#they're both going to be ambitious for me in different ways

[makingqueerhistory]

Spooky Queer Books

Since spooky season is starting, I thought I would share a list of my favourite queer books that are great for this time of year.

Some of these links are affiliate links.

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

Joe Vallese

Horror movies hold a complicated space in the hearts of the queer community: historically misogynist, and often homo- and transphobic, the genre has also been inadvertently feminist and open to subversive readings. Common tropes--such as the circumspect and resilient "final girl," body possession, costumed villains, secret identities, and things that lurk in the closet--spark moments of eerie familiarity and affective connection. Still, viewers often remain tasked with reading themselves into beloved films, seeking out characters and set pieces that speak to, mirror, and parallel the unique ways queerness encounters the world.It Came from the Closet features twenty-five essays by writers speaking to this relationship, through connections both empowering and oppressive. From Carmen Maria Machado on Jennifer's Body, Jude Ellison S. Doyle on In My Skin, Addie Tsai on Dead Ringers, and many more, these conversations convey the rich reciprocity between queerness and horror.

Into the Drowning Deep

Mira Grant

The ocean is home to many myths, But some are deadly... Seven years ago the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a mockumentary bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others have called it a tragedy. Now a new crew has been assembled. But this time they're not out to entertain. Some seek to validate their life's work. Some seek the greatest hunt of all. Some seek the truth. But for the ambitious young scientist Victoria Stewart this is a voyage to uncover the fate of the sister she lost. Whatever the truth may be, it will only be found below the waves. But the secrets of the deep come with a price.

The Devouring Gray

C. L. Herman

After her sister's death, seventeen-year-old Violet Saunders finds herself dragged to Four Paths, New York. Violet may be a newcomer, but she soon learns her mother isn't: They belong to one of the revered founding families of the town, where stone bells hang above every doorway and danger lurks in the depths of the woods. Justin Hawthorne's bloodline has protected Four Paths for generations from the Gray--a lifeless dimension that imprisons a brutal monster. After Justin fails to inherit his family's powers, his mother is determined to keep this humiliation a secret. But Justin can't let go of the future he was promised and the town he swore to protect. Ever since Harper Carlisle lost her hand to an accident that left her stranded in the Gray for days, she has vowed revenge on the person who abandoned her: Justin Hawthorne. There are ripples of dissent in Four Paths, and Harper seizes an opportunity to take down the Hawthornes and change her destiny--to what extent, even she doesn't yet know. The Gray is growing stronger every day, and its victims are piling up. When Violet accidentally unleashes the monster, all three must band together with the other Founders to unearth the dark truths behind their families' abilities...before the Gray devours them all.

Tell Me I'm Worthless

Alison Rumfitt

Three years ago, Alice spent one night in an abandoned house with her friends, Ila and Hannah. Since then, Alice's life has spiraled. She lives a haunted existence, selling videos of herself for money, going to parties she hates, drinking herself to sleep. Memories of that night torment Alice, but when Ila asks her to return to the House, to go past the KEEP OUT sign and over the sick earth where teenagers dare each other to venture, Alice knows she must go. Together, Alice and Ila must face the horrors that happened there, must pull themselves apart from the inside out, put their differences aside, and try to rescue Hannah, whom the House has chosen to make its own. Cutting, disruptive, and darkly funny, Tell Me I'm Worthless is a vital work of trans fiction that examines the devastating effects of trauma and how fascism makes us destroy ourselves and each other.

[jennamoran]

The Far Roofs: Systems

Hi!

Today I’m going to talk a little bit more about my forthcoming RPG, the Far Roofs. More specifically, I want to give a general overview of its game mechanics!

So the idea that first started the Far Roofs on the road to being its own game came out of me thinking a lot about what large projects feel like.

I was in one of those moods where I felt like the important thing in an RPG system was the parallel between that system and real-world experience. Where I felt like the key to art was always thinking about the end goal, or at least a local goal, as one did the work; and, the key to design was symmetry between the goals and methods, the means and ends.

I don't always feel that way, but it's how I work when I'm feeling both ambitious and technical.

So what I wanted to do was come up with an RPG mechanic that was really like the thing it was simulating:

Finding answers. Solving problems. Doing big things.

And it struck me that what that felt like, really, was a bit like ...

You get pieces over time. You wiggle them around. You try to fit them together. Sometimes, they fit together into larger pieces and then eventually a whole. Sometimes you just collect them and wiggle them around until suddenly there's an insight, an oh!, and you now know everything works.

The ideal thing to do here would probably be having a bag of widgets that can fit together in different ways---not as universally as Legos or whatever, but, like, gears and connectors and springs and motors and whatever. If I were going to be building a computer game I would probably think along those lines, anyway. You'd go to your screen of bits and bobs and move them around with your mouse until it hooked together into something that you liked.

... that's not really feasible for a tabletop RPG, though, at least, not with my typical financial resources. I could probably swing making that kind of thing, finding a 3d printing or woodworking partner or something to make the pieces, for the final kickstarter, but I don't have the resources to make a bunch of different physical object sets over time while I'm playtesting.

So the way I decided that I could implement this was by drawing letter tiles.

That I could do a system where you'd draw letter tiles ... not constantly, not specifically when you were working, but over time; in the moments, most of all, that could give you insight or progress.

Then, at some point, you'd have enough of them.

You'd see a word.

That word'd be your answer.

... not necessarily the word itself, but, like, what the word means to you and what the answer means to you, those would be the same.

The word would be a symbol for the answer that you've found, as a player and a character.

(The leftover letters would then stick around in your hand, bits of thought and experience that didn't directly lead to a solution there, but might help with something else later on.)

Anyway, I figured that this basic idea was feasible because, like, lots of people own Scrabble sets. Even if you don't, they're easier to find than sets of dice!

For a short indie game focused on just that this would probably have been enough of a mechanic all on its own. For a large release, though, the game needed more.

After thinking about it I decided that what it wanted was two more core resolution systems:

One, for stuff like, say ... kickstarter results ... where you're more interested in "how well did this do?" or "how good of an answer is this?" than in whether those results better fit AXLOTL or TEXTUAL. For this, I added cards, which you draw like letter tiles and combine into poker hands. A face card is probably enough for a baseline success, a pair of Kings would make the results rather exciting, and a royal flush result would smash records.

The other core system was for like ... everyday stuff. For starting a campfire or jumping a gap. That, by established RPG tradition, would use dice.

...

I guess technically it didn't have to; I mean, like, most of my games have been diceless, and in fact we've gotten to a point in the hobby where that's just "sort of unusual" instead of actually rare.

But, like, I like dice. I do. If I don't use them often, it's because I don't like the empty page of where to start in the first place building a bespoke diced system when I have so many good diceless systems right there.

... this time, though, I decided to just go for it.

--

The Dice System

So a long, long time ago I was working on a game called the Weapons of the Gods RPG. Eos Press had brought me in to do the setting, and somewhere in the middle of that endeavor, the game lost its system.

I only ever heard Eos' side of this, and these days I tend to take Eos' claims with a grain of salt ... but, my best guess is that all this stuff did happen, just, with a little more context that I don't and might not ever know?

Anyway, as best as I remember, the first writer they had doing their system quit midway through development. So they brought in a newer team to do the system, and halfway through that the team decided they'd have more fun using the system for their own game, and instead wrote up a quick alternate system for Weapons of the Gods to use.

This would have been fine if the alternate system were any good, but it was ... pretty obviously a quick kludge. It was ...

I think the best word for it would be "bad."

I don't even like the system they took away to be their own game, but at least I could believe that it was constructed with love. It was janky but like in a heartfelt way.

The replacement system was more the kind of thing where if you stepped in it you'd need a new pair of shoes.

It upset me.

It upset me, and so, full wroth, I decided to write a system to use for the game.

Now, I'd never done a diced system before at that point. My only solo game had been Nobilis. So I took a bunch of dice and started rolling them, to see ... like ... what the most fun way of reading them was.

Where I landed, ultimately, was looking for matches.

The core system for Weapons of the Gods was basically, roll some number of d10s, and if you got 3 4s, that was a 34. If you got 2 9s, that was a 29. If your best die was a 7 and you had no pairs at all, you got 1 7. 17.

It didn't have any really amazing statistical properties, but the act of rolling was fun. It was rhythmic, you know, you'd see 3 4s and putting them together into 34 was a tiny tiny dopamine shot at the cost of basically zero brain effort. It was pattern recognition, which the brain tends to enjoy.

I mean, obviously, it would pall in a few minutes if you just sat there rolling the dice for no reason ... but, as far as dice rolling goes, it was fun.

So when I went to do an optional diced system for the Chuubo's Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine RPG, years later, to post here on tumblr ... I already knew what would make that roll fun. That is, rolling a handful of dice and looking for matches.

What about making it even more fun?

... well, critical results are fun, so what about adding them and aiming to have a lot of them, though still like rare enough to surprise?

It made sense to me to call no matches at all a critical failure, and a triple a critical success. So I started fiddling with dice pool size to get the numbers where I wanted them.

I'm reconstructing a bit at this point, but I imagine that I hit 6d10 and was like: "these are roughly the right odds, but this is one too many dice to look at quickly on the table, and I don't like that critical failure would be a bit more common than crit success."

So after some wrestling with things I wound up with a dice pool of 5d6, which is the dice pool I'm still using today.

If you roll 5d6, you'll probably get a pair. But now and then, you'll get a triple (or more!) My combinatorics is rusty, so I might have missed a case, but, like ... 17% of the time, triples, quadruples, or quintuples? And around 9% chance, for no matches at all?

I think I was probably looking for 15% and 10%, that those were likely my optimum, but ... well, 5d6 comes pretty close. Roughly 25% total was about as far as I thought I could push critical results while still having them feel kind or rare. Like ...

If I'm rolling a d20 in a D&D-like system, and if I'm going to succeed on an 18+, that's around when success is exciting, right? Maybe 17+, though that's pushing it? So we want to fall in the 15-20% range for a "special good roll." And people have been playing for a very long time now with the 5% chance of a "1" as a "special bad roll," and that seemed fine, so, like, 20-25% chance total is good.

And like ...

People talk a lot about Rolemaster crit fail tables in my vicinity, and complain about the whiff fests you see in some games where you keep rolling and rolling and nothing good or bad actually happens, and so I was naturally drawn to pushing crit failure odds a bit higher than you see in a d20-type game.

Now, one way people in indie circles tend to address "whiff fests" is by rethinking the whole dice-rolling ... paradigm ... so you never whiff; setting things up, in short, so that every roll means something, and every success and failure mean something too.

It's a leaner, richer way of doing things than you see in, say, D&D.

... I just didn't feel like it, here, because the whole point of things was to make dice rolling fun. I wanted people coming out of traditional games to be able to just pick up the dice and say "I'm rolling for this!" because the roll would be fun. Because consulting the dice oracle here, would be fun.

So in the end, that was the heart of it:

A 5d6 roll, focusing on the ease of counting matches and the high but not exorbitant frequency of special results.

But at the same time ...

I'm indie enough that I do really like rolls where, you know, every outcome is meaningful. Where you roll, and there's never a "whiff," just a set of possible meaningful outcomes.

A lot of the time, where I'm leaning into "rolls are fun, go ahead and roll," what it means to succeed, to fail, to crit, all that's up to the group, and sometimes it'll be unsatisfying. Other times, you'll crit succeed or crit fail and the GM will give you basically the exact same result as you'd have gotten on a regular success or failure, just, you know, jazzing up the description a bit with more narrative weight.

