#or any drought

[chai-en-kaadhale]

atp the default weather in the summer is heat wave (for my state atleast)

[calithso]

i want acheron to be obliterated by her femme gf

[serpentface]

Faiza performing the Kagnoma Odo (pretty literally 'lion dance'), a weapons dance and one of the more important ritual duties of Odonii priestesses. A relatively new addition to this traditional dance involves the musket as the primary weapon, which is fired mid-twirl into the ground at the climax of the dance. Faiza is experiencing an 'oh fuck' moment because her shot is more than ideally diagonal, but she’s being so cool with it.

This is a wholly ceremonial performance at the onset of the pilgrimage, performed in full regalia and lion skin (of the small, semi-domesticated strain) but no armor. It’s also distinctly a display of political allegiance between the powerful and beloved Odonii priesthood (and its loyal military) with the increasingly reviled and destabilized imperial family, with Faiza prominently wearing a bracelet of the royal serpent, which was gifted (along with the musket) by the usoma Stavis Amanti himself (Usoma is the Wardi word for king, which has been retained in the context of emperors).

The Kagnoma Odo is the ultimate demonstration of the Odonii as an embodiment of the Lion Face of God and living vessel of military might and sovereignty, demonstrating her fitness and proficiency with weapons and as a spiritual unifier for soldiers. It is accompanied by drumming and occurs in stages, running through the three keymost weapons used in war- the spear, the sword, and the musket. The musket is of the most significance, given the weapon has developed a particular esteem as the ultimate embodiment of might and superiority. Assistants (almost always other priestesses, occasionally high ranking soldiers) load and prime the musket to be fired at the climax of the dance, where it is shot into the ground as the priestess leaps out of range of the shot. The firing signals the end of the dance and the rite itself.

While not the utmost exemplar of trigger discipline, only fully inducted and senior (and therefore very thoroughly trained) Odonii are permitted to perform the dance, and injuries during actual performances are quite rare (though are known to occur during training, more than a few Odonii have burns and wounds on their feet).

The most important renditions of this dance are performed upon declarations of war and before battles (in this case, generally done in full armor along with the lion pelt). It is also done during some trainings (while a dance, it is carefully choreographed to include naturalistic maneuvers of the weapons involved and helps soldiers limber up and learn to move their weapons). It is regarded as an impressive and motivating sight and a morale booster, and, seen at a distance, potentially intimidating to enemies.

A special variant of this dance is performed as means of fully incarnating the Odomache, which is done in full nudity with the body covered in the blood of the freshly sacrificed lion and cloaked in its raw pelt (the lion has become the corpse of Odomache in the moment of death, as part of its recreation of God's sacrifice). Her public, full nude appearance once (and only once) in this act is what allows the Lion Face of God to incarnate within her. Those in attendance see the spiritually vulnerable, naked human body obscured with the sanctified and deified blood and cloaked in the sanctified and deified skin. It is a merger of the contradictions of mortality and divinity, the boundaries between the two indistinct in flickering firelight and the flash of musketfire. She is witnessed by her people, dangling in between humanity and divinity and leading them in dance, and and is thus transformed.

[celestialhounds]

Rereading TGCF, and wouldn't it be cute if the ox cart driver and the ox from the first book are Yushi Huang and her ox in disguise?

She and Hua Cheng seem to be cool with each other, and later on he reaches out to her to help save Xie Lian (and even shows up as one of her farmers! Cute!)

Also,the ox cart driver calls the ox "Old Huang". Maybe not significant, but maybe??

So what if, after finding out Xie Lian is back, he called out to her to please please help him with a meet-cute idea.

[boycum3000]

#MakeNewJerseyWetAgain

[leafuxxtea]

If you still take suggestions, can you probably bless us with some mikoto, please?

i unfortunately could only make one rough mikoto kayano with my limited skills, and then I unmikoto kayano'd him and now he just looks like Some Guy. so my apologies for that,,,

[fishysos]

Going down memory lane with OTPs Past.

Sorry for straight up drawing THE REAL GUYS, but Al Capone is so goddamn fine.. I had to.

[tigers1o1]

Day 462 without Ao3:

I went onto wattpad for a brief moment before remembering how awful it is there. We must remain strong, friends. Resist the urge to log into old accounts it is so much worse than you remember

I turned to my friends and now we’re trading google docs like basketball cards to keep each other entertained with writing that isn’t our own

[johaerys-writes]

I fucking hate it here

[dibbs-n-scribbs]

Love this guy

Ref used!

[mileymint]

What if I made a Dandy's World OC. What then huh

[hingefreelester]

If they upload while im playing dnd ill be pissed

[goldenharmony]

I like how Aquakana is a sign of the world healing

[raeathnos]

We’re in the middle of a really bad drought here and the creek is just… gone. Not even a puddle. It’s drizzled like once in the past month and a half. Even the deep pools are completely dry, and there’s a lot of dead animals. Lots of fish dried up in the creek bed and the trail to the creek was littered with dead mice and voles.

Saw this cool dude though (cooper’s hawk?), a turkey vulture, and a fox, and last night I saw a deer at the edge of the forest. I feel so bad for them all.

[saturnniidae]

I miss being new to fandom and thinking the prominence of m/m ships was progressive instead of it actually just being people refusing to engage with female characters

[lavampira]

scrolling through every streaming service I have access to trying desperately to find a fun new horror watch and struggling