#so i'd consider reconnecting w her

[the-acid-pear]

Did you know? Studies show 90% of abused children quit right before they become the perfect vessel for a child of what they believe their parents will actually love. KEEP DESTROYING WHO YOU ARE FOR A MEANINGLESS CAUSE!

[the-moon-files]

So I have tried to request this prompt from someone else but I don't think their blog is that active anymore. If your willing I'd love to request the following.

Prompt: Reader is bisexual and gender neutral.

Reader is considered fairly attractive and gets flirted with pretty often by basically whoever gender wise. And maybe reader and Zelda even end up flirting a little bit. Reader would have a similar lackadaisical flirty personality as Warriors has.

I wanted to see how each of The Chain would react to this with the context of them having secret feelings for the reader.

2nd official request, woo look at me go 🏃💨

Sun: Gender-neutral Reader (”you”/they/them)

Orbit: Headcanons-ish

Stars: Zelda (Assuming they meant BOTW), + the classic Chain of Links <3

Comets & Meteors: Content Warnings: mild cussing, mild typical loz violence, Mildly Suggestive, & Trigger Warnings: none known.

Please comment if I missed any. /gen

so i like to think that modern flirting is radically different than their medieval flirting,

like mayyybbeee Wild can handle it, but even then, they have royalty/knights still, so hes still gettin flustered lol

and i like to think u learned that difference the first time Wars complimented ur new/strange modern fit, and u returned the energy?? except 10x stronger (to them)??

youve played the player, and beat him at his own game, the Captain of the knights is sputtering and shit LMAO

(he said smth like, “their beauty is god-like in this otherworldly clothing“ and YOU said smth like he’d “thank you, youd look better in my bed than in armor 👉 😎 👉 ” lmao)

funniest part is, bc its so natural, i can see u immediately shooting off smth and forgetting it instantly, much to the Links collective shock 😭

u go to towns and notice theres always 1 hero around to steer u away from shopkeepers, townsppl, etc so u wont flirt w/them LMAO

(when u finally notice, u just, “ohh i get it now, so im only allowed to flirt with someone named Link, ohhh, okayy” and they just, “NO we didnt say that-!” “No its just their bold flirtations are not for the weak of heart-!” “Yes.” “CAPTAIN-”)

the only one who they cant steer u away from is Zelda.

afterall, they kinda have to inform the Princess/now Queen of the kingdom, whats going on w/them traveling with Link (Wild) around time and space

the sheikah tablet had been disconnecting + reconnecting to Purah’s both fascination and worry

so as theyre invited to eat dinner and explain in the rebuilding castle, everyone’s absorbed in shadow talk or smth, and u can see Zelda’s struggling to follow along, u just casually bring it back to her, as she’s also trying to write notes and theyve moved on too quickly w/o her

“wowww, all these men and not a single one’s gonna offer the lady any, ‘hi, hello, how is the most beautiful girl in the world today?’ “

and the gapingggg from the links shut them right up, while Zelda goes all pink and coughs, and agrees that they should move on to more chill topics lol

and u can crack anybody tbh, Zelda giggles at ur compliments all the time, even in work mode, u can deffo get Wars to blush to his ears, and even Time to look away first in a flirty + staring contest lol

Legend might actually put his hands up like he’s prepared to fight u anytime u try to flirt at him when its just you two, before he realizes what hes doing and stops LMAO

oh and u absolutely get a lot of mileage out of that one lol

the best reactions have gotta be, in order of most to least extreme: Hyrule, Sky, Wild, Four, Legend, Twilight, Wars, Time

Rulie, Sky, Wild and Four fall into that classic, shocked-heart-eyes, full blush up to their pointy ears, etc category when u get them,

they are also very easy to get lmao

Four is the best at recovery, or ducking away, but if its the Colors, its this type of obvious lol, w/the obvious ones like Red and Blue, Green takes a little more to break, and tbh Vio could go toe-to-toe w/u better than Wars tbh before he crumbles under the pressure lol

Legend, Twi, Wars, and Time faces may not change a lot, bc theyre trying to save it lmao, but the way their cheeks go pink and ears twitch is how u know ur gettting to them (along w/legend’s defensive reaction to getting cornered LMAO)

Twi has caved and covered his face w/his hands before lmao

one day youll get Time to break more than an ear twitch, and looking away, One Day.

