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[cherokeegal1975]

The Grey, WIP: 7/7/23

Well, I wish I had realized yesterday that by painting the base coats of the wings and then just fading out the references over the top of them, I could have saved myself some time and trouble. Now all I have to do is erase around the white wing and it'll be mostly done...save for some highlights I might want to put in.

This was a single image, then a doubled one because my graphics program has a tendency to merge all layers prematurely once in a while. A glitch that I'm not at happy about. I was just able to remove the bulk of the reference picture today. Look so much better without it there.

I was going to do a half gold and half silver halo, but with all that black and white, there's need for more splashes of color. So, the halo will be solid gold and have red jewels set into it. The flames will also add some color as well as the lady's skin. A nice brown. Her hair will be black.

References for the bits I need to see are still there, just invisible at the moment. Except for the frame design. I'm doing my best to eliminate anything I copied from online as fast as possible. Except for the wings of course. I need those.

I will lighten the hue of the cloak; I usually start dark and work lighter then darker again in spots as I go along. I even have brushes that will do fabric textures. I think I might try that. In spite of the need for more color, I still insist that the cloak be grey. Maybe I can add some patterning or something. I'll think about it.

Anyway, I never meant this drawing to look like a playing card. In fact, the main elements of the drawing just showed up randomly in my head when I wasn't really thinking of anything particular. But I liked what I saw, so I'm drawing it.

Yes, I know I'm cheating a lot. This is because sometimes I have trouble translating what's in my mind onto canvas. I can draw the human figure but haven't had a lot of practice at it. Nor do I have a lot of practice drawing clothing. It was just easier to find what I needed online to help me out this time. I don't know who all the artists are who put out all these free resources for me to use. Though angelic figures are common, I can say with confidence that this idea is uniquely mine. Just for the fun of it I did a general search image for a moment and found lots of angels, but nothing exactly like mine. So, there's that.

I can and to draw freehand. I'd do it more often than I have been lately if I had more time. My time off is sporadic at best/worst. Given the choice, I'd spend more time doing everything in my head. Taking a few hours a day just to draw. I can do a solid three hour session of drawing before my brain gets tired and I have to take a break. I rarely get that time lately.

Ugh. This is devolving into a bitch session. I won't do that here. Anyway, when this is completed, people who are into games like Dungeons and Dragons or similar games may use this character as part of your game. Just ask me first because I want to know about it. Give me credit for the design. No, you may not sell it. I need the profits far worse than you do.

I came to think of The Grey as a kind of judge for contests and legal issues...and maybe other things. She knows there's more than one facet to every story, there isn't just pure evil and pure good. There's always those shades of grey. And she's an excellent and fair judge. A living personification of justice and a powerful force for the good side. My mind had to work on this for a while as I drew her "card." Because originally, she had no story, no meaning. I'm still inviting people to have an open interpretation of her character however.

I can also see this as a big poster over someone's bed simply because it looks cool. It would be a nice decoration, especially if it turns out as nice as I want it to.

I'd appreciate it if no one used my idea until it was completed. I might make some changes along the way that I won't know about until I get there. Not that I think anyone will really. Every offer of free resources I put out gets ignored. I don't know why.

I will also post this on Redbubble when it's done and send a link. I can't seem to completely let my optimism go even though I'm aware that no one wants to buy my artwork. I don't know why.

[rigil-kentauris]

