#this is nons 13th (20th) reason

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I think it's really likely phee and jin happened bc they were both rebounding from non and maybe they caught feelings maybe they didn't maybe phee is feeling guilty for that but like to ME regardless of how bad they feel abt it they're fucking on non's dead body and I'm petty enough to put away critical thinking and appreciating the nuances of media to wish them a very die

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HOW HE BEAT ME (first 19 clicks)

This is a continuation to "Computer Code: GRUNKLE STAN / STAN / STAN PINES / STANLEY / STANLEY PINES".

These are the non video notes.

If you want to see how it looks on the website/screenshots, click here.

If you want to look at the first seven parts of the WHEEL! OF! SHAME!, click here.

Video notes:

20th click

21st click

22nd click

23rd click (FLASHING LIGHTS)

24th click

25th click (FLASHING LIGHTS)

26th click fire

26th click I'M STILL ON YOUR MIND

For some reason, until the 14th click, when downloading the pictures even if the are the same one gives you the number of how often you clicked. As example: HOW STAN BEAT ME2.png HOW STAN BEAT ME3.png etc.

1st and 2nd click

3rd click

4th click

5th, 6th, 7th and 9th click

8th click

10th click

11th click

12th click

13th click

14th, 15th,16th, 17th, 18th and 19th click

20th to 25th clicks will be their own post due to the one video per post thing here on tumblr.

26th click will get two post due to the two video files.

26th (screenshots and text)

The text says:

Stanley Pines, the conman clown,

Always dragged his family down.

One mistake, disowned, denied,

Only thing to do was hide.

One way out: the open road.

Reinvent, retry, reload.

A girdle, eyepatch, fathers fez,

"I'm a new man!" so he says

Couldn't outrun life's regrets,

Just kept placing bigger bets.

Changed his haircut, switched hotels-

Truth is just whatever sells.

When you've lost track of your lies,

When the poison starts to rise,

When the walls are closing in,

When its clear you cannot win,

When your actions make it worse,

When they see you as a curse,

Give the wheel one last spin,

Take your chips and go all in,

And Lucky Stan- the roll's on black,

He got his life and family back.

His big break, it finally came,

Redemption from a life of shame.

You really think you won the day.

You packed your bags and sailed away.

You think you left the past behind.

But trust me

IM STILL ON YOUR MIND

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hey hey! im max, im 21, and ive had trouble with eating for a long time. ive recovered a few times, but now im on my 3rd relapse. i love drawing and im really into music, please tell me about your favorite songs. currently in my radiohead phase.

i dont have a mdni but i do try to limit my interactions with minors. though if someone needs help i wanna be a safe place as much as possible, i know its tough being a teen online.

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ugw: 90lbs (for the summer, and my birthday. gives me a reasonable amount of time :))

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IINTERDIMENSIONAL LORE POST #1 CHARACTER IMTROS: #1

Ever since college started last month, I could barely post anything. So instead, I'm doing a summary of the characters I was planning to post about throughout October. I was going to make brief lore posts about each of the characters during the birthdays I assigned for each character. But since I couldn't, here're s a 1-2 line summaries for each one! Enjoy!💙

Oh yeah! Some spoilers ahead-

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October 2nd: Arwyn Iluthmil

Polite, quiet, abd naive and dreamer of an elven prince who who acted as a diplomat for his queen sister, who then gets entangled in legendary (and more) shenanigans far beyond even his imagination, and ends up having to be the peacemaker of the most delightfully dysfunctional and chaotic team in the entire Interdimensional series (yes I'm talking about Team Space).

October 5th: Melitia Solis:

A sweet and friendly but resilient craftswoman in training, later moves on from her unrequited love for the cute waiter boy from the café across the street, and becomes a respected and powerful enchantress, also becoming one of the main supporters of the Legendary Carriers throughout their missions.

October 6th: Nahia Bernalmi / Bluebell:

Non-magical firstborn princess of a magical kingdom in the sky, gives up her right to the crown after her younger susters are born and becomes a scholarly temple maiden, encouraging edication and literacy across the kingdom.

October 8th: Wendolana Witxen:

Adventurous and hotheaded, yet loyal and funny shapeshifter woman, raised as a Lightning Warrior, and now watching over the Legendary Spirit Hui, while also being an epically fun and chaotic older sister figure for the rest of Team Space.

October 9th: Taika Marisol:

The friendly neighborhood magic shop owner, who actively practices witchcraft and is known for her cheerful attitude.

October 10th: Ludus:

The playful messenger of an echanted city state thriving in the middle of a desert somehow, and the character with weirdest and most random lines and pranks.

October 11th: Alondra Busker:

A young musician and sound mage, still grieving her mother's loss, having to take her mother's former title amongst the ranks of BSA and act as a guide and protector to the young Legendaries. She's also one of the eight POV characters in book 1. Also, she's the leader of the band "Radiance" which falls apart due to interdimensional shenanigans but gets back togather in time.

October 13th: Sarannah Hudson:

The chaotic and moody younger sister of The Lawful Good of the Legendaries (Kent), who actually just wants equality between Trickers (people with magic but no powers like herself and her mother) and Ekermins (people with both magic and powers, like her father and brothers), but doesn't know how to go about it, yet.

October 15th: Selene Roussit:

Cheerful, adventurous, and charismatic mountain princess, prankster eldest child, and the leader to one of the Legendaries' most important group of allies.

October 17th: Ninlil Bernalmi / Bluebell:

Youngest sister of Nahia and Aella, and the most carefree, talkative, and humorous one.

October 17th: Koios:

Brilliant minded but also troublesome, little Elulai boy (Elulai are an original spieces), who followed Tom (one of the very main characters) around and persisted until Tom accepted him as his first ever apprentice for his craft (and inventing) shop, also hyping him and the other members of the shop as well as the people for whatever's to come.

October 18th: Maritza Renshaw:

Brave, fun-loving, and friendly noble lady of the biggest trade city & island in Yugenri, who accompanies and helps the Legendaries through the Solium War, then gets married to a kingdom with problematic traditions (which I can't go into detail just yet) which she starts a silent rebellion against.

October 20th: Florea Leratis:

The black sheep of the noble Leratis family, also the reason why some of her siblings ended up with a traumatizing amount of pressure throughout their childhood. While all ten of her other siblings are members (and some even chosen heroes) of BSA, Florea willingly joins Dark Crystal (the enemies of BSA) and currently acts as a healer and spellcaster for them.

October 21st: Naima Hakeem:

Wise and comforting elder sister of a Legendary Carrier (Nour) and one of the best friends of another main character (Alondra), as well asa master of light and illusion magic. (I also just realized there are three birthdays from that same friend group in October with Alondra, Naima, and Selene-)

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October 22nd: Eliarys Greggoff:

Lady Wind Knight who ends up accompanying Miracate (Rosena's younger sister) in an epic quest, while she (Eliarys) herself is aiming to help rebuild her destroyed hometown and find her misding brother.

October 23rd: Elinor Hudson:

The only character who can balance having the full time job of an interdimensional guardian, and raising three kids and at the same time, while being fairly well at both (even if her daughter is a bit of a problem child and her oldest son gets into life-threatening quests in other worlds regularly from teen years onward). Despite her troubled past, she's also a really fun person and a bit of a prankster, famous for inventing a charmed hot chocolate that makes whoever drinking it breathe bubbles.

October 24th: Cassia Dacre:

An intelligent and perfectionistic small town noble girl from the kingdom in the sky again (Eliri, for reference. This is the fourth character from Eliri-), who's later involved in tracking and and unmasking of spies of Lorkness inside the Legendary Alliance, however falling in love with one of them herself.

October 25th: Cecimeric Wiannlieth:

A new character I'm developing. Is the king of the elves of Mirunia (the only kingdom in Meras who're openly allied with BSA and the humans in Yugenri) and the first target of Eihlor when he's released for this reason, along with the rest of Mirunia.

October 26th: Jake Springlet:

The moody, stubborn, and sarcastic prince of Yugenri's agricultural center region ((a kingdom but not reaaly), with the power of thorn manipulation, a noticeable hatred for the humans of Tiria (regular Earth), funny one-liners, and a temper even shorter than him somehow. :D (And he's the last nobleman for October! Thank goodness! Eiwen doesn't count-)

October 27th: Libet Lamarre:

A teenage shapeshifter girl who who was trained to be a "villain", swore to evenge her childhood best friend who was killed when the Legend was first revived, joined the Solium War on the "villains'" side, fell prisoner, and joined Team Space to reclaim her freedom, and became one of the most delightfully chaotic members of the most delightfully chaitic team in all of Interdimensional. Yeah. She's something.

