#spiritual hungry ghosts

[redreadretale]

This fine art piece is unique- artist Robin Samadhi of Santa Fe, NM- you can frame each page as is or color them in as you please. Title of this book/art pack is “My Hungry Ghosts”. Each page is 11x14, on heavy weight artist paper. He must have had these printed specially, this cannot be done this size/paper/quality on a standard printer. They were for sale in a gallery on Canyon Road. They are likely based off an illustration series he did with this theme, and developed this coloring pack of posters. What a great way to make collaborative work. They are all enticing to color in!

Hungry ghosts are supernatural beings that consume more than they can handle or desires more than they can consume.

I think of it as more of a human condition concept, about our relationship with the world and its elements. What are we taking, what are we giving back. What do we need vs. want. What do we hunger for & when we get it what do we do with it?

Good Art is good for the soul.

There is meaning behind each piece in this book.

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[sarcophagid]

liu gui mb

[optimalmastery]

Beyond Samhain: Global Traditions to Honor the Dead

Samhain, celebrated at the end of October in the Northern Hemisphere, is a sacred festival for many Pagans and witches. It marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of the dark half of the year. It’s considered a time when the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead is at its thinnest. Therefore, this Sabbat provides the opportunity to honor ancestors, remember…

[thegoddesscomplexllc]

Hungry Hungry Ghost Festival || August 2024

Ancestor Money and the Hungry Ghost Festival 2024 The Hungry Ghost Festival, also known as Zhongyuan Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated in many parts of East Asia, including China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia. In 2024, the Hungry Ghost Festival will be observed on August 11th, the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, when it is believed that the gates of the…

[mycelestial001]

Traditions of the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival. Read More

[robin-evry]

Might as well jump on the band wagon. How about a Yuu that's a Wendigo?

Ask and you shall receive, this story may to Gorey or contained some disturbing matters it may be disturbing towards readers.

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐅 𝐘𝐔𝐔 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐎 ☠️🥩

wendigo, a mythological cannibalistic monster in the spiritual tradition of North American Algonquian-speaking tribes. It is associated with winter and described as either a fearsome beast that stalks and eats humans or as a spirit that possesses humans, causing them to turn into cannibals.

( English is not my first language )

Day 5 : wendigo!YUU

Warning : contained cannibalism, self harming as well mild-gore.

I imagine Wendigo!yuu would have been cursed to transform into a wendigo, after being subjected to a desperate situation, symbolizing hunger and survival. The curse is not fully realized, so Wendigo!Yuu retains their human form but is constantly haunted by a powerful hunger they must control.

one of their family members tricked them into eating human meat, since they accidentally eat it and not purposely eat it they weren't aware, where the meat came from. They will still turn into a wendigo but still retain their human form but still have that insatiable hunger.

Wendigo!yuu would be very distant at first towards everyone, only giving very short answers towards any question, they are very calm and collected as well a caring individual but their insatiable hunger caused them to isolate themselves to anyone from them fearing they would cause harm or their hunger will lead into an action they would regret doing.

Every night they have to go to the forest to transform, and hunt for food in the forest maybe a deer, or something. When they were munching on something a flash of light shone upon them, A group of students decided to go to the forest because they wanted to go smoke or were sneaking out to hang out at the forest. The group ran and were screaming heading their way towards the school. Using this moment to head back towards ramshackle cleaning themselves and hiding any evidence.

In the morning Crowley knocks on the ramshackle dorm and questions them, since the dorm is the closest to the forest. Crowley asks them if they ever hear noise in the forest or the sound of their family members, he revealed that there's been recently a sight of wendigo. He explained that wendigos are magical creatures that are greedy spirits that will eat human flesh, when he was describing it wendigo!yuu were sweating and clinching the side of their leg, and finally Crowley ends with there are malevolent spirits that should have been purged. And he warns them to not enter the woods until it's found

The faculty, ghost and housewardens are in the forest looking for the wendigo or there was a trace of their presence there. Unfortunately their research goes empty but the students or anyone have been prevented going towards the forest.

I feel like wendigo!yuu would stop going to the forest being scared of getting caught or they would go to the forest more often due to no students.

During the day time wendigo!yuu would literally do a lot during lunch, they tried to eat at class but got caught and were embarrassed by the entire so they stopped. One time during Mr trein class they were VERY hungry they started to crave, they excuse themselves towards the bathroom. At the bathroom they were trying to control themselves to the point they bit their arm in the bathroom to control themselves, soon that wound healed itself. They don't know what came over them but they started to "eat", they stopped when they realized they were eating their own flesh. They wash up and head back to class.

Soon by eating their own flesh to sustain their hunger, but don't worry their missing limbs will regrow back.

Wendigo!yuu is very normal looking but only do not count the eye bags in their eyes and their skin seems very cold like a literal dead body even tho they look very frail. But during P.E they are able to outrun multiple students their speed is the equivalent towards fae. In their back there is a symbol in their back symbolizing the wendigo curse or a reminder of the sin they committed.

In their wendigo!form. Their bodies have become elongated as there arms and tall as a tree, their skin would pale to a ghostly white or take on a cracked, frostbitten appearance, as Wendigo are often associated with winter. Dark veins might crawl across their skin, giving them an eerie, corpse-like appearance. In some areas, the flesh could look sunken or torn, exposing parts of the bones underneath. Their eyes would glow with a haunting, amber or red light, and their teeth might sharpen into fangs, hinting at their predatory nature. Their mouth could stretch unnaturally wide. A pair of antlers, reminiscent of deer or elk, might sprout from their head, adding to the Wendigo’s iconic look. Wisps of dark fur could grow around their shoulders, back, or neck, giving them a wild, untamed appearance. The antlers could be gnarled and twisted, with sharp points that symbolize the curse's power.

The atmosphere around Yuu would become cold and oppressive, possibly causing nearby plants to wither or frost to form in their presence. Their presence might exude a sense of dread and fear, as if a primal predator is nearby.

Since there have been sight seeings of the wendigo in NRC students are prevented from traveling towards the forest and since ramshackle is near the forest. Malleus was banned from going there by sebek and Lilia. But that didn't stop the fae prince. And by doing this he met wendigo!yuu, he kinda admits he was weirded out by them due to bloody bandages wrap around their body. But they manage to get along.

Lilia always knows something was wrong about the new ramshackle prefect, they will always eat large servings of foods as well as bandages around their arms. He has dealt with Wendigo before during his lifetime. They are cannabis but will act normally to humans he managed to click the dots and during one night he rang the doorbell of the ramshackle dorm he confronted them asking if they're the wendigo that's been haunting the forest. Wendigo!yuu actually admitted and instead of fighting back they asked Lilia to kill them. He was surprised by this and won't let his guards down even tho there was sight about the wendigo but there was not a single soul found dead.

He asked what happened to them, wendigo!yuu what happened of how they were cursed to turn into a wendigo. Lilia brings Crowley towards him and explains the situation to the headmasters.

From them now wendigo!yuu was given a lot of food to control their hunger as well as they are allowed to eat whenever they want and if they can't control their hunger, they have to leave the classroom to eat something. As well are allowed to eat at class. By doing this, it will wendigo!yuu to control their hunger. Meanwhile Crowley or students are trying to find a way to cure their curse.

[redflagshipwriter]

Red Hot Ghouls 14 part 2/2

Masterpost 

Danny had kind of ignored the most important part of that initial message. Crud. Of course the poor bastard wanted to know about the progress on their spiritual separation. Danny cringed. He typed fast to send a new message before Jason could ask again.

It did not come out easily. He wrote and deleted two drafts before he groaned aloud. “I am not prepared to tell him that the options so far are either to marry and divorce me or to get his ass banished from the ghost dimension.” Danny spent a moment pitying himself. “I just have to say the truth.”

Cringe. Cringe so hard. 

I have two possible solutions but they both suck really hard. :/ Suck so hard you’d be shook. The suckage would change your life.

Jason sent back ellipses. It belatedly occurred to Danny that it might have looked like he was making a blowjob joke. He put the phone back on his chest and stared at the ceiling for a while, wondering why he was this way.

“Jason didn’t see that,” Danny told himself. “Jason is a professional. A professional something. I don't know what.” 

He wanted to believe it so badly that he just decided not to be mortified. Danny lifted the burner phone back up and painstakingly assembled a shrug emoji from symbols. 

