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sage-is-in-fact-very-tired · 4 months ago
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grey is a wonderful color guys. :]
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xxnugg3tqu33nxx · 7 months ago
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My boy chat, I love my boy. So very much.
Me when I’m that one Midas Apologist TM. I care so so very much.
A totally (not) normal amount.
spoilers for Sherbs finale of Fable!! they all signed it.. every Sherb signed off their name during the final scene (well.. besides Epsilon. but we dont worry about that-). thats.. mmm. "all of my versions are at least a little aware now" king. what does 'a little' mean. they all signed it - but that doesnt help to determine it.
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(look at their handwritings. theyre all different, but not by much. i care so much.) and Midas. gosh i hold them so much. theyre so young. they *sound* so young. and they were pulled into this role, into this mess. they lost their brother, their life. way too young. they lost everything. they know how that feels. and they made so much mess, they hurt themself, trying to let Icarus have a life they never were able to have. because lets be honest, young Icarus would absolutely not be a great Quixis. Midas didnt want Icarus to lose themself. thats why they never let it. because they lost themself, lost their world and they know what that feels like. everything Midas did was to let Icarus have something they didnt get to have. and gosh theyre so young. theyre young but theyre still so kind, considerate, they still know how to care and be kind to others. if Midas was taken when they were too young. im assuming they werent an adult yet. and, they sound like it. so. im assuming theyre 16 at most. and.. if they aged as Quixis, they wouldve been.. around 12 when they first came to the worldport, took the role of Quixis, lost their brother, their world. if they havent aged while being Quixis thats.. another thing to unpack. so much was taken away from them... hell, they sacrificed not only themselves but others too - all the worlds - to let Icarus have a life. and they did have one. they got to see the end of their story. and after all of it. Icarus can be happy. happy, because they can fix everything. finally do something right. they are gone from their world, no one can remember them and theyre not stuck in the Worldport but it doesnt really matter. they were happy, they looked happy that theyre able to fix it. and even happier knowing that they can go back eventually. and all the other Sherbs. realizing their eyes are back to normal. theyre back to normal. all of them being so happy. all of them get to be happy.
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ancientgoddessofegypt · 11 months ago
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ASTRO OBSERVATIONS - MORE ABOUT THE STARS
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Hey! My name is Monet. I wanted to share some more insight on the signs and some house placements. I hope you all enjoy!
Taurus suns are incredible listeners. They are big on gift giving and creating safe and sensual spaces for their partners. However they due tend to argue a lot, its the bull headed energy they have. Its an Adrenaline rush. Be careful not to be around them while their hot tempered, you might get a kick from the bull. On the bright side, their sensual personas is a gift from the cosmos. They can turn this trait into a gold mine. They have the energy to entice you with their words, their bodies and even the way they express themselves.
Jupiter in Aquarius individuals have a complex understanding of the cosmos. It's not typically understood by the masses but I mean it is in aquarius! Jupiter here shows an expansion in knowledge be it whatever it is they put their fingers on. The Midas Touch. Even if the odds are against them, they still have a notoriety to their character that most never saw coming. They change the odds to work in their favor due to a shift in mindset. Good luck bestows them when they go into odd, original territory. You never know what you might find!
Jupiter 10th House individuals have an urgency to be successful, this can be a painful placement to have because while they may have big dreams their is a ton of practicality that comes in with this placement. This placement can be quite depressive when they aren't sure how their plans for the future can commence. They have to work hard to get to this dream however they must take into account that things don't always happen so quickly. Jupiter in this house shows a person with a magnetic persona, where people will feel the good energy on you and will latch on to it. It doesnt quite matter what this character is doing, they will always have a respectable aura to the masses. It is their gift.
Sun in the 11th shows a person who is popular with the masses, however it has its quirks. These are the internet famous geeks. The ones who turn the trends into their favor. Pioneers in the originality train. They normally just have to be themselves and people will be attracted to them. Angel dust is literally sprinkled on their character. For social media of course ;) jk. On another end, these people are quick to join different organizations and groups. However they feel at the moment, they usually take a chance in whatever is not the ordinary. 11th house is ruled by uranus/aquarius naturally, so the 11th house suns have a knack for creating and/or being in spaces where they can connect to people who are different from them.
Neptune 12th housers, whew boy. You guys have a gift in the subconscious that goes untapped by the rest of the world. Your gift in seeing things that arent there, can be used in creative/practical outlets. I'd argue that you could just paint or draw, but its much bigger than that. Sometimes thats not what you're subconscious is looking for. It requires you to seek it. This house placement goes on journeys through the psyche, and in the physical it shows itself in a number of ways. Whether through people, art, locations. Doesn't matter. There is one thing that is always certain, that the imagination has a mission. And that's to bring it to life.
These people are good at reading the world because they are constantly rejected and ocratized on being different. The 'crazy' one. But the one who is also the most talented in astrology, occult, the stars, and mysticism. It's a gift not everyone gets, but it's something work noting. They challenge you too see the beyond, and help others tap into themselves . The escapist, they have others who try to escape with them, but it doesnt last. Be gentle with them, they have a lot going on in their mind. They just want to share it with someone.
Venus in Leo has a royal aura. Their charm can wow others and can make them fall in love easily. Their gift is in works of art but for them i do sense singing would be a great one for them. They don't need to have the 'best' voice. Just the confidence to keep going. Their magnetism is strongest during artistic associations because leo gets a knack out of being in the spotlight.
Mercury in the 3rd House has a significant tone to their voice. Its odd but its very distinctive that people enjoy listening. These people can also have a knack in playing instruments. Jazz style locations works for them. This is so the mind can relax as they are consistently on the go. Researching kills any acts of boredom easily, as this is a necessity for the mind.
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whosthere54 · 6 months ago
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My notes on the Quixis Answers stream!
- all bleeding eyes pointing back to Icarus
- look about mid 20s icarus genuinely over resets 40-50 years true for every character
- No creation powers because they are not “all them” they have pieces of the other sherberts in them. No creation powers because they aren’t them, hesitation because they aren’t them.
- bound is last one standing in the infinite hall of portals
- Midas fully believes that they will die with their world BUT THEY DONT (and they’re totally okay with that)
- REO WAS QUIXIS (They do not remember their time as quixis)
- THE THINGS allowed glitches (we were The inciting incident) THE REAL WORKD GLITCHES INTO FABLE
- THE THINGS THAT TALKED TO THEM USED TO BE BIRDS RHAJFJSIFJR
- WERE THE REASON THEY WERE ABLE TO REMEMBER THE RESETS
- Were rifts in those things WE TALK AS THINGS THAT DONT EXIST WERE RIFTS IN THE REALITY
- Fable can’t be streamed anymore because the glitches will hurt that world
- CHARLES IS FROM THE WORLD OF THE FIRST EVER QUIXIS BECAUSE THEY TRIED TO TAKE HIM TO THE WORLDPORT WITH THEM BUT IT DIDNT WORK SO THEYRE AN ENTITY NOW
M U L T I V E R S A L C O N S T A N T
SO THEYRE NEVER ALONE (ILL CRY)
- Midas is from a dystopian utopia (I CARE SO MUCH)
- Midas had a fable and isla, Athena Centross, Caspian, Jamie
- ILL YELL ABOUT THEIR SHOW
- Real older than Midas (Idk if they said specifically said on that show idea or if that was cannon so I wrote it down anyways cause I care)
- SORRY MIDAS SINGING NEVER LOVE AN ANCHOR ABOUT ICARUS ILL YELL ABIUT IT
- The tiktok account how did I not know-
- World rebuild themselves
- Townhall board - whiteboard (in quixian)
- Every sherb has to wake up in their bed, theirs is their desk.