But I did manage to pull out about a third of the rolls you'll wind up actually making and assign strong mechanical and narrative weight to each outcome. Where what you were doing was well enough defined in the system that I could add some real meat to those crits, and even regular success and regular failure.

... though that's a story, I think, to be told some other time. ^_^

[yuurei20]

Hi there! Quick question, How does Idia feel about Leona?? to me, they have such weird dynamic. They don't like each other but they don't outright hate each other either, but sometimes it feels like they're totally fine with each other?? Is this just a respect thing??

Hello hello!! This gets into character analysis which is definitely not my strength, so I reached out to one of the most knowledgeable Idia-analyzers I’ve ever seen ( @frost__tw ) who was so kind as to collaborate with me on this response, and I am forever grateful ♡

Also: agreed! Their dynamic is particularly fascinating because they are both complete opposites and extremely similar, simultaneously:

Both are housewardens, near the same height, canonically attractive, unusually intelligent, very sarcastic, enjoy chess, are from important families, keep others at a distance, often complain about having to go out of their way to do things they are uninterested in, have brother issues and won’t put effort into things they have predetermined to be impossible, which ties directly into how they are trapped in situations they can’t do anything about due to the circumstances of their birth.

And we also have their recently introduced titles (on JP server): “Ambitious King” and “King of the Underworld.”

It is difficult to pinpoint exactly how Idia feels about Leona, possibly because he doesn’t know very much about him (which is possibly because Leona doesn’t want him to).

During Book 6 he assumes that Leona isn’t suited to a leadership role, for example, despite how people who actually spend time with Leona say otherwise.

The two overlap in Idia’s second birthday vignette, where Leona gifts him with an artisanal chess set and the two pause the interview to play together.

They seem to mutually agree not to mention who won the game, and it may have been a draw.

We see Idia categorize people and generalize them into character tropes (from anime/manga/games) throughout the game, and based upon Leona’s appearance/outward behavior, Idia may labeling him as the scary top boss of the Savanaclaw hooligans (re: their Halloween vignette together) in his mind.

But he is able to overcome his initial flight response in this birthday vignette once Leona procures the chess set (one of Idia’s personal interests).

(This is part of the reason why Idia’s stutter is such an important part of the character: he stutters when he panics, but then speaks smoothly when he becomes passionate, which the characters even comment on in the game (Ortho calls it his "go off switch" on EN, and his "heat up switch" on JP).)

(Recreation of this trait varies by scene on EN.)

Leona is difficult to read because he will insult the people he likes and respects just as readily as he does those he does not (something that we see Jamil come to understand in real time during Book 6), so trying to work out his true opinion about anything can get into conjecture.

They also do not overlap particularly often, which gives us less to work with, but his teasing of Idia in the birthday vignette is not dissimilar to his teasing of characters like Jamil and Vil. Whereas they understand Leona’s humor, however, Idia may not.

What we know for a fact is that Leona has canonically complimented Idia for being both intelligent and powerful during Spectral Soiree, and this may have been a parallel to Terror is Trending when, extremely impressed by Savanaclaw’s Halloween set, Idia asks, “Did Leona use his magic for it?”

Idia also comments on Leona’s power during his evaluations at STYX, saying, “I already knew Leona was tough and could handle whatever danger comes at him…”

I think you are correct, and it is a respect thing!

They are both aware of the other’s familial situations and strengths and, in any other circumstances, they might get along well. But their personalities are just too different, they frustrate each other in every conversation they have, and whatever positives the other person has might just not be enough to outweigh how obnoxious they find the other to be.

We learn from Vil that the rule at NRC is “the weak obey the strong,” and the Housewardens at NRC seem to take this literally, with Idia, Leona and Vil all being constantly torn between sincere annoyance and grudging respect. The three referring to others as “spudlings,” “normies” and “herbivores” is another interesting overlap that they share.

(Despite being even more different than Leona and Idia, Leona and Vil repeatedly find common ground in allying against Idia.)

(In a parallel to this, Leona and Idia find common ground on the subject of Malleus, with Leona saying, “It’s a pain when the majority forces their opinion on you,” which is an opinion Idia seems to share.)

Thank you so much for this question, it was wonderful to dive into!

Overall, Leona and Idia seem to share a mutual undertone of “I know you’re the best at what you do, but I can’t stand you. I acknowledge that you’re intelligent, capable and talented, but please go be that somewhere else,” which ties directly into a comment from Yana’s 2023 interview:

“Since the characters in the story are villains they do not admit defeat, but they will admit, ‘Hey, you did pretty good.’ Even if they don’t like each other, they will recognize each other’s abilities.”

(And thank you again to @frost__tw for all the amazing insight! ♡)

[lowkeyrobin]

MONTY FINCH ; just kiss

summary ; basically the edwin & monty swing set scene

warnings ; language

disclaimers ; reader doesn't know shit about astrology, word vomit

track ; like real people do, hozier

word count ; 951

masterlist

Monty slowly swings himself on the swingset, the metal chain links creaking at every slight movement. He stays low to the ground, feet inches from the dirt below.

You swing beside him, a wired earbud hanging from your right ear, the left open so you could hear him if he spoke. The metal creaking enters your left ear, your music entering the right.

"How do you know so much about astrology?" You ask him, leaning your head against the metal chainlinks on the left. "Like, I obviously don't get it. How and why, like... how does it work?"

He smiles, looking up at you. He rests his hands on the right side's chain link, cozy fingerless gloves protecting him from the cold metal. "Basically, the way the stars align kind of predict fate in people, the way they act and think," He shrugs, trying to give you a basic definition.

"How do zodiac signs work then?" You ask

"Well, it's not like... science-confirmed, actually disproven, but believe what you will. But the constellations in the stars change per every month, aligning to its matching sign. Like, take Edwin for example" He speaks. "He's a Capricorn. They're usually described as ambitious, practical and focused"

"Sounds a lot like him" You shrug. "So it's just kind of a coincidence that you act a certain way with when you were born?"

"Yeah, basically."

You hum.

You're both silent for a moment, trying to find something to turn the conversation too.

"What's it like being a ghost?" He asks. "I know you've been with Charles and Edwin for God knows how long, but, like, what's it like?"

You shrug. "Solving mysteries and supernatural stuff. It's what it sounds like. But being dead is a lot like being alive. Most people just can't see you, you can't feel things, like your sensory skills are broken" You wiggle your fingers, aware that your fingerpads were basically broken. "You don't need to sleep or eat, but you have free will to change clothes"

He nods, following along.

"It doesn't feel the way you'd think it would. You don't know when you die, you just keep on going before you realize no one can see you or you see you're walking outside your body" You continue, "It's like everything always feels like TV static, but after a while you get used to it and it feels like it less and less. But when you're really down and lost, it comes back stronger than ever."

"Sounds like shit"

"It is" You chuckle. "Wish I got to say goodbyes to the people I love. Death is so unexpected but... it's the only thing everyone, everything, on Earth has in common. Death is after us all"

He nods, eyes softened. "You speak very wisely. Not in an Edwin way because you've been dead since the early 1900s. But you know a lot, you're very knowledgeable, you know how to speak your mind"

You softly smile. "Thanks, Monty"

Your faces stand inches apart between the swings, your eyes just examining each other's faces.

"Has anyone ever told you that you have nice hair?" You ask him.

He airily giggles. "No, actually. Thank you. You have nice hair too, for being dead"

"Well, it doesn't grow, so I never have to book an appointment at the ghost barber's," you joke with a giggle. "Another pro of being dead. Less people, more me"

He smiles. "You have a very attractive smile, y'know that?"

You glance away, a little flustered. "Oh, thanks"

He glances between your lips and your eyes, admiring your harmonious features, the way everything you owned made you special and unique. He couldn't imagine you looking any different, you were perfect to him.

That look in his eyes killed you, that smile, God, it was to die for. You'd do anything to just pause time and stare at his little smile, to stare at his infatuated gaze.

"Have you ever kissed anyone before? Or like, before you died?" He asks quietly.

You shake your head no. "Charles said kissing when you're dead is a lot different than when you're alive. I dunno what he meant by it though"

"Wanna figure it out?"

Your lips curl into a smile, which you'd failed to keep contained. You snicker, looking away for a moment.

"You seem very desperate, Monty"

"I am," He admits. "You're very attractive. We should just kiss, like normal people do."

You roll your eyes before quickly leaning toward him, pulling yourself closer. You place your hands on the sides of his face, your thumbs and index fingers against the sides of his ears. He rests his left hand against your neck, his right hand on top of your left hand.

His lips tasted like oranges. He smelled like cucumbers and eucalyptus leaves. He was soft and warm, like fresh baked cookies. You didn't know if kissing was like this when you were alive, but when you were dead, you noticed every small thing, you could feel him, like his aura was rolling off his skin and burying itself inside you. It did so like it was trying to make sure you couldn't pull away, so you'd just fall in love with him on the spot.

He pulls away to breathe, something you didn't need. He looks up at you, scanning your face like he was attempting to read your expression.

"You taste like oranges," you comment. "But, like... do you feel every single thing when you kiss me? Like I could feel your feelings, if that makes sense"

He shakes his head no. "That's cool" He smiles. "Being dead sounds really cool"

"Don't say that"

"Oh, sorry"

"I'm fucking with you. C'mere"

[femmefatalevibe]

Femme Fatale Guide: How To Find & Be A Good Friend To Other High-Value Women

Approach finding friends like you would dating (which is essentially a networking activity). Meet and mingle with as many people as you desire but refine your vetting process for your friends well before your next social interaction – whether it's a group get-together, coffee/lunch date, or a party/work event from which prospective friendship could potentially flourish.

Set your friendship standards. Know the types of people, common interests, values, lifestyle, etc., you desire to have within your friendships. Consider the type and frequency of communication that gives you energy. Be aware of your boundaries so you can communicate them calmly, clearly, and with kindness. Embody the type of friend you would want to have in your life already. Compatibility will minimize conflict in any type of relationship, including friendships.

Remind yourself that it can be more fulfilling to have friends that suit different needs, interests, activities, and sides of your personality. Once you understand what your "ideal" friend or friendships look like, you use this "best friend" archetype to divide up these qualities among the people you meet IRL. See if you click with someone who suits some of these characteristics & shared goals/interests. Choose friends you admire in different areas of their lives. Some friends may be in your life because you connect over your ambitious personalities or bond over working in the same industry/field. Other friends may be so much fun to go out with or chat about romantic relationships with, while others can be great travel companions, intellectuals, workout class friends, etc.

Practice differentiation. Understand both of you have your own boundaries, expectations, desires, and personal limits. Communicate your needs directly without people pleasing while still showing empathy and validating the other person's equal right to have their own boundaries, expectations, desires, and emotional/logistical limitations. People-pleasing is a form of manipulation because this self-sacrificing leaves you resentful of the relationship and blindsides the other person because they didn't know they crossed your boundaries. If someone crosses your boundaries and you address it from a compassionate "it's me, not you" POV, genuine friends will react to your reply from a place of understanding. To be a good friend, you need to do the same. Good friends respect each others' needs and would never threaten the friendship because you need to take care of yourself first.

Be their ultimate hype woman. Show up when it counts, follow up, and engage with a genuine interest. Cheer your friends on when they're going after and achieve their goals. Don't let jealousy & a scarcity mindset get to you. Show support for their wins. Be genuinely happy for them. Go to their milestone events (if you're invited and able to within reason), and send them words of encouragement before a big work presentation, interview, date, etc. Follow up after a coffee date to see how a certain conversation or event went if it seemed important to them. Ask them questions and thoughtful follow-up questions about their lives/something they brought up to discuss. Curiosity is the simplest way to form a connection – especially in conversation.

