#to gather likeminded people:

[mackachu1212]

Walter 15 seconds after the normal brownie

Based from this video

I think this is a meme page not the og guy if anyone finds the og guy please tell me

[tiredtriedfailures]

joker 2019 WISHES it had what The Batman 2022 Riddler has

[milykins]

TMNT Headcanon: Owning a Business

I was inspired by @thelaundrybitch with her post about the turtles having jobs so this is my version.

If the turtles managed to successfully integrate themselves into society, I could see each one owning their own business. These jobs are based on an RP that I’m in with a friend of mine. The idea is that Donnie had invented cloaking devices to allow them appear human and also had gained a sizeable income by marketing and selling his inventions.

No TW needed for this

Mikey

Easily the owner of his very own comic book store.

He has to learn how to run it though.

He’d be determined to learn, he may act scatterbrained but when he really applies himself, watch out.

Donnie can’t watch his little brother fail in this endeavor and gives him a crash course on how to run a small business.

Once he has the basics figured out, he loves it. He’s finally around likeminded people and he can finally put his geek knowledge to good use!

He’d give the best comic book recommendations, having read as many as he could get his hands on.

There would also be a table section for TTRPGs and card games.

The store would become a popular hangout for Magic the Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons.

Mikey would schedule themed days where people could dress up as their favourite characters for discounts.

He’d host live action role-playing events, board game nights, trivia contests and movie nights.

He would thoroughly let his geek flag fly and his store would be his pride and joy.

Raphael

Runs a motorcycle repair shop that also deals in custom paint jobs.

Co-owner with Casey Jones.

Raph has always loved fixing up and working with his bikes so this is an easy choice for him.

Casey still does vigilante stuff on the side but April is very relieved when he goes into this partnership with Raph.

It’s Casey’s idea to add the customization of bikes alongside the repairs.

The two of them do butt heads initially while learning how to run it but once they have it down they become a good team.

Difficult customers have no chance when dealing with these two.

Shortchanged? Have fun getting your bike back.

"You could’ve fixed it better? Be my guest and don’t come back, asshole."

"Yeah, we can get the part, no we aint’t gettin’ it from your shady buddy’s backyard business."

Besides the odd jerk-off customer, Raph thoroughly enjoys his work.

He also uses the garage to work on his own custom bikes. Occasionally he’ll sell them and it becomes hugely popular.

Eventually he starts auctioning them off and donating a part of the proceeds to charity.

He’ll take a lot of pride in his work and finds he really enjoys making an honest living.

He’ll still do patrols with his brothers and keep up with his training.

Leonardo

Owner and Sensei of The Green Dragon Dojo.

This just made perfect sense for Leo. He loved training and all things martial arts so why not pass on his skills to those who wanted to learn.

He teaches adults and children alike.

He secretly prefers teaching the little ones though.

He loves their eagerness to learn and how they call him ‘Sensei Leo’.

He does end up creating a small team to do martial arts competitions.

His students almost always win.

His classes become so popular that Leo finds he needs to hire more help.

In my headcanon he’s made peace with Karai and The Foot Clan and decides to go to them.

Karai is very pleased he’s asking for her help and agrees to teach classes alongside him.

Leo still leads his brothers in patrols but is more relaxed than he used to be, due in part from getting older and now having an outlet to teach.

Donatello

Donnie creates his own company.

Owner and CEO of Hamato Tech.

It has a research lab with a whole section dedicated to his inventions.

He’s dedicated to the betterment of mankind and creates patents for all of his inventions.

He finally has the resources and funding needed to complete his many projects.

Super nice guy to work for, loved by all of his employees.

He accepts students for paid internships.

He has a preference for underprivileged students. The ones that wouldn't normally receive this kind of opportunity.

He wants to give keen young minds the opportunities he never had while growing up.

It would take many years but he would eventually have a huge discovery that would result in him getting nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

He’d win it too.

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[valorascult]

⋆.˚✮ Mental Glow Up Tips ✮˚.⋆

When we hear the words “glow up” - many of us automatically think about our appearance, not understanding that a glow up is internal and external. Too often we neglect our mental state and stay stagnant; repeating the same cycle our whole lives. It’s important to practice mindfulness and stay in the present moment so we are able to be fully aware of our thoughts / actions to reduce stress and increase mental clarity. Taking care of our mind is a large component to self-care, if not, the most important.

Below are a few exercises & knowledge ideas to practice.

Write down all the old habits the new you wouldn’t carry & write how you will replace them - what new / more self fulfilling habits will you now include into your daily life

Focus on reading one book a month. This can be about anything you wish. Reading will help you expand your vocabulary & literary skills , lower stress levels, improves your sleep if you read before bed, improves memory & can give you the confidence to speak with others about topics you might’ve stayed silent about prior to reading.

Stay up to date on global changes. You don’t have to know everything going on but its important to know at least 3 big events currently happening. When you go to gatherings and people are speaking on global events, you will have the courage and knowledge to also pitch in. Don’t be the one sitting in the corner clueless.

