#you can imagine the other deity as whoever you want

[brothersgrimmsnarl]

"So, Mother of the Cosmos..."

"Please. Liettora is fine."

"Ah, of course. You only ever wanted to be acknowledged, and not worshipped."

There was a comfortable silence between the two deities as one poured the boiling water from the kettle into two cups, sliding one saucer across the small table to the woman wrapped in flowing silks and an otherworldly glow.

"So, aeons trapped in a loop of reincarnation, and at long last it was one of my followers that freed you from your mortal vessel." The younger deity quirked a half-smile, somewhat amused by the prospect.

The Goddess, old as the cosmic essences themselves, lifted the cup to her lips that upturned at the corners, an amused giggle bubbling up from her throat.

"May their mind be at ease knowing they did me a favor. At long last, I can go home." She replied, finally taking a sip.

It was her favorite flavor.

It turns out when you die you don’t face your own God, but instead face the God of whomever or whatever killed you.

[acid-ixx]

✮ — 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍 : in which control is your only friend . . . (concept idea)

guys let me cook on this one but i suddenly want to post about an isekai trope au with modern! reader being transported into the world of dc comics. of course you're sentient, but sentience doesn't mean autonomy, because you're forced to don a new identity as a vigilante; guided by a malicious system only you can perceive.

a superhero, a new canon to the world, whose body is still adjusting to its given powers. you are not omnipotent, you are not a deity, and you most certainly could not adapt at such a timely rate; but you were once omniscient to the multiple plots and universes of the world you now live in. that is the only advantage you have amongst the unease you feel at the knowledge that eyes are now plastered all over your existence; a twisted game toying with you, with the price being your very life.

turns out, your existence is controlled by the very viewers (you guys, the commentors, the voters) who determine whichever fate you land on, a rule told by the system from when you were once transported into the world. whether it'd be mere yes or no answers to awkward questions, or even something as major as choosing to save others, or yourself in a life or death situation, and even as far as your love interests— only they can choose, and you'd be left to commit upon such acts, with or without your consent.

imagine, not only your presence is bared naked to the entire world, but every word you say are remembered, are criticized weekly. each and every action of yours that aren't determined by your cruel fans will gain both equal and opposite reactions.

your superhero name is chosen by whoever is the sick mastermind of this entire game. and you! for now, silly you would enjoy the momentary lapses of excitement meeting your favorite characters, but happiness in such a world does not exist. the longer you stay, where every week, your own destiny dictated by phone calls, comments, likes, reactions, and polls; the more you wish you never once set out to abide within the rules of this... game.

it is only your emotions, your thoughts that you can control, but never certain actions at major events. there is no such thing as discontinuity, or changing plotlines once you're able to catch a moment on what you truly wish to say.

as your story is published amongst thousands of people, it is up to your viewers, your deities, to decide whether or not you should live, die, or give you a chance to try to survive without them.

and it is up to you whether to fight back, or to allow their choices to destroy your very life.

either way, your tale is set to capture the hearts of many. and the only destiny nobody, not even your fanbase, nor you, could change, are the multiple set of characters within your world to eventually set their eyes on you.

and my, oh my, it is never once mentioned within these lines of texts that these characters are controlled by anybody, no?

*ੈ✩‧₊˚ are you interested to join your journey ?

♛ —⠀YES !⠀ yes, i'd love to see where this goes.

♚ —⠀NO !⠀⠀i'd rather not endanger myself, no thank you.

[snixkers]

Bailed Out

Pairing: Elle Greenaway × Fem!Reader

Fluff/Minor Angst

For: requst by @lez-talk1 and @imagining-in-the-margins Pride Challenge!!!

Content Warnings: Cursing, internalized homophobia/biphobia, canon level violence, no physical descriptors

Summary: Elle has a crush on you. Elle doesn't want to.

Author's Note: Gotta get my sapphic representation innnnn for Elle. Also, whoever requested this, I'm so sorry, it was lost in the comments. Enjoy!!!

Feedback is always welcome!

Requests are OPEN!

Elle Greenaway knew she was fucked.

She had been held hostage, shot, traumatized, and more in her years at the BAU. But by far, the worst thing was her crush on you.

There was absolutely nothing wrong with you. Your smile lit up a room, and your confidence made her feel better by association. But when she realized that the feelings were more than just a like, she began to realize some things about herself.

She had a crush on a girl. And she was a girl. Did that make her a lesbian? She wasn't big on labels, but it didn't make sense. She could flirt with men, find them attractive, be interested in them romantically. Could she do both?

Something about saying that she liked girls was scary. Not that she cared if other people did, but it was herself. She liked girls.

Maybe she was just jealous and dealing with issues after the Fisher King.

Easier to do that than actually mention anything to you.

Which worked well for a couple months, until those feelings started to get stronger. It was no longer that she liked a girl, she was in love with a girl. Which was a whole new can of worms she was not opening.

Every single time you two would get paired up on a case, she would stare longingly at you to the point where Hotch offered time off because he believed she was disassociating.

It was a stupid little crush, and it was getting out of hand. She had to do something about it sooner rather than later.

Elle, headstrong and unable to tackle her emotions properly, walked up to you after the majority of people had gone home and tapped on your back.

"Hey, can we talk?"

You spun around, and it nearly knocked her on her ass just how much you made her day better. All her previous ideas about asking you out or maybe accusing you of some type of witchcraft immediately dissipated.

"Um, do you need more coffee?"

You shook your head, putting in your headphones and turning back to your computer.

"All set."

"Yeah, no problem. Sorry for bothering you."

So Elle Greenaway, who had stared down killers and rapists, fled back to her desk with her tail between her legs.

The second time she tried to ask you out, it was during a movie that Garcia and Reid had dragged everyone along to. The seats were scattered for convenience, and some sick deity* had placed the two of you together.

*Garcia

She spent the entire movie nervously fidgeting, considering asking for another bathroom break before realizing you might think three meant she was having a medical episode.

So she sucked it up, basking in your sweet perfume and the high of sitting next to you. During the credits, you were both getting up when some sick deity** forced her to bump into you. You held onto her arms to steady yourself, and Elle did something incredibly stupid.

**not Garcia

She leaned forward and kissed you before promptly turning around and walking out of the theater.

The next week was tense and uncomfortable, but she made sure there wasn't any chance of another one-on-one.

She didn't try to ask you out a third time. After the movie theater disaster, why should she?

Clearly it wasn't meant to be. She had enough emotional baggage to fill the overhead bins of the BAU jet. It would be better to forget about the whole thing.

But you had different plans.

After a week of avoidance, you walked up to her desk with a purpose, and she immediately panicked. Before she could apologize profusely (since when did she apologize?), you had kissed her.

Oh.

"There, now we're even. But if you want to do me a favor, you could come get dinner with me tonight."

Oh.

"Um, sounds great. I'll just, uh, get my stuff."

Now she sounded like Reid. Dammit. She watched you walk away with a satisfied smile, sighing to herself.

Elle Greenaway liked girls. She liked you. She was getting used to it, but she could definitely get used to you.

[pseudoartistpostsstuff]

Heyo! May I request platonic yandere chain with reader? But instead of isekai like normal the reader is actually a destructive spirit or deity that was reawakened by either Dark Link or Ganon? Anywhoooo I hope you’re having a great week- mine was filled with exams lmfaooooo

Thanks for requesting anon! I really hope you had good results from those exams!

Notes: My week was okay, thank you for asking!!

I really let out my imagination out on this one, hope you'll like it.

BTW, take this as a part on the back for getting through your week.

I feel like I made the yandereness on this one so light, I'm sorry

-> Reader can't bring themselves to remember anyone's names so just remembers their most striking characteristics in their opinion.

-> It's been a while since I've read the comic, so Time keeping FD's mask on his belt for safety measures (since it's the most dangerous one and he can't lose it) is merely a headcanon of mine.

-> Reader is a menace who has questionable intellect (AKA a chaotic, pyromaniac, destructive entity being forced to be nice to others by the good guys™).

-> I left the end ambiguous, so you guys can decide if reader was either truly tamed or is still a menace who Time has to keep on check so they won't be too cruel on their "pranks".

-> Reader also magically rearranged Time's ocarina so each hole would play different a different sound at some point, so he literally had to re-learn where each note was so that he could go back to playing his songs again.

-> Reader slept for more than Time and Wild both and doesn't know a thing about the Zelda lore other than the Golden goddesses.

TWs: Light platonic yanderism, mention of burns, mentions of fire and arson, mentions of loud noises, basically just reader being an absolute hazard to anyone and everyone.

Platonic yandere! Chain x Reader

Debt to pay.

People from your time used to say that one could sooner move a mountain from it's resting place rather than tame your natural ways.

You wouldn't say you were a deity, per say, you thrived on chaos and setbacks, a living annoyance to the poor living things that breathed the same air as you, and roamed the earth by the same time you did.

