#spirit interventions

[ekwolfwriter-blog]

WIP Zutara Challenge: Divine intervention

Man oh man, do I love this prompt. As I have a few fics that I guess fall under this. Most of them are posted in Ao3 is people are curious. I will be posting them at the end so no worries. But honestly anything with the spirits - at least how I consider it - divine intervention - and I have too many ideas for it

Such as one fic idea of the spirits allowing Katara to go back in time with all the memories but cannot physically touch people that she was close to as it could make them remember the horrible future - for angst.

A transformation fic that I have been sitting one - well two - where both Katara and Zuko get turned into animals and find out that the other loves them through the barrier of the lack of human ego getting in the way. (Katara being turned into a fox-snow leopard is also on the docket with Blue Spirit, which I will share in a bit). And a few other ideas like OC's coming in and helping out with the time line or changing it to make it make sense - if you know, you know.

And I also have some links for on going projects with spirit intervention and if people are curious about what I will be doing and going with it, please read and leave a comment!

First on the docket is my all time fav and an intro to an OC that I adore and is definitely one that helps with the story more times than I can count: Fortune Teller Rewrite

Next is one I have to work on, but it does have some spiritual intervention with transformation: Right Time Wrong Tea

Another one is my Forget Me Never fic with implications of spirit intervention.

And Lastly, my new project that will have lots of Divine intervention and spirit shenanigans is Ghost of a Waterbender (of which a new chapter will be posted soon)

As for the WIP challenge, here is a snippet of WIP where Katara unknowingly makes a deal with a spirit intervening for her (P.S. mention of alcohol):

Damasu took another sip of the sake that got brought as he seemed to think for a moment. “Well, it seems to me you already have an idea about what you want. But are conflicted because it does not match what others think or who they think you should be with.”

“Well, yes!” Katara snapped. “I know I should choose but I always had to choose for everything when we were traveling! I always had to care for people and make sure they were cared for. Final decisions on what we ate and did. And yet, never was it my choice completely. And even if I choose, I know people will get hurt and it will be my fault. And just once, I want something easy given to me.”

“Hmm,” Damasu smirked. “Sounds like a way to go, to have things given to you. Much like an animal that gets pulled around and does what it’s told. Is that what you want?”

“What?! No! No way, I will never be jerked around like that. I am not some prize that can be flaunted and told to obey on command.”

“And yet you feel like you are now?”

Katara realized what she said and bit her lip as she looked away from the strange man.

But Damasu only gave a mischievous grin. “From what I can see, you have a wild heart, and that is good. At least for you. You want to have your freedom to fight your own battles and prove yourself but at the same time, would like to know someone will be there for you. Protect you and love you for the powerful and beautiful woman you are, right?”

Katara did not face Damasu again, but she could not help but nod to his question.

Damasu smirked as he took another sip of his drink and poured some more for Katara. “Well, then I think I can help with that. A little wager if you will.”

Katara scoffed. “Oh, and what would this wager be?”

“I bet that the man that will fulfill your wish will be able to see you for who you are, even if you are… shall we say, not looking your best.”

“What? Would I look like I just woke up and have massive bed hair?” Katara asked with slurred words. All the drinks of the night were starting to get to her.

“Something like that,” Damasu said softly, then continued. “The catch is, you must stay that way until either of them figures out it is you. And only then will you be able to find the one that loves you with an act of true love. Either by words or actions. In this new look that is.”

Katara squinted at Damasu as she felt suspicious of him again. “What is in it for you, if this is a proper wager?”

Damasu smirked. “Even while becoming intoxicated, you are still sharp. I love that. And the only thing I want… is a good show.” He said with that continuous mischievous look in her eyes.

Katara chuckled from his answer as she was finding it hard to believe. “So let me get this straight, I will look a certain way. Unrecognizable to the world, and will stay that way until the one who loves me the most figures out that it is me and I get my answer, and all you want is to just watch?”

“Yup,” he answered as he gave her drink and he poured some for himself.

“No strings attach?” Katara grilled him.

Damasu smiled as he reached for Katara’s necklace and tapped it. “In honor of the water and moon spirits that watch over us, I swear. That is all I am offering.”

Katara looked down at his hand then at him. Katara’s vision was getting a bit blurry but while it might be the drinks talking, it did sound nice to have that option. She then reached for the drink and raised it to Damasu. “You have a deal then.”

Damasu smirked as he raised his glass and clinked it to hers. “A deal then,” he quietly cheered. They both took the drink and then Katara sighed. “I should get home.”

