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[holymotherofwmps-the-reblogging]

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i wish all my mutuals who @ me in those tag games a very i swear i see it and i love being thought of even though i rarely if ever do them. i love you.

[thatfrailsoul]

– On a day I've found me

tarot pick a pile reading ( → 1, 2, 3 )

pictures from pinterest → one, two, three

Even in the darkest and loneliest days of our life... There is still something within us. Something that we don't feel so much, don't remember or perhaps don't even know to have within ourselves... But that is still so powerful. Enough to gently push and guide us through every obstacle, through every challenge, through every painful or confusing step. There is something within us that is worth it. That makes it worth it to believe in ourselves, to survive, to still be here and to be alive. Our own treasure, our own and true core where is hidden all the magic of our soul. Are we aware of it or not.

This is our second reading from the Divinatory Jukebox inspired by the song "A Brand New Day", by BTS ( V and J-Hope) and Zara Larsson!(˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶) Like with the first reading (that you can find here ♡), this one too was guided by my cards that "set the tone", giving me advice on how to listen to this song, from which perspective, and what it wants to tell us in this period of our lives.

P.s. If you would like to see a reading inspired by your suggested song, you can learn more about how to partecipate here!♡↓

♪♡♪ Divinatory Jukebox ♪♡♪

Slow down for a moment. Give your conscious mind a moment of rest, allow it to step back. And listen to your subconscious mind, to that inner voice, to the intuition that is guiding you to the pile in which your message hides.

P.s. I was considering doing some extended versions of our readings, a sort of add-on through which we will look even deeper and in more detail at the situation. A lot of you gave me your support on this, so I wanted to ask you more about what might be comfortable for you in case of purchasing one day an extended reading!♡ For example, would you prefer to have access to only one pile of your choice (and in case you were called to more than one pile in the original reading you would need too pay again for another one) or to receive all of them at once and with a single purchase?

Thank you for letting me know!♡

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– Pile One,

the five of wands, the hierophant, the temperance, the six of cups

When the voices get louder, when the words become meaner, the truth is overtaken by the lies... When you stand alone on the first line, protecting with your own back the ones that are being pressured or judged... There is that one little flame, that ignites inside you. That pushes you forward, chest full and eyes on the target. Ready to fight if it is needed, ready to raise your own voice if they don't hear the one of their chosen victim.

Impulsiveness, bad temper, tendency to not mind your own business, somehow even selfishness and desire to make it all about yourself... It can be labelled in so many ways by those for which it is so inconvenient that you are not afraid of them. For those that know too well that one day or another, that same power can be used to protect you from their influence and "guidance". Because although they really do everything to convince you of it, this power and this need to speak up does not come from something bad, from indiscipline or ungratefulness for those that are trying to guide you by so lovingly cutting out what makes you different from what they want or are used to... It actually comes from the deep and profound love. Your love towards your own self, towards what makes you - you. A love that, after so many years of judgment and punishments... you just can't bring yourself so easily to use. And that has as the only way of manifesting - the protection of others that are being treated so painfully similarly to you. That are being silenced and limited by the dreams, desires, and plans of others. And that your subconscious, so beaten up and tired by how many times it has happened in your own life, just can't look at without doing nothing, without trying to save at least others, while you remain to suffer in a life that has nothing of what you like.

Bad intentions, manipulation, desire to keep you the way it is more convenient to them, or just a genuine and scarier conviction and trust in what they do or say... Those around you always had something to say about your behaviour, about your difficulty in following the rules, in respecting the limits, in "trusting" and accepting as yours the decisions or opinions of others... Every time you made a step in a sliglthy different direction, that path was fast destroyed right in front of your eyes. The pain, mistakes or struggles of others so easily used to scare you, to push you back in line. There was never a chance to think differently, to desire things or to realize them in your life without feeling guilty, like you are doing something that you shouldn't, like your one little desire of something else can really crush the whole world in front of their eyes... But those words and hysteria never came alone. They were always so well glazed with concepts like love, wanting the best for you, caring for you and for your life. And tiny bit after another, it simply grew on you. On you that were too tired to fight back every single time just to feel like the one attacking others, the one that is ruining your or their lives...

You became more silent and more docile, more in line with what they wanted or needed. A perfect vessel for all their goals and dreams... And it gave you only a life that is miserable. So peaceful at first sight, but so meaningless for your own heart. A life that you are not really living, but merely following based on their rules. While your mind so desperately tries to live its dreams through others, through their battles, through their creations that you so greedily and secretly consume.

But was it really worth it? Now that you are gorwing up, facing this new phase in your life all on your own... Does it seems like it was worth it? Does it really seem like the perfect end? For your heart it surely doesn't. Not for the one that you are feeling less and less, becoming numb to this life that you are not ready or capable to face. Not for a heart that is so confused and lost, but also so fearful and trembling every single time the ones of the past speak up, with their guidance and advices that are really only judgment and hurtful words...

You relied for so long on your mind that was so good at shutting everything down and following their commands, but now it is really time to switch things up. To give the control to your heart, and let your consumed mind rest, as you take a step back and begin from the very start. From when you were too little and too loving to go against those by your side. From when you asked yourself to not speak up for the first time.

Because as impossible or too late as it might seem, but there is still time and possibilities for you to make things really work in your life. You can still pursue your desires and those passions that you threw away in the past. You can still begin from scratch, try again those things in which you failed but doing them differently, as you think it would be better now. Or you can choose completely different paths. You can do what you wanted and they never considered worth it. You can try and even make mistakes, but also learn from them and at least have your own and true experience. You can live like you always were supposed to, and not like they programmed you to. You can do it, even if they will still judge you. Even if they will still scream at you or ignore you. You can do it because all this time that you followed their guidance and remained silent, there was still and always a part of you that felt that anger, that frustration, that need to scream at them back. And the fact that you still felt it, that you still feel it now... Is all that you need to know that you are alive. That those passions, and dreams, and what makes you unique, no matter if you know what is it or still need to discover it, they are still all here. They never had been destroyed like you thought, they were just asleep, awaiting the moment you will feel ready to speak. To speak you truth, your own opinions. To be louder than their lies or impositions. To protect yourself so courageously, like you always did with others. To not allow your fear of them, or of the loneliness that they so often promise, to silence you ever again. Because their words will only and ever be just that. They aren't prophecies or accurate predictions of your life. They are just their convictions. And you have now yours. And it is time to speak them up as fiercely as they always did. With the difference that you will never use your voice to hurt and control others, projecting and imposing your convictions on them... But you will only protect yourself and pretend the respect that you deserve. The space and liberty to live the life that you want.