October 28th: Eiwen Iluthmil-Niarien:

The weird aunt of Maerwynn, Arwyn, and Aelwen; who's married a member of a wealthy member of the Merchant Council in one of the trade cities in Meras, and lives a distant life. However, no one also knows the fact that she's started to hear voices...of the spirits.

October 29th: Kelley Trace:

Ey! It's Kelley! My first ever character in the Interdimensional series! She's a double agent, a healer, a die-hard survivor, used-to-be assassin; blunt, sarcastic, humorous, can be mischievious, but also has a caring and empathetic heart. There's far too much to tell about Kelley, but she's a blast for me to write regardless!

October 31st: Helevisse Arinimavel:

Of all my characters, she could be the best definition of a "don't judge a book by its cover". At first glance, she's a cute little wood elf girl with pigtailed pink hair, floral patterned dresses, and a magic staff with a cute flower shaped gem. Upon further inspection, you notice she's a master of poison, banned types of magic, and is the type to enjoy some popcorn while watching the world burn; is also among a class of 20 "villains" in training, being one of the two that even the higher-ups noticed the chaotic nature of. She heard of Halloween from her Tirian classmate Ellenie and loves the fact that her birthday is on a holiday where people scare eachother.

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So, if you read them all, thank you! I hope you enjoyed this all! Let me know if any of the characters sound particularly interesting or if you'd like to hear more about any of them! And yes. I have A LOT of characters and only one of them in this post will be a POV character in book 1, two others in following books. But yeah. They all have a role. :)

Tagging: @dearunreliablenarrator @seastarblue @daishitheprofessionalfool @avalordream @heycerulean @author-a-holmes @writeblrfantasy @the-ellia-west @azz-writes @the-letterbox-archives @thecomfywriter @leahnardo-da-veggie @imsoveryveryconfusedatlife @illarian-rambling @paeliae-occasionally @charbroiledchicken @ and everyone else! I hope you all enjoyed this!

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Classic 20th Century Japanese Writers I Recommend

Over the past three years, little by little, I have begun to explore the beauty of Japanese literature. I had some reluctance at first due to the fact that the first Japanese I read was Haruki Murakami (no offense to his fans, but his writing style doesn't appeal to me). Even if you try not to be prejudiced, sometimes the brain works against you. I've taken a much further step back since then and decided to get my hands on some classics. I always liked the classics better. An apparently wise decision on my part, as I found some exceptional literary gems. I'm still at the beginning of exploration and it's a slow process (quality translations are few and far between in my country; luckily more and more classical Japanese authors are coming in lately, which brings me nothing but joy), but this is a short list of 20th century Japanese literature that I recommend.

1. Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892 - 1927) // Hell Screen (1918) // Spinning Gears (1927)

One of the greatest Japanese authors in history, Akutagawa is known as the "father of Japanese short stories". In my opinion, he fully deserves his title. His short stories are something unique in world literature, developing a wide variety of themes. He explores in his writings both old and new Japan, but maintaining a precious, enchanted air. Its style is easy to understand, but retains a certain poetry. Akutagawa instills in his characters an air of mystery and, in a certain way, grotesque, as if he could sense the dark side of man.

  "Hell Screen" is inspired by a 13th-century volume of stories about the painter Yoshihide, commissioned to paint a screen depicting the Buddhist Hell scene. The theme of the artist's obsession with creation is a recurring theme in world literature, and Akutagawa brings it back in a new light. ”Spinning Gears” on the other hand takes place in the modern era and has a certain autobiographical feel to it. The protagonist narrates a series of events that he goes through, but these are often interrupted by his own thoughts and even hallucinations. The line between reality and fiction is finely demarcated, and the fall from one side to the other is sometimes imperceptible.

2. Yasunari Kawabata (1899 – 1972) // Thousand Cranes (1952) // Beauty and Sadness (1964)

  The first Japanese to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Kawabata is an important writer both nationally and internationally. Many of his writings have spread throughout the world. His protagonists are usually respected men, but tormented by a hidden, obsessive side that they try to curb. His style is delicate but concise, being generally devoid of unnecessary literary flourishes. Kawabata's construction is subtle and carefully contoured, knowing when to alternate shots.

  "Thousand Cranes" is a short novel about a young unmarried man who has an affair with a woman older than him. Despite the age difference, the young man begins to develop an obsession with the woman, an erotic and even scary fascination in places. It is a story about passion that transforms reason, that brings horrible chimeras out of the human soul. "Beauty and Sadness" revolves around a former affair between a respected writer and a painter. The nostalgic notes of the past merge with the monotony of the present. While the central female figure is resigned and accepts her fate with simple coldness, the male figure seems to degrade at the first push and to live in a slight reverie, throwing himself into the nets of a past that only he idealizes.

3. Osamu Dazai (1909 – 1948) // The Setting Sun (1947) // No Longer Human (1948)

  A tragic genius par excellence, Osamu Dazai was obsessed his whole life with the idea of non-being. He had a latent fear of the idea of living among humans. His style is the most similar to that of Western writers among the Japanese authors I have come across so far. Like French decadents, he led a miserable life marked by alcohol, sex and suicidal tendencies. What makes him unique in literature is the way he manages to capitalize on the anguish, anxiety, fear of the human being that he suffers from and expose it in a poetic way in his writings.

  "The Setting Sun" centers on a woman in her early 30s who lives with her opium-addicted brother and her widowed and ailing mother. The snake appears as an obsessive idea, a protector and a harbinger of death at the same time. The woman seems to have a corrupted soul since childhood, a tendency towards alienation, towards misfortune, towards darkness. The fear of loneliness is combined here with the fear of closeness. "No Longer Human" is a prose memoir with many autobiographical elements. The protagonist is presented through all three stages of his life, from childhood to adolescence to adulthood. The young cartoonist is terrified of the darkness within him, which turns him into an inhuman being. Despite his desperate attempts, he finds it impossible to be honest and connect with people. His life is haunted by the tragedy of a lonely soul, scared of his own self, terrified that the world will find out about the monster that lies within him.

4. Yukio Mishima (1925 – 1970) // Confessions of a Mask (1949) // After the Banquet (1960)

Every country has that historical character that seems to be taken out of legends, but which was as true as it can be. Yukio Mishima is that character of Japan who is not talked about enough outside the borders. He had a tumultuous life, involved in art and politics alike. He wrote literature, essays, plays. His vocabulary is rich, lyrical, powerful. The images he conjures are terrifying, but clothed in poetry. He was not afraid to express the ideas he believed in, his political views, his observations on society, but he never forgot to express his art in a unique and sublime way. His voice is a universal voice, the meditations are of the whole world, and the freshness of the spirit is eternal. Mishima had a hidden talent for entering the darkness of the human soul and bringing out from there everything that could be both terrible and beautiful.

  "Confessions of a Mask" is one of his most famous works. The young protagonist recalls his childhood and adolescence, exploring his homoerotic inclinations and the passion he develops for characters in agony. The images suggested in this prose are jarring, dramatic and aesthetic. Everything from the construction to the wording to the image is beautiful. "After the Banquet" has as its central character a woman in early old age. This is a charismatic character, slightly rude, but charming. Mishima balances the woman's free spirit with her fear of dying and disappearing without anyone to honor her memory, while a political battle rages in the background.

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Hawks Fest

Evening

Hawks Fest! Thank you very much!

Today in Fukuoka, at Mizuho PayPay Dome,🐣

Really, thank you very much, I'm really really honored to have had this opportunity I'm really happy…..

At the start, Ikuta Erina, whose from Fukuoka, did the ceremonial pitch,

Everyone watched over her~⚾️✨

Didn't I just notice that there!? with her hand wavering, I watched while feeling nervous as well⚾️✨

Also the opening dance acrobatics They were really cool!

On the grass in the circular stadium, what and how to be conscious of, lets make a wonderful formation like this, right! I was interested in that perspective as well 🫣Even if we stand on the baseball field in a line, it should be more difficult than our normal🫣

Like the view from the 2nd row diagonally.. It was really beautiful..

It was cool!