Honestly they’re such bad options that I don’t even wanna tell you. Can we change the subject? : (

Jason sent back a series of laughing and crying emojis and then, Fine. Let’s talk about all the other stuff we have in common.

Danny pursed his lips. “...Do we have anything in common?” It wasn’t like he knew much about the guy, but he presumed Jason kept himself busy with some boring adult job, building muscle, and biking around looking hot. Danny crossed his legs at the knee and tried not to think of what a twig he looked like in comparison to Jason. He didn’t feel bad about it, honestly. Danny was too busy to make fitness a part of his personality and he had nothing to prove.

I’m illiterate, he settled on as a response. They definitely did not have a love of literature in common. What else did people do? I uh…. Watched a movie two years back.

Any good?

T’was shit, Danny admitted. Hm. He frowned. “I’m not sure where to take this conversation,” he said aloud.

I’m so hungry. Just got off work and I’m trying to decide what to do.

“Oh, I can do something with that.” Danny felt better. Yeah me too, I would kill for an enchilada. He tried to send a ghost emoji and groaned when he remembered that this was a shitty burner phone with no keyboard downloaded and apparently no access to the app store. Jason had already responded by the time that he gave up.

Ghosts eat Mexican food?

They would if they have human zone money, Danny sent back morosely. Oh no, it wasn’t fun anymore. Ya boy can’t pay in the tears of the damned anywhere on this plane of existence smh. His stomach growled with obnoxious timing. He groaned. The last thing he’d eaten had been that sandwich with Jazz. He could cook… He really should cook. 

Ugh. Effort. 

Danny tried to motivate himself up to the kitchen. “It’s four steps,” he said aloud, trying to be encouraging. “I can make it.”

Ah. No. That was actually kind of depressing. He lived in a shoebox with a monthly grocery budget that was just pitiful.

Haha ur broke, Jason sent, because he was a massive bitch. Danny felt a lot better about flipping him off. But then Jason followed it up with an obviously insincere, I’d get you enchiladas if you were in Gotham. Sucks to suck.

Danny sensed weakness to exploit.

“You’re going to regret that,” Danny grimly promised, and hit the call button.

Jason picked up on the second ring, sounding confused and electronic. “Hey?”

“I can be in Gotham for enchiladas,” Danny threatened. His stomach growled again. “You feeling brave? Huh? Huh?” He punched a finger at the air in accusation. “I’m not scared of you or your dank gargoyles, leatherboy.”

There was a weird mechanical sound. Maybe a snort? A laugh? “I’ll send you a GPS point, if you’re there in ten I’ll buy you all you can eat.”

Danny went still like the predator he was. “Bring your life savings.” He hit the end call button and launched himself off the couch to go stuff his feet into his shoes. He let his apartment door slam shut behind him carelessly. He’d made it to the ground level before the pin point landed.

“Fuck, it’s even in my neighborhood.” Danny laughed, flush with petty victory. He looked left, right, and went invisible before he went ghost. There was no one around at this late hour to see him drop off the visible spectrum.

[brain-depositary]

Okay, here are Arcane spoilers for Act 2. I have thoughts on Viktor, as there's been a lot of back and forth over whether what we're seeing is really him or if he is being controlled by the hexcore/arcane. And people are missing the narrative explanations, which seem to make what happened really obvious. And the biggest sign of this is that Viktor has been hallucinating Sky the whole time. The man has clearly lost his marbles.

The show is very clear that Sky is not there physically, but she's also absolutely not there mentally, spiritually, magically, whathaveyou. Her ghost isn't in the hexcore or whatever. There's simply no way.

It's not that we know for sure there are no ghosts in the world of Arcane. It hasn't been proven one way or the other that they exist. All sorts of fantastical things exist in Arcane and maybe ghosts do, too. But we know Sky isn't one because it makes no narrative sense for her to be.

Thematically, all of Arcane has been about people handling grief and loss not just poorly, but destructively. Powder hallucinates the people she's lost as critical voices and behaves erratically and dangerously whenever they do. Both Vander and Silco twist Vi and Powder's mother's dreams of peace into more violence and oppression. Jayce can't deal with the loss of Viktor and uses the hexcore to save him which Viktor specifically told him to destroy. Caitlyn becomes a dictator after her mother's death and uses the ventilation system her mother created against the very people it was intended to help. Ambessa has gone on a rampage for her dead son who preferred bloodless subterfuge, and I have a feeling Singed's daughter would approve of all the things her father is trying to do to bring her back, had she ever had the chance to know.

But Viktor, after losing Sky and her dreams, just kind of gets her back, and fulfills them? Yeah, no, I'm calling bullshit. Viktor is not going to be the only one exempt from the Arcane pain train. This would be bad writing.

Sky isn't a ghost here. She's gone. The version of her in the hexcore is purely a product of Viktor's imagination. We don't see Sky a lot, but what little we do, she's different, much more confident. It's not her. Viktor is handling his loss badly, too, but his method of doing so is just wholesale denying that it happened. Sky isn't dead, she's right there. Her dreams aren't gone, they're perfectly within reach. It doesn't matter if he dies now because he's succeeded in his goals of helping people. The sick are healed, the hungry are fed. The commune is thriving. Everything is great.

With whatever power he gained from the hexcore, he's able to project this denial onto the real world, at least for a little while. Everything in his little bubble DOES seem great, but the cracks in the facade come early. When Salo talks to Jayce in the overflow chamber, Jayce's breath condenses, while Salo's does not, implying that he's not breathing. Also, Salo's turnover at the commune is disturbingly quick -- his original personality just does not seem to be there anymore, despite his insistence otherwise. The "no weapons" rule, while idealistic, cannot realistically be enforced -- as much as Viktor denied, reality was going to come crashing in and he was going to be unprepared for it, because he just decided he didn't have to be. Huck didn't even seem afraid at all denying a heavily armed warlord and her contingent entry without disarming first when literally his only character trait has been being cowardly. There's nothing in him anymore.

So, is Viktor being mind controlled, or is this the same Viktor we've known the whole time? Well, it's not really either. This is Viktor snapping and having a mental breakdown. This is Viktor's equivalent of Jinx's tea party at the end of season 1, except he has far more power to make it last longer, seem nicer, and drag far more people into it. Probably, the hexcore is taking advantage of Viktor's vision to build its hivemind, but the vision itself is all Viktor.

So, given all this, my prediction is: Viktor will be salvaged and revived by Singed. He will get a reality check, that Sky is really gone, that the people he healed are hollowed-out husks, that the peace he created was too fragile to last -- and he won't care, he will try to get it back by any means necessary, even if he doesn't have the arcane abilities or ability to completely deny reality that he used to have. And this will create a bitter person, similar to the character we know as the Machine Herald from League of Legends.

[silvershiningtarot]

PAC 18+ What’s The Destiny With You and Your FS In This Life?

*Take five seconds to breathe in and out, this took a lot of my energy but I hope you enjoy it and this is general reading take what resonate with you and your partner. You can pick more than one pile if you whatever resonate with your partner. Don’t look at pictures because they pretty, trust your instinct.*