Aquire a mentor. It’s important to have a guide in your life, why not make it easier with someone likeminded and encouraging? You never know where this connection may lead, this will always open new doors for you. Don’t be afraid to ask questions & share ideas. A mentor is able to provide you unbiased advise from their previously acquired knowledge + hold you accountable.

Start learning a new skill that most people wouldn’t expect you to have. This allows you to be more interesting from some else’s pov. This doesn’t mean acquire a skill you normally wouldn’t care for just to be ‘cool’ - but rather, acquire a skill you’ve been wanting to achieve for a while that you probably haven’t told many people about. Pick a niche topic.

Listen to informational podcasts - this improves your overall listening skills and feeds you valuable information at the same time.

I know it’s talked about 24/7 but STOP procrastinating. That goal you have set a year from now? How can we now make that achievement in 6 months? Every day you should be working towards something. Too often we fill our days with things we believe are getting us somewhere (cooking, cleaning, running quick errands, etc;) when in reality those activities are simply getting you by - these are already set in stone chores you are going to do regardless. What is your goal? How can you break down your goals on paper to achieve things each week instead of each month?

Learn financial literacy - you should have control and understand your finances. When it comes to money, you should have confidence. This equips you with knowledge to make informed decisions.

I could write around 20 more tips but I will keep it at the basics. Don’t overstimulate yourself, reward yourself for achievements - you don’t have to be strict but don’t slack either xoxo.

[kirsicca]

Merle Defossé for @awkwardwhims's Yearn for Fern

she / her insider / gloomy / bro

After wanting to do something meaningful for her whole life, Merle enrolled to uni in Britechester to study art history - only to find out that she didn't even like painting that much. With blood, sweat and tears she struggled through university and eventually graduated, along with a massive burn-out. Afterwards she returned to her home in Tartosa to lick her wounds, and to convince herself that she hadn't just wasted years for nothing.

Yoga was like a saving lifeline for Merle, who was struggling to find neither meaning nor passion in her life. She had always been a gloomy kid, prone to mulling over things and only seeing the negative things in life. She found some good friends to have weekly wellness gatherings which really made her realize just how much she enjoyed spending time with likeminded people. But unfortunately, as life goes, all her friends moved to different places or simply fell out of touch with, so now Merle is once again trying to connect with new people to get herself a new inner circle.

As for what comes to romance... Merle doesn't have much experience with serious dating. During her university years she used to be quite a heartbreaker as she used hooking up as her coping mechanism to stress. But that too started to feel very empty after she returned home, so taking part in a challenge like this felt like something worth trying!

total lesbian

has a yoga club called Inner Piece, hopes she can recruit likeminded people to join her

has been trying out photography lately since she misses making art, but painting is just not for her

loves funny and idealistic sims and discussing about people's passions, but doesn't like too spirited people as they tire her

hates gossiping, can't understand why people can't be straight with each other

[myfandomrealitea]

Very specific question, but do you (or anyone else) know of how to get rid of that nagging feeling of sharing everything you create?

I'm a writer, both in the fanfic sense and of my own stories. I'm also proship, but nobody I care about knows that fact due to be so severely anti to the point of me mentioning the discourse (to test the waters) gets a blatant "proshippers aren't human beings and should kill themselves".

I really want to write a small fic about a problematic ship (young child x older person) that I don't even actually like! I don't ship it, though I don't care if other people do. But I'm fascinated by the idea of it, the possible dynamic, because it's very popular in the proshipper circle of the fandom and it's been nagging at me. The problem is that I write and then want to share it. Writing for myself feels.... Wrong, almost? But I cannot share it with my loved ones. I had previously already suggested writing a similar idea to a very close friend and he was severely disgusted by it, asked me if I was genuinely considering writing it and I had to very quickly play it off as a joke.

And I know the next suggestion will be the proshipper side of the fandom, but sharing my work online for others I don't know to see makes me personally uncomfortable, which is a major shame.

(I'm not even going to touch the fact that your "loved ones" think people like you should kill themselves.)

But. A good way is to treat them like an assessment opportunity. Make a copy of each piece and use something like Google Documents to annotate and evaluate what you've written. Move all of the originals into a secondary folder.

Not only will this help improve your writing in the long run, but it somewhat changes the intent of the literature from something written to, at its core, be shared, into a personal resource.

There's also the option of making new friends. You don't have to go out and gather people up like a squirrel with a winter store, but even just one likeminded person whom you can get to know well enough to feel comfortable sharing your work can help sate that need to share and engage with someone about what you create. You can send your content to them privately, then, rather than uploading it for the masses.

But. I would just gently like to say that perhaps its not the need to share that you need to reflect on and try to negate. If you have to ask how to stifle yourself so that your loved ones don't think of you as inhuman meat that needs to be slaughtered, perhaps you're asking the wrong questions.

[anti-katsuki-lounge]

Ya know, something I hear a lot of Katsuki Stans claim is that supposedly antis don’t have jobs and that we have tons of free time. It’s something that the Stans would shout when I first started this blog and it was something many people told that person who exposed Dekacchan on Twitter. Now, it’s true that some people really have nothing else to do but hate, but most of the time, it’s not the case.

