#vishnu x shiva

[zeherili-ankhein]

Love the Purush-Prakrti allegory cuz imagine Krishna is saying the same thing in the Gita and then Shiva steps in out of the blue like

Krishna: *narrating* I am the Purush and nature is Prakrti-

Shiva: No I am the Purush, and you're the Prakrti.

Krishna: Whatever you say, handsome *wink*

Arjun:

Also even tho Vishnu was initially a solar deity he did give such lunar vibes ngl

LMAO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIABOLICAL

Arjun is just confused with wtf just happened lol

OK BUT THE LAST PARA SO CUTE

The Devtas: who's Shiva?

Vishnu, pointing at his heart: HERE HERE SEE SEE

The Devtas: ohh ok

[15pantheons]

GIMME SHIVA X VISHNU X INDRA CONTENT 🔪🔪🔪

Sure!

Indra: You need a hobby.  Shiva: I have a hobby!  Indra: Fawning over Vishnu isn’t a hobby. 

Indra: So are you gonna explain how the hell you crashed my car?  Vishnu: Well we were driving and there was a deer in the road, so I said "Shiva, deer!"  Indra: ...And what did Shiva do?  Vishnu: ...He said "Yes, Honey?"

Shiva: Having two partners is both amazing and complicated. But all our problems are solved with communication.  Indra: It’s my turn to cuddle Vishnu.  Shiva: FIVE MORE MINUTES DARN IT!

[inc0rrectmyths]

𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮: (•ˋ _ ˊ•)

𝗦𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗮: (•ˋ _ ˊ•)

𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗻𝘂: You both upset?

𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮: (•ˋ _ ˊ•) Nah it's our resting bitch face.

𝗦𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗮: (•ˋ _ ˊ•) Yep, we are fine!

𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗻𝘂:

𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗻𝘂: You both want a hug..?

𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗮: .. Yes pls..

[questionableresponses]

So my mum was telling the story of the Harihar in Nabadwip to my relatives and qhen she mentioned how Shiva was in ecstasy from kirtan that he spun so much he merged into Vishnu I just sat there thinking that was pretty gay

(I mean this feels like one of the more hetero things they've done I don't think they can top making Ayyappan lol)

[hariharaputra]

Vishnu: Isn't it normal to have a wife and a husband at the same time? ​​​​

[h0bg0blin-meat]

HariHar as KavehTham

[archpoet77]

for your consideration:

Parvati ‘will fucking fight god, literally’ : Gryffindor

Lakshmi ‘my favourite position is ceo’ : Hufflepuff/ Ravenpuff

Saraswati ‘Would you like me to tell you what you don’t know?’ : Ravenclaw

Shiva : honestly? Gryffinpuff.

Brahma : Ravenclaw (idk, man)

Vishnu ‘ I read the rules before I break them. mostly because I make them.’ : Slytherclaw

[blackknight-100]

My humble offerings for pride month - A Shiva-Mohini tale + Lakshmi at the end! Many thanks to @samissobsessed for reminding me about them :)

Also, just so you know, canon-timeline died a very painful death when I threw it out of the window with my own hands!

1.

The first time Shiva sees Mohini, she is just emerging from the group of entranced Asuras with the pot of nectar. Parvati, still rubbing his burning throat, pauses her ministrations to see what has caught his attention.

“Ah,” she says, eyes glittering when she sees the divine beauty, “is she not pretty, Arya?”

Shiva thinks ‘pretty’ does not even begin to describe her. Mohini is short and dark, all lissom limbs corded with lean muscles, and open hair rolling all the way down to her calves. With her dimpled cheeks and long lashes, she looks very unlike Vishnu, whom Shiva knows and dotes upon. For a moment, Shiva is possessed by a strange desire to speak to her, certain that even Saraswati’s songs would not match the sweetness of her voice, and he is almost jealous of the Asuras.

Parvati’s laughter brings him back to earth, to the mountain no longer churning, and Vasuki slithering wearily around his shoulders.