the thing about nero scaeva that has gotten him so caught up is my gears i think is hes a fucking back story black hole. like what possible confluence of events cospired to produce this one guy. none of them! it cant be any of them! and yet! hes too internally consistent to not make any sense as a character. thats straight up a guy. but how. how did that happen. and every time they give you even a scrap of lore it makes less sense. what the fuck is you have the palate of an infant. how are we squaring that with "he had arrived cradling a sleek tube in his arms, which he now proudly presented for Cid’s inspection". i can't! it makes perfect sense but like! who made this twelve year old? what is 'born in an impoverished village so in the middle of nowhere its schodingers province mainland and also had the support and resouces to keep up with midas nan garlonds son to the extent that you get into the schools that get you into the schools to get into the magitek academy historically early'??? what is that??!!?!? how did that happen???? we dont know!!!!! we dont even know where the fuck it is!!!!!!! what is your existence has rendered mine worthless??? what is inventing a magic paintbrush based off of fairy tales of relm arrowny in a game that added pictomancer three expacs later????? what the EVERLOVING FUCK is the clockwork (yet clearly a wind up) novus d??????? WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO PRODUCE THIS YOU?????????? IM SHAKING HIM AND BITING HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THERES NO LOGICAL PATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THERES NO AUTOCOMPLETE FOR THIS COASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[slightlydensedragons]

By some miracle

I have managed to DRAIN my plant resouces.

It had been above 10k since the first NOTN way back in 2014.

It took me 10 years to get it to this point :D

[raven-bythesea]

CONTACT YOUR GOVERNMENT AND DEMAND A CEASEFIRE FOR PALESTINE:

For Eu look up: Voices in Europe for peace

For Usa look up: US campaign for Palestinian rights

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OTHER RESOUCES: https://Arab.org/clicktohelp/ https://gazaesims.com https://www.foa.org.uk https://bdsmovement.net https://decolonizepalestine.com/reading-list/

Thank you for this

Here's some Canadian resources:

Ottawa 4 Palestine has a list of relief funds:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FC1fK-3r-w3wPi2AdYho5_0j148QC6wkFIMdJA5kX4c/htmlview#gid=0

Please support the Solidarité pour les droits humains des Palestiniennes & des Palestiniens: https://linktr.ee/sdhpp.uqam?fbclid=PAAaaqhYCMV1KnsIcyrQQjD-VGRTHLI1OKLmM1N2TszAza4dvuYxsDwQ4oPbs

While Ottawa has passed an agreement for ceasefire you can see which MPs specifically voted for and against the ruling here:

https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/votes/44/1/658

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[the-excellent-papyru]

CONTACT YOUR GOVERNMENT AND DEMAND A CEASEFIRE FOR PALESTINE:

For Eu look up: Voices in Europe for peace

For Usa look up: US campaign for Palestinian rights

BOYCOTT LIST: Hewlett Packard Inc (HP Inc), Chevron (including Caltex and Texaco brands), Siemens, Carrefour, AXA, SodaStream, Ahava, RE/MAX, PUMA, Coca Cola, Starbucks, McDonalds and Isreali produce in your supermarkets

OTHER RESOUCES: https://Arab.org/clicktohelp/ https://gazaesims.com operation olive branch

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[doggirldick]

oops super long infodump about dxm1.

daemon x machina launched as a switch exclusive back in like 2019, i remember seeing it at directs and thinking hey that looks pretty cool maybe i'll try it. then i forgot about it. eventually it got ported to pc via steam but i was unaware. then it was put on the epic games store which i was only aware of cause they were giving it away for free there for a short while when it did. that's when i checked it out.

dxm was an armored core spiritual successor released before ac6 was anounced, when that franchise was considered dead.

it has a lot of armored core things with different named like: instead of ac units, they're called arsenals; instead of ravens, they're called reclaimers; instead of the raven's nest, it's called orbital; they just say missions instead of sorties. but unlike ac, they actually do show character's faces and plot is mostly conveyed through cuscenes with the characters standing around in the orbital hub room before or after a mission, or sometimes missions pause for you to read/listen to a conversation. and characters love chatting while a mission is ongoing. there's a lot of lore that is only understood from these things so i hope you're paying attention when they chat during missions or you may get very confused.

the game opens with a cutscene showing half the moon breaking off and crashing to earth and that's all that's really obvious. plus this game doesn't have enough of an english fanbase to have a complete wiki.

so, i'll explain what i remember. spoiler warning for the entire first game's story.

