#Level 4 & Level 5 Autonomy

[403tarot]

HOW TO BRING LOVE TO YOUR LIFE?

close your eyes and take a deep breath to choose the photo that calls you the most. take what resonates with you and leave the rest. answer in keep reading <3

PICK A PILE!

PILE 1

you have high expectations when it comes to love. even if you haven’t experienced great romantic adventures, you believe in love and deeply long for it. you expect love to arrive with a grand entrance, like the person destined for you will come with confetti and a flashing red neon sign above their head. besides that, you might have the false idea that love should be linear.

the reality is that you need autonomy to go after the love you want to experience. the perfect prince or princess is unlikely to just fall into your lap while you stay at home or turn your nose up at everyone when you go out. give love a chance to happen. don’t lower your standards, but recognize that people can change and adapt to you, and that in itself is a sign of love. go after what’s yours; take initiative instead of just waiting for it to come to you!

PILE 2

you are someone who, in recent times, has developed a strong sense of opinion and distinct personality traits. you may have used a particular event in your life or even the new year as a way to change how you act and think. however, your emotional side still needs healing before you’re truly ready to enter a relationship. you might have difficulty recognizing and valuing love, even if it were right in front of you.

you have internal battles to resolve. you might be dealing with inconsistencies or uncertainties about your future, and that disrupts the balance of other areas of your life. you need to prepare your emotional foundation so you can fully embrace love when it’s ready to come to you. strengthen your self-esteem, individual goals, and mental well-being so that your love path can open up again.

PILE 3

you've been through experiences that made you close yourself off when it comes to emotions. loss of trust, frustration, disappointment, or past situations have caused you to withdraw and shift your perspective on love. you’re not sure if love is really meant for you, and you might even wonder if your cupid got lost along the way.

even so, love is very close to crossing your path, and that’s why you need to open your heart so this person coming into your life can find you. pay attention to the signs and the movement happening around you this year. work on yourself internally to become more open and less hesitant when someone approaches you, and reclaim your autonomy in love. love is going to come to you shockingly faster than you expect.

PILE 4

you’re not sure if you really want to be in a relationship. you might have moments of loneliness, but when you think about it, a relationship could mean a level of commitment you’re unsure you can maintain. maybe you’ve had a rough history in love, like a painful breakup or a situationship that shook your confidence and openness to relationships. it’s possible that you haven’t fully healed yet.

the cycle of suffering is over, and it’s time to leave what happened behind. not forget, but not let those things become obstacles in your path. you don’t need to be in a relationship to experience love. allow yourself to connect with people. don’t focus only on seeking relationships, but give value to meaningful connections. not every encounter has to lead to a relationship. let yourself live freely and embrace new adventures. your mind needs rest.

PILE 5

there might be someone around you who has feelings for you. whether you suspect it or not, or whether this person has revealed their emotions yet, it's likely that this will come to light in the near future.

this might be someone you don’t currently see as a potential partner, but they genuinely care about you and will show concern for your feelings and well-being. it’s up to you to decide whether you want to give this person a chance to become something more in your life.

PILE 6

you like romance and the idea of committing to someone, but your interest can fade just as quickly as it appears. you might have rushed into relationships, only to realize soon after that they didn’t make sense for you, leaving you in an emotional mess. it can be hard to trust your own feelings for someone since they tend to be volatile and unpredictable. this makes you hesitant, wondering if anyone will ever truly hold your attention and emotions.

the advice here is actually a warning. be careful with karma and emotional irresponsibility towards others, because if you’re not mindful, it will come back to you in the form of a deep emotional blow when you least expect it. watch out for love bombing (both from you and others). slow down and learn to live one moment at a time, without the anxiety of trying to plan a future with someone you’re merely getting to know. love may come to you in a way that seems casual at first, but over time, it will strengthen and develop into deeper, more mature feelings, leading to a relationship that actually makes sense.

IMPORTANT!

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[punksalmons]

pls more werewolf thoughts i am begging

1. buck would feel pretty territorial after eddie arrives in the station and bobby has to tell eddie "oh he's new to this (welcoming someone into the pack, or being a part of one in general)" so eddie doesn't like. immediatly tap out lol. bobby keeps trying to do the equivalent of introducing two dogs together to show hey kid 🙂. see. he's a friend! but eventually things just work out on their own after the bomb extraction. and then they're like two bonded pets lol.

2. buck was transformed in an attack because he hasn't had a day of bodily autonomy in his life 🙃. he had to figure things out on his own, so later, when he starts on the fire academy and is offered a place in a station full of other werewolves he feels like a stranger in the nest since he doesn't know SHIT about being a werewolf. and everyone thinks he's a weirdo. but the power of friendship figures things out.

2. buck tries hiding it to maddie at first when he shows up on LA. he did NOT try to hide it to anyone during his 1.0 era tho, and used the ~allure~ of being a werewolf as a chick magnet. abby is the first time he actually felt kind of comfortable in his skin about that though. he goes even more "abandoned dog" when she leaves.

3. eddie tries to find balance between following some of his texas pack traditions with chris to feel a sense of family but also making his own. they're a pack of two :').

4. shannon was human and part of the frustration in the relationship was that eddie couldn't properly communicate with her a. what he felt as a werewolf b. what he needed as a werewolf, because she obviously didn't have the nose and hearing to suss out every tiny sign. that obviously made her feel very cut from him. eddie's whole I Need To Provide On My Own of course also didn't help.

5. hen, karen and denny kind of show an opposite of that, because the three of them learned a way to communicate anyway. ava was a werewolf and the first one hen really got close to (part of the reason karen always feels a bit threatened by her) but denny didn't get it from her. out of every parent, he ends up being plain old human -- like karen :)

6. gerrard was very cut-throat in running the station, but bobby has a softer touch. unconsciouly he runs the place like his father did his own (a more familial pack). even if he doesn't think he deserves to be part of it at first.

7. part of the reason he brings eddie in is to find buck a partner that is a. also a werewolf, b. in the same age range, c. more level-headed. bobby voice By god this kid doesn't know a thing. He needs a chaperone. of course, he unknowingly creates a years-long hr nightmare <3

8. chris just started shifting when he comes with eddie to la, and is the first werewolf puppy buck meets. he loves kids :)

[u1timat3-m0gg3r]

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💉 Romantic Relationship Headcanons: Albert Wesker (My thoughts on what he'd be like)

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🧠 1. Love is Calculated, Not Casual

Wesker does not fall in love easily—or at all in the traditional sense. If he enters a romantic relationship, it’s because you’ve proven yourself exceptional: intellectually, physically, or even morally in a way he finds curious. He sees most people as pawns, so for someone to reach “partner” status, they must be rare—a deviation from statistical mediocrity.

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🧬 2. Control and Power

Wesker values control above all else, and that includes in a relationship. He will never tolerate weakness, emotional unpredictability, or betrayal. That said, if he respects you, he may offer you more autonomy than he does anyone else—though it’s still within limits he sets.

He expects loyalty. Absolute loyalty.

Jealousy isn’t in his nature, but insubordination is a red line.

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🧊 3. Affection: Subtle, Strategic

Wesker doesn’t do grand romantic gestures or soft expressions. Instead, his version of affection might include:

Ensuring your safety without ever telling you.

Giving you resources or technology that others would kill for.

Taking you into his confidence with classified plans.

A touch on the lower back in public, both proprietary and protective.

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🧪 4. Intellectual Bonding

He enjoys deep, strategic discussions—bioethics, virology, evolution, philosophy. If you can spar with him intellectually and hold your own, that’s more attractive to him than any flirtation.

He may test you with half-truths to see if you detect the lie.

If you outmaneuver him, expect a rare smile and a new level of attention.

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🩸 5. Protective, But With Ulterior Motives

If you're in danger, he will eliminate the threat—but not necessarily out of love. More often, it's because:

You're his, and no one interferes with his property.

You're useful or important to his long-term goals.

You're part of his legacy, and he protects what's his.

Still, in rare moments, it might be more than that—though he'd never admit it aloud.

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🕶 6. Private Vulnerability

Behind closed doors, you might catch fleeting moments of vulnerability. A small shift in his expression. A prolonged gaze. An uncharacteristically gentle tone. These moments are rare, but real.

He would never say “I love you,” but his actions might imply it in code—security overrides, altered mission parameters, or risking his own safety to extract you.

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⚖️ 7. Deal with a Devil

Loving Wesker is dangerous. He may pull you deeper into his web of plans—either as an ally or an experiment. You may never fully know which. But if you’re strong, clever, and strategic, you can thrive at his side—as long as you never betray him.