“My dear Vasuki,” his wife says, eyes crinkled with amusement, “leave your lord to his musings, now that Kama, rascal that he is, has decided to strike my poor husband once again.”

“No!” Shiva says, louder than intended, and blushes. “No,” he repeats, “it is nothing like that.”

The excuse sounds weak even to his own ears. Parvati laughs harder. Shiva decides the next time he gets hold of Kamadeva, there would be no return from the burning.

2.

As if Kama striking him was not enough, Rati shows up on Kailash the following week, eyes bright with mischief.

“We won the war easily,” she tells Gauri, as if that was what she had come to discuss all along.

Shiva does not trust her one bit. He is proven correct when Rati follows that up with, “It is all because of lovely Mohini. Did you see how she charmed the Asuras?”

“Of course we did. Arya was very interested,” says the traitor previously known as Gauri, Shiva's wife.

“Was he?” Rati covers her smile with a coy palm. “Of course he was! Such beauty, such grace! Why, I feared if this went on unchecked, I would lose my place as Goddess of... you know.”

Gauri throws him an amused wink, barely holding back her teasing delight. “I do know,” she agrees.

Shiva pretends that this time, he will stick to his resolve of never speaking to his wife again.

3.

“She is alone now!” Kali says, bouncing excitedly next to him. “You should go take your chance! Shoot your shot! Ask to court her!”

“I am your husband,” Shiva says exasperated, even as he laughs at her antics. “Are you not even a little jealous?”

Kali ignores his question and rolls right over him. “Maybe you shall have a babe, the sweetest child in all the three worlds! What if it is a boy? With her dark face and your dreadful hair? Or a girl? Oh my, please let it be a girl.”

“That is Vishnu,” Shiva tries, ignoring the comment about his dreadful hair. “Your brother. Why are you like this?”

Kali waves a dismissive hand. “She is my sister, not my brother. Besides, any sister worth her salt would aid her sibling’s pursuit of a gentleman.”

The words warm Shiva’s heart more than Surya’s fire ever could. “You think I am a gentleman?”

Kali turns her nose up at him and points to the enchantress. “Not if you do not go after her.”

Shiva does as he is told. After all happy wives make for happy lives.

4.

It is incredibly easy for Kali to tell him to ‘shoot his shot’ from cold Kailash, but as Shiva soon finds out, it is significantly more difficult than it looks.

For one, Mohini takes one look at him and starts running. She is not even fleeing from him – Shiva would never pursue a woman who did not want his company – she merely appears to enjoy teasing him. This lines up with what Shiva knows of Vishnu. What does not line up is the crowd of gods gathered in the clouds, cheering them on. Cheering him onwards.

“This is mortifying,” he calls out to Mohini, as Kama and Vasanta drop flowers on them, and Vayu makes their clothes flutter dramatically. “Stop, I beg you!”

Mohini only laughs. It is the dearest sound in all the world – sweet as the nectar she stole for the gods, breathless as Ganga at Gangotri, and delirious as Varuni's newly brought sura. Shiva feels Rati’s pull upon his ascetic self, and willingly lets it consume him.

Mohini’s joy is worth the pain of Kama’s love.

5.

Afterwards, they lie together in a shadowed glade, beneath a blossoming Kadamba tree. The air carries the scent of spring flowers and oncoming rain, and of their shared affection.

Shiva rolls around to look at her, at Mohini, Mistress of Illusions, and asks quietly, “Are you alright?”

Mohini laughs. It is more breathless than it was before, but it is still the most delightful sound in the world.

“Of course I am,” she says, making sparkling patterns in the air. “But I will demand recompense for my torn necklace - and you may not have any help this time.”

Shiva finds himself smiling as well. He reaches out a hand, all the way from the earthly air to the gardens of the divine, plucking lotuses from Indra's pond. Then, from the weaver spider he borrows a silken thread and strings it through the flowers.