“Fair, after all, it will be a busy day tomorrow,” Damasu said as he got up.

“Will I see you tomorrow then?” Katara’s words slurred more as she was getting tired.

Damasu did not answer as he put down something on the bar then tapped Katara’s forehead. “You will see me very soon,” he whispered to her and left.

Anyway, hope you enjoy!

[gierosajie]

Thinking about how there's a lot more ghosts wandering Mondstadt in the Archon Dvalin AU than usual because Venti is usually the one sending off spirits into the afterlife and well. he's kinda stuck on that side post-Cataclysm

At first there weren't any because they just followed Venti, but afterwards there were some that still lingered and the number just kept piling up over the centuries. Many did eventually go on their own, but there's just more that didn't want to or simply couldn't

Dvalin doesn't know how to send them off, no one really showed him how and he doubts that even if he knew, he probably couldn't. Still, whenever a spirit decides to show themself, he stays with them for a bit, just to alleviate their burdens even a little and maybe help them find enough peace

It's probably another thing that eats at him alive because he couldn't even help those that he failed to protect, no matter how much most of them say it isn't his fault

And then, after the whole reconciliation with Celio thing, one of the lingering spirits asks him for a song. Before, he might've gently turned down the request, but after everything, he decided he might as well

Dvalin starts singing an old song he loved. Singing it had been painful, once, considering it was made as a duet and having to listen to the silent answer just brought him nothing but grief. Now, there's a sort of peace to how the breeze and the sound of nature fill in the gaps and pauses.

Over the course of the song, more and more ghosts come to listen. By the end of it, Dvalin opens his eyes to see most of them disappear, not in terms of hiding away like usual but rather beginning to dissolve into light as they finally move on

The last one to leave was the one who requested a song. She turns to smile at him. "I suppose I can finally tell that bard how much you've grown," she says before finally dissipating into the wind

[voidcat]

hmm anyways good night maybe ill have some time tmr to finally properly write the narumi ideas ive been brewing for a while

but also,,, i wanna talk abt band au narumi and reader and izumo !! and also also jakdf!reader's past life and how narumi mustve felt when he learns about what reader used to be like before the death, the grief and loss

[sharpmarble76]

OSDreamcember Day 25: Family

@calcium-cat Turns out I did get it done in time! Just don't look too closely at anything and if you see any (of the many) mistakes, no you don't.

[galpalaven]

Something about Azad thinking in his route about Crown Piruz ignoring even his own Sorcerer at times and Sahara and Rêzan, walking around fucking giggling and holding hands, is getting to me

[fjordfolk]

also just bracing myself for if i eventually do pick out a sire for troja because frustrating and hypocritical etc etc but i will eventually end up sacrificing a known health result or two for untested factors

[fieriframes]

[Intervention of Spirits in the Corporeal World 299 468.]

[spiritually--chaotic]

💓🌟PICK A PILE🌟💓 What’s Next in Love🥰💌💘

[ravenousnightwind]

It's very rarely I dream about the gods, so when I have visions or dreams that consist of their presence in some form, I pay attention. Perhaps these dreams mean nothing, perhaps they do. It's hard to tell if it is anything other than my own head. However, sometimes, especially the extreme coherent ones where I'm pushed to the point of awareness but don't wake up. I pause, I wonder, I think. I am still skeptical, but part of me wonders how true it is, or if it has truth to it.

I always take divination or anything divine related with a bit of skeptism because I think it's healthy. There's just certain things, however, where I do a double take or have a wonder about it because it's so out of place that I question the significance. Like ooookkaaaay that was weird, Kay I'm just gonna continue going on while thinking about this then..

[science-lings]

Do you have any plans on what to do with Sage and Scholar in regards to totk? Like are they from before or after?

Or are you waiting to decide until you have played totk?

they're from after totk, at least conceptually. I wouldn't be surprised if I had to adjust their designs a little to fit my ideas I get during totk. Sage already is missing an arm and even though I haven't updated their scar map since the first one that I did before some of the more recent trailers where we get a better look at how the malice just charred their arm, I'm definitely going to make their burns more severe. I haven't decided on how I'm going to deal with their missing arm yet, if they're going to have a prosthetic or if the zonai arm is there to stay or if I'm going to just give them a funky ghost arm lol.

So far I've just made Scholar's hair even shorter and her fashion style more adventurous and androgynous. But I could see giving her subtle face markings like she has in the trailers and even adding even more as I play the game.

Unless I get some banger inspiration from the game I'm pretty confident in most of their designs, I'm really happy with the majority of their designs but I'm also open to changing them if I get interesting ideas lol.