Thank you for your time after the game,

For Morning Musume '24, We performed 4 songs, LOVE Machine SaiKIYOU Renai Revolution 21 The☆Peace!🌻

The time was over in the blink of an eye, Those who had been looking forward to it this time, Those who waited after the match for it, Thank you very much, for spending time with us!

Dancing on the grass..

When I'm on my knees, it feels kinda? Nostalgic?😂

It maybe feels like when I did Rakuten Cheer.. I don't think that I kneeled all that much but for some reason..

Thank you very much, on top of this precious grass!

Since there is a photo captured of me solo🫶🏻

I'm happy there was a ton of light🫶🏻

Last week,

Hellocon Hokkaido, and the next day MM at Pia Arena

This week,

Hellocon Miyagi, and the next day at Mizuho PayPay Dome

Its amazing every weekend its really amazing every weekend💎 I'll also have to do my best next weekend too~~💎

Receiving your support in various places,

Suddenly just now,

I've though that, we haven't really had a space, where I can convey my thanks.. Evvennn though I have made my graduation announcement🫣← I am filled with gratitude every day, and since it'll be our single release soon! And the events have already been decided! The desire to express my thanks has grown even more, I wonder if I can say it well~~

Therefore although I'm putting it in writing, I wonder if its conveyed~~

…This is that, right, Listening to, Nandaka Sentimental na Toki no Uta

🫣🫣lol

Its a bit like, Since this song has a darker atmosphere, Its a bit different to now though😂😂

Thank you very much for this every day💎

Thank you for your hard work today as well

Lets do our best this week again~~~🌻

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Its Ishida Ayumi's last tour💙 I'm looking forward to seeing you

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Yesterday! I wrote that I wanted photos to be sent to me, Ruru-chan and Yagishio sent them! Happy

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OATH OF THE HEART- A Magical Girl Paladin Subclass for D&D 5e

There are many ways someone develops the Oath of the Heart. Perhaps they come across a being that can bestow the power on these noble warriors that aren't quite as strong as those who bestow warlock pacts. Perhaps they come across a sacred magical artifact that bestows them the gift of a noble warrior. Perhaps they even discover the power within themselves in their true and noble heart. Whatever the reason may be, these magical warriors keep justice in their heart and fight for the safety of all that is innocent. Check out the subclass on D&D Beyond here, or the Google Doc here! Check for all the features underneath the cut!

(This subclass has not been tested. Feel free to leave comments or suggestions. :D)

Additional Spells

You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the Oath of the Heart Spells table. See the Sacred Oath class feature for how oath spells work. Oath of the Heart Spells:

3rd: faerie fire, color spray 5th: calm emotions, suggestion 9th: hypnotic pattern, beacon of hope 13th: compulsion, hallucinatory terrain 17th: awaken, dream

Channel Divinity

When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following two Channel Divinity options. See the Sacred Oath class feature for how Channel Divinity works.

Magical Transformation: Taking a round to transform into a magical form, you gain 4 temporary hit points for each level you have in this class. An enemy can attack you while you transform but they have to make a WIS save to hit you. If they do, your transformation is interrupted. You have a 50/50 chance of expending your channel divinity if your transformation is interrupted, roll a d20. If it's 10 or below, your channel divinity is expended, if it's 11 or above, you can use channel divinity again on another turn.

Charming Aura: Because of your connections and duties to love you appear charming to the enemy. When you channel this divinity, you can attempt to charm enemies, up to half of your proficiency bonus (rounded down, minimum of 1), forcing them to make a WIS save. Failing this save causes the creature to be charmed for 1 minute or until they are attacked. The charmed creatures can attempt to break the charm with a WIS save, against your Spell Save at the end of each of their turns.

Imbued Magical Strikes

At 7th level, you can use 10 of your lay on hands hit pool to imbue your weapon and make it magical, turning it into a +1 magical weapon. The weapon returns back to normal the next morning.

At higher levels: At level 12, you can make your weapon a +2 magical weapon, and at level 18, you can make it a +3 magical weapon.

The Power of Friendship

When you are 5 feet of an ally and they are about to roll damage, you can use your reaction to amplify their damage, as if they had rolled a critical hit on their attack. You can use this feat up to half your proficiency times (rounded down) per long rest.

Magical Force of Nature

At 20th level, you are a magical force to be reckoned with and you now have the following benefits.

You are completely immune to being charmed and magic can’t put you to sleep if it could before.

You are resistant to non-magical bludgeoning, piercing or slashing damage if you weren’t before.

If you are within 5 feet of a creature, and you or an ally casts a spell that involves charming, the target rolls at disadvantage.

You have one use of a Wish Spell. Use it wisely. 

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Reviewing the All Elite Wrestling personnel 2023 Edition (Part 1) -

General statistics (taken from https://www.allelitewrestling.com/aew-roster as of 01/10/23) -

For this first part I decided to take everyone’s overall record and calculate with a little adjustments as outlined below:

+2 points for a win -1 point for a loss +1 point for every 3 matches (leftovers will be 0.3 or 0.6) 0 for draws Tiebreakers will be decided if possible (former champions, number of matches, being on the 1st year list, and such) Non-AEW Accomplishments not regarded (this includes ROH Titles) Some Faction definitions are refined by personal choice Career Records only

This doesn’t factor in jobbers or people off this list and have no wins let alone official records. This also doesn’t take into account promo skills or how long they’ve been in the company. I’ve tiered it in terms of every ‘tens’ such as those with a score of 20-29.6 or 30-39.6 to illustrate a sort of 'group’ these wrestlers sit in. It’s clearly not perfect but it does highlight how higher positives scores should fair against lower positive scores when matched up, especially champions. Don’t take it too seriously of course - it’s something I like to dabble in for the sake of my own curiousity and amusement. There is some truth to it though. Just think of it as a ballpark reason to how AEW is promoting certain people and trying to instill credibility into their tenure. Onwards!

Name | Faction (— if none) | Record | Matches | Accomplishments (if any) | SCORE | RANK (2020/2021/2022/2023)

=====2023 Version===

Jon Moxley | BCC | 122-22-1 | 145 | Former 3x AEW World Champion, Former AEW International Champion | 270.3 | 4th/2nd/1st/1st SAME Orange Cassidy | Best Friends | 123-32-2 | 157 | Former AEW International Champion | 266.3 | 36th/16th/7th/2nd UP Max Caster | The Acclaimed | 103-36 | 139 | Reigning AEW World Trios Champion, Former AEW World Tag Team Champion | 216.3 | —/31st/11th/3rd UP Darby Allin | --- | 101-36-1 | 138 | Former 2x AEW TNT Champion | 212 | 29th/10th/13th/4th UP Jack Perry | --- | 97-47-1 | 145 | Former FTW Champion | 195.3 | 21st/1st/3rd/5th DOWN Nyla Rose | --- | 96-46 | 142 | Former AEW Women's World Champion | 193.3 | 15th/13th/2nd/6th DOWN Hikaru Shida | --- | 88-22 | 110 | Former 2x AEW Women's World Champion | 190.6 | 5th/8th/8th/7th UP Rey Fenix | Death Triangle | 89-46 | 135 | Reigning AEW International Champion, Former AEW World Tag Team Champion, Former AEW World Trios Champion | 177 | 12th/3rd/18th/8th UP Evil Uno | Dark Order | 87-40 | 127 | --- | 176.3 | 23rd/15th/10th/9th UP Penta El Zero M | Death Triangle | 90-52 | 142 | Former AEW World Tag Team Champion, Former AEW World Trios Champion | 175.3 | 25th/7th/9th/10th DOWN

Powerhouse Hobbs | --- | 83-28 | 111 | Former AEW TNT Champion | 175 | 68th/43rd/30th/11th UP Anthony Bowens | The Acclaimed | 83-33 | 116 | Reigning AEW World Trios Champion, Former AEW World Tag Team Champion | 171.6 | —/52nd/38th/12th UP Colten Gunn | Bullet Club Gold | 77-14 | 91 | Former AEW World Tag Team Champion | 170.3 | —/37th/17th/13th UP John Silver | Dark Order | 85-42 | 127 | --- | 170.3 | 70th/64th/19th/14th UP Wardlow | --- | 76-12 | 88 | Former 3x AEW TNT Champion | 169.3 | 54th/53rd/15th/15th SAME Preston Vance | La Faccion Ingobernable | 81-34 | 115 | --- | 166.3 | 63rd/23rd/4th/16th DOWN Austin Gunn | Bullet Club Gold | 74-16 | 90 | Former AEW World Tag Team Champion | 162 | 42nd/35th/21st/17th UP Luchasaurus | --- | 77-31 | 108 | Former AEW TNT Champion, Former AEW World Tag Team Champion | 159 | 13th/6th/6th/18th DOWN Dante Martin | Top Flight | 81-45 | 126 | --- | 159 | —/61st/25th/19th UP Ricky Starks | --- | 74-24 | 98 | Owen Hart Cup Winner, Former FTW Champion | 156.6 | 45th/30th/28th/20th UP