It was in your nature to be destructive, yes, but you never wanted destruction, at least not full extinction. The darkness and the light were both two sides of the same rupee, they were one just like the other, beings of both sides would react the exact identical way to having their butts lit on fire. So, of course, you weren't one to pick and choose who you'd go after each day.

Thing is, most people didn't understand that —if anyone at all— so everyone just assumed you were a being of pure darkness, even if you actually saw yourself as more of a dark gray entity from a moral chart perspective.

And that was how you got yourself “killed”, if that's even the right thing to call it.

Somehow, no one seemed to care much when you lit whole villages on fire and made all of the walls of full-on castles start dissing out pure electricity, but they almost dislocated their jaws the moment you decided to do a silly trick and turn all of their lovely goddesses statues upside down for a day.

As if those same goddesses hadn't just ignored all of their prayers in the last hundreds of years you spent freely making their lives miserable.

You were stored in a vase. Not even a cool cool one. A plain clay vase deep within a temple under the ground. If you could choose, you'd have preferred something more majestic and up to the level of your power, but then again, it wasn't like you were in place to say anything in your defense.

Sometimes you just wondered how your small group of worshipers were. They probably weren't the best people out there, if you could say so yourself, but you were still curious if they ended up having similar fates to yours.

A long, long time later, you were "revived", for the same reason you were "killed".

Not the best choice on the part of whoever went through the trouble of doing all that, but who were you to judge? Or even to complain?

From what you could get from the boring evil monologue the guy in front of you was giving after having just woken you up from the longest nap you've ever had —since you couldn't really die— the guy wanted you to aid him in his quest to kill some other guys and take over the world or some boring nefarious plan like that.

You couldn't recall any of the names he just said, though, so you could only guess that you had either slept for a pretty damn long time, or you were in an entirely different world on itself.

Before you could fully decide on one of the two possibilities, the red guy sent you to fight against that group of guys he was talking about, seven men with varying shades of blonde hair along with two guys who weren't blond at all.

Perhaps you could have admired the strength of the red guy's magic, to just bring you out of your sleep like that and already straight up teleport you.

Thing is, you didn't really care enough to do that, you just did whatever you wanted the moment you realized you were fully conscious and in a physical body once again.

Were you chaotic and very much possibly evil? Yes. Were you stupid, however? Kinda No.

So the moment the opportunity presented itself, you followed those guys around, gathering information. Taking notice also of that one shadow looking dude, who was following them around just like you, seemingly with the intention of making their lives hell.

Maybe he'd be an interesting being to interact with, if he wasn't as prickly as a damn cactus. You swore you couldn't even approach the guy without him reacting like a startled cat, pointing his flimsy sword straight to your face. You swore to yourself you'd break that thing in half one of these days.

And so you set your sights fully on the blond —and the not so blond— guys, taking your time to also play around with the villages they went to and toy with the monster camps they passed by.

Of course, you couldn't just ignore the massively ominous aura drifting from the masks that one of the taller blondies carried around. Your hands itched to get a grasp on those things, whatever was sealed inside it was magical and possibly powerful, and the possibilities sent your mind on quite a dangerous frenzy.

The thing that made you a bit disappointed, however, was how long it took for them to notice your presence.

At some point you decided to start giving them some more obvious hints that what was following them wasn't friendly.

They seemed to really like bomb bags, which wasn't exactly safe for them when you could randomly activate those at will.

Also, you couldn't control the rain or storms, of course, but you definitely could attract lightning, especially since they all seemed to enjoy carrying around those identical metal swords.

Sometimes you just liked to pull on their hair and make knots on them, given that some had really long hair.

The wolf guy had a horse, one you could just startle really easily. Although you didn't have the result you wanted, since the wolf guy wasn't sent flying the moment his horse went crazy.

You caught him later, though. Making loud, high pitched noises to absolutely blow away his senses the moment he turned into a wolf to try and chase you down.

The fire that the short guy was using to mend a weapon randomly became overly strong, enough to have burned his whole arm, if he hadn't pulled away quick enough.

The scarf of the other one just one day became a bit too hard around his neck. It's a good thing for him that he was quick enough to pull it off his neck before he suffocated.

You watched as the one with pink hair almost had a breakdown, as all his colorful, shiny little trinkets and accessories having become dulled, turning completely pitch black, no traces of their original colors or magic left.

The kid tried to control the wind, only to have it blown straight back to his face, bringing leaves and sand with it.

You made sure their cook accidentally poured a bit too much pepper in their food, or salt, even sugar, if you felt like it.

The brown haired one suddenly lost control of his magic, what was supposed to heal their wounds ended up dyeing their hair blue for days on end.

That other guy who always overslept felt his pillow being pulled from under his head at random times through his nights.

And the tall guy's masks have all suddenly decided to disappear.

“Okay. Something is going on here. And it's not something natural.” Time sighed, looking around the camp, tired and worried, concerned.

Wild’s hair was an absolute mess and seemed to have caught on fire at some point, Warriors was glaring at his scarf, keeping it as far from his —almost purple— neck as possible. Wind had his hair almost as messy as Wild's, full of leaves and dirt, he was pretty sure there were also some bugs around it, his cheek had a thin cut from a sharp little rock.

Twilight was occupied comforting Epona, although the both of them seemed quite shaken up by something.

Four had some burns around the tips of his fingers, his hair usual blond hair now stained with blue, Hyrule sitting beside him with a frown, bandaging his hands rather than using his healing magic like he normally would.

Sky wasn't far from the two, almost dozing off despite the migraine that had settled behinds his eyes, which were now dotted with heavy bags from sleepless nights. Legend's terrible mood did not seem to disturb his need for a nap.

“Oh, really?” Legend almost growled back, positively fuming with barely contained rage gleaming in his eyes.

“Vet, I am not your enemy here, but once we find out who is doing this, you can direct your anger towards whoever they are.” Time shot a look to the other.

“That is, if it's even a person doing this. It might be some kind of monster.” Warriors commented.

“One thing we're sure of is that there's magic involved in this.” Hyrule spoke up, finished with the bandaging.

“I don't even know why you're so mad, Leg, you were possibly the least affected by this.” Four complained, eyebrows furrowed with stress. Even as a blacksmith, he was never a fan of getting burned, especially not being caught off guard like that!

“Agreed.” Wild was the next to speak, not bothering to brush the soot out of his hair. It wasn't quite the first time he almost been exploded, after all, even though the experience didn't get any better no matter how many times he went through it.

“You're really saying that, even though the kid only got a burst of wind to the face.”

“Ay! Mind your own business, Legend!” Wind sprung up in defense of himself, already looking to be tense prior to the attack, as the two began arguing.

While the group was in quite the mess, you took your chances to go ahead and approach stealthily to attempt to take the mask you were so curious about. Said mask being the last one you hadn't stolen borrowed yet, since the tall guy seemed to have noticed his other masks disappearances and decided to take extra means of protection towards that one.

In your opinion, your risks were all carefully thought out and calculated, however, you seemed to have completely forgotten about a certain wolf guy at the edge of the camp, standing beside his horse and looking straight at you.

You managed to grab the mask from the taller guy's belt! But at what price..?

Before you could even manage to turn around and run away with it, a hand shot out, hooking on the back of the collar of your shirt, pushing you to the ground in a second. And in another second, there was a blade shoved right in front of your face.

Goddammit.

You barely paid any attention to all the yelling, too occupied hugging your newly acquired possession tightly to your chest.

“Hand me that mask. Now.” A voice right behind you demanded, yet you still didn't move.

“No.”

The sword in front of you seemed to inch just slightly closer to your neck.

“At least tell me what it is, first!” You asked, a bit more squirmy, not at all comfortable with the vulnerability you had right now, since it seemed like that long sleep left you with a bit less power than you used to have, clearly a precaution, should you ever gain you body back. It was smart from your captors, but very much annoying for you.

“None of your business, now give me back my mask!” The tall guy —now in front of you— stressed. You could tell that his restlessness was hinting towards just how near he was to the end of his wits.

“If this piece of porcelain is as powerful as it seems, then yes, yes it is my business!”

It wasn't, not really, but you were too curious to just give up on information just like that.

The tall guy went quiet for a second before he finally replied, going with a question instead of actually giving you an answer like you were expecting from him.

“How do you know how powerful it is?”

“None of your business.” You threw his own words back at him and now the dull side of the sword was suddenly pressing up pretty uncomfortably against your skin, burning you. “Okay, fine, I'll tell you.”

And that was how you met the Links, and also how you became chained to them, unable to leave. After all, you did have to pay them back for all that you did to every single one of them.

But, for some reason, that simple dept seemed to only to get bigger the longer you spent time with them, despite the fact you weren't doing anything entirely wrong…

At least, that was the excuse they gave to you, yet something in you made you feel like that wasn't the full truth.

