#soma union

[hungry-skeleton]

Happy 10 years of games from my favourite indie dev ever, Torch60! I discovered these games pretty late in their lifetime but I love each and every one so much! Please play Torch60's RPGs THEY'RE ALL FREE!!

Itch.io page - Steam page (less games then the itch.io page)

[audart]

Never An Honest Word But That Was When I Ruled The World

[sgtm]

Just a quickie I put together. Thanks for 7 great years of Soma Spirits!

[toonpel]

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Soma Spirits (Video Game) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Heart (Soma Spirits) & Soul (Soma Spirits), Heart & Soul & The Sun King, The Sun King & Elder Oakley Characters: Bright (Soma Spirits), The Sun King (Soma Spirits), Heart (Soma Spirits), Soul (Soma Spirits), Elder Oakley (Soma Spirits), Lunar (Soma Spirits), Sunny (Soma Spirits), Form (Soma Spirits), Dissonance (Soma Spirits), Absolution (Soma Spirits) Additional Tags: Post-Soma Union, Time Travel, Time Travel Fix-It, Or Is It?, Heart and Soul are best bros, Redemption, Second Chances, The Sun King Needs A Break, New(Old) Friends Bonding, Sibling Bonding, Brotherly Love, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Minor Violence, battles, Blood and Injury, Absolution Sucks, Reincarnation, Listen to Elder Oakley Please, Other Additional Tags to Be Added Summary:

Given a second chance, The Sun King has no idea what to do with himself.

Oh well, at least he still gets to spend time with his new(old) friends!

[marshvlovestv]

I kind of thought I would be looking back at games #201-210 with disappointment, but no, all in all, this was a pretty solid bunch. A lot of these games just had little quirks that kept them from being perfect experiences but were still decent overall.

1. If Found - For a game with not much game to speak of, this one was by far the best of the bunch. An emotional story with beautiful visuals; the only other thing I could possibly ask out of a visual novel is a little romance, but this isn’t that kind of story and that’s okay.

2. Sundered - This should not be ranked as high as it is. It’s in a genre I can’t stand and I had technical issues that meant I couldn’t finish it. But the thing is, I so thoroughly and completely enjoyed the time I spent with it that to punish it for those things would be disingenuous. This will probably be the last metroidvania I ever play, but what a sendoff.

3. Soma Union - I have a Switch now. I really need to play Earthbound. When people follow in the tradition of Earthbound they only create bangers.

4. Super Meat Boy - I wanted to rank this lower out of sheer spite. But. This is a really fun game. No getting around that. Even if the devs are edgy assholes who hurt my feelings for using keyboard controls. I really want to finish it but I don’t think my poor heart can take more of that bullying.

5. Soft Body - Conversely and yet along the same lines, I wanted to rank this one higher out of spite, to prove to the devs and any other PC queens interested that this game is perfectly playable with the keyboard. There were other games I just liked better, but this was still a really cool experience. Gotta love a bullet hell.

6. Shrug Island - A strange but still pretty interesting little puzzle game

7. Master Spy - I’m not amazing with stealth and there was that one seemingly impossible jump that made me put the game down. But there’s some pretty good platforming here

8. Robot Island - I kind of wish this was just a visual novel instead of a 3D exploration game because the controls for that segment were weirdly slippery.

9. IMMORTALITY - The more I think back on it (and watch analyses and stuff) the more I appreciate the bizarre twist, and now I think I’ve figured out where the real disconnect between me and this game happened. It’s a love letter to the medium of film and I don’t like movies. Just not about that kino scene. I’ll only drag my butt to the theater for the newest Pixar movie and even then I haven’t watched Lightyear yet. 

10. Gordian Quest - I’d readily recommend this game to my more hardcore D&D friends. But for me, a newbie, there’s an awful lot going on here and I found it overwhelming.

[nunuwinterlight]

Introducing the guardian of soma heart hope and soul from rpg game called Soma spirits

( note hope is just an Oc)

Art made by @yajetaa

Heart and soul belongs to @sgtm

Hope belongs to https://x.com/SpiritArzo?t=oBRt20cJJOK-evzoDX2fvQ&s=33

[a-beneficial-union]

@aimlovesmusic WildWire!Ren worked as the Omnitrix equivalent of tech support back when Eon had a huge group of alternates under his thumb. Because many -ens came to Eon for help with malware or wayward Omni issues, viruses passed between Omnis as often as the common cold.