[demigirlboss2girlrotboogaloo]

(Tags courtesy of @bynux) This feels too important to leave in tags cause like...yeah, that is precisely how it be while you're figuring stuff out.

Also, if you're showing someone the ropes of how to do a Linux, try to involve them in the problem-solving process! Try to show them where they can go if they wanna find solutions for their problems, especially forums and wikis (shoutout to Arch Wiki and EndeavourOS forums I love you).

If you can teach someone early on in their Linux journey the fundamentals of RTFM (Read the F'ing Manual) and searching through the (generally extensive) documentation to find the solutions to their own particular weird edge cases, as well as proper procedure when documenting and reporting bugs, not only can you make them a self-sufficient user with some really crucial clerical skills, but you might also make them a valuable contributor to the FOSS ecosystem!

I'm sure I've said this before but while Linux does have some sharp edges and obtuse metaphors, the biggest reason why it's hard is that you've never used it and you're 20 or 30 years old and you have stuff you want to do and you have 10 or 20 years of experience with Windows where you already know how to do things. Computers don't naturally do anything.

[quotelr]

Hang on! God will be thy strength in any act of your pursuit.

Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

[skylar-jay]

Usually when it comes to naming characters I can't give them names right away. They have to stew in my brain for a while until I am STRUCK with revelation as to what their name should be.

Sometimes I'll look up those names later on and see what they're associated with, and somehow it always ends up accurate to the character

[ruebner]

Accepting Divine Redirects: A Prayer for Support with Social Media Addiction is Answered.

Today I experienced a small divine intervention as a response to the prayers I have been making for help with my social media addiction. Sometimes a small redirect can make a huge difference. #divineintervention #socialmediaaddiction #prayers

I’m differentiating “prayer requests” to our Higher Powers from “prayers.” I see the core difference between these two as being that while “prayer requests” are when we ask High Powers (Angels, or God(dess(es)) for something, while “prayers” are when we are communing with High Powers in a way that doesn’t ask for anything: we could be expressing gratitude, or offering ourselves in service. Often…

[davenusianastronaut]

My Life is like a movie!

Chile I'm gonna be honest this last time scared the shxt out of me ...They hacked in my cashapp took all my money! I had no where to go I was legit homeless for 2 days sleeping outside with my pomeranian in a pink stroller! 

I was fighting with cash app for 3 weeks straight about my money being stolen. Baby they was having none of it. They kept giving me DENIED DENIED DENIED. Get off our phone ma'am. EXIT the chat miss. I had to experience the dark side of Cash app.

I was deep in the abyss. I was being sucked in by a black hole being gobbled up & set on fire by the void! I had to think quick on my feet.

I called the police and reported it. I made a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sounds fancy right! Then I filed a complaint with the BBB. I was able to download those report claims in PDF. Took a picture of the paper the officer wrote on and had to wait patiently for them to send me the 500th email with the same bot! But I got one from Audrey and just sent her all my documents on a wish, hope, and a prayer! That was the longest 2 days of my life. I woke up to a POSSUM trying to sneak attack us! My Pomeranian, Bonnie Lulu, was shook. I got up at 4 in the morning to move because I just watched a possum climb back in a tree 20 feet away from me. I took the same big body cart and bonnie stroller. Packed our snacks and rolled across the street behind a plaza that was pretty tucked away from the rest of the public. I finally found a secluded place that no one would ever find me. I was relieved.

But when I tell yall I was calm, I wasn't afraid, I kept my composure and remained poised throughout the whole ordeal. I continued to be positive and thanked God consistently still! I was still happy and met really cool ppl and conversated with them. I would have not had that chance if none of this happened. It unlocked a new strength in me. I kept my head raised up towards the sun & just trusted in God. 

BOMB, I was blessed the 3rd morning when I woke up.I got all the money back they stole from me.I was shocked and happy as hell. I gave thanks to the high heavens while laying on a stack of cardboard boxes i made as a bed (some nice ppl brought it to me bc i was sleeping on the ground with a green screen sheet wrapped around me lololol) but ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. I was able to go to a place way better and more safe and in a way better location. And i got a huge opportunity the next day after I arrived!

It pays off to just keep going and don't look back. Walk with him he will guide you and protect you.  

The one thing that saved me is I never lost hope, I never gave up, & I continued to move forward no matter what. I pushed through that imaginary wall they tried to block me with. You should of seen the looks on everyone's face when I was restored by God. I hopped in my Lexus Uber and hauled it out of there into the Sun back to paradise