#September 23rd 2023

[one-time-i-dreamt]

*Sigh* my dream was sponsored by NordVPN.

[minecraft-item-a-day]

minecraft raw iron

[kasper-tag]

✨Here's a sneak peek of Meow and Forever, Chapter 2!✨

Title: Meow and Forever

Pairing: Malec

Rating: Mature

No archive warnings apply

Word Count: 3,000+ (still writing and editing)

Summary: When Alec returns home from a week-long work trip, Magnus is nowhere to be found. The doors are locked, there's a horrible, lingering smell in the loft, and a big black cat shows up out of nowhere. Alec tries his best to solve the surreal mystery he's faced with while questioning his sanity. Where did this weird cat come from, and where the hell is his husband?

Written for @animalecfest for the prompt: Lost

Chapter 2 coming soon! 🖤 You can read the first chapter here while you wait:

[autism-swagger]

Fun fact: based on the timeline it's entirely possible that Kirby from Scream was named after Kirby the video game character

[songspiral]

"War With America" by Gretel Hänlyn

[1984-daily]

“Look!” whispered Julia.

A thrush had alighted on a bough not five meters away, almost at the level of their faces. Perhaps it had not seen them. It was in the sun, they in the shade. It spread out its wings, fitted them carefully into place again, ducked its head for a moment, as though making a sort of obeisance to the sun, and then began to pour forth a torrent of song. In the afternoon hush the volume of sound was startling.

Winston and Julia clung together, fascinated. The music went on and on, minute after minute, with astonishing variations, never once repeating itself, almost as though the bird were deliberately showing off its virtuosity. Sometimes it stopped for a few seconds, spread out and resettled its wings, then swelled its speckled breast and again burst into song.

[project-sekai-facts]

Toya currently holds the record for the longest time between two unit events, with 549 days between the start of Walk on and on in September 2022 and the start of The first concerto yesterday (March 22nd 2024). However, he did have the Never Give Up Cooking! mixed event in February-March 2023, making the gap significantly shorter (only 389 days) if you include mixed events in the count.

The record for longest time between any two events is currently held by Ena, who has not received any events at all since Someday, This Wish Will Transcend the Morning Sky in November 2022. As of today (23rd March 2024), it has been 489 days since Ena had an event.

[le0tmnt]

Part Thirty-one

Original post date: September 23rd, 2023

Masterlist

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[greenwitchcrafts]

September 2023 witch guide

September 2023 witch guide

Full moon: September 29th

New moon: September 14th

Sabbats: Mabon September 23rd

September Harvest Moon

Also known as: Autumn moon, falling leaves moon, song moon, leaves turning moon, moon of brown leaves, yellow leaf moon, wine moon & Full corn moon

Element: Earth

Zodiac: Virgon& Libra

Animal spirits: Trooping Faeries

Deities: Brigid, Ceres, Ch'ang-o, Demeter, Freya, Isis & Vesta

Animals: Jackal & snake

Birds: Ibis & sparrow

Trees: Bay, hawthorn, hazel & larch

Herbs/plants: Copal, fennel, rye, skullcap, valerian, wheat & witch hazel

Flowers: Lily & Narcissus

Scents: Bergamot, gardenia, mastic & storax

Stones: Bloodstone, chrysolite, citrine, olivine, peridot & sapphire

Colors: Browns, dark blue, greens & yellows ( Earth tones)

Energy: Balance of light & dark, dietary matters, employment, health, intellectual pursuits, prosperity, psychism, rest, spirituality, success & work environments. Also cleaning & straightening mentally, physically & spiritually.

Technically, the Harvest Moon is the Full Moon closest to the September equinox around September 21st. The Harvest Moon is the only Full Moon name determined by the equinox rather than a month. Most years, it’s in September, but around every three years, it falls in October.

In September, the Full Moon is the Corn Moon from the Native American tribes harvesting their corn. It can also be the Harvest Moon, which corresponds with the Anglo-Saxon name, while Celtic and Old English names are Wine Moon, Song Moon, and Barley Moon.