half the moon broke off and fell to earth. with it, it brought a red substance called femto both in the form of huge crystals sticking out of the ground and particles in the air. femto is toxic to humans and a large portion of the world's population were wiped out. however, some people's body's adapted to femto and can they can not only survive it, they can deliberately absorb it and manipulate it to use as an energy resource. these people are considered by some to be the next evolution in mankind. they're known as outers.

the oval link project involved the construction of a huge barrier around the moon crash site to contain the spread of femto. this area within the barrier is known as the oval link or just oval for short. within oval, 3 consortium nations arose called zen, sky union, and horizon. there they claim territories of the ruined world, collect femto, and r&d femto tech. femto has allowed a for golden age of technology but, this also means femto has been used for weapons development. as such, oval contains a governing body called orbital who ensure the consortiums all play by the rules and resolve conflicts that arise

within oval, the consortiums have many ai units working for them. one day, ais start going rogue and mysterious new ais start appearing, seemingly coming from the greatest mass of femto in the centre of oval. they seem to communicate with each other, albeit in a way we can't understand, and are now being considered another intelligent race called immortals. the rogue ais are that way because they're being seized by the immortals.

femto tech has allowed the development of mechs called arsenals. outers are able to pilot arsenals by astablishing a neural link with them and use femto to enhance as a resouce to enhance their abilities and use energy-based weapons. there are outer mercenaries piloting arsenals called reclaimers.

the consortium nations put out missions for dealing with immortals to orbital who then issues them to reclaimers who register with orbital after an initial aptitude test. orbital has an ai called four, she acts as orbital's voice at mission briefings and she's found within all arsenals and can be spoken to to use things in the arsenals or just discuss mission details with. four's source code is a huge mystery and is believed to be kept securely within an orbital data centre.

reclaimers aren't known by their actual names but instead, a tag. they typically are part of gangs known as reclaimer squads. among them: bullet works are force mainly fighting for justice and doing what they believe is right, they all have military ranks and their leader is only known as brigadier general or bg for short. the five hells (or shell in japanese, like... 5hell? idk) consists of members of a noble house, the siblings savior, nemesis, heaven, and abyss along with their butler, knight. the western vii consists of 7 convicts with thousand year long prison sentences doing missions to earn time off so that they may live to see their release, it should be noted there are sort of 8 members, sif and ayer are just different alters of the same system. panzer crown are an all-girl squad including one of the most knowledgeable reclaimers, guns empress, and the youngest reclaimer, crown princess, with princess being 16 years old (and motivated by ice cream as such) and the only one confirmed to have been born after the moonfall. immortal innocence being 7 siblings who mysteriously keep coming back fine after seemingly deadly scenarios and confidentally risking their lives all the time. the steal knights are just 2 orphaned brothers trying to uncover the mystery of their parents. and then there's terrors, 3 creepy individuals known as grief, gloom, and regret.

as the plot unfolds they're all pretty fucked up. heaven will do anything to be praised by savior, abyss just wants to destroy everything. nemesis reveals heaven and abyss died long ago and their rotting organs are periodically replaced. immortal innocence are subjects of part of a litttle-explained ouroboros project that keeps bringing them back to life. although, they end up destroying the ouroboros tower that causes this when they realise how meaningless life has become for them. of the western vii, red dog and klondike are brothers with red dog doing anything for his brother and knlondike only wanting to see how everyone plays their hand in this game resulting in red dog having to kill his brother. guns empress is an ai herself on a quest to discover what it means to be human which leads her to side with terrors for a mutual goal. crimson lord of bullet works is getting old and is fooled into joining terrors and murdering drake of bullet works in a bid to find a way to gain more stength. terrors themselves.. well.

things have gotten heated recently with immortals appearing frequently and more aggressively with many giant boss immortals known as colossal immortals appearing. meanwhile, the consortiums have been issuing conflicting missions under secrecy, resulting in reclaimers being opposed and having to fight each other to fight each other if their wish to complete their mission. this is all as the consortiums start hoarding femto resources and scrambing to reach the giant mass of femto in the centre of oval.

