#send in questions

[rainbowdelicsunshine]

Heya!!

Wanted to let you guys know that my 24th is coming up next month on the 12th and I'm honestly pretty hype about it!

Hope that y'all will have good birthday wishes for me!?

[wake-me-up-inside-imagines]

A more positive swing on the last ask. What are each mate’s like- comfort skills/items. What can they or their other mates use that will fool proof relax them/put them at ease?

Ooh I like the positive spin, no problem! I couldn't tell if you just wanted how they like to be calmed or if you also wanted how they calm others down, so I stuck to the first one for now.

Leo's comfort items are his baby blankets. He's had them since he was born and just naturally relied on the for physical comfort as he grew up. As an adult, they still give him the most comfort a physical item can give, to the point he can't sleep without them. Just cuddling up in his fluffy bed and holding his blankets tight tends to calm him down pretty easily, mostly by lulling him to sleep. He also has a anxious looking rabbit Rain gave him to placebo affect himself out of anxiety, which works surprisingly well.

Leo also really likes physical touch/a warm, body-encompassing environments when upset. When he's upset, his mates have learned to wrap him up tight into layers of blankets and then hold him firmly. The touch and feeling of being wrapped up in soft material makes him feel safe. He also like it when his mates speak softly to him as they hold him.

Rain's comfort item is a worn out spider plush he got from his grandma when he was little. As terrible as his parents were, she actually loved him, so when she saw how much he loved bugs she got him a little spider plush for Christmas. He would carry it around all the time, up until his parents threatened to get rid of it. he kept is safe in his room throughout his adolescence and took it with him when he ran away. He keeps it in a safe space in his apartment as an adult, but he likes to take it out whenever he's alone and needs comfort.

Like Leo, Rain loves physical affection and sweet words when he's upset, although he will genuinely take any form of comfort others give him. He never got much love as a kid so having someone try and calm him, no matter the method, is really sweet to him. Most of the time he wants nothing more than to curl up at someone's side, be held, and then listen to them talk down to him softly.

Micah doesn't have a comfort item, but he does have comfort music. Whenever he's upset, he plays a specific playlist or artist, and that usually manages to calm/distract him enough to get him back to normal. He also finds playing drums calming, even when he's playing more aggressive music. It's an outlet for all his negative energy.

When Micah has a massive breakdown however, he can really only be pulled out by the presence of others. Laying him down helps too. It doesn't matter if they're holding him or not, he just needs to hear their voice for grounding purposes. When he was younger it was mostly his mom who would help him, but as an adult it changed to be mostly his mates. Still, he doesn't break down often, so it takes some time to calm him when he's down.

Ren doesn't have a singular comfort item. Rather, he has comfort clothes. He loves feeling warm and safe, and sweaters have always given him the cozy feeling his depressed brain chases. If he can find the energy, he'll put on a comfy sweater and sweatpants, followed by a ton of blankets. The wooly texture against his skin is really calming for some reason, it calms him right down.

Like Leo and Rain, Ren really likes to be held and talked to. However, he doesn't just want to be talked at with filler words or comforting phrases. Those just make him feel worse. Instead, he tries to hold an actual conversation with whoever's comforting him. It helps distract him, and feeling like things are normal manages to actually make him go back to normal (mostly). He also discovered through one of Leo's comfort attempts that he likes to be read to, mostly his educational books if they're on hand. He finds it easier to force his brain into normalcy by focusing on useful facts than a fictional universe. It's far more grounding.

When Charlie's worked up, he has a big, blue moon blanket Ren gave him once to fall back on. He'd never been a big sucker for soft stuff, but the thought and love Ren put into getting it touched Charlie immensely (though he'd never admit it). He slept with it on his bed every night since then, even when he moved in with his mates. If he can't calm himself down, he'll pick the blanket up and cover himself, inhaling the lingering scents his mates leave on it. It works surprisingly well.

When Charlie receives comfort, he mostly just wants someone to really listen to him. He feels like nobody really understands him and his anger, so having someone actually hear what he's saying and understand him without judgement does wonders for bringing him back down to earth. Sometimes he's ok with being touched, but other times he just wants the company. He also gets a lot of warm, homey feelings from Micah's cooking, so if Micah's around to make some food, that also helps.