- WHEN THEY MOVED THE DUPLICATE HOUSE SHOWED UP (They mention again that it was the opposite X and Y coords opposite positive and negative)
- THATS WHY THE OFFICE BEDS GLITXHED
- THE ORANGE DIMENSION WASNT ALWAYS ORANGE
- THE SYNDACATE CMV HELP
- The vods being matched to the auras
- The outside cannon was the only one I hadn’t caught
- Their browser being yellow and brown lolol
- MCCR SHERB - EVENT SHEB AJAX SICJSIJFJSCJISJCJSJCJDJGIF
-guys I care about Ajax so much
- Hypixel Sherb - 2 different eye colors bleeding yellow TubNet bleeding smth I didn’t catch that
- Icarus was always pulled to the worldport when gone across dimensions. Hypixel to TubNet Eye glitch because of the change in dimensions
- Reo is the most okay with being alone because he just finished being quixis and is used to it (I CARE SM)
NOTES IN THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT ART
- things disappear reappear swap places things places spaces change time does not (smth like that)
- CAME FROM UNDER MY SKIN I CARE
- The concept of having to ascend to do things right and fix things I hold it in my hands
- “Are you in ic has feelings? No…”
- THE ART
- THE LONGER YOU SOEND IN THE WORLDPORT THE MORE COLOR DRAINS FROM YOU
- B I R D I E
- THE PRISON SCAR I CARE SO MUCH
- GLOWING WING EARS THE BELOVED
- LIL BABY IN A LIK WAR UNIFORM ILL SOB
- Midas did not die or go back to their destroyed world.
- THE HAIR IS NORMAL AGAIN
- Gray eyes
- WE HAVE TI WAIT AND SEE WHERE THEY ARE
SCALE :
1 - Denial (Hardcore sherb farthest from denial)
2 - Asshole (Kurt farthest from asshole)
- Sherbverse is a metaphor
- Not a System
- Parallel to what it is like to be a system
- 1 full CMV 2 Mini CMVs coming out and lots more sherbeverse content <3
- Sherbeverse section of the discord
- May have something to do with the Ven epilogue 👀👀
- #SQCU :0
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phanfictioncatalogue · 4 months ago
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Pure Fluff (7) Masterlist
part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six
a bit ridiculous (ao3) - manchesterau
Summary: And it would all feel a bit ridiculous if Dan wasn’t so madly in love.
a blur. (ao3) - Anonymous
Summary: Basically just another fic about the recent hospital trip
checking in (ao3) - pensieveity
Summary: phil is out of surgery and dan brings him his long ass list! also phil is out of it the whole time <3
dan buys a skirt (ao3) - baroquen
Summary: Dan is thinking about buying a skirt. Phil thinks this is a very good idea.
Feels Right (ao3) - philforscale
Summary: Dan proposes.
hanami picnic time (ao3) - antiadvil
Summary: “I hear Dan and Phil got married in Japan.”
Phil laughed. “You can't believe everything you read on the Internet.”
Honeybee (ao3) - Scuddleduck
Summary: Dan sings a sweet silly song to Phil in the kitchen.
I missed you so much I dyed the towels green (ao3) - chuuyaswife
Summary: A few of Dan’s shows get cancelled while he’s on the WAD tour so he decides to surprise his boyfriend back home for a few days. Fluffy reunion ensues.
I'd like to hang out with you (for my whole life) (ao3) - bunnyslipper
Summary: Mornings in the forever home (featuring the golden pig)
If we were two sunflowers, I would have faced you instead of the sun (ao3) - twinphantasy
Summary: It didn’t really matter where they were or what they were looking at because Dan would always be looking at Phil.
In our garden (ao3) - trashcanfromgallifrey
Summary: The boys spend a warm summer afternoon in their garden together<3
Like Dreaming of Angels (ao3) - steddieornot
Summary: While he firmly believed everyone deserved love, in some shape or form, this was something else. The love he and Phil shared was otherworldly, impossible to contain. It was more than romantic in every feasible way. And somehow, fate had bestowed it upon him, just a guy from a small town in Reading. And deep down, he knew that even if fate rewrote his path, he would still have found Phil every time.
midas touch (ao3) - ivylakes
Summary: Dan is covered in gold paint for some reason, and Phil's face is entirely too kissable.
Or, Dan and Phil pause the filming of their "Transforming Dan into a Golden Pig" video to make out for a bit, and Dan gets weirdly emotional.
morning coffee (ao3) - calvinahobbes
Summary: “I thought you’d be sleeping in,” Phil says behind him.
next chapter (ao3) - phanwriter
Summary: Dan and Phil unpack the first box in their forever home.
northern lights (ao3) - possumdnp
Summary: Dan and Phil watch the northern lights together.
one & only (ao3) - daliddl
Summary: Dan just finished his very last We‘re All Doomed show in London and a certain unexpected guest is waiting for him in the dressing room.
phlondes have more fun (ao3) - howell_slide
Summary: The morning after the Phlondening of 2024.
some of the most normal pictures (ao3) - natigail
Summary: Phil took many photos of Dan. It was second nature. To capture this life that they shared and this man that he got to share it with. Each moment precious, captured when Dan was his most relaxed and at ease. And they're completely normal. Of course.
*Behind the scenes look at each of the photos from this year's birthday tweet from Phil to Dan*
Spa night (ao3) - philsbignaturals
Summary: In which Phil gives Dan a nice pampering set for his birthday that's big enough for two.
the hot doctor (ao3) - jonsaremembers
Summary: Plot twist: it was Dan.
To gently let you sleep (ao3) - jestbee
Summary: Phil has to get up early, Dan does not
You and I, We don't wanna be like them (ao3) - phasamtasie
Summary: Phil tries to appear cool when Dan comes to visit him for the first time, but struggles to fall asleep without his favourite plushie. When he admits to his secret, Dan answers with a confession of his own that inspires Phil’s first christmas gift to Dan
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ssasides205 · 4 months ago
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How do you think the cupid scene would've gone if Leo had been there?
in an ideal world, dear anon, the cupid scene would not exist at all.
instead, when looking for Diocleptian's Scepter, in Diocleptian's Palace, Jason and Nico run,,, into Diocleptian. I mean, the doors of death are fucked, yeah? and we already had the thing with Midas; this would've not been all that weird.
the encounter then would be more about Jason and Nico having to work together despite their jarringly oposing views, against Jason's favorite Emperor and probably an undead army. Fun stuff.
However, let's take it to this world you've proposed, which, I'm guessing due to what this blog is abt replaces Jason with Leo.
Firstly, since Jason does not actually get to the Palace, would he still contact Reyna? would they meet with her later than they do in canon? would she contact him instead, when she herself reaches that place?
Or is it a case of Zephyros giving them the info abt the scepter earlier, and they never go to Split at all? Unclear.
while I love valdangelo as much as any of us, Leo is even more of a stranger to Nico than Jason is in cannon. However, Leo has his own issues with Eros so what I think would happen, is that the god, affected by the double personality thing, wouldn't be able to settle on just one of them.
he'd be constantly having to change the script, and this is something that Leo and Nico could exploit.
this would also be entirely about the two finding a way to work together, but unlike the fix I mentioned previously, Leo and Nico are incredibly similar. So once they both reached the conclusion that they have to work together, they would do so far more easily.
actually, they'd make one hell of a team up and I'm getting mad that they never get to fight side by side properly. Fire and death sounds like the most obvious combo ever, come on!
anyways, no confessions happen, bc gods above is that scene fucked up. like, my man, there are much better ways for you to canonize a gay character.
I, for one, would've much rather have Nico choose to come out. for example, in this au I just made up:
Leo and Nico defeat Eros together, both taking a moment to breathe before they make the trip back to the ship, Nico with the staff still in his hands. And Leo, bc it would be Leo, breaks the silence by just starting to complain abt Eros, and his whole "confess your love issues" spiel, and Nico gets sort of annoyed and says something that gives a lot away, but only if you're also queer
like: "at least you could've said something normal", but like, worded more subtly
and Leo's all like, "no way, that guy totally wanted me to talk abt the Jay issue, which is totally uncool", bc Leo would come out like that to someone, that's who he is
I'm unsure if Nico would figure it out right then and there, or if it would take him until way later. probably the second though, the internalized homophobia is strong in that one.
once he does figure out, he would like confront Leo abt it, and it would become a whole thing I think. obvs if I were to write it I'd give that conversation a good resolution, but even a bad one would be progress vis-a-vis them coming to terms with their sexualities.
it could've given them reason to interact more, whether positively or not, though I honestly believe they would eventually work it out in the second case. and that eventual camaraderie could have then worked to get Nico closer to the others, probably starting with Jason, considering he was already trying to be his friend before the whole scepter thing.
we could've had Nico finally letting himself process the Percy issue, and Leo processing the Jason and Piper issue, while also both helping each other feel a lot less weird, and alone.
but that's just my opinion.
