#*RIVER OF REBIRTH

[firstfullmoon]

Mahmoud Darwish, “On Hope,” trans. Naseer Aruri and Edmund Ghareeb, in Enemy of the Sun: Poetry of Palestinian Resistance

[prismaticpichu]

THE GUILT AND PAIN IN HIS EXPRESSION BC HE COULDN’T SAVE THE TROOPER 😭😭

Bless them for expanding upon this from OG

[getvalentined]

Happy Tanabata! 🎋

[idlenight]

the personality traits from the Haunted One background from Curse of Strahd... well all im gonna say is i could name several sidesteps i've seen for every single trait.

Anyway tag your sidesteps Haunted One personality traits below.

[bottled-river]

I’m so very normal about her

[finalfantasymusicdaily]

River of Lights Arranged by Reo Uratani

[iniziare]

Tag drop: Jingliu

[bumblebeeappletree]

Final Fantasy VII community have you heard about

✨🌿Solarpunk🌱✨

Solarpunk is a lot like cyberpunk where you’re fighting companies and the unjust system that rules that are destroying the planet and the ability to hold live on it. And the goal is to find a balance to live together with technology and nature and become sustainable for the planet.

(Sounds kinda familiar huh? 👀)

Typically a lot of Solarpunk stories take place after the fight has been won and these systems are in place. Ultimately it’s kinda like a utopia but we all have to constantly work to make our lives and the places we live in a better place as utopias are actually well. Impossible.

But Final Fantasy VII? After the downfall of Shinra? Everyone working together to help heal the planet and work on energy sources that won’t drain the planet is just prime for Solarpunk.

This post is just a little introduction for Solarpunk because I’m sure not everyone want a full on essay on what Solarpunk is. But if this interests you, take a look at the Solarpunk tag and some Solarpunk books for inspiration 👀

[poniesatemypencils]

I wanted to draw my favourite video game character (Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII) and my favourite Unicorn Academy character, River. Oh and they're running away from a scaaaaary tonberry (a Final Fantasy fiend you have to defeat, they do the stabby stabby if you get too close and you are instantly K.O'd)

[dvmetvra]

Homecoming, m.g.t.

Joy, coming home to the riverbed;

Tantalus sinning not eating not drinking cannot know the depth of my thirst for you longing and reaching alone in the desert and now you appear like a vision of angels take us both down to the land of the lovers

forget how to breathe as the rushing water sings alongside me,

Mother, mother, mother—

I drown.

[dragestil]

wasteland, baby / i’m in love, i’m in love with you

📍 river dodder, dublin, ie

🎵 “wasteland, baby!” by hozier

[sweetchcolate]

cloud's brain: that's a forbidden question. skip

[sea-owl]

Okay but you know how many Greek heroes were given impossible tasks to complete line Heracles having to complete all those labors? Imagine one of those tasks is having to babysit the children of the king and queen of the underworld for just one hour. It seems easy, until they meet Polins kids.

So funny thing I kinda based Gareth off Heracles, soooo

Gareth and Hyacinth were engaged to be married but he had been hiding a secret, which in turn led to him lying to Hyacinth and it sadly made it look like he was only marrying Hyacinth to gain immortality. He came clean about it, and Hyacinth still wanted to marry him after, but Anthony found out. He ended up demanding Gareth do 8 impossible tasks to prove his worth to marry Hyacinth.

Gareth completed them one by one and when it came time for the final task Anthony was getting nervous. Now he couldn't outright kill Gareth (he really didn't want to anymore either) as he was still Simon's champion and Anthony was a god of his word. He just needed to make the last task an absolute knockout so he knows that Gareth truly loves Hyacinth. He needs to put someone else in charge of the task that will put Gareth through the ringer, who loves and is protective of Hyacinth.

Anthony's eyes fell onto the rulers of the Underworld, the red headed queen to be precise. Perfect.

"I need you to let Gareth babysit your kids."

Penelope raised an eyebrow, "You need me to do what?"

"The final task. I'm thinking about having Gareth babysit your kids," Anthony said.

Penelope crossed her arms and shot him a look. "Be careful with your next words Anthony, but why are you making the final impossible task babysitting my kids?"

Anthony held up his hands in a wait kind of gesture. "I'm not saying they're bad Pen, but you know your kids would run circles around any non-family babysitter."

It was true to. His four niblings from Colin and Penelope were generally good kids but all four of them had inherited their mother's brains. This often left them smarter than the adult that was supposed to be watching them. They were also frankly scary in their own right like their parents.

Agatha, the oldest of four children was a gentler version of her parents. While her parents judged souls fairly and justly based on how they lived their lives Agatha was more merciful towards souls. Just don't try to take advantage of her mercy because Agatha also believes in vengeance should the situation call for it.

Thomas has interests in the rivers his Aunt Felicity presides over, specifically the River of Pain that serves as a protective border around their home from the chasm that is Tartarus. He has also charmed many of the ghosts in his parents' army, often seen training with them.

Jane who is the most like her mother in personality, power, and looks. The little girl can make the most beautiful plants and then you find out each one she creates has the capability to kill. Jane's favorite and first plant she created being the Venus Flytrap. A plant that uses flowers and a sweet-smelling nectar to trap its prey between its jaw like leaves. Also, like her sister if Jane deems vengeance necessary then may the gods help you. Anthony just knows the mortals are gonna curse future criminals with both their names on their lips.

Finally little Georgie who liked dreams. He liked seeing how dreams affected mortals from the hope and happiness of a good dream to the terrors and alertness nightmares bring. Anthony has seen him before going around the ghosts who died in their sleep and asking them what their last dreams were.

All of this mixed together and they were perfect to run Gareth ragged.

"Plus," Anthony said trying to get Penelope to at least think about the idea. "We all know Hyacinth has been itching to move to the Court of the Underworld for a while now. If Gareth truly wants to marry her, shouldn't he at least see his potential future home? Shouldn't he get to know some of the family?"

Plus, if the kids accidently kill him then Gareth doesn't have far to go then does he?

Penelope bit her lip debating it. Generally, she does like Gareth and remembers the little boy who followed around his older cousin Simon eager to please. She also remembers that little boy is now the man who lied to someone very dear to her.

"What are the terms?" Penelope asked.

"Gareth has to babysit your kids for 24 hours without any help," Anthony said. "If he can do that and still wants to marry Hyacinth then he will have my blessing and immortality. He fails if he goes for help, hurts your children in any way, or leaves."

Penelope stared Anthony down before letting out a sigh. "Alright, but I'm coming for both of you if he pulls out a weapon on my children."

Anthony bowed, "Thank you Penelope."

Later that day Penelope came home to her children. "Children, Mama has a favor to ask of you."

[idlenight]

the level of co-dependency these two had pre-heartbreak is unmatched. Being joined at the hip is why everyone assumed Sidestep was Charge's sidekick (or that they where dating).

[impossible-rat-babies]

1.0 making Direct Eye Contact and breathing heavily while [redacted] makes a giant mess of her house like

[transk0vsky]

Aquarius

Guardian of the styx pool

“Aquarius was formed from titan blood in the very depths of Asphodel. their title is the god of lost souls but despite that title they have the lowly task of watching over the pool of Styx. they also give occasional aid to lost souls that come through the underworld! Rather unfortunately Aquarius has a bad history with poison and smells permanently of cinnamon as a result.They are deeply connected with the prince…their chamber is always open to him.”