Most of these viruses were benign and self-correcting but some were considerably more consequential.

Stixs, for instance, joined the EA to try and correct for the rampant mutations it was inflicting on his body. The problem there is that the process was too far along to be reversed— and the program turned into a virus that jumped from Omni to Omni.

Because Wwire was a tech, she was exposed to this particular virus and various mutations of it every day she worked at the EA. She (and the rest of the techs) came to the conclusion that the virus couldn’t be reversed or cured once contracted but that it could be prevented or redirected.

Part of the redirection was through adding to Omnis' code that the bearer’s base body could not have features removed or changed, only added to.

Additional features were things such as extra arms, feelers, wings, folds of skin, and, of course, tails. Later coding allowed for additional features to be steered towards desired outcomes, which is why Wwire's tail is thin and comically flexible; she wanted to have the option of hiding it in her clothes.

It came into common practice for -ens who contracted the virus to steer towards additional traits that could either enhance themselves, be easily hidden, or surgically removed with minimal issue. Soma (leftmost with dyed hair) has a nub of a tail normally obscured by his hologram. It was originally that of an adult Vulpimancer but he had it removed for fear of discovery in his civilian life.

The mark on Wwire's left hand became typical for those who decided to keep their additional features, a defiant sort of “This is how I am and I like it” not to be mistaken with a paw in the hand mark.

[yz]

Fun day in SF today. Dinner at Tacorea.

[prokopetz]

I've got 50 cents in my steam wallet. You seem to know a lot about indie games. What's a good Metroidvania or RPG in that price range?

Unfortunately, there is not a single metroidvania or RPG on Steam I'd actually recommend that is both non-free and currently going for less than fifty cents – all of the paid ones cost at least a buck. I've got a bunch of free ones you can check out, though:

A Game with a Kitty 1 & Darkside Adventures (metroidvania)

Alien Squatter (RPG)

Astra Hunter Zosma (RPG)

Bloody Hell (metroidvania)

Custodian: Beginning of the End (metroidvania)

The Dark Egg (RPG)

Deep Night Detective - Chapter One (metroidvania)

Dispersio 2 (metroidvania)

Eldtritchvania (metroidvania)

Eternal Senia (RPG)

Ex Vitro (metroidvania)

Franzen (RPG)

Grimm's Hollow (RPG)

Hare Apparent (RPG)

Heart of Enya (RPG)

Heroine's Quest : The Herald of Ragnarok (RPG)

Janosik - Highlander Precision Platformer (metroidvania)

(Throwing a break in here because Tumblr's goofy maximum-characters-per-text-block limit is weird about link URLs.)

Last Chance in Xollywood (RPG)

Lockheart Indigo (RPG)

Lorera (metroidvania)

Moonlaw (metroidvania)

Moonring (RPG)

Nocturne: Prelude (RPG)

Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt (RPG)

The Rainsdowne Players (RPG)

Regenesis (RPG)

Saira (metroidvania)

Soma Union (RPG)

Soulscape (RPG)

Towards the Pantheon (RPG)

Void Pyramid (RPG)

Wienne (RPG)

Weird and Unfortunate Things Are Happening (RPG)

Xenosis (metroidvania)

You Have to Win the Game (metroidvania)

As noted, all of these titles are available for free at the time of this posting, so they will not help you spend your fifty cents.

[holydrakes]

Aight I'm building a (tentative friends to best friends to lovers) SoMa playlist and so far the songs I've gathered:

Pre-canon (trauma development era)

- Love Triangle (Raelynn) : Maka watching her parents' trainwreck of a marriage over the years.

- Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father) (Lindsay Lohan) : Maka ultimately putting all the blame on Spirit.

- Numb (acoustic, Veer Union cover) : Soul feeling sick of trying to live up to his family's expectations.

- Hate Myself (NF) : Soul finally struggling with self-loathing but still wanting to find an identity for himself that he's happy with.

Pre-chapter 0 to Italy fiasco:

1.) Daddy Issues (The Neighborhood) : Soul talking about Maka's daddy (and mommy) issues of course.

2.) Whataya Want From Me (Adam Lambert): them falling into the rhythm of being weapon and meister and Soul becoming what exactly Maka needs everytime

3.) Vulnerable (Selena Gomez) : Maka tentatively trying to trust Soul.

4.) I'll be There for You (The Rembrandts/Boyce Avenue cover) : Soul's the man song. Nuff said. Idc it's the Friends theme song, it suits him.