(Wind is in fact, having the time of his life, watching you absolutely hilariously wreck these otherwise v serious heroes, hes glad u got them to finally relax a little, but also its hilarious seeing Wars and Legend red faces, and occasionally stealing Wild’s tablet to take funny pics of them all to blackmail later lol)

☆

idk how good that was, as im kinda bust at flirty banter between characters, so i hope this suffices ur need to flirt w/everyone lol

also i feel i should apologize for not rlly including pronouns? it just kinda comes w/writing reader stories to put them in 2nd person to both make intimacy for readers w/their little avatar im controlling for them, and to purposefully remove the need for gendered pronouns :/

so im sorry i couldnt quite figure out how to make it where “they/them” got used much, i promise i love all pronouns, its just a skill issue tbh lmao

btw

send any prayers, blessings, or good vibes u got my way tomorrow bc im getting wisdom teeth surgery and i am intimidated✨

ill post more asks (i have multiple asks!! <33) after im lying in bed lamenting my painful fate,

mostly just worried ill react badly to the drugs, also the idea of being knocked out during surgery is a little scary so what can i say

have a great weekend guys!! thanks for reading if u did :)

Peace out,

🌙

[beyondbinaries]

I'm posting this a bit early in case the 12th isn't a good mental health day. And I'm sorry if the random tag is annoying or if this post takes up too much space on dash.

On Oct 12 2016, I made a coincedental decision that has changed my life as a whole. A choice that has led me to so much pain but also so many happy memories and irreplcable friends. I made my pfp on Quotev a Genis Sage picture and somehow ended up involved in a Symphonia rp group 💕.

I had loved Genis as a character since I was a child watching my sister play at my Nanny's (my cousin would always delete her save before we even reached triet) and when we got a copy of the game when I was around 11/12 I had him on my team for the most part. It was my fascination with half elves and the mysterious Kharlan War Era that led to the creation of Mana, Oracle, Lee, 3rd, and Sunny. But those were all just childish writing in a notebook I hid from the world. Im sure lil me would die on the spot to hear that they are charas so many people know. I always knew that I loved to write but it was for charas like Sherlotta who were niche and not from a series as big as Tales so I never wrote Genis. Well until that day, I was too awkward to tell them I wasnt an rp blog and fully committed to it.

And look where that has led me. Here to you all. This journey may have been long and filled with things I'd never wish on anyone but I'm happy. So many of you have encouraged me and been there for me. I love and appreciate you all. Under the cut imma try to have things for a lot of you all word wise as gratitude. But thank you all so much, there are no amount of words or tangible sentences to express how much you all mean to me. And a happy birthday to my Genis interp who I wish i still wrote

@pyonpyonpyon ; Yuki youve been around since I started on here and damn time sure does fly. Thank you for always sticking around and plotting some of the most insane relations w/ me (Moe and Yuuri family) and dealing with tye silly kyubey meming I did back in 2017 (its been that long)

@mermaus ; sobs you know how much i lov and appreciate you but I will reiterate here... Lena you have stood by me for so much, have made my day so many times, etc. You are one of the most talented people on this website and in general? You are funny, kind, brave, strong, amazing. Im forever thankful to have met you and to be in your life. I am so eagerly awaiting the day we can meet and I can hug you irl.

@strebcr ; Pineapple !!! I am so so glad to have reconected with you! You are truly an amazing person and i am forever blessed to be considered your friend.

@in-sum ; Puyo !! Sobs I am so glad we were able to reconnect again, you are an amazing friend and you are always there for me. Youve stood in my corner when I was going through some of my worst times and I am forever grateful. You are talented and kindhearted and you stand up for what you believe is right.

@malusrecord / @constellationcrowned ; Kala!!!!!! It goes without saying how amazing of a writer and person you are. You bring so much life to your characters and it truly shows. I always find myself reading and rereading your posts when I am active on dash. You deserve all the good things in the world. And thank you so much for being my fren, I will always enjoy our dms and learning more about series i never thought I'd enjoy.