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ateez-himari · 5 months ago
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[240707] A TO Z CLOSING
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[NEW UPLOAD FROMM HIMARI]
[PM 11:01] I had so much fun meeting this many of our precious Tiny at once, thank you for making both days so wonderful!
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[PM 11:02] Don't worry the costume wasn't as heavy as it looked ㅋㅋ It was really hot inside though so I had to wipe my skin after we changed out of them, but it was fun being a real tiger for a while!
[PM 11:02] I knew the child I carried don't worry, she's my niece! Apparently she kept asking my brother if they could go see 'Ma-i' (me) soon and since there were free seats management gave it to them. I heard she loved our aniteez so much that she made her mom buy a plush at the exit 🥹
[PM 11:03] Hmm...I wouldn't say it was hard preparing for the fanmeet but since there were other schedules that we needed to fly to it was definitely tiring. For the first time in a while I felt nervous about forgetting choreography
[PM 11:04] Oh yeah! I definitely didn't expect I would get the Maestro challenge, especially not the footwork...so I was shaking a little. I'm glad I got to do the normal chorus too because I really like the choreography
[PM 11:05] Deja vu, Guilty and Midas Touch were really fun as well, but I liked all of them! I wish I could have done all of the girl group ones, I knew them all ㅜㅅㅜ
[PM 11:05] I bet you guys were surprised by the cover stages too! I was kind of sad that none of the members wanted to do Accendio with me so I had to sing it by myself, but Feel So Good was so fun! Yongguk Sunbaenim sent me a message about it after because he saw it on social media ㅋㅋ
[PM 11:06] Also there was a very nice Tiny who let me take home an Arimyang plush with a really cute custom outfit! I think they said their name was Mikah. It's on my shelf now
[PM 11:07] After the amount of times we've done it you guys are still surprised when Mingi oppa and I kiss? ㅋㅋ We did it on the side stage so we didn't think you'd see
[PM 11:07] I was crying yes ㅜㅅㅜ It's just that seeing so many people here just to meet us made me a little emotional. It's hard to believe every time you know, but it's all thanks to you that we're able to do this ♡
[PM 11:07] Yeah Hongjoong oppa and I got emotional together. We were the first two trainees at KQ and he's the reason I'm here, so our hug was a little nostalgic
[PM 11:08] I'm glad to hear you all enjoyed yourselves! I hope we can meet like this again another time...I didn't really want to leave either
[PM 11:08] But I do have to go now, our dorm is going out to get some street food and the place is half an hour walk away
[PM 11:08] We could but walking is so much better in this weather, especially since we might see the others around after. The two other dorms are also going out and to places pretty close to ours
[PM 11:09] We said if we met up then we'd go shopping at those little street shop thingies. I'm running out of art supplies and they usually have what I need so I hope we go. We might also drink a bit but don't tell anyone!
[PM 11:09] Anyway my lovely Tinys I'll see you soon ♡ Love you so much, kisses!
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nysus-temple · 2 years ago
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Dionysus' lesser-known myths [or perhaps you do know them, but i will tell you about them anyway]
Some of these myths have already been shown in my blog, but i decided to bring some of them up again in a more elaborated way, plus some new too. Perhaps you've heard of them, perhaps you haven't, but i can tell you i haven't seen them much around here.
And my job isn't reading your minds, it's about writting essays, so here we go.
1. Ampelos (Αμπελος):
According to Nonnus of Panopolis, Ampelos was a satyr (tho not many art represents him as such) who loved Dionysus, and was loved by him as well. Not much of a surprise, since we do know many gods had male lovers.
The problem is that, we're still talking about a satyr, we know how those guys are and act. According to Nonnus, Ampelos was riding a bull while mocking Selene, angrily, she sent a gadfly to sting the bull. The bull ran and threw Ampelos all over the place. Nonnus describes it as a very gore-like death.
Dionysus, upset, ended up turning Ampelos' corpse into a grape vine, and from there, he created wine with his blood... THANKFULY, it was the blood.
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Roman mosaic with Ampelos and Bacchus.
2. Midas (Μίδας):
"But Nysus, everybody knows Midas" yes yes, but do you KNOW the actual Greek myths? Or do you know the later, VERY later-on version that appears in Wikipedia? Midas never turned his daughter into gold in the folklore, for example.
Midas was a foreign king who married a greek woman, he was the king of Phrygia, and according to Pausanias, he had a daughter named Zoe. I have absolutely nothing about her except this.
Anyways, going to the important part: Silenus, a companion of Dionysus who used to be one of his foster fathers, got lost while he was... Kind of drunk ( come on, Dionysus can't keep an eye on everyone 24/7 ). Some peasants found him and took him to King Midas, who, as a very loyal follower of Dionysus, recognized Silenus and took care of him. When Dionysus arrived in order to take him back, he thanked Midas and said he would give him in return anything that he wished for... And here it comes: Midas wished to be able to turn everything that he touched to gold, and Dionysus agreed, even though he felt sorry he hadn't thought of it twice.
Midas was happy turning stuff into gold, obviously. But when he touched food and it turned into gold as well and he was unable to eat, he returned to Dionysus asking him to turn it back to normal.
Surprisingly, Dionysus didn't say "no" or "live with the consequences"; he told him to wash himself in the river Pactolus, and, good enough, the gold thingy dissappeared.
I don't have this myth fully narrated by a Greek, instead, from a latin author. The good thing tho, thanks to Herodotus and Pausanias, i know it's realiable.
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Monument dedicated to Midas, in the old Prhygia ( now part of Turkey )
3. The Minyades (Μινυάδες):
According to Plutarch, king Minyas had three daughters ( whose names i honestly don't know, they appear in Ovid's Metamorphosis ). He tells that Dionysus appeared in the form of a maiden to invite them to the Dionysian Mysteries, since the rest of the women had already gone there. And they declined, politely, but still declined. This is one of those moments in which we see Dionysus' weak points, no justified anger. They neglected the cult, but had nothing against it anyways.
Still, for him, that wasn't enough.
He drove them mad, like very. Something that for Plutarch was even worse than death, apparently. They even killed their own children and ate them (yikes) dismembering them like Dionysus was once dismembered. The sisters were wandering around the mountains, without Dionysus caring at all.
Until finally, Hermes took pity on them, and turned them into bats, freeing them from the madness.
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One of the Minyades showing the dismembered body of her son - Étienne-Barthélémy Garnier
4. Zeus' lighting bolts
This one is short, so i'll get to the point.
We all know what Nonnus' was up to when writing about Dionysus. He said in his work that Zeus recognized him (when being Zagreus) as his heir. Since when he was still a little kid, he was able to climb to his throne and to hold Zeus' lightning bolts. Of course, then the very well-known myth of Hera calling the titants to dismember Dionysus arrives here, since she wanted no heir to the throne.
Things happen, you know.
5. Lykurgos (Λυκοῦργος):
Remember when i talked about this guy in the anger essay? Wellp, here he is again, it's the same, but i'll elaborate on him a bit more.
He was a thracian king, and when he heard that Dionysus was going to Thracia, he ordered to trap all of his female followers in a prison.
Yes, only the women. I guess no men followed Dionysus in Thracia during his reign, not like i can ask him about it.
OF COURSE Pentheus 2.0 would imprison the FOLLOWERS of the god of MADNESS. Of course...
Dionysus got angry ( what a surprise ) and sent a drought towards Thracia + making Lykurgos go mad. It's not Dionysus if he doesn't punish you by making you go mad.
He then proceed to tell the people that the only way to stop that punishment was by killing Lykurgos, and, well, they did. They all killed him, and were freed from the punishment.
Dionysus then stopped the drought, he kept his word, indeed.