5.) My Life Would Suck Without You (Kelly Clarkson) Maka's PoV song, it's the song for every vitriolic best buds there are in general.

6.) At All Costs (from Wish) : describe how these two are insanely protective of each other in general.

Black Blood era (Experiment to Baba Yaga)

7.) Sell your Soul (Hollywood Undead) : the black blood and little demon are here to stir shit up. Soul's old demons are finally here to eat him up. Oh no.

8.) Breathe Into Me (Red) : Soul's PoV. His struggles with the black blood and facing his issues continues and he cries for help.

9.) Awake and Alive (Skillet) : helping each other through the Black Blood.

10.) Drag Me Down (One Direction/Twenty One Two cover) : Soul's PoV. "I wanna get stronger for Maka" song

Spartoi Era (Salvage to Battle on the Moon)

11.) Issues (Julia Michaels) : Maka's PoV. This song gave me Envy-Sloth chapter vibes. Maka's issues resurfacing.

12.) Stereo Hearts (Maroon 5/Jason Chen cover) : Soul's PoV. Talking about how he kinda owes his musical identity to Maka too in some ways and that despite Maka's insecurities about feeling left out of Soul's musical side. She def has a part in it, boy does she have a part in it.

13.) All of Me (Jason Chen & Madilyn Bailey cover) : after all those last remaining walls started to shatter between them...

14.) Stand by You (Rachel Platten/Alex Goot and co cover) : the "I'll follow you to the ends of the earth" song

15.) Face My Fears (Utada Hikaru)

Post-canon era (based on common post-canon fic scenarios)

16.) Out of My League (Stephen Speaks) : Soul's PoV. Pining pining pining. (Oh the agony of being the one falling first lol)

17.) Could it Be (from Kim Possible) : Maka's dramatic Love Epiphany song i guess. (She fell much harder lol)

18.) Waiting for Yesterday (David Archuleta) : Soul's PoV. Closest song to the whole 'I'm not your dad. I won't treat you like he did to your mom' thing.

19.) You & I (One Direction) : Soul's PoV. Soul trying to convince Maka they are not going to be like her parents reminding her of all their trials together.

20.) Unbreakable (Carole & Tuesday) : Maka's PoV. The song that perfectly describes what their relationship is all about from start to finish. Maka musing that they indeed somehow fit together despite everything and they're unbreakable.

21.) Love Me Like You do (Ellie Goulding) : At last, no more beating around the bush.

[hungry-skeleton]

Soma sillies

[audart]

Lamp Land :)

[talonabraxas]

“I am like the heaven, like the moon, like a candle by your glow; I am all reason, all love, all soul by your soul.” - Rumi

Goddess Selene in Orion Talon Abraxas

The 'wine' of Soma is within and around us whether we recognize it or not, and sooner or later it must be purified by the 'heavenly strainer.' Though we attempt to avoid tapas, suffering itself will always catch us out and tug at our sleeve until we face it squarely. Instead of permitting thoughts and emotions to contract and quiver in their attempts to defend us from pain and excess shock, we must try to extend them out freely, with the strength to receive and convert into ecstasy all contacts with life. One must "bake in the fire" until he can accommodate the overflooding power of Soma.

This is at the heart of the symbolic lunar initiation whereby the worshipper becomes the 'child' of the moon goddess and, through knowledge of her, becomes her husbandman. The Self is the fruit of the knowledge of Isis, the fruit of the union between Isis and Osiris, Eros and the Logos. The man who accomplishes this within his heart and mind raises up the crescent moon of offering within his brow and resolves the 'War in Heaven.' The woman who accomplishes this within the mystery of her ten-gated being becomes a mother of solar light. Thus in both man and woman the 'Queen of Night' may assume her rightful position at the side of her Solar Lord.

[santoschristos]

Shakti & Shiva in YabYum: the divine representation of the union of energy and awareness. + Later, under the fig tree, the master explained. "AIl that has to be changed. The stallion must be turned into a mare, man into a woman.

There is no other way. You remember how full of joy the mare was, anticipating her strength even before any thing happened? And then afterward it was she who was triumphant.

This is the story of the race. Woman came from man, but once the two sexes became independent, it was inevitable that one would devour the other. That is what the universe is: someone gives and someone receives.

There is always a sacrificial victim. Many people believe that the only way to avoid this cycle is asceticism and chastity. But this never works, for in one way or another the individual is devoured.