♡ { free guidance | a little thank you } ♡

– Pile Two,

the chariot, the lovers, the strength, the wheel of fortune (all major arcanas!♡)

They feel so heavy. Those steps that you need to do every single day in order to survive. In order to have a chance to overcome these obstacles. In order to have even just the tiniest bit of progress... Your legs feel so damn heavy. There is simply too much pressure, too many fears and doubts weighing on them. And at each step... You really do need the help of others. Their guidance, a little advice, support or just some confirmation that you are going in the right direction, that you will be alright.

They say that as we grow we become more wise, more confident. But you seem to have everything but courage in your heart. The same one that, ironically, used to be so brave and beautifully impulsive in the past. The ones that often lead to mistakes, all those passions and drive, it's true. But for which you still would give so much, just to feel even just a little now, because you would exactly know where to direct them, into what to pour them, where they could help you so much right now.

Because it is not at all easy to feel so vulnerable, so lost and scared. It is not easy to need someone to rely on. To look for them constantly, never really having time to focus the same way on your own self. To feel just more consumed, when the one you found influenced you so much but left alone too soon. In paths that you know nothing about and followed just in search of them. With decisions that you can't even remember how you made, perhaps so blindly trusting the opinion or advice of someone that was by your side back then...

It is frustrating. Truly. To feel the life you are living, creating, working so hard on every single day... Just not right, just not yours. So many things constrating you and your visions. So many rhythms and routines that are different from yours. All around you. So many. That it seems impossible to find a way out of this and something that would truly resonate with you for more than just a phase... If you will even ever be able to understand what is it that your heart wants in the first place.

But... The same way as with your life decisions, you are so quick to trust others with their convictions and descriptions of who and how you are too. You so quickly trust their words and vision of you, embodying it so perfectly that it really does feel true. That you are too volatile, too impulsive, too indecisive. That you know too little your own self. That you don't have your own mind or identity, and feel someone only once you become the copy of others and their soul. No ideas, no desires, no passions. Not even one focus, center, of your life that is not someone that you feel so much love and admiration for. You really do believe all of this about yourself. You really, so naively and even sweetly think that others see your core and true self so well... That you don't realize that all that they consider a lack of something, it is what makes you truly whole.

The liberty to change, to feel and experience so many things. The openness of the mind to look at life from different perspectives, of learning everyday new things about this world... We all have it when we are younger. And no one ever considers it as being weak or inconsistent - we know that it is the most important part of our growth. But so many grow, find the safest spot, and settle in so fastly, forgetting everything, even the fact that they themselves can be more, can bloom more... Not you though. Not when you are so versatile, so open, so genuine, so ready to be inspired by this life. No matter if it is through a story, an idea, a feeling, or someone... You are still learning more, you are still becoming more.

Or at least you could if only you didn't bring your own self down so harshly and so often, following the flow of your inspiration only halfway through, convinced that the powerful enthusiasm, the curiosity and passions that you felt weren't truly yours...

The opinions and expectations of people are really strict and specific nowadays, it is true... But only because someone out there, or even close to you, has them, doesn't mean that you need to slow down and force yourself to settle too. It is too soon for you. You have still so many things to do and feel. So many things to see and explore. You are still a child at heart. So innocent, so easily amazed and in love with all that this world has to offer to your soul. So why should you denigrate and change this part of yourself? Why you should judge or be ashamed of something that, if you saw it in someone else, would have filled you with joy, admiration and love? Why you shouldn't love it and embrace it like those that you envy do with their own souls? Why you should do it for others, when being yourself will never hurt no-one?

It never was infatuation, lack of character and discipline or recklessness. It only was your excitement for people and their ideas, so different from yours, so worthy of being tried and felt on your own skin, learned with your own mind and felt with your whole heart, so you can understand them better and connect with them more. It was just your desire to wander, to explore, to bloom more and more with all the colours of this world. It never was you being doomed. But only you being one of the most free souls.

Your mind will change. Your desires. Your passions. Your pace and the direction you'll be guided to take. And that's okay. You will never be stuck or too close to a trap. You never will be lost, as long as you will embrace the power of your soul to hear the many callings of this world.

♡ { free guidance | a little thank you } ♡

– Pile Three,

the three of wands, the page of pentacles, the two of cups, the world

It is so rare to be able to truly see this world, its negative parts but also the hopeful ones. It is rare to have your eyes that can so easily recognise something that is worthy of appreciation, something that we can and need to be grateful for. Your gaze wanders further, it is not focused only on what is here and now, right by your side... But it foresees so many ways, options, possibilities of how things can become better, allowing you to have something that no one else has. Your faith and hope.

It is not just being too positive, hopeful or delusional. It is not stupid to notice precious details and signs in things that others are so fast to label as the worst in their life. It is a different form of courage and strength. To be able to recognise the difficulties and challenges, but at the same time still respect them for all that they give you, for who they help you to become.

But the suffering voices of others are too hard to ignore, aren't they? It is difficult to feel truly grateful and hopeful when so many by your side are crushed under the pressure of their fears and struggles. Your gaze that never focused just on you can't start doing it now, only for the sake of your own peaceful mind... You can't walk past them, or ignore them every time they pour out their soul to you. They are your family, your loved ones. People that you would like so much to share with your strength and patience for this world.