Don't try to one-up your friends. You appear haughty and insecure when you do this. Good friends complement and compound – not compromise – each others' successes.

Keep it real. Set each other up to win. Good friends don't let their friends ruin their lives, goals, health, or reputation. Call out a friend's bad or desperate behavior by using language that criticizes their behaviors vs. their character (Ex: "Remember how bad your ex made you feel about yourself, you don't deserve to put yourself through that again and spend this precious time with people who care about you or going on dates with others who will value what you have to offer." vs. "You're dumb for getting back together with your ex. You're so desperate for his attention/to be in a relationship." Another example: "Yeah, not working out and eating junk food all day can make you feel sluggish and lazy. You're too cool to be acting like this. It's time to live a healthier lifestyle again so you can be your best self so we can all appreciate your energy to the fullest again." vs. "You've turned into a slob. Get it together.")

Be trustworthy. Everything they share in confidence is top-secret information unless they disclose otherwise. Only share their successes in public. Keep friends' struggles private. Don't be two-faced. Stand by your friend to their face and when they leave the room.

Schedule time to make each other a priority. Invite them out. Set a date on the weekly/monthly calendar to hang out, Facetime, have a long catch-up call with each other, etc. Create fun rituals you do together with each friend or in groups of friends.

Follow through with the plans you set in stone (unless there's a true emergency/late night at work/you feel sick, etc.). Never cancel last minute unless it's essential for your well-being. Show up when you say you will. Respect other people's time. Don't be flaky.

[askfallenroyalty]

important post

hey so I've been doing some heavy thoughts on Fallen Royalty. I've realized I didn't really treat this as a proper reboot as I only really treated it that way from Ch2, after I dropped the ask format.

Firstly, I want to say I'll be doing massive edits/additions to chapter 1 to remove the ask format. I'm unsure if I'll adapt the sidestories as visual novels or massively edit Baker's Trouble.

So I'm going to be talking about an alternative choice I want to make, but for clarity both are going to take a major effort from me.

Like, really analyzing and thinking about this story I'd do some things different. Mainly: I'd love to see a version where Frisk and Chara share a SOUL and where Asriel isn't a teen right away. I'd love to allow the story got to breathe and focus on the premise more than jumping to bigger plot points.

Fallen Royalty is the story of what it's like to return from the dead and living with the consequences of that. I feel that gets lost in the larger plot that happened because, well, franky 6 years ago I thought it'd be cool.

Like, honestly, I think Chapter 3 does a good job dealing with things where they're at. I love it, it's thrilling, mysterious and fun. It's a good story in my eyes and I'm excited for it. And even with some structural changes, I can't see chapter 3 being much different as it revolves so heavily on the Fallen kids who I don't want to change.

But ultimately, and I think this is important, a Real Reboot would also theoretically be much smaller in scope. Having the Deltarune Darkworld chapter, as the story stands, is necessary. With this reboot I could easily change the foundation to make the story less ambitious in scope creep.

Im unsure what to do. I have so many options!!! Regardless of the choice I end up with, I'll be making this story I want to.

[ace-and-the-rpg-horrors]

i think a lot about Rui being like a (second after Tsukasa) older brotherly figure to L/n

Rui listening very carefully to Ichika's ramblings about Miku, finding that she reminds him a lot of himself when he starts going on about his inventions (as well as genuinely being invested in the tech side of Vocaloid.) when she gets embarrassed about it, he makes sure to immediately shut down any insecurities, not wanting to see a fellow passionate soul be ashamed of their interests- as people tried to do to him. this makes her so very happy that someone other than L/n shows interest in the things she likes. they also discuss plants together and Rui teaches her everything he learns during his time at the greening committee, in hopes to help her with her cacti

Rui becoming especially fond of Saki as she reminds him both of her brother and Emu. he finds out about her passion for hair and make-up and happily offers for her to try all sorts of styles on him, with his unique hair and eyes. if she uses mobility aids, he regularly checks them over to make sure they're in order and lends her the metal paint he uses for his robots so she can customise them. if ever there are days where she's feeling down and unable to make it to watch a show, he and Tsukasa will always organise a way to bring the show to her afterwards- several W x S performances have taken place in the Tenma living room. he shows concern about her health, tends to ask Tsukasa how she's doing once in a while

Rui once finding Honami close to tears because she thinks her baking skills have mysteriously worsened as the food she makes isn't quite as good anymore, but he finds out that it's just her oven that's become faulty and fixes it up immediately, so she's soon all smiles again. having some knowledge about cooking, Honami tries (keyword: tries) to find a way for him to eat vegetables as she's quite concerned upon finding out that he refuses to. alas, she has little luck. Rui strikes me as the type who had a space phase when younger, so gladly listens to Honami talking about astronomy

Rui, despite seeming very different to her on the surface, relating heavily to Shiho's experience of becoming isolated from peers due to them not understanding the extent of her passion for music- in his case, the same having been caused by his ambitious show ideas. he sees right through her and recognises her secret interest in cute things, and he may or may not be the reason that limited edition Phenny merch is magically still available when she has the time to go to PXL- however, he does make an attempt to get her to be less embarrassed about liking cute mascots, trying to explain that it doesn't damage her tough image. however, Shiho quickly turns the tables on him by pointing out how he's a fanboy of Shizuku MMJ! secretly which makes him shut up (she gets him MMJ! tickets in return for the Phenny merch)

[stirringwinds]

i know people talk a lot about the us and UK special relationship but it kind of fell after the Suez and France kind of sneakily stole it didn't he? I mean did the same before the wars

thanks for the ask! ngl, as a londoner, i've always personally felt the representation of the "Special Relationship" as this mega-close and affectionate dynamic is kind of...an un-holistic understanding of the UK or England, as well as of the United States. don't get me wrong, it's one of their most important relationships and there's a lot of deep history there—my issue is mostly with rose-tinted interpretations underpinning it and what biases they showcase. these were heavily biased by Churchill's (imperialist) gaze of envisioning Anglo-American affinity and leadership on the world stage. this interpretation quite significantly downplayed the rivalry, power struggles, conflicts and differences that historians existed between the US and the British Empire, or how US presidents tended to see it in far less majestic terms. like, Churchill rather downplays FDR's vehement disagreements with him over the issue of Indian independence lol or decolonisation (because the US was eyeing the world as a chessboard, re: new markets and also whether or not support for the old colonial power would be a bulwark against or risk soviet or other communist influence).

so, while you're right that Suez was a pretty low moment in US-Britain relations due to the US being pissed at Britain and France jeopardising its ostensible goal of swaying Egypt away from the Soviet sphere of influence (sidenote: Egypt itself was trying to navigate the mess of the Cold War rivalry to secure its interests), i don't really see it as "falling" after Suez or stolen by France simply because that dynamic Churchill painted a picture of never really existed in that way. plus, Europe (France included) and the ex-colonies of the British Empire (like the dominions and India) weighed heavily on British foreign policy/its national outlook too; i tend to find an overemphasis on a rose-tinted view of the "Special Relationship" leads to a lot of US-centrism that shuts out this understanding. to me, Arthur and Alfred's relationship is most interesting when we situate them properly amidst all these other imperial and geopolitical cross-currents. of which Francis is an important one, from the time he helped Alfred during the Revolutionary War, to the Entente Cordial, WWI and the post-WWII world of NATO, the EU and so on.

in hetalia-verse, it's one of the reasons I personally headcanon Arthur and Alfred as father and son. their bond is lasting, forged by the blood, steel and saltwater of empire, and all the familial, deep and troubling implications that implies. they are "stuck" with each other in some ways, because post 1945, it's a familial dynamic of the old king and the young, ambitious crown prince who thinks his father is out of time—and out of line. francis never really "steals" anything because he and arthur's relationship is on a very different axes: francis is the neighbour who has been by arthur's side as his enemy, friend, lover, rival in imperial douchebaggery, ally (for better and also for worse, like in suez...)—and everything in between. whereas arthur and alfred have some real patricidal/regicidal, titanomachy-level father-son power struggles going on, mixed in with this dysfunctional level of understanding and them also colluding together shadily (you are different from him in many ways, there are many things he'll never understand about you—but you are your father's son, alfred; to be powerful is to be tainted).

so in conclusion, i see alfred-arthur and arthur-francis as both very important foundational dynamics crucial to arthur's character, but conceptualised differently from that understanding of the "special relationship" because they're two different kinds of relationships, even if there is the overlapping dynamic of power, rivalry and empire. ✌🏼

[bonefall]

Golfy is literally one of my favorite cats of all time and I adore the way you’ve characterized her!! Any fun tidbits to share? I want to know more about the woman

There's a sketch of her floating around if you want to go on a treasure hunt! I don't have time to look for it right now (I am currently in the trunk of a clown car), but I've actually drawn a beta of her design and her big mane

Also note: BB!Goldenflower is part of the Doekin line. Speckletail's perception of herself and her family is tied strongly to being Doestar's niece. This association dies out with Thornclaw in BB!OotS as he's the last one to strongly value this legacy.

Golfy's mane is so poofy, unmanageabley poofy. She keeps it braided

Lionheart just surrendered to entrophy on that one lmao. "Dirt happens."

It's my little way of trying to show the difference between the siblings.

They're both proud and honorable, but Lionheart is more calm and patient. He's a Que Sera Sera kind of guy.

Goldenflower is more fond of the expression, "Fortune favors the prepared."

Note to self: Clanmewnize these expressions. Que Sera Sera is notably quite RiverClannish... Golfy's phrase is definitely from early ThunderClan

Not to get too distracted but I recently got this FANTASTIC idea for how to close out Book 3 of BB!DOTC on a bittersweet note, involving The First Boarhunt and Clear Sky being delightfully devious as always. Maybe it would be cool to put that phrase there... anyway.

She had three siblings total, Lionheart, Mistleclaw, and Snowkit. It's really difficult being the last one; family was extremely important to her.

Mistleclaw wasn't even a year out of apprenticeship; you're really considered an ADULT adult after being on your own for a year. Losing her was like losing a sibling who's college-aged. That was to the plague, before Firestar's arrival.

Smallear was openly the father of all four of them, but Goldenflower hesitates to call him Ba. Him and Speckletail had a really toxic on-again off-again thing.

Smallear was closest to Mistleclaw, who coincidentally looked the most like him. Goldenflower is like... "yeah thats what i expected of him, that fish-eared loser"

She's biased in favor of her mother though. Lionheart was more chill with Smallear; not CLOSE but, neutral-positive.

It wasn't entirely Smallear's fault that the relationship kept falling apart though, to be clear. I use toxic in this use very much on purpose, it wasn't abuse, they really cannot get along.

So when Goldenflower eventually picked a mate, she REALLY just wanted a stable lifepartner that would not be like that.

I would describe her relationship with Tigerclaw more in the terms of an "arrangement." Fishing for romantic information from her is VERY funny because she just like. Doesn't "get" romance.

Brambleclaw: "Mom... what did you... like about dad?"

"He was large, we were both very large. And he was a responsible warrior, respected and ambitious. Well... at the time we believed that. And he spoke with great confidence. He had a way of making you feel like you were both safe and powerful by his side."

It will not even click for her that most people don't open the answer to "why did you love x" with "he was tall like me"

(VINE BOOM AROACE FLAG)

She wanted kits and a partner. She doesn't regret the relationship, she regrets what he made her believe.

On Tigerclaw's end, it was mutual. They both liked each other as trusted Clanmates. He was attracted to her and reciprocated when she proposed a mateship, but I don't think he ever really got over Spottedleaf romantically.

Plus, getting into this family was a smart political move. Having Speckletail's approval was VERY useful.