I’m going to start off with some lore about me. Despite what some of you think, I’m actually quite the busy person. I’m in charge of raising my puppy, and for those of you who have had one, as much as you love them, y’all can agree with me that it’s a lot of work.

“So what? That’s not a job…” some of you might say, and you’d be correct. However, I do have a job, and that job’s taking care of my grandmother. My grandmother’s turning 80. She not only has arthritis, but she’s also got pancreatic cancer. I’ve got to help her bathe, exercise, make food for her, etc. It is a job that I’m getting paid for. The times I’m on this blog is when she’s napping or on the days I have off (Saturdays and Sundays). That’s one of the few breaks I have. Sure, you can say I post a lot, but some of those responses sit in my drafts for like a day or so. This is one of those posts. There are also times where my responses are short, which takes little to no time to respond to. Combine taking care of my grandmother and my puppy and I’ve got quite the hectic schedule.

Oddly enough, you don’t hear these Stans telling their fellow Stans to get a job. Dekacchan’s on Twitter far more often than I am on this blog and she supposedly has a teaching job. If she can find the time to constantly post, then I don’t understand why the Stans try shitting on antis for having the time to run their accounts/blogs too.

In addition, some Stans wonder why people would create a blog/internet persona/etc. dedicated to hating a fictional character/piece of media, etc. Now, I can’t speak for everyone, but there’s three reasons why I created this blog. First off is to create a safe space for people who hate Katsuki to express themselves. If you say anything bad about Katsuki, chances are you’re going to get swarmed by his Stans, and I wanted to do something about that. This blog was the best thing I could think of. Secondly, it’s therapeutic. People write for therapy. It’s an easy and harmless way of processing your thoughts and venting them to likeminded people. Finally, it’s to help me gather my thoughts. See, I love superheroes and I wanna be a writer. MHA’s in my eyes a how to guide on how to fail at writing a superhero story so I study it, note what’s wrong, and come up with solutions in my head for if I ever wanna tackle similar themes in my stories. There’s a difference between shitting on something just cause and pointing out the immense flaws around a piece of work. I’m doing the latter.

Hopefully this helps with dispelling the idea that antis don’t have jobs or hate for no reason.

[peliginspeaks]

Circumstances of Encounter: Dola Hallowrove

A list of places Hallowrove frequents and what they might be found doing there. Meant as a helpful reference for anyone looking for a premise for calling card messages or other ingame social interactions, or who wants to let me know that one would work well for me to send to them.

In-game name for social actions: Dola Hallowrove

Wolfstack Docks: Can often be found there gathering monstrous rumours and stories from zailors and dockhands, or maintaining the mechanical aspects of the Hammerhead II zubmarine. Likely to meet: Zailors, dockers, brawlers

The Medusa's Head: A favoured spot for relaxation after a long day, as well as exchanging work talk with likeminded and similarly chewed-on colleagues. (And whoever else chooses to drop in - Hallowrove is personable to a wide range of people.) Likely to meet: Menace Eradicators, Monster-Hunters, anyone else with a reason to be there

The Department of Menace Eradication: Hallowrove has no professional office, but he directs those hoping to commission him to leave a note with the front desk at the Department. He checks back semi-regularly. Likely to meet: See above + prospective monster-hunting clients

Bugsby's Marsh: Hallowrove's place of residence. She lives in a fixed-up cabin in the swamp, a 10 minute walk or so from what could be considered the city. With a little persuasion, she might be convinced to lead a guided nature tour. Likely to meet: People living nearby, tour-goers, any poor sod who got lost

The Upper River: Hallowrove's longest standing commission is with the GHR, primarily improving the stations' defenses against monsters, but finding every excuse for a wide variety of diversions along the way. Likely to meet: Rubberies, artists, railway workers, Discordant stewards, devils, anyone else riding the train

Sophia's Club: While recent attendance is spotty, can still be found on picnics or sitting in on tea meetings with the group on a quiet afternoon. Likely to meet: Monster-Hunters, fellow members of Sophia's

The Bazaar Sidestreets: A place often passed through for shopping or visiting. Likely to meet: Anyone who lives in the area, anyone who shops there

Benthic University: While Hallowrove seldom uses her own lab, she often makes stops at Benthic to deliver monstrous samples to academic friends for dissection and analysis. Her own lab work consists mainly of hobby mechanical fiddling and weapon repairs/improvements, and creation of antivenoms by trial-and-error. Likely to encounter: Correspondents, academics

Calling cards, Menace helps, teas, slights, etc. are all on the table! I have no reason to be stingy with my actions right now, so I will offer whatever helps or lessons in Dangerous I can if the need is there.

[majorproblems77]

Oh AUs you say??? Tell me more

I HAVE BEEN ENABLED! :D

Okay okay, So if you didn't know I've got a Links Meet AU that I'm working on in the background called Exodus, Its a space themed Links Meet AU where the Skyloft is invaded and Sky (Sksw link) Has to travel across space to gather likeminded people to help him take back his planet basically.

