#if a blog doesn't answer your ask

[udnergecko]

do it i dare you

hey @griffyn-w a quick psa for you in the tags

REBLOG IF YOU ARE HELLA BORED AND WOULDN’T MIND SOME CURIOUS ANONS.

[cozylittleartblog]

happy pride month. i did not make this up for th ememe

[ysaefinn]

i don’t know if this really counts as an evil!mommy sugu but like . i imagine suguru to be a little lenient with how often you refer to him with his name and not his title. he understands you get shy sometimes, and he doesn’t mind when some days it takes you a little longer to call him mommy. he can handle a shy baby!

but i feel like the one time he really enforces it, is when you’re either arguing or trying to make a point. he won’t respond until you refer to him as mommy. like, you try calling him sugu or suguru and he’s just smiling softly, patting your cheek and saying; “i don’t know who you could possibly be talking to, because that’s not my name.”

and not only does he do it to slightly embarrass you, but to also subtly put you back in your place. to see how sheepish you get when you feel your cheeks heating up. because you’re just being so silly! how could you even fathom arguing with the man you call mommy? who takes care of every need you may or may not have? silly baby.

-🍎

Mdniiiiiiiiii!!!!! Infantilization, mommy kink, mentions of spankings and age regression , manipulation..?? Toxic relationship dynamics (evil mommy!sugu)

Ik the warnings are a little scary but the misandrist in me is hyper analyzing everything a man does for better or for worse

And applenon!!!! This very much is evil mommy sugu behavior lol typical Mommy Sugu understands that you're an adult and he DOES RESPECT YOU i swear he does it's a healthy relationship!!!!!!! So he's not gonna insist on you calling him mommy (cuz being mommy is a mindset, and you have to earn the title like a badge of honor <- his words) In cases of arguments he lets you get your way but will listen to you and make you feel heard, THEN the coddling happens ect ect we're not here to talk ab that rn.

So back to evil mommy!sugu!!!!!! I agree i agree i agree i love this so much buuuttt i think he would do this for your safety really, he's not worried about his position crumbling or anything, just wants to remind you that this is mommy you're talking about, he's here to protect you, keep you safe and happy, and you can't any of those things when you look at the person who provides for you and think negative thoughts, he is your caretaker!!!!!!!!!! He does what's best for you, mother knows best and mother knows that putting you back in your place is the best way to go back about this. So he's gently palming your cheek and sliding a thumb inside to lure his sweet obedient baby out again, and once the initial embarrassment of calling him mommy fades you're back into your safe cozy comfy world, you turn pliant basically lmao.

If you have been recently spanked (which i don't see happening with a shy reader but just let me have my fun plz) he won't hesitate to pat your ass a little, trace little patterns or words (its usually "baby" ehe) to trigger the sting and effectively remind you that you're giving attitude to somebody who had you on his lap not too long ago lol

He does reward you when you get back to your senses (regress enough) tho, holds you in his arms while you suck on his nipples, pats your ass (reminder of the spanking just Incase), smoothes down your hair, and asks who mommy's good baby is (answer or else) all while cooing and gently scolding you about acting out <33

Again this is evil mommy sugu lol (or yandere) he actually is the Suguru in the kidnapping and replacing your evil abusive mom fic!!! (Well to a degree at least bcuz he's over all very gentle and focused on helping you adjust and learn to be loved and cared for again) So not evil just yandere and very strange as he does refer to himself as mommy casually (you probably have seen the little snippet I shared)

Typical mommy sugu is just....built like that ig??? Again it's a mindset, he's an intense caretaker who wants to do everything to you but lets you be yourself and have a personality outside of just being his baby

[ducktracy]

Were there any shorts that paired Bugs and Porky? Like the the only ones I can think of are from New Looney Tunes/Wabbit and I just know there had be shorts that starred just them before that.

OH MAN!!! OKAY. i'm going to preface this right now with: the answer is simple (tl;dr: barely, i'd say only one truly counts during the classic era) but the Porky and Bugs dynamic has become a side obsession for me within the past year or so, and i don't really have many opportunities to talk about it on this blog. so i will probably end up giving you way too much info than what you asked for. so there's the tldr above! and to reiterate it further...

