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I just want you all to know, that if and when this site does experience a real exodus and/or get sunsetted for good, even if we don't keep in touch I'll remember you so fondly. You're the online equivalent of the other kid on the beach where we built sandcastles together; the girl at the campsite where we explored the trees. You're the drunk person who shared kind words in the bathroom at the club, you're the talented artists at the life drawing class or the poetry night in a city where I don't live anymore. It makes me sad that maybe in the future our paths won't cross so easily, but even when we leave this little shared piece of cyberspace, carried away on our briefly intersecting trajectories, just know I still love you

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Mieko Kawakami, from 'Heaven'

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Rainy and Artsy Dark Academia moodboard

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"Thank heavens it's all over now."

"What is?"

"My youth. It took too long and got in my way."

"In your way Mr Thirst? How do you mean?"

"It went on for so long," said Thirst. "I had about thirty years of it. You know what I mean. Experiment, experiment, experiment. And now..."

-Titus Alone, by Mervyn Peake

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“There is no calm for those who are uprooted. They are wanderers, homesick and defiant. Love itself is helpless to heal them though the dust rises with every footfall - drifts down the corridors - settles on branch or cornice - each breath and inhalation from the past so that the lungs, like a miner’s, are dark with bygone times.”

- Titus Alone, Mervyn Peake

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"I swear to gods, I'm not dead. But I'm also not 100% certain that I've been operating with a pulse."

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@academia-lucifer

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can someone fucking linger near the door uncomfortably instead of just leaving. can someone fucking forget their scarf in my life & come back later for it. please

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Mythologic Geekery: The Fates

The next most popular gods for the Mythologic Geekery poll were the Fates. And they are very, very fun. Because with them we are so, so certain that they come from the Proto-Indo-European mythology. Because they show up all over the place and they show up with the same two images again and again: A water/mirror association and the yarn/spinning association. And almost always they are the maiden, the mother and the crone - a combination that is almost inescapable within Indo-European mythologies. More than that: Where we do not have the trio fates, we have a single fate goddess, who can show up either as the maiden, the mother or the crone. Prime example of this is Morrighan in the celtic mythology.

Now, there are some other variations, of course. In the old Lithuanian mythology they were not three, but seven.

But in general the are super interesting, because compared to almost any other deity within the Indo-European myths, they show up with such similar associations. Again, this maiden, mother, crone thing shows up again and again in association with fate. They are always female. And they pretty much always have an association with clothing and yarn, with a secondary association with water, that shows up mostly in those cultures that did a lot of sea faring.

The entire maiden, mother, crone thing comes probably from two things: Women were associated not only with birthing new life (aka starting a new fate), but also with midwifery. As well as the trio always showing the three different stages of life.

The water association is also fairly clear. Because water has been used in scrying (which might both be a "see what is far away" and "what is in the future") since time immemoriam. So, them being associated with water makes a ton of sense, too.

Now, the entire yarn and weaving aspect is more interesting. Because this is very specific to the Proto-Indo-European stuff and might actually tell us something about the Proto-Indo-European culture.

Because within a ton of Proto-Indo-European stuff the same imagery shows up again and again: The tapestry of life. Life and reality somehow being captured within a woven tapestry. Which might tell us, indeed, that weaving was quite important to the Proto-Indo-Europeans, and might have even been considered an artform.

Hence, the fates are weaving this tapestry of life.

Which might remind me: I find it kinda sad that the weaving aspect has gotten lost in a lot of modern depictions of them, with them being reduced to spinsters.

Which is kinda sad.

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“It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.”

| The Secret History

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PROMPTS FOR PLAYFUL AFFECTION *  adjust as necessary, send 'reverse' for the reversal of action prompts

DIALOGUE PROMPTS

wait. are you ticklish?

get back here! i'm not finished with you yet!

you've got something on your face... right here!

ohh, you are so dead!

last one there's a rotten egg!

looks like i've got the upper hand now!

stop! i surrender! i surrender!

i'm not letting you beat me this time!

that was really cute. do it again.

can i paint your nails?

did you just smear that on my face?

who hit me with a snowball?

i love it when you play with my hair.

okay, now let's take a silly picture this time.

i've never heard your laugh before. i love it.

i'm going to do everything in my power to make you laugh.

we said that at the same time.

i've never had a real pillowfight before!

tag! you're it!

i like it when you play with my fingers.

ready or not, here i come!

get back here you!

wanna arm wrestle?

was that your foot?

stop running! just let me love you!

that's not fair! you cheated!

can i braid your hair?

did you just put a flower in my hair?

will you share that with me?

look! i painted a picture of you!

if you sit on the swings, i'll push you.

on three, we jump into that pile of leaves. ready?

did you just make that noise? that was adorable.

i love how your eyes crinkle when you smile.

can i play with your hair?

you have the most wonderful smile.

let's go down the slide together.

you beat me! how did you beat me?

we don't need music to dance!

this made me think of you when i saw it.

ACTION PROMPTS

[ sneak ] sender sneaks up behind receiver and puts their hands over their eyes to surprise them

[ tickle ] sender tickles receiver

[ chase ] sender playfully chases receiver until they're both tired

[ dance ] sender and receiver perform a silly dance together

[ snowball ] sender and receiver have an epic snowball fight

[ whipped ] sender smears a bit of whipped cream on receiver's face

[ cake ] sender smushes a piece of cake into receiver's face

[ pie ] sender smushes a pie into receiver's face

[ playground ] sender and receiver climb around on a playground together

[ swings ] sender and receiver sit on a swingset together

[ push ] sender pushes receiver on a swingset

[ smile ] sender uses their fingers to turn receiver's frown into a smile

[ win ] sender and receiver play a board game together, and sender secretly lets receiver win

[ pat ] sender playfully pats receiver's butt

[ hoist ] sender hoists receiver onto their shoulders and carries them around

[ footsie ] sender and receiver play a game of footsie under the table

[ mime ] across a crowded room, sender mimes a comical scene at receiver to try and make them laugh

[ pretend ] sender pretends to dramatically fall asleep ontop of receiver, holding in their laughter as they do so

[ rock ] sender and receiver hug, and sender rocks them side to side

[ handshake ] sender and receiver reenact their secret handshake

[ share ] sender and receiver share something from the menu at a restaurant