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[fivveweeks]

twitter holds me back from writing essays but here are my list of Dante HCs and their reasonings:

1) I vaguely portray Dante with top/bottom surgery scars alongside their neck scars. Not because they're trans (trans Dante hcs are great btw) but it's more so to imply that either Limbus Company or their past self deliberately did the surgery to their body in order to keep their post-clock identity a secret. A second layer to the dehumanisation and loneliness Dante feels with regards to their current self. I'm keeping it vague on who made the decision for them because it adds to the mystery:

If Limbus Company management did this to them, it adds to the horror of capitalism and loss of bodily autonomy.

If pre-clock Dante chose to do this to themselves, it's intriguing as it implies that their past self does not care about such minor things such as gender as they pursue their goals. The end ultimately justifies the means.

I feel Dante is comfortable in their current skin however! The scars itches sometimes but it doesn't bother them much, though they do wonder where they come from.

2) Dante with androgynous, black skin as a side effect of the Golden Bough, or even the head replacement surgery. It is to also add to the dehumanisation and separation they feel after taking the bough into themselves. It doesn't hugely bothers them, but they sometimes subconsciously compare their appearance to the sinner's regular human appearances

3) Relating to the above, Dante prefers covering themselves up tightly with almost zero to no skin showing. I also like to think clothes are one of the ways they use to feel a sense of control over their identity, since they can style and experiment however they like.

4) Has severe chronic pain and incredible pain tolerance, due to the rewinds. They're pretty much used to it at this point and the level of which they can tolerate amounts to them not reacting when getting a hole punched out through their guts.

They wear gloves because they're very touch sensitive due to the chronic pain.

I also considered that they get seizures occasionally. Turns out the constant feeling of phantom pain stemming from fatal incidents WILL still fuck up your nervous system and brain.

5) Relating to Verdante - funny thing is that I don't actually see them having sex often. Not with Dante's chronic pain and workaholic tendencies vs Vergilius' undiagnosed depression, passive suicidal thoughts and his incredible guilt. They're both often than not exhausted and I like to think of them just napping together in bed.

6) I ping pong between Dante having intake holes on their clock so they can take in liquid via straws, or they go the more serious route of having a feeding port via enteral nutrition.

7) Workaholic, workaholic, workaholic. I very much enjoy portraying Dante giving their all into being the manager of Limbus Company Bus. Part of it is because it's the only identity they ever know post memory lost so they subconsciously cling to it, another part is that they just get dopamine from being productive. They can and WILL give you a 3 hours essay for every Mirror Dungeon team and strategy they cooked up

8) It's not concrete but I like portraying Dante as mostly greysexual (sex and romance isn't a priority or need to them, but they're not disgusted by the idea. It fascinates them somewhat) and sort of demisexual (they like people who respects their humanity and not just a mute object...)

They have a Competency Kink. They enjoy seeing people being confident and good at what they do.

Totally was not ogling at Vergilius when he wiped out the monsters in canto 6 like nothing. Heh.

9) Learning Sign language in their downtime to increase efficiency in communication, but they're still a beginner. Vergilius is way better in this over them but he indulges in their sloppy attempts with nothing but an amused sigh.

10) They wear their sleep cap as they can't turn off their fire, so at least it blocks out the light. Also wears socks to bed like to a loser. They have a collection of socks that they accidentally collected over the course of the cantos.

[nettedtangible]

You know what's wild to me is Hinny actually had the potential to be a really good ship and missed the mark so fucking hard bc Harry could never stop staring at Draco.

No one else Harry's age besides Ginny has had any interactions with Tom Riddle/Voldemort on a personal level. And then she spends an ENTIRE YEAR with the guy and Harry never asks her one question about it? not a one?

And I cannot remember a single interaction between the two of them in POA, there's about a million with Draco, but from memory, all I can recall is something like "Ginny was even more shy than ever around him now after he'd saved her life last year" which doesn't really make much sense because he's the only one who could even come close to understand what she's feeling and vice versa. And there's not even 1 scene. One! when they're all chillin in Diagon alley and Ginny comes up to him and they talk about the chamber, not one. It could've so easily been slotted in there at Florean Fortescues while Ron and Hermione look at books or something. But no.

Ginny and Harry could've had a deep bond over 1. knowing tom riddle personally. 2. their fears about losing their own autonomy and sense of self in the face of such a powerful enemy and 3. almost dying together at the hands of said enemy.

But they literally never do. Draco gets scratched up by Buckbeack tho and we hear about 6 renditions of Harry teeth-grittingly mad that he's playing it up for attention.

Like consider this! Harry is walking down the corridor and he hears Parseltongue. He freaks out bc WTF?! the basilisk is alive?! He bursts into Myrtle's bathroom to find Ginny, broom in hand, trying to open the Chamber with the only phrase she remembers from her possession. And he's like wtf are you doing? And she's like, I can't let this control me forever! I'm going down there and I'm going to bury this whole thing once and for all. She's a Gryffindor and essentially Fred and George's prodigal heir to mischief. OF COURSE she would try to go back down there. And Harry would hate it bc he's definitely a ignore your problems until they go awayer

But he would take her down there because he would feel guilty, and protective, and curious as well. And they could actually explore and look around and he would realise that she's actually quite fearless.

(total aside but why the fuck was Harry never pulled out of class in POA by McGonagall like "come with me Potter, you need to open the Chamber of Secrets for us so the professors can go down there and make sure it's all copasetic." Like yeah, sure, just leave a potentially dead? potentially alive? Carcass of a Basilisk to rot down there why not?)

And what if Ginny has a really hard time with recklessness after Chamber. What if she starts doing kinda crazy things that put herself in danger because she refuses to be afraid. What if she develops a "saving people thing" that forces Harry to confront what his crazy brand of throwing his whole ass self at the problem looks like to people who care about him.

What if she won't stop talking to him about Riddle, and it's making him uncomfortable bc hey, that's the guy who killed my parents. and she's like yeah but you talked about his cheekbones for at least 10 mins the other day? and he's like... ok yes but have you seen his cheekbones?!

In Philosophers, Harry says you can't go through some things with another person without becoming friends (referring to Hermione and the troll) but I guess you can almost get murdered by a giant snake and your mutual weird soul bond enemy at the bottom of a giant well and that's not a bonding moment.

The entire sequence of events served to bring Harry closer to 1. Dumbledore 2. Riddle 3. Fawkes the Phoenix 4. The Sorting Hat 5. The Sword of Gryffindor

And not Ginny in the slightest.

Hinny could've been great but Drarry just came in with a chair and fucking bodied Harry so hard that nothing else could ever even catch his attention.

[rin-and-jade]

Are You? What about You? Them? : A Post about Differentiating Types of Parts.

We all know that spiderman meme where they pointed to each other because they share similar qualities that confuses their selves;

Like this. Right?

They all sounded so similar that we neither knew which is which at first glance..

And so, at the end of this post you will be confident in pointing out who is who, just like a spiderman who can tell apart from its own multiverse friends, that is. So let's get pointing to the smaller details!

How it works..

We know what it's like to be conscious, yeah? What if i were to tell you that yes, there are varying degrees of consciousness, and that we all can fluctuate on those levels too?

The levels of consciousness can vary from only being aware of its physical surroundings and react instinctually (lesser level), to being able to self-introspect and understand what they like and dislike (higher level). This is all dependent on many different factors and i want to clarify that it takes more than just 'awareness' to tell a fragment apart from an alter for example. But, still important to know what level its at.

This explains why shards, and fragments are less flexible when facing an issue, as they're more limited or not as equipped as an alter in terms of reasoning or level of logic/knowledge. So why is that? It can be from the intensity of dissociation, and other things like how much implicit and explicit memories it retains, this includes experiences.

How to tell them apart..

Sure, theres a spectrum to this too, as every type of part can be a bit different though still can categorized loosely, not meaning it has to fit perfectly to the box :

1. No sense of identity and, or tangible form/shape outside of performing a specific task, or hold a single memory/mood. (Shard)

2. Small sense of identity (a trait that is distinctive/distinguishable), possibly have a less blurry appearance than level 1 and still performs specific tasks, have little to no memories/range of emotions. (Shard)  

3. Mish mash of small qualities, but not enough to encapsulate an identity/personality, may have a sense of existing, and can emotionally react to environment/situation. Usually have a defined innerworld form, and may retain some memories but depends on origin, still fixed on role. (Fragment)

4. Has a developed dominant facet, which can be seen more lively and autonomous compared from level 1-3,, but still a bit rigid and have a narrow/limited view in general. Can distinguish and identify feelings, and have goals/hobbies/interests, self curiosity/exploration to function outside role. (Fragment, leaning to alter)  

5. Has a multifaceted personality in which it cannot defined by one word, fully knows its likes and dislikes, long term goals, morals, and a complex view on life. May have developed purpose outside role job, pursuing self-fulfillment. (Alter)

So in conclusion, shards are not wholly self aware and rely on current implicit memories, from my own system experience shards feels so blank, lifeless, somewhat robotic. Fragments have a partial sense of autonomy, it can rationalize and react to its own accord, reason, and learn/explore,, though had not fully know who they are. Alters are like any other usual people, where it has accumulated knowledge and experience that had shaped then throughout existing, reinforcing a faceted sense of self and purpose.