I might stick Goldenflower as Head of Hunting through TNP to early Po3, until she trains a successor, since there's no rush. I have an allegiance list floating around but I can't remember off the top of my head if she's where she should be

She's actually super disappointed in Tawnypelt for her choice. I don't think they ever reconcile this, they're both too proud

So she's kinda iffy on that alliance with ShadowClan. Not to the point of spite, but she does easily believe stereotypes about them.

"A bunch of holdouts of TigerClan and duplicitous fiends over there."

Both Golfy and Tawnp miss each other a lot, but again. Neither one is going to apologize to the other or say the other was even slightly correct.

And Golfy wouldn't accept it if Tawnp even did. She made her choice. They're in different Clans now. She chose her father, who killed Swiftpaw and Lionheart.

And for that, Golfy will not forgive her.

If they ended up in a battle, neither would hold back. They both know this.

I'm really fond of her. She really is Speckletail's daughter and the whole family has a special flavor of pain and pride.

[astoldbychae]

I'm askin 1-30 for me and Javier, JP...kinda anyway I'm asking for the lovebirds Melo and Monet

One...through THIRTYYYYY? 👀 *cracks knuckles* *sips wine* Let's do this!

1. Where and how did they meet? Junior High/High School. He's best friends with her older brother, Mekhi.

2. Was it love at first sight? Absolutely not. Mel is 5 years older than her, so she was still in middle school/junior high at the time. HOWEVER when they ran into each other again (he was 30, she was 25) She thought he was the finest man in the club!

3. If it was not love at first sight, how and when did they know it was love? He knew it was love when she consistently showed up for him during one of the heaviest moments of his life (his divorce). She knew it was love the way he consistently showed up for her during hers (her pregnancy).

4. What feature(s) do they find most attractive about their partner? For him, it's her hands and her eyes. For her, it's his ears and lips.

5. What traits / personality aspects do they like most about their partner? He loves that she's Hot-Headed and how Ambitious she is. She loves how Family Oriented and Proper (Polite/Courteous) he is. They also both share the People Person lifestyle trait, so they love that about one another too. All their traits here.

6. Do they have any habits their partner finds annoying? He gets annoyed with the way she cracks her knuckles, She gets annoyed with how slow he eats. Also, when he's REALLY tired he snores and it drives her up a wall (but most times he's got her in a cuddle-lock when they're sleeping, so she can't really move much. She likes to throw her ass back on him to wake him up/make him stop snoring. Works every time. It's literally the only thing he responds too) 🙃

7. Is there anything about their partner they would like to change? For him, it's how much time she spends on her phone. For her, it's how much time he spends at work.

8. Where did they have their first date? Their first legit date was at a Bowling Alley/Arcade in San Myshuno. Afterwards they went to a Brewery that had just opened and had the most delicious wings! She planned it because he needed some fun in his life after his divorce. She doesn't call it a date though...but He does.

9. When and where did they have their first kiss? Two months after they met/saw eachother at the club, He invited her out for a late night drive while he was clearing his head. They ended up at Myshuno Meadows Park. It was in his truck, Anita Baker's "Whatever It Takes" provided the soundtrack to the moment He realized that he was developing some deeper feelings for her. They were having a heart to heart conversation about life and it was the way she turned to look at him that made him slowly lean over, look her deeper in her eyes, and asked if he could kiss her. 😩

10. How long have they been together? 2 1/2ish years or so. In my mind they're still in the earlier "honeymoon" stages of their relationship.

11. Will they stay together for a long time? I hope so! (and I know Melo can second that notion...Monet does too but He is the main one that thinks about being old and grey and his legacy)

12. Do they have many problems in the relationship or just a few? Or none? I'd say just a few, He wants more children and she is more focused on her career right now. She has jealous pangs regularly and hates his ex-wife. She has been arguing with him a lot more lately and picking little fights because she's Hot-Headed as well. He does work A LOT. So my guess is they need a bit of a better balance in life but she (nor he) has been able to really communicate that. He's always kissing on her neck, giving her massages, and hunching on her all the damn time, so IDK why she can't tell him how she feels without snapping! I also think it's time for Alleia's lil butt to go to daycare! I just chalk it up to her being a bit overwhelmed right now, adjusting to new mom life (?)

13. Is there a big age difference between the partners, a small difference or are they the same age? They're 5 years apart. She's 27 and He's 32.

14. Do other people approve or disapprove of the relationship? His family approves of her, especially his daughters. Her family approves of him. However, her mom plants little seeds of uncertainty in her head at times but overall her mom loves Melo. Momma doesnt want Monet to "get so wrapped up in a man that she forgets about herself/ her dreams".

15. If someone disapproves of the relationship, who is it, and why do they disapprove? His ex-wife is salty and disapproves/absolutely despises Monet, for the simple fact that she still wants him. WOMP WOMP!

16. Does the couple care if people disapprove of them being together? Nope. Not one bit! Mel will tell you to "mind your MF business mane" in a heartbeat. 😂

17. Are they married? No...🙃

18. If they’re not married, do they want to be? He does (he's had the whim to propose but at the time it was too soon, we're just waiting on that whim to pop up again). She would like to be but she isn't pressed about it. Right now she is more focused on trying to balance motherhood and career.

19. Would they elope, have a small intimate wedding, big fancy wedding, or something else? She would like to elope. Him on the other hand, he wants a big fancy wedding because he feels She deserves it. He loves celebrating her! He also wants to experience that because (1) he's a party animal that loves a good party and (2) he didn't get to experience that with his first marriage (they were high school sweet hearts and got married in their early 20's, so they had a small intimate wedding).

20. Where would they go on their honeymoon or dream vacation? A resort in Selvadorada, a cabin in Mt. Komorebi, or a nice little bed & breakfast in Magnolia Promenade. Anything with a good view & good food!

21. Do they have any children? Do they want any? Yes, they have a daughter together and he has 2 daughters with his ex-wife. Yes, he wants more. She is neutral about having more (she's ok if they do & ok if they don't)

22. What is their favourite thing to do together? Cook. He loves to try new recipes that he saw on the Cooking Channel. She's currently in her baking era and he loves doing that with her (most times he is just licking everything...but he is learning a thing or two...about baking)

23. Where is their favourite place to go together? Bowling Alley or Arcade

24. Do they have a song? They have two actually, Anita Baker "Whatever It Takes" & Stevie Wonder "For Your Love"

25. Do they have any pet names / nicknames for each other? She calls him "Papa" and he calls her "Love" or "Moo" (which was her childhood nickname)

26. Are they jealous? She is...VERY VERY jealous. He isn't.

27. Is this a first relationship for either of them? Nope. He's been married before and had "little flings" in his younger years. She's had one serious relationship before this, aside from her "puppy love" jr high/high school relationship.

28. How do they show affection for each other? Cuddles, hugs, kisses, massages...random acts of service (is her love language) and physical touch (is his).

29. How do they cheer their partner up when they’re sad? She let's him lay his head on her chest while they talk & she rubs his head/ears, until he falls asleep (which he does damn near every time and he wakes up in a better mood). He cuddles with her/lets her cry it out on his chest or tries to crack jokes (depending on how sad she is/what's going on).

30. Is either of the partners a ‘hopeless romantic’? After really looking at what the term means...Yes, Papa most definitely is! 🥺 Has the Soulmate Aspiration & Romantic trait to prove it! Lol.

I honestly think he would have tried to make his first marriage work (even though she had a baby on him with someone else) but it was the fact that the baby was by one of his closest friends that fucked him up the most. Yes, he was fucked up that the baby wasn't his in general BUT he knew that during their earlier years of the relationship he wasn't shit (and had stepped out on her several times, one of which resulted in a pregnancy scare of the other woman). Which is also why ex-wife was in disbelief that he was actually going through with the divorce. They've been through A LOT together and she knows how Family Oriented he is and how much he values marriage. That was one of the main reasons why he was going through it during the divorce because he never wanted to (1) go through a divorce but (2) have his kids not have both their parents under one roof. He dreamed of having that happy family with one woman. Hence why now He is doing EVERYTHING in his power to be with/make things work between him & Monet. He believes in love and soulmates and the whole "til death do us part" (and I really love that about him).

[box-architecture]

Plantrio group chat.

ok I'm going to be really abnormal for a hot minute here but its not my fault I was reminded that Mystic Messenger exists so, fun silly AU under the cut.

Ok so I'm giggling over the concept of a DSMP AU Mystic Messenger style. You're a recent minecraft player who has come to the DSMP, (or maybe you can select a character like Technoblade, shhh this is a crack concept) and you're in a chat group with the other characters involved in The Plan, like Punz and Ranboo (full memories) as someone who is on Dream's Side and is working for Dream

Listen To Me. Listen. Dating Sim the hell out of Dream. It would be so stupid. Listen to me.

you have to respond to text messages at various hours of the day over the course of 14 days, making choices that will decide how the story will go, and how your relationship with Dream will develop. You can encourage or discourage events of exile, the building of the prison, you can side with Dream in arguments in the group chat over the best way to handle certain actions or choose to push against him in others.

You can literally have conversations with Dream at 2 in the morning because Dream doesn't sleep and both talk quietly about how things have changed since the start of the server, listen to him reminisce about Sapnap and George even as he insists it was for the best that they don't talk anymore.

You could also potentially build negative or positive relationships with Punz and Ranboo, which will affect how they respond to you and later decisions in the story. Like if you're going for an ending where Dream doesn't put himself in prison, you have to have high affinity with both characters so they'll side with you against this idea

And you also get private conversations with them as well to foster this. listen 14 days is a lot of time I'm sure plenty can be squeezed in

but in the five seconds since thinking about this silly idea, there's a list of characters you can be

Like, if you choose to be a Random MC, you'd get a sort of pre- selected backstory and could make it up as you go along with how you got into this Plan situation with the trio

But I think it would be really, really fun if you could choose to be Technoblade

Like for whatever reason Techno accidentally gets access to The Plan Group Chat, and after a days worth of conversations, he's allowed to stay in the chat

and he gets Significantly different conversations than from Random MC

but also you can be Hannah, who comes to the DSMP a lot earlier than in canon, or Tina, and they also get different conversations, because they're different characters

and the same bare bones of the route happen, but its still Them and the texting is Them

And that might be too ambitious for an actual game but listen this is likely something that's not going to be actually made so instead Listen. Listen To The Benefits of Silly

But also please consider that you could get The Worst Endings Possible through actively encouraging Dream's self sacrificing behavior, reassuring him that he's making the right decisions all the time, ignoring when other characters bring up concerns

Consider the difference between Supporting Dream and Encouraging Dream. I'm shaking you

Consider having late night convos with Punz as he privately expresses worry for Dream, as he admits that sometimes he wonders if there's any point in The Plan or in even caring about the people of the smp. Consider Ranboo opening up about how fucked up it is to only remember who he is half the time, and the personal guilt he feels about deceiving Tubbo, but how despite his guilt he's still choosing to do this

I know I've mentioned this was for the express purpose of kissing Dream and that its a dating sim but my primary goal is no longer about Dream getting kissed its about giving him friendship

however he probably should still get kissed

but MOST IMPORTANTLY

ITS ABOUT THE WHOLE IDEA THAT IF DREAM HAD LITERALLY JUST. ANY SOLID SUPPORT. THE PRISON AND SO MUCH BULLSHIT WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED

Ranboo isn't himself half the time and Punz believes murder is always the solution they dont count

Pacifist Route. Toxic Route. Befriend people make enemies interact with characters. listen to me.