@ervaurem ; Shai!! I appreciate ypu so heckin much, you are such a kind and thoughtful person. I adore your presence on my dash and i adore the bonds between our characters. You've been there for me for such a long time now and I cant ever thank you enough..

@ofstarsandskies , @mathcs , @altosk , @cataclysmus , @talesofourworlds , and @broadswordandpistol ; a big catch all for all the wonderful people I met during festitales, despite how rough i am forever thankful for the oppurtunity I was given to force others into my point and click dm style of adventure. I have so much I cam say to each n every one of you 🥺

@solivcgant ; Mochi Mochi!! I am so sorry for the crimes Mana has committed against food and Eiji's mental health (eggbear eggs painge). I enjoy your presence and dog memes so much. You are so cool amd amazing aaa.

@twinklesofhope ; Ringo!! You are so talented and seeing you around makes me so happy.

@canidgrit / @nickitsden ; Fox!!! Hi we don't write together often but you are such a joy to see on my dash.

@biisutoarm ; Red!!! Hewwo hewwo, i love your Elfman so much he is such a treat and seeing him on dash always brightens my day. You are such a talented writer !

@osovereign ; Rinni! Hi hello, you are such an amazing and wonderful person. I have a lot of fun dming and writing with you. Its so nice to write with you again (I found a draft from like Jan 2017 on an old blog for you and i had to stop and stare at it lol--). I appreciate you so much and I hope to keep expanding Kratos' collection of poor Mana art.

@ednaeflowers ; Jenny!! Hi!! I know we aren't all that close or anything but you are such a delight to see on my dash. The Eizen and Edna thread we have is near and dear to my heart. I also really appreciate Mana and Edna's little friendship thing. I just really love your Edna interp 🥺, you are so talented and I appreciate you.

And to anyone else who read this far down, I love and appreciate you so much. Even if we don't speak or really write together. I genuinely believe each and every person I follow are talented individuals.

[fakakta-art]

I have this Jewish Dick Grayson headcanon but I'm not Jewish so I was wondering if you'd give me feedback or something like that if it's not too much trouble. I imagine he'd be raised secular by his parents and when he starts living with Bruce he participates in Jewish traditions/holidays because Bruce uses his own family experiences to try and connect with his new kid. so Dick decides to fully lean into it and convert to Judaism. I think he'd have a Bar Mitzvah to formally show that, but Bruce didn't have any formal event for his because without his parents it's difficult. so when Dick gets to really celebrate his Bar Mitzvah it's a special moment of connection for them and Bruce is very proud. Dick becoming Jewish helped him reconnect with his mom after her death and it's all very sentimental. once again I'm not Jewish so I don't know if that makes sense

I'm always happy to talk Jewish batfam and i absolutely love when people share their HCs with me! :D I'm so flattered you reached out! If you mean you HC Dick as having a Jewish parent/parents, but just not being raised religiously Jewish, he wouldn't actually need to "convert". Judaism is an Ethnoreligion, aka: an ethnicity AND a religion, so you can be ethnically Jewish and not religiously, and vice-versa. It is enough to simply be born to Jewish parents (Mother if you're traditional, either if you're more reform). Conversion in Judaism is quite different from a lot of other religions, since Judaism is considered a "closed" religion. Gentiles (non-Jews) can convert, but the process is arduous and involves lots of study and communications with rabbis, etc.

If you mean raised secular in that John and Mary are both gentiles, but Dick ends up adopted as a kid by Bruce (a Jewish man), then he could be raised culturally Jewish, and might even be accepted as such in some Jewish communities depending on the denomination and such, but he would technically still need to convert to be "officially" Jewish.

A Bar Mitzvah does not count as a conversion, it's a separate, but very important coming-of-age ceremony that considers you a Jewish adult when a boy turns 13. It comes with responsibilities and practices, definitely something I love imagining Dick having, being supported by Bruce though, and reconciling with his past and such.

For the sake of not making the worlds longest post, I'm putting the rest under the cut!

I'm totally a sucker for HCs of someone reconnecting to their religion, I'm also totally a sucker for Jewish HCs so you're totally in my wheelhouse! I absolutely invite you anytime to message me or anything cause I could go for days on this.