So you do it. You are doing it already for quite some time. You are your own supporter and guide, that always reminds you of how things can and will become better if you just hold on tight. And you are the strength and hope of others. Always ready to listen to them, to help them let it all out. But also capable of finding in their stories and situations something good, something little but still worthy of keeping on going. Kind words. Positive affirmations. Loving support. Readiness to be there no matter what. You do so much for others, you give them so much guidance and love in hopes that one day they can finally see and feel for themselves that hope and faith for a best life... But it helps them so little, it seems so feeble compared to their strong convictions of how it never will be better, of how there is nothing here to be grateful for, of how believing in something different is for the delusional and weak ones.. And it hurts you. It hurts you deeply. That not only you seem the only one to at least try to enjoy this life a little.... But that it is also considered so wrong, for whatever reason, to not focus for once only on the worst. It is hurting you so so deeply, to the point that you are starting to feel for the first time that your enthusiasm is becoming more silent, your sureness more fragile. You are starting to feel so much like they feel. More hopeless, less convinced, less motivated to do anything. Because perhaps if so many say so... Then it really is so bad, so different from what your heart and mind wanted to believe...

Or perhaps it is just a moment in which the voices of others are a little more heavy, enough to pressure you into believing that the life is really only this. Perhaps it is only you that became a little tired, after spending so much time and energy on others, on helping them out. Perhaps it is only your mind that focused for so long on others and their lives, stopping to look for good things in yours, not warming it anymore with your joy and hope, and letting it become more dark and cold.

Life or this world didn't change, in the grand scheme of things. It's not like in this period everything indeed became much worse and horrendous, erasing every beautiful and worthy thing. And it's not like they were always right in their overwhelming negativity and convictions, and you are the one to only now open your eyes and see it all... Everything remained still balanced as it was, the bad and good stuff, the pain and love, the struggle and the epiphany of freedom and safety that is so dear to our souls. But after spending so much time in their minds and lives... You just became used to their ways to feel and see this world, starting to do the same, judging your more hopeful side exactly like they always did to you before.

But you still are this way. You will always be. You will still and always have that light in you, that love and gratefulness for the things. You just need to reconnect with them. Nourish them a little more now, so they can light up once again and warm your heart.

And to do this there is no need to pick sides, isolate yourself or say goodbye to those that not feel this life the same way as you do. You can still cherish your connections, you can still try to lift them up and give them that strength that they need so much. You can still try to teach them, and you can still love them... Just remember, at the same time, to love yourself a little more. Your own ways, your own perceptions and opinions. Your own needs to be hopeful about this world and what the future holds. Just remember to listen to your own self, before anyone else, your own convictions. Cherish them and trust them more than the ones of other people. Because it is truly a power of yours, to feel so connected to the ways of this world. It is indeed something that will save and help you, now and forever. It will always give you the needed strength or guidance to go through the hardships, it will always show you the right path when you will feel stuck or lost. Just remember to nourish it first. Before fighting or protecting so fiercely the ways of others... Remember to nourish and embrace the ones that are yours. So you can share your light, your love and strength with others, but without consuming or destroying it in the process, leaving your own self alone and in the cold.

♡ { free guidance | a little thank you } ♡

[life-winners-liveblog]

If you want to know what has most of our attention, I could try to tell you. I don't know how mich will get through, but basically, we're having Infinity War level crossover stuff happening right now. Have any of you heard of the Dream SMP or QSMP?

-Loki

Pearl: Cross...crossover? What does that mean?!?

Scar: It sounds cool! Can we partecipate?

Scott: Maybe It's better...not to ask that? Since we know nothing about it?

Grian: Wait Dsmp? I think I heard it before... oh yeah! Iskall went there once to meet his friend Fundy! I remember him mentioning it at one point (Iskall visited the dsmp in October 2020, early season 7)

Scar: Ooooh! Didn't know that!

[sphaxcca]

My Candy Love New Gen Ep. 3 Review

Okaaaaaay so since this is my first post on here: Hi there! guess who's gonna give her unasked opinion about her Playthrough of My Candy Love New Gen? ME! ofc.

LET'S TALK ABOUT IT...

So i've finished playing the episode and honestly i'm starting to wonder how the plot is gonna develop during the story.

Until now ce can't really say that the story is growing but, I mean, it's completely fine because these are the first episode so it's pretty normal that there's basically nothing but just a presentation of the character and a little peak of their routes.

The episode was pretty chill and cute for some point of view, but my only doubt is about the speed of the storytelling, i really hope that with new episode the story's gonna grow in speed or in lenght of episodes because, for how is it now, it's gonna take forever to make a real "change" in the plot (especially for Jason's route candies like me) The idea of the welcome party was EXTREMELY cute also the "preparation" part was okay;

Amanda not partecipating at the party because Candy didn't choose the park had me turn up my nose honestly, but by the way she reacted the all time, i could have guessed it. She gives me a little bit of snooty vibes but i guess it's just the shell of the character.

ELENDA. oh my ELENDA. I hope with my whole heart that she's gonna be the new Rosalya because i need it. I genueine need a ray of sunshine like her in my candy's life when she's gonna sleep with the rival agency's boss :PPPPPP (The truth or dare part XD had me DEAD, i mean come on guys, you're almost 30 and you need a TRUTH or DARE game to break the ice? LMAO. )

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CHARACTERS.

ROY. Can someone explain to me? Please don't tell me that the dare that he should have done was to kiss Candy and, because is dating Brune, he turned candy's head to kiss her on the check. Please don't tell me or imma GASP. At first i thought he was going to be the gym bro not interested in any dating or in date many girls at the same time, BUT THIS. BRUH unexpected. So i guess Candy in thi s case have to be Eric 2.0 of new gen. Love it. Let's sleep with another taken man!

DEVON. So I Honestly don't know what to say about him for now because i can't really say what's gonna be the issue with him. I Just really hope is not gonna be like Hyun route ( a full of nothing) because the character seems really cute, so please beemoov give us some tea or a plot twist. Something that happened in the episode that made me actually turn my head the screen was Candy saying (if you go to him at the Mall) "It seems that he doesn't want to be the Ceo" Maybe this is going to be the route?