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Lykurgos attacking his own wife after being induced into madness
6. The punishment of the titans
You think they got away? No, the fuck, of course they didn't.
After Zeus' found out what had happened to Dionysus (Zagreus), he imprisoned them in Tartatus, which caused Gaia to be all sad again, since many of her children had already been imprisoned there. What she did was, as scary as Gaia has always been, burning down everything she could.
The only way Zeus could take pity on her in order to stop that, was by sending a flood.
7. Coresus (Κόρησος):
Callirhoe was a Calydonian woman who scorned Coresus, a priest of Dionysus, who threatened to afflict all the women of Calydon with insanity as the good Dionysus priest he was.
The way to stop this was with a sacrifice, to kill the woman who scorned him. Coresus was ordered to sacrifice her, but he killed himself instead since apparently, he was in love with her and couldn't do it.
Callirhoe was overcome with remorse, and cut her throat at a spring that later received her name.
As always.
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Coresus sacrificing himself to save Callirhoe - Jean-Honoré Fragonard
8. The Frogs (Βάτραχοι):
At this point, this isn't lesser-known anymore, and i'm not the biggest fan of Aristophanes' work (i love Euripides way too much, oops) but i'll still summarize what Dionysus has to do with this play.
Dionysus, as the god of theatre he is, wanted to bring back to life one of the great tragedy authors. And he descends to Hades for that, it's a way to mock his connection with it, this is still a comedy.
And after a poetry slam, Aeschylus is chosen in preference to Euripides. Smh, fucking Aristophanes, way to put your preferences.
9. Orpheus' death:
I'm not gonna elaborate on this one THAT much, since i wanna save it for the Apollo & Dionysus essay i have unfinished, which was the second most voted one and it might take more time to finish it.
In any case, do you know all these modern retellings in which they paint Dionysus as the "chill, calm, who only wants to party" dude? And Apollo as the "feral, envious, angry" dude? Well, ya'll are wrong...
Dionysus killed Orpheus due to his jealousy of Apollo's worship. I'm leaving you with this sentence, wait for the other essay to know why Dionysus and Apollo are so complex in terms of feelings. Or, at least, i will try to elaborate on it.
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Apollo welcoming Dionysus to the sanctuary of Delphi, which they shared.
10. Dionysus IS physically incapable of getting drunk, live with it:
SHOCK i know. So if i see any of ya'll saying he's drunk 24/7, you better have your testament written.
NONNUS OF PANOPOLIS. DIONYSIACA. LITERAL TEXT: "Only to Dionysus gave Rhea the amethyst that saves the drinker from the chains of madness."
Yes, obviously going for scientifict facts, this doesn't work. It was believed in this world that the amethyst would prevent people from getting drunk. But this is mythology, Dionysus is a god, he can't get drunk even if he wanted to. And it's not like he should, he needs to keep an eye on his followers 24/7. Or do we want to remember what happened to Silenus?
Dude, how the hell do i have to tell you all, that in all text in which people were drinking for honoring Dionysus, they always stopped saying "he wouldn't like to see us this way" HE DOESN'T WANT YA'LL DO GET DRUNK. THAT'S NOT HOW HIS MADNESS WORKED
No. The women in the Bacchae are not ✨girlboss slaaaaay✨ they were feral women. The madness Dionysus used to punish Pentheus and the Theban women is NOT something you should idealize. Euripides didn't want ya'll to call him an icon because "omg the Bacchae is so progresive" GUYS... NO. IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT. It's about showing Dionysus' wrath. Of showing why like with any other god, he's feared.
The Greek gods are not your free playground OC's. You can't invent their sexualities or gender identities just for yourself. They're important figures of a culture and country that still lives. If you want an icon to feel identify with, create one. But don't go around there saying Dionysus is genderfluid JUST because you like seeing him young. No.
I know, personally, genderfluid people, and all of them agree THIS is wrong. I already had the whole pronouns drama with Dionysus, don't start over again with this. Please.
* AHEM * In any case... Hope you enjoyed !
I needed to work A LOT for this essay, since most of these myths weren't listed with sources. Whenever you wanna write a guide about folkore or anything similar, please, list your sources ! i don't want anyone else to go through the pain of needing to research though the catacombs of information JUST to confirm one sentence. Because i went trhough that, there's a reason why i've been researching about Dionysus for more than three years already and i still don't have everything. Thanks for your support and essay requests as always, it makes me INCREDIBLY happy to see so many of you willing to learn about a figure that has been so underappreciated and reduced into nothing like Dionysus, and who is still being misinterpreted to this day.
As always, reblogs would be very appreciated, it's the way people can find my blog for something else than copypaste incorrect quotes, and i always appreciate that kind of support. Of course i do this "por amor al arte" as i would say in Spanish, but still takes time and effort and i'm just a university student. I still will need A LOT of time to be able to work into something more accesible to everyone for the Greek folklore.
For now, this small Tumblr pieces is what i can give. But as always, thank you and χαίρε Διόνυσον 🍇
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xxnugg3tqu33nxx · 6 months ago
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guys guys guys guys guys guys-
Me when the Quixis Tells All stream. I’m so so so so so normal about my boy. I’ve been waiting for this stream in particular for *months*.
Midas is my boy. Me when them. I’ve been a Midas/Quixis Apologist since day one.
QUIXIS PLAYLIST. QUIXIS PLAYLIST. I EAT THAT UP. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE QUIXIS PLAYLIST FOR MONTHS. IVE WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS STREAM CHAT.
Y’all don’t even *know* how long I’ve been waiting for this stream. And I’m being really normal about it.
I’m really, the most ever normal about Midas & the Sherbverse.
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pain-is-too-tired · 4 months ago
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One thing I don't think is talked enough about when it comes to a lot of the antagonist in the series, it's how a lot of them tend to dehumanize/see the demigods as much lesser than.
Not to say the gods don't, but not in the same way the antagonist do I feel like.
Khione(and her brothers) I think is one the most obvious examples to this, freezing and keeping the demigods as living statues is literally discussed hdgdg
Even with Midas, he literally keeps living golden statutes including his own daughter.
At least one of the Giants brings up keeping one of the demigods after they win iirc.
Being seen more like a possession or piece on a board is very common throughout the series. It's definitely obvious with Jason, who's seen as Juno's and Rome's. In a way both Jason and Leo are treated like attack dogs to both Hera and Gaea, it's just Jason's the one Hera could get to heel.
Yet Hera still let's them make connections and walk freely. And she cares enough to grieve when Jason dies. I mean the bar is in Tarturus at this point but hsgdg
Idk. Something is just a lot more unsettling with how the antagonist(like the giants and Khione) talk about the demigods. I think it because they pretty much are claiming demigods like war prises. Which goes back around to something I'm pretty sure I've mentioned before, but the comparison between old versus new. Because, yeah, the gods still stuck in many places, but there's certain aspects most of them had changed in.
For all the demigods that exist, most of them came from genuine connection between the god and mortal parent. There's multiple examples of gods even returning to have another kid with said mortal parent. Many gods seem to think fondly of the mortals they've been with(Aphrodite is outright concerned for Piper's father mental health if he found out about her. )
Not to say that didn't happen in the classics, but there seems to be more of that. Though could be because Rick didn't want to have anything too close to the other subjects in the books. But then he also has antagonist talk about keeping demigods in collections and literally human trafficking so gdgdg
But yeah, there seems to be less kids sired from less then healthy situations. And that also could be because Rick just didn't want to make modern versions of stuff like Achilles' orgins where Zeus had a guy wrestle Thetis down and marry her so her son wouldn't be too powerful. Or any of Zeus' children's origins really.
But the gods tend to have closer connections to mortals and demigods, both hades and Poseidon offer solace in their home to mortal lovers, and don't force it when they decline. Their interactions with mortals/ demigods are down to earth, they only appear to them in full form on Olympus with the other gods or in their realms.
The exception is probably Zeus, who hardly ever comes down from Olympus to talk to anyone.
But he's Zeus, so.
The antagonist however very much address the demigods in a way less down to earth. Making it much more known how powerful they are. Anytime they meet Khione outside her father's place? She's showing off her powers.