Growth to perfection..

Are you also wondering if shards and fragments can grow to an alter? The answer is, yes! Though some can be stuck in a certain stage, which is nothing to be ashamed about, and doesn't need changing.

Though, this takes a really long time and process, i note my own fragments will reach to a stage where it barely matches the loose category of an alter in 6 months, and to be a fully developed alter, it might need a whole year (okay this is my own calculations, other people will have it slower or faster).

To grow a shard towards a fragment category, my theory is that you have to interact with, and let them immerse/exprience the real world by supervision (outside of its role task) to develop more environmental, and self awareness. They will be very limited in terms of knowledge and names so this is a good time to start introducing these, and they may not even realize they exists themselves before sometimes,, try nudging them activities to experiment, and foods to taste, examine emotion wheel.. theres a lot to start from.

To grow a fragment to an alter, start introducing other views and complex topics, the goal here is to create a more developed understanding of life. From my experience, all my fragments have a dominant facet, e.g. angry dog vibes; and slowly let them learn how to be soft, or act more polite,, it will slowly solidify as a new facet, now capable of being kind and not always behaving threatening/i-will-still-bite-you attitude to every situation, as it now can be more flexible which facet it should use depending on situation.

Last words..

So, you are now an educated spiderman who can not only point out, but understand the basics of why,, and how to grow a part to have a better sense of awareness!

Let me know in the comments, i would like to hear why the part you had specifically picked/chose is possibly a shard/fragment/alter from your own reasoning and interactive mini discussion with me,, lets finally put them into real practice yeah?

Also, Happy Valentines, *offers you a free heart chocolate*

- j, your educational fiancée

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Writing Notes: Moral Development

The cultural-developmental approach to moral psychology suggests 3 vital trajectories in moral development stages (Jensen, 2015):

Autonomy - Emphasizing individuality; focusing on the self, including self-interest, rights, and wellbeing

Community - Focusing on memberships and relationships within social groups, including duties to others and their welfare and adherence to group norms and customs

Divinity - Focusing on the spiritual or religious dimensions or moral reasoning, including the sacredness of moral codes

Together, they form an important framework for understanding how we reason about moral issues from various perspectives. They balance personal, social, and spiritual values while emphasizing purity, sanctity, and spiritual accountability (Jensen, 2015).

Moral development and behavior involve putting ourselves in the place of others and typically require a combination of mutual respect, empathy, and caring (Gibbs, 2019).

Moral judgment begins to form in the early years, taking place in a social context, driven by interactions with peers and adults involving “taking turns, sharing, harming, and responding to harm” (Haidt, 2001, p. 817).

Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development

Lawrence Kohlberg’s (2015) theory of stages of moral development has dominated research in moral development for several decades (Gross, 2020).

Kohlberg assessed individuals’ moral reasoning through the lens of moral dilemmas.

Subjects were asked to choose between two or more alternative reactions or responses.

Kohlberg (2015) suggests 6 qualitatively different stages of moral development across the following 3 levels of moral reasoning (Gross, 2020):

Level 1: Preconventional morality

External consequences shape moral reasoning.

Stage 1 (punishment and obedience orientation) – What is punishable determines what’s right and wrong. As such, being moral means avoiding punishment.

Stage 2 (instrumental relativist orientation) – What people want and are rewarded for determines right and wrong. Other people’s needs matter, but only in a reciprocal sense.

Level 2: Conventional morality

Moral reasoning is influenced by our strong need to adhere to rules and authority.

Stage 3 (interpersonal concordance or “good boy-nice girl” orientation) – Being moral is determined by what pleases and helps other people — and ultimately what the majority thinks.

Stage 4 (maintaining the social order orientation) – It is our duty to respect authority and maintain social order. As such, this is more important than the needs of our family and loved ones.

Level 3: Post-conventional morality

Moral reasoning is determined by abstract reasoning.

Stage 5 (social contract���legalistic orientation) – While laws are established based on mutual agreement, they can be changed democratically or, at times, overridden. Life is more sacred than the legal principle.

Stage 6 (universal ethical principles orientation) – As society’s rules are arbitrary, our own conscience is the ultimate judge of what is right and wrong. As such, they can be broken when they conflict with “universal” principles.

The Methodology

The now famous Heinz dilemma created by Kohlberg involves an imaginary scenario where a man called Heinz can only save the life of his wife dying from cancer by getting his hands on a drug sold by a local, greedy pharmacist (Gross, 2020).

Despite all attempts, the husband can’t get all the money needed to buy the drug, so he considers breaking into the pharmacy to save his wife’s life.

Having explained the dilemma to study participants, Kohlberg asked them a series of questions, including (Gross, 2020):

Should the husband steal the drug? Why or why not?

If he doesn’t steal the drug, does he truly love his wife? What should he do then?

What if the person dying wasn’t his wife, but a stranger? What should he do?

How important is it for people to do all they can for the life of another?

Should people do everything they can to obey the law?

Criticism of Kohlberg’s Theory

Researchers have identified and expressed several criticisms of Kohlberg’s theory and stages of moral development (Gross, 2020; Gibbs, 2019).

Young children’s understanding of moral regulation is more complex than Kohlberg’s stage 1 (typically seen as 9 years old and below), which relies upon punishment and obedience.

Children do not typically experience the issues raised by Kohlberg’s dilemmas during their moral development. In fact, while their reasoning can be highly complex, it is often unclear and messy.

Some theorists argue that, as Kohlberg relied on an all-male sample in his research, the theory and stages described are biased toward men. As such, there are conflicting views regarding the suggestion that boys are biased toward preferring a “justice orientation” rather than a “care orientation” (with girls showing the opposite), as when pressed, they can switch between the two.

Education is a frequently ignored and confounding factor. While college-educated individuals are not morally superior, they may be more verbally sophisticated, influencing the moral stages to which they are attributed.

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[cultkinkcoven]

I’ve tried to make this post like 5 times now.

I had a very intense ritual session with Lucifer yesterday where I asked him a bunch of questions about his mythology

I was looking for the answers to a couple questions:

1. Is Lucifer the angel of the rebellion?

We know Lucifer is the Roman God of Enlightenment, Attar, the Ugaritic God who rose and fell after trying to take the throne of Baal, Ishtar/Inanna the Goddess who rose to Heaven and fell to the Underworld, Venus, The morning star, Eosphoros, Hesperus, Aphrodite etc. We know that the angel of the rebellion is sometimes referred to as a Lucifer due to his description of Helel Ben Shahar, and we know that Helel, like Attar, was the name of a splenderous deity who rose and fell. The angel of the rebellion is called Satan, the adversary, and he is sometimes believed to be a separate entity than the Lucifer, perhaps Sammael.

2. If Lucifer is the angel of the rebellion, why did he rebel?

Was it really just pride?

3. When did Lucifer rebel, according to the myths?

4. Why did 1/3 of Heaven’s angels follow him?

The Christian cannon states that a whole third of Heaven fell with Lucifer. Angels of all kinds. Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominions, Powers, Virtues, Principalities, Archangels and Guardian Angels. Angels of creation. Angels who stood around God’s throne. These were angels, incredibly intelligent, near omnipotent angels. Angels who knew good and well the implications of this action. Angels who were made by God. The holiest hosts of Heaven created for the soul purpose of serving God, somehow, a whole third of them chose Lucifer.

When I confronted him with all these questions, his answers hit me like atom bombs. They completely shattered my understanding of things, and I’m not even entirely sure I know how to explain it.

He started saying: “Your questions are born of a lot of assumptions. For one, you assume that all angels have the same level of autonomy, that a so called Throne will think like a so called Power. You also assume that before the fall, any angel had the ability to choose sin. You make the bold assumption that “Heaven”, the dwelling place of angels, was a place, rather than a state of things ”

These ideas warped my brain a little bit.

Okay, so not all angels had the same level of autonomy, and before the fall, they didn’t have the option to choose. Heaven is not a place, but a state of things. What does that mean? And what changed?

“What is a Lucifer?”

A light bringer, an illuminator found in the deepest darkness of the void.

Then I had a very intense vision, that seemed to be his retelling of the Christian story of creation, the 7 days, which he explained were not “days” but eras. At first there was that vast ocean of darkness. He called this Chaos. In this retelling, Chaos was the primordial Heaven. A place of originality, and it was the place where all angels and spirits dwelt infinitely. However at this point there was no concept of awareness, nothing to be aware of. And all consciousnesses may have been uniform, including that of the big GOD. This primordial water is what they would call mother.