THOMAS. I honestly love him and i feel like his entire route is gonna be Candy tries to make him understand what is to date someone. I also have a feeling (which would make totally sense) that Thomas is either authistic or he's part of that percentual of the populations that has an IQ higher that the others. L O V E I T TBH and it's a shame that i hvae to play two time the episodes because the outfit it's not the same for jason's route.

AMANDA Snooty on the outside but a marshmallow on the inside, i'm so sure of this. My guess here is that, girl's rich ass didn't say anything to her family that she likes girls. I just really hope is not the sme thing that happened with Priya because players dont wanna play things two times.

JASON. At last but not least, the enemies to lovers we didn't know we needed. what can I say? I have a huge love for Men who are so incure of themselfs that they put up this gigantic EGO (and not Confidence) to try to hide their real self. This going to be and Astarion (Bg3) route 2.0, I'M HERE FOR IT. Btw i'm pretty sure he seduced Danica to make her leave Devenementiel, this B, love him. At least he's not taken Candies....

what do you think? <3

-Sph

[mitsuki91]

Gently reminder to all my follower: I am a proshipper (how I hate this term you have no idea because it is how fandom is supposed to operate, "don't like don't read" and "ship and let others ship" as the fandom etiquette and golden rules we have lost). Not only that: I read and write problematic stuff (as incest, rape, violence, etc just to name something).

That said, Snowbaird doesn't even cross my radar for the problematic stuff I enjoy. Hell, I write fluff for them. Same as Snowjanus and other ships in TBOSAS fandom. I am interested in a Snow that can do better and even if I see the potential in evil!Snow (as old Snow is) I can not find the appeal in him like this. I see him grey, complex, even murderous (dr Gaul always die in my fics and also... Canon) but not the super evil villain I see around me. (That's also the reason I write fics for him, because I want my own peculiar vision of him).

If you want to see how bad my problematic stuff really is, I can suggest you to read my "The hunter" fic in HP fandom. This is the dark stuff I enjoy. No I don't feel ashamed about it. It's fiction. It's fun. It harms no one. Curate your own experiece, you all.

And also fun fact: my husband knows what I write. My friends irl know. My own brother knows. My coworkers are not interested but know. I repeat: I am not ashamed of my hobbies. I enjoy my life. I live my life at its full. I am kind, I am respectful, I have no prejudice, I fight for the rights of everyone. I am no perfect of course, and I can slip or make errors. I am only human, after all. But, as human, I appreciate the great gift of arts. Every art. I partecipate in the greatest sings and dances of humanity.

And I like it.

[chrysanthemumgames]

Hi! I wanted to ask will it be possible for Hades and PC to have biological/magic children? If I'm not wrong I remember something like it was difficult because Hades is Death, but since I know in the myths they had two children ( Melinoë and Zagreus), I wanted to be sure that I remember correctly! I know it probably won't be in the main story anyway, it's just that the possibility for Hades to overcome a lot of his self deprecant concepts about himself, to see himself more than just Death/Hades (so accept and "own" himself also as Aidoneus), that he is worth of being loved and that sometime we are the one who put a limit to ourselves, is so beautiful and cathartic. And I can't help to see the possibility of Death being able to "partecipate" in a new cycle/start of a new life (exactly what the Underworld does for the mortals) thanks to the fact that he came to realize that Life loves him and that they are two side of the same coin, like the cherry on top 🤣

So I've been debating saying this for a while, because everyone's headcanon is their headcanon and with things like this that are well and truly beyond the scope of the game, I generally just prefer to let people imagine what they want. But... Hades is, canonically, biologically infertile. It has nothing to do with how he sees himself, it just is a fact that he has the Death domain, if you like, and that is one of its side effects (and indeed, one of the reasons why neither of his brothers wanted to run the Underworld, in spite of the power and influence that comes with it).

This is not any part of his self esteem issues, and doesn't make him think less of himself, nor do I think he needs to be able to have children to come to terms with who he is or come to see himself as someone who plays a necessary part in the life cycle of all things. (This is, in fact, part of his upcoming character arc, and so will actually be covered in the game.)

The message that children are a vital component of any of that would never be one I intentionally put in anything I write, and I would hope that if I ever accidentally did, someone would point it out to me. I don't think you meant to come off as saying that being able to have children is necessary for someone to think well of themselves, or be worthy of being loved, but it is easy to read that implication into your reasoning here.

He is magically unable to participate in the creation of children for the same reason: it's just incompatible with his domain. That said, there are plenty of other ways he might become a coparent with the PC, and anyone and everyone is free to imagine those as they choose! :)

[honeyvettel]

Hi i have game theory questions! was it aways marriage between teammates? Does that mean marc was married to dani for like 5 years? What about in 2020? How did the prince system change? Obviously marc and vale had their thing going on, but while they were technically married to other people? (rip jlo and dani) what about 2020 when marc was teammates with is brother? What about the younger classes? Were alex and pecco ever a thing? Alex and franky?such an interesting world!

hi anon! okay so yes, marriage between teammates was always a thing in 'game theory' but only for premier class. so no, moto3 and moto2 don't have marriages but they get to partecipate in the economy of their kingdoms/teams, so interactions between different teammates are very limited as well, but they are less controlled so they get to play around more. so no, alex and pecco were never 'married' nor emotionally involved with one another; but alex and franky...well, I don't want to spoil too much!

and yes, marc was married with dani for five years, even if marc had his thing going on with vale, and jlo with dani. actually, things we more laid back around their time, thus they were able to approach one another more frequently and freely than the present, and interactions between 'kingdoms' were regarded as good pr (I'm thinking of marc visiting vale's ranch, basically his kingdom). also, since more championships equal more power, valentino got to do whatever he wanted back in the day. flirt with marc on live tv? sure. joking about choking him in parc ferme? okay! manufacturing evidence of marc sabotaging his championship and declaring war to honda? sounds good for us. stricter regulations were imposed after their fallout lol. maybe around 2019 ish.

regarding the alex-marc situation i suppose that with eight championships under his belt, marc got a little leverage to ask his team for his brother as teammate. i think it was the first time in motogp history that a prince didn’t get to marry his teammate. but hey! he’s marc marquez. also honda saw this as a somewhat move to placate the situation after the whole war between him and valentino + finally getting some peace of mind for their kingdom. but alas, little did they know what the future had in store for them…...