Matt Jackson | The Elite | 78-38 | 116 | Former 2x AEW World Tag Team Champion, Former 2x AEW World Trios Champion | 156.6 | 9th/12th/20th/21st DOWN Nick Jackson | The Elite | 78-38 | 116 | Former 2x AEW World Tag Team Champion, Former 2x AEW World Trios Champion | 156.6 | 9th/14th/22nd/21st UP Chuck Taylor | Best Friends | 77-47 | 124 | --- | 148.3 | 8th/19th/26th/23rd UP Tay Melo | --- | 67-15 | 82 | --- | 146.3 | 64th/22nd/16th/24th DOWN Adam Page | The Elite | 70-27-1 | 98 | Former AEW World Champion, Former AEW World Tag Team Champion | 145.6 | 7th/17th/23rd/25th DOWN Alex Reynolds | Dark Order | 77-51 | 128 | --- | 145.6 | 70th/67th/32nd/26th UP Kenny Omega | The Elite | 69-26-1 | 96 | Former AEW World Champion, Former AEW World Tag Team Champion, Former 2x AEW World Trios Champion | 144 | 1st/5th/24th/27th DOWN Kris Statlander | Best Friends | 67-20 | 87 | Reigning AEW TBS Champion | 143 | 54th/45th/31st/28th UP Billy Gunn | The Acclaimed | 64-15 | 79 | Reigning AEW World Trios Champion | 139.3 | —/—/29th/29th SAME Scorpio Sky | --- | 64-19 | 83 | Former 2x AEW TNT Champion, Former AEW World Tag Team Champion | 136.6 | 3rd/9th/14th/30th DOWN

Thunder Rosa | --- | 61-10 | 71 | Former AEW Women's World Champion | 135.6 | —/27th/12th/31st DOWN Lance Archer | --- | 62-15 | 77 | --- | 134.6 | 24th/20th/27th/32nd DOWN Sammy Guevara | Don Callis Family | 70-45 | 115 | Former 3x AEW TNT Champion | 133.3 | 30th/57th/39th/33rd UP Cash Wheeler | FTR | 62-20-1 | 83 | Reigning 2x AEW World Tag Team Champion | 131.6 | 40th/41st/34th/34th SAME Dax Harwood | FTR | 64-28-1 | 93 | Reigning 2x AEW World Tag Team Champion | 131 | 40th/44th/35th/35th SAME Eddie Kingston | --- | 63-25 | 88 | --- | 130.3 | 64th/38th/43rd/36th UP Chris Jericho | --- | 64-32-1 | 97 | Former AEW World Champion | 128.3 | 14th/25th/36th/37th DOWN Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. | --- | 66-39 | 105 | Former AEW Women's World Champion, Owen Hart Cup Winner | 128 | 32nd/32nd/41st/38th UP Trent Beretta | Best Friends | 69-52-1 | 122 | --- | 126.6 | 6th/40th/44th/39th UP Stu Grayson | --- | 60-23 | 83 | --- | 124.6 | 20th/11th/--/40th DOWN

Brian Cage | Mogul Embassy | 61-27 | 88 | Former FTW Champion | 124.3 | 45th/21st/48th/41st UP Ruby Soho | The Outcasts | 58-18 | 76 | --- | 123.3 | —/100th/49th/42nd UP Matt Hardy | --- | 61-34 | 95 | --- | 119.6 | 54th/55th/53rd/43rd UP Ortiz | ---| 59-35 | 94 | --- | 114.3 | 27th/50th/42nd/44th DOWN Red Velvet | --- | 56-25 | 81 | --- | 114 | —/36th/33rd/45th DOWN Isiah Kassidy | --- | 67-65 | 132 | --- | 113 | 51st/49th/51st/46th UP Pac | Death Triangle | 53-25-2 | 80 | Former AEW International Champion, Former AEW World Trios Champion | 107.6 | 45th/51st/47th/47th SAME The Blade | BBB | 61-54 | 115 | --- | 106.3 | 18th/24th/37th/48th DOWN Anna Jay | --- | 54-30 | 84 | --- | 106 | 61st/80th/40th/49th DOWN Bryan Danielson | BCC | 48-12-2 | 62 | --- | 104.6 | —/103rd/66th/50th UP

MJF | --- | 48-14-1 | 63 | Reigning AEW World Champion, 4x Dynamite Diamond Ring Winner | 103 | 22nd/42nd/64th/51st UP Toni Storm | --- | 47-15 | 62 | Former 2x AEW Women's World Champion | 99.6 | —/—/87th/52nd UP Shawn Spears | --- | 48-24 | 72 | --- | 96 | 16th/29th/45th/53rd DOWN The Butcher | BBB | 54-45 | 99 | --- | 96 | 18th/34th/46th/54th DOWN QT Marshall | QTV | 57-58 | 115 | --- | 94.3 | 34th/26th/59th/55th UP Abadon | --- | 41-3 | 44 | --- | 93.6 | 57th/63rd/54th/56th DOWN Emi Sakura | --- | 54-52 | 106 | --- | 91.3 | —/83rd/73rd/57th UP Matt Sydal | --- | 49-35 | 84 | --- | 91 | —/60th/56th/58th DOWN Wheeler Yuta | BCC | 49-36 | 85 | --- | 90.3 | —/—/71st/59th UP Marq Quen | --- | 53-52 | 105 | --- | 89 | 53rd/46th/55th/60th DOWN

Ethan Page | --- | 46-28 | 74 | --- | 88.6 | —/65th/68th/61st UP Hook | --- | 38-1 | 39 | Reigning 2x FTW Champion | 88 | —/—/88th/62nd UP Diamante | --- | 48-37 | 85 | AEW Women's Tag Team Cup Winner | 87.3 | —/—/—/63rd NEW Mike Santana | --- | 44-26 | 70 | --- | 85.3 | 27th/47th/52nd/64th DOWN Claudio Castagnoli | BCC | 40-13 | 53 | --- | 84.6 | —/—/107th/65th UP Serena Deeb | --- | 39-10 | 49 | --- | 84.3 | 72nd/78th/61st/66th DOWN Riho | --- | 40-15 | 55 | Former AEW Women's World Champion | 83.3 | 35th/70th/64th/67th DOWN Dustin Rhodes | --- | 40-17 | 57 | --- | 82 | 17th/39th/67th/68th DOWN Penelope Ford | --- | 41-21 | 62 | --- | 81.6 | 39th/48th/63rd/69th DOWN Julia Hart | House of Black | 38-13 | 51 | --- | 80 | —/—/—/70th NEW

Athena | --- | 35-7 | 42 | --- | 77 | —/—/106th/71st UP Marina Shafir | --- | 39-21 | 60 | --- | 77 | —/—/—/72nd NEW Colt Cabana | --- | 41-28 | 69 | --- | 77 | 36th/28th/57th/73rd DOWN Daniel Garcia | --- | 43-38 | 81 | --- | 75 | —/—/77th/74th UP Leyla Hirsch | --- | 36-14 | 50 | --- | 74.6 | —/66th/60th/75th DOWN Malakai Black | House of Black | 34-8 | 42 | Former AEW World Trios Champion | 74 | —/88th/86th/76th UP Adam Cole | --- | 34-9-1 | 44 | Owen Hart Cup Winner | 73.6 | —/91st/70th/77th DOWN Griff Garrison | --- | 42-37 | 79 | --- | 73.3 | —/59th/62nd/78th DOWN Tony Nese | Varsity Athletes | 37-22 | 59 | --- | 71.6 | —/—/74th/79th DOWN Kip Sabian | --- | 39-30 | 69 | --- | 71 | 26th/68th/85th/80th UP