I wont dump my entire hoard of HCs on you, but yours are actually quite similar to some of mine!! I figured I'd share some ehe, no obligation to read it or nothin'

Bruce I HC to be Ashkenazi Jewish, on both Martha and Thomas's side. I imagine they were somewhat conservative (Masorti) Jewish, but Martha's extended family was Orthodox. I HC Bruce was raised pretty Jewishly until his parents were killed, and from then on Alfred, who is not Jewish, did his best to uphold the values and religion that Bruce's parents had left behind with him. Also, bc I always establish a latke Opinion for every Jewish HC I Have...Bruce would totally be a cream cheese and lox latke guy, bougie ass. As for a Bar Mitzvah for Bruce...I usually waffle between HCs of either

A) Bruce not doing a bar mitzvah celebration since there's many practices associated w the parents that he knew would be too painful, but as an adult he regrets not having one or might even do a belated one as an adult at some point with prodding from his kids

Or B) Alfred, knowing the importance of it, pushes Bruce to actually do it and tries his best to do the parental duties. It's sweet small and all that but still nice

As for Dick, I usually HC that his father John was Romani and his mother Mary was Jewish, born Miryam (Jewish name) but changed it to Mary to pass as gentile cause of the Antisemeitism. I HC her, and by extension Dick, as Sephardic rather than Ashkenazi (regionally different flavors of Judaism due to diaspora, very interesting to look up if you have time). Anyways, Bruce and Dick def had a "similar but different" motif about it but very wholesome. I think Dick still knew stuff and had a connection to it, but didn't like, attend services or anything pre-Bruce. He probably loved Purim, though. I imagine when Dick was young, he and Bruce would celebrate Shabbat together and light the candles every week. As for Latke pref...applesauce and sour cream at the same time on the same latke.

For Jason, I actually HC him as mixed race (afrolatino, white, etc) and raised Catholic, so pre-Bruce he didn't know anything about Judaism at all. I don't think he'd have crazy strong connections to religion of any sort, but he'd still have some adjusting to do. I think he'd participate culturally with the fam, doing Passover seders, playing dreidel, etc, but I don't think he'd be doing much praying or anything. Sour cream on Latkes truther, but he'll add pico de gallo sometimes if he's got it.

Now for Tim, I also HC as Jewish, but whereas Martha and Thomas were very outwardly Jewish, I imagine Tim's parents were not. In my hcs, Janet was raised conservative but sorta dropped it. Jack was raised reform and didn't really practice anything. I imagine they didn't want to broadcast a lot of their Jewishness out of fear it would impact their business, which they cared about more. Most of Tim's participation started and ended with the High Holy Days, or the occasional moment his parents ever rarely felt religiously inclined. Maybe some brief Hanukkah stuff, cause of the capitalism and whatnot. I think he would do a lot of his own research, though, and know enough to get by. I think he would also eat his Latkes with ketchup, bc he's bonkers.

Now for Damian, obviously he's half Jewish cause Bruce is his father, but Talia I HC as Muslim (can't remember how canon it is) and raising him practicing Islam I think makes him lean more towards that religiously even if he is ethnically both. He's interested in Bruce's culture, bc thats his dad! but not like, with spiritual intent at his age. I think the whole fam though is happy to celebrate Eid with him, support him fasting during Ramadan, etc, though! When Alfred makes Latkes though he prefers applesauce or plain, as most kids in my experience prefer.

ANYWAYS sorry this got WAY longer than I thought it would. I have more for the rest of the batfam and stuff but i'll stop here. Biggest HC dump EVER huh..anyways if you actually got to the end thanks for reading it! feel free to message me any questions or send another ask, clearly, I usually have something to say about it LOL

[dark-nekofear]

tagged by @kukiyuuri ur so sweet ty for the tag <3

ONE. Are you named after anyone?

*Office stare* whatever gave u that impression? :3c

yea my queer ass swiped Roxas' name as my own. I had a major identity crisis after leaving a cult a decade ago so it kinda felt fitting to pick the name with his own history with cults & identity issues hehe

2. When was the last time you cried?

couple days ago, tho I have a very hard time crying anymore. thaaaat's probs not good ^^;; I used to be a huge crybaby.