I am very excited about it and want to talk about it more and get more people into it because it's everything I love. Space, Cool weapons, Zelda. Like just going through my notes and stuff makes me so excited.

I've got various things already made including a prologue for the main story where Sky is escaping from the D3 organisation (Led by Lord Demise.)

I've got locations, family dynamics, and a space station which I think will be the next thing I reveal and the more I work on it the more I wish I could draw with my pc because I'd love to make a comic with this but writing it is so much fun too. I've got so much planned. Space ships because space travel is cool and everything.

I've taken everything about the Zelda universe I love and thrown it into a blender with my fave things about space and sci-fi to make something that makes me excited to work and write about it.

As these links are my versions of the mainline game links it makes me so excited. I just want to scream about my boys and show them off because i love them so much and I'm so proud already of what I've got and am so excited to show more.

I've got files made for Sky /[Crimson breath of the celestial sphere] (Sksw link), Chronos (OOT/MM Link) and Skipper (HW Link). With the rest of my characters named as follows

Fen (BOTW/TOTK)

Smithy (FS/MC)

Twilight (TP Link)

Saga (LA/OOA/LTTP/OOS)

Sprite (LOZ1/LOZ2)

Tempest (WW/PH)

Crimson wave of the great expanse (The First hero)

I've taken bits from each characters game and changed them to fit in the universe. I think my favourite so far is Sky's story. He's fought the D3 organisation and won before but lost a huge part of himself in the process. Which he's had made for him. Fi is an artificial intelligence that Sky has embedded in his head as a part of this transplant.

Skyloftians have natural Wings, and so when he fought demise the first time he had his wings ripped from him. A story which I plan to work my way to at one point after I've got the main AU story off the ground with chapter 1 which is in progress rn!

I'd love to go into more detail id love to ramble about it all day. If you want me to I can! :D

I just want to hype about my bois but I know people dont follow Zelda for the space aspect haha. So I try to keep my excitement on the down low for the most part

Thank you for letting me hype about my bois

If you wanna look at it? Exodus-AU

[fanfictionlibrary01]

The Fanfic Communities Network

Fanfiction being stolen or plagiarized has sadly become a common occurence nowadays.

While there might not always be something the individual can do about it, we can at least inform people about it though.

Since reliable and verified information about incidents can be hard to find on social media etc., we want to be a network for information that has been gathered, analyzed and distributed to all parties interested in the form of informative and reliable reports.

This is the Fanfic Communities Network.

The initial idea for this server came to be after the rivd.net incident, where we reached out to other fanfic servers on Discord with the information they had so that they could inform their members.

So what do we hope to achieve?

- Gather, bundle and distribute information and news trustworthily and honestly.

- Make reliable and researched information accessible for fanfic communities.

- Bring fanfic communities together by giving them a space to learn about each other and find new communities.

- Additionally, offer a space to community modmins to exchange experience, ask for help and find likeminded people.

The server has a public area that is accessible for every person who is interested. We relay information publically and transparently.

The internal part of the server is accessible on application with your fanfic community or as a modmin of a fanfic community.

You are welcome to join and follow our announcement channels in your servers, or invite your members to join so that they can spread the info and join with their communities that they might have!

[mackachu1212]

only had ms paint and canva to work with good night chat

ignore the fnaf tag these are my ocs not fnaf characters or fnaf ocs i wanna use the tag to gather likeminded people

[donovaneagle2098]

It's so fascinating to me how much Arnaghad is a parallel to Lambert. Early Witcher School lore is so deeply buried across 3 or 4 separate sources of lore that it's hard to get a clear picture of any of the Grandmasters except for Erland, since we have his diary. We get told in Gwent about how Cosimo, one of the mages in charge of making the early witchers, would kidnap or buy his "test subjects":

Children keep asking him for gifts. He doesn’t know why, but it really helps with finding subjects for his experiments.

-Cosimo's Gwent card

And while the knightly values Alzur and Griphon championed did become a part of the lives of several of the young witchers, we also know of several who didn't buy into it. Namely, Arnaghad and those who followed him:

Arnaghad, some would say, was born stubborn. Insolent toward those in authority, he loathed anyone who tried to impose their will upon him, favouring autonomy above all else. This, in large, was the bedrock of why he went on to form his very own witcher school.

Not wanting to be a slave to a code he did not believe in, he gathered a handful of likeminded witchers and ventured to the Amell mountains, settling into a fortress amid the icy slopes and established the Bear School; a place where would-be witchers could be taught the practicalities of their trade, without the distraction of "honourable virtues" impeding their training.

-Arnaghad's Gwent lore entry

And reading that, knowing how those early Witchers got to the school, I can't help but empathize. If some nutcase kidnapped me and put me through torturous experiments that killed most of those going through that training, I'd be pretty damn "insolent towards authority" too.