“Will you have this?” he asks Mohini, offering her the garland.

“Mighty ascetic,” says the enchantress, “any gift from you I shall treasure and wear all my immortal life.”

+1.

Mohini is visiting them on Kailash when Lakshmi comes to see Uma. She is a little miffed to be drawn away from Ayyappa, sure, but the new goddess is good company, and Uma is eager to be her friend.

Mistress Wealth is an indescribable beauty, with her gold-bright face and ruby lips, and her hair a riot of obsidian curls. Her smile, bright as Varuna's best pearls, widens when she sees Uma.

“Greetings,” Lakshmi calls, waving a dainty hand. “It has been a while.”

“It has indeed,” Uma agrees, pulling her to the side. “Shiva is with the baby. Come meet Ayyappa!”

“You had a child?” Lakshmi lights up. "Oh, oh, may I see him?”

“Of course!” Uma shakes her head and adds, “His mother is Mohini.”

Lakshmi furrows her brows. “Who is- ” she begins, and then stops.

Uma turns to look back at her, bewildered, only to find Lakshmi staring at Vishnu-Mohini, who has emerged from the antechamber at the sound of voices. They are also in the process of swapping between forms – male one moment, female the next.

Uma swallows her laughter at Lakshmi's besotted look, turns to her sibling and gestures at the quick changes. “Why are you doing... this? My head hurts from looking at you.”

“You wound me!” Vishnu-Mohini clutches their chest dramatically, which is hampered by the fact that their breast swells one moment and disappears the next. “I must find out which form looks most pleasing on me. Oh, who is this lovely goddess?”

Lakshmi stirs as if from a trance, and immediately blurts out, “Are you married?”

“Not yet.” Mohini winks at her. “Are you proposing? Where are my gifts?”

Lakshmi holds out her hand and pulls an ornament from thin air – a weighty necklace of garnet-studded gold – and offers it to Mohini with the most serious look Uma has ever seen on the restless goddess's face.

“Marry me,” she says, “and you shall have my heart and mind and all treasures of land and sea.”

Mohini takes it, eyes gleaming. “I like chasing and being chased.”

Lakshmi's mien softens, and mischief returns to her face. “Good thing then,” she laughs at last, “that we have similar tastes.”

[deathmetalunicorn1]

Chapter 2: Group Meeting

-Two days later Shiva and his family met once again at Raiden’s house, this time with Ganesha as well, as he was a part of the family as well.

-Raiden greeted them all warmly, “Yo! Do you all want to have a drink before we get started?”

-Ten voices, in unison, all shouted out, “‘NO!’” which made Raiden boom with laughter before he led them in.

-Along with Kojiro, Kondo, and Okita, there were other rikishi as well, older ones who were a bit wiser, those who might have some good advice as well.

-The talks started off well enough, with Kondo inquiring the Hindu gods about what they had been dealing with before this meeting, such as the proposal letters or any threats.

-Each of the gods took turns, telling the group that letters had been sent in, letters of intent from someone else, like parents offering their daughter, or from the woman herself, as well as some anonymous letters with threats, something Zeus was now investigating, telling them to not marry a human.

-Raiden agreed, nodding his head, “I’ve heard men talking, other human men, saying they didn’t want any of their daughters marrying a god.”

-Shiva scowled lightly, scratching the back of his head lightly, annoyed to hear there was prejudice on both sides, gods wanting them to not marry a human and humans not wanting the gods to marry one of their own.

-Kojiro showed his wisdom, instead of just picking a random girl, “What kind of women do you all like then? I would hate to recommend someone who wouldn’t be a good fit and waste your time or hers.”

-Brahma spoke first, surprising the gods, “Someone who is calm. I deal with enough with Shiva’s shenanigans, I want someone more laid back.”

-Shiva immediately pouted, scowling over at Brahma, “You make it sound like you don’t like me~”

-Brahma sent him a small glare, “I do like you; I just don’t like the trouble you constantly cause the rest of us.”