I will surely go over these past events throughout the fic, but don't quote me on details because I'm still figuring out everything as I write. this is pretty much the outline though.

thank you so much for the questions!! I love writing and talking about this fic. and thanks for reading! 🥹

[voxofthevoid]

Some people seem to forget that Yuji isn't the classic golden-hearted talk-no-jutsu forgive-and-forget-everyone MC like Naruto or the likes

Yes, he's incredibly kind and if given the possibility he can be open to giving a second chance (like we see with Sukuna at the end) but he also won't hesitate to punch the shit out of those who end up on his (s)hit-list

Yuji meeting Geto "Cult Leader Genocidal Racist (towards non-sorcerers) Delusional Queen" Suguru would absolutely hate him, and yes, maybe it could change over time if Geto showed signs of genuinely changing his views and methods for the better... But otherwise he would be kinda like Yuta was in the movie, who listened to him talk at first because he was hella confused when Geto first arrived but as soon as Geto started insulting Maki he switched immediately and basically told him to fuck off

I also don't think he would take it upon himself to make Geto a better person, either Geto gets his shit together on his own (or maybe with Gojo's help since, when it comes to Geto, Gojo is much more likely to actually care if he changes for the better) or Yuji isn't gonna do shit I fear

And now I'm imagining Yuji and Geto fighting/sparring (Gojo probably convinced Geto into partecipating) and since Geto hates non-sorcerers so much I could see Yuji punching the shit out of him with his raw strength, no divergent fist or curse energy-enhanced hits, just the pure strength he had when he was a "monkey" like everyone else

Negative talk of "sunshine Yuuji" characterization and Getou Suguru to follow. I'd recommend stopping here if you're a fan of either.

And previous anon, my rant below isn't directed at you but at certain JJK fandom trends I hate. I know you were just trying to help.

Some people seem to forget that Yuji isn't the classic golden-hearted talk-no-jutsu forgive-and-forget-everyone MC like Naruto or the likes

Would you care to guess why I say I don't read much fic in JJK? Because this is why. Sunshine Angel Yuuji, who shits out rainbows and cries if he hurts a fly, is going to be my villain origin story.

(Yes, there are plenty of stories that do characterize him right differently, but they're in the minority. I ran out of patience very quickly in the tags and no longer bother.)

He's a very compassionate, very forgiving kid who's boyishly charming and easy to love—the sunshine elements are certainly there, and I enjoy them. But reducing him to those does him a gross disservice. Yuuji's also extremely comfortable with violence, whether that's lethal violence toward curses or training/sparring with peers and mentors. The little we know of his pre-canon backstory features him beating up bullies, and he may not have been as dramatic about it as Megumi was, but the look on his face was sure something else. This is also the same kid who declared his intent to kill Mahito and said that it felt so true that it made everything else he'd ever said feel like a lie. And toward the end of the manga, we have him straight-up admitting that he could've been like Sukuna if not for luck and the man who raised him.

I find Yuuji to be such a fascinating character because his capacity for compassion is matched by his capacity for violence. He actively chooses the former over and over, but dear lord, he's not shy about using the latter. Even outside of physical violence, his personality isn't what I'd call soft. He's friendly and good with people, but he's also snarky, blunt, and at times rude. Also pretty damn insane. I could also go into how a lot (but not nearly all) of Yuuji's cheery demeanor seems like a mask; that kid is repressed as hell, it's just not obvious the way it is with other characters.

Anyway, the people Yuuji wants/resolves to kill are few and far in between, and he's fairly quick to forgive slights against himself, but he's got his lines in the same when it comes to other people's lives and he's willing to enforce them violently.

Personally, I think how he treats Sukuna at the end shows a degree of leniency he wouldn't extend to most people who'd kill indiscriminately. That was influenced significantly by his and Sukuna's respective situations in life and also possibly the intermingling of their souls. Like, nothing Mahito could've done would've spared him from Yuuji.

Getou would likely fall in between the two. His ideology is destructive and cruel (and fucking stupid, how the hell has no one poked holes the size of Texas in it), but it arises from a place of pain and compassion, which opens up certain avenues for discussion that would be lacking with, say, Mahito. Plus, in that fic scenario, Getou's essentially neutralized, and Yuuji's not confronting the direct effects of his actions the way he did with Mahito or Sukuna. In sum, he's not the kind of person Yuuji would write off, but he's also someone who thinks people like Yuuji's grandpa are "monkeys" who should die. I have zero intentions of wrangling their relationship into something good, functional, or mutually beneficial.

Re sparring, Getou's CE is blocked in that fic. Yuuji would devastate him. That's not even in question seeing that, without CE, no one except Tōji and post-awakening Maki would be able to handle Yuuji. This is also likely to make the situation worse, given Getou's experiences with Tōji. That whole angle will depend a lot on how Gojou handles/arranges the situation, which is something I'll likely only find out when I outline or write this properly.

[spaceofentropy]

Questions for fanfic authors

I was tagged by @dragonflylady77 so let's do this!

How many works do you have on AO3? 21? *checks ao3* Yeah, 21.

What's your total AO3 word count? 406k. The half million is approaching.

What fandoms do you write for? Currently? Stranger Things.

Do you respond to comments? I try to, but sometimes I suck. Like right now. I have 50-something comments I need to respond to 🫣

Have you ever had a fic stolen? No. I think. I hope.

Have you ever co-written a fic before? No, never. I don't think I'm made fo co-writing, I'm too precious and in my head about my writing process, I fear.

What's your all-time favourite ship? I don't know if I have an all-time favourite ship, but Harringrove goes close, I think.

What are your writing strengths? Snippy dialogue.