SO. YES. to answer your question, they were occasionally paired together in the classics, but nothing really meaningful. Porky's Hare Hunt, which is a self-admitted rip on Porky's Duck Hunt, births a prototypal Bugs Bunny who could not be further from his fully realized counterpart... but there is a direct lineage.

this is the only short in the classics to have them actually talking to each other, and even then, proto-Bugs sounds nothing like how he would. i both count this one and don't, really... it's more interesting to count it, but, this isn't really Bugs. but as the title implies, it's all about Porky's attempts to hunt this screwy rabbit who keeps heckling him and slipping out of his fingers. it also births the Groucho Marx-ism of "of course you realize, this means war!" associated with the real Bugs, so there is that going for it!

interestingly, this model sheet surfaced a few months ago--Bob Clampett had said something in an interview about him helping out with the story for this one, and i always dismissed that as one of his "exaggerations" since he had a knack for making many mountains out of molehills, including his involvement in the origins of Bugs... but this does look like a Clampett or Clampett unit drawing, and the short was directed by Ben "Bugs" Hardaway, whose style was markedly different... so, just thought that was interesting! never got to talk about this yet. this model sheet is more appealing than the whole cartoon!

there's also this from Hare-um Scare-um, which is another proto-Bugs short... very prophetic honestly

there's also Any Bonds Today, where Porky appears in the background alongside Elmer and has at least one line to help shill war bonds, but it's really Bugs' thing first and foremost and he's just sort of there to look pretty and rouse jingoism through being a recognizable and "reliable" face

BUT! the next true Porky and Bugs short in 1943, which is more relevant to your question. A Corny Concerto is really only the "true" short that pairs them together... and it's for half the runtime of the short, and neither of them say a word to each other LOL. but they're together in the Tale of Vienna Woods segment, and i HIGHLY recommend watching it if you haven't yet--extremely entertaining and charming, and paints a very interesting glimpse of what a Porky and Bugs dynamic would look like, had that been a thing. very antagonistic! Porky is hunting Bugs again, who's heckling him (again), coming to a climax where he fakes Porky out by pretending to die and then slaps him in a gag that makes it look like Porky is being a masher. normal stuff.

and thanks to this short i've fostered the headcanon that i think Porky and Bugs would absolutely detest each other if they were ever to interact and it gives me great joy to think about, and has been something i've been thinking about and concocting in my mind palace very much lately.

AND THAT'S REALLY IT FOR MAJOR APPEARANCES.. i talked about it in this ask, but the end of Porky Pig's Feat does make history by being the only time all the flagship stars appear together--Porky and Daffy are held prisoner in a hotel since they couldn't pay their rent, and they start reminiscing on how Bugs Bunny, the great cartoon star, would be able to get out of such a mess... and they try to get his help, only for it to reveal that he's stuck in the same situation! Porky doesn't say anything to Bugs/hardly regards him, but he does start the "gosh, if Bugs Bunny were only here" discussion... Bugs is really more like a godlike cartoon figure here rather than an actual character, and i see it more as a loophole for Frank Tashlin to work with Bugs, since he was very vocal about his disappointment in not getting to direct him often due to being low in the studio hierarchy and being "stuck with the damn pig" (rude!!)

and the last instance of them together that i can think of is a very brief part in the 1964 Dumb Patrol short (clarifying the date since there's a 1931 Bosko short by the same name): Porky in a silent cameo is slated to take down Yosemite Sam's warplane, but Bugs knocks him unconscious and steals his place because "he's got a wife and six piglets at home!" (...or, it's just a slightly more creative way of concocting exposition for what's a subpar Bugs and Yosemite Sam short)

and that's it for the shorts! ...so, surely, you're asking "okay, but why the long winded anticipatory introduction?" and to THAT! i say... because Porky and Bugs had a sort of double life and were very frequently paired in merchandising together.

Bugs was Porky's Daffy-figure in the comics, to the point where they were often the face of the comics together. usually a lot of stories revolving around Bugs trying to stir up Mr. Moral Goody Two Shoes Porky and get him in trouble, the two going on adventures together, or them just being buddies. it's... weirdly fascinating? the comics were often drawn and written by many of the same figures who worked on the cartoons, so it's a very interesting "what if" scenario that might give insight as to what it'd be like if we got more Porky and Bugs shorts

one of my all time favorite comic stories is an entire story about a big, convoluted misunderstanding where everyone things Porky wants to kill Bugs and they all try to stop him. the comics have been excellent fodder in fueling my "Porky just hates Bugs' guts" headcanon that i kinda just thought was me being funny, but has a weird amount of "evidence" for it LOL.

i mean Porky just goes straight for the ankle breaker here!