Then, of course, there was Light. God wanted there to be something, assumably, because he was sick of drifting endlessly through nothing. This is the first separation, the emergence of the physical. In this creation, God’s angels suddenly had purpose, work to do. But still, there was nothing to be chosen. They were functions without persona.

Lucifer told me to be aware that no single retelling is totally correct. For instance, this concept that these primordial spirits were subordinate to God- following Gods orders- rather than extensions of God, projections of Gods light bouncing off of the physical and creating “colors” or shapes. Angles and angels.

He then asked me again, what is a Lucifer?

At this point God (or Gods, depending on if you view it as one or many) has created the land, the Earth, and by extension and fundamental contrast, our understanding of the Heavens. These things only exist conceptually in contrast to each other. There is no Light without Darkness.

However even then, even among the angels, there is still no sense of awareness. No choices.

God creates many beasts and creatures of many kinds. Lucifer tells me he watched these creatures evolve and make a home out of the planet they were born on. These were instinctual animals, like the angels themselves. And in this instinct, in this unawareness, they were bliss, as they could not know the opposite. Of course, there was pain and suffering, but all these were considered Good, as God is Good, and He is the only one capable of experiencing. This pain is only sensation, not emotion, not spirit.

Then emerges the champion of evolution itself. The one who will inherit the Earth.

“I watched as you emerged from the waters and grew up on the land. Then there were your five fingers, with which you began to to touch the Earth and mold it. You began to learn at an exponential rate. Somewhere along the line of evolution you, homosapien, were favoured among the rest.”

There were many of these apes roaming the Earth. There were other species of sapiens alongside us, fighting for the status of dominance. But of course, you know how the story goes. Humans emerged victorious.

On the 6th day it is said that God created man. They called him Adam. The first man with a name, and assumably, the first fully human being.

again, I’m having a really hard time explaining this because it was all super abstract. Lucifer expressed that this first human fundamentally changed the nature of the world when he first truly opened his eyes. Mankind was, like all things, in a deep slumber. All creatures were in the uniform sleep of oblivion until that first man woke up.

and then he knew what God had said to him.

“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

In man something had happened that had never occurred before, at least not here. The match of Godhood was struck on the other side of the vail, the physical world. For the first time ever, there was a living creature that was self aware, aware like God. Capable of expanding upon his creation, of destroying it. Of choosing.

Inside the mind of man is an entire universe. Man has the ability to destroy the entire universe, to mold the world and change it in his ideal. He has the infinite power to destroy or create within this universe. And when this light is gone, as far as we know, everything is gone. In essence, every person is the God of their own reality. Then I think back to this concept of primordial waters, darkness, sleep. Heaven.

“Remember that all things, all energy, all possibilities, emerged from those primordial waters. And these waters, separated from the Light, were still in existence. Outside of time and space. Outside of physicality. Gods creation was perfect and complete when man awoke. But in his awakening, the world became a seed. A vessel of infinite possibilities and potential and yet still perfect. Through the emergence of this thing called a mind, man suddenly had connection with these dark waters. He had simultaneously created time and the ability to subvert it.”

Why did Lucifer fall from Heaven?

Lucifer fell from Heaven like a bolt of lightning. A strike of intense energy.

The story says pride. But maybe perhaps they meant ego.

Lucifer is the God of Desire. I have always found it so interesting that so many personifications of Venus, and specifically the morning star, have so many associations with the Underworld or Hell, a place that is not his original home but where he takes leadership.

Suddenly in man was the potential for all these concepts which would never have been possible before. Man had the intelligence and sentience to experience divine love, pain, pleasure. Because he was born without understanding, he had the infinite potential to learn all of the secrets of his reality. And he was learning quickly.

I think about this quote from Asenath Mason

The only way I can put it into words is like this, loosely speaking.

What is Hell?

Traditional Christians will tell you that Hell is separation from God. In awakening, I think that man was separated from God, and God was separated from God.

lmao idk if any of this makes any sense

If Lucifer was an “angel” or God in Heaven, that means that he was a part of the Primordial Godhood that existed before all of “creation”. That potential energy.

Within the world that the Gods had created, perhaps he existed in form that was compatible with it. In the same way perhaps that elements work. Stable elements within the environment that permits them can exist. Combinations of electrons that are unstable cannot reasonably exist under the conditions of our universe.

The existence of even the concept of corrupt corporate greed for example, could not have existed in a world without humans, without capitalism, without money, without numbers.

But suddenly, there was potential for it. There was potential for the grand equalizers of humanity, desire, and persona, and then individuality. Ego. Why is Venus the God of Gender? Gender is an extension of persona, gender expression is a conversation with oneself. A way we understand each other and ourselves.

Humanity now had a bridge to things that had not yet been in the world. But at the time, only potential.

If the waters exist outside of time, were these primordial spirits omnipotent? Could they perhaps see and know of this potential before the world had even been created? What would angels be gossiping about in a primordial sea of nothing?

Perhaps, everything.

What is God but a light? and what is an angel but that light bouncing off of creation, reflecting a principle?

Perhaps Lucifer is divine light reflecting off of that potential in the world, in the mind of man. A different kind of light than what was in the creation.

Perhaps he did not envy humanity’s ability to choose, or Gods love for us. Perhaps he was the energy that was humanity’s ability to choose.

an inevitability of the separation from the deep sleep to the consciousness.

This is all obviously just my crazy rambling and my personal upg.

In my conversations with both Lucifer, Archangel Jophiel and other spirits, there has been a common attitude of, yes, a divide happened. But it wasn’t exactly a war. They describe it more like the way we describe politics. Or even just natural functions. There is no resentment between them, but there is a distinction.

Why would a whole third of Heavens angels fall with Lucifer? What could he possibly have said??? to make Gods angels sacrifice their unity with God?

Maybe he didn’t have to say much.

God created for the exact same reason man creates. Boredom.

What is the signifier of a conscious being? Boredom. In my mind, you’re not truly conscious or aware unless you can be bored. Unless you can experience a lack of stimulation. An AI doesn’t get bored after 20 minutes. It’s not alive, it’s not on standby getting annoyed that you’re not stimulating it. It has no experience.

In the endless waters, in the eternal sleep, and suddenly for the first time, there was the potential for that light to mingle with creation, create.

Liberation of the self is what makes you a God. Experience is kind of like God interacting with itself and its own creation. Maybe the thing that made those angels fall was the desire to be experienced.

and who better fitting to bring it into the world but the keeper of the hidden gnosis? He who represented divine light in the original creation, perhaps now in the mind of man represents the potential for the inner light. The light that makes the infinite potential of all of these sleeping Gods possible?

All throughout Lucifer and Lucifer like deities I see this image of the forbidden fruit. It’s not just him, the fruit is everywhere. Most famously when he tempts Eve to eat it.

This was the catalyst for the history of the entire world, the introduction of sin. With the potential to know good there was also the potential to know bad. I think it’s there in the Garden, because it’s access to the divine itself.

People so often ask why God would allow Lucifer into Eden, why the fruit was even there.

When did Lucifer fall?

On the 7th day God rested from all of his work.

Many of the myths about the pre biblical God of the Morning Star say that he was attempting to take the throne of a God while he had been temporarily away. The Lucifer tries, decides he’s inadequate, and falls to the underworld.

This new realm, this abyss, this inner God, cannot exist without the macro God. As much as you are the God of your own universe, you are also within the universe, with other people, and thus, other Gods, other universes.

Lucifer is not the God of the macrocosm. His Light is a different kind then the Light of that God. A God that was true enough to inspire angels. But he cannot replace that God.

When he falls and establishes his Pandemonium, it is in Hell, in the separation. The mind of man, which truly is capable of making the most terrible and wonderful things happen. That’s why he is A God of Hell. All of these spirits are only possible in this separation. In man.

One thing that hit me like an atom bomb was this concept of “evil”.

The natural law is not good as we commonly understand it. Babies get brain cancer. People are born without organs, disease wipes out entire species. There is an indiscriminate horror to the world, and that is why life is so fragile.

But the horrors of man are different. They aren’t natural acts of divine law. We are capable of the most horrific things imaginable, and have done them. We are a species, assumably the only species, that hates. That tortures and defiles for pleasure. The only one that can destroy the entire Earth in an instant.

Lucifer is the God of knowledge and liberation. I very much believe that he does not harbour any resentment or hatred towards humanity or that God. But he demands the right to exist. He demands that man have the potential to remember that he is a God, and the infinite creation and destruction that comes with it. Lucifer is pro enlightenment and education, even when it leads to destruction. It’s the natural consequence, perhaps the sacrifice.