3. Do you have kids?

thankfully not. I'm enough work as is tyvm

4. What sports do you play? have you played?

I played street hockey with my neighbors quite a bit growing up, tho it was rather short-lived when they suddenly had a problem with playing with a girl (boy do I have news for them). in high school I joined the tennis team. I wasn't stellar at it but I had a blast. wish there were more opportunities to play but that requires other ppl wanting to play.

these days I've been reconnecting with my childhood love of rollerblading. I'm close to being as good as I used to be which is so exciting cuz there's so much I never mastered! so I'm about to cross over into new territory!

5. Do you use sarcasm?

what's sarcasm? ovo

6. What is the first thing you notice about people?

looking at the world thru an artist's lens, I notice things like posture, expression, body language first. which can tell u a lot about a person in the moment without a word being spoken.

7. What's your eye color?

blue! I think they're turning gray as I get older which is kinda cool but also a little sad.

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

depends on my mood; both are good. so long as the story is told well anything goes really.

9. Any talents?

I suffer from the good at the arts but bad at everything modern society deems useful disease. my main talent is probs drawing, writing coming second (if I ever get the spoons to do it again). I'm also decent at singing with my long history with choir & leading worship services.

10. Where were u born?

the most boring place on earth -- the US Midwest. Siri, play "Sidewalks" by Story of the Year.

11. What are your hobbies?

a lot of my free time lately has been getting back into studying languages. I'm mostly focused on Japanese atm but I'm also at an intermediate level in German & conversational in ASL.

I game quite a bit too, primarily retro games. *screaming crying throwing up that PS2-era is now considered retro* seldom do I play things upon release except of KH.

oh, I'm also a casual fashion doll collector (mostly Barbie & Monster High). old media as well (vhs, retro games, music, etc). lost media & preservation of the arts in general really interests me.

I play guitar a bit too but lol I suck at it.

other hobbies previously touched on in earlier q's include drawing, skating, singing & writing. :3c

12. Do you have any pets?

I have a kitty! she's a dilute calico & a huge diva cuz she knows she's gorgeous. she's loud af just like me & loves talking to her fave humans in the sassiest tone possible.

13. How tall are u?

not tall enough. 165cm

14. Favorite subjects in school?

German (easily my best subject), art & English.

15. Dream job?

I've been thinking a lot about circling back to an old dream job. something utilizing my knack for picking up languages. maybe interpreting or teaching? I'd really like to go back to school so I can maybe have a decent shot at something overseas. where? I'm still deciding. being trans kinda complicates it a bit. with that in mind & having several instances of homelessness this past decade I've concluded the US isn't a viable place for me to continue living. I have a unique opportunity to rebuild rn & I intend to utilize it. even if that means allowing my art to return to being just a hobby.

ahh! sorry I'm totally ending this on a bummer note huh? uhh uhh... puppies! think of puppies!! & kitties!!!

anyway, I'll tag uhh... whoever wants to do this? >w<; u can obvi say I tagged ya.

[bvd11975]

Lofty... in a good or bad way? Where she was from, it was common for strangers to make use of last names until they became more familiar with one another. It didn't matter how he viewed it, truth was they were still unknown to one another. Which meant she'd do all she could to sidestep his interest in referring to one another as married as much as possible. Just... considering it made her skin crawl. No offense to him even! It was entirely on her end (even if he did creep her out a decent bit).

"O-Oh... maybe it works differently here?" Or maybe he just worked differently. But Nestor wasn't about to accuse him of anything of the sort. Not when his power could potentially prevent her from getting home. "Bonded means... it's a lot more than that, where I'm from." Oh no. No, no, no. She did not want to have to explain the emotional and physical applications that came with an intimate bond. "I don't recall giving you my heart...? I apologize if you thought otherwise? I-I... um, marriage comes after befriending or courting another. When both parties are comfortable and know one another well - and share a mutual attraction and all that. Y-You know? Is it different on your world?" Or was he just different?

Nervously the agent wrung her hands together as she grew more anxious. He knew what marriage was, then. He just basically hit fast forward with lightning speed. She was... vaguely flattered, in some fucked up way. But it certainly didn't mean she wanted to marry him. Especially not like this. She didn't know one thing about him beyond being a sharp dresser and having a very potent power.