SO! they have been paired together in the past, but in a sort of strange, convoluted way. in terms of shorts there's very little, and the only time they ever talk to each other one on one is when Bugs is in his most primordial form. the comics and merchandising of the era paint more of a picture of what that dynamic could be like, but maybe a bit of a dubious one, since the characterizations and writing and general style of the comics are a bit different and more sanitized than the irreverence of the shorts, in both tone and format

[kalied0skull]

i love you guys so much you know that right

and you also know that I'm probably not gonna respond to the lyrics in soda's inbox right

right

okay

i just felt like i had to establish that because as much as i love you he will not understand anything that is happening

because he's a boy from the 60s

not a boy from the 90s

okay

i promise I'm not mad

I'm just equally as confused as soda is

.. . .. okay

I'm gonna let u go back to playing games now okay

slowly steps back out of the room

[callizinc]

your ena playlist omg BANGER ALERT!! putting nows your chance to be a on there is SO FUNNY HEKLP..

other suggestions:

"$4.99" by Jack Stauber's micropop

"where i've been" by bill wurtz,

"Spiral of Ants" by Lemon Demon

"Cover of Me" by SUGR? (long shot fits if you squint. this is mostly a general song rec ill be real. fine. my cover is blown)

"No Doubt" by Odie Leigh (ok this doesnt actually fit except in my beaitful mindpalace of some sort of post-game scenario. also this song is on every character playlist of mine. also just a song rec)

CUBEEEE THANK YOU FOR THE ASKS AND RECS ^_^ And ok sorry but First of all. $4.99 is a great rec, love that song. But [Quietly changes the number of songs on my ena playlist that have also been used in Spamton G Spamton animations or playlists to 4]

OK SO. I did not even know bill wurtz made like actual music #sorry And also is anyone else thinking about how that music video is kind of dbbq core [GUNSHOT]. Nevertheless I can totally see it: I enjoy the kind of. "Very Confused About Everything Happening And What's Happened In The Speaker's Life, But Conveyed In A Very Plain And Nonchalant Way" of it all. Enacore.

Spiral of ants is a PEAK recommendation and. Oh my god is actually insanely painfully fitting Wait. It also makes like. .....4...... lemon demon songs i've either already put or are considering putting on the playlist 😭..... (I earn my life, you're at the party, redesign your logo, now this) and well. After all, Why not? WHy shouldn't i add spiral of ants too?

Cover of me isn't something i'd normally listen to i suppose? But i liked it! and ok I know you said it's mostly a. general rec LOL (but hey. Fair. I won't judge... I won't narc. The humble music fan is the most noble thing in the world one can be, No question. No question.) BUUUT

LIKE..... DUDE.

I LIKED NO DOUBT TOO! As you can imagine i. can't say it reminded me much of Ena at least not without hearing however you specifically picture it LOL 😭 (Though. "I'm not too used to being smiled at when I walk through a door." ANYONE ELSE SEEING THIS SHIT...) But still i liked it! The singer has a really pretty and strong voice and the inclusion of the humble Trumpet in the instrumentals is always a plus. At least i think/hope it's a trumpet. If not this is embarrassing for me

[ask-marygoore-bos]

Sooo, in Voices Of The Dead- was it you who did the little “yeehaw?”

(Btw- question for mod- was your version of Mary also In Subvision or are you cutting that time period out?)

Who else! I'm a cowboy-lover. I like old westerns. And "yeehaw" is a good word.

-Mary

[promoshow]

got a question for you, mario

why were you T posing randomly in nintendo mania? what happened?

Okay, this might be gettin' borin' to hear but..i don't remember that either? I may need to get my head checked..

Not like ya should be seein' that video anyways.

[ask-thearchivists]

No, sir. I can attest that I sometimes forget I’m not actually a human

This is going under a read more because this anon got so out of pocket and I need to show everyone's reactions.

There is a cacophony of sound as everyone responds at once.

Uncle Coor: You do not have to be that honest. Please stop being that honest.

The Compelor: What a terrible day to be able to comprehend language!

The Copyist: THERE IS A CHILD PRESENT!

The Cartologist: Huh? What did they say? Sissy why are you covering my ears?

The Conservationist: I do not know what to say to that.