Always the man's role is secondary. The mare devours the stallion who has impregnated her, the bee kills the drones, the primeval mother carries around her neck the primordial Lingam.

Every mother, mare, goddess and woman is a devouress, and in one form or other every male is castrated and consumed." He paused.

To change all this we must redirect the tremendous energy that you saw in the stallion. We must restore the original principle of male passivity and female activity. The world was created not by the masculine ptinciple but by the feminine. Love must learn to follow this course. Only those willing to learn how to love women in a different way, murdering them out wardly in order to permit an inner rebirth, will find the immortal city of Agharti.

"The key moment is when the semen is ejaculated. When the stallion ejaculates, he becomes impoverished. The role of the male appears to end while the female's begins. But semen is also soma and should be Conserved.

It should not spurt outward but inward.

Outwardly it can only create children of the Aesh, while inwardly it makes sons of the spirit. Outwardly it plays the mother's game; inwardly the male is impregnated and engenders the son of man.

"No sons of the flesh are born in this loveless love. There are only sons of the spirit, escaping cyclical life, who are created when the semen is driven inward, giving them eternal life."

"Semen is a visible aspect of the great power of which we are all a part. It is OM made into substance. It is the movement of the sun within your blood and of the sea of life within your body. It is also the word you use to communicate with the gods.

You must therefore preserve it if you wish to enter Agharti." The disciple said that he had seen statues of Siva and Paryati making love on the walls of the temple but he did not under stand how the semen was to be withheld.

"You must discovcr this for yourself. You must transform a natural act into a ritual, changing it into something supernatural. Ordinary sexual life does not create magicians or Siddhas; it merely perpetuates the human race. You will therefore have to follow a different road, also in the company of a woman so that you will both be saved. If she is not with you, something will be left unfulfilled and incomplete. You will have attained nothing.

Even at the ends of their lives, saints and ascetics con tinue to yearn for women. The technique you must follow is therefore not something you learn but something you must grow to understand. At the moment of ecstasy Siva remains motion less; he does not ejaculate his semen. She, Parvati, is the active one, for when woman does not rcceive, she gives.

From her skin the woman transmits a substance which enters the man's blood and becomes a part of him. It creates a unity within him. The seed is planted, and he enters the city of Siddhas. Pure sexuality echoes a desire to return to the ancestral home. It is a return to unity: true sex is the nostalgia of the gods.

"You are carried beyond the realm of ordinary existence. The life of a magician goes against nature: it proceeds in the opposite direction." --El/Ella ~ Book of Magic love

art: Expanding Universe by Alphachanneling

[33-108]

Chandra, the name of the moon in indian language.. is also known as "soma"; it is the essence of the healing elixir of the same name, with its spiritual powers - its potential for granting of spiritual immortality.

The waxing and waning.. the labile nature of the celestial body, the signifier of the differentiated mind - is illustrative of the progression through different forms in its path to absorption, for liberation, realization.. to bridge spirit and matter through the mind; the objective of an alchemist.

The title "soma" refers to the mind, in its purest, untainted form, seeing through all duality.. this is the mind that bridges these higher and lower realms.

The ability to move beyond the impure Buddhi and Manastattvas at will.. to beyond limited purusa.. and to sustain instruments of sacred utility in its descend. The individual who obtains realization of Anuttara/Svatantrya.

This is the ultimate healing nature, the true essence of Soma, the elixirs immortality.

These phases of the moon are associated with the various aspects of mahadevi/the goddess.

The waxing and waning corresponding to the lighter and darker aspects of the goddess in tantrik tradition and the degradation and transformation of the mind and cognitions in which she wields.

The reasons siva is adorned with a crescent moon in the epics is deeply layered, but be assured it is crescent for a reason and not full.

The Waning Crescent Moon in Vedic astrology, in an electional paradigm, is ideal for completing a task, completing your work. It is the symbol of nearing completion.. be it of the mundane or the souls longing.

Those born during the Waning Crescent, rest assured are here for a completion and deep, penetrating contemplation.

As a Waning crescent Magha Nakshatra native in the 4th pada ruled by the moon.. I am hear to fulfill the honoring of my ancestors, to perfectly meld their strengths and weaknesses and do what they all have desired in one lifetime. A bharani ketu and ascendant conjunction whose lagnesha is in the 4th house in my lagna chart.. a moon that is Rohini in Amrita devata 4th house in the shastiamsa and saturn conjunct sun 4th house in the Navamsa.

