#the witches were right

[bookshopsbizarreblog]

You know how people talk about rooms having specific energies, like they can feel the vibes of the place and how good/bad those are? Well it turns out that is very much an actual thing, just not in the way I was expecting!

Think, for example, about classrooms. Most all of them are designed to have all the students seated and facing forwards. The teacher is physically oriented as the center of attention and is usually able to stand up, thus further creating a micro power dynamic. The white board behind them constantly draws the eye towards whatever information they've presented; no matter how bored a student is, they will eventually drift back to it.

Classrooms are specifically designed to encourage a specific mode of interaction within them, to create a certain dynamic between teacher and students, and where this gets really crazy is when you start thinking about classrooms in the more abstract sense. Because we have all used them, the social rules for their use have become increasingly cemented such that there are specific expectations people have of the space. The individual layout of each classroom becomes subservient to the larger classroom ideal we are all pulled into once we walk through the doors.

In a very real way, different spaces have incredibly powerful vibes. Through both their physical layout and our social ideas about them, they shape our behavior and even our cognitive processes. They inform what we see as appropriate actions, what we see as transgressive, and our expectations for the next period of time.

I wasn't expecting to learn all of this from a history lecture, but I just thought it was really cool and haven't been able to stop thinking about it for the last week. Next time you walk into a place, try thinking about what its layout implies, or the social roles and rules you find yourself automatically clinging to within it. Convenience stores, public parks, entry hallways, parking lots, and every other space has some message it's screaming in a voice most people rarely perceive. It's fascinating to think about

[blood-starved-beast]

It was pretty much subtext pre update but it's so fun to get confirmed that Nemesis while rude, loud and opinionated is actually one of the most empathetic towards mortals. And to Prometheus. And Melinoe for all that she is polite and such, she is so unwavering hateful to anyone who doesn't share her belief system (and excuses some ppl like Nemesis on Thin Ice. And even Nem gets the "don't say treason." Implication: You will be arrested.)

I love these kinds of contrasts

[whotfelsewantedtobelynnyx]

Chat, I regret to inform you that I have added a new hyperfixation…so…

Agatha All Along Incorrect Quotes!

Alice: Hold the fuck up.

Also Alice, crawling into Lilia’s lap: It’s me. I’m the fuck up. Hold me.

Rio: I have an idea!

Jen: No murder.

Rio, sighing petulantly: I no longer have an idea.

Lilia: I have a bad feeling about this…

Agatha: What do you mean?

Alice: Don’t you ever get that little voice in the back of your head that tells you if something is going to get you in trouble?

Agatha: No.

Jen: That actually explains so much.

Lilia: As far back as I can remember, I’ve always had this little voice in my head telling me to “live it up today, because there’s not gonna be a lot of tomorrows”.

Agatha: You do realize there’s medication designed to get rid of those kinds of voices, right?

Teen: A bird flew in through my window and I’m trying to befriend it.

*later*

Agatha: Why don’t you quit bothering me and go talk to your bird friend?

Teen: Matthew and I are not speaking at the moment.

*the coven, huddling together behind a makeshift shelter to shield themselves from repeated gunshots*

Alice, hastily shoving the others behind her so she can return fire: Agatha, do you have any idea who would want to shoot you?!

Agatha, squashed between Jen and Rio: Many people want to shoot me. I take great pride in that!

Jen, glaring at the group as she hands over bail money:

Alice, tapping her shoulder: What about Teen?

Jen, glaring more: I’ve got to bail him out too? Where’s Agatha?

Teen: No one called her. We used Lilia’s phone call to call Alice and Rio’s to call you. Then Rio used my phone call to vote for American Idol.

Rio: :)

Jen: Rio isn’t answering her phone.

Agatha: Here, I’ll try.

Jen: Alice and I have tried six times each, what makes you think that-

Rio, picking up on the first ring: Hey, sweetheart.

Agatha: The ends always justify the means!

Jen: Do you know who said that?

Agatha: Was it Oprah or someone nice and great like that?

Jen: It was Machiavelli. A decidedly non-Oprah like person.

Jen: I bet you didn’t even finish the thing I asked you to get done!

Agatha: For your information, I most certainly did! Got it done last night!

Teen, whispering to Agatha: You didn’t get it done, did you?

Agatha, whispering back: I don’t even know what she’s talking about.

Lilia: I am at a loss for words!