The Cataloger: Compelor, I need you to use a spell to wipe my memory of the last five minutes.

The Coordinator: I would rather I never hear about these things you think about my brother again.

The Charmer: Oh wow, how...flattering. Did you have to say that in front of literally everyone?

The Curator: In this moment I am truly torn between laughing at Charmer's anguish and flinching so hard I shed my skin.

The Cartographer: The second-hand embarrassment in this room is at lethal levels.

Truthful Captives Spell: 8/10 Remaining

[sorrygotthesesacks]

Silbek mpreg thoughts (with silver being the pregnant one)

I started thinking about this as soon as I saw the first three words...and then I saw the parentheses and that totally threw my thoughts up in the air (like "52 pickup" with playing cards).

While I do enjoy the occasional thought of what their children would look like / what kind of parents they might be, I haven't really considered mpreg with these two.

(But if I were to, it would totally be with pregnant Sebek, and he would be absolutely miserable the entire time but would also do his best to pretend he's not.)

BUT

Since you have assigned Silver to that role, I will do my best.

Disclaimer the first: Not going to get into the meat and potatoes of the How it happened. I'll let you decide if you see it as an alpha-omega situation or a "Silver has a bussy" or a trans Silver or even a "because magic" situation. Whatever you like to see in your head.

My interest here, and therefore my response, will focus on the pregnancy itself.

Disclaimer the second, which is actually more of a warning... I am going to ramble on and on and on, picking this apart for each trimester. I'm not even kidding.

Also - my verb tenses change all over the place, and I'm not going back to fix them because this is sort of my brain spitting out things I think of.

You've been warned.

First of all, the pregnancy is totally an accident.

(hmm. This may lend itself better to "because magic..." especially if it's some kind of Fantasia "out of control magic" situation. But you can still think of your own way that this "accident" happened if you want. You know Lilia gave Silver - or both of them - a good, long, embarrassing birds and the bees talk at some point.

I think it would be kind of hilarious if Baul stuck a condom in a book that he was already planning on giving to Sebek.)

Second, Silver doesn't know for a while.

He doesn't have the "every plot revolving around pregnancy ever must use morning sickness as the tell-all, be-all of symptoms because every pregnancy always means morning sickness" (it does not)

Because this is an accident, there's no other tired old "tell" where people jump all over someone for not drinking "well obviously, you're pregnant!" Even if that didn't irk me (can people just not drink if they don't feel like it?), I don't really see Silver or Sebek as the type to imbibe - that would dull their senses, and how would they protect Malleus? Most unbecoming of a royal guard (which they are at this point).

(Side note on that: if this is a case where either could become pregnant through magical means... Sebek would go first. He is more than capable of handling such a minor thing, and his fae blood will surely make this go smoothly!

Spoiler: it does not.

Anyway, as I said above, he'd be miserable. Absolutely has morning sickness. It's awful. And I imagine that if Silver says ok, next time, it's my turn; it's only fair...and he has zero morning sickness. One more thing where Silver has bested poor Sebek!)

First trimester:

Cramping? Silver's physically active, always, so he obviously pushed himself too hard.

Heartburn? Uncommon, but nothing new; he's eaten (and occasionally still forces himself to eat) Lilia's cooking.

Sleepiness? How is that any different than his usual? (Although a twist would be that if we go with the thought that Silver no longer has sleepy spells - or at least, doesn't have them to the same degree - then a return to that might be alarming, but would not be in any way indicative of a pregnancy. But Sebek miiiiiight start being a little bit concerned at the frequency as he's not seen Silver like this for a while.)

Weight gain? Well, obviously he would see this as a lack in his training, and he would train even harder. And of course, Sebek would, too.

Second trimester:

He's finding that he's getting hungry more often. Obviously, because he is burning off more food since he's been training harder. And Sebek - well, he's training harder, too, but he's always been a bottomless pit, so it's not like he's a barometer for Silver to measure his increased appetite against.

I will give Silver the trope of having cravings, because the idea of him actually craving Lilia's cooking of all things is adorable.

