quirky YA type show gave both of its main characters deaths that can, in one way or another, solidly be considered hate crimes. they were both flat out murdered as a result of being A) gay and effeminate or B) brown (south asian, specifically) and you could argue whether or not those kids thought of it that way in the moment or whatever but the bottom line is that they would not have been in the situations that killed them if they weren’t of their respective minorities. like legitimately that is a ballsy choice for this kind of netflix show, let alone for the two Main Characters, and i respect it big time
#rambling#i think about this a lot#you could brush charles’ off as a hate crime by proxy since it was in response to him Stopping a hate crime#but that would be stupid. like you think what happened to him would’ve happened if he was white? doubtful#as a mixed person the way i see it is that in that moment- when he protected that pakistani kid- he went from being tolerated#by being/acting just white enough and with enough other jock traits to sort of fit in amongst them#to all at once proving to them that no- he is in fact The Other. he isn’t one of us he’s one of Them.#and as such what happened to him would’ve been a bonafide hate crime. even if they were to give an excuse like ‘he got in our way’ or ‘he#made a fool out of us’ or whatever else. even if those boys didn’t fully UNDERSTAND the racism in their own intentions/actions#it still would be. because that would not have happened to a white boy. period#anyway. genuinely fascinating choice they made with the way they presented his death- especially considering it was not#remotely similar in the comics. neither of them had the hate crime aspect going on really up til yockey’s narrative choices#so props to him. man’s got balls#dead boy detectives#charles rowland#edwin payne#edit: I will say that I don’t think the boys in edwin’s case technically murdered him nor would I call them murderers#because I can’t imagine a single one of them actually thought that ritual was gonna do anything more than make him piss himself#it was still hate-based bullying. like they still absolutely did what they did because he’s visibly effeminate and easily clickable#and all in all: gay. but when I say edwin was murdered I don’t really mean by those boys. I mean those boys dragged him into the situation#(kicking and screaming) that GOT him murdered by a demon. and he would not have been in that position if not for being gay.#I’ll say it again because last time I talked about this someone got real pissy in my inbox: I am not excusing the actions of the boys that#got him killed nor am I saying what they did wasn’t based in homophobia. i am just clarifying that they didn’t intend on killing anyone or#think whatsoever that someone getting killed was even a possibility (as opposed to charles’ killers who definitely had to have thought he#could be killed even if that might not have been the premeditated goal of every boy involved)#but the fact that edwin was ultimately intentionally killed by a demon counts as murder to me#someone killed him on purpose. that’s murder#the demon probably didn’t give a shit about this human teenager’s sexuality but regardless he ended up there for being gay.#so. just. a clarification
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I joke abt Loop being a critter a lot but I do honestly wonder if they'd be considered like. Not a "creature" per se but part of some kind of mythological species from the Island's culture. To make a wish so severe and so powerful so as to completely destroy yourself, and be remolded in the shape of the Universe, well that just feels like the kind of thing that would get infinite fables written about it. Some parents warn their children that if they're too irresponsible with Wish Craft and ask too much of the Universe, they'll become a star as punishment (and if this is told to young children I have to imagine the next threat is "and you won't be able to eat all your favorite snacks anymore!") Some people however revere Stars as the most dedicated followers of the Universe, favored so much for their direct communication with it that they've been reshaped to match the stars that guide them. Idk
#isat spoilers#it's like. ascenscion into holiness through sheer force of ritual and belief#perspective on it depends on whether you're more taken by the loneliness of being divorced from humanity and from your life#or if you're more taken by the romance of devotion and belief#of course i would not argue loop in particular was like. vying to catch as much attention from the universe as they did.#how could you possibly conceptualize this would happen all because you wanted help#but historically in a culture where wish craft as a link to the universe was surely more studied#i think their transformation would have its own connotations
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these sketches are all inspired by @miribalis fanfiction "Managerial Liberties" where Adam stays at the hotel (spoiler - he is not happy and he is still stupid) [and please everyone who sees this post also has to read "Bedtime Rituals to Try out Before the Next Angelic War" so we can scream in each other's faces how INSANELY good both fanfictions are]
#hazbin hotel fanart#hazbin hotel adam#hazbin hotel sketch#hazbin hotel#hazbin hotel lucifer#hazbin hotel alastor#hazbin hotel niffty#i think i broke every bone in my body trying to come up with a design for adam without his mask#there are not enough references#dont question his horns (which look different in the fanfiction btw but im too stupid and tired)#the positioning is QUESTIONABLE#the sketches of him and niffty are just my thoughts what might happen in the next chapter#will they give him a suit? or will they force him to wear an even bigger potato sack?#my theory is that they just hate him because they all have to be furries and he still is just some random white guy#the JOY I FELT WHEN I SAW THAT BUDINCA POSTED A NEW HAZBIN FANFICTION ON AO3#cannot be explained#i want to draw something for bedtime rituals so badly#my art
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I'm allowed to make this joke, but I love that Jewish death rituals are like:
"Pfeh, for what should I spend $12,000 on a big fekakte box they see only for five minutes before they cover it with dirt?"
"Don't waste my good suit what might fit my nephew Lev if the bum should ever even try to get a real job!"
"Embalming? Don't mind me, I'll rot in the dark."
#There is standardized Yiddish transliteration and I fart in it's general direction#Anyway Jewish ritual plain box simple shift closed casket no embalming#Spend money on bagels for after#There are a lot of prescribed behaviors for how to behave at the Shiva (mourning house calls)#My family observes none of them. We treat it like a family reunion#If you want all my petty family funeral drama though maybe a different post?#But seriously Christian funerals are such a huge scam. Taking advantage of people at their most vulnerable.#If you have an iron stomach go read about what happens to a corpse when it decays in a vacuum sealed coffin#Death#Death rituals#Judaism#jewish#Jumblr#Jew stuff#post o' mine#Clearing out the drafts#Offensive Yiddish accent clichés are for Jews only.#For this we came to America? To get made fun of on the feygele website by our great grandchildren?
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I swear half the time I see posts on here I wonder if people even listened to the same podcast.
Constantly people argue about who would have made a better Archivist while completely missing what the Archivist’s actual role was:
Firstly, Gertrude was not a good Archivist. In fact, her being shit at it was a major plot point. She purposefully left the Archives disorganized to try and stop whatever Jonah was planning. She didn’t like using her compelling powers. She was good at stopping rituals. That isn’t the Archivist’s duty, she just took that on herself. We don’t really know who was ‘stopping’ rituals before her, though we can assume Jonah was at least invested in doing so until he figured out they didn’t work. (I’m also assuming rituals could not happen very often, with perhaps centuries between.)
A good Archivist would be nothing like Gertrude… she wanted to appoint Sasha because she could see they were like-minded and maybe we could extrapolate that Sasha would have gone a similar route in being obstructive to Jonah’s plans
A “good” Archivist would be someone who directly embraced the Eye and willingly took as many live statements as they wanted. I think we can say Jon was decent at the role comparatively.
Do not get being a good Archivist and being good at undermining Jonah’s plans( and the plot of the show) mixed up. Argue all you want about whether x character would have fallen for the ritual… but don’t say they would have been a good Archivist. Because you’re arguing for the opposite
#tma#tma meta#croaks#to add onto the ‘rituals’ only happen every century or so#could be fun to imagine the last round of rituals was stopped by jonah himself#before he got all jaded about helping people and being good or whatever
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