The Titans are always large, towering over the demigods. Kronos cares so little about demigods he doesn't even bat an eye when he knocks over his own off the bridge in tlo.
And as I mentioned, many times is idea of keeping demigods as war prises brought up. And that's not new in relation to Greek classics.
The Trojan War was a whole mess of taking women as war prises. Not just Helen being kidnapped but Chryseis,Briseis,Andromache-(honestly, any woman Agamemnon interacted with oh my gods-)
Even men were taken as slaves. It was a normality in war(at least Trojan War wise). If you weren't killed you were taken. Change is important point in each book, how much modern times views being a hero and finding yourself differ from before. How they can mend broken ties and be better then those before them. How they fight for others rather then themselves and pride.
Why the worst antagonist often fight for power, they manipulate and take. They want to be at the top of the world, to be noticed/worshipped. And they do anything to get there.
They see the war as gloryful and a way to reach the top. The demigods see it as trying to live another day. To protect those around them, even desperately trying to save others on the other side.
Idk why, just the whole thing interest me. I think it's also fun idea to explore in a sense.i mean I'm sure there's plenty of Kronos/Giants wins aus, but something about delving into the way that'll effect the survivors intriguing to me.
I think it kinda can be used as a metaphor? At least being looked down on. Feeling like you're being told to dance and entertain sometimes comes with being Neurodivergent. I mean heck, Jason is a walking example of learning to mask so hard you forget who you were underneath. Being dehumanized by those around you.
So something about the heroes fighting help others belong why the villains fight to possess and control everything to their liking feels about right for a series focused on those with disabilities
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traumxrei-archive · 2 years ago
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【 book 6 pt. 2 thoughts ! (4) 】
woagh a whole post for JUST 6-66 ?? more likely than you think !! (also this is legit just 6-66 until the 14th node / sector 6 for each group bc. it was getting so long)
[ spoilers for 6-66 under the cut ! ]
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[ about : pome tower, START ! ]
ok i'm starting off with pomefam after playing eenie meenie miney moe bc ya boi indecisive. it's quite interesting that the door to the elevator didn't open, considering ortho said he would "play" with all of them. ok omg nvm the door opened.
the fact that ortho's quantifying everyone's resistance against their plan as a part of a game, as a part of "NRC quest", despite the fact that they will SURELY die first if the phantoms are released into the world... it's kinda morbid, bc it shows that ortho can't think that far into the future, and sees the world in an undeniable black and white. (also...what the hell is idia thinking ? trying to free og ortho ???)
o man, not star rogue again :'))) the way i died SO FAST from the bullets ough. but i think we're supposed to Not Beat It. and vil being like "the insufferable way you're speaking reminds me of idia..." and ortho's like all sunshine and rainbows because "i take after my brother, hehe~" like guys. help.
....ME WHEN I'M STRUGGLING WITH STAR ROGUE AGAIN. i swear to god i'm just bad at dodging when the boss is there T^T update: after playing this shit a fourth time, I WON !!
[ about : pomefam's heart to heart (?) ]
ok ppl might think that vil is being harsh, but literally everyone else kinda had their vice housewarden / second in command put in charge in their absence (jade, trey, kalim, ruggie...) but pome's only got rook. and even then, rook left someone else in charge in the middle of all the chaos. as a vice housewarden, rook's responsibility was towards making sure that the pomefiore students were okay + running the dorm in vil's stead until he returns.
and the way he scolds epel n yuu too, obviously he's not saying it because he wants to berate them. it's mostly because had something went wrong (and there was a HIGH chance of something going wrong) then it probably would've been epel or yuu who got hurt...
he makes a distinction between what he says as housewarden and as vil schoenheit and sniff. he was HAPPY. oughhh he was so happy to see them wtf and people say that vil hates epel and rook ?? guys where is your proof, look at how happy he is to see them !!
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guys. i'm not saying anything. but i'm also saying everything. bc A HUG AND KISS FROM VIL SCHOENHEITTTT OUGH UGH AUGH *minecraft damage noises* guyssss the hearts the hearttttttsssss the way he kissed yuuuu aaaaaa
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this line has me passing aaawwwwayyyyyyy aaaaaaaaa
(also i've noticed, vil stopped correcting epel's accent !! he swaps between the formal speech and his accent a bunch of times and vil's just chilling. probably because they don't have their deal anymore from back when sdc was a thing.)
[ about : epel's UM talk ]
i love just how proud rook and vil are of epel's achievements in STYX ^^ like, they very obviously manifested their own UMs earlier than epel, but they don't judge, and instead they're just very elated for him >:DD rook being disappointed that his eyes weren't cameras bc he wanted to show vil epel's UM awakening is such a mood jskfjkdsf
[ about : phantoms ]
lowkey, the first phantoms are tiny ? are these how normal phantoms are supposed to look ? bc all the ob gang's phantoms are HUGE and they have real bodies too, not just the blot head or whatever the glass vial part is called. (also i think the bottom phantom might be based off king midas ? crown and gold bars n all. idk about the first guy)
[ about : the underworld ]
"it's easy to get into the underworld, but once you're in, there's no getting out." does that mean that somehow og ortho got through the door of the underworld ? and bc they can't open the door, they couldn't get him out ever ? i think it's true bc og ortho says "everyone's gonna be so surprised when i make my return." meaning he's probably been waiting for a chance to escape this whole time.
[ about : grim sniff ]
I MISS GRIM....WHERE IS SON.... the way they're talking about him,,,they're all so endeared and they hope he's okay. rook reassuring yuu that grim wasn't conscious when he attacked them bc he knows grim would never attack yuu. and grim being picky about getting his nails trimmed,,,,just like a cat frrrr
[ about : rookvil first meeting lore...? ]
NOT US GETTING LORE COCKBLOCKED BY ANOTHER CONTAINMENT FACILITY— I'LL BE COMING BACK HERE WHEN THEY FINALLY TELL THE STORY
[ about : second trial ]
HUHH ??? ORTHO KIDNAPPED A PERSON AND LOCKED THEM UP WITH A KEYCARD ??? THE FUCKKKKKK—
ok wait let's think calmly. how the hell did underworld ortho manage to grab someone...? all researchers are either at HQ or fleeing to the edge of the city, so how did he conveniently get someone AND manage to lock them in a phantom cage..... the charon's could've helped ig but they're all set to terminate so this is sus indeed....
I FUCKENKNEW IT !! SHE WAS A PHANTOM WHO'S ACTING ALL ALONG !! as we progress further down, we're gonna meet bigger and more dangerous phantoms, so it makes sense that some phantoms are able to mimic a human's cries for help in order to trick them. and they're growing more sentient too, she could voice her thoughts.
[ about : earth titan ]
wowowowow talk about scary looking !! tbh its interesting that there's three elements for earth, water, and fire, but no null phantom (e.g. a light or dark phantom).
[ about : thunderspear !! ]
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tbh it looks so fucken sick like i would want to have one of these irl. also i love how the code is titanomachia,,,,all the mythology parallels are NOT escaping me. titanomachia was the series of wars between the titans and the olympians, so it's fitting that they're fighting the earth titan with "jupiter's spear".
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[ about : pomefam celebration !! ]
LET'S GAURRRR THEY DID ITTT !! also not epel's stomach grumbling skull emoji,,,,,it HAS been hours since they've had food but it's so funny :')))) i hope they have a good and restful picnic after all that hard work they went through <333
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[ about : azurid tower, START ! ]
ooo it's interesting to hear that blot can interfere with using magic,,,,azul mentions that they can't use flight magic due to blot density... also i absolutely love how the beginning is legit azul just having a monologue jKSJDFKSJS my boy i love you <333 and riddle just. not listening. and going ahead....i wonder if this team is gonna be okay. they seem to be the type to disagree a lot so what would happen...?
azul: hmm, why would ortho make the elevator turn on ? what an obvious trap that even an idiot will avoid....
riddle, not an idiot: so the enemy is offering us a way into their stronghold....alright, i accept their challenge
azul: NO WAIT—
god not riddle. getting riled up enough to try and blast through the doors as if they aren't about to encounter monsters left and right after they clear the elevators :'))))) riddle i love you and all, but your foresight needs work.