And that's where Lambert comes in. Lambert, who doesn't get along with Vesimir because Vesimir looks back at the School of the Wolf and sees a noble order, a duty and a sense of rightness, while all Lambert experienced from being a Witcher was pain, loss, and a sense of injustice. So he argued, doesn't get along with his brothers. Stays away from Vesimir as much as he can so they don't fight. Sound familiar? But here's where Lambert and Arnaghad differ:

Once funding was pulled from the original Order of the Witchers most of the mages left, taking away the school's leadership, and the Witchers started infighting and questioning why they still held to the Order's ideals. Petty fights over contracts started to break out, despite Erland saying in his journal that monsters back then were so plentiful that there was no need to fight over contracts (this is where the Bear School's reputation for fighting other Witchers comes from).

All this culminated with Arnaghad attacking Rhys over a chort contract and, after fighting broke out between Arnaghad's supporters and the Witchers loyal to the Order, fleeing to make their own school. That's the final element that separates Lambert. Because the Bear school is described as being very akin to how Lambert acts.

Bear students were discouraged from making friends because "we pass through life alone". In other words, Witchers don't work together on most contracts, so to prepare their students for the Path, the Bears never wanted them to rely on something in training that wouldn't be there in practice. Instead of justifying the death and suffering of their students like other schools, they make it "a reminder of the dangers of their trade" leaving it's dead students on their frozen training path. Instead of telling them what they go through for destiny, or duty, they tell them the more callous, and sadly realistic for their brutal profession: "more pain now, less pain later."

I often say the Bears are the 'Lambert school' because the Bears were more realistic about the cruelty of Witcher life, and that resulted in a school full of Lamberts. But the difference is that the last thing Lambert wants, is more people like him. They saw there was a problem with Witcher life and thought the solution was to be more frank and up front about those problems rather than fix them.

[inqilabi]

I’m kind of surprised you started dating a lot more and are open to Islam recently, you’re one of the reasons I stopped entirely, which neither is a wrong thing to do. It’s kind of hard to do it alone but I just prioritized friendships in the time I’ve been following you. Which actually is closer to 10 years now I think, definitely since way before the pandemic. Anyway it’s just been on my mind to send this ask for a while now, you seem so successful that when I get to be where you are I know I’ll be even less interested in marriage and dating, but I guess that’s also a plus for you since you said you want kids. Good luck with it all, It’s great you were able to reconcile yourself and Islam, I’ve never felt like religion could be fulfilling, especially when you have views on gender and politics that go again the core tenants of a patriarchal religion. But I can see how the immediate community has its appeal and people are judged overly harshly when they don’t conform to societal and gender expectations of be a woman/man then have a partner/kids, and it’s not like there aren’t other good things too. Anyway I’m glad I followed you when I did because I got a new perspective and it made me more of a brave, accountable person, I’m not really afraid of being lonely and I can take accountability for my wrongs too, knowing that socialization is so deep I need to think about why and what I’m doing. You a few other people impacted me so deeply when I was 16 and trying to leave my parents home

wow this is a very sweet message. But almost makes feel scared that i had an impact on impressionable young teens I dont think my views on Islam have changed, certainly not as much as my view on dating. I still have the same criticisms of sunni jurisprudence. I think i just have less of exposure to that community now as i did back in the day, and it just use to rile me up. I was just angry, justifiably so, and wanting to dismiss everything - and it showed up in the tone of my writing.

I mean i still can't go around muslim events saying the things i actually believe. Sunni jurisprudence is undeniably patriarchal. But so long as they aren't like getting very preachy, doing halaqas and sermons on how to oppress women, im okay. In my uni days, MSAs were actually doing exactly that. That's why i was so critical. But i see now this type of thing seems to be dying down, atleast in my area. i dont find religion fulfilling but i do find likeminded people fulfilling. I still associate more with like academic type folks who either research religion, anthropology, write critiques. I went to a party full of marxists the other day. I didnt agree with everyone there. But i suppose, its discussion that's fulfilling. And sometimes muslim community and gathering can be very dismissive and not receptive to discussion. Which is a shame because in the islamic golden age, that's all they were doing.

i was honestly planning to be alone, and my plan was to solo adopt a kid if i wanted a child. I felt this way all the way up until like summer of 2022. then something did change. and i didn't want to be alone. if you had asked the 2013-2022 version of me, i would have balked at the thought of me wanting a partner. I was almost proud of it. Proud of being a single unattached woman with no men in her life. I suppose the only thing I can say now is that it's very hard to predict how and what you will feel and want at some point in the future. I was certain that I wouldn't want companionship and kids. Half my blog was dedicated to it. And that is kind of scary. I actually wrote about this on my blog back in the fall of 2022. It scared me how much something had shifted so suddenly, something that was a such long held state. If that could change, what else could change?

At your age, i would say prioritize career first ofc/financial freedom etc. If you dont have that, you wont feel ready for anything else. And ofc keep expanding your friend circle and forming connections through local activities or travel.