[the-banks-of-lethe]

The New Year and this Blog

Happy New Year everybody!! I hope you've all come into 2025 well and rested, or at least are planning on resting. I find it very fun that the year has started on a Wednesday, Lord Hermes day, as if He was delivering us into this new rotation around the sun (Helios), or so that we may feel His guidance throughout the year. Either way, welcome to the Banks of Lethe - 2025 edition hehe.

Going into 2025, I'd like to hear from you all and what you might like to see here on this blog! While this is not a formal place, just a shrine / devotional blog to Hypnos, I do want to make this a little place where one feels comfortable and seen. So I want to ask if there was anything you would like to see, any concerns or complaints, any suggestions or questions; really, I want to take on the community's advice. Everyone is safe in the arms of sleep, so shall they be here. Feel free to either send an ask, comment, or reblog with anything you'd like to say!

I'd also like to share that I am going on a long spiritual jouney with Lord Hypnos, requiring a lot of dedication to Him, and a lot of self-reflection to start off (though no doubt self-reflection will be an ongoing thing no matter what). I don't want to share too much more as this is still new, and I am still figuring a lot of things out; but potentially I may share later on down the track - that's all you'll know for now.

Partially related to this ( ^ ), I am planning on creating a little informational booklet / zine (whichever you'd like to call it) about Lord Hypnos. This will probably be a seperate post, but if there is anything any of you are curious about and would like to see in there, let me know! (Again, this will probably be it's own post so maybe just think about it for now).

Phew, almost there... To finish off this yapping post, it's Wednesday, so it's poll time!

Okay, now to actually finish this off - I love yall (/platonic) and Lord Hypnos does too. No matter where you are, I truly hope that this year will be one for the memories, one that we can all look back on fondly.

Khaire! And sweet dreams 💙

[noturlondonboy]

Bishova fans I need your help!!! I’m writing a podcast script for an assignment, and in true loser fashion, I’ll be writing out an interview for Bishova. Send in your questions!!

[agendabymooner]

Hi! Did you ever consider writing for other team principals? If yes, who?

I’ve always been writing for the same TP (Toto) because well… he’s conventionally attractive (TO ME)

I don’t think there’s ever other team principals I’d write about. I would think about writing headcanons about JV but I’ve met him and spoken to him that I can’t fathom writing for him anymore 😭😭 it’s very weird for me to even consider writing about him now because I’ve held an actual conversation with him for five minutes straight. When you meet someone and actually hold conversation with them you’ll just realize that ‘oh, he’s just a regular human.’ And that’s me with JV.

I know I yapped so TLDR: I probably won’t write for any other TP but Toto ❤️

PLEASE SEND Q’s INTO MY ASK BOX I HAD AN EMOTIONAL TURMOIL SEEING ALEX DNF AND CARLOS PLAYING ROOMBA IN FRONT OF ME YESTERDAY

[banggyu0308]

should we do a q+a w overtired, 3am adelaide?

[wake-me-up-inside-imagines]

Real and based

bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements

[midsummereve1993]

send in some questions

send in some questions for me to ask, anything.

[starsaver94]

Laios, Striker, Taka and Itto are all in the mood to answer questions for f/ovember!

Go ahead and ask them some!!!

[rainbowdelicsunshine]

HOLY SHIT THE CHUCKY SEASON FINALE WAS A WILD RIDE FOLKS!!!!!

I NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT AND CHUCKY IN GENERAL YALL!!!

[wake-me-up-inside-imagines]

Since you're asking for questions I'm curious what your ocs coping mechanisms are if you haven't already talked about it yet. Do they have unhealthy stress habits, and if so what are their worst ones?

(Tw: Self-harm, isolation, starvation, fighting, breakdowns)

As y'all probably already know, Leo's biggest coping mechanism is self-harm. Whenever he's feeling too anxious, upset, or self-deprecating, he goes straight to the pain approach. It distracts him from whatever emotion he's feeling long enough for him to calm down, and the actual slashing movement gets all his frustration out (that sounds really graphic, sorry about that).

Other than that, he usually either isolates himself or for lesser issues, distracts himself with some sort of entertainment. If the issue is bad enough he'll curl up in his room for days, refusing to leave.

Rain's biggest coping mechanism is humor. Whenever something bad is going on, Rain will try and laugh his way out of the panic and fear he feels. He doesn't like expressing negative emotions outwardly, and humor is the only way for him to really fix that.