Pile 1: The destiny between you and your FS in this life is that for some of you, you have a boy. Some of you are getting pregnant 🤰. You and them meant to call out the bullshit about people, most of you might have some intruders in your relationships. This old woman or this babymama or an ex might be sniffing around in your relationship with them. I heard them saying “She stressed me out”. Just be careful, it seems like this intruder will try to get your FS back to them. Or your ex will try to take you back. FIGHT BACK!!! You two will be done with people and these fake ass people. You two will start ghosting these motherfuckers. But I also feel that sometimes you or them will ghost you sometimes because space is needed. You and them are on a High Vibe Soulmate journey. You two mirror each other heavily, they will trigger you and you’ll trigger them. You two meant to be partners. This is your destiny with them. So you both are meant to start a business together for some of you. Or most of you is mostly like partnerships as a romance couple💘. BY THE WAY! I wanted to mention that you two are going to expose this intruder, or this intruder will expose you two. Boo 👻 ugly. So maybe 🤔 some of you wanna keep this relationship private but this fucking intruder will expose your relationship out to the world. Your FS might lived in Harlem or y’all might go do business over there. You’ll be riding your FS Face if you know what I mean 😋😛🤤🤤. Haha 😂 I can them say “I’m hungry for you”. So get ready ladies and gentleman. Haha 😂 I said it some of you might have so grip kitty 🐱 and most of you might have wet kitty. They’ll be into you deep, so they will always be attractive to you. I swear forbidden fruit 🍎 oh my goodness, they will take your virginity. You two are surprising each other’s with gifts 🎁. For some of you, this might be your true love ❤️ and you two will make each other happy. See!! Do you hear me calling! Do you hear them, they will send you messages even now they are. Oh yeah y’all be spoiling each other, very expensive stuff and dinners and restaurants. I feel like your FS is a nerd but in a good way they are. You two will have inside jokes and make fun of each other. Some of you might be your karmic soulmate and most of you I do believe this is your high vibe soulmate and two of you are on that journey together. This is your destiny with them. I’m hoping to take that chance with them. You or them have gotten cheated on and this ex will be an intruder. I think this ex cheated on them with a friend, both of you are impatient, don’t like to wait and vice versa. I don’t know if you or them are begging for forgiveness. Both of you need to stop covering up your feelings, be honest with each other no matter what because exes and people sense problems in a relationship especially if you lack in communication! So communicate with your partner always and vice versa. I don’t give a shit if it hurts their feelings or yours. You better be honest with them. These exes and intruders aren’t playing around; they will want your FS with them again. Your FS or you might be a celebrity for some of you, I sense that maybe 🤔 might become a famous doctor or musician or just have followers. You two will be in business together. Your destiny with your FS is that you two have a higher purpose, so this is a big mission between you and them. You two have to ascend on a higher level to become spiritually awakened. Yass!! You two are destined to get out of darkness for some of you, you’ll get your freedom back and find your way out of it. Proud of you guys. Don’t be begging forgiveness from anyone. That goes for you and your partner but I’m also getting that if you two argue that yes they will beg for your forgiveness. Vice versa. Yasss!!! This is destined to be your high vibe soulmate for some of you, oh my goodness I’m screaming 😱. You two are soul tied for life. You’ll grow old with them and they will grow old with you. I believe that’s what they want too. So yeah this is your ultimate soulmate for some of you.

Extra Information: They are quite shy ☺️. They keep to themselves, they are quiet good listeners and vice versa as well. They will be concerned about you and you’ll be concerned about them. You two are each other’s best friend. I think that you two are an aggressive couple. Yes your partner is quiet and shy but when they argue with you, they have a strong tone. This is very much an old history love story between you and your partner very much wayyy back! Some of you might have been Juliet and your partner was Romeo. I feel like your love story starts from there. Or Egyptian times. This is very much a star-crossed lovers. This is your true love ❤️. I heard them say “Don’t give up on us, don’t give up.” They would want to be your Prince Charming becoming your knight. Let them be your hero. This is destiny for the two of you. Two of you might have a quick marriage and spiritual marriage. You two will go in a new direction together. Cutting off cords with people. I feel like you or your partner is social media fronting. They are the key 🔑 to your heart, they’ll be securing your heart. They made some mistakes in the past but don’t judge them and same thing with you as well. They won’t judge you. Somebody will be low-key hating around the two of you. Oh yeah for some of you that your FS is a rapper for some of you they are. Or you can be a rapper or become one. That’s why the two of you will do music together and you’ll take over the world with them. They have sexy eyes or you have sexy eyes. The ex knows their secrets. I don’t know if you or them might be mind controlled. Because what kind of industry they are in or you are in so please be careful and patient. They got captivated 🫣 I don’t know if you or them got trapped or this ex fucking trap them. You two will join accounts together, yes this is a partnership between you and them. Sometimes you and them will be giving each other the cold shoulder, being childish and petty ugh 😣 lame 😒 but you two will solve the issue together. You two think that it’s wrong timing ⏱️ but it isn’t this destiny and you two will heal your inner child and watch cartoons together and be humble. Masculine still searching they will be finding themselves again and they had lost themselves once.

Pile 2: For this pile, I sense that you’ll be the bride to be. They will give you a promise proposal to marry you, that’s so sweet 🥲 and funny that they’ll surprise you with engagement ring 💍. So you are destined to be married to your partner in this life. This is a fated connection. I sense you and your partner are the perfect match. But here’s the thing: either you or your partner will be clout hungry. Do anything for attention, trying to get famous or being a fake gangster. I think that they will put a lot of work into your ring. You or them or the both of you have low self esteem. You two lack self-confidence and probably people pleasers. Also feel like you two will join accounts together, becoming one together. Oh yeah see this is a marriage completion for some of you this is your true partner. You meant to marry them and this is your destiny with them. Two of you will solve the issues together. You two will be dealing with a lot of childhood trauma and I’m sorry that shit sucks. For some of you this is your soulmate and it is destined in this life that you two will be married. Future spouse and future wife came out so yeah this is your future partner and you are their future wife. This isn’t a joke like fucking deadass. Some of you ladies might be fuck girls as to where playa playa, you don’t want no string attach to you. I heard some of you guys have committed phobias. Don’t hurt them because you are not ready to be in a relationship and please be honest with them. Most of you dealt with unrequited love, maybe an ex cheated on you or dismissed you like they never had like you in the first place. Don’t take it out on the person who can make you happy 😊. You two will be heavily attracted to each other and they can’t get enough of you and you can't get enough of them. I’m hearing that song by August Alsina “ I can’t get enough of your drugs”. So yeah they won’t get enough of you and vice versa. You two will argue and fight a lot about the past, they will get on your nerves and you will get on them. Space is needed for the both of you, once you two come back from that space you’ll make amends with them and vice versa. Both of you will have a mutual understanding, they’ll respect your boundaries and decisions and vice versa. This is part of the plan, this is part of your destiny with them. They’ll be so tongue tied around you, they're not gonna know what to say to you. Because the both of you are stupid in love with each other but in a good way. I feel that most of you might settle for the love you think you deserve. Bullshit!! If there's someone out there treating you like shit dump their ass, I don’t care if they are friends, family, or even just someone you are talking to. That goes for your partner as well. When I think of A-List celebrities I think that you or them or the both of you will be well known for what you do. Having a lot of followers, hosting Hollywood parties and probably Instagram famous celebrities is what I’m feeling. There’s a lot of misinformation here. I don't know if you or them or someone will get the wrong info. Don’t trust the media or gossip. They might bottle up a lot of emotions, holding it in and vice versa. Someone kept your partner silent, I felt that this might happen in past life with the two of you before. They are struggling in music careers again for some of you might be doing music or they are. But nobody is listening to their message and maybe a label shoved them to the side. This is you or them destiny to not trust your family, if you have fucked up families then that family is from your past life that hurt you, shouldn’t trust them. Vice versa. I won’t say that your partner or you are like that but there’s some sexually nasty people on social media they might be watching you so be careful. You or your partner might be desperate for attention, I don’t think your partner didn’t get much attention at home when they were younger. You two might be going through a lot of personality clashes as in were mixing up your energy with other people.

Extra Information: You two go through a lot of low self-esteem. Don’t mix up your personalities with other people and I felt that you and your FS do that a lot. You or your partner is young at heart and it’s like a teenage dream with you and them, it’s a dream come true. You two might have a sex under the moon, or you two love having sex under the moon 🌙. Oh yeah, a lot of hot sessions with each other. Deep kissing, making out a lot. Passionate couples. You two are the fast paced couples, it’s like you can’t go at a slow pace with them. You might move in with them for about six months. You two are cheerleaders blasting each other's music, or whatever career they have or you have, they will blast you out. Oh see I was right! Business soulmates you two are, meant to work together. Build a company together, sharing opinions and ideas. Both of you will respect each other’s creativity and some of you might be unstable and not confident. Your partner has a dominant energy, they’re masculine as hell. They don’t play that shit. They are fighters and so are you. Fucking fighter! You’ll beat up anyone for them and vice versa and yes act like your person is here so you two are manifesting each other come into your life and vice versa. Both of you are wounded warriors, been heartbroken 💔 and you are trying to uplifted your femininity and masculinity. That’s for the both of you. If you or them are bisexual like men and women, if your partner likes men they are cool if they aren't that cool. If you like women and men, that's cool with your partner. I feel like your partner would love to watch you have a good time. This is your soul family, you guys are soul friends. You two will be soul searching for each other, this is fate between you and them. I do feel like your partner is controlling and like things their way and that’s how they like it. Private marriage you two will be having I’m feeling. Ultrasound oh yeah you having a baby. You two will be petty to each other. Your partner is charming and they are a fuck boy, very much player. You will be having a new perspective and same thing with them. You two will love waking up next to each other and y’all souls been searching for each other and you had found them and they had found you.