(He assumes it is because while he is happy living with Sebek, there's something nostalgic about the times that Lilia foisted his creative endeavors onto Silver, Sebek, and Malleus - awful, every time, but there was something to be said for the shared misery)

Worse yet, mushroom risotto doesn't quite appeal to him the way it used to. The taste that he has loved for so long - something is missing. He assumes it is because the ingredients are perhaps subpar, or because he'd had Lilia's food the day before (let me tell you, Lilia would be sooo over the moon cooking for his son. Does he know that Silver is pregnant? I would love to say that he does because [insert fae lore], but more than that, I love the idea that he is chalking all of this up to Silver and Sebek getting used to their new roles and their new relationship and that a lot has changed. Plus... Sebek deserves a win somewhere, and I'd like him to know or to figure it out first. More on that later)

His libido goes into overdrive, but he assumes it's because he and Sebek have been training so hard, and he's seen so much more of Sebek, shirtless and sweaty and fit, that of course he'd want to be intimate with him! And Sebek has really taken the time to learn what Silver likes and how he reacts (you know he would), so why wouldn't Silver enjoy and want more of it?

And then, one day, Sebek pulls off one of his rare wins against Silver - and he wants to crow about it, but Silver is pressing his hand to his lower back, wincing in pain.

Sebek is both annoyed that this is probably why Silver lost (Sebek wants it to be an earned victory) - but is also worried because of all the injuries Silver (and Sebek) have gained while training, it's odd that it's just Silver's back and not an all over ache from using so many muscles in his body.

Silver of course wants to just walk it off, but Sebek overrides him and carries him home. Is Silver heavier than he's been, or is it just because Sebek's arms are tired from how hard he fought?

He runs a bath for Silver and offers to wash his hair and scrub his back. Once Silver is clean and his muscles aren't feeling as tight, Sebek takes a quick shower and lies down next to Silver. Silver's on his back, and a loud rumble is heard - but it's not Sebek this time. It's Silver's stomach making all that noise!

Sebek offers to get him something to eat, but Silver isn't listening. He's pressing his hand to his abdomen, a puzzled look on his face. Is this not just a growling stomach, then?

Silver's brows furrow in concentration, and he grabs Sebek's hand and places it right where Silver's hand had just been.

And then Sebek feels it. It feels like something is crawling under Silver's skin, and he panics.

Has a something laid eggs in Silver? Were there spiders crawling under his skin? He and Silver look at each other, totally at a loss as to what this could be.

And then, it stops...and Silver is so tired, he can barely keep his eyes open.

Sebek uses this time to search through the medical reference books they have - it never hurts to be prepared for all manner of injury and ailments, and to know what is beyond a simple first aid kit!

And what he finds... can't be possible.

Can it?

Silver wakes suddenly, his face twisted in pain. It's not whatever is moving around under his skin - it's one of his calves. It's cramping terribly, the pain so severe, it woke Silver. Sebek helps Silver out of bed and walks with him around the room until Silver's calf muscle is stretched and the pain subsides.

And that's when Sebek blurts out that he thinks that Silver is pregnant.

Silver presses his hand to his abdomen again, and this time, he seems more curious than concerned. He motions for Sebek to feel, and this time, with context, Sebek feels a thrum of excitement.

Silver looks a little dazed.

"Are you okay?" Sebek asks.

"Yes," Silver said. "At least now I know why Father's cooking has been so appealing lately."

Just the thought of it makes Sebek's stomach churn.

They don't yet know how far along Silver is, but Sebek is determined to talk to his mother to get the name of her doctor - someone who is familiar with pregnancies involving children with both human and fae heritage!

Third trimester

It's during this trimester, when Silver suddenly starts showing, like a lot! To Silver, this is truly a different kind of magic, that he could go from having a nearly flat stomach to one so large, in such a short time.

Silver never makes it to term. The doctor doesn't dare say this, but he finds Silver much easier to deal with than Sebek's mother - especially during her first pregnancy.

(One, because she is so much larger than Silver, and two, because she nearly broke his fingers when her contractions started. Thankfully, her husband had raced back in with a large cup of ice water and a straw. A practical man, that one. It was almost remarkable how calm and collected he was, in comparison to his son who was wringing his hands and looking like he was going to cry at any moment.

And then, Silver tells Sebek that, since their child is such an early bird, that it already takes after Sebek.

The doctor keeps to himself the fact that Sebek's mother had actually gone long past her due date with Sebek - but then, it had been incredibly difficult to predict, with any accuracy, the actual gestation period for a fae mother having a live birth since some fae started off as eggs.

He didn't know what he would have done if eggs had been involved.)