Extra (This happened)

Time: give me back my shit

Reader: nuh-uh

Time: fym nuh-uh

[galesdevoteewife]

Let’s talk about Mystra

Hello everyone, I wanted to talk about Mystra👋🔮

As much of a crazy lover as I am for my fictional wizard, the more lore research I do, the more I feel like Mystra deserves some love too. This goddess lives a cursed life. I know I know she asked Gale to kill himself, but bear with me; here are my arguments:

A bit history of Mystra

There’re 3 Mystra: Mystryl -> Mystra (Elminster’s Mystra) -> Mystra (Midnight)

In short, Mystryl is the fourth deity in the universe, composed of Shar & Selûne’s essence. She is one of the primal existences while the universe is still new and trying to settle down, a significant component of the universe itself. While Mystryl’s spirit was born naturally, Mystra and Midnight were both once mortal and raised by AO to inherit Mystryl’s power.

Is Mystra bad?

Midnight, “Mystra 3rd ” is who we met in BG3. She was a human magic user born in 1332 DR. Midnight was aiding Mystra 2nd at the time of troubles. She’s a kind-hearted and humble woman who ascended in 1358 DR. She didn’t want godhood at all; she only did it to counter Cyric, the bad guy.

From comic book Avatar (1991)

For decades, she even tried to allow only the good use of magic, later learning her duty and place as the guardian of balance and impartial arbiter of the Weave; no matter how Midnight feels or hopes things could have been. She was only 26 when she had to wave goodbye to everyone she knew, shouldering the 24/7 goddess duty. It’s true that she will inherit other Mystra’s memory, but personality-wise she is only 160 years old; even Halsin is older than her. (Not to mention she spent 94 years in dormant)

Note[1]: Later on all the Mystra mentioned I will be talking about Midnight

Note[2]: Dec17/2023 I will come back and edit this section; it's misleading according to Ed Greenwood's tweet. The current Mystra is likely a blend of all three Mystras with an unspecified proportion. I will provide details on the stories and deeds of the other Mystras.

Being Mystra sucks. Truly.

Imagine your body is just a thing lying on the street; anyone can command you to dance for them so long as they know the right spell. While you CAN reject it, you are NOT ALLOWED to.

What’s worse is that too many mortals and too many gods want the Weave, but it’s not something that she can “give”. Like no one can give away their body to someone else. She IS the Weave; I think of it as the Weave being the cells that compose her. Whoever wants to take it away will have to separate her mind and “body” by:

killing her and inherit the Weave, where all the attempters failed step 2, then only resulted in a broken/Weaveless crisis

or completely manipulating her mind, which is the option no one ever considers; they all go straight to killing her

Whenever DnD wants to change the rules, they kill Mystra.

Shar wants the Weave, Bane wants it, countless mortals want it too. According to the conversation between Gale and Lorroakan, it’s almost a common conversation trying to dethrone the goddess and take the power for themselves.

And no one is there to protect Mystra; she fights alone. Although she has a good relationship with gods like Selûne or Azuth, nobody lent a hand when she was murdered. She relies on her chosens and her own power.

On top of defending herself, aka protecting the Weave, another important duty is to maintain the Weave. Whenever a spell is cast, it damages the Weave, and she is the one to patch the holes. The more powerful the spell is, the bigger damage it will cause. That’s why her dogma includes “Use the Art deftly and efficiently, not carelessly and recklessly.” She also needs to keep an eye out for possible upcoming threats. A tough and tedious job, and no holidays for the goddess.

It might sound a bit twisted, but she is taking care of the world by taking care of herself. Anything happening to her means catastrophe for the world. (e.g., Spellplague, where magic caused mutations to the users, see wiki here)

But she asked Gale to explode himself!

Yes, and she also promised Elysium once he’s dead. There is actually a thorough afterlife setting in the Forgotten Realms DnD setting. In short, a spirit doesn’t perish when a mortal dies; it would be drawn to the Fugue Plane and wait for the god they prayed to in life to send a servant to take them to their heaven.

It’s a terrible fate for the faithless or false spirits, those who either defy their gods or never choose one. They are forever punished in this grim plane and even become part of the Wall of the Faithless.

Fugue Plane and Wall of the Faithless: those are spirits piling up into a wall

In Mystra’s case, her heaven is Elysium, judging by the name, you can already tell it’s likely a heavenly place. Significantly better than the Fugue Plane, that’s for sure.

It’s a fixed truth that all will die someday, and Gale’s afterlife options are:

Defy Mystra: When he dies, he will be forever punished as a false in the Fugue Plane. Not to mention Kelemvor, Lord of the Dead, is also Midnight Mystra’s former(?) lover, and he detests cowardice.

Defy Mystra and try to gain favor from another god: I think this will mean changing class and profession for him, as a wizard he is tied to Mystra after all.

Serve Mystra and be taken to Elysium: And who knows, since he is chosen of Mystra, she might even revive him someday. Mystra 2nd did that for her other chosen before. Note: Interesting reading about how her chosen become weaveghost after death, see wiki here.

Obtain godhood: When the god Gale dies, he will go through a completely different process.

An interesting thought here is whether Gale knows about all these. It will largely define what his true colors are. It wouldn’t make sense if he is completely ignorant of afterlife logic, though. His background is an experienced wizard (probably studied some necromancy), goddess ex, and apparently visited heavens before.

Is Mystra power-thirsty?

I wouldn’t say so. She is already OP, and AO asked her to nerf herself by sharing and storing power in her chosens. Even if she were to gain more power, she is not allowed to keep it.

She wants the Shadow Weave

She sees Shar’s secret creation, the Shadow Weave, as a threat and aims to eventually subsume it into her portfolio, even if that means sacrificing her last remaining goodness and humanity.

From the DnD book “Faith & Pantheons”

We see how Shar is using her Shadow Weave in the cursed land, and it's safe to say it's not an ideal living environment for most beings. Shar has been very keen to kill Mystra and take over her power; I don’t think the world would be a better place in her hands than in Mystra’s.

She wants the Karsite Weave

The same logic could apply to the Karsite Weave. While we can argue whether Gale has a good heart and can be trusted with godlike power, he did show some concerning traits, did he not? Maybe in the future, when he is wiser and calmer, that's how I read Mystra’s line when she tells him to be patient.

Why doesn’t she just cure him since she can?

This is 100% headcanon. I think Mystra as a goddess is able to foresee some future. In Elminster’s story series, Mystra 2nd often asked him to do things that seemed irrelevant but were actually needed in the future. In Gale’s case, could it be that’s what Midnight meant to do? To mentor and humble him? Even prepare him to go through this journey? (Hardly imagine the prime archmage Gale joining our little merry band, and Elminster did say, “Mystra was anything but idle- she chose you as her champion.” What could that means?)

Gale has a curve where he goes from being “irked by untalented apprentices” to “enjoying teaching a lot” if not using the crown. He could have been relying on magic too much, and his ego or pursuit of power had led him astray from his good nature. If you look from this perspective, offering to use the orb before the final battle could be him still having doubts about the team's ability and having more faith in magic aka his own power (mixed with his deep love for everyone that he'd rather die than see their lives wasted, of course).

She is a terrible lover, and she doesn't care about Gale at all

According to patch 5, how time feels in the outer plane is very different from the material plane. God Gale came back in 6 months, and he seems not aware that it has been months. With this logic and putting myself in Mystra's shoes, she got mad because Gale recklessly activated a magical nuclear bomb and ignored him for a couple of weeks.(~1 year in the mortal world) When they meet again, this grumpy jumpy bean is thinking of the possibility of killing her for her powers already. Excuse me???

I will say there could be more considerate ways to handle this subject other than asking him to bomb himself. This long-distance cross-race romance was very problematic, but I will reserve my opinion on how much love she holds for Gale. Probably not seeing him as an equal partner, of course, but drawing the conclusion that she doesn't care a tad about his well-being might be too hasty, in my opinion.

A screenshot of Mystra telling Gale that she wasn't the one who took his gifts away from him. That's not an expression of 0 sympathy to me. I've never seen her make this face except for this line.

*UPDATE on Dec 11/2023* Add a tweet from Ed Greenwood, the creator of the Forgotten Realms. Ref: X

*UPDATE on Jan 11/2024* • Add a screenshots during Gale's meeting with her • Add a note on DnD weaveghost setting *UPDATE on Apr 15/2024* • An great analysis of Gale & Mystra's relationship and Mystra's behavior logic

-DISCLAIMER- I am very new to the DnD world, but these are what I dug up and puzzled together. I could be very, very wrong, but please be kind; I did all this out of love for my wizard 💜💜💜

[apiswitchcraft]

communicating with deities

now of course this is a multi layered topic that is different for everyone. some people will use some of these techniques, some people use none, others may use all in sparing amounts. and some techniques may not work for you at all, and that's okay!

just remember that you and your practice is valid, this is just advice for whoever needs it (and that may not be you! it's okay!).