the mass of femto? that came from the moon? of the reclaimers, only grief knows what it is as it spoke to him as he's the key to unlock it. grief calls it the dominator. the dominator calls itself the deus ex machina. the dialogue is presented as that of four. the immortals? machines trying to stop mankind from reaching the dominator and, allowing themselves to be defeated so that mankind can study them and advance so that they may one day be ready.

grief has been working on reaching the dominator so that he may act as vessel to to the dominator's will and usher in mankind's next stage to escape this ruined world and advance into the stars and find a new home planet, a new earth. grief's connection to the dominator is related to his genetics, he was born for this role. however, in case he were to fail in his role, he created a genetic failsafe. another with the genetic code required to fulfill his role. that's you, the player.

grief succeeds in reaching the dominator though your follow and when he allows himself to become one with it, he feels you are now a redundancy and tries to eliminate you. after a climactic final boss fight with grief as avatar of the dominator. you are left to fulfill his role and you are left with the choice to do as grief intended and leave this world behind in search of a new home or remain clinging to hope on this doomed planet.

that's what daemon x machina is about. as the japanese tagline says: what resides within the steel flesh of a machine? is it gods or daemons?

thank you for listening.

did you know crow of immortal innocence's english voice is provided by xander mobus? who you may know for many things but mostly the smash announcer in 4 and ultimate.

edit: oh i completely forgot about solomon. in one late mission, you, johnny g of bullet works, and regret of terrors, encounter a mysterious prototype arsenal. it seems to be ai piloted, identifying itself as solomon. only regret seems to know what it is and she doesn’t provide much info. she calls it a wraith, a being that shows up mysteriously and kills without remorse. it’s said to feed on those it kills, regardless of whether biological or machine. solomon also talks in a glitchy way with a bunch of static, talking about you not being fit to look upon the heavens. solomon only appears for this one mission and then never again except all reclaimers can be befriended and hired as allies by playing the free missions and encountering them by random chance and defeating them, it’s possible to encounter and befriend solomon only after befriending literally every other character. don’t know the fuck this guy is all about.

edit 2: fuck i should mention, i think grief's deal with being able to hear the dominator and being the key to unlocking it was cause he was the first outer? something like that. i think becoming an outer is like a gif from the dominator in his opinion? regardless, it's pretty clear he was trying to help the outers into the stars while leaving the unevolved humans to die of femto poisoning. that is to say i think he believes in eugenics. combined with the fact terrors all have blonde hair and blue eyes and have given their arsenals german terms as names. i just think it'd a weird design choice if they weren't meant to be neonazis. kinda fucked really that you even get the choice of completing grief's work, and rejecting it is almost portayed as a bad choice.

watching the switch 2 direct and holy fuck once again i'm into the game that no-one else is.

ehem.

DAEMON X MACHINA IS BACK YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR TITANIC SCION

dxm is like if armored core was anime. the story is as stupid as that might sound, the first game was all about mankind receiving the hivemind god of machines that fell to earth as half of the moon and fucked the planet and the human race up

[potionio]

You've lost count at this point, the amount of days you've travelled but your pain tells a tale and a half. But Guild Amakiir's advertisements in the port town you just came from were too good to pass up. With the heavy rain it was almost impossible to locate the guild, but upon doing so the guild leader Creed offers quite the introduction...

More info under the cut!

Guild Amakiir is my excuse to have fun with people in the community. I've seen people do the bachelor and bachelorette but I haven't watched a single season- so I'll be damned if I don't do my own version with a fantasy twist!

Set in one of my many homebrew settings I've made for Dungeons and Dragons, Amakiir is a guild created well over 160 years ago. But after some unfortunate (see: entirely obvious) betrayals and tragedies they've fallen on hard times. What they need is a group of adventurers to gear up and make a name for themselves.

So, why not have everyone work together to do this? I figured why not have people make characters, and forge our own little band of misfits and see where they end up.

To send a Sim in they just need to meet the following requirments:

They have to be one of the D&D races, you can find these literally everywhere online. Go wild, hell if you find some cool homebrew why not!