Pile 3: You and your partner are going to be more than friends. I think you two are going to confess your feelings for each other. I felt that’s part of your destiny with them, you two will have private dates and I think that they’ll make a confession to you that they like you and vice versa. This pile is similar to pile 1 but some of you are having a boy, so you two will be pregnant together. 🤰🏾I think that you two will be traveling together in Harlem, you two will be arguing about your situations, the both of you have to compromise with each other. Understand each other's feelings please. I felt that the both of you will be like the black power and probably be part of a movement like black lives matters. So both of you are probably part of the black culture. I feel like you or them want someone to talk to. Because the two of you have been lonely, sad and depressed lately. Send each other sweet text messages and maybe their love language is words of affirmation. I think that most of you are twin girls. Witches that’s good. I believe these girls will be light-workers or you two are light-workers healing ❤️‍🩹 wounds. Oh by the way you two will be triggering each other. I felt that some of you are nerdy or they are nerdy. I believe that you and your partner would love making each other laugh. If you or them or the both of you are gonna have unsupportive friends, I believe that’s a part of your destiny with them to realize that you too have unsupportive friends that don't support you or them. (Which is unfair in my opinion). Anyways, I don't know if you or them were a prostitute and they did some serious stuff while they were struggling or they were gonna sign some bad deals they might go into prostitution. That can be you! Look for my advice, please always double check what deals you make. Don’t sell out!. Oh yeah two will trigger each other, because of the past mistakes and these friends will trigger you guys too. Nunya haha 😂 it won’t be nobody's business anymore what the two of you do, even in private nobody won’t know crap. If an ex friend or girlfriend or whoever is trying to text them or you, two of you will say “NUNYA”. So fuck yeah good for y’all. I sense that some of you might be your high vibe soulmate, for some of you. But most of you believe that this is your true love ❤️, in this life. You two will grow old together, this reminds me of pile 1 very similar. You two have to deal with some karmic patterns, you'll have to get out of that comfort zone, all these past life fevers, you two will overcome it. I believe that your partner is very controlling and very picky as hell and vice versa. I understand in a sense I’m picky myself, but they like things their way, only their way. Please check them on that. I feel that you two have a Disney love story, like this very much like a fairytale story. You two will have your own love story. I think that you and some of y’all partners are out of this country, they don’t live here in America. For some of you, but most of you have a different background from you, they are probably religious. You two will have a interracial marriage, again because you two come from different backgrounds. I don’t know if some of y’all parents or their parents won’t approve to this marriage, but who gives a shit, love is love. Be happy 😃 you two. I feel that you and your partner love having debates with each other, having deep talks about anything.. which I love! So hell yeah! Both of you love having playful arguments and changing up subjects, I sense that the two of you are some babblers and so what, making fun of each other and just having a good time. Both of you love talking to each other, you guys have incredible conversations and chemistry. Very much of the preachy couples is what I’m sensing. There be times that when you two have debate it can get very passionate that leads into arguments and then some make up sex… 💋💋🤤yummy! You’ll be sorry because you said some things and they will be too. Then go straight into the bedroom, start fucking your brains out each other. Which I love.

Extra Information: You two won’t let these arguments get between you guys. You’ll never give up on them and they’ll never give up on you. I don’t know if you or your partner got bipolar disorder, you two will go through a lot together, especially through the rough times, I won’t go any deeper than this but maybe you or your partner got abused as a child or adult. Either way I’m sorry but it messed up your partner's mind or you. I can hear them crying saying “Nobody cares or nobody gets it.” I’m so sorry 😢 that shit brings tears to my eyes 👀. Both of you felt unrequited love by people who never returned back to you, maybe one of you will try to make up with your family. But some of you will feel like you made a mistake by trusting your family. So again in this life you won’t be trusting your family ever again. I feel like that’s part of your mission with them. A lot of clarity will happen for the both of you, so lifted up your veil and you’ll see the truth about your family or them. It’s going to trigger the fuck out of you and them. A lot of misinformation, you two or them will have a WTF moment, what the fuck just happened here. Because someone is going to be telling lies or either you or them or someone will be bragging on social media and running off with the mouth 👄. Be careful and always be honest with your partner no matter what. Again!! Oh my gosh, you’ll be marrying your husband soon! This is part of your destiny with them in your lifetime, you’ll have a happy ending with them. This might be your Boss daddy for some of you, they wear a suit and tie, probably a CEO of their own company, which is a good thing ladies and fellas. Yes you’ll have a happy ending with them and vice versa. This why you not going to fuck with your family anymore biological family, is because you meant to make your own family with them. Have your own kids and a husband. What does family mean to you? When you start to make your own family, you’ll realize this were you belong and feel loved 🥰 no matter what by them and your kids.

Pile 4: I feel like some of you might spend time in your husband's hometown in Harlem or traveling. Spend your anniversary with them down there. But I feel like most of you will be spoiled, I mean like really bratty. Oh in a sexual way you can be Daddy’s little girl or being that Diva. I think that they are BDSM. Some of you might be detached because I don’t know if this cougar old lady is going to interrupt your relationship. Or they had bad intentions with your partner. They might have had an entanglement with this old lady. Which sucks. But I believe that you two will become more preachy about black people or delve into black culture, studying it and learning about your culture. That’s you and your partner's destiny. You’re not delusional at all. This is your FS and vice versa, I think that denying this connection makes you feel like you don’t deserve this type of connection or love. But sweetheart you do because it meant to happen for you and your partner. This is your business soulmate, maybe that’s why you or them think that oh it’s not meant to be romantic but it is. But it is destiny for you and them to work together, collaborate and build a company together. I do feel like they will fight for you, both of you gotta make the effort. See! Sacrifice love, I think that one day you two will just say fuck it! Let’s do this and so they’ll fight for you and vice versa because you two have been through hell together even as business. I feel like you or them knows some secrets about Hollywood, so basically the two of you will start up a business together, some of you are musicians or they are. Directors or actors or actresses. They will be scrolling down through your Instagram page and vice versa, they are very opinionated people and same thing with you. I won’t say the two of you are judgmental but very opinionated people. So what! You or them have sexy eyes 👀 , I heard dreamy people have dreamy eyes. I felt that you two arguing for the first time you’ll be nervous for the first time with them. So the first argument with you two will be very scary 😦 or nervous 😬 as shit. Everything is all going good and then bam 💥 disagreements. So you will shoot at your shot at them. Because you two will trigger each other. Your Destiny in this lifetime with your partner, so many people will be cock blocking you guys, even friends and family. The reason why I said family is because karmic family. Some of you have karmic with families this is part of your destiny, learn the lesson you need to learned from them and then move on. I do feel like some of you will have family interrupted your relationship with your partner, a lot of you have friends who will cock block in the relationship always stick their nose into y’all business all wanna be up in your partner. I sense that this is a codependent relationship here, you two just wanna be alone but too much inference here. Yeah! I was right friends a lot of you is friends because I see just friends, so it will be buddies maybe some exes involved, I feel that some of you are friends with your exes or that can be your partner too. Just friends with an ex, my advice to you on that, don’t do that at all that’s why they are an ex for a reason!. Yeah these buddies will be jealous of y’all relationship. Same thing for some of you these family will be jealous because you are giving your time to your partner and not to them. SMFH! 😠😤. I felt that a lot of you is having a boss daddy, very CEO partner or some of you already have a CEO partner, they wear a suit and tie and very handsome they are. Some of you might meet your partner online, or start dating them online. You two will have a happy ending with them because you meant to relocated somewhere else, end those cycles with other people and focus on marriages. This part of your destiny to make your own family with your partner. You are going to cut off all ties with them, set the boundaries, I can hear them say “They rather respect the boundaries or they can bounce that ass.” Woah 😳, I told you that this is your dominant.