[ about : will they ever stop arguing ? ]
help me please someone stop them from arguing for one second before they get blasted into pieces or something sniff :')))) bc this exchange was about to make me throw my phone sjkfjskdf like guys. there's merit in what both of you are saying, but i'm the type to be more cautious so i agree with azul on this one, riddle TT^TT
at this point both their prides are gonna get in the way of making sound judgements, riddle might run himself dry on magic, and azul's gonna have to help him out or else they both d word. they're both leaders, so obviously none of them prefer to take orders from others.
[ about : riddle got hurt ]
arghhh what kind of fanfiction trope kdrama arc are they having rn !! the arguing, and then riddle getting injured but still insisting that he did it bc he has to protect azul, and then azul getting angry bc he doesn't want to be seen as dead weight, and wants to be seen as equals....give these guys an oscar already :')))
[ about : AZUL.... ]
NOT HIM CALLING RIDDLE WEAK AND THEN HARDHEADED WITHIN THE SPAN OF TWO SECONDS.....
[ about : researcher ]
omg there's a legit researcher in here this time, and ortho used one of the armored dudes to get her down there.....interesting indeed, he's already willing to hurt innocent people who AREN'T standing in his way just to play his game.
[ about : magma titan ]
them working together to spear down the magma titan...about damn fucking time :')))))) riddle aiming while azul keeps it steady bc he's stronger !!! finallyyy !!!! teamwork !!!
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[ about : !! their celebration !! ]
THEY'RE SO HAPPY WAHHH !! riddle screaming for joy and azul joining him omg please this is the teamwork i was looking for >:DD they highfived ?? or hugged or something ?? friendship is actually friendshipping frrrr and then instantly being reminded of their image and springing apart,,,,typical of them two T^T
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[ about : leojami ]
and finally, team leojami is last. first of all, NOT LEONA YEETING ONE OF JAMIL'S HAIR ACCESSORIES DOWN TARTARUS ???? HELP MEEEE ????? JAMIL'S FACE. HE LOOKS SO NOT PLEASED. also i love how fake jamil's comeback was and how leona's outright "i don't buy that shady ass smile for a SECOND—"
and oh ?? the doors to their elevators was open ?? these two are the smart-asf duo, so the fact that they knew ortho was waiting for them doesn't surprise me. (also even with no obligation, jamil keeps trying to protect leona. like leona's more than capable but ig his past tutelege is popping out rn)
NAH. tell me why leona just threatened to rip out the shrouds' hair and ortho went "we're really REALLY looking forward to this, after all." WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN RRRAHH (and the emo music ?? hellooo ??)
[ about : video game mentality ]
yea like...this whole time, ortho's been treating this like a game. as if the world isn't actually real life. he talks about "resetting" the world by letting all the phantoms out and overrunning it with blot. but he did not ONCE talk about the amount of chaos and destruction that it would cause.
it's like...the best way i can explain is it's like playing gta and stealing cars. obviously you wouldn't do it in real life, but bc it's a game and the game is fiction, you do it anyway. and sometimes you'd make a save point, try something silly, get killed, and then respawn again at your save point. but that's obviously NOT possible in real life.
he didn't even stop once to think that these people he's calling "friends" are probably going to get killed by the phantoms if they do escape OR the fact that when they're getting injured fighting these phantoms, that they're actually getting injured. or even the fact that he himself might get killed, or that idia might get killed.
in reality, this isn't a "game" to anyone other than underworld ortho.
[ about : jamil's uneeded considerations ]
yk at this point i was expecting leona to get mad at jamil for trying to coddle him ? but he hasn't. which is interesting. bc jamil keep saying things like "get behind me" or "i'll protect you" but leona doesn't really...need it. royalty as he is, leona's probably got far better training that jamil has, so he'd be just as if not more competent in battle than jamil is. so i was expecting him to throw his weight a little bit, but he's been pretty calm and giving logical reasons as to why he shouldn't do that.
(e.g. jamil offering his jacket bc they're both weak to cold, and leona saying it'd be more troubling if jamil came down with a cold and couldn't move, rather than just leaving it at no.)
obviously jamil's trying to avoid anything happening to leona (e.g. injury) bc he would be "blamed" for it if it DID happen (i.e. it'd be his failure to protect leona) since he's the second prince and all....but holy hell man, this guy's your senior, and you read the report about him, he's hella strong, so dw abt him bestie
[ about : worried about school ]
jamil being worried because kalim and mal are the only housewardens left behind....vs leona "they can take care of themselves" kingscholar. need i remind you guys this is the guy who before he was taken away said "ruggie, savanaclaw's in your hands until i get back. don't let it fall into ruin." like. pfft. who is he trying to fool ?? (obviously jamil, he has to keep up his "idgaf" facade but it's still funny to me)
[ about : cross ?? wind ?? ]
wtf are these guys, they're analyzing WIND patterns while walking and having conversations ?? the fuck ??? and then them noticing the tiny ass crack from far away ???? ok if i had to be stuck with anyone other than pome ig my safest bet would be these guys,,,,,
[ about : leona about jamil's one-man act ]
ok here we go, they're "arguing" though it really does pale in comparison to azul and riddle's arguements... (azurid are like the loud screaming at each other type of arguers and leojami are the quiet and logical type of arguers)
leona acknowledges that jamil is strong, but he also cautions against being reckless,,,,especially because they've both overblotted before, it'd be a nightmare if they get contaminated again. and obviously, they're a team. if jamil goes down then leona's left to fight on his own, which would be a sure loss.
[ about : containment facility 1 ]
shit fuck shit shit they were so smart that they made ortho make their FIRST containment facility harder than it had to be. (also not leona...calling the shroud family dour....i'm not laughing. i'm not !!) they're legit the only group that had the whole password thing,,,i'm crying on their behalf :')))
[ about : do ur best !! ]
THAT'S SO FUCKING FUNNY. but also oh my gooooddd ortho knows JUST how to annoy each person and each group huh. making leojami go through all of that for their password to basically just be "do ur best tee hee" is just. evil.
[ about : jamil WHEEZE ]
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NOW WHY WOULD HE SAY IT LIKE THAT I LOVE THEM SO MUCH SJFKJSDKF i never knew i needed jamil and leona to interact this bad but now that i have it i'm having the time of my life. two of my faves who are just. similar in some ways but a lot different. this is giving me so much serotonin.
but jamil is right, the earlier ortho had only the purest of intentions with his every action. even when he was indirectly making fun of leona, he just meant that he thought leona would enjoy the game more bc he's a lion beastman, not bc he's a cat.
obviously us as the reader know that this isn't "just ortho" and that it's underworld ortho, who used to be a human, i'm assuming. thus why he got angry at leona calling him a robot. meanwhile, normal ortho would probably start boasting abt how he's the most advanced and capable robot bc he knows and doesn't care that he's a robot.
thus furthering my "underworld ortho is actually idia's real brother who died a bunch of years ago and got stuck in the underworld and current ortho is just an android modeled after him made by idia, but now underworld ortho somehow took control of current ortho" theory.
[ about : arguing :00 ]
ok i keep commenting about their arguing. but man it took a LOT for leona actually to get mad at jamil for something. he only really started getting mad when jamil got in the way of his "plan". which, to be very fair, he should've said something. bc jamil doesn't have beastman senses, how was HE supposed to know that leona sensed one and that he had a plan to combat it ?
also not jamil hiding his injury.....sir...... and not him NOT getting leona's words and continuing the "i will protect you" act pLEASE— tbh from leona's words it's not very clear, but he's trying to work together here. like he's trying to increase their chances of a winning fight, and yea communication is key, but jamil keeps ignoring his words in favor of "protecting" him.
[ about : containment facility 2 ]
oh god, here we go, why do we have another trial :'))) how did this get worse ?? first, using a phantom that can mimic human voices. and then putting a REAL researcher into a cage (no phantom, but with a charon armor). and now ?? tying a guy to a cage and making him almost drown in coolant ??? with the CABLE that controls the openings and closings of the facility ????
they...they really pissed ortho off huh.