[paradise-in-k4]

The Gap in the Evening, Entry 8: “The Definition of Trust”

What is trust? Is it a promise? A (potentially) magical contract you make with someone or something else? A lesser form of love? Trust is everywhere in a society, regardless of the era you’re researching. It forms civilizations and great nations. It brings likeminded people together to achieve a common goal. It empowers leaders to shepherd their followers without the fear of separation or worse. Would that not make it the defining trait of a higher entity such as a god? That is the premise which Suwako Moriya has set since her storied reign over an ancient land that outdates the common region of Japan as early as 300 BCE or further. But how did we find ourselves face-to-face with a god anyway? We took Nitori’s advice and went up to the shrine atop the mountain via the ropeway to ask Sanae Kochiya, the shrine maiden who normally lives and works there. Unfortunately, she was absent from the area, and our further investigations soon led us to the inner chambers of the native god. The introductions were short since she’d somehow been watching over us since we landed here, gathering her own knowledge of the incident.

When we asked her what she thought about the incident in that alternate universe, she said that what was happening to Yukari and Reimu was almost akin to what would happen if a god were to be denied their faith. They would lose their ability to administer divine miracles, a fate which would soon lead to something seen as the equivalent of death to a deity. Currently, they are in the first phase of deterioration: loss of control over their abilities. She also remarked on how it was a miracle that the Marisa of that parallel world could still control gaps using Yukari’s parasol, possibly because it was an item that belonged to Yukari for time unmeasurable. As for Reimu, her ability to float has seemed to amplify within the scarlet gap, which seemed to explain why the land was detached from the earth. But considering that she is simply just a shrine maiden and not a demigod, this amplification could be her unwilling first step either towards deterioration or deification. Suwako thinks it’s more likely the latter, and to potentially expect to return to her- as a last resort- assuming the form of a great dragon to ensure her survival in the future if this incident should go further.

We then discussed how she seemed to exist despite being forgotten by almost all of the world. She and Kanako had first existed in the outside world, but they, their shrine maiden, and their shrine overall was spirited away here after being forgotten. Perhaps that’s what everyone meant when they said this is the place where forgotten things go and reality meets fantasy. Her existence here is fueled merely and wholly by the faith of Gensokyo’s denizens alone, obscurity elsewhere be damned. But going back to how abilities in the scarlet gap were going out of control, she kept us from leaving because she had one more thing to tell us. In the event that a hostile encounter were to take place during our travels, we would need to prepare for an airborne duel full of danmaku, something that this universe’s Marisa brought up once. She trusted us enough to tell us this in our investigation into this incident. Simple man-made firearms such as revolvers would do nothing here. In order to emerge victorious in a battle here or elsewhere in any Gensokyo, we would need to develop our own Spell Cards.

-Maribel Hearn

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Muse Notes: Suwako Moriya

Title(s): Pinnacle of Native Gods, The Highest of Indigenous Gods

Universe of Origin: L1

Size (headcanon): Medium, 4’5”

Species: Native God of Mountains (but not native to Gensokyo), Specifically one of the Yaoyorozu no Kami (Eight Million Gods) of Shintoism composed entirely of faith

Age: Older than the invasion of Kanako Yasaka and the Yamato in the Great Suwa War (about 2,300 years ago), exact age otherwise unknown besides being at least 2,300

Personality: Suwako is the more laid-back and mischievous of the two gods of her shrine, although just as capable of scheming despite her feigned ignorance. She enjoys competition, and when she loses, she loses with grace. Her intentions can be hard to read at times because she barely leaves the shrine.

Occupation: Goddess of Moriya Shrine (relegated to the background)

Home Region(s): Moriya Shrine, Youkai Mountain, Underground Geyser Center, originated from the outside world

Ability: Capable of creating earthliness

Kun: One of the eight trigrams in Taoist philosophy that means creating Earth, and the pinnacle of the native god. Associated with acceptance, devotion, subtlety, flexibility, and reacting to others instead of acting first. This all refers to Suwako’s ability as an opposite to Kanako’s ability and trigram of Qian.

Nature: Physically, she can “swim” underground and manifest all kinds of natural phenomena such as summoning and/or manipulating magma, geysers, rocks and minerals, bending rivers, and instantly growing plants. The bounds of this ability are still unclear.

Mishaguji: Curse gods tamed by Suwako during her tenure as the ruler of a small kingdom. They have amassed plenty of faith due to how they can curse births, militaries, and harvests, although they can just as easily bring plentiful harvests as well. Suwako is the only one who can control them in her attacks, and her control over the gods was the only reason that she was retained in the background of Moriya Shrine following Kanako’s successful invasion of her kingdom: because the shrine’s followers would withhold their faith from Kanako if she didn’t keep Suwako around to keep the curse gods in check.

Skills: Capable problem-solver and long-term planner/strategist

Possessions:

Purple Dress: Heian-style purple dresses with varying frog patterns on them. They have white sleeves and a collar stitched onto them, giving them the illusion of an undershirt despite being one piece.

Wide-Brimmed Hat: A light brown hat with a wide brim and big spring-loaded froggy eyes. The eyes change expressions as Suwako does, sometimes reflecting her inner thoughts or doubling as a voice of reason.

White Kneehigh Socks: Tall white socks that up to- or go way past- her knees.

Black Shoes: Traditional black shoes. As she gets new pairs due to older ones wearing out and breaking down, the materials that they’re made with tend to change with time.