My mind body and soul are fixed on appreciation of my family, my roots and their efforts.. and my atmakara jupiter 7th is finding the perfect union to carry the torch.

Om Namah Shivaya.

Image: The Crescent Moon by Montague Dawson

[thelensofyashunews]

Cochise announces headlining WHY ALWAYS ME? World Tour kicking off in February

Fresh off the release of his fourth studio album WHY ALWAYS ME?, Florida rap star Cochise has just announced his forthcoming headlining World Tour – kicking off in February, 2025. Presale tickets will be on sale starting at 12:00pm EST on 11/20 (PW: WHYALWAYSME), while general on sale tickets go live starting at 10:00am Local Time on 11/22 (ticket link here). Taking Houston rapper TisaKorean on the road with him as an opener, Cochise will be embarking throughout North America during the tour's first leg, ending in his home-state of Florida on 3/30, before linking up with buzzing UK rapper Len for the majority of the European leg – concluding in Poland on 5/6. The recently-released WHY ALWAYS ME? arrived in October backed by a string of singles that included "GOOGLE ME", “YOSHIMITSU” (40M+ Streams), and the Aminé-assisted "NASTY". Boasting other features from Veeze and Anycia, WHY ALWAYS ME? served as a championship album celebrating a new era for Cochise — marking his first LP since 2022's THE INSPECTION and his appearance on the 2022 XXL Freshman cover. With production from BYNX (Drake, Travis Scott), Supah Mario (Young Thug, Lil Uzi Vert), CHASETHEMONEY (J. Cole, Juice WRLD), and Lex Luger (Kanye West, Chief Keef), WHY ALWAYS ME? is a nebula of intergalactic opulence, melting into Cochise's hypnotizing vocals and sky-diving delivery.

Hailing from Palm Bay, Florida, Cochise is known for a kaleidoscopic sound that blends elements of Jamaican dancehall, hip-hop, and trap with animated lyricism punctuated by deep-cut references to anime, sports, and pop culture. Hailed for his high-flying vocal acrobatics and hazy, ethereal production, he exploded onto the scene with his 2021 major label debut Benbow Crescent, which featured the RIAA Certified Gold hit track “Hatchback” (400M Streams). Cochise has since sold out a solo headlining world tour and collaborated with the likes of Lil Yachty, Chief Keef, Denzel Curry, Juicy J, Teezo Touchdown, Lil B, and more.

HEADLINING WHY ALWAYS ME? WORLD TOUR KICKING OFF IN FEBRUARY – TICKETS ON SALE 11/22 TICKETS

ARTIST PRE-SALE ON SALE 11/20 @ 12:00PM EST (PASSWORD: WHYALWAYSME) PRE-SALE

WHY ALWAYS ME? Tour – North America Dates: 02/13 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts 02/14 – New York City, NY – Irving Plaza 02/15 – Washington, DC – Union Stage 02/17 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair 02/19 – Montreal, QC – Le Studio TD 02/20 – Toronto, ON – The Axis Club 02/22 – Detroit, MI – El Club 02/23 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop 02/25 – Columbus, OH – Skully's 02/28 – Chicago, IL – Avondale Music Hall 03/01 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line 03/03 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theater 03/06 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile 03/07 – Portland, OR – Star Theater 03/09 – Sacramento, CA – Harlow's 03/11 – San Fransisco, CA – The Independent 03/13 – Las Vegas, NV – The Beverly Theater 03/14 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theater 03/15 – San Diego, CA – SOMA 03/16 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory 03/18 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom 03/22 – Austin, TX – Mohawk 03/23 – Dallas, TX – Studio at the Factory 03/25 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live Midtown 03/28 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage 03/29 – Orlando, FL – Beacham 03/30 – St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live

WHY ALWAYS ME? Tour – Europe Dates: 04/19 – Dublin, IE – Green Room 04/20 – Manchester, UK – Club Academy 04/21 – Glasgow, UK – SWG3 Warehouse 04/23 – London, UK – Scala 04/25 – Brussels, BE – Botanique – Grand Salon 04/26 – Paris, FR – Trabendo 04/27 – Cologne, DE – Luxor 04/29 – Zurich, CH – Dynamo 05/02 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso Tolhuistuin 05/04 – Prague, CZ – Futurum 05/05 – Berlin, DE – Hole44 05/06 – Warsaw, PL – Hydrozagadka