[eroguron0nsense]

Marineford is basically just the really ambitious dark what-if bad ending for Water Seven/Enies Lobby (ONE PIECE SPOILERS)

Let's review: you've got two victims imprisoned and awaiting execution for supposed crimes against the world government. Their supposed offences are inextricably tied to the nature of their existence through absolutely no fault of their own. Neither of them think they particularly deserve to be alive and are horrified that the people they love–whose lives they value way more than their own–are facing near certain death to rescue them. Like, to the extent they're both begging to be abandoned and left for dead as they're chained up and helpless, watching good people struggling and falling one by one in the struggle to save them and the situation getting more and more dire. Both have a moment where they have a breakthrough and express that in spite of all their trauma and suicidal self hatred, they want to live and seek joy and meaning with Luffy and their respective crews as it becomes evident that their loved ones will take on the world to get them out.

The difference is just that in Water Seven, you have dozens of really hype moments and everything is cathartic and saving Robin is arguably the greatest moment of triumph in the series. Everyone you think might die gets saved by deus ex machinas (Sodom and Gomorrah, the Franky family, the Straw Hats themselves). In Marineford, we get to watch Ace's friends die in front of him and we watch him scream as the Whitebeards suffer for him; Oars is kind of a perfect microcosm of this who literally has his body trampled over in the effort to rescue him. The brief moment of catharsis you get when he's almost rescued gets shattered with his murder, and then we end on a desperate rush to get Luffy out alive because he's so exhausted and traumatized he can't fight any more. It's one of the biggest downer endings to any arc in fiction and it's made doubly so by all the parallels we've seen in which the Straw Hats are rewarded for their boundless love for each other and their fellow man, their "all for one, one for all" ethos that underscores the entire series, and their willingness to throw themselves against any enemy–and quite literally take on the world– for their friends in the face of horrible injustice against them.

And instead of "I want to live" we get this kinda subtly dark ending for his character because as beautiful as him dying for Luffy and the whole "thank you for loving me" speech is, it reaffirms that as much as Ace has found meaning in his existence, he'll never get to go through Robin's (ongoing) journey of self acceptance. He'll never realize that his friends love him for who he is and not in spite of it. He does't get to grow past the last of the trauma and self hatred and survivor's guilt holding him back as a person, or meet Rayleigh in the postwar and learn things about his parents and the real history of the world that could have given him the catharsis he always needed, or just that he has immense value and brings as much joy to the people he's devoted his life to as they do to him. His final words just make it really clear that as much as he wishes he could keep living with his friends and family, he still cannot fathom the concept that he personally was worth saving or sacrifice at all.

[tarotnoob]

PAC: About your person + any predictions 🥰😍💘

Choose an image and scroll to learn who your person is.

---

Pile 1

I'm do this slightly different. Usually I shuffle out all of the cards and then read. But I think I will start with the tarot first.

First of all, the energy coming through is definitely Sagittarius. This could indicate their signs, the big three, or could even indicate some type of timing during Sagittarius season or a significant Sagittarius transit.

I'm actually feeling like one of you maybe walks away first or like rejects the other. So let me run through a couple of scenarios. The first one makes me think you could know this person early on in your childhood and then you part ways and it doesn't have to be dramatic, it could be something like you go to different colleges and then you reunite.

The other scenario would be... I almost feel like one of you is a bit more successful and ambitious. And I think the other person finds this intimidating. Like either they think okay this person would never date me so they're like I'm not even going to attempt this.

But since this is a reading about your person, what it seems like is that may be true but somebody is very patient with this relationship. One of you is on the fence and one of you kind of has to convince the other through acts of service.

It's almost like someone has to go through some type of transformation before this works out. This again could be about you know knowing each other in childhood or earlier on or even dating and then partying and coming back together after a significant amount of time where one or both of you probably were able to grow and transform.

So I guess I see this as either you knew each other and parted and then so this is a long process of coming back together or you meet but there's some kind of resistance on somebody's part and so it's going to take a period of time before the two of you get together. And it's almost like one person might have to be convinced of something.

But to describe this person. We have water fire and a bit of air. And like I said Sagittarius is the strongest energy coming through because of the wheel and temperance.

This person could be a teacher or work with children in an education setting of some sort. I also feel like they have a higher position or just our successful or popular in some way. Or yeah I mean I said a higher position so somebody that could be a manager or somebody who would be leading other people in some way.

I suppose another option is you could meet somebody on a trip because there are travel cards but it's really the sense of a long journey. So I mean you wouldn't be meeting them on a weekend getaway, this would only happen if you were going on a month-long trip across Europe or somewhere. That's why I kind of brought up there seems to be a parting of ways at some point. So that's just another option.

I would say they would be well educated and if not literally have graduate degrees, they would have a lot of training in a particular area or a lot of wisdom or knowledge that is something that could be shared with other people

I feel like they are a very patient person. I don't feel like they make decisions rashly. I think that they are quite ambitious because they don't have a problem leaving something behind once they've outgrown it.

I do think that they're still quite generous and sensitive. But not like overly so.

It's weird because the main elements here are fire and water but I'm really sensing that they would be a water sun sign. I just feel the water more strongly than the fire. So maybe it's like water sun and fire rising and like an air Moon. I know that's really specific but I just like to pick those out sometimes. But the water feels the most strong water but like there's ambition here.

I almost want to say they'll be older than you. Or act older. They might even be more mature for their age. Like they could be 28 and act like they're 40 for some reason because they like to stay home and watch Netflix as opposed to doing things. But that could mean they are a bit on the introverted side. They may even be a bit guarded, somebody who's a little bit difficult to get to know it first which might be part of why at first you're like I don't know about this and so it could take a progressively long amount of time to change the relationship into something more than friendship. Now for people who aren't looking for romance, of course the skit also be a platonic soulmate or even a close family member as in a sibling. Or somebody who becomes sibling like to you.

I almost see this as not an enemies to lovers situation but it does look like one or both of you transforms over the course of this relationship and that could be that if this person comes across as kind of cold at first that over a significant period of time they might warm up. Almost like they go from being completely not affectionate and kind of stoic to being a bit soft and like doing things for you or giving you gifts and this is how they end up showing you affection.

I wonder also if the two of you are a bit different. Not completely different because you seem to fit together well so it is a bit of an opposite attract and yet enough similarities to bring you together.

Because I'm seeing a lot of sun and moon imagery as well as like night and day so it's kind of like similar and fit together but also different enough to keep it interesting.

I do think they travel a lot or like to travel. And not just short trips like going two hours outside of the city. I think they have gone or have traveled extensively.

I also feel like probably their personal path has been long for some reason. I'm not seeing a significant hardship that's coming up I just see a positive mindset but at the same time I feel like there's been a long journey towards something but overall they're disposition is pretty friendly. Like I said patient and we have this water energy but just a little bit stoic.

So let me pull the rest of the cards and we'll see what else we can learn.

Exactly so the next Oracle I got was perseverance and it's the rose coming out of rocks so again with this person they seem to persevere. The back of deck is actually wheel of Fortune and behind that is nine of Wands which is also a card about perseverance. So I think this person is ambitious in the sense that they've worked their way up in career or life. But I also think again in this relationship whatever it is and the flower seems to indicate either love or romance. So I think it will progress over time and it will kind of maybe grow from something harsh. Like I said you might be rubbed the wrong way by this person at first because they keep to themselves

But something seems to happen here. I don't know the specific event other than if there's an opportunity for the two of you to work together or for this person to help you out or provide you with something, specifically the event could be around children, family, or even plants or flowers having something to do with that.

But it does seem like you end up sharing something whether it's literal or a metaphor. Because there is an exchange that happens here. And the exchange seems to happen around water, so there's some type of either maybe emotional connection that has to grow and happen but it does happen eventually if you stick with it.

But I do think this is what this person is about anyway, somebody who is very steady and just like seems to be pointed forward. I don't feel like they are very focused on the past at all they just kind of are like okay and live day to day or live for the future. I think they seem pretty chill as well. Maybe you might think they are too chill.

And again with this perseverance card, there's more emphasis on flowers or plants. It could have to do with a garden, it could have to do with a gift, it could be virtually anything.

Like I will share this story that I have about the six of cups. When I moved here, my Airbnb host kept working out in his garden and had I want to say a flower tattoo and a poster of herbs. So I was like that's weird because a lot of people have associated the six of cups with my person. And he was a cool guy but not really my type so I was like well that's weird and then he was a sign that was not associated with readings that I've gotten so I was like I'm pretty sure you're not him lol but you know I was looking for the signs and that one was pretty unusual because it's not often you see men and plants and having multiple signs at once

But then another thing happened with somebody at work and it was a weird way to interpret six of cups but it did spring to mind and I'm not saying this is my person I'm just saying this is how weirdly the cards can come up and don't have to be anything about the actual definition

So at work we do this thing every week where we put up some clues on a board and people have to guess who it might be. So when mine came up maybe like a month ago, I had a clue in there and I was like I don't think that I submitted that. But I didn't say anything because I was like well maybe I did because why would the wrong clue end up on mine and it said something like I like plants but I don't think I would be a good caretaker. And that day I had literally posted in a chat about the plants on my balcony and sent a picture and someone was even like wow that's weird since the clue just talked about plants and I hadn't even seen the clue yet that day. Well two weeks ago new clues were on the board and that same clue came up and I was like that's weird so back then did you really mix up the clues to the person that organizes the little game. And she was like oh yeah I guess so. And at the end of the week when I found out who it was it's the only single guy in my office. And immediately what came to my mind was we literally just exchanged plants. Just like what the six of cups looks like. And I was like that's weird. I haven't looked into it but I'm just saying you know it was weird to me because it was unusual that the clues got mixed up and six of cups immediately came to my mind

But I was also wrong with Airbnb host so let's not go there but I just think that it's an interesting way to interpret it

Okay let's keep going

Also I should say back of the deck for that Oracle deck was playtime so I kind of wonder if maybe this person is stoic in some way and then when you go do a fun activity together, then maybe barriers break down a bit more or maybe it's just when you're together, you realize how much fun that you have. Again this doesn't have to be romance because it's also coming through as a strong friendship. Which of course you want to be best friends with the person you're dating but I could totally see this as being platonic although the rose kind of indicates otherwise but it could just mean love

So next we have caution and it says tread softly so it's not to disturb the woodland floor and the back of deck is dance so again it's like there is something to do with somebody putting up a guard or something being slow to take action and then at the same time we're getting another message about fun you know with this dance card that says allow yourself some fun each day just as the sun dances with the moon each night oh my God if I had a YouTube channel I'd be like can you believe that I just talked about the Sun and Moon and now it's coming up literally on this card lol

But I'm also taking this as you know day by day this is going to be a bit of a slow burn. And what will end up changing your mind is the moments where you are able to be kind of free and probably crack jokes or do fun activities that automatically bring somebody's guard down like say you work with this person and they're pretty stoic but then you go do some kind of like party with the coworkers and you get to know the person and you kind of have fun and that's when you start to grow a bond

I would also say it's a message for the person that they need to loosen up a little bit more lol or it could be telling you that you know on the outside they might appear a bit aloof in the environment that you know them but outside of that situation when they're out with their friends or whatever, they might be a little bit more loose and fun

They might also be involved in dance or some type of hobby or activity where they move their bodies such as martial arts or jogging or working out or they might like to go out to clubs but I can't say I see them doing that super often but I think they also every once in a while like to have fun

Lol I kid you not but your love oracle says worth waiting for divine timing is at work in your love life. A bit creepy how it all comes together but I guess we can validate that this connection will take time to either come into your life or come together or there could even be a separation at some point not as in like the separation that people like to romanticize online but I mean a natural separation where you knew each other and might have been more on the acquaintance side and high school and then you go to college and then maybe you meet again in some other circumstance. But that's not everybody because definitely I feel like it's on the other spectrum where it just will be later on in your life before you meet this person like quite long. I don't know what that would mean to you but to me it could be late 20s to late 30s or even lay there than that.