The Bunny | BBB | 36-21 | 57 | --- | 70 | 32nd/69th/69th/81st DOWN Jay Lethal | --- | 36-23 | 59 | --- | 68.6 | —/—/83rd/82nd UP Swerve Stickland | Mogul Embassy | 33-17 | 50 | Former AEW World Tag Team Champion | 65.6 | —/—/89th/83rd UP Angelo Parker | --- | 35-24 | 59 | --- | 65.6 | —/86th/76th/84th DOWN Keith Lee | --- | 30-8 | 38 | Former AEW World Tag Team Champion | 64.6 | —/—/84th/85th DOWN Brody King | House of Black | 30-10 | 40 | Former AEW World Trios Champion | 63.3 | —/—/98th/86th UP Miro | --- | 28-4 | 32 | Former AEW TNT Champion | 62.6 | 68th/62nd/75th/87th DOWN Konosuke Takeshita | Don Callis Family | 30-13 | 43 | --- | 14.3 | 61.3 | —/—/—/88th NEW Matt Menard | --- | 34-28 | 62 | --- | 60.6 | —/86th/81st/89th DOWN Christopher Daniels | --- | 35-32 | 67 | --- | 60.3 | 44th/56th/71st/90th DOWN

Willow Nightingale | --- | 32-27 | 59 | Owen Hart Cup Winner | 56.6 | —/—/—/91st NEW Skye Blue | --- | 41-59 | 100 | --- | 56.3 | —/—/—/92nd NEW Angelico | SAP | 38-53 | 91 | --- | 53.3 | 59th/71st/78th/93rd DOWN Jamie Hayter | --- | 28-21 | 49 | Former AEW Women's World Champion | 51.3 | —/102nd/101st/94th UP Samoa Joe | --- | 23-7 | 30 | Former 2x AEW TNT Champion | 49 | —/—/109th/95th UP Anthony Ogogo | --- | 21-1 | 22 | --- | 48.3 | —/93rd/82nd/96th DOWN Sting | --- | 20-0 | 20 | --- | 46.6 | —/89th/99th/97th UP Lee Moriarty | --- | 28-28 | 56 | --- | 46.6 | —/—/97th/98th DOWN Buddy Matthews | House of Black | 21-9 | 30 | Former AEW World Trios Champion | 43 | —/—/102nd/99th UP Darius Martin | Top Flight | 25-24 | 49 | --- | 42.3 | —/90th/100th/100th SAME

Lee Johnson | --- | 33-53 | 86 | --- | 41.6 | —/82nd/90th/101st DOWN Andrade El Idolo | La Faccion Ingobernable | 20-11 | 31 | --- | 39.3 | —/96th/93rd/102nd DOWN Jake Hager | --- | 24-25 | 49 | --- | 39.3 | 52nd/74th/91st/103rd DOWN Josh Woods | Varsity Athletes | 20-13 | 33 | --- | 38 | —/—/—/104th NEW Juice Robinson | Bullet Club Gold | 18-7 | 25 | --- | 37.3 |—/—/—/105th NEW Mercedes Martinez | --- | 17-7 | 24 | --- | 35 | —/—/94th/106th DOWN Brock Anderson | --- | 19-15 | 34 | --- | 34.3 | —/—/94th/107th DOWN Christian Cage | --- | 18-12 | 30 | Reigning AEW TNT Champion | 34 | —/81st/92nd/108th DOWN Jay White | Bullet Club Gold | 15-3 | 18 | --- | 33 | —/—/—/109th NEW Kiera Hogan | --- | 19-17 | 36 | --- | 33 | —/—/—/110th NEW

Satnam Singh | --- | 14-4 | 18 | --- | 30 | —/—/113th/111th UP Yuka Sakazaki | --- | 14-7 | 21 | --- | 28 | 75th/85th/103rd/112th DOWN Jeff Hardy | --- | 14-9 | 23 | --- | 26.6 | —/—/105th/113th DOWN Mr. Brodie Lee | Dark Order | 11-3 | 14 | Former AEW TNT Champion | 23.6 31st/{Deceased} N/A/{Deceased} N/A/{Deceased} N/A Kyle Fletcher | --- | 13-10 | 23 | --- | 23.6 | —/—/—/115th NEW Nick Comoroto | --- | 25-52 | 77 | --- | 23.6 | —/76th/96th/116th DOWN Rush | La Faccion Ingobernable | 13-12 | 25 | --- | 22.3 | —/—/—/117th NEW Parker Boudreaux | Mogul Embassy | 10-2 | 12 | --- | 22 | —/—/108th/118th DOWN Jeff Jarrett | 13-14 | 27 | --- | 21 | —/—/—/119th NEW Danhausen | Best Friends | 11-8 | 19 | --- | 20.3 | —/—/112th/120th DOWN

Taya Valkyrie | --- | 11-8 | 19 | --- | 20.3 | —/—/—/121st NEW Ari Daivari | Varsity Athletes | 16-26 | 42 | --- | 20 | —/—/—/122nd NEW Big Bill | --- | 13-16 | 29 | --- | 19.6 | —/—/—/123rd NEW Saraya | The Outcasts | 9-3 | 12 | Reigning AEW Women's World Champion | 19 | —/—/120th/124th DOWN Mark Briscoe | --- | 8-0 | 8 | --- | 18.6 | —/—/—/125th NEW Kyle O'Reilly | --- | 9-4 | 13 | --- | 18.3 | —/—/104th/126th DOWN Mark Davis | --- | 9-7 | 16 | --- | 16.3 | —/—/—/127th NEW Zack Clayton | --- | 12-21 | 33 | --- | 14 | —/—/—/128th NEW Matt Taven | --- | 6-3 | 9 | --- | 12 | —/—/—/129th NEW Leila Grey | --- | 11-21 | 32 | --- | 11.6 | —/—/—/130th NEW

Action Andretti | --- | 10-18 | 28 | --- | 11.3 | —/—/—/131st NEW Roderick Strong | --- | 5-2 | 7 | --- | 10.3 | —/—/—/132nd NEW Mike Bennett | --- | 5-3 | 8 | --- | 9.6 | —/—/—/133rd NEW Paul Wight | --- | 4-0 | 4 | --- | 9.3 | —/96th/111th/134th DOWN Nick Wayne | --- | 4-3 | 7 | --- | 7.3 | —/—/—/135th NEW AR Fox | --- | 8-17 | 25 | --- | 7.3 | —/—/—/136th NEW Johnny TV | QTV | 4-4 | 8 | --- | 6.6 | —/—/—/137th NEW Aaron Solo | QTV | 25-81 | 106 | --- | 4.3 | —/92nd/116th/138th DOWN Harley Cameron | QTV | 2-1 | 3 | --- | 4 | —/—/—/139th NEW Bandido | --- | 4-8 | 12 | --- | 4 | —/—/—/140th NEW

Michael Nakazawa | The Elite | 7-19 | 26 | --- | 3.6 | 73rd/101st/115th/141st DOWN Paige Vanzant | --- | 1-0 | 1 | --- | 2.3 | —/—/117th/142nd DOWN Shawn Dean | --- | 15-51 | 66 | --- | 1 | —/107th/119th/143rd DOWN Brandon Cutler | The Elite | 14-49-2 | 65 | --- | 0.6 | 78th/104th/127th/144th DOWN Madison Rayne | --- | 4-14 | 18 | --- | 0 | —/—/117th/145th DOWN Mr. Brodie Lee Jr. | Dark Order | 0-0 | 0 | --- | 0 | —/—/120th/146th DOWN Jose the Assistant | La Faccion Ingobernable | 0-0 | 0 | --- | 0 | —/—/—/146th NEW Prince Nana | Mogul Embassy | 0-0 | 0 | --- | 0 | —/—/—/146th NEW Stokely Hathaway | --- | 0-2 | 2 | --- | -1.3 | —/—/120th/149th DOWN Sonjay Dutt | --- | 0-2 | 2 | --- | -1.3 | —/—/120th/149th DOWN

Mark Sterling | --- | 0-3 | 3 | --- | -2 | —/—/126th/151st DOWN Rebel | --- | 1-10 | 11 | --- | -4.3 | —/105th/128th/152nd DOWN Komander | --- | 1-10 | 11 | --- | -4.3 | —/—/—/153rd NEW Luther | SAP | 13-63 | 76 | --- | -11.6 | 58th/95th/129th/154th DOWN Peter Avalon | --- | 14-72-2 | 88 | --- | -14.6 | 79th/106th/131st/155th DOWN Serpentico | SAP | 14-125 | 139 | --- | -50.6 | —/—/132nd/156th DOWN

[hyperpotamianarch]

Well, first of all, thank you! Your reblog is exactly the kind of things I've hoped for when writing my post. You might be interested in my second reblog of this post, , where I shared my own opinion - my headcanon is that Moses' dæmon would've been a donkey, due to a surprising amount of mentions of donkeys in the Torah (seriously) and thanks to a weird maybe-meaningful wordplay with the Hebrew name for a donkey.