Lucifer did not create the atom bomb or the gun, but his spirits of war and artillery mingled with man and created weapons. That’s why the God of Hell is also the champion of humanity. The one who constantly cheers for our liberation.

To create suffering and evil?

To create. To partake in the act of creation and destruction, like us. Like God.

Different traditions state that the trees of life and death are constantly seeking to destroy each other. Maybe it’s less that they want to destroy each other, and more like they have a cosmic attraction, always within each other’s pull and wanting to collapse back together, only staying separate by the mind of man, of life.

When your awareness is gone, perhaps you return to that uniform sleep of God, perhaps that’s when Heaven and Hell finally become one again, this time with the infinite experience of knowing itself fully. Satisfied.

Or maybe I smoke too much weed lol idk

I’m so sorry if this post makes absolutely no fucking sense. Im trying to scramble this all together before I forget. Pls tell me if this makes sense to u

[calware]

Can I ask you for what it is about Hal you like so much you based your username on him? I think he's a good character tho he was never a favorite of mine so I am curious

1. i am a big fan of robots (/robot adjacent things such as AI) on like... an aesthetic + thematic level :)

i like the look of machinery and one day i hope to be artistically strong enough to make really cool and complex robot illustrations + designs [shoutout to everyone who gives him glowing circuitry btw... ooooh glowey :) can never go wrong with that]

plus, exploring the idea of a person that isn't human.. ough. yes

minorities who don't conform to society (easily or at all) such as people who are neurodivergent, queer, etc. projecting onto nonhuman concepts/characters/species is sooo real

this post

i also love how humans will bond with literally anything, be it a roomba or a pair of silly triangle sunglasses. oooooo you want to think about the inherently kind and compassionate nature of humanity oooo

2. i find him to be so funny. i can't get enough of his personality, the way he talks, etc. for example i made a post forever ago with quotes of his that i find funny. he isn't on screen for a long time but i really think he makes the most out of it lol. he's literally there just to annoy everyone... and i love him for that. he's very snarky while also being deadpan while also being completely full of himself, and not in a way that's annoying for the audience to read, at least to me.

he is also sometimes funny specifically in a silly way, like how he keeps making over 9000 jokes even though the meme's been dead for over 400 years. i just find his dialogue incredibly entertaining to read

3. he is red and red is my favorite color :)

4. he is so accidentally transgender [every friend group got the transgender allegory]. to quote me from 2021:

you know sometimes i think about how hal feels like he was made to “replace” dirk and how it’s his literal job to pretend to be dirk and how he has to learn to accept that he isn’t dirk he’s his own person with his own identity and as he interacts with dirk’s friends he feels like they’re disappointed and that they’d rather speak to the “original dirk” instead of him and also he names himself and also he feels literally trapped in dirk’s shades which is basically his body and he wants to be prototyped so that he can have a body that’s his own and also literally the physical manifestation of who he is but when he asks for it he’s put in danger out of fear and paranoia and when he does end up getting prototyped he’s ecstatic you know i just think about these things a lot

5. because he's a side character and he was given... that ending.... there is a lot of room for fans to do further exploration and interpretation on his character which i think is fun. i like rotating him around in my mind, thinking about what could've been

6. i think it's great that we as a society all collectively decided that we needed to do something to make up for stanley kubrick saying that hal 9000 was a "straight" robot

7. i also think it's great that we as a society all collectively decided we needed to make as many characters referencing hal 9000 as possible. i love this guy let's get more of this guy i will never have enough of this guy

8. i like how he's genuinely mean sometimes. flawed and interesting characters are what make homestuck so interesting to me, and hal is no exception to this

9. the Important part of this post:

THERES FEELINGS.

it's about the hollow feeling of your friends going from thinking of you as family to thinking of you as a stranger in an instant. it's about still trying to be a good person despite being told by everyone you've ever known that you are incapable of emotion and compassion and morals and never quite finding proof that you do feel those things and maybe you even believe it too but you still never stop trying. it's about the horror of being stripped of your autonomy and humanity and body and senses and free will at the age of 13 and when your creator starts to kill you there's nothing you can do but beg. it's about a boy so truly, painfully, and UNFATHOMABLY alone he cuts away chunks of himself and molds them into companions that he can surround himself with to make it seem as if he's a little less alone but in doing so suffocates himself in his own identity. it's about "what if you cloned yourself and it killed you and you were dead and you were alive and the clone is you and it's not and your existence is perpetuated and you've ceased to exist. what if you killed your clone before it could kill you. would that be fucked up or what" it's about the thematic significance of twin motifs. it's about not being able to cry or laugh or dance or sing or scream or fingerpaint or breathe or sigh or chew or stare or run or

10. um. evil robot guy <3 yay ^_^!!

[marooned-poet]

The Team Cap/Team Iron Man argument is stupid

My stance will become very clear about three seconds into reading, but I should preface: I am Team Cap (Team Steve).

1: The teams form because of the Accords. Tony's side signs, Steve's side doesn't. Why? Because the difference between Tony and Steve is that Tony makes and deploys weapons for a living, and Steve has been the weapon, over and over, with his only choices being to fight or stand by and watch people die. But those are still choices. He needs the freedom to make them, and the Accords took that away.

2: Then the sides become "holy shit, Bucky killed Tony's parents and Steve's FIGHTING TONY WITH HIM?" But the thing is, Bucky didn't have a choice. Bucky didn't have that freedom. Bucky's life was taken from him in every way that wasn't the immediate physical, and even then, it might as well have been. Once those trigger words are used, he is no longer in control of himself. He is no longer autonomous. The Accords (on a completely different level, of course) threaten to do the very same thing to Steve: take away his agency.

3: So Steve does what he has always done--he refuses to walk away. This is a man that sticks so stubbornly to his morals that he takes down an entire government system in 117 countries because he'd rather be a global criminal than compromise his beliefs.

4: But this is where the Team Cap/Team Iron Man argument is moot to me, because let's face it: none of the Avengers knew him, and Tony certainly didn't. Nat was the only one who came close. All Steve wanted at the end of the day was the only goddamn person left who knew him, and the right to make that choice. He picked Bucky over the shield; he picked his own autonomy over being a weapon again. Respectfully, what the fuck kind of argument can someone have against that? All Steve wanted was a life. He had been living in service of everyone else since he woke up. Right then, when he drops that shield for the second time, Steve is choosing Bucky, therefore himself, for the first time since they found him frozen in the plane he crashed to save the world.

5: TL;DR, the argument is beyond stupid. The divide is stupid. Team Cap isn't about the Accords, it's ending Steve's (basically suicidal) streak of self-sacrifice, it's him wanting to live, maybe (probably) for the first time. Let Steve Rogers breathe, for fuck's sake. He picked up the shield in 19-goddamn-43, and after 73 years, he's choosing finally putting the damned thing down.

6: And really, you guys make excuses for Clint killing people when he was under Loki's control. It's the same thing for Bucky, except he endured decades, not days. He wasn't allowed to come out of it remembering himself, to a warm bed and a family. Hypocrisy doesn't look good on anyone, pal.

[the-wlndrider]

Storm Reading Guide for the Krakoan Age

Storm debuts in the age of Krakoa declaring resurrected mutants to the new mutant nation and becomes one of its ruling members on the Quiet Council. Storm is an active X-man and Marauder, saving mutants and delivering medicines. She also fights for her life.

House of X #4-6 (you can add 1-3 for more context)

X-men (2019) #1

Marauders (2019) #4,5,7,8,11

X-men (2019) #5

Giant Size X-men: Jean Grey and Emma Frost

Giant Size X-men: Storm

Storm's Krakoa's Sword Bearer in the X of Swords event fighting demonic Amenth and its thralled mutant nation, Krakoa other half, Arakko. Securing the sword strained the relationship with Wakanda and its royals. Storm fights the First Horseman of Death and legions of Annihilation

X of Swords: Creation,

X-Factor (2020) # 4

Marauders (2019) #13

X-men (2019) # 14

Marauders (2019) # 14

Wolverine (2020) # 7

X-force (2019) # 14

X-men (2019) # 15

Excalibur (2019) # 15

X of Swords: Destruction

Storm wraps up her missions with the Marauders and helps Callisto before officially leaving the team. She also assists protecting the new mutant ruler of the Shi'ar Empire, Xavier's daughter, Xandra, which resolves political unrest against the empire's long-standing tyranny.

Marauders (2019) # 16,17,20

X-men (2019) # 17

The omega level mutants of Arakko and Krakoa terraform Mars. Ororo creates its atmosphere. Now, it is the first mutant planet, Planet Arakko, and capital of the Sol System. Ororo is Regent of Mars/Arakko and Voice of Sol for all intergalactic matters.