Iron Rings: Weapons that Suwako uses in various attacks. Possibly due to her status as a god of mountains, she could have forged them herself. Due to the way she throws them, they aren’t the Japanese chakram-like kanawas. They’re also very sharp. Suwako sometimes tells others that the rings she uses are hula hoops.

Muse-Specific Headcanons:

Despite her waning faith from the outside world, she is aware that one outside world magical girl named Haruka Tsukikaze (a non-Touhou-specific OC of mine) still uses a nearly-identical variant of her iron rings- sharp-edged metal and all- in plenty of her attacks. It is unknown whether Suwako played a role in granting this equipment or even customizing her alternate outfit. Sumireko is the only other person who knows about this replication from both sides of the barrier, and therefore the only one who could present a solid answer. Both Suwako and the mun can talk about her freely until her interactions become available.

Suwako is often mistaken as a god of frogs or as a symbol of frogs in general, which often led to several unfortunate run-ins and flash-freezes from Cirno. Arguments could still be made for this due to the association with curses that both of them share.

Reimu has summoned Suwako several times while trying to hone her god-summoning abilities. Most of them were accidents, but at least one instance was intentional. The two are aware of each other’s presences, and the relationship is mildly positive due to Reimu’s maintenance of a branch shrine for Moriya Shrine. As a result, Suwako sometimes attempts to train Reimu herself to limited efficiency.

Her leering stare is on par with the menacing squinting stare of Angel Cookie. If you don’t know who that is or why the comparison is being made, look it up.

Blog-Specific Lore Notes:

While trying to find Sanae at the shrine under Nitori’s suggestion, Renko and Maribel find Suwako in the shrine instead, where she gives the duo her insights on how she views the incident. She also gives them tactical advice on how to present Gensokyo to the outside world, and what they should do in the event of a danmaku battle in another dimension.

Spell Cards:

*Close-quarters combat Spell Card

**Spell Card for close-quarters combat and long-ranged danmaku duels

Party Start “Two Bows, Two Claps, and One Bow”**

Divine Tool “Moriya’s Iron Ring”**

Spring Sign “Jade of the Horrid River”**

Spring Sign “Suwa Clear Water”*

Frog Hunt “The Snake Eats the Croaking Frog”**

Native God “Lord Long-Arm and Lord Long-Leg”**

Native God “Seven Stones and Seven Trees”

Native God “Froggy Braves the Wind and Rain”**

Native God “Red Frogs of Houei 4”**

Native God “Moriya God”*

Native God “Mishaguji-sama”

Scourge God “Mishaguchi-sama”*

Scourge Sign “Mishaguji-sama”

“Suwa War ~ Native Myth vs Central Myth”

Frog Nap “Can Always Hibernate”*

Clap “Daidarabotchi’s Worship”*

“Hellish Heat Geyser”*

“Magma Amphibian”*

Divine Sakura “Full Sakura Blizzard”

Hime River “Princess Jade Green”

Iron Ring “Mythical Ring”

Combination Spell Cards:

Wind God Sign “Mishabashira” (Kanako Yasaka)

Wind Flower Sign “Mishaguji-sama’s Right and Wrong” (Eiki Shiki, Yamaxanadu)

Ghostly Wind Sign “Native Butterfly Storm” (Yuyuko Saigyouji)

Last Words and Impossible Spell Cards:

“Divine Battle Above Gensokyo”*

God of Stone or Wood (Lost Word)

Mishakuja Faith (Lost Word, A10)

Bog Iron to Wrought Iron (Lost Word, W2)

Green Stone “Jade Break” (Impossible Spell Card)

Frog Sign “Bloody Mound of Red Frogs” (Impossible Spell Card)

[meefy]

🍓🎈 🌹 🍷 for any of your AnS ocs! Throw in Frieren ones too! ^^

I'll do em all hehehe ~

🍓 (strawberry) - Does your oc believe in anything? Are they superstitious? Religious? Atheistic? Has anything in their past made them this way?

Xyvie: she believes in fate, to some degree. But she doesn't like the saying that everything happens for a reason, because she feels that is essentially saying her parents died for a reason besides the fact there are just some evil people out there.

Aureville siblings: I will answer this collectively because it's pretty much the same answer: they were not brought up religious/spiritual, and none of them really believe in anything today. Féanne might believe in fate a little more than her brothers, but nothing more than that.

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Edel: she learned about religion, the goddess, and "Heaven" from reading human texts, and thought it was interesting; she practiced praying and worship out of curiosity, but gradually it grew on her, and she now considers herself a believer. She just doesn't consider herself worthy of forgiveness or entry into Heaven once she is gone from this earth.

🎈 (balloon) - What does your character do at parties? Are they a wallflower or a party animal? Do they go with friends or alone?

Xyvie: very shy, will avoid parties if she can help it. She would go with someone she knows, preferably someone who can pick up her social slack. If anything she'd want to help cook/prepare for the party vs be in it.

Aleyan: drinks, helps himself to the cookies, and tries to get single men to dance with his sister. He makes his presence known, like it or not; he has a complex, feels that he needs to be important to matter, and it comes out at any social gathering.