It could also especially come at a time where you have made some type of decision and the decision is to move or go away somewhere that would be better for you and it still seems like kind of a long road. But I still think it stands for this person's life or yours or both and then also how the development of this relationship will take longer than average. It's definitely quite slow-moving. I almost wonder if this could definitely be for a job move or if not a job it's like you have an opportunity for something that could grant you more success and then you have to make a decision on whether or not you want to take this job or make this move and it seems to be a bit of a long distance

And so once you've made this decision then there's like some type of long period of time or the significance is that something happens between you and this person during Sagittarius season and also you or them go through some type of transformation because of this experience. Obviously if you moved somewhere better and have better experiences and get a raise and a better job, you're going to transform but

It almost looks at this point of the journey once you've traveled or taken this trip or this move or had this long transformation, it really is like you are reunited. And this could be in the sense that you knew each other before or it's just representing a soulmate type of energy. But this person will become part of your family whether that's soul tribe or a soulmate or a romantic soulmate or whatever

And I would also say for some of you specifically like I said something significant would happen in late November or December and it's like the two of you exchange something. This could be information, it could be an offer, it could be a gift, it could be an act of service. But it's like they try to give you something. It could even be literal where they give you a plant or flowers or help you decorate a tree in the office.

For some reason I'm also really drawn to something on the 6th of cups that resembles the Scottish flag so that could be significant in some way to somebody or somebody is Scottish or went to Scotland or is from Scotland on the other hand it also kind of resembles the two of swords that's already in your spread. So it could be again another decision to exchange something. Or to give somebody something. Almost like I wonder if their birthday would be around this time or you exchange holiday gifts or if this isn't Sagittarius season then yeah another reason to be exchanging something but it has to do with plants or flowers or children

For The final thing, I am going to pick out some traits from my bag and show those with you

I'm also again drawn to the winter time anyway because a couple of these cards make me think of people bundling up. Some are wearing white and some are wearing red or a combination of red and blue so the colors red or maybe red and white might be significant

Okay so for traits we have Mama's boy, serious, light skin, artist, deep voice, opinionated, sarcastic, only child, piercing, lazy lol

Why do so many of those make me think of Jin?? So definitely Sagittarius vibes, we also have a couple of angels dressed in white. You can make of that what you will. You can take it as this being divinely guided or religion or angels could be significant in terms of signs as well.

I'm picking up more kids vibes so they may have children already or you knew each other as children or you work around children to some degree.

But yes that was interesting because perseverance and things being worth the wait are coming out pretty strongly for this pile so if you stick with it and if you aren't sure but then when you're together and it's a situation where you can have fun and you notice that the two of you kind of click, you might be able to recognize this person.

---

Pile 2

Okay so this energy was a bit more chaotic than the first pile. The cards kind of fell out at once in groups. It's more cards than the previous pile as well

So that just tells me I kind of see this person as It is weird because there's no fire here but one of the traits that came out was Aries, and that doesn't have to be the case but there's something chaotic here either this person is a bit of that fire energy kind of like can't sit still. It's not coming across to me as air energy like anxious and can't sit still, to me it's coming across more as fire like I said

But what's predominantly here is water and earth

I kind of want to start based on the traits that came out and so your traits are petite, multilingual, political, playful, well traveled, athletic, very tall, people person, likes to read, Aries. Of course not All of these traits will apply or they could apply to both of you in some way because this is for multiple people and not a personal reading

Although I guess you could be petite as in thin and then also tall but it doesn't matter

So keeping that in mind that something about this person or the connection is a bit hyper, based on the traits you know this person definitely comes across as very intelligent and likes to be active but is also very intellectual and could be interested in politics and news and likes to read and likes to learn about people. To me that's coming across as a bit Sagittarius but it could also be Gemini or Libra

This is very specific but they could also be I was going to say involved in some type of science degree because I look at these cards and I see bones and rocks which makes me think of geoscience or paleontology but that could also be that they are very fact-based type of person. Like they might not be as open to things that can't be determined by science

Yet at the same time there is some open-mindedness to them. I don't think they're completely closed off. I see this open and invitation Oracle card as being linked to the people person so they're interested in learning through people. Like they seem a very curious type of person.

So now I'm thinking of Aquarius. So it's like you know not completely a rebel without a care but like that except if that person also was very scientifically minded. I'm trying to think of anybody I know like that in film where their adventurous but at the same time you know are interested in how the body works or how bones fit together or how rocks grow

I do think it's a person capable of a strong commitment because of this knight of pentacles but it might also be a bit slow to progress because this knight works very slowly

There does seem to be some type of work or collaboration that might bring the two of you together because of this three of pentacles.

But let's start with the tarot so we have lots of signs of love and romance in the cards by the way because you have two cups and you have knight of cups and you have queen of cups and the empress on top of having a true love Oracle card

But first this makes me wonder if maybe somebody's Venus is in water because we start with empress which represents Venus and the signs of Libra and Taurus

This makes me think that this person is attractive or you find them very attractive at least. Like their natural looks are very good looking, they could be fit, but either their face or body or both is very attractive to you and I would guess to a lot of other people

There is a fair amount of water here, but like I said this could indicate a water Venus situation or like a person heavy with water earth air.

Your other Oracle card is path wander on the path less traveled What you find might surprise you

I can see that about this person being full of surprises. I also kind of feel like you could know this person and not expect to fall in love with them and it could take time or it's also possible that running into this person and the manner in which you meet is not planned in any way and kind of random

It definitely feels like maybe this person will pursue you because we have two cards that seem to indicate an offer. And they might also find you attractive and so it seems like they wait. I don't know if they gave you their information and then they are waiting or you're the one waiting but there seems to be a period where you find each other attractive and then there's like a waiting period where somebody is waiting for the other to call or contact them

And then one of you comes through with this offer which is at the center with this cup.

I guess it could be under the guise of like it's actually just happened to me the other day where I was working with somebody in another office and they were doing their thing and somebody came in and we started chatting while they were waiting to meet with my colleague. And my colleague ended up being an awesome wingman because she saw we were kind of chatting and connecting or whatever and so she made up this kind of situation for this person and myself to be able to maybe exchange our contact information which is what happened under the guys that it was for a project I was working on and he could be an expert or provide me a contact with this project and then after that scenario it does seem like that's how the two of you could come together something similar like that

And this three of pentacles besides indicating working together or collaborating together, it could also be that a third person that knows the two of you brings you together

But basically what I do see is an element of working together like even creatively. Because there's lots of cups here which indicate to me creativity or intuition

I would definitely very confidently say that this would be somebody you meet through work or if not work then you at least work on a project together of some sort and you work well together at the very least.

So yeah I think somebody brings you together to work on a project or you work with them or a third party like a co-worker has a friend and then they introduce the two of you or something

But it does seem like definitely a situation where maybe contact information is exchanged and somebody doesn't move on it right away like there's a period of waiting to see if somebody does something I think but I get the impression that the masculine energy of the two of you is the one too make an offer or make an offer of working together on something creative

But anyway so again I would venture to say that most of you would meet this person through work a project or hobby

But this is definitely somebody you would vibe with really well. Like you if you start talking about ideas for things like you would work really well collaboratively. Or you might just have some kind of weird way of clicking together like you just get each other or get something about the other when you start talking. Like maybe the two of you are in the same field and so you have that to talk about or similar fields like one of you does medicine and the other one does administrative health or somebody does psychology and the other person does counseling

Let's talk more about what this person's characteristics are so maybe you could pick them out

I see this person as being a bit different in some way. I don't see them as a wallflower. They might even dress kind of like different either kind of flashy or kind of how you would expect a knight of wands to dress. Because I'm picking up like fire or Aquarius or something with that kind of vibe where they are just a bit unique and I don't think that they go by conventions as in like they wouldn't go by oh I'm supposed to wait 3 days to contact this person they just do whatever they want when they want

But they seem to be creative or sensitive in some way or extremely intuitive, this might also blend in with the work that they do or maybe they work in a setting where feelings are involved I guess this really could be psychology or they are in psychology or something where like they do work and there's listening involved and exchanging of feelings which makes sense for psychology to me

But again like I also feel like they're focused on their body so they like pay special attention to the way they look or have a unique aesthetic that's creative and different or yeah it doesn't have to be like purple hair but it could be but like especially express their uniqueness through their appearance like clothes or makeup

They might even do this for work as well like a fashion designer or I mean they could be a writer or artist of any variety really.

And like I said in terms of signs it's mostly water and earth in the tarot with the tiniest bit of air because the Libra comes through. So they might have a bit of a social justice warrior to them as well and I think that's where the Libra stuff is coming in.

And again I think they pursue you. There is an emotional interest, there is some type of solid offer that they want to bring if it's commitment or like at least a date. Or it could be something like under the guise of work or talking about the things that you are interested in or project you guys go for a coffee date and that kind of leads to something else but I think they would be the ones to offer it but I mean it could be either one of you I just feel like this person has the energy where they wouldn't be afraid to make the first move at least and then if they do give you their information you can contact them but they would be the ones to be like okay here's my number do with it what you will although I think even if you ignored them they might come back

What else can I tell you so you have completion, magic, invitation, restock. The magic reminds me of the surprise we talked about on the path. So I kind of wonder if they might surprise you with this invitation to do something or something about them surprises you or something about them is very different

And again with the completion I get the sense that maybe you work on a project together like the two of you might put something together like a puzzle or work together to complete something

I'm trying to figure out how I feel like the restock comes into play because I'm trying to remember the original meaning of this card which I think would be something like taking time to restore your energy but that doesn't really fit with this so I feel like it's probably something in the image I'm supposed to be drawn to

I'm not sure maybe that will be the surprise because clearly it's an empty gumball machine and it needs to be restocked

I clarified it. So back of deck was the emperor again with the Aries energy and behind it the three of cups so again there's like that introduced through friends or third party or something but anyway

So restock clarified by cards that are clearly related to that completion card because you have the world and you have 10 of swords. So definitely has to do with something coming to an end. Queen of pentacles and page of Wands also came out so I wonder if how should I put this but it could be that one of you is a queen of pentacles and the other is a page of swords so there could be a bit of an age gap here. That could also be from a different part of the world or a different country than you and you might meet or come together at the end of something when something ends. I don't know if this is referring to

The end of the project or a stage has ended for one of you like it could be a simple as somebody just went through a graduation or somebody just went through a breakup or you meet during a time when something about work has come to an end.

But let me put it this way. Something about that card is weird with the gumball I don't know what's going on that's why the cards are weird but all the cards are definitely indicating and end or a completion of something but there's also something new that comes after it because the way the cards came out was Queen of pentacles, world, 10 of swords, page of Wands. So there is that flow of the end and then the new start. It also gives me the sense of something to do with communication or messages and again somebody is like waiting on a communication and then it's really like you don't move on it but this person is the one that just kind of takes the risk because that's what they're like

And again they could be different than you according to culture but I just get the sense more they could be from a different country. Like you live in the US but they're from Canada or Sweden. And yes I'm picking up more on the countries that would have lighter skin people not necessarily white but just lighter skin

This could also be revalidating the idea of meeting this person through work or a creative work venture because the world is the Saturn card and Saturn makes me think of work or discipline it could even be restrictions of some kind so there could be some type of restriction that was happening here between the two of you and then that restriction ends and you're able to start something.