They need to be assigned a class and subclass. You can once again find these online, DND Beyond is an amazing free resouce!

You absolutely do not need to roll stats for them. But if you're a dnd nerd and you want to, it's the roll 4d4, remove the lowest system- reroll any ones!

While I understand that they can't be CC minimal in some cases (sighs at aasimar and tabaxi etc), please try to not blow my computer up. thanks <3

Remember to have a download link available, or at least be ready for me to poke you about one.

I'll try to keep it to a ground of 6 picked out little gangs, and will probably add even more people!

I already have a few NPC's for the guild made but hell feel free to even make those if you want just poke me for any details.

use the #GuildAmakiirTryouts : )! I'll peek in next Friday (14th of June) and post who has gotten accepted into the guild!

I just want a fantasy collaborate event with people. And I am a tryhard so I did all of this.

[stitchwitchsapprentice]

On Converting to Judaism: May 2023

In August 2022, I walked into my synagogue and announced "I'm not Jewish, but I would like to be." It had taken me nearly two years to get here. I had decided to convert during the COVID-19 pandemic, while living in a town of about 5,000. As you can imagine, there were not a lot of resouces available. After about six months of listening to podcasts and reading things online, I made contact with the rabbi at one synagogue over an hour away from my house. The drive time didn't matter much, since they were mostly still meeting online, but the next summer, the congregation dissovled, due to lack of attendance. 

This was how I found my way to Temple Shalom, also over an hour drive from my house, though in a different direction. The members of the synagogue were happy to have me and jumped to share any resources they could, from the temple library to showing me to how find an Introduction to Judaism class online. Online because, as they warned me, they weren't particularly well-equipped for conversion students. It was a small community, and they expected their visiting rabbi about once a month from out of state. In short, we don't have a lot of Jews here. What we do have a lot of, surprisingly, are converts.

My first few visits, I met two other potential converts, and shortly after high holidays, a third showed up. Soon, it seemed that every other person I spoke to at Temple Shalom was part of our rapidly growing group, and by the time the rabbi arrived to meet with us in October, we had fourteen names on the considering conversion list.

To be fair, we've lost a few along the way. At our most recent meeting, we had just over half that number. And yet, over the last year we have collectively attended high holidays, the Passover Seder, and the Purim carnival. We've played majong and Jewish D&D. We've learned how to make challah and hamentaschen. We've counted the omer, lit Chanukah candles, and we're planning a late night Torah study for Shavout. Anyone attending service on a Friday night can expect to see at least five or six of us, and we're often the last to leave. We've been known to stand in the parking lot, even in the dead of winter, having one last talmudic discussion before saying our final goodbyes. In short, we've become a staple of the community.

And our community responded. This little synagogue, with its visiting rabbi, that doesn't typically have conversions, is preparing for several, which may happen all at once. Right now, this involves putting together an online group, so we can all communicate more regularly, with each other, and with the rabbi. Later, it will involve logistical planning, likely including a two-hour group trip to the nearest mikvah.

I am told our group is uncommon. And while I don't have any other experience to judge by, I suppose it is odd that eight or ten people living in the same area independently decided to convert to Judaism within a few months of each other. As an additional potential oddity, I would like to add that none of us seem to have Jewish partners. I started openly pursuing conversion at the same time I was preparing for my wedding, but rather than one being the cause of the other, these life changes were coincidence. Two of the other members of my cohort have mentioned girlfriends, neither of whom are Jewish or converting, but both of whom are highly supportive. I've met one of them, as she sometimes attends service, but the rest of us typically arrive solo.

But coming by ourselves does not mean we're in this alone. We're sharing books and podcasts with one another, and having discussions like: What it does it mean to keep shabbat and make it separate from other days of the week? What is our intention behind behind keeping kosher or wearing a kippah? And how to do we discuss our new religion with our families and co-workers? For many of us, the answers to each of these questions will differ, but the very Jewish practice of discussing them collectively is often how we reach said answers. I cannot imagine a better way to convert.

