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inappropriate use of....everything

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Cleaned up version of the mha Jump Giga cover

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tfw you’re stuck in a defective portal of truth w one of your worst enemies and you just had to eat a boot to survive

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this can’t keep happening but I have a routine to uphold

Ao3 is down (again) have some tags

IM COPING

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As if it were an easy thing for me

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So we all know that Tumblr is US-centric. But to what degree? (and can we skew the results of this poll by posting it at a time where they should be asleep?)

Reblog to increase sample size!

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Mondstadt Governmental Systems

walking to class and thinking about the Mondstadt governmental and power systems

So the power of the people is split between the Knights and the Church, yeah?

The Knights are responsible for the executive and judicial decisions. They're the law enforcement, they're the guardians, they're the trade and resource management. We know they are responsible for foreign relations, for ensuring that the lands are safe, and for enacting justice. We have seen both Albedo and Eula act in their capacity as Captain of Investigation and Reconnaissance respectively, we have seen Hertha work with Logicistics and Human Resources, and ofc, the Kaeya and Jean acting as Quartermaster and Acting Grandmaster respectively as well. We know the knights, we are a knight, this isn't new information.

The Church, however, less known and understood, is responsible for the social, environmental, and really cultural work of Mondstadt. Most obviously seen in the game where a couple sisters take responsibility for children during the day (Nora and Timmy), but also in the foreigners who go stand in front of the Statue to learn about Mond and the way that Seamus Pegg, Cardinal of Daybreak, was the one who Fatui approached when asking for Mondstadt civilians to be recruited.

This is interesting because we actually have never met any of the church leaders, only the Sisters and the Deaconess, with leaks mentioning a Deacon soon. We have not met Mother Maria, Cardinal Calvin, or ofc, Senior Cardinal Seamus Pegg himself. More on them specifically in a separate post.

My point being, there is still more to look into and there is still plenty of mysteries left in Mondstadt, and they aren't all hidden with Venti.

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may the wind protect you, traveler

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venti is a trickster god.

from what i can remember of his misadventures off the top of my head, venti:

chose to steal a lyre that he owned, (from a church where he is worshiped, from people who are entirely devoted to him) rather than seriously reveal himself as barbatos. because he thought is would be fun.

created a minor illusion over the aforementioned lyre when it is damaged by d’valin, knowing full well that it wouldn’t last.

is able to shape-shift, which he probably takes full advantage of.

is able to fly, and potentially become invisible (based on the lack of elemental sprites you encounter in the world).

is able to eavesdrop via wind currents; he knows all the good gossip, but with his emotional intelligence he probably helps his people indirectly by providing advice as “venti”.

claims to have stolen the cryo archon’s staff and replaced it with a hillichurl club.

occasionally pilfers bits and pieces from the ragnvindr estate when he feels like it; he knows that they’re rich enough to handle that much with no issues.

regularly steals and then sells items from the Lawrence’s; he keeps ⅓ of the mora, gives 1/6 to the church, 1/6 to the knights, and uses the remaining ⅓ to pay for housing and food for the poor folks in mondstadt.

is casually able to forge signatures; he forged morax’s signature so well that morax was the only one who could tell that it was fake.

replicated a blessed object like a vision perfect enough to only be revealed by a chance phenomena, and transfigures the replica vision into a lyre frequently and consistently mid battle.

reacted to the aristocracy’s takeover of mondstadt by using devastating methods, such as criminal mischief, breaking and entering, trespassing on “private” property, attempting a jail break, inciting a riot, and fabrication of evidence. he then immediately overthrew the government.

in conclusion, venti is an Anarchist Seraphim Trickster God, and he can get more than a little ambiguously threatening sometimes.

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In Japanese, they don’t say “moon,” they say “tsuki,” which literally translates to “moon,” and I think that’s how language works.

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Every day I think about the fact that the Favonius Church using crucifix/cross symbolism probably means that Barbatos was crucified

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i still cant believe they ate his goddamn boot

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I swear I saw a tumblr post on here that said ‘horses have over 4,000 bones’ and i don’t know where it came from because its totally wrong, they have 205, but what kind of fucked up horse has this person seen out there because I’m absolutely terrified of it 

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here’s a silly little prank to pull on your brother 🥰

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something something you're susan pevensie and you've decided that you will live again no matter the fact that you've done this all before. you decide that if you are to be in exile, there can be use and joy in making it work.

you're susan pevensie, and when you look at your siblings you see broken tools shoved into jobs they are not made for. your older brother is nothing more than a sword forcibly blunted, rust-red and sacrificial, a means to an end brought to ruin between gunfire and shrapnel pieces. your younger brother forgets to crave sugar like they want him to, forgets that he cannot speak sense to adults lest he be branded ill-mannered and dangerous. your sister seems like a tear in the landscape, so utterly alien, so unfitting, to the world that birthed her that you can't bear to look at her anymore.

something something your siblings yearn for the forge that broke them beyond repair, and all you can find within them are the ways they were molded to never belong to themselves again, the swords and salvation of a place that shaped them into things never meant for eternal use.