#stariel posts

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From Pearls stream on Monday

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Digital painting I did of my dog

I put hours into this one layer drawing (didn’t take any wip pics) and all I got was this lousy timelapse;

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My Intro Post!!

Hello and welcome to my blog!! My name’s Ari, but you can call me whatever idc. I’m a girl, a minor, an Aquarius if that matters to you and I have 2 younger brothers.

I lived in Australia for lots of my childhood however moved to Spain last year. I’ve done research and while different people seem to have different definitions of the term, I identify as Hispanic as I’m quite immersed in the Spanish culture, language, etc, never plan on leaving and have been raised like a Spanish kid (my parents have wanted to live here since they were kids so they’ve been preparing us for life here since we were newborn) even though I’m genetically Australian. If you believe I don’t fit the term idc that’s your opinion but this is how I identify.

I’ve been practicing witchcraft since late 2021 and believed in the Greek gods since I was a kid (because of PJO lol). I call myself a Greek pagan witch with animist and omnist beliefs, I believe the terms Hellenism and polytheism may apply but idk enough about them to use them to describe myself.

I started working with Aphrodite 4 days into my practice cuz I’m a bit silly however I’ve gotten more consistent and comfortable with my worship over time. Now working with her is just a part of my daily life, I love all her different epithets (I think is the word) she’s just so cool. I want to start working with King Hades and Queen Persephone in the future.

I’m trying to get better at note taking cuz I often forget. This blog is for saving notes #info, #paganism, #animism and #witchcraft stuff, I’ll post stuff related to #greek mythology under its own tag if not practitioner based, all deity/entity stuff is under its own tag (eg. #aphrodite, #hermes, #odysseus, #telemachus, etc).I also post related fandom stuff here like; #hades game, #pjo, #epic the musical, etc and stuff I’m more critical of like; #anti Madeline miller, #anti lore olympus under their own tags. My posts and asks are under #stariel posts and #stariel asks, all reblogs and queued are #stariel reblogs and #q, if I add a bit of my own input to a post it goes under #stariel convos, if I’m interacting with the community/mutuals it goes under #stariel community and #fave contains well all my fav posts.

I love spirit work and when I’m more experienced I plan on working with ghosts and animal spirits though currently I’m content just talking to my plants, house, divination tools and Aphrodite. I also want to start Ancestor Work soon. I’m a big fan of baneful protection magic and glamour/love magic. I’m pretty proud of my clair senses, intuition and divination abilities, I’ve always been an empath (my definition is; good at sensing energy and emotions) so I’ve put lots of effort into improving these skills which I’m quite happy with the strength of now.

You may also see special interest junk here (I’m neurodivergent) however I’ll try keep it at a minimum and it’ll only be posted if it is related to the topics of this blog (eg. Marvel comics [that and witchy stuff are my 2 big things] and also other interests like #Hermitcraft).

I’m a nickname person, I have some of the best nicknames ever (Stariel was one and now it’s my user for everything) so now I give everyone/thing nicknames lol. Just a warning, if we become friends I’m giving you 10,000 nicknames. I’m also a yapper as you can see below, irl I’ve learned to contain and summarise my paragraphs but on tumblr I let myself go wild and add as many irrelevant details/thoughts I have so I apologise in advance for the essays.

I personally believe hugely in free speech so there’s no DNI for this blog. Everyone is welcome as long as civil discussion is maintained no blatant straw manning/mud slinging if you want to debate me or someone else here on a topic make sure to be respectful about it, thanks.

And that’s about all I have to say right now, I seriously should make intros for my other blogs. Enjoy your stay!!

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Some doodles ‘comics’

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Transcript:

The Marauders fandom making all villains and racists 100% good (they just had to act bad for their safety):

Is this a morally gray character?

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Taking a break:P

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starborne and castiel yaoi save me save me stariel save me please

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Pearls video (1-8)

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Hornet with cute rain boots and an umbrella

Timelapse:

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I love being a polytheist so much.

Me and my mum visited the city today and Hermes kept sending signs to us all day, it made me so happy knowing he was with us.

At first I felt his presence while we were bussing in, I was kind of confused as I was listening to ‘Pomegranate Seeds’ and that’s Persephone’s song

Later a feather I was following with my eyes landed on my shoe while I was walking

On the way home we got the only 2 seats left on the bus (they were next to each other which was nice)

And all throughout the day mum kept getting texts about her driving exam in all the places she’d first been tested on it

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Doodles my brother (Kingsley) made of his characters:

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I simply cannot stop making side blogs, it seems. My main is @orchid-merryweather so you can call me Orchid!

I won't cease to post about the Stariel quartet on my main, (quite the contrary), but any post I make about the books on my main will be reblogged to here. A place for all three people in this fandom to discuss the books!

Feel free to send me an ask, or a message though I would prefer an ask, to chat with me about the books!