Thankfully, Silver has a remarkably high pain tolerance, but he's very, very tired after their child has been delivered [insert your fave "how does mpreg baby get out?" explanation here].

btw, they have a daughter because I just think Sebek would be the cutest, proudest girl dad

But if you prefer, twins, why not. That allows for the "one twin has eye color of one parent/hair color of the other parent, and vice versa for the other twin" trope.

Their daughter has blue eyes, by the way, just like a lot of human babies do.

Silver is, of course, so so tired, and he's really struggling to keep his eyes open, in a way that feels both familiar and foreign.

Sebek is cradling their daughter. His expression can't settle on proud, relieved, or terrified, but when he looks at Silver, everything he feels for Silver - for their family - is in his eyes.

Sebek's face is the last thing Silver sees before he falls asleep. And it's a good thing he's getting some sleep now, because the in-laws will be descending on them by morning.

(So will Malleus - and when he offers to hold the baby and sing her a lullaby - and that's when Sebek really starts crying in earnest.)

Aren't you glad you asked? 😋

Listen, I didn't mean to go on and on about this, but this is the same process I use for most of my fics. I have an idea, the words come out with snippets of present tense narration but are mostly "this happens and this happens and oh wait let me go back and stick something in between those."

No bullet points, not exactly (although I did sort of list Silver's first trimester symptoms that way) - I use those a lot too. And sections.

[necrotic-nephilim]

Hey, I'm so glad you enjoyed! Your comment was so thoughtful too 😭 I loved the dissection. I'm not really someone who bases my works off their Canon dynamic a lot, so I'm glad you ended up enjoying it when I tried! All your prompts were amazing. I actually really liked another one of yours too (the time travel one), but I couldn't figure out a way to write it the way you requested. Would you mind if I took that prompt anyway? I can credit you for it, I just loved it a lot and want to take a crack at it. - @rottenapricots

hi! i *loved* your fic so dearly, the comment was the *least* i could say. i kept thinking of all the things i wanted to mention and then forgetting them so my thoughts were all of the place but i truly loved your fic so much <3 you did *such* a good job with their canon characters while still melding them beautifully to the AU!

please go ahead!!! you can take any of the prompts you want and change them if you need to, or keep them the same, honestly go wild! i'd *love* to see what you come up with for the time travel idea.

[waterfallofspace]

~Ask List~

Let's Drop The Stigma And Talk About It

A little list of questions/asks that people may be wondering, but aren't sure if it's appropriate to ask. Or that creators worry would be 'bragging' or 'complaining' by talking about. Let's throw out those thoughts, and just talk about it~

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1) What's one piece of feedback you would give someone starting out? (writing, drawing, wav making, etc~)

2) What’s one piece of advice you see often that you don’t find works for you/helpful?

3) What’s one thing you wish you knew when you started making content?

4) What piece of work are you proudest of? Why are you proud of it?

5) What piece of work are you not proud of? Is there anything you could do to change your feelings on it?

6) What’s a part of sharing your work that you really enjoy?

7) What’s a struggle you face with sharing your work?

8) What feedback do you most enjoy receiving?

9) What feedback, if any, do you not enjoy receiving?

10) What feedback do you enjoy giving?

11) What feedback, if any, do you not enjoy giving?

12) Do you believe you deserve what you’ve gotten, or that it’s not been earned? Either way, why?

13) Which asks do you like getting the most?

14) Which asks do you wish you got more of?

15) Are there any asks you don’t like getting?

16) Do you find it easier, or harder, to get a lot of feedback on content?

17) What kind of requests, if any, do you enjoy getting?

18) What kind of requests, if any, do you wish you got more of?

19) What kind of requests, if any, do you not enjoy getting?

20) Free Square: Tell Us Anything~

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[sergeifyodorov]

why are you a straightsid truther

he's straight

[tadpoles-and-daydreams]

hi hi! kinda new to the helpol crowd so i was wondering: what is it like when a deity contacts you? do you see an image of them? hear a voice in your head? or do you have thoughts that are distinctly not your own? are their messages more direct or indirect? what are the messages usually about? how do you feel when you recieve them? which deity do you get contacted by the most?

Heyo! So, first, obligatory UPG disclaimer: this is all only my own experience, and has no basis in mythology or anything like that. Also for the sake of transparency; I'm not a Hellenic Polytheist. If you've been around my blog and you vibe with the way I work with deities, then cool! But I do feel the need to say that I'm a witch who works primarily with Hellenic deities (and then there's Loki) so I don't follow the same traditions as some of the helpol community! (The best example being the concept of miasma. Some helpol people swear by it, others don't, and as for me it makes me wildly uncomfortable.)