So this could be that period of time where you aren't able to communicate or there isn't a communication happening and then something ends and you're able to have that communication. It could even be something like you were just too busy to go out on a date and then you have a 3-day weekend and you're able to go out and do something

So it does feel like there's a restriction here and then it goes away. This could even be somebody that you already met and you weren't able to communicate with them through COVID or something.

It definitely gives that vibe of okay I wasn't allowed to play for a while because I was focused on work or some element of the world and a restriction around the world kept me from being able to have fun and play but then that ends and you're able to go play around. Or this could be their story as well. They could have also had some type of job where they travel around the world or it was kind of like a high-level job with a lot of people looking at them and then they left it to try something completely new.

What it reminds me of would be somebody who was completely successful like as a let's just say a high level business person and they did everything they could and they were really successful and then that job ended or they decided to leave to go do something more creative and interesting

But they do seem to be very work focused. I feel like there's an element of creativity to them but they are also super disciplined in what they do. But they are creative, they are good at working with other people, they even seem to like people so I do think they are more on the extroverted side.

I think they are creative in the way they dress but at the same time it's not like wild do you know what I mean? It might be somebody who is more interested in dressing nicely. Like designer clothes or designer accessories. It's not about wearing something loose and comfortable and not caring because there is an element of care here about the appearance

And yeah I still feel very strongly that you meet through other people You meet through work or somebody from work sets you up or you have a manager that puts the two of you on a project and do bond through that and then you end up falling in love

Also I will tell you that I was just looking down and I saw the back of the deck for one of the Oracle cards and it says the night. And you have two knights

And anyway the card says find comfort in the night, where the world switches off and the stars burn bright

So maybe something about this person is also very comforting in some way. I mean it is a nice combination when you have a pentacle and a cup because you know they are reliable or at least they give you a real offer that they intend to follow through on but also this person could be quite sensitive and flirty and romantic. You are coming across as the queen I mean it could be reversed but I do think that there will be a bit of an age gap and I feel like the feminine energy person is the one that's older and you could be coming across as like the queen of cups and the queen of pentacles and this person could very much be interested in older women especially for like just people who are older than them so whatever gender but I feel like there's an age gap and not a couple of years maybe more like 5 plus years

But they seemed to me to be very attracted to you and you to them so this could be more of a physical connection. Like just vibing sexually or physically with this person. So I mean it could be a hookup as well. But I mean even if it's not a long-lasting type of relationship like you will get an offer and they will follow through whatever type of offer that may be lol. If you want to go out for coffee and they offer it, they're going to show up, if you want a booty call, they're going to show up. If you want to date they are going to show up

I feel like they kind of look at you as being older and something about that is attractive to them. Like they admire the work that you do. But I just feel like there is a sense of admiration here on some level and especially whatever type of work that you do. Although again it could be reversed and this is how you feel about them but there's adoration that comes from like looking up to somebody and having respect but it especially seems to be coming from the younger person toward the older person

Anyway so that is all I can think of although I'm sure there's more but yeah that should be enough to pinpoint the person if you bump into them

---

Pile 3

First off, Pisces and Aries or Mars energy coming through here. So this could be part of their signs, or it's about timing so that transition between Pisces and Aries season as well as they could be a Pisces but close to the cusp of Aries or maybe they have Pisces and Aries in their big three.

That water energy is coming through because back of deck we have King of cups and behind him is six of pentacles, so there is that energy of somebody who is kind and caring and generous. Would be a good listener. But that is the most positive aspect. I think we should explore this other stuff that's going on

It's a bit chaotic when you look at it because you have the hanged man, which is that Pisces energy. It is about going with the flow or there's some type of pause and there could be a pause here because of what happens after which is this 5 of Wands and Tower. There could be a conflict here that happens or an accident or a displacement.

It could also be that between that Pisces and Aries time this is when the conflict seems to happen whatever it may be. This could be for them or this could be for you or this could be a moment in the relationship

But essentially what it looks like is I guess one way to read it is something is going to come up It's not going to be that great, there's conflict with other people that could be a bit on the petty side. And the tower well you know the tower card by now. It could also be that somebody's Mars is in Pisces somebody could have a fire type placement in their 12th house but what's going on with this water and this fire seems to definitely be a conflict

This seems more like a message in that there will be something kind of destructive that comes up that's totally out of somebody's control and you kind of just have to roll with it I guess which is easier said than done but the advice seems to be when this comes up the attitude you want to adapt is the hanged man which is patience and being able to see something from a different perspective. What's interesting is he's upside down but also the figures in the tower are upside down

So I think something important is about keeping perspective even when everything is falling apart or something happens and it's the people around you that are kind of negative and you have to be able to make sure you're SEEING it. I say that because back of deck for the romance Oracle says pay attention to the red flags and that kind of is almost like what the hanged man is doing. Like there's a whole s*** show happening and the hanged man is not getting sucked into the drama but is like watching from outside of the situation

This could be again an event in the relationship I'd like to think that when I ask for your person that your person isn't a psychopath abuser and I don't necessarily think that this is what's here, it could be about this person's energy or an event that happens to them or both of

Like this person could be pretty chill and then there's like a lot of chaos around them but I'm also feeling really drawn to the timing of Pisces to Aries time. But like I said there is more of a conflict happening here or like people fighting over something and again I am feeling like the message is more about don't get caught in the drama or don't ignore it all together because if somebody is causing this type of drama and chaos, I am drawn to that whole pay attention to the red flags card - so you don't want to ignore it entirely and you certainly don't want people around who violate your boundaries.

Another back of the deck says survival

And let's talk that this isn't necessarily and aspect of your relationship, this could be something your person has gone through and that would definitely be that this person would be a survivor of some sort like maybe experience something not great in childhood or in life or was displaced in some way like kicked out of the house or I don't know but the event gave them perspective on something

Like maybe it taught them about a certain kind of people or they tend to observe other people or they may be caught up in a situation where there's a lot of negative people and negative things happening around them and they are trying to figure a way out of it or trying to understand what happened.

Anyway maybe the other cards will help lol but you do have the romantic feelings and it says your feelings are real and worth exploring so there is an element of a romantic connection here. There's also comfort here and it has cookies and hot cocoa, so I think that there is that kind of warm comforting connection that makes sense with this king of cups and obviously the hanged man is Pisces so this person could be a Pisces.

Integrity again makes me think of somebody who needs to be aware of red flags and like needs to take the high road instead of getting sucked into drama

0 point is kind of like a fresh start or a kid also be about zero tolerance or an origin.

Again I'm just feeling like this person went through something and they kind of had to pull themselves out of it and gain some type of perspective or enlightenment about life and people and once they were able to move past that phase in life or get out of that situation, they were able to have a fresh start and overall they have a very nurturing nature so I think maybe that they could be quite intuitive and empathic like I think they pick up on people's feelings and that can be a bit jarring for them

I really feel like they got to a make or break point. I mean the vibe for me is let's say somebody grew up in a poor neighborhood and maybe around them there was always fighting or gangs and they had some type of moment where they realized that they had to get out of that situation and on top of that like they used that experience to you know change themselves or it's really colored the way that they look at life and people now and how they live their life

Because it's almost like they had to go through something negative in order to achieve this enlightened headspace and to be more chill now.

We also have surprises under the most ordinary stone is an undisturbed garden, we have the night find comfort in the night where the world switches off and the stars burn bright and hope and idea like a single acorn can start a wondrous forest

So we have the word comfort repeating

And zero point also makes me think of midnight so there is some element of something going dark and then burning again and that imagery keeps repeating with this person. And then you have the sense of hope so again I feel like this person sort of clawed their way out of a situation that was pretty dark and

They encounter something that provides that light. I don't know if it's you that provides the lie or this person provides that light for you or it's mutual or they've already had this type of life experience and this is just reading their energy It's a bit darker and more serious than the other piles

And yeah it does seem more like the person became spiritually enlightened because of this I'm anxious to pick out the traits which I didn't do yet so I will do that. Like I said this is coming across as fire and water energy and we have Pisces and then we have Mars or Aries coming through so again it could be like a Mars in Pisces person or and well I described all the other options for this

I mean as a person if I were to be like okay these cards make up their energy again I would feel like maybe they have a water Mars but likely a water sun sign or something about the water in their chart is coming through the strongest. On the one hand, they could also be quite competitive because of their Mars. Or something about them or the lifestyle they used to lead or maybe it's even now there's a competitive nature to them even like to a self-destructive level

I feel like the word epiphany just popped into my head so but that's not very helpful. Maybe the way the two of you meet is a bit surprising but like not just extraordinary or you need like something shocking about the two of you together or the way that you meet but I don't know what that would be besides you know like you both witness a car accident that was minor and you stopped to give the police a report and in the meantime the two of you were talking or something because you're both standing there and waiting

But there is like a darker more serious type of shock element to something about this but in the darkness there's some kind of light or hope to the situation. I just can't tell if this has to do with the relationship or this is about the person completely or even if this isn't even about somebody in particular but like one of you needs to hear some message about something that may happen during late February or March or early April

I wonder if it could be for people who are already dating somebody and then something you have to go through together like a death in the family or just something weird and dark

I mean it could even be symbolic of your journey through romance and it's mostly not been great for you in that department and you might get a fresh start with somebody else but in that case I guess I still just feel like it's what you're looking for. Like looking for not much you know. You just want somebody that you have good feelings for and it's healthy and you feel comfortable around them and you can just like sit together on the couch and watch movies but there is a spark here

On the other hand it's possible that the tower could represent passion but I mean overall I am mostly feeling like I'm reading somebody's energy here and they've been through some rough stuff but they came out of it still kind of enlightened and positive although it might have taken a while to get to that point but definitely made them very empathetic

And to me it definitely feels like it involved people like people bullying them or just being around a setting like I said that came to mind where it was like gang activity. That's very specific but I'm just saying they could have come from a rough place and grew up in a rough place but it could represent like a short couple of years that were rough for this person and they gained perspective

Okay let's do the traits and see more about what this kind of person is like Yeah

To me I'm also getting somebody who really wants to settle down and find that person but it's been super difficult

So let's talk about the traits. Not all of them have to apply. It's just me pulling stuff out of a bag but it's interesting. So we have people person, multiple degrees, Gemini, Taurus, Sagittarius coming through, athletic, wants kids, calm, deep voice, lazy, LGBTQ, slob, multilingual, funny, very tall, 5'11, family oriented

So many signs coming through here with the Taurus and Gemini and Sagittarius

That could be you or them or something in their chart.

So we have calm again and I'm taking that lazy as also like calm kind of slow moving like a sloth. They do have that Taurus energy of like wanting to stay home and being family oriented I suppose that could also be some type of cancer thing attached to the king of cups. Maybe this person's chart is just all over the place

Again I'm really drawn to the time of Pisces and Aries for something about this relationship or this person like it could even be that a significant event happened in that time frame

So they are funny, calm, kind of maybe too laid-back they can't be that lazy if they have multiple degrees but it just makes me feel like they are this hang demand character and the hanged man is like a sloth in my mind. So they could be somebody who is a little bit harder to motivate. Or like just prefers to stay at home. Or maybe that's how they are now. Maybe before they were also like from a more competitive background or too much chaos and now they are in that let's take things slow kind of mindset

They do seem to be family-oriented since we have wants kids and into family. So they might want to again settle down at this point and have a family or they're very close to their family. Again I'm feeling like this is definitely a person who's just ready to settle down and wants to live that calm or lifestyle

I think they can be sociable when they want to with this people person and then you have the Gemini energies they do like to talk and communicate with people. But I can tell that they're also a bit of a loner and then would prefer to stay at home and be comfortable and be on the couch under a blanket or have some coffee and not have to do much

To me it just is reading like somebody who's been through some stuff and now they are in a later part of their life or have hit a moment where they want things to go a lot more slowly. Which of course if you grew up and some type of chaos or went through a lot, I'm sure you get to a point where it's like I'm not about that anymore. So the good news is if you're looking for somebody to settle down with, this person is just like dead ready to do that. Like they're dying to do that

I mean they're giving off older energy like this is somebody I would expect that's been single for a while and then they hit like later on in life and it's like I'm just ready to settle down and it hasn't happened yet

But people in their twenties can feel like that too which is sad but I mean this person is just like ready I'm just done I'm ready

They might as a hobby have an interest in cooking or baking or something to do with food. I wonder if they're an emotional eater.