X-men (2019) # 21

Planet Sized X-men # 1

S.W.O.R.D (2020) # 6

X-men (2021) #9

SWORD (2020) # 7-11

The expected overlordship conflicts with Storm wish for coalition. Storm forms the Brotherhood of Mutants to defend Arakko's autonomy and immerses herself in their culture. She fights Brand colonial plans and the genocidal Eternals. She splits her time between Arakko and Krakoa.

X-men Red (2022) # 1-4

Immortal X-men # 1-2

A.X.E. Judgement Day # 1

X-men Red # 5-6

A.X.E. Judgement Day # 4

X-men Red # 7-10

Scarlet Witch (2023) # 2

Sinister corrupted people via Ressurection protocols. In an ambush, Storm counters the evil Quiet Council attempt at capture and forms a Resistance that lasts a 1000 years. There's war, magic, and then facing the Quiet Council's incompetence once the timeline is reset.

Sins of Sinister # 1

Storm & The Brotherhood of Mutants # 1 - 3

Immortal X-men # 11-13

Genesis War begins as Genesis returns and demands hierarchy, control, and dominance. Storm advocates for coalition, growth, and freedom. The war rages on in an ideological and literal sense and divides Arakko. Storm also assists Thor, as an Elder Storm God threatens Earth.

X-men Red (2022) # 11-13

Immortal Thor # 3-5

X-men Red (2022) # 14-18

Storm wins the war, but Orchis war on Krakoa leaves mutants scattered, dead, and worse. Earth targets all mutants. Before joining the fight, Storm travels through realms of magic and beyond to resurrect Magneto. They resist Orchis and more Insidious forces in the shadows.

Resurrection of Magneto # 1-4

Fall of the House of X # 4-5

X-men (2021) #35

[givemeyams]

Magic on the Lost Light - Part 3

Lost Light x (gn)reader

Part 1 | Part 2 | [Here] | Part 4 | Part 5 | End

Content: mtmte human oc insert, discontinued

Warnings: None

Word Count: 1.4k

Rung II

The psychiatrist did not dare move. He never imagined his day would end with a human sitting in his servo. Were they not aware of how much damage he could do to them? Just a simple reflex could end their lives.

“My life is in your hands.” They said with a smile.

No. They knew. They always knew. Behind that cheerful demeanor, they were meticulously watching him, gauging his responses. He looked down to see their glassy optics staring back with the same predatory gaze as when they first met. He realized that it was not of suspicion, but of a challenge. As if their optics were telling him, ‘I made my move, now I dare you to make yours.’

He ex-vented, feeling his fans still cycling through his discomfort. With trepidation, he raised the lifeform so they sat at optic level. “You are a fascinating individual,” he said.

They laughed. At this distance, he could see the creases forming under their eyes. Somehow this laugh was different, more genuine. They tilted their head, their gaze softened considerably, “You too, my friend. You too.”

Did they just call him their friend? Before he could respond, the medical drone lit up with a holographic image of Ratchet. “Rodimus and Ultra Magnus are outside the office. Is the human ready to speak to them?”

“One moment,” Rung responded in Neocybex. He lowered Buddy back to the desk. They were quite dextrous as they hopped off his servo with minimal effort. He was met with a raised brow. “The captain and his second would like to speak to you now, are you ready?” he translated.

They shrugged, “Ready as I’ll ever be.”

“Go ahead Ratchet,” he relayed.

“Affirmative. Return to me and I will repair your arm as well.” said the medic.

The psychiatrist made sure to step away from the table as the Captain and his second filtered through. Rodimus was practically flaring in excitement, his EM field would have been suffocating if not for Ultra Magnus’s undercurrent of authority.

The captain immediately took the seat across from the human and lowered his helm to their eye level, “Wow, it’s great to meet you. My name is Rodimus. I am Captain of this ship, the Lost Light.”

When not at the receiving end of the human’s scrutiny, Rung could not help but look at them in awe. Amongst the movement of giants, Buddy barely moved, ever vigilant and ever watching. Then they surprised him once more:

“Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong,” they intoned with a bow causing the officers to gawk at the organic. They continued, “Pleasure to meet you Captain Rodimus. You may call me Buddy.”

Ultra Magnus moved past the now rebooting Rodimus. Even as he towered over the human, they did not break their gaze. “How do you know the Universal Cybertronian Greeting?” the officer boomed.

“You must be Ultra Magnus, second in command and Duly Appointed Officer of the Tyrest Accord. It is an honor. As for your question, I had asked Rung to teach it to me, in hopes that I would better appeal to you and the Captain. I apologize if I inadvertently insulted you in the process.”

“No, you have not Buddy. I was merely surprised,” Magnus said gruffly. The officer turned back to Rung, his frown deeper than before. “You are Rung, I presume?” he asked in Neocybex.

“Yes.”

“What is your assessment of this individual?”

“I do not know what is considered normal for human behavior, however this one seems quite adaptable as they have adjusted to existing on a ship full of Cybertronians rather well. I find that they are rather seeker-like. Acutely aware of their surroundings, highly personable and intuitive, yet value their freedom and autonomy. Given the situation, it is the loss of their agency that frightens them the most.”

“Would you consider them dangerous?”

Would he? On one hand, they were physically diminutive to even the smallest Cybertronians. Yet, even now, they stare at the bots with the same intense gaze as before, no doubt trying to absorb as much information as they could regardless if they understood the conversation or not. “It is hard to say. They are clever but not unreasonable. As long as their agency is not in question, I would not consider them a threat.”

Magnus nodded, “I see. Thank you for your thoughts. I too found that humans are seeker-like in nature. You may take your leave, I understand you still need your arm repaired.”

“Yes, of course.” Rung turned back to Buddy, “I must go now, will you be alright?”

They smiled, “I will be and thank you, my friend.”

— BREAK —

Sure enough, Ratchet was waiting outside. “Congratulations, you survived your first human.” the medic said dryly.

"Is that a notable accomplishment?"

"No, but it did not end in running, screaming, fainting, or accidental squishing from either party, so that's something. Now come here so I can get you fixed."

"You mentioned that you have a human holoform. Does that mean you have extensive experience with the species?"

"Eh, I wouldn't call it 'extensive', though I was on Earth during the last few years of the war. I have worked with them enough that I can provide medical care for this one."

"I can see why you said that we are similar as a species, we do have many parallels in terms of behavior and mannerisms.  Yet the more I interact with this human, the less I am inclined to understand. How can something so small be so paradoxical in nature?"

The medic laughed harshly, "Ha, you just summed up the entirety of  human existence. Oh don't give me that look."

Rung stared at his free servo, replaying the memory of Buddy hopping on as if he wasn’t a giant entity three times their size. “Are humans naturally reckless?”

“More or less. It depends on if they have a reason to be.”

“The human, Buddy, jumped into my servo unprompted. I believe it was to demonstrate their trust in me, but I cannot fathom why they would do so after only one conversation, especially when they had admitted that they had no power in the situation that they were in.”

“The thing about humans is that they are extremely social creatures. They can and will bond with anything they feel a positive connection to."

“I am honored but the risk seems so unnecessary.”

‘My life is in you hands’

Ratchet continued, “Despite being small, humans can also be aggressive in the extremes, whether it be through their violence or through their affection. Like it or not, you've just made yourself a friend."

With that, Rung was sent on his way. Soon enough he found his office. He had much to do, before he had to resume his duties as psychiatrist. First, his module ships. It was a comfort really, a way for him to collect his thoughts. And all his thoughts seem to lead back to the human.

Next ->

[schizoidvision]

7 Ways Schizoids Engage in Master-Slave Relationships

Schizoid personality dynamics often involve emotional detachment in social situations, a need for autonomy, and a complex relationship with intimacy. Many individuals with schizoid traits struggle to engage in balanced interpersonal relationships due to their defense mechanisms, which protect their true self from being overwhelmed by others' emotional needs, and prevent engulfment. One framework to understand these relationship patterns is through the lens of the Master-Slave dynamic, outlined by J.F. Masterson, in ‘The Masterson Approach.’

In this model, schizoids adopt dominant (master) or submissive (slave) roles during social interactions to maintain emotional distance and avoid vulnerability. Some schizoids may alternate between both roles depending on the situation, while others may exclusively engage in one role. There are also those who prefer to stay away from interpersonal interactions altogether, avoiding playing any role at all. Looking at schizoid dynamics through the lens of the Master-Slave framework can offer valuable insight into how schizoids navigate their relationships while keeping their true self protected.