Extra Information: I sense that a lot of you have anger issues, because all these wounds from family and vice versa with them. Some of you got bullied from school, I felt the same way with your partner as well. I feel like they have anger issues, especially with family with them and these exes. I believe someone stole from them, maybe an ex ex-girlfriend or a friend stole from them like their money and they have trust issues and vice versa. They dealt with flip flops ass people and in this life you two will deal with fake ass people that’s part of the destiny. They are still searching for themselves because they’re afraid of losing themselves again to these people and afraid to give up their heart ❤️. You or them have lost love or they are still in that stage of giving up on love or they feel like they don’t deserve love in their life and I feel that for a lot of you. But you do deserve it and so does your partner as well. 🤪😜I feel that both of you love pleasuring your own self. Masturbate, getting so creamy for them and they love touching themselves watching you. I felt like some of y’all partners are bisexual or that can be you too. Doesn’t take away that he ain’t dominant because they are, or I felt that a lot of you that are bisexual yourself, they don’t mind that more people in the bedroom. As long as they see you satisfied then they are happy. Yass!! Again MAKE OUR OWN FAMILY! Damn! Meant to make a family with them, this is your husband and you two are cut off these biological parents of yours. No more of those. Maybe you or them wear evil eye 🧿 around your neck or maybe wear a bracelet. You two are protected, your spirit guides telling you are on the right path, focus on you and vice versa. Both of your spirit guides are watching over you and them because this dark feminine spirit isn’t right at all, they have bad intentions and energy so be careful with this dark feminine whoever she is or family. Oh yeah forgot to mention that you or them is going to have a promotion, I feel that with you because your partner is a CEO of their company. A lot of you are going to make your own business with them, creating new opportunities for people and creating new ideas 💡. They are going to be in love with you, they will introduce you to their family, and friends. I do feel like that for some of them they are good with their family members and friends but a lot of them aren't good with their families and friends because they stole from them.

Pile 5: You’ll have an unbreakable bond with your partner, nobody can touch you two. You guys are the firecrackers 🧨 the second someone tries to touch you two, oh yeah shit is about to go down. I believe that this is your star family, you two came from the same stars ⭐️. I also believe that you two are a soul family as well. For a lot of you this is your divine soulmate, they love being around you, compliment you etc. For some of you I think that your partner is older than you, or again you might have to deal with some older man who is a manipulative ass person. I sense that your partner is gonna tell you that “I once loved her”. So you won’t be worrying about the past coming back to you guys, they’ll accept the past for what it is and vice versa. I felt that they’ll love taking bubble bathe with you, or they would do something romantic 🥰 with you and if you having a bad day they’ll draw you a bathe nice cozy bubble 🫧 bathe. So you can relax and vice versa. Again this is the past, you or them had entanglement with this old lady or they are in one with this old lady right now. I feel like you shouldn’t judge them. That’s part of their destiny as well, so they can see what type of person this lady is to them. A lot of you and your partner already dealt with this type of situation before they were probably married to an old lady once before they got divorced by them. She was manipulated and abusive to them. I ain’t going any further with that situation let them tell you about it. Or some of you might have some entanglement issues y’all self. Anyways I believe your person lived down in New Orleans or they might take you down there and show you around their hometown and neighborhood where they used to live. In the beginning stage with you two, I feel like it will be Lust at first sight as in where you’ll be attracted to them and they’ll be attracted to you off the back. You’ll love your partner's energy, you’ll love being around them and their energy. I heard they are full of light. You or them might have exposed this cougar on social media or they had already been exposed already. Or I sense that you two will come out in the public eye and say you two are in a relationship. It will be you two in this relationship together, arguments, disagreements and etc. it will be y’all two together fighting. I don’t see inference with this pile. You are going to see through their stupidity and arrogance and vice versa. I believe that they’ll try to impress you with their stupidity. I don't know why but I believe so. Once you two call out each other’s bullshit, you’ll start to see yourself maturing, accepting the reality of what you did wrong to them and vice versa. Both of you dealt with this situation before. Karmic families, who were not involved in this fight. They were some trickster for some of you and they gave you false ass promises they didn’t keep and vice versa. You felt misunderstood, not being heard or felt like an outcast with your own family and it’s a bit similar to pile 4. But you two will ride it out together, I’m also getting that karmic family on your partner's side the most. Because it seems like both of you have been tricked or they were tricked into believing that this family or person was the one for them, I told that cougar lady! She tricked them into believing that they were the one for them and they weren’t. They had lose a lot of money 💴. I feel that. Two of you just want a new beginning and move in from the past. But you can’t not until you two learn the lesson you need to learn from these friends and families in this life. That’s part of y’all destiny together. This is your past life soulmate, so if you guys wanna read about what happened in your past life with them you should check it out. Anyways for some of you I believe this is your karmic soulmate as well. I won’t sugarcoat things. You meant to marry your karmic partner. A lot of you this is your past life soulmate, maybe your twin flame 🔥 or your high vibe soulmate. Anyways it is part of your destiny to reconcile with them again in this life.

Extra Information: Give you that love, secure and safety with them. I feel that they feel misunderstood too by their family. You meant to solve this issue with them, even if you two have a disagreement about your situations, you two will solve these issues by making amends and discussing the issues right then and there. I feel that you are younger than them or they are younger than you. But I sense that you are younger than them. I was right!!! Aah-HA! If you feel like your partner is being fake or imposter then if you spot it then you got it. But I also got a sense that you two mirror the fuck out of each other, you two will trigger each other. I was right, yeah don’t trust their family. They have ill intentions, they would make them feel bad or sick because they are some drama queens. OH MY GOSH!! Haha 😂 Woah 🤯 intense, intense and intense! Yeah their family will be starting the online drama, they are some clout chasers bro! Your partner doesn’t feel smart enough at all, I think this ex or this fucking Family member made them feel very unintelligent. So they self-doubt themselves a lot, or vice versa. Maybe you don’t feel smart enough because you’ve been bullied by a teacher or a student or at a job where your boss made fun of you for your intelligence. My advice to those people who you and your partner feel that way is …. FUCK THEM! FUCK THEM ALL!! Oh yeah I’m getting it now, your partner got rob by their own family and they would smile in your partner face and then rob them for their money 💰. What a bastard they are. But if they didn’t go through with it before they went through with it right now. And vice versa with you. Not with family but with people. You two have a strong ass chemistry ⚛️. A lot of you are very passionate with your partner and same thing with them. I heard your partner they are too nice, they are sweetheart, I won’t say weak yuck 🤢 I disliked that word but I would say they have a beautiful heart ❤️. They would still take care of the people who had hurt them and include yourself as well. Y’all love for y’all families and people is deep. A lot of disloyal friends and bosses ain’t shit. You aren’t delusional about your partner, this is them right there. Confirmation whoever you guys are thinking about or feeling about this is them for you. Vice versa. You ain’t delusional at all. It’s meant to be with your person, forbidden love ❤️ I think that some of their families won’t let you guys be together but they can’t stop destiny at all. This is a prophecy between you and your partner no matter what. You’ll have a spiritual marriage with them, it’s going to be very like a dream come true, like a fairy tale. You two will retell your stories to the world and I believe they’ll make movies, books and shows about you two together. A true love story. Oh yeah again if you two dealt with con-artists before they were already gone if you aren’t then you are dealing with them now. Both of you will mature together as y’all own family. Activate each other’s spirituality. Some of you are entertainers and I mean entertainers in the bedroom too. Yass! Anyways you two will hook up in the bathrooms having quickies sex everywhere🥰😍Woo is it hot in here or is it just me. Dang! I was right !! Hahaha 🤣 a lot of you this is your high vibe soulmate but some of you this is your karmic soulmate. You two are truly connected to each other and vibrate on each other’s souls. Again I was right. You two are meant to be together even as karmic soulmates y’all meant to be together. You’ll have your happiness with them and they will have their finally! Good luck 🍀 for the two of you and y’all destiny. Remember this destiny no matter what happens it meant to happen.

[sweatycreature]

On the job

@steddie-spooktober Day 6: Haunted

Getting together, while Steve and Eddie are trying to work on a haunted house.

„This is our biggest chance yet, Steve! Of course, I want everything to be perfect” Dustin yelled after Steve, as he was already hauling their equipment inside the house.

Dustin started working on haunted houses right after college and Steve was quick to follow him. He basically worked as Dustin’s strong-man, moving his heavier things and documenting everything. They worked in famously haunted locations for the most part, so this was a new experience. A home that is supposedly haunted and is still uncontaminated by other ghost hunters trying to contact the spirits.

The homeowner contacted them, in the hopes of them getting rid of the entity. She is also called a ghost hunter, who has a more spiritual point of view, from what Steve got from Dustin’s rundown on their current job. Dustin usually didn’t bother with actually talking to the spirits, he had the belief that it was enough for him to scientifically prove their existence, without communicating with them.