Our Midrash sample is great, and I can't wait to hear your more elaborate thoughts! Buuuut... I have some slight nitpicks. Sorry! It's specifically about the Midrash sample.

You... chose a bunch of anachronistic names. Except for Rabbi Akiva and maybe Rabbi Hillel, they seem out of place in a quasi-Midrashic text. Rambam was a 12th-13th century Jewish Rabbi, which places him long after most Midrashic texts were already written. Plus, he mostly dealt with Halacha. Rabbi Hillel was probably meant to be Hillel the Elder, who (fun fact!) was never called rabbi because his name us an even more honourable title. But it's fine, because there is a Rabbi Hillel from approximately the right period - known mostly for saying the people of Israel already got their Messiah in King Hezekiah. Rabbi Ben Yehuda sounds like a reference to Eliezer Ben Yehuda, who was... a 20th century linguist... so yeah, it's anachronistic. Plus, the Sages studied tge Torah in Hebrew, for the most part, so they aren't prone to reason things in mistranslations.

Your reasoning, however, is great! So, perhaps, if we want to leave that be, we can say that Moses dæmon was never said to have a specific form in the Bible! I mean, if the Sages debated what sort of tree the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil was, they can debate what was Moses' dæmon's settled form.

Sorry for being pedantic regarding the names, I realize it was just an example and not meant to be taken too literally, but I guess it's a pet peeve. I'm a Yekke - a Jew of German descent - and thus, overly obsessed with being percise.

Regarding your questions of a more halachic nature, I personally think a dæmon will be considered just as Jewish as their human, and thus will still not be allowed to light fire or carry things during Shabbat. Maybe there should be a discussion, though, on how they should practice their judaism. Your question actually made me think of Techum Shabbat, a topic less discussed nowadays regarding the distance from a city a given Jew us allowed to walk during Shabbat, which is about a Kilometer outside the city - 2000 Cubits (excuse my non-American language, I don't know miles). Parts of the laws regarding that are about where a person is when the sun sets on Shabbat's eve, and where they intend to be for the duration of the Shabbat. So, if their dæmon is inside the Techum but they're outside, is that enough? How about the other way around? Those sound like Rabbi Jeremiah questions from the Talmud, exploring the weirdest possibilities...

Re: the Talmud tractate: I actually created the tag Masechet Er'elim for this idea! So yeah. I will say, though, that a lot of discussions will go into other tractates, as they usyally do. For example, the topics we discussed - about dæmons and Shabbat - will be in the Shabbat tractate of the Talmud.

Eagerly awaiting your longer answer!

All right. So, first: if you are either Jewish, like His Dark Materials, or both, please reblog. If you aren't any of those but know someone who is - please share it with them. I want to get as many thoughts on this as possible.

In essence, I just want to ask two simple questions. I have the beginnings of answers for myself, but Judaism is nothing if not full of discourse and many opinions on one topic. So, again: reblog. Share your thoughts and opinions. Hopefully, it will give us a wide variety of possibilities and answers.

The two questions are: where are Jews in Lyra's world? And what are the theological and Halachic concequences of having dæmons?

I intend to share my opinions in two separate reblogs, but please share your thoughts even if you don't see mine. The short version is that I looked about events in Jewish history around John Calvin's time for the first question (pope John Calvin being the major alternation of history in HDM). As for the second question - I have some thoughts relating to the Chabad thought stream. Elaborations, again, going in reblogs.

Thank you in advance!

(PS, question number 1 was handled once by the sadly deactivvated user the Tea Detective, though their full post disappeared. Link to a reblogging of the first half: here. Note, another reblog mentions other religions - feel free to discuss them, I'm focusing on Judaism because I'm Jewish. Another post asking this question was posted here, so have fun with it. Meanwhile, this post is about dæmons and religions in general and lightly touches Judaism.)

[1eos]

someone said they thought i liked hongbin.... even just a little.....

[olliya]

Announcement

First things first - the art is obviously by the most lovely @yomi-gaeru​ (in case someone didn’t recognize the style, lol...) Thank you @yomi-gaeru​ for creating such a masterpiece to promote this very important endeavor of mine!

And secondly:

The time for the big reveal has come! My next project  - a collection of MadaSaku prompts will start publishing soon - on January 1st! And, more importantly, this project hasn’t just arose out of my desire to create - this one has a reason and a purpose. This fic collection is a gift and is dedicated to @victoriacapo. @victoriacapo​ - to make the coldest and darkest month a bit brighter, there will be one new story for every day of January :)))

There are going to be feels and fluff and angst and smut and comedy and family vibes... Oneshots, two-shots and even one three-shot. There will be omakes to existing fics, lots of different Canon Deviations, many Warring Clans Era AUs; heck I even managed some Modern!AUs and a fairytale retelling! The quality of world-building is rougher than my usual standards, and most probably the whole thing will be less polished than I would like it to be, but still, I hope you will enjoy the ride. Think about it as of a box of chocolates - you’ll never know what you will get! ;)

But! I was thinking about it, and I thought that if I published the prompt list earlier, maybe someone would like to contribute as well? Just a loose, non-binding suggestion... If you like the prompts and by chance feel inspired for some MadaSaku please do feel invited to join!

And let’s be frank here - I’m publishing now because I just cannot sit on that secret any longer!

List of the prompts is above and below as text. Btw, @victoriacapo​ maybe you recognize some of them? ;)

Prompts:

January 1st - Eye Contact January 2nd - Greeting January 3rd - Cleaning January 4th - Smoke, Fog, and Haze January 5th - Fear January 6th - Closed Doors January 7th - Shadow January 8th - The Sound of Silence January 9th - Mirror, Mirror January 10th - Dirty January 11th - The Stars January 12th - Holding Hands January 13th - Darkness January 14th - Spice January 15th - Name January 16th - Missing You January 17th - Ode to Strangers January 18th - Carnival January 19th - Country Mouse January 20th - Frozen January 21st - Footsteps on the Moon January 22nd - Obituaries January 23rd - Rocks and Gems January 24th - Smoke and Fire January 25th - Cure January 26th - A Far Away Place January 27th - Outcast January 28th - Imperfection January 29th - Long Distance Love January 30th - Distractions January 31st - Weakness

Many people contributed already to this project through brainstorming, supplementing me with ideas (ideas truly are my Achilles heel!!!) and cheering on me - thank you all, and you will be given credit in respective stories.

Huge, enormous THANK YOU goes already to @yomi-gaeru​ who created that amazing, mind blowing art!!! It reflects ALL that this project is supposed to be about and each time I look at Madara and Sakura opening the door I’m simply overwhelmed by emotions. Thank you yomi, I most honestly think that without you I wouldn’t have managed.

So, stay tuned for January 1st and join me if you want!

[lodessa]

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When your not quite fannish friend comes to you for answers to important questions.

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#3

When you are going through your WIP files and you find this:

Honestly, that is a good summary of the full 16 year experience of being a Veronica Mars fan.

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For the character ask: Brienne

How I feel about this character

I love her so much, both as a person and a character. Like there are a lot of characters out there that are good people but not that interesting of characters and a lot of really compelling exciting characters that are not good people, but Brienne is both.  I love her mixture of deserved confidence and insecurity.  I love her.  The other day I was going over some Audre Lorde poetry, specifically “A Litany for Survival” and  I feel like that idea of “we were never meant to survive” really applies in so many ways to Brienne.  She is living in a hostile world where she is “wrong” but instead of letting that cow her, she decides that since she will never fit in or be invisible, she might as well speak up by doing what she believes is right.  And she does it with such vulnerability (which I think Cat is drawn to about her initially). Like she can’t hide her raw vulnerable spots, she isn’t good at pretending.  She’s too honest, too direct, too true.   She knows, as well as anyone, that the world is unfair and cruel but she doesn’t let change her to be that way or make her numb.  Brienne feels so deeply, so intensely.   We see so many characters “go away inside” (Sansa vanishing into Alayne, Jaime obviously shares that strategy openly, Cersei uses it to endure sexual encounters she isn’t into, Arya hides in made up personas, Tyrion numbs himself with alcohol) but Brienne stays in the agonizing present.  