What are your writing weaknesses? Smut and descriptions. They're both a chore. Smut because it's never as smutty as it is in my head, and descriptions because they are the devil and they always sound so wooden and bad when I write them,

First fandom you wrote for? No idea, honestly. A book, ages ago? Maybe? 🤷‍♀️

I should tag people, so if you read this and you want to partecipate, congrats, you've just been tagged!

[sleepystrawberrybunny]

i feel like opening up about something that happened.. kinda ranty, pretty queer.

i'm following a course at uni called 'psychology for intercultural communication' and the main focus is prejudice studies (the irony of it all). my professor - she's not queer, she's cis and hetero - asked how come gen Z in particular feels the need to use and create so many different labels for their identity, especially queer people. she didn't use a judging or mocking tone, she had genuinely curiosity, more the spirit of a scholar who wants to understand a certain thing, you know? so that felt a bit reassuring.

no one responded in the beginning (we were like 50/60 people in total in that room). then a girl opened up about being poly - she's cis hetero though - and how she partecipated on a podcast with a queer friend and they talked about asexuality, something she didn't know existed. other people started to mumble, the professor and her assistant asked what it meant. they didn't know what asexual was, let alone aromantic or other more "obscure" identities.

as queer myself - currently identifying as demiromantic bisexual - my mind had instinctively started to form an answer to give from my point of view.. but then i got incredibly anxious to talk because, not only i have anxiety and even though i push myself to intervene when i feel the need to - not doing it and regretting it later feels worse most of the time - it's still hard, but how the situation got made me feel so alone.

even though i wasn't going to come out to the entire class - i'm a very private and reserved person in general, i prefer to keep these things to myself and my inner circle.. i also experienced bullying as a kid and as a teenager so there's trauma fear that comes with that as well - exposing myself got even scarier.

in my daily real life i'm very alone in my queer identity. i don't really know many queer people, i'm surrounded by people with a conforming identity, and those few queer i know i don't have a close enough bond with. sure, i have my group of close friends that are really accepting... but i don't have an explicitly queer safe net for my queer identity to run to and talk to about my feelings and experiences as a queer person that talks with other queer people who can understand and sympathise with me. i dream of that. of an heartstopper kind of thing.

i also realised how much i actually consume and live on the internet. for me all the words and definitions and labels felt so familiar and natural because of how used i am to come in contact with them daily through the internet, but it's not the same for the majority of people even of my own generation. it was kind of alienating realising of how much i've been living inside my own bubble.

if it wasn't for the internet, it very much probably would have take me a longer time to find out that my feelings, behaviour and experiences meant, in fact, being attracted to girls the same way i am to boys, and it wasn't just "how female friendships are". i was so confused and lonely in my feelings, but then internet showed me that it's something that's real and has a name, and that people like me exist out there.

in that class maybe there is someone like me, queer and with an answer to give but too scared to do it, who knows. and maybe one of us should have courageously opened up for us to find eachother. maybe it was a missed opportunity.

i'm writing this here and not only in my journal because i think i'm hoping for more queer people to answer and share their experiences, if they feel like it of course. i'm in need of feeling less alone i guess, even if it's through the internet again, but it's the only outlet i have for it atm.

(i should probably add that i live in a town in the countryside in italy, and currently it's not very easy for me to often reach bigger cities, so it's easier to get lonely)

[starskynder]

Blue-Faced Honeyeater (only pen, no pencil) #sketchtember

It's done! Sketchtember is officially over!

I really enjoyed drawing in pen for a month, but I itch to get back to color and other mediums. I want to finish this sketchbook entirely with this style, but it's not even half-way trough, so it will require a lot of time.

By the way if someone know some kind of black ballpoint-pen that stays true black till the end let me know. I used a paper-mate inkjoy that I really like, but it begins to fade to gray after two drawings.

Inktober starts tomorrow, I still don't know how I will approach this challenge, if I will follow the official prompt (probably not) and what kind of subjects, style or materials to choose. I hope I will figure something out before the end of October 1st.

If you're partecipating in #inktober happy inktober everyone!

[numinously-yours]

Hii, hope you're doing well! You did a reading for me a long time ago and I loved every single sentence of it I saved it on my gallery , so I'm happy to see you again 🤗 and I'd love to partecipate in the single card draw, please. Thank you so much 💙 -a.r.

Hi there!

Thanks for coming back and for your kind words💙

Your card is:

the Page of Swords in reverse

I am actually getting 2 take away messages for you. First, you're taking away the notion that not everyone keeps their promises. There was someone, or multiple people, you wanted to collaborate with this past year - it could be for a project or a group assignment if you're in school. You may have also had someone in your life this year that you really wanted to grow a connection with, but they became impossible to create plans with because they were sort of aloof to your needs. I wouldn't say that you're no longer trusting of people, but moving forward, I definitely see that you'll be more protective of who you give your best to.

The second take away is that some questions don't have answers. This was probably a frustrating one to learn this year. Understanding how things work the way they do is what makes your brain feel at ease. The unknown, the confusing, and the illogical messes with your groove. It's hard to move forward when you don't know why you should. After this year it will be a little easier. You may still have an anxious brain, but you'll move past it more quickly. As time goes on, it will be easier to accept the unknown and go with the flow.

Thank you again!

D

[mrchalamet-mrstyles]