Disclaimer aside, I'll just answer all these as best I can! Thank you for the ask^^

When it comes to how exactly I receive whatever they're saying, I feel like it's... a weird mix of all of your examples. Sometimes, especially if I'm not particularly tuned in, it's absolutely a thought that just isn't my own. Sometimes I even mistake it for my own at first, and then go "I have absolutely no reason to think that what the hell was that about-?" (ex. naming Loki's playlist "Loki's shit music taste" or giving an offering that has no association with them, pausing bc what the hell no, and then realizing that was them.) Other times I get words and images, although now that I think about it I'm not sure they have distinct voices? I "hear" them in my head, and some of them have clear voices sometimes, but it just depends on how I'm feeling. They essentially communicate however I'm able to receive it at the moment.

I feel like right now, it's more direct than indirect. Obviously this isn't the case for everyone, and I feel the need to say that it's not something anyone should ever feel bad about. It's not better, it's just different. As for what they talk about when they do... uh, everything? I don't know how to word it any better XD Sometimes it's about offerings, sometimes about genuinely serious stuff, but usually it's just... them popping in because they have something to say about whatever I'm doing. My work with them is fairly casual, so it ranges from "YOOOOOO your sleep schedule is so good right now I'm so proud!" to literal memes and no I'm not joking. But that's less the Hellenic deities I work with and more Loki.

(Although, I am reminded that Aphrodite and Loki are an absolutely wild comedic duo. They all do have a sense of humor lol.)

So for the most part, as weird as it might seem since I'm talking about deities that a lot of people view as above humanity, I.... just feel like I'm talking to friends most of the time. Maybe parental figures, since I literally call Hades and Persephone my "underworld parents" lol. For the most part, it's just a nice feeling like chatting with someone I know and care for and that I know cares for me.

And last but not least, right now Loki- although I know they're not a Hellenic deity, so they may not be the answer you were looking for lol- is the most active in my life. They're very loud, very much so prone to the clearest signs and clearest direct communication as well. Apollo and Aphrodite are a close second, though. Apollo has been fucking thrilled that I'm starting to finally successfully change my sleep schedule, and Aphrodite has really been nudging me towards self-care lately.

[hood-ex]

oh i apologize if this is a weird question but i was wondering if you got my (really long) dickhelena ask from a few days ago? no need to respond to it!! i just wanted to make sure my asks are getting sent because in the past tumblr has glitched for me and the receiver never got my questions in their inbox :/ but again no pressure to reply to it ahaha, thank you!

I did receive it! My problem is that I'll either see stuff in my inbox at like 4 in the morning and then I completely forget about it as I go about my day, or I start to respond to a post, draft it, and then it leaves my mind entirely bc it's not directly in front of me anymore.

But no yeah definitely received it! It made me want to read the book you took the excerpts from so I could respond in a more thorough manner, but again, just completely forgot about it.

[templeofvengeance]

"If you expect me to continue getting things done for you, I want some changes to be made to the armor. You can do that, right..?" There's no preamble, no dancing around it, he's CLEARLY annoyed and he wants this problem solved. It was fine when he didn't know what the hieroglyphs mean but now it's hard to put out of mind that the God has him inscribed with that claim. [From Marc >:3c]

His head tilts with a crackling sound like invisible verebrae. Khonshu suspects he knows what this is about, but give an inch, and humans will take a mile. And he wouldn't be Khonshu if he didn't at least try to play word games.

"The ceremonial armor is a symbol of the union between god and Avatar." A plug in an outlet, or a handshake. In order to summon the suit at all, both parties had to allow it. And as a symbol of that union... "Its appearance reflects you as much as it does me-- you already know this, from Steven's demonstration. I didn't have much input on that design."

Not to say he had none at all, more in the finer details and color scheme than the general shape of the literal suit. Saying this is just a smokescreen, setting up an idea that what Marc is bitching about might be his own fault, like he subconsciously accepted it's his destiny to belong to Khonshu and put the words there himself. Khonshu merely translating them into hieroglyphics for aesthetics.

That's not what happened, though. He's already thinking about where he's going to move the text to, and what should be put in its place. But he's getting ahead of himself. "Keep that in mind when requesting your changes."