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Jaime/Brienne is a forever OTP and nothing holds a candle to it, but I’ve been known to dabble a bit in some Brienne femslash (like the time I wrote Brienne/Arianne) partly because I love the idea of someone who is all the things Brienne feels grief about not being seeing and embracing her.  To me, the key thing is that Brienne finds something who loves her for who she is, not in spite of it, but also that she actually wants.  (And Brienne is a sucker for pretty, isn’t she?)

My non-romantic OTP for this character

I love fics that have her interacting with Tyrion and/or Sansa, for different reasons.  Tyrion, is fun because they are really unalike in a lot of ways but they both know what it is like to be visibly unacceptable to those around you but also really get who Jaime is and love him.  Sansa is interesting because of all the chivalry/songs stuff and longing for love and handsome knights, but also the realization that the world is not going to give you that, but also because Sansa has never actually had anyone whose true loyalty was to her before.  

My unpopular opinion about this character

I don’t know that this is unpopular so much as salty, but it really annoys me when people characterize Brienne as not being into feminine things.  She isn’t rejecting femininity, it has rejected her.  She fantasizes about basically swooning in Jaime’s arms and having him comfort her.  She is uncomfortable in the dress not because she doesn’t like it or want to look good in it but because she feels like she doesn’t and it is embarrassing.    Brienne knows she is ugly, but she WANTS to be beautiful.    She wants to be loved.   

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

I want her and Jaime to have a better ending than the absolutely garbage that was the show. It doesn’t have to be a happy ending, but there’s a difference the tragedy of something like him dying in her arms and saying ”I always said I wanted to die in the arms of the woman I loved” or even just going down together in battle and THAT (derogatory).   

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Difference between gay and homosexual

Your probably thinking that they mean the same thing but actually technically not quite.

For starters

The term gay dates back to early in the English language in the 13th century uk,

from Old French gai, most likely deriving ultimately from a Germanic source. In English, the word's primary meaning was "joyful", "carefree", "bright and showy

where it was loosly used by the British under  this point for centuries afterward.

It wasn't until the 20th century when it became used as slang jargon for people who were thought to be homosexual. Specifically men who had sex with men, since then they have been used interchagably, and the original use of the word gay began to fall out of usage.

( apparently it wasn't and still isnt as fround apon if it's two woman, for some reason)

Read the history of the word gay here:

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/02/how-gay-came-to-mean-homosexual/

Homosexual was coined out of the Bible to quote same sex attractions and it's sinfullness. It became more commonplace to use in the 19th and 20th centuries.

So now what's the difference?

Gay is more broad, it todays term it can simply mean a guy who likes other guys,

and nothing more .

Homosexual is a person who is sexually attracted to the same sex.

This can be guy to guy or woman to woman

While homosexual describes just the SEXUAL ATTRACTION, Gay could be more Broad , to simply just "like"

Like could be:

Romantic/alterius connection ( more than just friends but not quite "a thing"

Aethstietic attraction (looks, physical features)

Sensual attraction (physical closeness or affection)

Or any other stronger than platonic connection/attraction

Andophille attracted to masculinity or masculine like traits

Homosocial

Even more broad still it is loosly used and interchanged with QUEER or other non straight orientation.

Two woman who like each other are called lesbian, while gay is more ofently used for males

Homosexual people are gay yes, but someone who is gay or identifies gay may not necessarily be homosexual.

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CAMP NANO PROGRESS TRACKER・APRIL 2021

What it says on the tin. Follow along as I organize and edit KAY! I’ll be writing on what I (and nobody else) call the “Jewish weekdays”: Sunday through Thursday. Don’t expect daily updates!

PROJECT TYPE: ORGANIZING / OUTLINING / EDITING

GOAL: 450 minutes

all daily updates under the cut.

Monday, April 5th – I worked on Thursday, but then we had that Passover Special Triple Whammy of breaks, and now I’m back. I’ve officially hauled all the non-story content out of the KAY document, and now all that’s left is STORY. 280 pages of it. 76,460 words of it. 20.5 chapters of it. Phew.

45 / 450

Tuesday, April 6th – Everything in the world to do; no time to do it in. I have now officially cleaned out the original KAY References document, so that it contains all the miscellaneous stuff and the Outline document contains all the outlines/ideas.

65 / 450

Wednesday, April 7th – Couldn’t possibly tell you what I did today. I think I researched birthday gifts. Moved one scene around in the document.

90 / 450

Thursday, April 8th – Reading through this outline is embarrassing. Was I just a bad writer when I wrote it? What was my problem? Well, it’ll be good this time.

120 / 450

Sunday, April 11th – Spent most of my time on Book Two’s outline, figuring out orders and details. Book Two is currently much more sparse than Book One, so I decided to look through my links for TVTropes episode ideas. Found a few tropes I suppose I should add to the overall KAY page… Also looked around for literary engagement rings. Not for reasons any of you should be concerned about.

155 / 450

Monday, April 12th – Nearly finished with going through the tropes list. I’m hoping to avoid writing an entire outline and then thinking, “wait, what if I added THIS in?” In the case of Book Two in particular, I’m quite short on adventures for Atlas and (mumbling). Oh, and I’m five minutes ahead of my goal! At this rate I won’t get behind this weekend; just un-ahead.

185 / 450

Tuesday, April 13th – I have finished with the tropes list and am thinking of ways to torture Constantine. If I have too many ideas for Book One, I can just turn some of them into bonus episodes, right? And I am officially over a day ahead.

215 / 450

Wednesday, April 14th – Now it’s just a matter of organizing all the ideas into an outline shape. I’ve started with Book Two, since it seems a little more manageable.

245 / 450

Thursday, April 15th – The first full week! I just realized today that I’m past halfway on my goal; at this point I could take off not just Fri/Sat but also Sunday if I wanted to. But I won’t!

275 / 450

Sunday, April 18th – Took a break from outline organizing to edit the first chapter. For secret reasons…

310 / 450

Monday, April 19th – Back to outlining, but also to doing a little bit of writing. I’ll give the first chapter another look tomorrow.

340 / 450

Tuesday, April 20th – Our first late update! True to form, however, I did complete my edit of the first chapter and updated on time on the NaNo site.

370 / 450

Wednesday, April 21st – Session meh at first, sped up when I got into my groove. There is a lot of content in this document.

410 / 450

Thursday, April 22nd – Very tired this time around; a little burned out from a variety of things I’m working on. Glad for the weekend! Set to hit my goal on Sunday.

430 / 450

Sunday, April 25th – Another late update; I hit my goal! Still, not anywhere near being finished. It’s really hitting me how much I’ll have to include in the story.

455 / 450

Monday, April 26th – My biggest roadblock is not knowing what I wrote down. Did I already write all the details out for this Halloween episode somewhere else in the document, or should I describe the whole scene right now just in case? Also there are four of these.

475 / 450

Tuesday, April 27th – Feeling much better now that I’ve gotten into my organizational system! Ctrl+f is also helping.

500 / 450

Wednesday, April 28th – Did a little less writing, a little more relaxing, with the excuse that I had a Cirque du Soleil disc which was due any second at the library.

510 / 450

Thursday, April 29th – Smoother sailing. Like playing Tetris.

530 / 450

Friday, April 30th – Last day, and I’m feeling more optimistic than ever. I achieved quite a bit, and there’s more work to do next time I come back to KAY. I’ll compile all of these updates into the one post above (so you don’t have to see this ungodly chain again!) and make a final update post in the coming days. Thank you for following along.