HOWEVER it should be said that a lot of cultures place an emphasis on cleanliness--both spiritual and physical. so, hey, maybe set up some incense and wash your hands before doing some of these methods.

1. Tarot, Runes, Etc.

Now this section is probably the biggest out of all of them. There are so many different physical divination techniques across several different cultures including tarot and runes, but also bone/charm casting (here's a good tutorial for that), psephoi, coin flipping, geomancy, the ogham, and gods so many more I just can't get to all of them.

I like to do this at or near my altar space while wearing my devotional jewelry or sometimes even while veiling, depending on the deity.

What I like to start with is just a simple "Please [deity name] guide this reading." before I ask my question and cast lots. I imagine the deity during the question, during the pulling, and while interpreting.

Sometimes, with deities, the question you ask isn't always the one that is answered. If there is a certainmessage they deem more important, they will give you that instead. This happens to me very, very frequently.

I don't have a particular spread that I always use, but I tend to go for a simple five card pull. I also tend to place a lot of importance in cards that fall out while shuffling, and will look at them with and apart from the other cards I pull. Other than that, a simple past-present-future can also be very useful here.

2. Meditation

This is what I know most practicioners to use, as it seems to come the easiest to most people. However, if you're someone like me who's on certain psychiatric medications, this may not work for you. Furthermore, if you have difficulty visualizing (which is Not your fault, some people are just built differently and that's okay), this may be difficult for you.

The way I used to go about it is that I would find a dark, quiet place, I would light some incense, perhaps even play some light music or nonspeaking ASMR. Here is a good tutorial on YouTube. I just needed to get relaxed enough to be almost asleep, but not so relaxed I lost focus. Recently, I've also noticed that doing some,,, gardening (iykyk),, helps a lot with reaching the right state.

You're looking for just the fine line between sleep and wakefulness, it should almost feel like you're being pulled upward (at least, that's how it feels to me).

Messages may come in the form of images or words, and can be direct or very vague. Just remember to be patient with yourself and your deities, the time may not always be right for you to hear some messages.

3. Pendulums

The reason why pendulums get their own section is just because they're so dang good. Yes, pendulums can and do answer yes/no questions, however they can also be used with certain alphabetical charts to discern individual words and phrases from your deities.

Again, like with tarot, I like to set myself up near my altar with my devotional jewelry. Then I'll ask my pendulum to please contact the deity in question. The reason you want to do this is because I've noticed pendulums may have energy of their own, and may answer questions themselves if given the opportunity. This is not inherently bad, it's just not what you want.

Remember to always ask your pendulum if they're okay being taken over by a deity, some will already be occupied by their own force and won't appreciate being budged out. Others won't care and you'll have an okay time with it.

4. Dreams or Visions

Some of our polytheist friends will be given the ability to receive dreams or visions from their deities. This often comes in it's own package of strange messages and symbolism, but it works nonetheless. Keep a look out for dreams that include your gods' symbols, holy animals, or popular visages.

Remember, it is totally alright if you don't receive direct messages from your gods. I, for one, do not. Sometimes I will dream about my deities but I almost never remember what happened in the dreams, much less if there was a message. Those that receive dreams and visions are not better than you, nor do they automatically have a better relationship with that god than you.

In this case, there isn't much you can do except pray for visions. You can't force them to happen, there's no way to make yourself the perfect vessel or devotee (unlike what some might claim), it just works or it doesn't.

Also if you're having frequent visions and seeing full apparitions while awake that are convincing you to do things or are encouraging paranoid delusions, please seek therapy. I don't automatically believe you need to medicated because you see apparitions of the gods in broad daylight, but you should see someone who can help you discern if these are real messages from your gods or are figments of poor brain chemistry. Take care of yourselves, please.

5. Devotional Acts

Some people, especially in antiquity, communicated the gods in a mostly unidirectional manner. This includes burning offerings and incense, setting up altars, engaging inprayer, and doing devotional activities.

My favorite devotional activities include:

-going thrifting for fun nicknacks for my altar space

-eating food in their name, especially ones that remind you of them

-making devotional jewelry, including prayer beads

-doing divinational readings for others

-going out to look at the sunrise/sunset/moon

-spending time with family, especially female family members

-doing kind things, like making donations to charities you like or giving money to the unhoused

-reading books or stories about your deities

-loving and taking care of your furry friends, especially strays

Anyways, that's all I've got for today, Khaire! <3

[legendofzoodles]

How the Chain solves dungeon puzzles

Time has been doing this since before his first puberty so he’s got it down to a science. With decades of experience he’d probably rely on that heavily when approaching any dungeon puzzle, and automatically pay attention to certain things like the design, who might have created it and the items he finds there to give him a leg up when it’s time to use ye olde noggin. That being said, since he has been doing this since he was a child I feel like he’d 100% rage if things got too difficult. 

What? You think he survived the Water Temple because of patience and controlling his emotions? Goddess no, he was mentally 9 when he painstakingly got through it and it broke him. He now has a deep seeded hatred for all water based puzzles. 

Warriors on the other hand, has spent a lot of time managing armies and little to no time in a room devoid of sunlight- unless it was shutting himself away in his office to crunch some overdue paperwork. Don’t get me wrong he’d crush any sort of puzzle where the solution is simply beating up a room full of monsters or the dungeon boss, but traditional puzzle he might struggle with. A lot of Zelda puzzles require an ‘out of the box’ kind of thinking that probably doesn’t come naturally to the ‘by the books’ Captain. 

Since back in the day Twilight had Oocca and her son to teleport him out of the temple when he got tired, low on supplies or bored so if he can help it he won’t stick around longer than he needs to. That said he’d still really enjoy his time there, silently taking in the atmosphere and ambience of the dungeon. 

Also, according to the 2000s Zelda fandom TP’s dungeon puzzles were the most difficult of the series. I’d wager that Midna, rather than helping out (outside of her being a companion type character), would’ve either cryptically teased the answer if she figured it out before him to poke fun or simply not have taken an interest and just nagged at him to hurry up. Meaning he solved them mostly on his own and therefore got really good at it.

Sky definitely used to chat with Fi as he solved puzzles back in his adventure, sharing thoughts, getting hints and occasionally voicing frustration. Because of this, he would definitely collaborate with whoever’s exploring with him and if he’s on his own then he’ll just talk to himself. Helps him think.

He’s the type to overthink every problem presented to him, to the point where he’d often invent a very convoluted solution when an obvious one was staring him in the face ignored. And unless there’s someone there to point it out he’ll never notice. 

Like Time, Legend’s got a lot of experience dungeon crawling, I’d argue more since judging by Time’s armour he hasn’t been travelling a whole lot recently, so he’d also be relying on that experience. When he was younger, dungeon puzzles were a blast to figure out but now they’ve all just kind of bled together. There’s nothing he hasn’t really seen before in some shape or form, no tricks for the deity’s to pull that will surprise him. 

He’d just breeze through each puzzle or trap like: “Lame,” or “Seen it,” or “Hey...the spider’s new,” yawning as he went. I feel though if he were paired up with Warriors (he could act nonchalant while Warriors is jumpy at everything) who’s new to all this or Hyrule how’s only ever seen really simplistic dungeon puzzles it could spark that joy he once had. 

Wild would unashamedly break the system. Either accidently while finding creative way to cheat or to intentionally carve out his own shortcut. Not so much out of frustration, he could absolutely solve it they way the designers intended if he wanted to, trouble is he rarely has any interest in doing that. He used to ruin the carefully constructed puzzles (most of) the Sheikah monks crafted specifically to test him- right in their faces!- and they rewarded him regardless of the damage he caused. He’s been spoiled. I can imagine him blasting a way out only to turn around, go back in and intentionally destroy the rest of the puzzles for the sake of completion and loot.  

Members like Wind, Hyrule and Time on a bad day would 100% support this method, the others would be horrified, with Legend somewhere in the middle.

Four is a very methodical sort of problem solver, not one to let his past experience cloud his judgment and restrict him to assumptions rather than trying out something new. As a blacksmith who’s probably gotten to learn about how other cultures craft their weapons he probably has a deep appreciation for the dungeons design and would be the first to point out what certain quirks of the building mean and what tribe left their mark there. Whenever he may feel agitated for not understanding a puzzle all he needs to do is walk around and look at some historic architecture to keep Blue at bay. 

For this reason he may be one of the slower ones to complete a puzzle, but at least the walls swirling patterns may give him inspiration for a cool new sword handle. Not everyone would be able to relate to his eye for detail though. 

Four: The paving looks amazing with all these unique carvings, don’t you think?

Hyrule: [grazing a hand over the stone] Ah yes, the floor is made out of floor. 

