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I've been playing Genshin Impact lately and i really love the game!! Characters, open world and story are amazing!! So I made my own OC for the game⭐

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Polish countryside moodboard [part 9]

Photography © Zagroda Magoda

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Rusalka aesthetic

In Slavic mythology, a rusalka (plural: rusalki) is something akin to the Celtic mermaids or the Greek sirens. In short, rusalki are beautiful young women who dwell in bodies of water and enjoy enticing men. The concept of rusalki originated from a Slavic pagan tradition where the young women were symbols of fertility. These nymphs did not interfere too much with human life and mainly served to provide life-giving moisture to the fields and forests every spring when they came ashore to dance in the spring moonlight. The water spirits were believed to help crops grow plentifully and so were generally treated with respect. In the modern era, a large mythos mostly unrelated to fertility has sprung up around the beguiling young women of the water. By the 19th century, the main objective of a rusalka had transformed into harassing the human population.

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Photography by Marcin Nagraba

Costume by Agnieszka Osipa 

Before I dive into the history and genuine traditions of slavic folklore and paganism, I want to point out this photographer, specifically using his series with this particular costume design. Osipa is a costume designer residing in Kyiv, Ukraine and Nagraba is a Polish photographer. Together they have collaborated on this series using traditional pagan dress and imagery, and making it something otherworldly and current. These photographs have something about them that transforms my thinking about slavic paganism. It makes it something manicured, beautiful, and calculated. Almost aristocratic. These images make the women look like they live in high society amongst the slavs who live in beautiful ornate and colorful large wooden homes. The reason this comes first is because I want to get you, the reader excited to hear about the history, and learn about some traditions and lore, by looking at photographs that use these stories and traditional dress as a foundation to create something new. I will dive into traditional dress next probably, and perhaps some cultural mannerisms. Not sure yet.

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HI I’m Voldemort, and I’ll be your free style dance teacher!

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5 Things About Tom Riddle

In our fandom, Tom Riddle is a romanticized character. Even in dark and macabre fics, his most unattractive qualities aren’t really showcased, and when they are, they’re usually portrayed pretty favorably. Now obviously there’s nothing wrong with reinventing and redefining characters—imo, you definitely should. But just for a bit of fun, I put together a list of less-than-sexy canonical traits that make him more dynamic, complicated, and interesting to read imo. (Inspired by this post.) 

1. He’s a compulsive thief — and not only when he wants something for a specific purpose. His character is constructed around pathological emptiness and longing for esteem (rooted in childhood poverty and neglect). When he steals from the other orphans, it’s not because he has any grand plans for these items—he wants to have these things simply so that they cannot. 

As he gets older, this “magpie-like tendency” evolves into the defining flaw of his Horcrux ambition. Had he chosen simple, unassuming objects, he could have been invincible. But the language used to describe him — “hungry” (CoS) and “vacant” with “empty hands” (DH) — shows that there’s something more to this error than mere stupidity or ego or blind ambition. It’s about the conflict between spiritual/emotional needs and material desire, where he is Rowling’s hollow and grandiose foil to Harry’s prevailing moral goodness. 

2. He is shamelessly parasitic. There are three strong literal cases of this (1) Quirrell; (2) snakes and critters in Albania ; and (3) Harry himself. But then it doesn’t end there. He physically depends on Wormtail to wean him like an infant using the ‘milk’ of a Maledictus to whom he later knowingly consigned a piece of his soul. 

Yes, Dumbledore does say that Tom Riddle is a highly self-sufficient and independent child—this obsession with autonomy, however, is more of a self-delusion than a reality. He is the most dependent character in the series. He rends himself so many times, his soul itself is unstable without reliance on bodies both inanimate and conscience. And he doesn’t mind this because his obsession with self-reliance is about detaching from that which he considers weak—human love and friendship. Coerced servitude and allegiance, on the other hand, are qualities he values immensely. 

3. The child Tom Riddle is not sophisticated. This is actually the only fandom habit that does annoy me personally. Really often kid!Riddle is given this rich and colorful vocabulary and aristocratic bearing. This change completely misrepresents his class origins and is pretty inconsistent with his behavior in HBP. Take his line to Dumbledore for example: “I don’t need you. I’m used to doing things for myself, I go round London on my own all the time.” He does not say: “I don’t require your company. I often walk through the city on my own.” And yet I can promise you, you will encounter a lot of that bloated, hyper-mature dialogue in fics. 