On the more serious side, if he feels like he's doing something wrong, he'll stop eating. He grew up being starved as a punishment by his parents, so he had this twisted mentality that if he starves himself, he'll be able to atone for whatever it was he did. That becomes a very dangerous slope as doing it once leads to him doing it frequently. He does it less as an adult because his partners can recognize the signs, but it's still a possibility.

Micah's vice is distraction. He cant handle wallowing in negative emotions for very long or else he'll start hating himself, so he tries to avert his attention to anything else. Whether he's taking care of others or finding some task to keep his attention on, he will not let himself confront his emotions. This usually leads to a really bad breakdown once he can't ignore his feelings or can't find something to occupy him, one that he can't pull himself out of without help. He usually needs others to help him out there.

Ren doesn't actually really have coping mechanisms, he just goes straight to isolation. He'll get so bummed out that he physically cannot make himself move unless someone forces him to. He'll stay in his bed without moving for days. He might be able to get up to get food and use the bathroom occasionally on his own, but those moments aren't super often. Sometimes he'll manage to pull himself out of it, but other times others will have to do it. He does go to therapy and was on meds for a while, but uh...that ended for reasons.

Charlie's coping mechanism is fighting. If he's upset enough, he'll go out purposely looking for a fight. He only targets people who he thinks deserve to get punched (like creeps or random assholes), but it gets him hurt very often and it makes him more of the jerk than anything else. It's different from Leo because he doesn't like the physical pain he himself feels, it's just getting the aggression out via punching that helps him out. He has a punching bag that's been replacing beating others up, but if that's not available he punches a wall or goes out looking to fight.

He does have a good mechanism too though, which is stargazing. If he can access a place where the stars are visible, he'll just lay himself down where he can and trace the constellations until he feels better. it doesn't work during the day or when he's locked inside for some reason, but at least he has something going for him.

[erisxdrifter]

Hi everyone! Been a lil since a I really posted any Drifteris art 🥲 I would love to draw some more of them though, so absolutely feel free to send in some art requests guys!

[elms-art-gallery]

hypothetical godtier abilities for dirk for combat! thinking about doing these for all the kids when i have time hehe

EXPLANATIONS FOR EACH POWER UNDER THE CUT

Soul Lightning: the very basic power that dirk canonically has and shows repeatedly in the comic itself. from what we know, he can produce a sort of lightning that tears souls out of their bodies and tears it apart (assumedly. dirk doesnt actually get to kill anyone with this power. sad!). for the rest of his hypothetical powers, i used this one as the basis: association with lightning and physical action (use of hands) and being really direct with its application. very little metaphorical bullshit hes just Doing It.

Soul Weapons: a play off of that original idea of electricity being able to sever the soul from the body, and dirk's consistent action to treat his body/self as a tool to accomplish his goals (see unite synchronization and half of the shit dirk does LOL). its an overt reference to revolutionary girl utena and the raiden shogun from genshin impact, both overtly about self weaponization, dehumanization, etc. A lot of his powers i based off of famous anime references because of his 'otaku nature'.

Sheer Presence: THIS is another anime reference! the trope when anime protagonists/antagonists gain a menace aura, but this time the aura actively attacks the soul of those in the aura. this one specifically goes from the angle of a prince "destroying through aspect" specifically. in contrast to soul weapons which physically damages his enemies with his soul while emotionally damaging his sense of self esteem/respect, it is purely his identity (or, sheer presence) that is damaging others. he is the center of gravity here, overbearing every other being with himself.

Flatline: probably one of the weakest in this set LOL but i wanted to play with the idea of being able to collapse what connects your 'self' with your 'body' into one connection and severing the line, trapping your soul outside of your body. its plays into dirk's perception of "self", being awake on derse simultaneously as his actual body probably fucked with how he connects his body with his "self". so another prince of heart who believes the self is inherent with the body wouldnt have this power, but because of dirk's perception he does.

Gunhearted: this is a sub power under soul weapons! its a reference to yuyu hakusho (+all other anime derivations from the og soul gun power LOL) and undertale. not a lot of deep thoughts on this one, its more so practicality (long ranged weapon would be useful generally) and cultural knowledge (dirk probably watched as much anime as he possibly could).

[strialternatives]

his ass is NOT listening

[foolerophelia]

Again with the ask blog I have 3 charaters I'm not done but PLEASE send in asks

[midsummereve1993]

Send in some ask, geting nervous as the storm approaches so send in some questions