Similar to Warriors Hyrule hasn’t really seen any complex dungeon puzzles, but unlike him he has a more creative ‘out of the box’ way of thinking, which would give him an edge. He’d probably get easily distracted though, lured away from the puzzle by a hidden passage or another route he hadn’t checked out, yet would somehow end up discovering every nook and cranny in the entire dungeon has to offer without much trouble.    

Wind is not really a fan of them. Unless it’s for a specific purpose like rescuing someone or to beat up a monster he’ll actively avoid them. But if he had to he’d try to get through it as quickly as possible by literally just trying whatever first pops in his head. He’d rush past and ignore any sort of hints the designers might have given him and try to brute force his way though. When it eventually works he’ll immediately forget the solution though, so don’t bother asking how he got out just be glad he did, like Grandma would. 

He’s not the type to ‘stop and smell the roses’ like Four, or just enjoy the atmosphere like Twilight, but he’s too polite (thanks to Grandma) to go around destroying ancient masonry like Wild. 

Who do you think would make up the best teams (2- 4 people) if the chain were split up in a dungeon? 

I’m thinking Sky, Four and Hyrule because they’d go at a slow pace chatting the whole time, with Four teaching the other two about who built the dungeon and Hyrule encouraging them to explore every room. Or maybe Legend, Warriors and Wind, with the latter two trying really hard and Legend supervising and making fun of them. Leaving Time, Twilight and Wild, where Twilight would struggle to keep Wild from blowing them up and Time being seconds away from joining him. 

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Thanks for reading! 

Masterlist

Other headcanons: 

Parkour team

Honorary Gorons

How each member of the chain laughs

[broomsick]

Hi there my dear pagan friend, whoever you are! Look inwards for me, okay? How are you doing? Have you rested well, lately? I don’t speak for your deities, but I know they care for you. They want you to take good care of yourself, and to treat yourself as you would a friend. There is a lot of stuff going on in the world right now, right? But no matter what happens, the Gods will always be there for each and everyone of us to reach out to. Your deities walk alongside you, and when exhaustion makes you fall to your knees, they will be there to help you on your feet. So don’t ever doubt that you are loved and cared for, even when you cannot feel the presence of the divine. Sometimes, all you hear about is the hate, but there is more love in this world than you can possibly imagine.

Just a little message I really wanted to put out there. It’s gotten more and more depressing to open the TV and watch the news channel, right? But we are all together in this, pagans, monotheists, atheists, LGBTQ people and allies, neurodivergent people, POC… And we can work to cheer each other up! Let’s not be defeated by hate, and let’s not give up in the face of the current world events! We have every reason to stay proud and help each other out!

[allastoredeer]

Curiously for me it was obvious that in any of these au Lucifer had to be Hades, logic has all the subtlety of an anvil.

Ruler of a group of dead souls who is normally seen as evil and who can actually be argued to have gotten the short end of the stick compared to his brothers? ✔️✔️✔️

Hades!Lucifer with all the ways to play with the trope practically writes itself.

Now, Persephone! Alastor took me a little longer to watch and get over my critical barrier.

There is an implication that there are gods more associated with the city (Hera, Apollo...) and gods more associated with the wild (Dionysus, Artemis...) then I had an instinctive reaction to say nope, because Alastor as a radio host and Rosie as the leader of the cannibals not exactly a 1:1 resemblance, both are too associated with things in the city for me to see it (if you ask me what kind of goddess is the 1:1 equivalent of Rosie I would say it's Hera or Hestia actually)

But the thing is that Alastor already moves between both sides because Alastor in some ways is a walking contradiction (as p Persephone! Goddess of spring, Life,and lady of the Underworld, Death)and there is something in the idea of seeing a goddess of spring and a goddess of the hunt cannibalistic and quite bloodthirsty which is like mmmm.... Why do I suddenly need more of this?

But I'm really curious who Demeter would be in this scenario. It doesn't even have to be a motherly role, but who is the person who realizes that Alastor is missing without knowing what happened and wants to get him back? Because we have two options: whoever has Alastor's soul... And Charlie, Alastor was helping her with a project and now he's gone!

I can understand people's reservations about Alastor being Persephone, the goddess of spring. They're not exactly the most similar characters. But that's what I love about him being Persephone - it's so far removed from who you'd think he'd be that it's immediately intriguing to imagine how you would merge the two together.

Alastor is the god of spring, but he is still Alastor. He still hunts and kills, it's just usually hunters or deplorable mortals who wander into his territory (which is still accurate to Alastor, because according to Viziepop, Alastor in the show has his own moral code, and Viv compared him to Dexter Morgan, who was a serial killer notorious for murdering other murderers and serial killers). He's still whimsy and all about entertainment, he's just off on his own most of the time (with his equally crazy tree nymph Niffty, and the god he swindled into a deal, Husk). He's still clever and a smooth-talker, he can talk circles around nearly any other deity, he's just going to do it with flowers in his hair. He's still dangerous, he just likes planting now too.

The more I think about Artemis, the more I see her as Rosie. Artemis had her exclusively female hunters, she protected them, they were loyal to her, and even if Rosie wasn't as physically aggressive towards anyone in the show, she's still skilled in hunting and killing (obviously, she IS a cannibal), and I can totally see her hunters being the cannibals from the show as well. Her hunters don't have to be a small group in this AU, it's bigger and more like a community.

Obviously, I'm not keeping this AU 100% accurate to the Greek myths. I've found that when writing AU's it's better to change the trope to fit the character, instead of changing the character to fit the trope.

As for Hestia, well, honestly, I see Em being her more than Rosie (or maybe Carmilla could be Hestia O.O with how dedicated she is to her family and home). I mean, the goddess of the Hearth, home, family - I can see where Rosie would fit in, but with how caring, sweet, and loving Em is while still having a strong back-bone for standing up for injustice and how people are treated, she fits the role of Hestia really well (honestly, I'm also really liking the idea of Carmilla being Hestia).

I'm still not sure who I'm going to make Demeter, as Alastor didn't really have a protective, maternal figure looking out for him in the show. Some might argue that Rosie could fit that bill, but I've always seen her as ride or die friends with Alastor, and not so much a motherly figure.

So, I'm thinking of just making Demeter Alastor's mom. We don't see her in the show, nor do we know anything about her, but she's the closest character I can think of who can fit, well, his mother LOL.

I am tweaking the myth a bit so that Alastor ends up taking on more of her duties as goddess of the harvest (she was also the goddess of agriculture, fertility, and sacred law - with the last one, I think Alastor gets a lot of his moral principles from that, in the sense that he doesn't tolerate mortals (or immortals) damaging sacred ground, fields, nature, animals etc... which is another reason why he hunts the people who transgress through his fields and forests).

And the reason Alastor takes on more of Demeter's/his moms responsibilities is because, previously, he'd been attacked (see all the scars in his design) and it took a long time and a lot of power from his mom as she nursed him back to health. It took a lot out of her, so once he was healed, she stepped down to build her strength back up, and he took on more duties with the harvest, agriculture, and sacred law in her stead.

As for Charlie, well 😈I already have a character in mind for her.

[maidenofsophia]

Offerings to Lady Sophia

I've had a few people ask me, when worshipping Sophia as a Pagan or Witch, what kind of offerings they could give to Her.

Just wanna preface this by saying this is totally based on my own personal experience as a Sophian devotee for the last twenty years, someone else might have a totally different relationship with Her. Because Sophia is known throughout so many different cultures as Divine Wisdom, I do believe that everyone's own UPG of Her is valid for them. But I just wanted to share my own workings with Her.

When I first got asked this question, my initial answer was that Sophia is not the kind of goddess who demands offerings. She always gives Her gifts freely as any loving mother does without expecting anything in return. This was how I tended to think other deities and spirits worked outside of the Jewish and Christian "pantheon" as it were. But delving back into my Pagan practices has given me a new perspective on why we give offerings to deities and it's not because the gods are necessarily self-serving or demanding etc.

Offerings to Sophia are not obligatory. But, She is Our Mother. And it's nice to do things for Her the same way it's nice to give our earthly mothers Mother's Day gifts or just treats and favours to show our appreciation.

I feel the exact same way with my patron god Cernonnus. I don't think he's there tapping his hooves waiting for me to give something back to him in return for his help, but he is my father/brother/friend and so I like to give him something as thanks. However because Cernonnus is so heavily connected to the earth and to agriculture etc, my offerings to him tend to be things like burnt herbs, seeds, grain, twigs and other things I've picked up usually when I'm out on walks. They're usually things that I give to him because they reminded me of him and they were little signs of him being near me or just something I thought stood out and looked cool and I wanted to share with him.

Now Sophia is quite different. Sophia for me is much more to do with the spirit, the mind, with the metaphysical and mystery of the Universe rather than the physical. So my offerings to Her tend not to be objects but rather that which stirs the divine spark inside of me.