When I first began to consider conversion, almost three years ago, the task looked insurmountable, but I guess you could say God made it happen. In short, there may not be a lot of Jews here, but we're about to get a whole lot more, and I am so very proud to be one of them.

[albatris]

I mean realistically at this point quinn cooper probably just has, like, Newly Turned Vampire Care Packages on hand to throw at any new friends they happen to come across. and obviously they just wanna make a good impression and cosy up to people and establish themself as someone selfless and trustworthy <3 like it is absolutely a very hollow gesture but I can't deny that it is kind of cute lmao

like obviously quinn helps provide and in a considerable handful of cases straight up does provide The Necessities like donated blood and access to live prey and covering up of murders, n whatever else they deem necessary to keep their vamp friends happy to be manipulated and trapped

but the care packages would just be like. nice helpful things that aren't really desperately needed per se but are good to have or just make things easier in terms of health n comfort. just Nice Handy Stuff For New Vampires who don't really know what they're in for yet

heat lamps, sturdy chew toys, vitamin d supplements, heavy duty sun screen, noise-canceling headphones, lists of helpful resouces like stores that are open late or vampire-friendly medical services, etc etc etc.

n all vamps are notoriously desperate for warmth n cuddles and contact but new vamps tend to be very paranoid and nervous around people so there are probably VERY warm fluffy clothes and blankets included to make up for it lmao

next best thing to cuddle piles is to build a nice cosy warm nest and hide in it, probably

idk what else would be included but it's kind of sweet. quinn is a prick but in a thoughtful sort of way <3

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The first can be found here (Jiwa pen)

The second, is this yeti rough inker. It's a .sut file you have to manually drop into your pen tools.

Oo sorry saw ur ask abt brushes and was wondering what brushes u use for CSP? Ur lines are just like,,,,, so cool dude how do u do that

these 2 are my babies currently:

the top for lining and the bottom for lettering/scratchy coloring! both set to 0 stabilization bcs I like to control the line weight w my own erratic pen pressure

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hi! i took palestinian arabic for a year and MSA for two before that. what are your best/favorite palestinian arabic resources?

Hello, there! 

Well, since it’s my native dialect, I’d say that my favorite resource is my mom :D

Jokes aside, I didn’t learn this dialect by using resouces, but there’s a short book about the Palestinian dialect (more specifically, Nablus dialect) that my grandpa gave me called نابلس : أسامي و معاني و أغاني  (Nablus : names, meanings and songs) by  هاني إبراهيم العزيزي Hani Ibrahim Alazizi. 

It’s a very interesting book, it’s fun to read. As the name suggests, this book has information about the famous names of the areas in the city of Nablus, then the majority of this book has words (mostly slang) in the dialect with the explanation in MSA. The last part of it has traditional / folk songs (in weddings, eid, ramadan, etc). 

If I come across any interesting books, I’ll update this post ^^ 

I’ll also refer you to a post that I made about Palestinian dialect [here]

Finally, I’m always open for vocabulary list requests if you want something in the Palestinian dialect.

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D&D 5E NPC - Boris Stachelschwein - Wild Magic Sorcerer

Art by: Choi Yongjae Name: Boris Stachelschwein Race: Human Gender: Born male now female Height: 4ft 8′ / 1.4m Age: 73 Class: Wild Magic Sorcerer

STAT BLOCK:

Level: 12

AC 11 (14 with mage armour), Hp 73 (12d6 Hit Die), Proficiency +4, Speed 30ft

Alignment: Lawful Evil

languages: Common, Abyssal

Ability Scores: Str 7 (-2) Dex 13 (+1) Con 15 (+2) Int 15 (+2) Wis 11 (+0) Cha 20 (+5)

Attacks: Dagger (+5 to hit, 1d4+1 piercing damage)

Spellcasting: 12th level Sorcerer, spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17, to hit with spell attacks +8)

Spells:  Cantrips (at will): Ray of Frost, Prestidigitation, Mage Hand, Acid Splash, Dancing Lights,  Minor Illusion,