Now sure, if you change his upbringing, this becomes irrelevant. Just note the subtle and powerful difference between a child who, unrefined, has an advanced grasp of manipulation and coercion – and – a child who mysteriously sounds like the Queen even though he’s a poor orphan raised in working-class 1930s London. 

4. He has poor impulse control. I’ve gotten into arguments about this one but hear me out. Riddle is undoubtedly intelligent, strategic, and cautious… However, he is not rational. Dumbledore is rational. He relies on impersonal calculations to plot and ploy. Riddle does not. He acts on desire and satisfaction, and calculates maximum efficiency of these things so that he can achieve his only goal: material immanence and domination. 

It was not rational of him to slaughter his family; it was not rational of him to unleash the Basilisk; it was not rational of him to strike Harry with the Elder Wand. He did these things to satisfy an immediate thrill – to get revenge, to acquire the admiration of his thug gang, to kill Harry. He doesn’t anticipate the consequences of his actions and therefore makes foolish errors that even an ordinary and unexceptional person would be capable of avoiding. 



(Notably, deficient fear conditioning is one of the defining qualities of criminal psychopathy.) 

5. He is kind of funny? Far from being humorless and austere, we can gather from a few moments in the text that Riddle/Voldemort has a subtle and vindictive sense of humor. He tells Wormtail that he’d be used for a task that many of his followers would give their “right hands to perform” (GoF). He mocks the Blacks for having their blood mixed with a werewolf and everyone laughs at them (DH). He also laughs hysterically at his own cruelty at many points, such as during Ginny’s manipulation (CoS). 

Point is, you should feel free to write him however you want. Fandom is about fun and creative expression, so go wild. Still, since we can’t ignore canon entirely, it’s worth reflecting. You can have a Riddle who is liquid gold and charming and flawless. You can also consider that, canonically, Riddle really was creepy, selfish, odd, and brutal. (It’s a big part of Rowling’s commentary on the hypocrisy of Britain’s social class and ethics, but that’s a story for another time…)

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hades explaining that he’s the god of the dead, not the god of death

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royal kisses💞

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My vision of Ezra’s atmosphere from the amazing Immunity story of the crazy talented @solemnitydreamer​. I didn’t want to concentrate on the facial features (because it’s hard and I just don’t know what a perfect face look like sorry) and more on the mood! There’s several inspirations, and it’s a mix between drawing and photographs. Hope you enjoy :)) (Also sorry, I don’t know how tumblr works)

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WHISTLER, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903)

Nocturne in Black and Gold The Falling Rocket 1875 Oil on canvas Detroit Institute of Arts Ed. Orig. (Ed. Lic.: CC0 1.0)

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Yamuna

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Part IV Now Up on AO3:

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” ― Lao Tzu 

The pendulum swings as several players glide eagerly across the board and into position. A lone player is not where he belongs, however, enticing fate to construct ominous consequences in answer to his misplacement. Destruction follows his path and lingers, vigilant, in the shadows of his regime. Tight-fisted, the misplaced player will hold on dear to the one place he loves the most, but such efforts prove futile against the tenacity of fate.

Facing obligations and pressures from all angles, the misplaced Reaper will struggle under the weight of expectations and duties. As incessant downfalls and losses mark his path, Ezra will need to rely on new and old allies to keep him from tumbling into the blissful debauchery of villainy.

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Ezra with Cyra from Epic Solemnity’s Immunity. Cyra is such a lovely character❤️ (and i accidentally made her a little bit older hah)

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uhm, so i made a fanart on how i imagine Ezra might look like. Hope it doesn't disappoint too much~ Can't wait for the 4th part of the Immunity!

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Fic tag: slow burn

Me, cracking my knuckles: not if you read it fast enough

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Hi

So yeah, i never used tumblr before so pardon me. I just want to share my artwork with you guys. It can be really random shit, some fanarts, oc characters, my sculptures, anything honestly. Hope y'all enjoy✌

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you bastard...welcome back