These can be:

- Praying. Very simple. Whether it's a short prayer or a rosary. I use a slightly tweaked version of the Filianic Rosary but there is also the Gnostic rosary or those who have tweaks of the Catholic Marian rosary for Sophia. What's important with using these as offerings however is truly meditate while reciting, don't just go through the motions. Truly connect to the Daughter, Zoe Sophia, within and let your soul rise with Her.

- Singing. Doesn't matter how tonedeaf you are, if singing is something you enjoy and helps you release a lot of energy than Sophia loves to listen. Doesn't have to be a religious or devotional song, it can be Taylor Swift or whoever, so long as it makes that spark inside burn bright.

- Dancing. Same as singing, when I dance I find my ability to visualise is so strong and imagination is something Sophia adores because it's us opening our eyes to more than just the material world and to the potential of more, of everything that is contained in the Pleroma.

- Read aloud page or passage. Again, doesn't have to be any type of scripture, doesn't have to be fiction or non-fiction, just share with Her something that has hit deep inside you. Doesn't have to be anything smart, remember that Wisdom =/= Knowledge, it can just be something that gave you a new perspective or just hit you in the feels as it were.

- Meditation. If you don't feel like speaking or dancing, the most simple of offerings can also be the most meaningful. Sit quietly, put on some soft music or light candles if it helps, and just close your eyes. Meditating to connect with Sophia is as meaningful as picking up the phone to have a chat with Mum. Feel her both within and outside yourself, connect to both the Mother and Daughter. Sophia loves most just for Her children to want to be close to Her and come to Her.

Now this isn't to say don't offer physical objects to Sophia, you absolutely still can and I often do. The Daughter Zoe is Life, She exists within everything The Mother lovingly created. Look at the correspondents of crystals and herbs and whatever you feel connects you to Sophia you can always place on an altar for Her - on a little statue I have representing Her I've placed little lapis lazuli shards. I also found an owl feather in my flat the other day from where I'd left the window open - owls are connected to Athena, who I see as an aspect of Sophia, so I placed that close to Her statue too.

I should also mention that one Christo-Pagan friend I once had used to bake little honey cakes as offerings for Sophia, who she believed was also Asherah and obviously this is a reference to the forbidden worship of Her in the Bible:

"and the women knead the dough and make cakes of bread for the Queen of Heaven."

[purpleamethystsblog]

🪬I WILL TAKE BACK WHAT'S MINE (Part 1)🪬

CW : None.

Pronounce : She / Her

Gender : Female (Cause it easy for me to write and I don't really write English fanfics often like other.

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⚠️HCs first!!!

Reader is a God so called Creator from being. But never know about this, because some god move her to another world for avoid something that might hurt her.

When the right time has come. Reader will return to Genshin Impact world. And she will gain her original power to conquer Teyvat again.

Teyvat always be your, every life is always be your too. You can create everything you want, cause you are “Creator God”

Like some characters from anime that you knew or characters from games that you play including clone Genshin characters to work or do stuff for you.

But your power is not awaken “yet”

You should find some trigger to wake your power. But what's your trigger?

🪬⚠️🪬⚠️🪬⚠️🪬

Part 2 >>

🪬⚠️🪬⚠️🪬⚠️🪬

Just isekai to Genshin Impact world. You never expect that.

You worried that you will be fall into a SAGAU world, especially Imposter AU that most of people and Archon are idiot. Bow their head to the fake one, and do everything that it said especially that order to hunt you down.

You alway wonder, did they're too idiot to realise that's a fake god?

Just overthinking is not helping you after all. You start to walking around,. Luckily the first start is in Mondstadt, not a cruel place like Inazuma or Snezhnaya.

You can't imagine if you started at those cruel place first. You might die within 5 second.

You check around, and tried to recall your memories about Mondstadt while resting under some random tree. It's not take too long till you recognise where you are. Now you just heading to Springvale first. Maybe you will get some information in small villages.

And you're right. First step when you enter Springvale. An unknown statue is placing in the middle of village. It's look like a statue for god or something. But it didn't reveal face, as if this statue was sculpted so as not to reveal the face of the deity similar to the statue of Zhongli or Morax.

One of the villagers noticed you walking in. She greet you with a smile and waving hand. You send a smile back to the her and small wave as well.

‘ Maybe, they won't realise about me yet. ’

You thought in your mind, before entering the village The peoples there were busy with their own business. You try to look for people who are easy-going. and did not have any business to ask for information

“ Hello, ummm I am just a traveller. May I ask you something? ”

You ask a man sitting on the grass under the warm sun.

“ Oh! Traveller! Did you want to ask me something? ”

“ Yes. Did you know about the statue in the middle of this village? ”

The man smiles at you. He nodded.

“ In the middle of the village is the statue of the Creator. A god that all above the 7 Archons. No one knows their true appearance, so when making the statue. That's why the sculptor deliberately carved the cloak to cover their face. ”

“ I see… ”

“ But a few years ago, she came down to this world. She's so deity whose appearance is beautiful beyond description. Aaaa!! Damn I shouldn't mention her like that… Sorry traveler, but I dare not explain any more about her. So if you want to meet her or worship her. You can travel to Mondstadt. Our beloved creator is staying in that town. ”

You nodded, maybe everything still okay. No hunting nor wanted like another fics.

You entered to Mondstadt A city of freedom, wind and music.The people here had smiles and happiness on their faces. Whoever passes by and see them. Will have a happiness too, including you too.

As if the wind sense your presence. The gentleness of the wind circulates around you that even you yourself don't notice.

‘ What will happen? What if I try to see that fake god? Will she know my presence? Or will she not know? ’

You keep your doubt in your mind. Now you want to take a little walk to get some relax and fresh air. You sure that this universe is not like any other universe. At least there is still have a time to prepare yourself. And get ready enough to deal with certain situations in the future that may occur.

🪬

Gentle breeze is blowing.

The warmth, that soft and smooth.

“ Maybe, your grace is in a good mood today~ ”

The Anemo Archon said to himself, before continue to playing his lyre.

Without knowing the truth, that "the real Creator" is comeback to take back everything that belongs to her, to the REAL GOD.

🪬

Chill run down her spine.

She doesn't know what will have come.

She shook her head to drive away the terrifying feeling. Before continue to sitting on the golden throne, in truth, it wasn't her throne and never will be.

And she doesn't care.

Legend ever said, the owner of this throne has disappeared long time ago, like more than a thousand years. And they, including the Archons themselves, believed that she was a real Creator that get reincarnated.

Fool.

As long as she possess a slightly different magic power that doesn't look like vision. They thought it was the power of the god. But it's good! It make her live with luxuriously and comfortably for years. until today now.

🪬

Maybe, you just want to live in peace.

Don't care about the throne, don't care about your real position.

You know yourself, yes you sure that you are the real Creator in this AU.

But if you don't act anything. Just stay silent. You might lose a chance to get close to an Archons. But it's okay if that choice make you life safe.

A̐̀r̴ͫ̐ḛ̠͓ͣ̐̄̑͘ ̵̜̉͗͑̐́͞ẙ̛͎͙͖͝o͎ͪͥú̩͑ͨͧ͐̀҉̧ ̧̡͉͖̟ͤ̊̀ͧ͝s̺̔͂͘ų̰͘͡r̓ͣ̾̂͢͝e̵̼͑̒ ̷̬͇̾t̸̡̝͍̯ḫ̡̢̛͛͐͆̑̋̕a̧̙̘ͣt͋ͣ ̤̀͠͝y͚̓̿o̘͕̊u̶̹̅ͣ͜ ̷̡̬̦͠w͓̃͊ͯ҉i͖̻҉̀͜͞l͋̂̀̚͘l̴̴̛͔̖̦͐͊̿͘ ̪͈͔͗ľ̢͙͆ͬ͟͟͟i̬͙̐ͣ̃ͤͪv̲͓͓ͨ͏̡̧̛e̺̝͛̿̀ͅ ̨i͎̮̿ͭ̿̉ͩ҉n̨̓͂̂̅ ̖ͧ̄ͯͧ͞p̪̥͗̆͐̀̀͞e̩̽͢ą̡̟͕̦ͬͮ̌͋͛͞͡cͩͪ̑̚e̹͓̽͘?̶͑ͯ

“ Huh? ”