[ about : stand up. ]
are you. telling me this guy was sitting the whole time or something. instead of just standing up in the water ? shakes him 1000 times....head in hands.
[ about : king's roar appreciation ]
nah are we all gonna ignore how leona was able to precisely turn ALL the ice in the air and around them into sand ??? the amount of control that would take oml, how much did he train to be able to do that ??
[ about : thunder spear timeee ]
jamil making the call not to register his handprints because he KNOWS he can't handle the magical energy rolling off the spear and choosing to rely on leona,,,,helloooo we have some developmentttt ^^ jamil's not sacrificing uselessly in this case !!
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jamil realizing that he made the right call, bc if he registered himself he'd probably need leona's help to aim/hold it up. meanwhile leona saying he can "barely hold it up" vs the others who had like. 2-3 people helping them prop it up and aim,,,,sir i think you're plenty powerful enough.
also comparing the pictures to the ones above is making me throw up, bc the others are like. holding it a meter-ish above the ground. meanwhile leona has it hoisted up high above his head with PERFECT AIM mind you.
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whew made it to recharging all the spears ^^ (technically the others minus leojami have been done for days but shhhh) see you again later ig sjkfdjskf
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sage-is-in-fact-very-tired · 2 months ago
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cmv thoughts because I have a small break -
reo's hair doesn't even have the idea of any white in it and that's so funky to me
reos quixis fit !! he has a silly scarf but not all of his fit is white, namely his gloves and scarf and I kick my feet. (you know what else I kick my feet about? eyebrow scar + nose scar . rarara)
also reos like . aggression as he passed it off to Midas. they don't want to be here anymore - don't want to be doing this anymore, and they simply don't care as they give it away. the "and there's no way out" and the little two finger salute from reo hurts if I think about it too long (and their almost happiness about being home, even if they don't remember why they were gone. that big smile they have as they push graeme)
Midas trying to get through and being surprised Reo just left them like that makes me . cry. sobbing about them
midas sitting on the floor :(((
Also can we please talk about how despite the broters relationship being bad Ic still yells for Rae when the eye starts . I'll cry
Midas' like- honestly they kinda look a little sick at the concept of Icarus (a kid, a child, too young) being Quixis . and thats so . holding them so gently
The decay progressing is perhaps my favorite little part of this !! because I'm so normal about it !! the way it slowly darkens around them as the decay grows and stretches, the way it slowly spreads across their face (it starting on their formerly bleeding eye makes me . guys im so normal about the decay going for their eyes first) I kick my feet it scratches my brain so good
Icarus' lack of concern at the ear thing is . well . oh icarus morningstar .
Midas' gentleness in comparison to reos is so . they care . they've watched long enough (they don't have a place to go back to they don't need to hurry they lost it they're all alone reo had a family and he was young and)
Midas' little run and jump and their spinning makes me cry so much I go rarara . sobbing about them /pos
also the rael bits make me . mmmmmmm . the almost turn around face reveal being similar to the one Starman makes me so bonkers . brothers and their silly ways or something /pos
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thepineconelord · 1 year ago
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ooh I would LOVE to hear your impressions of three or four cats. and the wife. and anybody else you choose
Sure thing bestie<333
For the cats I'll do Cassandra, Bombalurina, and Skimbleshanks since I don't think we've talked about them in depth.
Cassandra:
First impression: Kinda thought she was just like a cool, loner, suave kinda lady. Meant to represent a cat that really couldn't care less about you.
Impression now: She's kinda mystical and ethereal, I feel like she overhears all the gossip. I also still think shes a cool loner type.
Favorite moment: In 1998 I love the abrupt closeup for the "moonlit eye" line bcuz it always freaks people out.
Idea for a story: It'd be fun to have a story where she gets her fur ruffled a bit bcuz she's normally so unbothered.
Unpopular opinion: no romance for her she's too good for it.
Favorite relationship: Her and Alonzo awkward friendship
Favorite headcanon: She and Mistoffelees scheme together.
Bombalurina:
First impression: Just thought she was the typically "sexy mean girl" type character and didn't think about her too much tbh
Impression now: She's so ahefuehakfhdakfea I love how she is like a cornerstone of the community and how shes so caring, but also like she's such a baddie. Anyway I love her.
Favorite moment: In Bustopher Jones(1998) when Jenny gets the flower from him and she shoots him the dirtiest look for a split second.
Idea for a story: She should get to kill Macavity
Unpopular opinion: I don't think her an Demeter are dating or even sisters I think they've just trauma bonded
Favorite relationship: Her and Demeter would be the obvious choice, but tbh I think whatever her and Tugger have is really funny.
Favorite headcanon: She's definitely fucked Macavity and honestly had a pretty good time about it.
Skimbleshanks:
First impression: The silliest of all time :)
Impression now: The silliest of all time :)
Favorite moment: in the paris 1990 performace where he just yanks Mistoffelees around(pretty sure this was him its hard to tell).
Idea for a story: I think it's be cute to have a little story establishing how like all the London city employees know him
Unpopular opinion: He's probably one of the most disconnected from the tribe bcuz he's employed
Favorite relationship: honestly idk, maybe him and asparagus cuz they're like the only two of that age range.
Favorite headcanon: He actually wears the little waist coat. the humans put it on him.
I don't know if you wanted me to do your wife or mine so I'll do both.
Belos(i'm only giving my general impression bcuz I don't know that much): He's a Puritan, everyone is wrong about him. He'd probably creep me out and I probably wouldn't like him sorry. I probably wouldn't like the owl house in general tho. He's definitely a man, I like how strange and diseased he is and I love the look on people's faces when u say hes ur wife.
Ghostmaker aka Minhkhoa Khan <3:
First impression: I though his design was so cool and I was like "fuck i gotta figure out how to pirate comics so i can read about him" anyway here we are like a year(2 years maybe? idk anymore) later.
Impression now: he's so everything to me. I think he's such a complicated and pained guy and I love him the way he is. I think he's silly but in like a badass way
Favorite moment: When he kills madam midas its like The Moment of all time.
Idea for a story: What if....he was happy... and loved... idk
Unpopular opinion: Rhea Sinha was an interesting love interest and backstory element for him.
Favorite relationship: I love his strange and silly relationship with Icon I could write an essay about it.
Favorite headcanon: The only thing between him and substance abuse disorder is sheer force of will and the tools of modern technology.
anyway thats it :)
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nayialovecat · 11 months ago
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Ok, things I wrote about in my fanfic that appeared in the game in the last few updates:
Sozo eating mushroom people! XD
children born from two followers (gender doesn't matter, it doesn't exist in the game, and it doesn't matter to me, 'cause they do it through a ritual anyway)
resurrecting Baal and Aym and giving them to Forneus
Baal and Aym leave Forneus and explore the world
double doctrines!
religious hierarchy in Cult aka Narinder can become high priest/apostle
the Crown speaks to the Lamb
Things that are different than in my fanfic:
all babies hatch from eggs, not only reptiles or insects (in my case, mammals give birth through a normal pregnancy, it's funny with two males)
the new weapon is a pistol, not a scythe, boo… but at the same time it's great - I love ranged weapons!
you can literally beat up Midas (Wrath fights very hard not to do this 'cause he has a deal with greedy starfish)
individual clothes (in my fanfic, only Narinder has personalized robes, although in several chapters there is information that when leaving the village, followers change red robes to other ones so as not to be attacked by heretics)
bringing the Bishops back to life (but in my fanfic they are also cured of what Narinder did to them - in the game they still have their wounds)
Things from my fanfic that I'm still looking forward to:
possibility of checking the characteristics of a follower which Helob sells BEFORE purchasing
name for the land where we have our Cult (in my fanfic I called it Livingfield)
possibility of resurrecting Ratau
more interactions with Fox
a chance to join defeated enemies after the fight to our Cult (I'm not talking about bosses)
making tombstones for followers who were turned into meat/compost
possibility of fishing by followers
forcing the sacrifice of followers, otherwise the Crown does not work (?... I'm not sure if I really want this, but it could be interesting...)