They already set up their base in the dining room, when the front door flung open and someone walked in with confident steps.

„Hello, is anyone here already?” The intruder asked, and Dustin was already on his way to meet the guy.

They walked back towards where Steve was working on their logging and he finally had the opportunity to look at their partner for the job. The guy wore a leather jacket with a white, demon-graphic patterned shirt. His hair was tied up in a bun and he was accessorized to oblivion.

The man spotted Steve and a charming smile appeared on his face and he hurried to him.

„Well hello, I’m Eddie and you are?” He asked

„I’m Steve.” He held out his hand towards Eddie.

„Steve, it is a pleasure meeting you.” Eddie smiled at him and took Steve’s hand in his, kissing it. He had a hungry look in his eyes as he watched Steve blush at his antics.

Eddie was hot and charming. He understood what it was like to have their weird job, basically, he was kinda everything Steve was searching for these days. Maybe if the night went well, Steve could leave Eddie with his number.

„Alright, Steve’s hot, we get it. Now let me show you around the house and we should also talk about what we had planned for the night.” Dustin disrupted them and led Eddie upstairs.

Dustin was going around reading his instruments for a baseline, so Steve was left alone with Eddie sitting around the table. Steve was trying to busy himself so he wouldn’t embarrass himself anymore, but clearly, Eddie had different plans.

„So you’re kinda like that hot, sexy guy who picks up the phone, like in Ghostbusters?” He looked at Steve with a mischievous smirk.

„I’m here to handle the heavy stuff and record when things start to happen. What are you here to do again?” Steve regretted his tone, as Eddie looked shocked at him, maybe his bitchiness was not for him. However, Eddie’s face melted into a wide Cheshire-like grin right away.

„I’m here to contact what’s already trying to reach out. But I could also use a beautiful guy following me around if you’re looking for a new job.” He finished his speech off with a wink and Steve could feel his face heating up again.

They heard Dustin walk down the stairs. „Okaaay, that’s more than enough of that. Let’s stop the flirting for a bit. Can we focus on the task at hand? It’s getting dark outside.”

They had a specific routine for the first nights. Walk around like normal, act as if you live there, and hope for some sort of apparition- So they did just that. Steve made themselves some pasta and they ate in silence, listening out for any sounds from upstairs. When they didn’t hear anything, they moved upstairs, where the owner said the haunting usually was stronger.

Dustin decided to take a shower, while Steve took a last look at their things, making sure everything was working. Eddie took one of his bags and set up candles all around the main bedroom and invited them to watch him work. They sat on the bed, while Eddie sat down on the floor, and turned on his spirit box.

„…Eddie…pathetic….” it ’said’, or at the least, Steve thought it sounded like.

„Who am I talking to?” asked Eddie.

„…Chris…”

„Okay, could you please tell me if there’s someone with you?”

„Wait, shouldn’t we talk to this Chris? Maybe they are what we’re looking for.” - Dustin exclaimed excitedly, bouncing on the bed.

„No, Chrissy is just a spirit who follows me around, she’s great with looking for a spirit that doesn’t really want to show itself” Eddie explained as he wrote down something in his journal.

„And why is she calling you pathetic?” Steve asked him.

„She just likes to bully me a little, that’s all.”

„….Steve…..like…..”

„Ooh, she likes you Steve!” Dustin said, showing Steve with his shoulder.

„…..Eddie…..better….game….”

„Thanks Chrissy, it’s not exactly like that.” Steve shoots Eddie a curious glance. „She’s making fun of my lack of game, and that I can’t get a date with you.”

„We’ll see, maybe Chrissy can make a case for you.” He smiled down at Eddie and the spirit box as if it was Chrissy’s embodiment. Eddie looked delighted, by the

„…Funny….geek….embarrassing….„ she listed, and Steve laughed at the way Eddie acted hurt with one hand on his heart and his mouth hanging open. He beamed up at Steve and saw the way Dustin was staring daggers into him.

„Well, maybe we should talk about this in the morning? We have a ghost to catch, right Dustin?”

[imustbenuts]

Reading of Fire Emblem Awakening with a Buddhist lens and the context of the 'sacrifice mc' ending

Preface: Writen by a person who is a massive nerd living in South East Asia. Not a practicing Buddhist but grew up on the fringes of its local influence. Most points here are copy pasted and heavily edited from a prev post I wrote in reply to felikatze's post about Brave Robin some time ago.

EN: Fire Emblem Awakening

JP: ファイアーエムブレム 覚醒

Awakening is a pretty important word when it comes to religion and spirituality, but specifically when put in the light of Buddhism, it takes on extra meaning. Kakusei 覚醒 in JP language has a heavier emphasis on Enlightenment than just waking up after an alarm bell rings.

In this entry, the word Awakening isn't thrown into the title in reference to Robin awakening to the fell dragon; it's a bad end if followed straight anyway. Trying to read it with a non-buddhist lens will often yield the confusion of why self-sacrifice would ever be justified, and in my experience many anglo speaking fans online have indeed express dislike of the sacrifice ending in Awakening.

Which is understandable. But! To the Japanese and many other Asian players, this overwhelmingly isn't the case. And the reason is I think: culture + Buddhism.

The flow of this post will go in this rough outline while I try to explain it from a more Buddhist pov. Sorry if it's messy :(

Buddhism 101 Crash Course (orange so if you wanna skip it feel free)

Original Timeline Awakening

'Our' Shown Timeline Awakening

Ending

Ok. Let's begin

Crash Course on surface level Buddhism 101 (please please go read more on your own if interested, this is VERY surface):

The core idea of Buddhism is that everything is dynamic, fluid, and fluctuating. Never in perpetual stasis. In Buddhism cosmosology, there are different tiers of being ranging from low to high. The goal of Buddhsim is to break out of the cycle of death and rebirth (samsara), and enter into a state of peaceful non-existence (nirvana). Suffering and yearning is inevitable as a part of life, and is meant to be reduced as much as possible for both the individual and others. Causing more will cause the individual to stray further away from the goal of nirvana. Also, that everything in the world is deeply interconnected, and an action will affect things down the line.

And, the final condition of being able to nirvana is to essentially, let go of attachment.

Buddhism Cosmology 101 and FEverse:

So in Buddhism cosmology, there are tiers of beings. The higher one is in this existence tier, the closer one is to breaking out of the cycle. Humans are the baseline, and animals are the lower while supernatural beings are higher as a general rule of thumb. (theres exceptions to this like the hungry ghosts but not impt here for this post)

IN FEA, we have a few characters who are of a vague but present 'higher' tier. Naga, Tiki, Nowe, and Nah. And then there's Grima, the gigantic Fell Dragon. Though we can interpret these characters as different races of beings compared to humans, if we apply Buddhism cosmology, then these are 'higher' tier being. With Naga being one of the highest tier. In fact she functions exactly like a Buddha.

And still, despite being a higher being relative to humans, Grima isn't out of the cycle. In fact, Grima is locked into it. Contrast Naga where it feels like she could go at anytime but choose to stay behind.

Locked in the cycle and not allowed to change

Instead, Grima is bound to a blood pact with Forneus after being artificially created. No matter how its sliced, Grima is closer a tier to the divine dragons than humans and should technically be closer to nirvana, but no dice. In-lore, this supernatural aspect grants power to Forneus' bloodline and subsequently Validar and Robin, on top of binding them to the plane of the living. Grima gets back into existence over the 1000 years after their initial defeat to inflict incredible pain and devastation and gets sealed for it.

So, Grima isn't able to break out of samsara from a Buddhist pov, and each time they come back they're requested/demanded by the summoners to cause immense pain and destruction. As much as there might be manipulation on the Grimleals' side, it's equally possible its willing to on some degree on their side. Thus the cycle of suffering for both them and the world continues.

But there is one extra nuance here to the reincarnation idea in Buddhism: Buddhists prefer the term 're-becoming' or 'rebirth' rather than reincarnation. Its not exactly a re-inheritance of the same exact unchanging soul in a new body, but the passing on of a mind/consciousness which can be malleable. And since a mental state is a lot more fluid and changeable, it's much more preferred to the idea of a same-ish soul being passed on like a hot potato typical in western Catholic interpretation of the same concept. (eternal paradise or damnation being a big thing from what I understand, so it's a very one soul one life one chance kinda deal.) Subtle differences, but put a pin in this for now.