Teen, glancing at the camera like his mom like he’s on The Office: Despite being lost for words, Lilia yelled at us for the next 45 minutes.

Agatha, carrying Señor Scratchy out of the room:

Señor Scratchy: *snuggles under her chin*

Agatha, kissing his head: You are being punished. Please stop being adorable. I love you.

Teen: I got a trampoline tent for summer sleepovers!

Jen, whispering to the other adult witches: …think of all the sex.

Alice: There are two types of people.

Rio: If you wanted to eat someone, you could put a fire under it and slowly roast them :)

Lilia: …three. Three types of people.

Jen, cautiously: I can’t believe I didn’t notice this before, but…Teen, you are a little crazy.

Teen: Aren’t we all a little crazy here, Jen?

Jen: No, I mean you’re aging-ballerina, child-chess-prodigy, professional magician kind of crazy.

Teen: It’s my mom’s fault. You know, we come from a Jewish family, but she used to tell me the reason Santa didn’t come was because my room was too dirty.

Rio: I’ve come looking for trouble. And if I can’t find trouble, I WILL create some.

Alice: Do you trust me?

Lilia, smiling proudly at her: Yes.

Alice, who has been completely panicking: Wait, what? Why?!

Agatha, awkwardly glancing around for help: Er…Alice, I’m gonna be honest, I don’t know what to say to people who are crying. So I’m just gonna hope that the tone of my voice makes you think I do, okay, sweetie?

Alice, sniffling: …thanks, Agatha.

Agatha, patting her on the back with a bit too much enthusiasm: No problem, kid.

Lilia: I told Agatha about it weeks ago!

Teen: She WHAT?

Agatha: What??? Lilia says insane shit all the time, how was I supposed to know this one was true?!

Lilia: Bank accounts are a sham created by the shadow government!

Agatha: SEE?!

BONUS:

Wanda, watching from the afterlife: so…when exactly do kids grow out of that whole emo, rebellious stage?

Lorna, shrugging: I don’t know. Alice is still in it.

[musubiki]

perfectly squeezable

[g0g0mi]

CONGRATULATIONS SULEMIO MARRIAGE

[shopwitchvamp]

Witch Vamp is MARRIED

It's official, as of 7/28/24 Witch Vamp's business partners @jessdean & @themikeydeano are also partners for life 😎

[otrtbs]

me when i confront etsy sellers for selling my fanfic sometimes...

[brainrotcharacters]

I committed the sin of not knowing about Patti LuPone before Agatha All Along can the fandom forgive me

[lunarharp]

if i just told you i love you would this world change

[nectarishes]

witch hat doodle hashtag DUMP

[shobiolovechild]

i still am not bought with the idea that magic should be restricted to a certain group. Will i change my mind?

Maybe I'm too much of a "third world country" to be fond of the idea. If it was something truly got to be born with, you have to accept. But knowing everyone could? Well, that's tough. I understand how Coustas felt when tartar and coco were talking about future. It sucks knowing some people have their future guaranteed and you got fight to survive. It's not fair. I know there's a lot of context to why it's limited to a group, but still not fair. Knowledge shouldn't be limited, it's a right of all.

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

the way evanora possesses agatha again when she says "i can be good", like she wants to prove her own view that her daughter cant be. making alice attack her evanora, almost recreating what happened in the trial a little bit, making this new coven see what agatha will do (again, not on purpose), and making them turn on her

[mariaashby64]

Life has been kicking my butt for the last month, but I finally had enough time to finish these WHA sketches.

My friend asked me why I drew with both red and blue pens. I said because the red comes out a lot lighter than the blue I often use it for my construction and then go over the final image in the darker blue. I also find it helpful to trace over the lines I've drawn, it gives me a better feel for how the mangaka uses their lineweight. I correct it as I go too. Helping my drawings get that little bit closer to my observations.

[moghedien]

I don't want to be a spoil sport or whatever, but I just feel like every fantasy story set around the Salem Witch Trials which suggests that the victims of the trials were actually witches is almost certainly regressive and bad and the writers should be shamed

[kasterarts]

I offer you dumb witch’s heart doodles (spoilers for Ashe’s scenario and common bad ending after the cut)

[mothisash]

Somehow got tricked into reading an ongoing manga but ahhhh witch hat atelier is so good. And there is so little of it. My friends are mean to me.