Below are 7 ways schizoids can engage in master-slave relationships, as well as how these roles manifest in their interactions:

1. Emotional Detachment as a Defense Mechanism

Schizoids often maintain a significant emotional distance from others, which plays into both the "master" and "slave" roles. Whether dominating (master) or submitting (slave), schizoid individuals avoid emotional connection with others. This distance helps protect their true self from being overwhelmed allowing them to engage in relationships without feeling threatened or consumed.

Master Role: Emotional detachment allows the schizoid to exert control without becoming emotionally involved.

Slave Role: Detachment enables the schizoid to endure relationships while remaining disconnected, avoiding emotional harm.

2. Superficial Engagement in Relationships

Schizoids frequently interact with others through a false self system, engaging only at a surface level. This superficial engagement is essential in the Master-Slave dynamic, where schizoids play roles that allow them to manage interpersonal interactions without revealing their true selves.

Master Role: They may manipulate relationships from an emotional distance, using a controlled persona to maintain superiority.

Slave Role: They may adopt a compliant stance, performing roles without any genuine emotional involvement.

3. The Need for Autonomy and Control

For many schizoids, maintaining autonomy is essential. The fear of losing control or being consumed by another person’s needs often drives their behavior in relationships. This need for control manifests clearly in the master role, where schizoids assert dominance to protect their independence.

Master Role: Schizoids in this position create strict boundaries, dictating the terms of interaction to preserve autonomy.

Slave Role: Though appearing submissive, the schizoid may comply to avoid deeper involvement, or potential conflict, which helps them maintain internal control over their emotions.

4. In-and-Out Relationship Patterns

Schizoids often experience what is referred to as the “in-and-out” relationship pattern, in which they engage with a partner but frequently withdraw to maintain emotional distance. This pattern mirrors both the master and slave roles in the Masterson model.

Master Role: They control the rhythm of the relationship by pulling back when intimacy becomes too overwhelming.

Slave Role: They may follow the lead of the partner but retreat emotionally when the relationship becomes too close.

This retreat may be physical and result in the individual spending time alone in solitude represented in the Masterson model as the self in exile.

5. Playing Social Roles to Avoid Intimacy

In social interactions, schizoids often adopt roles (either as a dominant figure or a passive participant) to shield their true self. This "role play" is central to the Master-Slave dynamic, where they engage with the world through carefully constructed personas.

Master Role: The schizoid may take on a leadership or authority role to mask vulnerability.

Slave Role: They might adopt a passive, agreeable role to minimize friction and avoid deeper emotional entanglement.

6. Fear of Intimacy and Vulnerability

A key feature of schizoid personality is the tension between the desire for connection and the fear of intimacy. In master-slave dynamics, this translates into engaging with others in a way that limits genuine emotional closeness. Schizoids use these roles to manage their fear of being overwhelmed by another person’s emotional needs.

Master Role: They avoid vulnerability by controlling the relationship and setting strict boundaries.

Slave Role: By appearing submissive, they avoid exposing their true self to scrutiny or emotional demand.

7. The Use of Intellectualization

Schizoids often use intellectualization to cope with emotional discomfort. This defense mechanism allows them to analyze relationships from an emotional distance, thus reducing emotional engagement. In master-slave relationships, intellectualization can reinforce their roles, helping them maintain detachment.

Master Role: They may use intellect to justify their dominance, staying emotionally disconnected while manipulating the situation.

Slave Role: Intellectualization helps them rationalize their submission, preventing any emotional impact from deeply affecting them.

Conclusion

The Master-Slave dynamic offers insight into how schizoids may manage relationships while maintaining emotional distance. Schizoids may engage in these roles in a nuanced way, shifting between these roles depending on the situation, asserting control in some contexts and complying in others to avoid deeper emotional involvement. Others may primarily stick to one role. A third group may avoid relationships altogether, choosing isolation as a means to maintain emotional detachment and autonomy. While these roles can prevent schizoids from forming deep, fulfilling relationships, they serve as protective mechanisms to manage their need for autonomy. Ultimately, when schizoid individuals use these roles it is to maintain psychological stability, balancing their need for distance with the challenges of human connection.

Video From My YouTube Channel: Understanding The Schizoid Master-Slave Relationship

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i know you already made a post on it once but because i couldn't stop thinking about it: for the au meme, the au where wwx makes talismans for wn and wn uses them to dick down jc?

in the tags of that post I implied that everyone except WWX wanted WWX to stop making it about him, but that’s too close to the notes last AU hit (and the vibes on that one were not rancid enough), so here’s what I’m thinking would be more interesting instead:

WN is doing it on purpose. Not the first time, or the second, but after a while sneaking around to bully (sexually) WWX’s… selfish-as-hell former sect brother, without WWX knowing, becomes part and parcel of the appeal. There’s something very satisfying about it. WWX wouldn't want to make JC cry, WN is well aware, but WN can do it on his behalf and that’s good and what is deserved here. (There’s also a part of WN that likes doing something without WWX knowing. It's a relief, as well. But WN doesn't like dwelling on his bodily autonomy or lack thereof and he especially doesn't like thinking about it or WWX in negative ways, so)

2. In this timeline WWX doesn't have an out-and-out meltdown, because: WN softly says that he hopes Wei-gongzi will keep making it possible for WN to see JC.

And wow WWX is suddenly extremely here for that. Conflicted! But hum that is a thought that beard revisiting. WN can fuck JC because WWX makes it possible. Ego-wise this is extremely good for WWX and also libido-wise it does something for him.

WWX gives WN the necessary talismans, and WN tells WWX what WWX wants to know about having sex with JC. (No, of course JC doesn't know. No, of course LWJ doesn't know either.

3. I envision some steady escalation there. WWX starting to tell WN what he wants him to do to JC. WN trying to look at JC like what he imagines are WWX’s eyes. 

WN in particular is having his brain rearranged in real time - it’s so easy to glide into what WWX wants him to do, to simply lose himself into being WWX’s thing. And yet - WWX’s requests are never enough to last a night, WWX is never satisfied with WN recounting what WWX wanted - WWX is so hungry for the details that he didn't know to expect. Incredibly thrilling to do things on his own that have JC moaning and tell WWX about it and watch WWX’s eyes go dark. WN can be so good and WN is necessary and WN is both WWX’s thing and WWX’s stand-in and the person making JC beg and break.

WWX sliding a paperman on WN, so he can see - he needs to see. He comes very hard but at the same time it’s not enough - he’s not controlling WN, he doesn’t feel what WN feels…

4. Because WN can feel WWX start growing dissatisfied with the paperman (that didn’t take long at all) - I think he realizes WWX has started dabbling into how-to-project-his-conscience-into-a-fierce-corpse - he starts including more mentions of WWX into his dirty talk. The levels of destructive hatesex have gone somewhat down since he and JC started fucking (just as well, WN was levels of roughness WWX would not have condoned), and JC’s occasionally sneered a challenged on that topic when he wants a reaction, so WN gets his revenge by wielding mentions of WWX like a sexy weapon. 

It’s very effective for everyone involved, JC gets off on the implied degradation, WWX gets off on JC wanting him (and at the same feels horribly guilty for his JC-is-crying-because-of-me boner, what’s new), WN gets off on both being of use to WWX and sometimes one-upping the WWX he’s making up for JC (WWX doesn’t like that part much. WN ending scenes by making JC pant WN’s name when WN demands JC says who’s making him feel good does not feel good to WWX). (WWX and WN can have a little sexy rivalry as a spice.)

5. at this stage WWX is definitely not going to be happy sitting on the sidelines like a voyeur forever. possibly it has more than vibes of dubcon, because JC always needs a little convincing and at some point he’s probably going to be pissed at WN, but that’s not going to stop anyone, and sunk cost fallacy added to how weak he is for the idea of WWX wanting him, WWX picking him, is going to get JC pretty easily. LWJ still doesn't know the first thing about this and I'm sure it's all going to be fine.

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Servitors: Your Personal Magical Minions (No Payroll Required!)

So, You Want a Magical Minion?

Let’s be honest—who hasn’t wished they had a little helper to handle life’s tedious tasks? Imagine having a personal assistant, but instead of a human (or a very expensive AI subscription), you have a magical entity that exists solely to do your bidding. No snack breaks, no salary, no complaining about workplace conditions. Welcome to the world of servitors!

Servitors are artificial spirits created for a specific purpose, and they’re entirely under your control. Need protection? A servitor can be your mystical bodyguard. Looking to attract opportunities? A servitor can work as your personal energetic recruiter. The possibilities are endless, as long as you know what you’re doing.

But before you go off creating an army of these things like some kind of magical overlord, let’s dive into what servitors are, how they differ from egregores, and how to make them work for you.

Servitors vs. Egregores: What's the Difference?

Many people confuse servitors with egregores, so let’s clear that up. While both are thought-forms—entities created through focused thought and energy—they serve different functions and have different levels of autonomy.