-Vishnu nodded in agreement, “Someone intelligent would be nice. Someone to hold good conversations with.”

-Kali agreed with him, “I agree, someone to have in depth conversations would be nice to have, also a woman who will get along with the three of us, nobody vain or catty.”

-Parvati then piped up, “And they have to be nice to my son! And I agree with Kali, someone not shallow or mean to the three of us!”

-Everyone went back and forth, discussing good qualities they want in a woman before the other rikishi started to get involved, stating their own preferences in women and the discussions were quick to dissolve into arguments on which preferences were the best.

-Some tried to keep the peace, like Kondo and Kojiro, while others tried to get the group back on track, like Rudra, “What happened to helping us find a wife?!”

-Shiva sighed softly before he glanced to the side, seeing Ganesha looking a bit worried about the fighting, turning to give his son a small smile, putting his hand on his head, “Go play Ganesha, you don’t need to sit here with us while we’re arguing.”

-Ganesha was surprised but he nodded and headed outside, into Raiden’s yard where he had played numerous times, enjoying the cooler weather.

-He instantly grinned, seeing other children he had played with before, both god and human children who cheered out his name and he was quick to meet them as one of the boys told the Hindu god that they were going to go and play with a kickball.

-They immediately inviting him to join in and the group of children ran off to go and play, leaving behind the house that doubled as a dojo that was getting louder and louder, behind.

[zeherili-ankhein]

Why does it looks like they are there to order their pumpkin spice latte and strawberry matcha and mango matcha from Jayanta Steven...??

Do you have a problem with Harihara?

Get judged by them directly.

[zeherili-ankhein]

OKAY OKAY SO

I don't think it's fair to credit ONLY ancient Tamil writers for the Harihar yaoi cult cuz in some Shakta beliefs Vishnu is seen as an avatar of Shakti, and HENCE...

Vishnu and Shiva are... technically married...canonically.... if u think about it

So a big shoutout to ancient Shakta writers as well!

I like to think that the North Indian writers were planning to make them a canon ship but were a little too hesitant so the Tamil and Shakta writers stepped in and said "Fuck it. We'll do it instead. Tumlogo se nahi hone wala."

Honestly BIG slay. They were TIRED.

EXACTLY LIKE THE ENTIRE KRISHNA = KALI THING PROVES THIS

Does that also mean Krishna stepped on Shiva-

Honestly the North Indian writers should have done that :/ sad they chickened out

The Tamil and Shakta writers honestly had a Thanos moment and said “fine I'll do it myself” AND THEY COOKED 🥘🥧

[broken-clover]

One (Semi-obscure) Fact About Every Guilty Gear Character

I like trivia. And I like Guilty Gear. Being a series that’s been around for the better part of two decades, it’s only natural there’s some details that are less known about. So I wanted to make a silly little compilation about that, inspired by ‘One Obscure Fact About Every Total Drama Character’ by voiceunderthecovers on Youtube. 

As the title suggests, I also specifically did my best to pull out facts that may be less known even to fans of the series, so ideally there’s no ‘Sol is based on Freddie Mercury’-tier stuff here. I tried to find something interesting for everyone!

Characters are listed in order of their first playable games

Missing Link

Sol Badguy- Sol was originally meant to be voiced by actor Koichi Yamadera rather than developer Daisuke Ishiwatari, but given the developer's budget at the time, he would have been too expensive to afford

Ky Kiske- While Ky has been consistently voiced by Takeshi Kusao for the entire series' run in Japanese, he has been given a different voice actor for every dubbed game for both the English and Korean versions. This means that Ky has had seven official voice actors in total, making him among the highest of the cast alongside Testament

May- May is one of only a few characters in the series to have a tattoo, and only one of two where it is not implied or indicated to be magical in some way, alongside Potemkin's barcode

Potemkin- Several of Potemkin's moves across games reference Hinduism. Strive's 'Garuda Impact' is named after a birdlike demigod that acts as a mount for Vishnu, while Xrd SIGN's 'Trishula' is named for a divine trident-like weapon wielded by the god Shiva

Chipp Zanuff- According to prototype and side materials, Chipp is 22 years old as of Missing Link.