Or they could have a career driven by food like let's say they're a dietitian or nutritionist

I really feel like this person had to learn boundaries with people like it doesn't really matter what their background is and like I said they could be from a poor neighborhood and grew up rough or just went through like a pretty dark. In life where they had to establish boundaries with people and then have a start over moment and then they became enlightened because of this in some way

And I do get the sense that even in the darkest moments this person has held hope or faith or something like that so they would be somebody who's very solid and tough like I could imagine let's say if this was a guy, they could be somebody who is quite stoic and maybe keeps a lot of that stuff bottled up and inside and just reflects a lot. And that could be representative of this Tower and the five of Wands

Like they do have a tendency to bottle up a lot of the bigger emotions and don't necessarily talk about it

I mean I feel like I'm not doing this person justice because I just think something so big happened that that's what's making up most of their energy as opposed to telling me more about them because they have to be funny and there has to be other attributes to this person but it's coming through as somebody who went through some tough stuff and then endured it and came out of it like completely changed. I don't want to say scarred but also kind of like that

I mean it kind of reminds me of like a war veteran and they come back and like there's lots of things going on in their head and maybe they're just sitting on the porch and kind of staring off and that's the sort of vibes I'm getting from this person and so you know somebody comes back from that and they don't want to watch grizzly movies anymore. They just want to like sit and do a puzzle or watch a calm movie and be calm and appreciate the smaller things in life or like the meaningful things

But there's also a bit of a tentative energy like a not full out guarded energy but it's very tentative like not even slow to open up but it is very sloth like in movement. Like somebody who would be the tiniest bit wary without it coming across as defensive

Because I feel like this person's energy is still very open and hopeful but like they would always have an eye out like always expecting somebody to come from behind them to stab them in the back so they're always like mindful of something like that happening

But as a partner I feel like they would be very protective and very sweet and attentive and passionate and I'm feeling more of somebody who regardless of gender the word I want to use here is like very gentleman like. Like somebody with manners who opens doors and is a bit traditional in that respect. In fact traditional is a pretty good word to describe them. I don't feel like they stand out in a particular way other than like spiritually and emotionally this person has become very strong like a provider or somebody you would definitely expect to be a caretaker type personality

I do think though that sometimes they get anxious about stuff that has to do with time or schedules maybe like again I keep coming up with military analogies so I wonder if this person could possibly have some type of military background and like so something about time and structure is either something they hate or something that like they just do out of habit now

And again it does seem like there is an internal conflict going on with them still. So I guess on the one hand I want to say this person experienced red flags or I need to at least tell you you know keep an eye out for somebody with an explosive temper somebody that bottles it up and then like unleashes it on you. If you ever come across somebody like that, you know those are literally red flags. What you do in that situation I mean is up to you but if it's violent or unsafe, you don't need to take part in it.

But I'm feeling more like that's geared more toward the fact that this person had to learn boundaries and I know some of you are going to be like it sounds like you're just describing me and that's very possible.

Because I'm feeling that way too that for some of you it's you and for some of you it's this person and for some of you it'll be the both of you and you just needed to hear a message about whatever this is coming through to acknowledge what you went through and what you're feeling now in terms of romance which seems to be you're looking for someone to settle down with and have a family with and to have like no drama anymore and to feel safe I guess. This is definitely the energy of people looking for a very normal relationship where it's just like we come home and we have dinner and we watch TV and we sit next to each other on the couch and we hold hands and it's like not boring it's just nice and normal almost like you crave having that because other elements of life may be haven't been like that

Or it's been so long since you have dated or have had a normal healthy relationship that it's like okay I'm like 42 and I'm single and I'm just ready to find that person and be calm and not go out and party

But it's really coming from having known chaos or like drama and you're like I'm just so tired of that that's not what I want to do and I think you both feel that way or they feel that way and like they find you but I'm guessing I'm not really seeing like how you meet in this other than unless you meet around some type of chaotic something that happens

And if that were so it would be a bit of a darker time and it might be like early spring

I guess for some of you it could even be New Year's that doesn't seem that many but I'm picking up on some New Year's timing in terms of the clock counting down and the candle kind of looks like something I would associate with New Year's and then the comfort card kind of reminds me of holiday cookies and being cozy but I think that's more like you know this is just what that person wants like a dim living room and on the couch and watching TV until you go to bed That's all this person really wants

And I just feel like the energy for this person is just so seen some s*** I guess is what I want to say. I keep getting this image of somebody on a porch like an open porch and looking out of the sunset and sitting in a rocking chair and just kind of like reflecting and trying to relax

Okay that's definitely not for everybody I feel like so if you didn't relate to anything in that then this probably isn't your pile because I feel like this is a very specific type of pile that's describing you or describing a very specific type of partner

And if the numbers can tell us anything we just have 12 which also could be a three and then we have five and then we have 16 which could also be a 7 so 357 well that could be March 5th or 7th or add it together and you have March 12th which would be Pisces timing or you could have December 5th or December 16th or December 7th since we had Sagittarius timing come up it could also even be indicative of timing from like December to July which I know is a lot but I was trying to figure out Sagittarius would be in there and then Taurus and Gemini timing but for the most part I feel like the timing starts from Pisces and goes onward so it could be like something that draws out from March to June in some way but also might start a little bit in December. I don't know what that means other than like if something negative is coming up maybe like parts of it start early on and then it kind of like lasts until the summer

But I don't know what it is

I can just tell you it feels like there could be a conflict coming up and something about it has to do with like feeling dark or being dark or being in the darkness so it's not like a super positive event that happens It's not like four of Wands. It's heavy so keep it in mind if anything sounds like it's happening. It could be the person though and they go through something or you meet during the span of this event that is happening around your life or there's and that's the most that I can warn you about during the span of this event that is happening around your life or there's and that's the most that I can warn you about.

[justafriendofxanders]

lilah and lindsey are so funny to me. on one hand they're both ambitious go-getters trying to claw their way to the top, but on the other they're just furiously paddling underwater to stay afloat and not be literally KILLED by a hostile work environment. like are they hustlers or hostages? no one knows. the difference i think is that lilah is aware that the whole thing is vaguely humiliating and is doing the best she can while gritting her teeth and making sarcastic remarks, and while lindsey is also not HAPPY about the situation he cannot help but be 110% sincere about what he does even if it involves his own humiliation

[xjulixred45x]

I'M ALREADY WORKING ON THE REQUESTS BUT I HAVE TO GET THIS IDEA OUT OF MY HEAD BECAUSE I REALLY LOVED TRANSFORMERS PRIME AND SHATTERED GLASS AU, OK?OK

I mentioned in my previous post how SG!Optimus reminded me insanely of Zarkon, from Voltron, and the more I delved into this thought, this idea arose.

SG!Optimus x Haggar/Honerva!reader

Like, taking into account that in SG the Bots and the Cons have their opposite roles, I can see this Prime having met Reader in some kind of technological alliance that there was in his time on Cybertron before the war, (taking this optimus as in Megatron's place) when he was advancing in his political career.

So, for that reason, he has to meet the chief scientist of the autobot/(alien race) project, which ends up being Honerva! Reader, who despite being a brilliant mind, is actually quite friendly and sweet. apart from showing a lot of curiosity about Autobot technology, which causes them to be constantly after Optimus for their constant questions about the Autobots for the operation of the project (Optimus would refuse to accept that he only allowed this at the beginning because it boosted his ego, although he would lie if he did said they weren't adorable)

Ends up forming a strange friendship between the two, Optimus can genuinely respect Honerva!Reader not only for their efficiency in discovering new things for their projects, but also as a very ambitious person who does not say "no" to progress. although that ends up generating conflict between him and Megatron, who believes that Honerva!Reader might be going a "little" too far in terms of their tests.

This gets worse when they somehow manage to find a meteorite on their planet, made of DARK ENERGON. and they proceed to test immediately, even on THEMSELVES. making subtle changes in their personality, they become more hostile towards those who want to distance them from the project, they REFUSE to share more of their knowledge, something is wrong.

but Optimus seems to be an exception to this, if he notices something he simply believes that it is the consequences of working too hard.

until one day, it happens, Honerva!Reader have a breakdown and fait due to their prolonged exposure to Dark Energon, which alerts Optimus, obviously. that by this time they already have a more established relationship.

At this point, the tensions between him and Megatron are already insurmountable, so he doesn't even think about asking him for help, especially when Honerva! Reader tells him they need: Dark Energon, where? the earth of course.

but Optimus realizes that if he doesn't do something SOON, Honerva! Reader could die, so he ends up having Ratchet process the Dark Energon they had and GIVE IT TO THEM, AS MUCH AS THEY CAN TAKE, TAKING IT TOO.

As we know, they both end up "dying" but coming back to life (can you imagine if they had woken up after Cybetron was destroyed like what happened with Zarkon and Haggar in Voltron? It would be epic) and that's how Haggar is born! Reader.

Haggar reader is quite similar to their previous counterpart with the difference that they is a "druid" with various Dark Energon powers, however they are linked to Optimus by being the one who brought them back to life. Even if they come back with anxiety, they still see Optimus in a Master or power light. although in this case it probably wouldn't happen.

Although if it were to happen, Optimus takes the Zarkon route of taking Haggar!Reader as second in command, although not exactly in a military way but rather, well, as a conjux endura, you know what I mean. and Haggar!reader They're just like "oh well, this is my life now"

Can you imagine when Optimus is left in a coma due to the destruction of the first space portal? And how Haggar!Reader with Amnesia ends up remembering their past with him, using the connection of their dark energon to bring his mind back to his body and that will it heal even faster? it would be epic x2

they are definitely the complete opposite of, for example, the Starscream of the original dimension, they are completely loyal to Optimus, they do not question him, they do what he says, they do not hesitate to stab in the back those who THINK of betraying him, and they are respected and FEARED by that for the rest of the Lost Light . in exchange they end up receiving Optimus' unconditional love (they already had it before, but now there is nothing stopping him from having them all to himself).

Haggar!reader probably isn't even allowed to leave the ship or have a direct encounter with the Decepticons, either because the memories of their death upset them or because he(Optimus) doesn't want to risk having to revive them and go through that traumatic process AGAIN. They help in the same ways would do Original Soundwabe, but with Magic Powers instead of tecnology.

Primus prevents someone from plotting against Haggar!reader for the favor of Optimus, he will notice immediately and will have said bot opened ALIVE and he himself will tear off their Spark (probably something that he would like to happen would be that Haggar !Reader will participate in the torture, but ok, there seems to still be some Honerva! Reader. more fun for him).

I also imagine that Haggar!reader is the only one who can REALLY touch Optimus, in the sense that he could be giving an important speech about how the Autobots will crush the Decepticons, with Haggar!reader relaxing on his shoulder or one of his knees. watching everything like a loyal hawk.

Overall, a surprisingly healthy couple of space tyrants✨💜💛

Shares, reblogs and comments are very welcome!