It's frankly sad to see what's happening with Timmy and Kylie. And your latest anon who wants to leave the fandom because of what some people are saying about him now, just makes it all sadder. Timmy is dating a woman. Maybe she's vapid, maybe she's stupid, none of us know. But it's unbelievable how some people, be it his fans who are jealous, haters who hate just because, and "reporters" looking for clicks, are collectively losing their minds over a relationship that does not, in any way, shape or form, affect any of them. It's upsetting, ridiculous, stupid, deranged. Dissecting someone else's relationship looking for negative things is one of the saddest things I've ever seen. The truth of the facts is that Timmy and Kylie have been dating for months and we have seen them together a grand total of twice. TWICE. And they haven't spoken about their relationship ever. Where's the PR? Where's the fame hunger? There are celebrities who are being papped almost everyday. Actors who are attending events every other day. Actors who have 5,6,7 movies already announced. But Timmy is the fame hungry, PR guy? Even Kylie doesn't really get papped much, nowhere close to many other celebs. It's disheartening to see what's happening. I know coverage of celebrity life mostly sucks because every trade is looking for clicks and the average person loves to trash rich beautiful stars, but we're losing the plot here. The vile things that are being said about Timmy and Kylie are abhorrent. And some "journalists" are partecipating in this awful game. Maybe everyone should remember these are human beings. And no matter how much some people scream and complain and cry about PR and fame, these two people have mostly lived this relationship in a very private way. There have been way more photos of Zendaya and Tom Holland in the past 6 months, but somehow that's real love while Timmy and Kylie, with their two outings, are PR. I don't get it. I knew the Jenners/Kardashians were hated, but this is too much. I can't believe there are people that every single day wake up, get up and go online to trash them and everyone associated to them. Don't people have anything better to do with their lives? Don't they ever think about how hurtful they are? Sorry for the rant, but it's truly upsetting what's been happening. Why are we talking about this woman as if she is the scum of the earth? You don't like her? Fine, ok. But can we remember she is a mother and has two kids who one day soon will have to read some truly awful things about their mom? And can we remember she grew up in that family and that life is all she's ever known? Can we stop trashing her for the plastic surgery when she clearly did it because people have been making fun of her looks since she was a teenager? And why are people calling Timmy a fuck boy and a fame hungry actor when he is regularly out of the spotlight whenever he's not promoting something? Why is his being a college dropout a problem now? He's still well read, talented, smart and successful.

And mind you, this isn't even just about Timmy. There are other celebs that receive the same treatment just because they dare dating someone else in the spotlight. I think we could all use minding our business a little more. It's ok to express some discontent with some things we do not like, but I think people are forgetting human decency entirely.

🙌🙌

[goldenkamuyhunting]

Hello, I've been reading Golden Kamuy for three weeks now and yesterday I read the final chapter. Today I woke up and I started reading your blog and your metas, and it's been helping me mourn the great story that I believe didn't deserve such a wasteful ending. I feel like the characters' journey was for nothing. Just like you, I despise that the Sugiripa pairing is being implied to be canon, and I really wish Asirpa had never developed a crush on Sugimoto. In my opinion it seriously muddied the overall story and the consequent actions it would take. Ogata's death felt meaningless at this time of the plot. It's funny how one of the themes in the story is that each life has a purpose but it felt like most of the characters lost theirs in the final arc. I know I'm a bit late to the party, and the time I invested in the story was nothing compared to the people that had been following the manga for years, but I needed to get these words off my chest. I'll try to remember this series as the masterpiece it was for the first ~200 chapters.

Welcome in the world of GK and I'm sorry to also welcome you among the ones who didn't really enjoy much the final arc.

Now... should I warn everyone who's going to continue to read that this isn't a let's shower Noda with phraises feast? And that if you don't like it, the back button is your best friend? I hope not, but just in case, consider yourself warned. So...

In regard to the SugiRipa... I would have been fine if it had been handled as a phase, something Asirpa has to grow out of it.

I wouldn't have liked it much but I would have accepted it if the whole thing had been at least... postponed. Sugimoto leaves Asirpa, years go by, he comes back and, since he didn't see her in years and, since she's an adult now, he can look at her with different eyes.

Noda had seemed to imply that Asirpa was of such a young age because she wasn't meant to become a trophy for the hero to get at the end of his adventure (like it happens to way too many female characters in stories targeted to male audience), but if the SugiRipa ending was planned from the start... well, at this point Asirpa could have had just been made of the right age from the start.

Asirpa had a quite interesting motivator for her actions, which was the well being of her people, this isn't really such a recurring goal for heroines, but in the end the Ainu were sidelined because she makes clear her priority is Sugimoto (she claimed she would kill to protect him, not the Ainu and, ultimately, she shoots Ogata to protect Sugimoto) and the Ainu take a backseat in her heart.

I've nothing against characters moved by love... I like love stories... but since Asirpa has something more intriguing that could have lead her actions, prioritizing her crush for the hero felt like a downside.

Of course this is just me, I know there were people who had pushed for SugiRipa from the start and even the anime seemed fond of it (and completely erased Umeko as a love interest for Sugimoto).

As for Ogata, as far as I'm involved, it's not just that his death felt meaningless, his whole partecipation to the facts post Karafuto was of no consequence whatsoever for the story. He didn't affect the plot, neither with his life, nor with his death which is such a big clash with how, previously, whatever Ogata did seemed to spin the plot in a direction or in another.

So, as far as I'm involved, it would have worked a lot better if he had died in Karafuto. Even the whole thing with Koito, in which he shared info with him that lead Koito to figure out how Tsurumi manipulated him, was ultimately meaningless as Koito and Tsukishima still did Tsurumi's bidding till the end, and wouldn't have still be capable to follow Tsurumi due to their wounds, so the whole thing ended up being meaningless. Again, this is just me.

And I guess I could go on, actually I wanted to write a whole post on why for me the series finale was such a disappointment, but ultimately I doubt someone would be interested in it.

Who still wanders in the GK tag is likely there in search of positivity so a post of what didn't work for me is probably not what people would be interested in reading.

Again, I'm sorry to hear you also didn't enjoy the ending. It doesn't matter if you started reading a story long ago or just yesterday, it's always sad when something that you were enjoying reading stop being a source of fun and pleasure.

Please, keep enjoying the first 20 volumes as I and other people do and still welcome among the GK readers. Also, thank you for your ask!

[camssecretcave]

Hera, not just an angry wife

Hello everyone! For those who don't know me, I'm Cam and I'm a Hellenic pagan. A few months ago I've partecipated at the OWC on the amino app in the Pagans and Witches chat! The challenge was talking about myths and legends and I've decided to talk about Lady Hera, the misconception about her and how modern culture sees her. I believe this post can spread a bit of knowledge so I'm going to post it also here!