Faust- Possibly to go along with his nature of being a doctor with the desire to treat anyone he comes across, Faust's blood type is O, the universal donor

Axl Low- Axl claims the specific date he desired to return to was May 14, 1998. This is the same date that Missing Link was released in Japan

Millia Rage- According to her Xrd SIGN story mode, Millia's favorite flower is the Easter Lily

Zato-1- Based on his abduction dialogue in Strive, Zato believes in aliens

Kliff Undersn- Despite being removed from the Wii version of XX Accent Core, along with Justice, both their names and endings remain in the game's code. They also both contain original art that had never been used up to that point

Testament- The twin demons that Testament summons in Strive are the same singular familiar they possessed in prior games, simply named ‘Succubus,’ possibly split into two entities similarly to Ramlethal's familiar Lucifero

Justice- In Missing Link, Justice was voiced by Arc System employee Takuya Morito, who also voiced Chipp

Baiken- Baiken was initially a difficult character to include in the series, as due to being an amputee, it brought up issues with compliance standards at the time

X

Anji Mito- one of his aliases, Hirasawa, was actually planned to be his name during the start of X's development

Venom- During the winpose where he spins his cue, it is able to interact with any remaining balls that are still set up nearby

Johnny- Johnny is implied to have a close history with Gig, the main antagonist of the DS spinoff game Guilty Gear Dust Strikers

Jam Kuradoberi- In Blazblue, Litchi Faye-Ling's theme 'Oriental Flower' is a remix of her X theme, 'Babel Nose'

Dizzy- In the Guilty Gear XX Burst Encyclopedia, full-bodied sketch concepts exist for her wing entities, Necro and Undine. It is unknown currently if the designs were ever meant to be implemented into the game or if they were simply unused concepts

XX

Bridget- Bridget’s usage of a yo-yo as a weapon was inspired by a world-class yo-yoer that Daisuke Ishiwatari knew during the development of XX

Slayer- In SIGN, Slayer is shown to be able to control his limbs even after being severed

Zappa- In his Accent Core character art, Zappa is drawn with six fingers on his right hand. This has never appeared before or since, and is likely just an error. However, in some circles, six fingered-hands are viewed as spiritually significant

I-no- Her main guitar weapon, 'Marlene,' closely resembles the real-life Starplayer TV model manufactured by German company Duesenberg. One of her design inspirations, Sheena Ringo, owned a similar guitar, which she referred to as 'Dietrich.' Collectively, both may be a reference to German actress Marlene Dietrich

Robo-Ky- In #Reload, Robo-Ky is unique in that he has two separate standard match themes, with a day version and a night version depending on what round is occurring

Overture

Sin Kiske- In all of his playable appearances, Sin has never been depicted wearing socks

Izuna- Despite often being assumed to be a kitsune due to his foxlike ears, it is implied through his story in the Overture Original Material Collection that Izuna is actually a tsukumogami made from a hairpin

Dr. Paradigm- Prior to Strive bringing back several actors from SIGN, Paradigm was the only character to have a consistent dub voice, retaining the same actor in SIGN that he did in Overture

Raven- The portraits used for his non-playable appearance in XX are traced from the illustrations used in the side novel Lightning the Argent

Xrd

Bedman- He shares his voice actor with the character Marth from the Fire Emblem series in both his original Japanese and English dub voices, Hikaru Midorikawa and Yuri Lowenthal respectively

Ramlethal Valentine- Ramlethal is the only Xrd Valentine to not be associated with a holiday

Elphelt Valentine- Elphelt is the only playable female character depicted wearing earrings. There are more playable men in Guilty Gear that wear them than women.