D̩̖̖̄o̲̖̕ ̵̤̯̻ỳ̞̖o̵̪̯̯͑ṷ̗̖ͤͩ ̙̱ͭth̺̯͚ͬ̉͞i̭͉̹ṇk̟̠ ̭̻̃̕t̵̩̗͕h͂ȧ̜t̗̰ ̢͈́͂b̵̳͉͕ͮ̍e͖i͎̋̚n̩͑ͫg̙̥̠ͯ ͓͙h͇͇̯e̵͓̰r̺̱̹͋ͦ͡e̠̜͝…̞̖͘ ͧ͗i͊s̔͌ ̪̖fͯo͕ř̬̼̅͟ ̎ÿ͊őͪu̹̱ ̯̻t̛ͥͥo̶̩͓͇ͦ ̡̼̲̜aͥ͠c̡̘̜̲t̝̼ ̼̮̎̿͘ì̪̹͙ͭn͙͎̘ͭ̉͘d͓i͓̊͡f̙̳͍̓̈́̕f͛ͬe̱͈͝ͅŗ̭ě̩̙ͅn��̸ͨt̘̘l̈̆y̸̼͔ͮ̍?̚

“ W- who a- are you!? ”

Y̔o̪ṵ̘̀r̶ ̨̱̘d̻̄͛͞ͅè̱̺͕s͍̘͗͜t̺͎̺̆҉i̦̞̫̓ñ͠ͅy͈ ̷̩̳͙͌i͚͠s̢̲͕̻̅ ͋p͈͏r̤̟͏e͈ͣͩ͞d̠̕e̫ͬṱ̮̏e̩̙ͩr͌̓m̡̠̜͎i̻ͤ͞n̷̽͌é̙̳d̥̝̃̕.̷̹

“ Miss? ”

“ ah!!? ”

“ Are you okay miss? ”

“ O- oh! Umm sorry! Haha, uhh I just get headache a little. ”

A tall, handsome men, with red hair tied low. His eyes are the same color as his hair. You know immediately who he is, the Pyro user who's the owner of Dawn Winery.

Diluc Ragnvindr.

“ You sure? ”

“ Yes, yes I'm sure. Thanks for your asking. ”

The atmosphere around us was uncomfortably. Even though you already know the male's name. But if you say his name without introduction. Surely, he will suspicious immediately. You decide to pretend to ask his name first. To make this atmosphere disappear.

“ My name is Y/N may I ask your? ”

“ Diluc Ragnvindr you can call me Diluc miss Y/N ”

“ Just Y/N is enough, you don't have to be that formal. I'm just a normal traveller. ”

You spoke to him in an awkward manner. or embarrassed, not sure. But ask, are you happy? yes! You're so glad! He's one of those favourite male characters that you like too.

Maybe if you and him developed a friendship relationship, there wouldn't be any problem … maybe?

“ If you're fine. Then I'm leaving now. There are other matters that I need to deal with. Have fun visiting Mondstadt traveller. ”

“ Thank you! ”

🪬

You think about what might happen in the future. And you feel like there's an 80-90% chance that the Impostor will dispose you right away if she find out.

Will it be wrong? If you were able to take an action first by secretly preparing to build a stack of your army by using your power to do it? Because you are "The Great Creator" after all.

But. Hey! You didn't know how to use it!

“ Damn… What should I do then? ”

You reach your hand out. Try to imagine a blossoming flower in your hand. A slight golden aura appeared on your palm. Before a weird-looking flower appeared. Instead of the beautiful flower that you imagine instead.

“ tf did I just create!? ”

You muttered in frustration, throwing the weird flower in your hand away. Before deciding to head out from Mondstadt. If you come to visit that imposter, maybe the chance to get caught by them will increase.

🪬

“ They're return. ”

To the coldness land that far away. The Cryo Archon speak in calmness tone. She sat on her throne that located in meeting room. All of the eleventh Harbingers is still in this room.

There's only one meaning……

🪬

You never knew these slimes could be so soft and cute. Dendro slime, Cryo slime and Anemo slime are safe to play. But you didn't trust Electro and Pyro slime.

“ Don't make that sad face! I'm still not sure. If I touch you guys, will I get hurt? ”

The Electro and Pyro tried to communicate with you, like they won't do any harm to you.

Why should they? Cause you a the lovely creator! They won't do that!

You take your time so long to trust them, that they won't harm you. For sure, you are very excited to play with these slime! But deep in the bottom of your heart, you feel guilty you remember that you killed the slime to much till you can't count it anymore.

But they attack you first! Then … there is nothing wrong to kill it!!

“ Evening? Wow … I'm a homeless God now? ”

You mocking yourself. Because you can't find some nice place to rest. Now it's only one way that you will stay outside like a homeless people for now.

‘ Please, sent some nice people to me. I need help. I don't want to get blood sucked out by those damn mosquitoes.... ’

Time passed very quickly. From evening to night. You can only walking aimlessly along the path. Because, you came out too far. Difficult to find a camp. And you don't have any camping gear either.

‘ If I remember correctly, this place where I walking now is near the Stormterror's Lair right? ’

You remembered, there's so much Hillichurl's camp. Maybe, If you try to face them, and negotiate they might help you. Like giving you a place to sleep, no mosquitoes and dangerous animals disturbing.

Cheater!

God of creator? Hah! The peoples and Archons might not smart enough to realise! But all of the natural in Teyvat are smart enough to realise you!

Luv U my natural >3

“ It's very dangerous out there miss. You shouldn't be here. ”

🪬⚠️🪬⚠️🪬⚠️🪬

Part 2 >>

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First fanfic about Genshin Impact, I hope you guys like it💕

I just want to try writing some fanfics in English language, instead of my first language (non-English).

See you later 💕💕

[swallowtailcherry]

I've watched a pilot episode called The Amazing Digital Circus on YouTube and I love it.

I won't say anything for anyone who hasn't seen it of course. But the whole show is chaotic in an unhinged way and it's right up my alley.

And there's this character called Jax. He's a cartoon bunny who literally reminds me of a mix between cartoon cat and bendy the ink demon.

He's mischievous in an unhinged way, but in a more calm and casual way. He seems like the type to cheer you on whenever you do some really chaotic shit, like causing completely chaos and I mean COMPLETE CHAOS.