Disclaimer: I don't work with Hera, this post is based on my studies and the research I've made. Please if you have a different opinion, that's okay and you can share it 💕

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Table of contents

I. Who is Lady Hera?

||. The portrait of the villain

III. It's not all black and white

IV. Conclusion

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Who is Lady Hera?

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The goddess Hera is one of the daughters of Kronos and Rhea, queen of Olympus, wife and sister of Zeus. She presides over marriage, married women, childbirth, heavens and stars. Her children (depending on the myths) are Hebe (cupbearer of the gods), Ares, Eileithyia (goddess of childbirth) and Hephaestus. She is described with an intense gaze and with a capturing beauty (a different beauty from Aphrodite but that's another story). She is the picture of the perfect wife and queen and also her actions represent this aspect. Hera feels equal to Zeus and demands this status to be respected. We can define Hera as the second in command compared to Zeus, often in myths it is written how Zeus himself asks advice to his wife on how to act in the best of ways.

Seems all fair and peaceful, right? Well, being both very devoted to power and to lead the Olympus, we cannot rarely read of conflicts between the two that bring a lot of problems.

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The portrait of the villain

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As we said before, it is not so rare that Hera and Zeus fight on several fronts. We have myths that tell us how she tried to reverse the power of Zeus to get it and are much more common stories about Hera who uses her power to take revenge on the lovers of Zeus and his illegitimate children. We need to keep in mind that Hera doesn't just burst in anger and inflicts damage on lovers and children randomly, she uses a well-researched revenge. It should also be specified that illegitimate mortal children and immortals are treated differently. For example, Apollo and Artemis are the children of Zeus and Leto, but Hera as revenge for his cheating decides to just prolong the woman’s birth by holding Eileithyia on Olympus. Mortals and gods must earn her respect (Hera often seems uninterested in the numerous heroes who are equally sons of Zeus but whose fate is death). After she has obtained his revenge, Hera closes that chapter and dedicates herself to something else.

The picture that appears to the world is this: Hera after the betrayals of Zeus decides to target the objects of his desires or the illegitimate children (totally innocent and subjugated to the powers of the gods) only for revenge against her husband, right? Well, things are much more complicated than that.

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It's not all black and white

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When we talk about studying the Hellenic pantheon we must take into account that from the centuries where the myths, on which today we base a good part of our knowledge, were written with a very different mentality than we can have in 2024. That is why when we have to go and get information from any writer of the archaic age, we must always keep in mind the context in which he wrote and draw the information as objectively as possible. Sometimes it is almost normal to point the finger and say "it’s Zeus' fault because he cheated!" or "Hera should not hurt innocent people!" , especially if media around us invite to do this. Hera in Percy Jackson is depicted as a horrible goddess who has ruined the lives of hundreds of demigods and everyone hates her. Hera’s stereotype of a revengeful and mean wife is used extensively in the content we see on the internet, from TV series to books. In no way in myths, she is evoked under her aspect as "the angry one" or "the fearsome one", but rather as "Lady of Olympus" like her role says. We don’t need to blame Hera or Zeus or any god, it’s not necessary. Hera’s actions are not to be condemned because it is simply the role as goddess of loyalty in marriage and as queen of Olympus, she is just doing what is her duty. The conflict between Hera and Zeus is part of the order of things, and Zeus himself admits it in the Iliad when he tries to ally Hera to his cause. Her agreement is essential for consensus to reign on Olympus.

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Conclusion

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In the past, even after I started my practice, I was very much influenced by information obtained from books and TV series that totally changed Greek mythology. Only after studying from the right and reliable sources, I changed my mind. Zeus was not a horrible god and indeed, working together has really changed my practice and I think the same is true with people who work with Hera. I decided to write this post to do her justice because, informing me more and more and opening my mind, I discovered that under the stereotype of an angry goddess there is actually a beautiful world to discover. I am infinitely grateful that the Cam of the past has set aside her beliefs and opened her mind.

Thanks for reading so far, I hope you liked this post. Remember to never stop feeding your knowledge 🪷

Resources

Il re degli dei, Alessandro Gelain

Mythology, timeless tales of gods and heroes by Edith Hamilton

Hellenismos, by Tony Mierzwicki

Homeric Hymns

The Iliad

The Hera of Zeus, by Gabriella Pironti and Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge

The transformation of Hera, by Joan V. O'brien

[rumor-imbris]

My dearest poet sister, my little night moth:

Heavy goes our heart this year, yet my sweet Lady Connor, my heart goes out to you.

When you told me about your darling baby Lu, it broke my poor heart, for I remember his little chubby cheeks and fluffy chonky looks in photos and I fell in love with that little devil boy, my adopted fluffy nephew.

The pain of a loss of a pet that is more than that, he was family is greatly immense, much more than anything in this world. The year has been difficult, sweetie, but you made it through and for that I'm proud of you 🫂 Though you may doubt it, but I know you did it and you will continue on in this coming new year.

As I take my leave, here's a little prose for your forever son Lucifero:

****

Little darling, little boy

You filled my heart with joy

Your paws imprinted on my soul

As you watched me grow, I watched you grow old.

You may be one part of my life

I was forever your entire life

You took your leave in peace like a shooting star

For I have witnessed you go up above.

My little darling, my little boy

May you run about the fields and play with toys.

I will shed tears to your memory, I will embrace you if you are in my dreams.

Lucifero, my dearest friend

My love for you, I promise, will never end.

****

Always yours,

La fatina lunare Giulietta 🌙✨

Oh, my dear Sis... My lunar fairy, my sweet Giulietta...

This... this is everything. Thank you so much. It feels like you gave me back a voice I had lost... I wanted to write something for him, but pain buried all my words, and then you came and wrote this stunning piece... I don't know what to say... I... I'm just so grateful...

I've told you many times how precious your friendship and support are to me, and again, thank you for having me as a friend, for giving me courage and always shutting my self-doubts up.

Here are some old pictures of Lu, when he was younger and I could still hold him, and when he liked to partecipate in everything I did! His eyes and his little evil look are unforgettable <3

Hugging you tight, sweetie Thank you very much, again

Love you sincerely