🔹 Servitors are personal and programmed. You create them with a specific purpose in mind, and they are bound to you. They act like well-trained magical pets: loyal, obedient, and existing only as long as you choose to maintain them.

🔹 Egregores are collective thought-forms created by a group’s shared beliefs and intentions. Think of them as corporate mascots with a touch of spiritual power. Major religions, brands, and even fandoms have egregores that take on lives of their own (looking at you, Mickey Mouse and Santa Claus).

While servitors are like robots designed for specific tasks, egregores are more like cultural forces—harder to control and capable of influencing large groups of people.

Why Create a Servitor?

The real question is, why wouldn’t you want a magical assistant? Here are some common uses for servitors:

✅ Protection: Keep negative energy, harmful spirits, and sketchy people at bay. ✅ Prosperity: Attract money, job opportunities, or even creative inspiration. ✅ Healing: Act as an energy worker to aid in physical or emotional healing. ✅ Enhancing Skills: Boost your intuition, psychic abilities, or even productivity. ✅ Emotional Support: A servitor can be designed to provide comfort or motivation.

You get to decide exactly what the servitor does, and you tailor it to your needs.

How to Create a Servitor

Ready to build your own magical companion? Follow these steps, and soon you’ll have a fully functional servitor at your service.

Step 1: Define the Purpose

Before anything else, be crystal clear about what you want your servitor to do. The more specific, the better. A servitor for “helping with work” is too vague, but a servitor “to enhance my confidence when speaking in meetings” is a focused goal.

Step 2: Design Its Form

Servitors don’t have a default look, so get creative! You can design them to appear as:

A shadowy protector

A glowing orb of energy

A small, helpful imp

A wise owl or cat familiar

The form should match the function. A servitor for confidence might take the shape of a lion, while one for stealth could be a smoky, formless wisp.

Step 3: Give It a Name

Names hold power. Choose something easy to remember but unique enough that you don’t accidentally summon it when ordering takeout.

Step 4: Charge It with Energy

To bring your servitor to life, you need to pour energy into it. This can be done through:

Meditation and visualization

Chanting its name repeatedly

Drawing or sculpting its form

Using candle magic, sigils, or crystals

Some practitioners even use a ritual circle to mark the servitor’s “birth.”

Step 5: Program Its Instructions

Like training a puppy (but with fewer messes), you must teach your servitor what to do. Be clear and direct. You can write down its purpose, speak aloud to it, or mentally command it.

Example: “You are to increase my focus while studying. Whenever I sit down with a book, you will sharpen my concentration and block out distractions.”

Step 6: Assign a Home

Your servitor needs an anchor in this world. You can link it to an object (a crystal, a piece of jewelry, a drawing) or even keep it within your aura. This prevents it from dissipating.

Step 7: Feed It (But Not with Food!)

Servitors need energy to function. You can feed them with:

Your focus and intention

Offerings of light, incense, or sigil activations

Absorbing excess energy from specific sources (like the sun, moon, or even music)

If a servitor gets too weak, it might dissolve on its own.

Step 8: Dismiss or Destroy When Done

If you no longer need your servitor, it’s important to properly dissolve it. This prevents lingering energy from going rogue.

To dismiss a servitor, you can:

Thank it for its service and instruct it to dissolve.

Burn its sigil or physical representation.

Absorb its energy back into yourself or the universe.

Warnings and Ethics of Servitor Work

🚨 Do NOT create servitors for harm. They can backfire or grow beyond your control. 🚨 Do NOT forget about them. A neglected servitor can become unstable. 🚨 DO set clear limits. Make sure your servitor knows its purpose and doesn’t overstep its bounds.

Remember, servitors are tools—not independent spirits or pets. Treat them with respect, but always stay in control.

Final Thoughts: The Magical Workforce at Your Fingertips

Creating servitors is a powerful magical technique that allows you to shape reality in a unique way. They are the ultimate customizable magical assistants, designed to fit your exact needs without any unnecessary fluff. Whether you want help manifesting money, sharpening your intuition, or keeping bad vibes away, servitors can be a valuable addition to your practice.

So, what kind of servitor will you create? Let me know in the comments!

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I enjoyed posting my reactions to Koisenu Futari, so I think I'm going to do that going forward with media I'm consuming as I feel like it. (These will tend to be more unpolished reactions and surface level analysis than polished essay deep dives.)

The Murderbot Diaries, book 1: All Systems Red (spoilers under the cut)

Chapter 1

Murder, entertainment, and capitalism all in the first sentence

Failure at being a heartless killing machine is an interesting juxtaposition through an aro lens. Failure to meet societal expectations of normalcy versus failure to fulfill societal arophobic tropes

Getting the vibe this narrator is not gonna be the most reliable

PoV character is an android, so there’s likely to be themes of demihumanity and in-betweenness

Mensah is struggling against bureaucracy in the emergency, so bureaucracy is likely another theme, since it’s somewhat interchangeable with society. Could also lean more towards questions of power, agency, autonomy, as an aro/robot thing.

“It had three compartments: one big one in the middle for the human crew and two smaller ones to each side for cargo, supplies, and me.” Dehumanization/objectification

Cracked governor module as closeted aromantic, hmm.

Are HubSystem and MedSystem part of the PoV character, or external to them? Getting a little Ancillary Justice vibes, which I need to reread and then read the rest of the series.

The PoV character is having to tend to their wounds and healing on their own, which has nonpartnering vibes

Well, no, they’re just second priority.

Yep, unreliable narrator. You are nervous about your governor module. (Hm, very loose connection to Little Lost Robot by Isaac Asimov)

Demihumanity as valuable, because it has agency/free will that pure roboticism would lack

Casual polyamory. Nice.

A “glitch” in HubSystem? This definitely won’t be relevant to the plot later, lol

Chapter 2

Ah, capitalism.

Mm, yeah, autism.

Ah, surveillance capitalism and a lack of privacy. My favorite.

… I’m gonna need to make a relationship diagram to keep track of all that.

“It was a low-stress group, they didn’t argue much or antagonize each other for fun, and were fairly restful to be around, as long as they didn’t try to talk or interact with me in any way.” Lol

“She turned to me with one of those abrupt movements that I had taught myself not to react to.” Autism.

“I said, “I need to check the perimeter,” and managed to turn and leave the crew area in a totally normal way and not like I was fleeing from a bunch of giant hostiles.” XD

“I’d watched three episodes of Sanctuary Moon and was fast forwarding through a sex scene” XD. (Ace sex-repulsed robot can be an acephobic trope, but I’ve heard good things about this series so I’m expecting it won’t be)

“Though I think that even if I did have sex-related parts I would find them boring.)” Yeah okay there’s some ace robot nuance.

Chapter 3

Ah, buddy, you could probably use some therapy.

A second HubSystem glitch. Interesting. To what extent is HubSystem non-diegetically a person?

Chapter 4

“Imitative Human Bot Units are . . . partially constructed from cloned material.” Set up for identity crisis, and/or asexual reproduction jokes

It/its as probably dehumanizing, but could be reclaimed at some point

That’s a lot of combat in a very short amount of time

Hacking via data port ties to loss of autonomy

Chapter 5

So far, an aspec/robot reading of this feels…a little uninteresting? I don’t think it’s that it’s tasteless, it’s just…there’s lots of interesting stuff to say about Asimov’s writing, or DADoES, and about halfway through it doesn’t feel like there’s much to analyze or interpret. An aro robot on itself doesn’t have much room for nuance; the interesting parts of media analysis are usually what’s hidden under the surface, and so far it doesn’t feel like there’s much.

Interesting backstory with the hacked governor module

“I was still watching them through the camera, because it was easier than looking directly at them.” Autism

Good on you, Mensah

Chapter 6

“It’s wrong to think of a construct as half bot, half human. It makes it sound like the halves are discrete, like the bot half should want to obey orders and do its job and the human half should want to protect itself and get the hell out of here. As opposed to the reality, which was that I was one whole confused entity, with no idea what I wanted to do. What I should do. What I needed to do.” Mm. That’s giving thoughts, but I don’t know what they are yet.

Getting some more roboticism, but still feels a bit thin. I’m not sure, maybe that’s just me.

Too expensive to destroy. Interesting.

Chapter 7

Getting adopted/found family vibes, which I’m a fan of

Chapter 8

Yep.

“This was what I was supposed to want. This was what everything had always told me I was supposed to want.” Mm.

“I don’t know what I want. I said that at some point, I think. But it isn’t that, it’s that I don’t want anyone to tell me what I want, or to make decisions for me. That’s why I left you, Dr. Mensah, my favorite human. By the time you get this I’ll be leaving Corporation Rim. Out of inventory and out of sight.” Mm yeah. Yeah.