One that she now knew he wasn't using alongside witches, per-say, but on their behalf. Witches were-- they were dead here? No. No! That was her clear ticket to reconnecting swiftly with her home for an extraction! Her fingers clutched one another at the realization she would be stuck with him longer than she really felt comfortable. There was only navigating this Regulus Corneas, she suspected.

"I never thought I'd live to see a world without a single witch..." It was terrible. All her life, witches from near and afar plagued her - with good intentions, even if it didn't always appear that way. Her mentor's closest friend was a witch, one that looked out for Nestor to this day. She only hoped she could find her all the way out here. It was unknown to Nestor just what witches may be like on this particular planet, considering they came so varied based on the state of things. She just hoped his effort to return witches would be a success-- they brought a necessary balance that only they could achieve.

...And the agent suspected Regulus Corneas could use a bit of a check in. Having this much power, both in abilities and position, may just be influencing him in what he believed was his to take. Which would explain how he eyed her initially like a slab of meat.

Her attention directed upwards to see for the first time a dragon in the flesh. Huge and-- and pretty. Amber eyes sparkled silently in awe to see such a wonder, almost too captivated to focus on the fact the two were bickering. Only to be pulled from her daze when he scooped her back up into his arm, a small yelp escaping her lips in the process.

But this dragon, she spoke of a wedding. So he truly did this more than once? How many times? How many weddings? This was less flattering by the second, actually. A thing that hardly mattered when he issued his order. "W-What you're going to des-- wait, the town hasn't done anything! I doubt they even knew we were here!" Minus right now, giant dragon and all that. "Please don't hurt them!" The small agent peered over into the direction of the town - full of people, of little stories and lives that had no idea they may just all end. Her gaze shifted back to Regulus then, pleading louder than her words did.

It was likely she just showed her hand then. How easily she was swayed to protect others, regardless if she even knew who or what they were. Even this dragon and this Greed fellow she'd protect unless it was necessary not to. "Isn't it more of a waste to use all that power on such fragile beings?" Wouldn't the witches prefer it if he stomped out challengers? That town was hardly a challenge. Hardly anything at all.

— what a woman!

Truly his greedy nature has not allowed him to make a mistake this time in his life, this was truly a delightful little treasure he has found and it was one that he held no intentions of letting go off, not when he was about ready to destroy this town they were within and overturn the land and settle it back to merely remove it, and make it as if the people here, the homes, the lives, everything. It did not matter to someone like him, because nothing did, when he found something he wanted. Something he truly wanted.

Who was going to stop him.

“Sir Corneas? That is quite the lofty title?”

As he would swirl his hand through the air for the moment and think about it, that was – he was not a knight, he stomped on knights that came for him and killed them, ending them there and then and showing them all that there lives with the blade, all those years and all the hardships they had to go through to become as strong and as talented as they are, it was all pointless within the end, was it not, because how on earth could they even get close to him, when all he had to do was look at them and there lives would end, making it all rather pointless even more so for all of the time and effort they had out into their cause.

Worthless.

Humans truly are worthless little creatures. 

“We have bonded, have we not? We exchanged names, titles and hearts with one another, we are together now?” They are one now, she was connected to him and when he found a new wife, he layered the protections onto them and ensured their heart was safe and secure within himself, meaning that as she has seen.

— she cannot die.

Her time was frozen, it would not move, it would not shift, it would remain like that until he managed to find another wife for himself, but that would be a few more months away, he had a nice number as it was, his power only increased with each heart he takes and now his time had truly extended into the unlimited area that he could truly do anything and everything he wished, his greed. He only truly needed two wives and himself, but how was that ever going to be more than enough for someone such as himself, how was that ever truly going to be enough for him now that he was within the hundreds now and with this latest one, he was truly being a greedy little sinner.

“Working alongside witches, you are a humorous little one, very humorous, they are dead, I serve them in their place now, to try and usher one to return, the world, alas, is so broken and lost without them.” As he sniffed the air for the moment and would narrow his eyes. “You speak the truth.” Her scent, he could catch it and if he could catch it and be drawn to it, there was others out there that would quickly bring some issues here and now.