1st level (4 slots): Magic Missile, Expeditious Retreat, Mage Armor,

2nd level (3 slots): Mirror Image, Scorching Ray, Cloud of Daggers,

3rd level (3 slots): Fly, Fireball,

4th level (3 slots): Ice Storm, Dimension Door,

5th level (2 slots): Cloudkill,

6th level (1 slots): Chain Lightning,

Skills: Arcana, Persuasion, Deception, Intimidation

Equipment:  Wand of Secrets, Clear ruby worth 2000gp, Explorer's Pack, Dagger concealed inside a teddy bear,

Class Features: Spellcasting, Sorcerous Origin (Wild Magic), Font of Magic, Meta Magic (Heightened Spell,  Subtle Spell)

PERSONALITY:

Boris is a bitter individual who is resentful of anyone who seems needlessly cheerful. He avoids social encounters unless absolutely necessary. 

Ideal: Gaining power is far more important than adhering to the moral guidelines of lesser men.

Bond: While trying to regain his lost youth with an arcane ritual Boris suffered a wild magic surge which transformed his ageing male body into that of a young girl. Boris now spends his days searching for a Sorcerer with an acceptable body for him to steal. 

Flaw: Boris is slowly growing accustomed to his new body but unfortunately is slowly losing his mind and suffers bouts of forgetfulness.

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do you have any advice for picking fonts when it comes to edits? yours always look stunning!

hey dear anon!! i’m sooo sorry this is so late but ofc!! well sometimes I go to this website “dafont” and find myself to search for good fonts for my edits! You can text your words on there and make a search of what type of fonts you would like for those words and see which one is better :) you can always find fonts on resouce tumblrs on here, one of them is this one :D oh gosh thank you!! so glad yoy like them! ; U ; *hugs* means a lot!! >U<♥

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A banner of the Arcanist has been added to my Art Resouce! :D

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Hello there! I read on your bio you have free readings available, and I'm sorry for showing up while they're free, currently I have no resources to do so otherwise, but when I do, I'll surely pay, the services you provide are really something ♥️ If I may, could I get a tarot reading regarding what to expect this friday night between D and me? Thank u dear♥️

Hello! Let me start by saying that your comment means so so much to me! I understand some people dont have the resouces to use my paid services and I get that they arent big fans of the fact that they are no longer entirely free :) Im so glad you enjoy what I do, this made my day so much brighter! So thank you so very much! Now onto your reading: I did a single card draw and pulled the Ace of Cups Reversed- The reversed Ace of Cups may call on you to curb your emotions somewhat for your greater benefit. For example, ending a relationship may spur you on to wanting to cry and cry for days on end but what the Ace of Cups reversed tells us is that in order to heal, you really need to push back the tears and fight on in order to retain a balance.Try not to let your emotions get the better of you or take an unhealthy hold of your life. Sometimes it is possible to express ourselves TOO much, and in doing so, share our vulnerabilities or worse, attack the vulnerabilities of others. Find ways to constructively express what you feel so that you can continue through life with a more balanced perspective.Alternatively, the reversed Ace of Cups could suggest that you have repressed your feelings too long and it is now the time to release them. You may have bottled up so many emotions that you have become almost void of feeling true emotions and instead feel a general ‘numbness’ inside. In a relationship reading, the reversed Ace of Cups can indicate that you are withholding your emotions, for fear of getting hurt. You know that in order for the relationship to move forward and flow freely you must eventually trust in your partner but for the time being, you are holding back.You may also be experiencing a roller-coaster ride when it comes to your emotional well-being. There are so many ups and downs in your life that sometimes you do not know if you are coming or going. Life has become emotionally exhausting and now your energy is running out. You need to look after your emotional health. Be conscious about how you are feeling and how this may be impacting your responses and reactions. I hope this helped you get the answer you needed! This reading is open to your own interpretation as well and others'! If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to message me or send in another ask :) Please have a wonderful night/day and many blessings to you!