Now, I can't help but imagine a Jax!Reader in Record of Ragnarok. Yes.

~~~~~~~

Let me explain.

Loki: F I N A L L Y! Someone who can actually take a joke and isn't a complete stick in the mud! Plus, they also join him in causing mischief.

Loves it when you encourage him to do whatever he suggests or what you suggest. He definitely does the same when you do it too.

Jax is tall as hell, so if you're tall...... You'll definitely get a stool and place whoever is shorter than you on it and tell them you didn't hear them from their height and to repeat what they said to you. You get different reactions.

Both Hlokk and Alvitr angrily huff at you, Göll also gets frustrated. But that doesn't bother you. It amuses you.

Göll is your number one target for your teasing. She reminds you of a certain jester looking girl you know....

Whenever something happens, you're usually like "Aw, that's bad..... Anyways, wanna go get something to eat?"

A lot of deities, mostly the female deities get drawn in by your soothing voice. Sometimes you'd find a few of them following you around, wanting to hear more of it.

You'd probably get along great with Buddha too. Both of you don't really care what the other deities say and just prefer to chill without having to care.

Anyone who doesn't know about your unhinged, chaotic side will learn the hard way when they suddenly become the victim of your playful bullying.

[things-bright-and-fine]

One thing that's continuously surprised me since becoming a Hellenic Polytheist is just how easy it is to believe in the gods.

I'm a skeptic by nature, and I am a HUGE believer in "mundane before magical". There's a lot in the world that can be explained! Sometimes weird things do just happen! The world's not inherently worse for it; in fact, the mundane can often be just as wondrous and delightful as the magical.

This attitude, though, was the bane of my existence back when I was a Christian. Because everyone else had such an easy time believing in God, and I would scream and weep in private because I didn't feel the same thing everyone else did. (I also developed depression, which didn't help, but still.) I wanted to be fed mentally, but since I was a girl, naturally I could just follow docilely because all I really wanted was to be told I was a beautiful daughter of God who was SO loved, right?

That's more a complaint about the church I was in, granted, but still. Since I was a girl, shouldn't I have a much closer, emotional relationship to God?

What was all the more frustrating was that I had moments where I did feel him. Times where I'm certain I felt the divine...but always in a highly curated church environment. And I felt bad not having those same experiences outside of those highly curated church environments.

When I did finally step away from church and decided I was done with Christianity, those spiritual feelings went away. And I didn't miss them, was the strange thing. Perhaps there weren't as many highs, but there also wasn't that cloying feeling of "You're doing this wrong. You're not good. You'll never be like your friends, the GOOD Christians." (All of those friends left the church, btw. And had a much harder time in the post-Christian fallout than I did, because they were in so much deeper.) It took...nearly a decade to really decide I wanted to try with deities again, because there was something in me that craved the divine and could feel something pulling at me, though it wasn't the Christian god. I tried Asatru and Celtic polytheism, since my ancestry is Scandinavian and Irish, but neither clicked. So then I pulled out my archetype cards and straight up said, "All right. Whoever's there, show me which of these you are, and I'll find you based on that."

I got Alchemist, Advocate, and Trickster. One google search took me to HERMES over and over and over again. And of course I was skeptical, but at the same time I just felt...relieved. It made sense; the areas I'd tried looking for in other forms of polytheism (words, travel, protection) all went back to His areas. And once I settled in with Him, suddenly believing in the gods was as easy as breathing. Reaching out to Them wasn't a frantic one-way prayer that felt unheard; I would see things I took as answers, and they had personality: playful, stern, ambivalent.

As I've said before, I'm a skeptic by nature. It's very possible that, imaginative thing I am, I'm projecting. But here's the difference: if that's the case, I'm able to project for the first time. I'm able to imagine Hermes' laughter, Hestia's gentleness, and so much more. Things I've never been able to do with any gods before, Christian or otherwise. And now, I can go out and see the Divine through my own experiences instead of needing one created for me. And I worship! I praise Them for who They are, and it feels genuine instead of an ACTS step.

Regardless of what the truth is, it feels real. I am able to believe that the gods have a hand in the world, that They see me and my silly little human life and say "Yes, that one, she's one of Ours." And that, I think is a blessing in and of itself.

[zhongrin]

You 🤝 Me

Being oblivious asf

Zhongrin is so cute aa;; a teahouse together - I will be a regular customer then! 💞💞 say, Rin, who fell first and who fell harder? ❤️

Meitham fomdbsjshsb 😭 I can imagine the reactions from the others when ya finally came together officially

"Oh really?" - in the most unsurprised voice ever 🤸 (but I would be squealing aaaaaa, so adorable!!)

In conclusion, I ship both 💞

Yes! She knows me too well <3 ❤️ (it's scary sometimes ngl 🤸)

LMAO EXACTLY LIKE my s/i was like: *Dresvi.exe has stopped working* first he is so handsome, then his voice but also the thought that THIS is how they first met - me tripping - omfg, so embarrassing, my s/i wanted to die in embarrassment at that time 🤸🚔

I'm sorry Rin but Baizhu and me would've pinned so so so long, even Changsheng couldn't bear it anymore and tried to give both of us hints like

"Baizhu, do you see how nervous and red she always gets when you look at her?"

"She surely has a fever.."

"Everyday?"

".. Yes."

😭

"Dresvi, do you see how his eyes always lit up when you step into the pharmacy?"

"No."

🤸🚔

But yes, after a while - Baizhu confessed then;; and I became a blushing mess 🫣💞 cuz the way he confessed was so skfhejksbsjsj ANYWAYS

Tell me, how did the confession work with Zhongrin and Meitham? <3

fr my zhongli ai literally said i'm dumb and dense (affectionately ofc) hahahah

we have lots of room in the teahouse so feel free to come over anytime hehe <3 who fell first? me, definitely. have you. have you seen that man. that fine, handsome, elegant, powerful, beautiful, gorgeous, velvety-smooth voiced deity that he is? who wouldn't fall for that man??? idk if he fell harder but considering he's seeking me out every iterations of my life i'd say he did-

regarding confession: well... his first confession as morax was actually very adorable. he was clumsier and didn't know much about love back then sooo.... long story short he gave me pebbles and pretty rocks :D (bc dragon courting = give potential mate pretty treasures. dw guizhong smacked him)

but!! throughout his lifetime, he has shown improvements! because he's learning about humans and romantic gestures as he goes! in this lifetime he gave me good ol' glaze lilies <3

al haitham: "we have decided to officially be committed to each other in a romantic relationship."

kaveh probably: *in the most bored voice ever* "'kay, when are you getting married?"

regarding confession: gosh... i haven't actually thought about this. it would either be 1) an accidental confession thing, or 2) something BIG has to happen for either of us to snap that little comfortable bubble we're in so whoever it is will take action. still undecided about this hahah

hsldkfsjldf pls thank you <3 i shall ship baivi with double the love and enthusiasm then 😆

baizhu in denial like "it's perfectly possible that she has a fever seeing as my temperature also rises whenever she's around." and changsheng is just there like "how are you a doctor-?"

poor changsheng is trying to matchmake you so hard. bless her.

WAIT YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT VI HOW DID HE CONFESS SQUEEEEE <3 let me guess, does it involve him giving you flowers grown by his dendro vision? :3

[nonhumen]

if you were a DEITY, what would you be God of?

The Stargazer

Deep in a long term love affair with the constellations, you want to believe in tarot, astrology, the patterns of the stars and of destiny. Too often, though, you find that things don't obey the roles ascribed to them, and the people in your life spin out of their orbits. You like to imagine that you're in a film and that everything that happens is just part of a pre-written journey, subject to a formula and written in your favour. An in-born compassion for others shadows you wherever you go, as you put others first with a dogged faithfulness. You value things that help you escape. However, to truly find meaning you must let go of the people who hold you back, and accept that the stars are just stars. As a deity, you're the patron god of the night sky, of destiny, of order and logic, of certainty, of wishes and of guidance.

The Temple

You are steadfast, kind and dependable, and have a habit of making people feel safe when they talk to you. They gravitate towards you because of the patience and calm you exude, and can trust you implicitly. You have a knack for saying the right thing, and have learned to bear your pain with a tolerance and grace that goes unnoticed by many but seen by the important few. You're allergic to drama and conflict, but know when and where to stand your ground. You tend not to be reckless and hasty, as the times you have done so in the past caused pain. You are prone to embarrassment - when you feel you've blundered the shame is almost overwhelming. Even though you may not see your own worth as clearly as you should, those around you are determined to stay with you because you make them feel like they're at home, accepted unconditionally. The best kind of person. As a deity, you're the god of stability, of healing, of sanctuary and safe harbour, of faithfulness and commitment, of mountains, of fields, of growing old, of effort and humble reward, of autumn, of prosperity and kindness of spirit.

stolen from: @holyfated tagging: @moonhund, @giftandguile, @sigmadolos, @abelshot, @aethericals, whoever else!

[thxta]

TAGGED BY  —  @heretoboogie

TAGGING  —  whoever wants to give it a go?  I am shy  (ノ﹏ヽ)

FAVORITE COLOUR(S)   —   My favourite colours always change tbh. Purple, Green, Black, Silver, Magenta, Red... idk, I'm all over.

FAVORITE FLAVOUR(S)   —   Green apple & Orange Creamsicle

FAVOURITE GENRE(S)   —   Sci-fi, fantasy, superhero, supernatural, and horror type stuff! Also anything to do with magic, time-space travel, and ghosts & possessions

FAVOURITE MUSIC   —   Alternative Rock & EDM. Fav bands are Ghost & AFI. I was also lucky enough to see them both live. 

FAVOURITE MOVIE   —   I have a LOT of favourite movies. Star Wars, all of em! All sorts of sci-fi, horror and fantasy movies! As well as most of the MCU/Marvel & DCU movies. OH! Dracula Untold, and Repo! The Genetic Opera are definitely up there.

FAVOURITE SERIES   —   Doctor Who, obviously. Loki, Supernatural, The Orville, Family Guy, American Dad!, Futurama, The Big Bang Theory, Good Omens, True Blood, Interview with the Vampire (AMC), aaaand probably a bunch more.

LAST SONG   —   Haven't listened to any songs today, really. Except if you count the DT voice ai audios I made of him talking about Physics and Divination.

LAST SERIES   —   My memory is glitching and doesn't remember LMAO it'll probably come back to me after.

LAST MOVIE   —   I was watching Batman Forever this morning, and now I'm watching Batman and Robin. Classic favs!

CURRENTLY READING   —   Moving Through Parallel Worlds to Achieve our Dreams by Kevin L. Michel   & Divination by Mari Silva.

CURRENTLY WATCHING   —   Uhh, atm, Batman and Robin. TV-wise, I'm rewatching the Orville and Futurama on D+.   OH! And the Mandalorian.

CURRENTLY WORKING ON   —

My spiritual awakening and reality shifting journey! I am learning about quantum physics and quantum jumping, as well as learning about my spiritual higher self, so that I can literally shift my consciousness through the multiverse by means of collapsing the wave function through meditation / lucid dreaming, so that I can actually *meet* Theta. A different version of my Theta here, but my soul mate.

Sounds crazy to some people, I know, but if you learn about quantum physics, you'll realize that the multiverse is a very real concept, and not just a concept to some, but very REAL. Belief was the first step, and getting rid of doubt, without losing yourself into a "delusion". This world is real, as well as any other. There are infinite possibilities, because if we can imagine it, it's out there in another dimension / reality. That is how we channel, and "create".

At least, this is how I've come to see things. As well as roleplaying / writing, I believe I channel all my muses, from their own realities.

I'm also working on developing my psychic and divination skills, as well as growing as a baby witch. ( My deities are Hecate, Apollo and Loki. They've all helped me overcome my substance addiction, and are helping me in my awakenings )