On the topic of memories

A reincarnated person isn't supposed to have their old memories... at least, at first, the orignal Robin seems to do. Now, while big Buddha himself had his past lives' memories, it was only after he mediated and gained enlightenmnet. If we follow this logic, it's likely something broke original timeline (OT) Robin in the opposite way, leading into a... let's just say false awakening. This leads into the first timeline where Robin, retaining all their current life's memories and told their identity was Grima and not allowed to basically begin anew, destroys the world with a zombie apocalypse. In this timeline, Robin awakens, but not to a cool gucci love and peace Buddha enlightenment. Rather, the cynical, nihilistic all things should die and shut up kind.

In normal reincarnation situation, the reborn person is allowed to begin anew. There is a Buddhist hell which fucntions as a means to cleanse one of their bad karma, and so there is a strong emphasis on this. Grima is being shackled to 1 identity imo, and it sucks a bit.

Semi HC territory with this lens too: It's very likely that despair at various point was exploited for this to happen by their worshippers. Bc what better way to than to cut off a person from the rest of the world, from people, and create a situation where the victim has no one to lean on? Exactly like how baby Grima was cut off like in FE:Shadows of Valentia in that sealed off tower known as Thebes Labyrinth. Ofc, this is pure independence at the worst, and also very textbook cultist stuff.

(Side note: remembering past lives isn't really a loud thing in Buddhist practice, I think. It's sort of egotistical to claim oneself as so-and-so, going against some teachings and practice of it since it makes the claimer seem egotistical and arrogant, and thus it's just... bad form to do so. Also its more often than not used as a tactic to scam/manipulate people >_>. )

So, original timeline was played straight to the title: Fire Emblem Awakening. False Awakening. (I hope I'm making sense so far. x_x;;)

Fire Emblem Awakening's original timeline is true to its title and a bleak world.

This Awakening is just. Wrong. Remember that I mention interdependence being a big part of the core religion's philosophy? Grima shuns this by ignoring bonds and killing all those they might be friends with otherwise. Despite the constant preaching of Buddhism to be peaceful and do good things, Grima kind of murders and kills and is everything associated with darkness and death. Rather than lessen suffering, Grima causes more and takes away others' ability to walk their own path in their goal of total destruction.

Grima also does not even come close to understanding the world and interconnectedness. Thus, Grima with their actions here is doomed to be perpetually trapped in a never-ending spiral of life and death.

Amnesia zap!

So, stuff happens, Lucina takes on the world and breaks into another timeline. Grima follows, causing alternate (our) Robin to get the big amnesia zap. To do over, basically, to let go of the past and redo it from a clean slate devoid of prior biases and judgement.

In effect, this is as good as being reborn from the Buddhist pov. Remember when I mention not remembering the past life at least in the beginning? And that the mind is fluid?

Later in the game, amnesia'd Robin meets OT Robin/Grima, and it gets. Interesting. The both of them seems to be disturbed by each other. If we follow the logic that these are the same person, then the schism, I think, is rooted very much in their lived experiences and thus take-away of their understanding of their own world.

This characterization further continues into Fire Emblem Heroes. They trigger each others' panic response. It's the maximum uncanny valley feeling, I think, bc it's like looking at a doppelganger: the exact same in appearance, but slightly ever so different in personality, in experience, in belief. To the point that its not exactly them, even though it should be.

At their meeting in FEA, Our Robin the Avatar the MC has already grown close to Chrom and friends. Our Robin understands bonds and their place in the world and finds love and acceptance and a place for themself beside Chrom, and in Ylisse.

This Robin understands the concept of love and interconnectedness. Grima/OT Robin, however, continues to shun it all to the end.

Conditions ok in the new timeline. Let go, Yes/No?

...So in the timeline we're familiar with, what is the Awakening referring to?

If we go by how one is supposed to attain enlightenment in Buddhism, it's by gaining an insight to how the world works, how everything is connected, and letting go of cravings/yearnings. While I think there's possibly a bunch of ways to interpret this in FEA, there is a very simple one.

The easiest interpretation would be that Robin understood their role in the world to be a vessel/reincarnation of Grima, and that it isn't the correct way because bonds are too important, and that no matter how difficult it must be, a worse future must be prevented no matter the cost. Bc they have come to adore their friends and the family of said friends and their future.

And to that future, possibly even the world in which they reside.

Grima however, stands against this. Grima's existence means the future for their friends, possible spouse and children, and Chrom, cannot live. What Grima stands for is annihilation.

There is a way to remove Grima permanently, but that comes at a cost, and that cost is them. Choosing this is to know that Grima as Grima was known cannot be allowed to come into existence, and if they were Grima or even hold the potential, that chance needs to be non-existent. The Grima before them needs to be non-existent. Robin has to be non-existent. (Out of the samsara cycle as you could say hohoho)

The alternative would be to seal Grima away and then let the future deal with them again in 1000 years. To say that Robin is too attatched to their newfound love ones and cannot let go. And this might be more preferable to some.

But we're talking about a game with Awakening in the title made by a bunch of Japanese. And with a somewhat shared culture at least I and my friends here understand. And so, pretty much everyone around me in this part of the world overwhelmingly chose the mutual destruction option.

>Yes

In the sacrifice ending, they let go of their yearning to be with their friends, their possible spouse, their possible children, and Chrom. The world, essentially.

The key difference between Our Robin and the OT Robin is, Robin has hope for the world despite being cut off from his loved ones and knowing they might be in some afterlife hell where they might very well be alone. The emotions of hope and love is just so strong it's convinced Robin that death was worth facing.

This is the True Fire Emblem Awakening.

After the credits, Chrom finds Robin on the ground again, seemingly returned and now fully unchained to the identity of Grima. This is framed as a good thing, as reward for choosing the hard path. (Even tho technically Robin doesn't break out of samsara here but. It's a good job reward for the player I guess)

So when the game asks if you are willing to sacrifice your Robin, it is in effect asking if you the player are willing to accept letting go in hopes of change and the new. (at least in my pov)

And remember the pin? About the soul/mind being malleable?

Grima and Robin are direct contrasts. Line up the themes and they contrast in every way. Past vs Future, Despair vs Hope, Death vs Life. They can be interpreted as the same person or different depending, but it remains that they share the same soul despite being very different.

In effect, this is saying that yes, even indirectly, a complete irredeemable being who has commited so much attrocities it breaks the scale like Grima can change. Can be better. The conditions just has to be there.

Now, all of these is just a reading from a Buddhist pov. There's many many more takeaways and possible routes of extrapolation, so don't take this as me saying it's the only way to read FEA. It is not. It is sooo not there's a bunch of fans out there writnig their own analysis about it.

Also, the Buddhist narrative is not exclusive to FEA. It is in every FE games to some degree. I think FEA and Engage are some of the loudest and explicit. I've written more and complied them here if you are interested in checking out more of my word vomit.

Thanks for reading!

[mahayanapilgrim]

The Myth of Freedom: In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts

Anything that appears in your life you regard as something to consume. If you see a beautiful autumn leaf falling, you regard it as your prey. You take it home or photograph it or paint a picture of it or write in your memoirs how beautiful it was. If you buy a bottle of Coke, it is exciting to hear the rattlings of the paper bag as you unpack it. The sound of the Coke spilling out of the bottle gives a delightful sense of thirst. Then you self-consciously taste it and swallow it.

You have finally managed to consume it-such an achievement. It was fantastic; you brought the dream into reality. But after a while you become restless again and look for something else to consume.

You are constantly hungering for new entertainment— spiritual, intellectual, sensual, and so on. Intellectually you may feel inadequate and decide to pull up your socks by studying and listening to juicy, thoughtful answers, profound, mystical words. You consume one idea after another, trying to record them, trying to make them solid and real. Whenever you feel hunger, you open your notebook or scrapbook or a book of satisfying ideas. When you experience boredom or insomnia or depression, you open your books, read your notes and clippings and ponder over them, draw comfort from them. But this becomes repetitive at some point. You would like to re-meet your teachers or find new ones. And another journey to the restaurant or the supermarket or the delicatessen is not a bad idea...

~ CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

[1495-gauge]

There's a dead man wandering the wastes. He wears nothing of the clans, his own symbols unusual and foreign.

He's lost, and the zoroark thus have claim.

They watch.