Things I probably won't include in my fanfic:
sins as a new raw material and currency
Mr Picasso (or whatever the name of the guy who blocks the entrance to Narinder's prison in the post-game is) - but I have idea if I change my mind
Sozo stealing mushrooms from our village X'D
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m1d-45 · 2 years ago
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midas we are holding hands /p holy fucking SHIT. so first of all wendigoon is a great source he is incredibly thorough you have it ENTIRELY right. and also yes in the mandela catalogue (SPOILERS FOR ANYONE UNINITIATED) it is confirmed that the alternates replaced not only christianity, but god himself, so do with that what you will!
there so SOOOOOO many routes you can take with this and i am so so normal about all of them i prommy.
like, the alternate not being an inherently malicious entity, just trying to get rid of you in order to continue its own existence? OHHHH BOY. THEY DID NOT LIE THERE TRULY IS NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE BOTH OF YOU.
the absolute guilt reader could feel if they realized that they were the one who brought alternates into teyvat - or even worse, it’s used against them by the alternate!imposter. “they loved you, and all you have brought them is pain and terror. if you hadn’t interfered, they would not be suffering this plague. this is your fault.” alternates using psychological torture my beloved <3
and also just the horror of people praying to a god that is just as helpless as them… me when i lose my FUCKING mind.
AND THEN CREATOR BEING CAST OUT BY THE ALTERNATE… i mean, if fate got a video game company to make a little game based on your creation, who says it couldn’t give a guy on the internet the idea of a world plagued by doppelgängers? maybe the alternates haven’t been able to gain as much power yet, being seen more as a folk tale if they’re acknowledged at all, but with both the creator and several archons missing, there’s a lot of power vacuums that something could just… slide into :)
there’s also the hurt/comfort version where reader leaves the mandela catalogue verse into an alternate-less teyvat and gets to finally chill the fuck out but i enjoy pain - teddy anon, who is now thinking of what other fucked up universes we can mix in here (hiimmarymary anyone? or perhaps gemini home entertainment, or monument mythos? the possibilities are endless)
RED ALERT WE HAVE TEDDY ANON APPROVAL LETS FUCKIN GOOOOOO
i, too, am entirely normal about the mandela catalogue. let’s be normal together.
i knew the first bit abt alternates replacing christianity and honestly.. just switch some names and you have what i was going for with my initial(?) post abt it.
OH in vol. 4 a ‘shepherd�� is mentioned, somebody who acts against the alternates, so like… that could be reader.
and yes yes yes the alternate literally needing faith to survive is so good and so tasty and it’s you against it to fight for the belief of teyvat- you to heal, to restore your status as a god, and it to live, to exist at all, because it was born of faith and breathes religion.
alternates using psychological terror my beloved as well, the concept of the final standoff between alternate!reader and reader centering around “you were where it all started, you brought this upon this place, the earth you swore you loved now tilled by the enemies hands, using a blade of your own making” is SO good honestly
i know i touched on it with the traveller but against reader??? who has personal investment in everything??? aka a million times more ammo??? incredible show stopping never seen before-
“the horror of people praying to a god that is just as helpless as them” hey teddy do you want my account that line is worth like my soul oh my GOD
me when i lose my mind too. people praying to the thing they’re trying to destroy is great, but people praying for guidance that can’t come?? people asking a god with no power for strength, people praying to the one in chains for freedom from evil i- your MIND my guy
and YES the idea of the alternate(s) being almost forced into existence because of the power vacuum left YES YOU GET IT YOU GET IT
also MOMUMENT MYTHOS? TEDDY FORGET HOLDING MY HAND I AM TAKING YOU TO A LOVELY DINNER /p
aisndkndfn AH IN MONDSTATS STORY QUEST VENTI IS HEALED BY THE TREE IN WINDRISE BC ITS TIED TO ANEMO, SO WHAT IF INSTEAD OF HEALING THESE PLACES OF ELEMENTAL ENERGY ARE TAINTING, CORRUPTING- REPLACING?
hiimmarymary is good and great and i love it and love you but that’s more a tale of a personal struggle rather than a worldwide problem so i’m gonna very gently set it aside
gemini home entertainment i don’t know a lot about, sadly, so i can’t say much about it.
back to monument mythos though: 1) your mind is fucking MASSIVE 2) it’s been a while since i’ve brushed up on the lore BUT: lincoln lookers, right?
shrines to the creator, right?
… :)
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theroadtohells · 2 years ago
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╰          cis  man  ,  he/him/his ☆ 𝐎 𝐍 𝐂 𝐄 𝐔 𝐏 𝐎 𝐍 𝐀 𝐓 𝐈 𝐌 𝐄   …      we’re  introduced  to  EMIR  KHALIFA,  the  TWENTY-SIX  years  old  BARTENDER  at  THE  RABBIT  HOLE  from  enchanted  falls  who  bears  a  striking  resemblance  to  MENA  MASSOUD.  the  whispers  in  the  wind  tells  us  of their  PHILANTHROPIC  and  CHAOTIC  reputation,  that’s  why  the  townsfolk  often  are  reminded  of  a  finger  curling  on  the  monkey’s  paw,  neon  lights  illuminating  the  night,  sickly  sweet  smells  of  e-cigarettes,  and  a  road  to  hell  paved  with  good  intentions.    they  are  often  haunted  by  dreams  of  a  life  lived  as  DIONYSUS  (  the  golden  touch  of  king  midas  )  
tw: alcoholism, drinking, vomiting
tl;dr he drinks; he parties; he's a mess; he's a nice guy; he causes problems by accident and on purpose
i . statistics
full name : emir khalifa
age : 26
gender : cis man
pronouns : he/him/his
occupation : bartender @ the rabbit hole
alignment: chaotic neutral
ii . in the present
emir is drunk, and if he's not drunk, he plans on drinking, and if he doesn't plan on drinking, then he's drunk. ( starting to catch on ? ) he's at work at the bar. actually, he's not at work. he slept through his shift. ( how has he not gotten fired ? ) because he fell asleep under the bar. because his boss is just as insane as him. because everyone in this town is just as insane as him. no, don't listen to him, he's rambling. he's had too much to drink.
and he's in a good mood. he's always in a good mood until he's not in a good mood. and you're going to have the best night of your life with him. and you're going to have the worst morning of your life the next day, face down in a toilet. face down in a gutter, he overslept, he's a drunkard.
he's had too much. he needs a ride home. somehow, not quite known as the town disaster just yet. there are worst disasters to come by. besides, he's still a nice guy. he's still there in a pinch if you need him. he's still showing up to brunch, looking nice with sunglasses and a cute outfit. was he really that mess you saw last night ? sometimes, he felt like two totally different people. no, it's just you who thinks that. everyone else thinks he's fine. fine and normal. maybe not normal. but fine.
it's all in your head; maybe you shouldn't drink so much.
iii . in dreams
his dreams are always weird even if they are always different. he's had one where he's awoken on the beach only to be kidnapped by pirates. he's had one where he's bullied by a bunch of frogs. he's even dreamt that he was turned to ash and then reborn again.
but one dream kept repeating to him. in it, he was drinking. ( he usually was - dream or not. ) and he lost a friend. except not a friend. a weird mix of the feeling between losing your dog and your parent at the grocery store.
and in it, he waits in agony. he searches and searches, but he knows in his heart, he will not find him. like most dreams go, where you're aware you've lived this before but you still cannot get out. ( bound by fate. )
and finally, someone brings back whom he so dearly missed. his rage and fear and guilt all drift away. he looks at the person standing in front of him -- a face he can never remember when he awakes but seems so clear while he is asleep -- and thanks him, offers him anything in the world.
and when he hears what he wants, he feels a weird twinge of schadenfreude. the way you feel when someone asks to eat a spoonful of vanilla extract. lick a lemon. "do you think i can balance on this chair?" you know the outcome, but you watch the chaos unfold before you.
who would grant misfortune onto someone who gives them a gift ? what does that say about him ? the gift-giver or receiver ? what does that say about emir ?
maybe he shouldn't drink so much before bed.
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