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nothing more beautiful than finally understanding how to draw your own OC's hair
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i've done it again lads. 2 and a half years later she finally responds
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want to do a beastieball fanfic / plot reinterpretation but i have no idea how to turn my ideas into a narrative. might do some rough concept art about it instead.
#posting this will lock me into actually executing#unlike the chicory fics i never wrote#chev misc#beastieball
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woke wallace and gromit be like: pronouns gromit! we forgot the pronouns!
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THOUGHT GAINED: INFERNAL ENGINES
PROBLEM
The world is ending. You know it, your neighbor knows it, the dealer knows it, the jailer knows it, the king and all his men know it. All one has to do is look around to see it— the future is curdling into something pale and incorporeal. The infernal machine that is this stupid world is going to blow, sooner rather than later. So what are you doing? Why are you still here? Why is anyone still here?
SOLUTION
You are doing the only thing worth doing. You are living. *Why,* you ask? Try and remember now. Remember your mother’s hand on your shoulder. Remember the taste of a fresh catch. Remember the times when you were kind to the dogs in the valley and they did not bare their teeth. Remember the weight of a child on your shoulders. Remember the stars throwing their light against the wall of sodium and smog. Remember singing until your throat was raw. Remember crying just as loudly and publicly, and the gentleness with which someone opened your curled fist and pressed a handkerchief into your palm. Crying, laughing, running, eating, screaming, haunting, loving, fighting, fighting, fighting. The fight fuels you, and you fuel the fight. You run yourself ragged just for a chance to keep running. You never stop. You cannot stop. The world depends on it. *You* are the infernal engine. You are the world. And, simply put: you want to live.
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when u properly talk to your friend for the first time in like 35 years to discuss her actions and she closes herself off from you AGAIN so you get MAD and then she breaks down in front of you and you know exactly what she needs <3
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Chicory Astrology AU Part V
A planet ejected from its system. A rogue planet is difficult to detect and might be lost in the darkness of space if not watched carefully.
"A dark symbol. Loneliness, loss of purpose, disassociation - these the Orphan suffer in silence. Reach out to those around you - they might need you soon, and you may need them too."
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Chicory Astrology AU Part IV
Wheel upon the Wheel - This is the way of things.
"The Wielder Order is the embodiment of a great system which governs the motion of the heavens. Their nature is duty - their duty is to nature. Their edict is written in the Stars."
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Chicory Astrology AU Part III
Nature itself had given us such a magnificent canvas - could there be any question this was work divine?
"The Wielders believe there is truth in beauty. When you create beautiful things, do you create your own truth? Or do you merely reveal a truth that was already within you?"
Each celestial body exerts a force of attraction on itself and others. When two bodies get too close, the pull of the other grows greater than the pull within - and the lesser body will be torn apart.
"Strife - within a people, a family, or a single person - is like a feral beast. It tears us apart and leaves nothing behind. You will know it soon. Be flexible, but be strong. The blade that bends does not break, but stays sharp."
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Chicory Astrology AU Part II
A SEED FELL FROM HEAVEN AND FOUND FERTILE SOIL
"The harbinger. When the wandering star fell, everything changed. The card signals new beginnings for you, and perhaps the world. May the cards tell if it is for good or ill..."
They forged a pen, that they might shape the world to their heart's desire, and reveal secret forms.
"When the Magician glimpsed the refracted colours, they saw not only infinite possibilities but also how they could make them reality. Will you seize the coming opportunity, as they did?"
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Chicory Astrology AU Part I
[I made this AU in 2022 and never posted it outside Discord. A couple other people contributed to this, mainly @azurehaiku and @bardically-uninspired! However I'm just posting my parts.]
☉ NIGREDO ALBEDO CITRINITAS RUBEDO
"Artists. Scholars. Mystics. For a thousand years, the Order of the Wielders has represented the highest echelon of scientific inquiry and creative expression. Though academies around the world follow it's teachings, very few are permitted into the Order itself.
The history of the Order began a millennia ago, when a wandering star fell to earth. Following its trail, the MAGICIAN came to a great tree of glass which had sprouted at the point of impact. As the light of the stars hit the tree, it was refracted into a thousand different rays. This was the first time anyone had seen colour. Taking a branch of the tree, the Magician fashioned it into a pen through which they could manifest their desires. Thus did they become the first Wielder.
Colouring the earth is a difficult task, but the greatest work is painting the heavens. No canvas could be as daunting. The night sky is as an unending dance; stars march ever forward while planets wander back and forth, comets come and go, and the moon follows its cycle. The Wielder builds upon this motion to create ever changing works of art.
Before they can work, a master must understand their tools. So, to bring order to the chaos, the Wielders recorded the movement of the stars, and noted the patterns in the motion of planets. Over generations, this science was developed into a great model of the heavens, a complex system of physics and mathematics, which the Wielders use to predict the state of the sky. The timings of full moons, the days when a comet will return, the position of a certain planet on any given day - all these can be determined in advance.
But the model is more than a tool for the astronomers… In the mythos of the Order, many cosmological objects hold special significance, and their presence in the night sky is an omen. The position of constellations, the phase of the moon, an eclipse - all these are associated with characters, events, or philosophical concepts. It is said the sky is a reflection of the mundane world. Thus, by close study of the models which predict the night sky, the Wielders hold the power to foretell the future.
These mythological archetypes are codified in a set of STAR CARDS. The common folk believe that the cards themselves have a sort of mystical power, and that a drawing of the forty-eight can tell one’s fortunes. The Order holds that only through great study of the models can the future be told. And yet, let me draw your cards, and we shall see what story unfolds…"
The back of each card depicts the Glass Tree, and the core tenet of the Wielder's philosophy - AS ABOVE, SO BELOW, as without, so within. The mind is the universe is the mind. Study the stars, understand the soul. Paint the world, create yourself.
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Chicory Astrology AU
[I made this AU in 2022 and never posted it outside Discord. At the request of folks in the Wishes Unlimited server, I'm going to post these to Tumblr. A couple other people contributed to this, mainly @azurehaiku and @bardically-uninspired! However I'm just posting my parts.]
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