Lost, roaming, hungry. They've seen it all before, know every sign. He barely shivers anymore. He doesn't see them, settled into the fog as they are.

They watch as he stumbles into other pokemon, getting chased off, too slow and clumsy. Stupid.

They watch as he walks with no clear goal. Through land that is not his.

The thing about ghosts, about staying past death, is there are rules.

They shepherd him until the flickering light of the clan's lanterns are visible on the horizon. There must always be an option. They set their trap.

A kit, illusioned to look frail and hurt, buried half in the snow. No human could resist scooping it up and wringing its neck. They know. They've seen.

And the man stops. Croons. Leans down, takes the kit in his arms, gentle. They watch as he tucks the kit into his coat. They watch as every touch he lays upon it is soft. They watch as he turns to the lights, and starts taking the kit towards it.

Inviting a massacre.

So very stupid.

Sharing his precious body heat to bring a trophy, how foul.

It is night, which means there is no one outside when he reaches the camp. This is changed by his howls.

The zoroark don't understand words.

They understand intent.

The man does not cry for victory.

They watch.

Clan members stumble out of their tents. Woken, with spears.

They see the stupid man, and they point their weapons at him.

His booming voice falters. The clan speaks a tune the zoroark have always heard: back, back, beast, monster, wrong, dangerous, evil.

Back, back.

Get out.

The man cries again, help, help, hurt child. A child has been hurt. It needs help.

And like a zoroark, he is exiled from the camp in seconds.

Unlike a zoroark, he does not try to burn it down.

He tucks the kit more firmly into his coat, and resumes his aimless travel.

They watch.

He finds some too-small winter berries. He feeds two to the kit, pockets the rest. He does not bother for himself.

They are... curious.

A kit or two slips out of the mist. Play the eager foolish mutt, like the garish things begging at clan heels. He kneels, and gives the rest of his meager food away but one. One, which goes not to him, but the kit again.

The zorua pretend that they don't know the fog rolling in is full of claws. They yap and pull at his clothing, urging him into the woods. He follows. Stupid.

The zorua lead him to the den.

The first kit slips out of his arms, illusion falling away. It slips into the mist, convenes with them. A burgeoning mass of confused hatred.

He does not run.

Stupid. If they knew the word, it would be kind.

The Mother wakes.

.

Iridia shivers. Not from the cold, not even in the pitch of a new moon.

Unintelligible almost-words ring in her ears. A human sort of emotion choking behind the animal tongue.

It has been a long time since the zoroark have gotten so bold as to encroach upon the camp.

In a strange form, too. Too tall, too long. Dressed in no clothes she'd ever seen. Its illusion falling apart at the seams — reflective eyes, even the glimmer of a third. White hands. Blood dripping from the everpresent spiritual wounds.

Its own mane bursting from its chest.

Something was very, very wrong with it.

Iridia isn't a fool. She had seen the fogbank surrounding the camp. If they were to send their elders here to die, she would have no part in it. She knows better than to invite that malice.

It would be a trap, either way.

Still, she mourns. The hatred, its festering. She thinks of the senile zoroark, and she does not sleep.

[radical-revolution]

About the hungry ghosts realm

~ CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Anything that appears in your life you regard as something to consume. If you see a beautiful autumn leaf falling, you regard it as your prey. You take it home or photograph it or paint a picture of it or write in your memoirs how beautiful it was. If you buy a bottle of Coke, it is exciting to hear the rattlings of the paper bag as you unpack it. The sound of the Coke spilling out of the bottle gives a delightful sense of thirst. Then you self-consciously taste it and swallow it. You have finally managed to consume it—such an achievement. It was fantastic; you brought the dream into reality. But after a while you become restless again and look for something else to consume.

You are constantly hungering for new entertainment—spiritual, intellectual, sensual, and so on. Intellectually you may feel inadequate and decide to pull up your socks by studying and listening to juicy, thoughtful answers, profound, mystical words. You consume one idea after another, trying to record them, trying to make them solid and real. Whenever you feel hunger, you open your notebook or scrapbook or a book of satisfying ideas. When you experience boredom or insomnia or depression, you open your books, read your notes and clippings and ponder over them, draw comfort from them. But this becomes repetitive at some point. You would like to re-meet your teachers or find new ones. And another journey to the restaurant or the supermarket or the delicatessen is not a bad idea…

*** from “The Myth Of Freedom”

[apollo18]

I love unsettlingly inhuman marvel but also him being split from billy so here some head canons for both at once.

Genuinely can’t comprehend that Billy has human needs or the scope of them and either bugs him with questions about if he’s hungry and if he ate minutes after Billy just had a meal.

He also goes “already?” When street!Billy says he’s hungry because he hasn’t managed to get more than a few mouthfuls of food over the course of a few days.

He keeps waking Billy up when he’s sleeping. The first time Billy fell asleep after getting his powers marvel thought he legit laid down and died and scared the shit out of Billy. After they sorted it out Marvel had a hard time figuring out what a natural human sleep cycle should be, the fact that Billy’s own is extremely erratic after having lived on the street in between running away from foster homes doesn’t help and marvel just wants to talk, surely it won’t be too bad if he woke Billy up for a second? He wants some company and Billy is his favorite only person, just a few minutes…

They eventually resolve this by Billy telling Marvel to astral project and keep watch while he sleeps. He can leave the vicinity of Billy’s body for a while but can’t really interact with anything or talk to people out side of special days like the full moon or places with a lot of background magic/spiritual energy. It’s very useful when he’s on the street but many of his foster families begin to believe Billy brought ghosts into their home shortly after he arrives.

Interactions like “Billy are you dead or sleeping?” “I’m dead, leave me alone.” “Okay just checking” , happen a lot.

He can’t feel temperature at all, he mostly uses environmental cues observes other people to understand when it’s hot or cold to Billy because Billy will tough it out, regardless to whether he has access to thicker clothes or a warm home.

He keeps his eyes closed most of the time because speed of Mercury means he can see the rapid flashes of light from artificial sources that are too quick for normal humans to perceive and it’s disorientating.

He can sense the electrochemical reactions that occur in living beings and can use it to tell people apart via brain chemistry and who’s where. He doesn’t understand science enough to know that’s what’s going on or how to explain it. When questioned he says it’s their aura or spiritual energy because those are the only equivalent words he knows.

He’s like a homing pigeon, capable of sensing earth’s magnetic field and this gives him the ability triangulate where he is and how to get between two places he’s already been. He’s also extremely bad with geographical knowledge, he doesn’t really know where places are or the names of the countries or states he’s been or he uses extremely outdated names for places thanks to Solomon. He could tell you the exact angle you would need to fly to get somewhere from where you’re standing, though.

Marvel: -okay I know where you are, now. What’s directly in front of you? Pick a direction and don’t move, don’t turn your head at all, just describe exactly what you see in front of you.

Flash: *does that with some uncertainty*

Marvel: Cool, turn exactly 32.3° clockwise and head directly forward until you reach it!

Flash: there’s no way this is going to pan out.

Flash a short run later: okay what the actual fuck.

[would-this-pokemon-be-a-friend]

I doubt it'll get a good ranking lol, but do you think there's any possibility of honedge being a good pet? I just think a floaty ghost sword would be neat :)

I too love floaty ghost swords, but your intuition was, tragically, correct. I cannot in my right mind recommend honedge to anyone as a pet.

Let's start with the pros before we dive into the cons: honedges are small! They're incredibly lightweight, and can levitate in the air by their own power, so space will never be an issue. They're also really cool. That's... well... kinda it as far as the pros go.

Honedges, unfortunately, are both super dangerous and super murderous. Each honedge is a literal living weapon: they don't have any biology and are, in reality, a man-made sword possessed by a human soul whom was slain by it (Sword). They are angry, hungry spirits that seek to become spiritual parasites, draining away all of a person's life force (X). In fact, if one were to touch a honedge's hilt, the pokémon will wrap its blue cloth around their arm and "drain that person's life energy completely" (Y).

If you were to live with a honedge, it would unfortunately always be looking to kill you by draining away your life force. Even if you prevent them from doing so, they could lash out and cause immense harm to you by means of their bodies, which are just swords (deadly weapons). Honedges can use a lot of potentially lethal slashing moves, and will always hit their mark due to their No Guard ability.

By all intents and purposes, it seems that honedges are just not friendly. It would not be worth the risk to keep one in your home. But they are cool, so I'll let you take that chance if you want to.