560 / 450

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name: wildheart specise: fire element draco-morphiad (explained below) pronouns: she/her

specise info: draco-morphiads are, basically, a specise of sexless magic cat furries. each one of them controls one of twelve elements (although two of them are special); fire (fire elements are also able to control one type of igneous rock, differing depending on the individual), water, earth, air, plant, plague, void (this void being concentrated everythingness and named for its pitch black color, there may only be one void element at a time and only two have ever been recorded), quantum strings (this has been proven to be possible, but never recorded), gemstone, metal, sound and light. draco-morphiads have a unique internal anatomy, their body cavity is filled entirely with liquid magic. this magic contains their consiousness and, when needed, forms organs to keep the draco-morphiad alive. draco-morphiads also have whats known as elemental bits, an extra part of their body made from their element or regular body part modified by it. draco eye color is also generally dictated by their element. just a draco-morphiad generation (they live tens of thousands of years) ago, they had an expansive interdimensional (this takes place in a multiverse) empire. but for reasons now lost to time, it fell. the specise took heavy casualties, although it was nowhere close to extinction. theyre rarer now, and... scattered, to say the least. their natural ability to create interdimensional portals doesnt help that. given that draco-morphiads are sexless, their native language's pronouns were dependant on element, but wildheart was raised by a sexed specise tens of thousands of years after the near extinction of the language (plus draco-morphiads were invented to explain her so i think she should get to keep her pronouns).

apperance: wildheart has brown fur, which turns abruptly black (like, theres a straight, non-gradiant divide between the back and brown) at the waist, so approximately half of her is black and half is brown . she has blood red eyes. fire element eyes are usually orange, but this is explained. she has a pair of half-crescent obsidian wings coming out of her shoulderblades, each one flanked by three floating obsidian triangles. embedded in her chest is a peice of obsidian shaped like a broken heart, and her claws are obsidian as well. she has a couple notches in each ear and a scar over her eye.

story: wildheart is born on a remote planet in a remote universe. save for her and her littermate, their parents and their older sibling squirreltail. soon after the two's birth, their parents die of reasons. unprepared to take care of them, squirreltail opens two portals to random inhabited parts of the multiverse and sends them through, hoping each will be picked up by someone responsible and more able than him.wildheart ends up being adopted by a family of goatlike skeleton monsters, where she stays for the first 13 years of her life (draco-mophiads age like humans up until about their 20th birthday). during this time she becomes incredibly close with her adopted brother, [edit with name later, i forgot it]. shortly after her 13th birthday, wildheart discovered her ability to make portals. with their parents permission, she and her brother went out to explore the multiverse a little.on their little jaunt, the two encountered a creature totally alien to them, and wildheart dared her brother to go poke it with a stick. unfortunately, the creature turned out to be a bear-esque superpreadator and ripped wildheart's brother to shreds while she watched.wildheart opened a portal to nowhere in particular, landing her at a market in the interdimensional void (my imagining of the multiverse is, like space, mostly empty. universes take the shape of enormous white orbs with the texture of frosted lightbulbs. their glow is soft, yet can be seen from light centuries away). scared to go back home, she wandered.and wildheart never stopped wandering. she quickly exanded her scope to universe hopping, trying her best to repress the memories and emotions from her brother's death.during the next eleven years, wildheart developed a routine. explore and universe hop, break gear, plunder something ancient for rare stuff, sell it at the interdimensional market, get new gear, repeat. in ancient tombs and temples, wildheart saw one thing over and over again. carvings of things that looked like her, had the same powers as her. naturally, she assumed she was the last.on the eve of her 24th birthday, wildheart was traveling through the market, looking for something special to get herself. wherever she went, the vendors all talked about one thing. the nearby combat arena had a new champion, a catlike (cats are p much a multiversal constant) calling herself reaper. knowing wildheart, many suggested she challenge her.wildheart was confident in her abilities, both physical and magical, so she decided that a championship would be the perfect gift to herself.

she actually proved a pretty even match for reaper, but in the end the champion won. though wildheart's energy seemed boundless, reapers patience and tactical skill were ultimately able to exhaust her.

after the fight, the two met by chance somewhere in/around the market. they got to talking, reaper asking what wildheart does for a living. finding the prospect of universe-hopping more interesting than beating the shit out of people, reaper asked to join wildheart.

reaper was a tall (for a draco) draco-morphiad with black fur, white patterns outlining the shape of her skeleton (or what it would be if draco-morphiads had those). she wore a grey hoodie. her wings, skeletal things composed entirely of ice, marked her as a water element, though her eyes seemed to contradict that (although wildheart didnt really know that). instead of the slightly desaturated off-teal you would expect from a water element, reapers eyes were pich black with pupils colored a deep, beautiful blue.

anyway, after a few weeks of traveling the multiverse together, the two encountered something strange. a universe with no glow, just a dull grey orb.

portaling inside (and quickly leaving), the two found that the universe was empty. it had experienced a heat death, something totally unnatural in this setting.

wildheart and reaper agreed that they had to find and kill whoever did this.

idk how, exactly, they found him, but that person turned out to be a being calling himself entropy, the incarnation of the void, the nothingness that came before the multiverse. while he was monolouging about a pair of beings called 'chaos' and 'order',  wildheart and reaper tried to jump entropy. entropy did not like this. he used some sort of attack that sent the pair into a strange voidspace.

sat in this voidspace was a pair of beings. a scribbled dragon, with eyes of wildheart's blood red, and a hyperrealistic marble statue of a woman with a buzzcut in a dress, with gemstone eyes of reapers deep, beautiful blue. the two were enormous, the tip of the dragons talon bigger than wildheart's entire body. they were playing chess on a table of equal proportions.

"you're back early." remarked the dragon "did something happen?"

after a bit of confusion, it became understood that wildheart and reaper had no idea who these people were or where they were.

the two giants explained that they were chaos (the scribbled dragon) and order, demiurges of the multiverse.

many googols (a number with a hundred zeroes) of googols of eons ago, there was nothing. out of that nothing arose chaos, pure unbridled creation. but without filter, chaos could not create or take any definite form. and so, it (chaos is they/it) sat as a sort of existance soup for not even they know how long. until, at some point, order arose from the void. order was filter, what chaos needed to truly create. she (order is she/it) could not create by itself either, each dependant on the other to do something they instinctually longed for. order's form was also much different from her current day form, either a ball of quantum strings or a colorless cube of indeterminate material (i havent decided). so, the two came together and created. one of the first things the two created was a pair of souls, one blood red and the other a deep, beautiful blue. each one carved their true name into the corresponding soul in the first language, marking them as the incarnations of chaos and order.t hey were to be sent out into the multiverse together every once in a while, when the multiverse needed saving or just spicing up. of course the current incarnations were wildheart, incarnation of chaos and reaper, incarnation of order. they had been sent out this time for the purpose of killing entropy, whose trail of destruction included countless universes. but for reasons i dont know yet but were probably a mistake on chaos and orders part, they couldnt do it by themselves. they needed two more of their kind (chaos was vague about what 'their kind' was because i want it to be revealed in the narrative later). idk if its the two specific dracos they meet later or just any.

theyre currently in the place behind existance, chaos and order's personal voidspace.

chaos also reveals when talking to order that wildheart and reaper are siblings, before promptly sending them back out into the multiverse. entropy has long moved on, assuming he killed the two siblings.

the story isnt too well planned from here but

after some freaking out/contemplating/whatever over the fact that theyre siblings, wildheart and reaper continue on.

eventually, they encounter Six Of Spades, child of the last draco-morphiad monarch. saen (six of spades uses saen/trah pronouns, the traditional draco neutral/no-element pronouns) is a no-element, a semi-rare mutant with, you guessed it, no element. six of spades percives this as a fault of some sort, and overcompensates for it by playing up the ‘last heir to the draco-morphiad throne’ thing. Technically, saens cousin would have inherited the throne, but saen has no cousins saens aware of. six of spades would actually make a good monarch, if not for saens general neurosis and feeling of being (mostly) superior to those around trah.

six of spades watched saens parent die in front of saen to poachers, who wanted monarch eris (six of spades's parent)'s teeth. the teeth are the only part of a draco-morphiads pure magic core that doesnt simply dissipate after death. theyre an extremely potent source of magic, thus why draco-morphiads were killed for them shortly after the fall of the empire.

apperance wise, six of spades is an average sized (about 4 feet tall) grey draco-morphiad. saen has medium-grey fur down to saens waist, where its abruptly replaced by light grey scales. saen has ear fins like a dragon, and spikes going down saens back that may or may not start with the scales. six of spades has a lizard like tail and long, angular talons. save for color scheme (monarch eris was green), the spitting image of saens parent. six of spades also wears a worn gold crown and carries a worn gold staff with a magic gemstone orb, both posessions of monarch eris

wldheart and reaper convince six of spades to come with them.

eventually, they encounter a young (about 13 year old)