Leo Whitefang- The PS3 console version of Xrd SIGN contains unused prototype art for an alternative version of Leo's character portrait

Jack-O Valentine- Similarly to Elphelt and Ramlethal, Jack-O is mechanically unusual as a character, in her case due to her servant-summoning mechanic. It is often believed that this is a reference to the tower-defense style gameplay of Overture, where the original Valentine appeared.

Kum Haehyun- Haehyun only speaks with her own voice during her outro animation. All of her other dialogue is spoken through her mech

Answer- Possibly as a way of properly proportioning the third lens of his glasses, Answer's model contains a second nose above the first. This was left in place and simply made invisible rather than be removed in the final version

STRIVE

Nagoriyuki- Though he was teased in the very first trailer for Guilty Gear Strive at EVO 2019, he remained unnamed for almost a year until his official trailer was released along with Leo’s in July 2020

Giovanna- Despite it being her debut game, across the entire script of Strive's story mode, Giovanna only has 22 lines of spoken dialogue, totaling 157 words overall. For reference, Sol speaks more than that during his first 10 lines

Goldlewis Dickinson- Along with Bridget, Delilah, and the Valentines, Goldlewis is one of the few characters who canonically has a sibling

Happy Chaos- In Baiken's Strive DLC trailer, an error occurs near the beginning where during a brief pan along the character's name, a trait consistent along all of the Seaon 1 DLC trailers, it erroneously reads as 'Happy Chaos' rather than 'Baiken.' It is unknown how this mistake occurred or made it to the final version, though it was fixed by the next installment, as Testament's trailer lacks this error

Delilah- Her English voice actor, Jessica DiCicco, voiced another adolescent telekinetic, Franke Athens, in the cult classic game Psychonauts

That Man- With his full name being given as Asuka R. Kreutz, he is one of only two characters to be given a middle initial, alongside Bedman

[inc0rrectmyths]

𝗦𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗮: *sadly sitting in a burial ground, body smothered with ashes from the corpses*

𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗻𝘂, 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮: *worried*

𝗦𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗮: You both are probably thinking how weird I am. I'm such a weird God.

𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗻𝘂: *hugging him* It's ok to feel down. We all are here. Everyone is waiting for you in Devlok.

𝗦𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗮: Really..?

𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮: *also hugging him* Yes, we all are worried for you. But take your time, come back when you are fine.

𝗦𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗮: You all aren't angry with me?

𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗻𝘂: Nope never ever.

𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮: If you want, we both can stay here with you.

𝗦𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗮: *hugging them back* Thank you. I appreciate it.

[aru-loves-krishnaxarjuna]

Sakhi what do you think about Karna x Duryodhan

Ok Sakha, look. My main OTPs are:

Krishna x Arjuna

Vishnu x Shiva x Indra

Duryodhan x Karna

Like bro, Duryodhan only loves Karna and no one else. And Karna has literally promised Duryodhan that his whole life belongs to him. So yeah! I ship it!

[hariharaputra]

There is a saying in the Puranas - "Shiva is the heart of Vishnu, and Vishnu is the heart of Shiva", so I had an idea:

One day, Vishnu felt nauseous.

Laksmi: Are you pregnant?

But Vishnu shook his head calmly: No, it's just that he wants to come out.

Laksmi: Then why didn't you let him out?

Vishnu: Because he is my heart.

Later, Daksha's daughter Sati grew up, and Vishnu spit out a Rudra, and Vishnu said: Go, Mahadeva, you shall marry Daksha's daughter.

Another day, Mahadeva also felt sick, Sati: Why don't you spit him out?

Mahadeva: He will come out, but for now, I want him to be my heart for a while.

Later, Sita was abandoned by Rama and taken in by Valmiki.

Mahadeva spat out Rama, and Mahadeva said: Go, you are Rama, and you shall accompany Sita when she stays in the Aranya.

This is Harihar. Although sometimes they let go, they possess each other forever.

[h0bg0blin-meat]

Ayyappan and Urvashi