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Misha Lakhani

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I assure you: somebody, somewhere, is on the exact same wavelength as you are.

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HYBRIS - Lucifer moodboard

The Holy One saw that the light was good: They praised the angel Lucifer, Prince of Heaven, and commanded to spread that bounteous creation among the circles. Lucifer uttered cosmic letters, manifesting a pillar in his likeness, and surrounded with it what had been made so far. The Prince found Heaven as beautiful as it was empty, and therefore inquired his Creator: "Will I be the only one of my kind?" No sound came from the Haze that veiled The Holy One, until Lucifer heard Their songs reply to him that: "Uniqueness is what your crown recites". "But will I be alone amongst Your creatures?", the angel inquired. The answer made Lucifer nor happy nor unhappy.

I was editing various pics I found in my gallery from different trips the other day and liked some so much that I decided to make a Hybris!Lucifer moodboard out of them. The picture in the middle does not belong to me, unfortunately there's only so much I can do completely copyright free, but I'm attempting to, since I don't want to use possibly stolen photographs on pinterest.

Some of the pics are from Salzburg (Austria), like the upper central shot from "The Marble Hall" in Mirabell Schloss, others are from various places I visited in Amsterdam in 2023, and the lateral middle ones with the two angels are from The Icon Museum and Study Center in Clinton, MA.

I started the mooboard wanting to do a completely light-colored one, but then I found the pretty golden flowers with the dark background and well, this happened, so... this is probably from a part in Hybris (my excessively long and in-universe Paradise Lost retelling) where Lucifer is starting his ✨psychotic mean girl era✨ (I swear it's deeper than this, I'm just lazy rn).

The excerpt is a draft from the very beginning of Hybris, I wanted to make it in a much more biblical style, whereas the rest of the book has different prose. Just like the others.

I should explain a lot of the WB context behind the words "haze", "cosmic letters", "songs", but this is not the time and also I don't think anyone is going to read this, sooo... I'll leave it to another time.

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now say it with me: authors/artists dont owe you moral purity. an author/artist job is not to hold you by the hand & tell you exactly what is Good™ & what is Bad™. you should be able to think for yourself

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in another universe we finally talk and you hopefully stop haunting me in my dreams

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In another life, I would have really liked just doing money laundering and tax fraud with you.

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my bestie put him into this t-shirt, I'm not sure he likes it.

yes this was the reference pic

(also, i'm not putting "narcissist" randomly, my character for lucifer, despite not being human, does show very strong npd tendencies, and no, he's not satan *because* he's npd-coded, enough with the npd/apd stigma)

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my boyfriend gave me the worst (best) fucking idea ever to solve a future narrative problem I was going to have. But now I'm constantly grieving because wtf crying, screaming.

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✨ARC APPLICATION FOR HOLIEST✨

Hi everyone, the application for the ARC of HOLIEST is now available!! [APPLY HERE]

I have a very short timeframe for this ARC before the release (mea maxima culpa), so the application closes at midnight on July 11.

Accepted applicants will be emailed on the 12th! The ARC, which is an ebook, will arrive sometime between July 13 and July 15 (given what life throws at me).

I hope to find at least 50 of you! But that might be too hopeful, idk. Please share if possible! <3

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"I want your name to be whispered and respected, because pronouncing it will be equivalent to pronouncing mine. You will be my eyes, you'll be what I need to hear, you will be my lips and my word.

In the same way you chose to sacrifice yourself for me, I will put my blindest trust in you. Forever.

Do you understand, Asmodeus?"

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I'm way more active on Instagram (@a.thenais), where, however, I post mainly in Italian, but recently I started translating my contents in English as well... and here's one about my novels' main characters, Lucifer & Asmodeus, who are also in a very complicated relationship.

The quote is the last fundamental interaction that Lucifer and Asmodeus have in "HYBRIS", shortly after the temptation of humanity and shortly after Lucifer, now emptied of all energy and possible euphoria, has realized what will await him and all his angels from that moment on: eternal damnation.

A damnation that however is not of the unluckiest kind as soon as Asmodeus promises to remain by his side, as an adviser, in his path towards what Lucifer calls "glory", but that is nothing but destruction. This promise will be binding on both parties.

Asmodeus has a strong esteem and admiration for Lucifer, often so strong that it could be considered obsession. His actions and decisions are always aimed at the Prince of Hell and his goals, but his way of being close to Lucifer is typical of an analytical personality: critical and not hesitant to tell him exactly what he thinks. In short, Asmodeus' fidelity is blind in its intensity, but not in its visibly impartial attitudes.

Lucifer’s feelings, however, are much less intelligible and shielded by a strong rejection of vulnerability. There is not enough space to describe his attitudes and all his hypocrisies, but suffice it to say that Asmodeus, rooted in the objectivity of what exists, is the only individual capable of making reality make sense when it seems to disappear under the weight of Lucifer's illusions.

(Their relationship is an integral part of my novel series, although it is not the main plot point)

I hope y'all liked this post, I'm sorry for any mistake or weirdly phrased sentence, English is not my first language.

See you either here or on instagram! 🐍💜

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Catholic church doesnt even allow divorce if domestic violence is involved and vatican city wouldnt exist nowadays without the help of Benito fucking Mussolini and yet theres always some motherfucker being like i hope the next pope is pro gay marriage. I hope I get a house from Santa Claus this year. I hope a horse is going to buy me cheese in the grocery store

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you there! do you like:

❈ stories about psychosis

❈ stories about angels and demons (plenty of which are jerks on both sides)

❈ gothic literature

❈ the apocalypse (but not really)

❈ so much awesome body horror

then go follow my buddy @sancta-seraphina! she's in the final stages of Holiest, a novel about the fallen angel Lucifer's psychosis surrounding the biblical apocalypse. it has amazing worldbuilding and portrays psychosis really well and i really enjoy all of the cast, even the ones that are jerks (looking at you, metatron...)

if you're intrigued by sons of god, i promise that you will love Holiest. i'm one of the beta readers for it and some days it's all i can think about (usually at the most inopportune times, like work). there are quotes forever awl-punched into my brain. lucifer is so *chef's kiss*. beelzebub is full of Rage and i love him (he reminds me of a bird that's been harassing everyone downtown). please, go check sera's blog out! you won't regret it :))

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Bruh I’m too old to be this shy and awkward lmao

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I'm astonished that I've NEVER seen this before.

Source details and larger version.

Tempting: over 1,000 vintage devils.

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Karl Lagerfeld - Spring 1989 RTW

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Asmodeus wanted to go as Ipatia of Alessandria, Lucifer gave me 25 options which kept getting more exaggerated by the moment.

So I got them costumes from the supermarket. They'll have to do.

Lucifer says it's 1. offensive 2. extremely trivial

Asmodeus is just done, and playing along a little bit with his paws. Just a little bit.

Thanks to my bestie @foxcakeee on Twitter for just playing along with my silliness, as always, and being always so dedicated to my characters 🐍💜

I wanna see everyone's OCs in their Halloween costumes, although it has passed, but idc.

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Bestie, showing me something horrific: Jesus—

Me, in shock: Christ—

Bestie: be the Jesus to my Christ?