(Asks and tags stuff, lists and ect. Below the cut 👇)

Send me asks! Anything! PLEASE! Ask me my opinion on any ship, tell me about your headcannons, anything, I'd be glad to receive it! Also, request me ANY fic ideas you come up with and I'll write at least a chapter about it to post to my AO3. My writing may not be good, but I try my best.

(any ask games I reblog in the near future I will link here)

Tags:

shadowcatsmere: the ship name I invented for Catsmere x Sunnika, (see this post)

It's a tragic thing that there exists so little a fandom for this series! It's seriously amazing and I need more people to know about it. While I have you here, let me recommend you the few (litteraly only two in existence that I could find) fics people have written for these amazing books:

Stormcrow, Shepherd Us by Rikku on AO3, an amazing fic of Irokoi x Penharrow. I didn't understand the appeal of the ship before, but I sure did after I read the fic. I'm still crying over it.

And uhm. I'm writing a very normal definitely not mpreg fic about Marius and Rakken that currently has three chapters posted as I'm writing this, it's called Yet Another Half Faerie Child and my AO3 handle is Orchid_Merryweather.

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It's crazy how I managed to get myself into the most niche fandom of all time. Like it's actually fucking crazy. Like I can find actually nothing for the Stariel series. Like, I didn't think these books would be so niche. They're great, amazing world building, an fmc who just can't catch a fucking break, a self-hating gay, interesting magic system and just a lot of good stuff, if you can forgive my inability to describe things. But what do I see when I search for the series on Tumblr? Nothing. Maybe a single piece of fanart if I'm lucky and then I see my own posts about the books. I search it on YouTube? Nothing, other than like two book reviews. So I decide to make acquaintance with the Tumblr user's oldest friend, Ao3. AND THERES FUCKING NOTHING. And I think "oh maybe I just don't know how to use Ao3 so I spend ten minutes searching and also searching other vaguely niche things I'm into (which did give results) AND STILL GET NOTHING. HOW?? So I go to Wattpad, I have to install the app and make an account because I wasn't on there yet. STILL NOTHING. IT'S LIKE THESE BOOKS DON'T EVEN EXIST. It's crazy, I've seen more people shipping House Of Leaves characters than I have people even acknowledging The Stariel Quartet.

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Hello. I've already read the Kingston Cycle, Half a Soul and I'm about to finish the Stariel books. Do you have more recommendations? Thank you in advance.

Oh absolutely!

A Matter of Magic, by Patricia C. Wrede (for cross-country Regency romps, rogues, magicians, spies, and Ladies of Quality)

A Marvellous Light, by Freya Marske (for murder and mystery and secret Edwardian wizardry, romance, grand old houses and creepy curses)

Spellbound, by Allie Therin (for forbidden love, found family, and frightening magic in 1920s New York)

Shades of Milk and Honey, by Mary Robinette Kowal (for frothy and impeccably evocative Regency magic)

Sorcerer to the Crown, by Zen Cho (for schemes both magical and mundane and the world of fairy crossing into the world of the tonne)

To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis (for laugh-out-loud time travel shenanigans and questionable Victorian aesthetic choices)

Soulless, by Gail Carriger (for vampire assassins, werewolf aristocrats, interrupted tea time, and other terrible inconveniences which may beset a young lady)

A little darker:

The Magpie Lord, by KJ Charles (for semi-secret magical society, creepy family estate, steamy romance all in an Extremely Victorian Gothic setting)

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke (clever and deeply atmospheric tour of a magical 19th century England, but definitely not romance)

Salt Magic, Skin Magic, by Lee Welch (for curses and magical bonds and frightening fairies)

Widdershins, by Jordan L Hawk (for Gilded Age mystery and romance featuring Lovecraftian horror and humor)

More fantasy:

Uprooted, by Naomi Novik (for fairytale magic and whimsy, adventure and romance and creepy trees)

Seducing the Sorcerer, by Lee Welch (for wizard fashion, romance and humor and whimsical magic)

Stardust, by Neil Gaiman (for wild romps in the fairyland next door, alternately humorous and haunting)

More historical:

The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by KJ Charles (for saucy Regency romance and determined social scheming)

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (for dry humor, wacky hijinx, and extended family shenanigans)

Hither Page or The Missing Page by Cat Sebastian (village and manor house mysteries respectively, featuring lots of queer romance and found family with a dash of jaded post-war espionage)

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (for yearning and laughs and first love and an eccentric family living in an increasingly run down castle)

A little farther from the brief, but might be worth checking out On Vibes:

The Left Handed Booksellers of London, by Garth Nix

The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, by Diana Wynne Jones

His Majesty's Dragon, by Naomi Novik (more Regency fantasy, but full on Age of Sail adventure rather than comedy of manners, romance, or secret magic)

Among Others, by Jo Walton

Arabella of Mars, by David D. Levine

A Natural History of Dragons, by Marie Brennan

It also sounds like a Georgette Heyer or Jeeves and Wooster binge would be really fun right now!

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Impulse’s stream

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More Hornet and Knight also peek some prep for Percico Fest