“We can get to know one another on our lift back to my kingdom –”

And with that the skies would darken for the moment, the dragon would be seen as it just freely landed right down before them, crushing buildings and humans alike as he looked up and would slap his face.

“Capella!!!!” A harsh scream from him to the creature, that was large, impossibly so, that seemed to stretch for a mile at least, as he gritted his teeth. “What, you asked for a lift, so here I am!” It spoke back, blowing out smoke that separated before coming anywhere near him and his new wife, blowing around them and destroying everything that was not them.

“I said dragon, a dragon, not you, just one of your servants.” This was awful. “You never invite me to your weddings! So this is my ticket into one!” He grunted for a moment as he quickly picked the women up and jumped to land on the snout of the beast, kicking his heels back and forth to clean them off Capella snout before he jumped up onto her head and walked down onto her back.

“Fine, fine, whatever, just destroy this place and get me back to my kingdom as quickly as possible, I cannot have any time being wasted.”

[bachisbach]

Soma journey 4 - Embodied Reconnection Week and other sources

It came as a slight surprise to me, but the amount of information I find on embodiment online - free conferences, free podcasts, discussions, masterclasses - is simply massive. It's very exciting, but sometimes it might also feel a bit overwhelming, because I want to try EVERYTHING. My fomo is a real thing and when I think back about my days of working in a stressful full time job, living in a big city, going out almost every night and all the drinking, I can only thank my naive and resilient body for being able to carry all of that each day with very few pauses. Probably if you're a parent or someone handling many jobs etc, you're laughing at me now, but I'm weak, OK!

In short the below was me:

Today, I still try to do as much as possible but for better reasons than FOMO. I've also become more careful in measuring and respecting my time and have learnt to appreciate my 'rest' time. After all, embodiment teaches me to listen to my body and what it needs and when. I am slowly starting to understand and experience that lesson.

Sooooo I want to mention a few conferences/summits which have really helped me over the past year and kept me busy in a good way:

-Embodied Psychology Summit - here I heard from such amazing people as Michela Boehm, Dr Scott Lyons, Stephen W. Porges, Myra Avedon and others. I had never heard of polyvagal theory (by Porges) and never even thought of studying trauma, so it was a great intro. Also I picked up very interesting facts about our body development, and tips how to connect to myself more. Also had amazing spiritual experiences listening and practising animism and ancestral medicine with Daniel Foor , and took one of the most purely blissful/full of happiness dance classes ever with Bernadette Pleasant. I want to be like her when I 'grow up', can I please.

-Embodied Social Justice Summit- hear I heard from the amazing Camille Barton and Nkem Ndefo, amongst others. It's also organised by the same people as Embodied Psychology Summit, the Embody Lab. They also now have training for Embodied Social Justice, which I'm definitely considering once I have a bit more knowledge in general.

-The Wilds Beyond Climate Justice - not exactly an embodiment festival, but here I learnt from amazing people like Bayo Akomolafe, Alnoor Ladha, who influenced me to seek more and open the doors to the body world by thinking about how we got to where we are now, justice wise. The gathering's 'aim is to open up a space for different kinds of activities, actions, and conversations that lie beyond the dominant Western framework of climate activism and justice.' I was also 'stuck' in Malaysia at the time, so learning to think beyond Western framework was very timely for me.

-Embodied Reconnection Week - organised by Embodiment Unlimited, this event was happening whole of last week, with live sessions everyday available on facebook and zoom, mainly led by the founder Mark Walsh. I really enjoyed the experience of hearing from a single organisation which has developed their own way of working and their own methods, influenced by a range of other teachers. So you can say it was a marketing strategy for them, a way to attract people to join their courses, but the amount of useful information Mark and his colleagues shared was actually invaluable, at least for me, a newbie. So I guess, ethical marketing is kind of possible - never thought I'd write this. In short, this week I learnt quite a few simple ways how to center and why it is important. They also touched upon social centering/regulating with others and how to influence others. Most of those tips and practices, for example asking for consent, can be applied to any subject. My main takeaway was the obvious (but not consciously to me, at least) fact, that you need to teach by showing. The teacher needs to feel centered and know how to self-regulate, before they can reach out to a client.

Massive thanks to all the above organisers and teachers I had the opportunity to hear from and I can't wait to learn more.