Féanne: hides as much as possible and ignores everybody. Tries especially to avoid Aleyan. As a child she'd just hide under the tables, but as an adult she'd still probably be tempted...

Feiran: he's not a fan of parties/events, but he'll usually have luck finding someone his age to chat with and have a decent enough time. He won't be excited about a party, but won't make a fuss if he has to go.

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Edel: has never been to a "party" except the occasional gathering of demons where most of them ignored her entirely. She has heard Graf Granat throws nice banquets, however...

🌹 (rose) - What does your oc find attractive in other people? Are these traits found in their friends and/or romantic partners? Are they found in themselves?

Xyvie: someone creative, kind, and who doesn't try to change who she is. She tries to stick with likeminded people: those who would give you the shirt off their backs, who help others and who are true to their roots and values. Those traits above all are most important to her.

Aleyan: if he'd ever let himself open up enough to be vulnerable with another person...he'd probably value someone who challenged him, both in combat and intellectually yes but also emotionally. Most of his anger towards his siblings is rooted in envy and insecurity; they got out, and he feels too far gone to do the same...so deep down Aleyan would probably appreciate someone who helped him get more in touch with that part of himself. He is both sex- and romance-repulsed, so this would have to come in the form of a QPR or very close friend...

Féanne: she rarely feels attraction towards anyone, and sort of assumed nobody would love her in return because her family ingrained it into her head that she was too stubborn, too educated, too reclusive, and too lost in her thoughts...so, of course, she fell in love with someone exactly like that. Féanne especially needs someone who respects her independence and space, since those are the two things she fought the most for. Looks however don't really matter to her; someone becomes attractive to her based on their behaviour.

Feiran: he isn't necessarily opposed to romance, but it is far down on his list of priorities. If he were to venture into that realm, he would probably seek out someone to complement him without changing him. He is very shy and reserved, and rightly or wrongly would want someone who can speak and act for the both of them without putting words in his mouth. He would want someone who gives him the courage to be himself while not retraumatizing him by pushing as hard as Aleyan did.

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Edel: has never experienced friendship, let alone romance, and has no real idea what she'd want in either type of relationship...she supposes she'd start out with someone who accepts her for who (and what) she is, first and foremost; she doesn’t really have hobbies or likes/dislikes, and would likely also seek out someone who would expose her to new things to enjoy together. Personality wise, it sounds a little cliché to say someone kind and loving, but after all the bloodshed and torture she's witnessed, Edel would absolutely want someone gentle-natured and warm to be around. Who knows where she can find someone like that...?

🍷 (wine) - Does your oc drink? What kind of alcohol do they enjoy? What are their drinking habits? What kind of drunk are they?

Xyvie: doesn't drink and has no real desire to. She has no reason not to, but no reason to do so either...

Aleyan: drinks pretty much every day, he's a "glass of wine with dinner" kind of guy. For him growing up with his father owning a vineyard meant easy access to alcohol, and although I'd hesitate to use the word alcoholic in connotation with him, Aleyan definitely finds it...numbs the pain he isn't ready to face, to some degree. However, he does tend to overdo it at parties or social events, and he is not a particularly happy drunk; he gets very tense and easily upset, and is not someone you want to be around when he is that far gone. His preference is white wine.

Féanne: hardly ever drinks. If Aleyan has a glass of wine every night with dinner, she has a glass of wine every time she attends a noble gathering - which is almost never. She had nothing against it, just not her preference. She prefers red wine to white, although her family's vineyard mostly produces white wine.

Feiran: abstains completely from drinking after seeing how it's affected his brother, and prefers not to be around drunk people at all.

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Edel: Aura’s executioners permitted Edel to drink with them on special occasions, usually wine or spirits, and so she has no issue partaking in it when celebrations occur. She does prefer sweeter drinks, though, and finds drier/harder liquor unpleasant. Edel doesn't let herself get drunk (or rather, Aura doesn't), but she does get tipsy easily, and her inhibition is gone out the window pretty quickly...

[loveinterestcastiel]

honestly at this point jensen can say anything and his words will still get twisted, which tbh is probably part of the reason he keeps his answers so neutral in the first place, esp on solo panels with no one else to diffuse any tension (and also because he's an actor not a writer and at least in the past few years has said he doesn't want to tell people how to interpret a story, which to me seems fair enough), sucky position to be in though

this is true and to be honest it makes me kind of mad! there has been a very interesting development since the show ended where because we no longer receive new show content, the onus of that burden to fulfill fandom content wants/needs has fallen on the actors rather than writers and the show itself. i imagine the pressure is quite stressful when one lone actor is trying to keep everyone happy.

the obvious solution in my opinion is reboot/revival Now, and stop asking actors to validate your headcanon or to explain clear text to crowds of fans who may or may not be hostile

obviously that won’t happen, i can’t control what people ask j2m but it would be nice if everyone could take a chill pill lol cons should not be so high stakes!! they’re meant to be fun gatherings of likeminded people who want to celebrate the legacy of supernatural. it’s not about one upping other ships or forcing a specific opinion out of the actors, especially when those answers might spoil a potential upcoming plotline

again just my opinion :)