Mabon

Also known as: Autumn Equinox, Cornucopia, Witch's Thanksgiving & Alban Elved

Season: Fall

Symbols: Acorns, apples, autumn leaves, berries, corn, cornucopia (horn of plenty), dried seeds, gourds, grains, grapes, ivy, pine cones, pomegranates, vines, wheat, white roses & wine

Colors: Blue brown, drk red, deep gold, gold, indigo, lead green, maroon, orange, red, russet, violet & yellow

Oils/incense: Apple, apple blossom, benzoin, black pepper, hay/straw, myrrh, passion flower, patchouli, pine, red poppy & sage

Animals: Dog, goose, hawk, swan, swallow & wolf

Stones: Agate, amethyst, carnelian, lapis lazuli, sapphire, yellow Agate  & yellow topaz

Foods: Apples, blackberries, blackberry wine, bread, carrots, cider, corn, cornbread, grapes, heather wine, nuts, onions, pomegranates, potatoes, squash, vegetables, wheat & winw

Herbs/plants: Acorn, benzoin, cedar, corn, cypress, ferns, grains, hazel, hops, ivy, myrrh, oak, pine, sage, sassafras, Salomon's seal, thistle, tobacco & wheat

Flowers: Aster, heather, honeysuckle, marigold, milkweed, mum,passion flower& rose

Goddesses: Danu, Epona, Modron, Morrigan, Muses, Pomona, Persephone, Sophia & Sura

Gods: Esus, Green Man, Hermes, Mabon, Mannanan, Toth & Thor

Issues, Intentions & Powers: Accomplishment, agriculture, balance, goals, gratitude & grounding

Spellworks: Balance, harmony, protection, prosperity, security & self confidence

Related festivals:

• Sukkot- is a Torah-commanded holiday celebrated for seven days, beginning on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei. It is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים, shalosh regalim) on which those Israelites who could were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem. In addition to its harvest roots, the holiday also holds spiritual importance with regard to its abandonment of materialism to focus on nationhood, spirituality, and hospitality, this principle underlying the construction of a temporary, almost nomadic, structure of a sukkah.

• Mid-Autumn festival- also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a traditional festival celebrated in Chinese culture. Similar holidays are celebrated by other cultures in East & Southeast Asia. It is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture; its popularity is on par with that of Chinese New Year. The history of the Mid-Autumn Festival dates back over 3,000 years. The festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar lunisolar calendar with a full moon at night, corresponding to mid-September to early October of the Gregorian calendar. On this day, the Chinese believe that the Moon is at its brightest and fullest size, coinciding with harvest time in the middle of Autumn.

• Thanksgiving- This is a secular holiday which is similar to the cell of Mabon; A day to give thanks for the food & blessings of the previous year. The American Thanksgiving is the last Thursday of November while the Canadian Thanksgiving is celebrated in October

• Festival of Dionysus- There were several festivals that honored Dionysus, the God of wine. It was a time of fun, games, feasting & drinking wine.

Activities:

•Scatter offerings in a harvested fields, Offer libations to trees

• Decorate your home and/or altar space for fall

• Bake bread

• Perform a ritual to restore balance and harmony to your life

• Cleanse your home of negative energies

• Pick apples

• Have a dinner or feast with your family and/or friends

• Set intentions for the upcoming year

• Purge what is no longer serving you

•Take a walk in the woods

• Enjoy a pumpkin spice latte

• Donate to your local food bank

• Gather dried herbs, plants, seeds & pods

• Learn something new

• Make wine

• Brew an apple cinnamon simmer pot

• Create an outdoor Mabon altar

•Adorn burial sites with leaves, acorns, & pinecones to honor those who have passed over & visit their graves

Many cultures see the second harvest (after the first harvest Lammas) and equinox as a time for giving thanks. This time of year is when farmers know how well their summer crops did, and how well fed their animals have become. This determines whether you and your family would have enough food for the winter. That is why people used to give thanks around this time, thanks for their crops, and animals, and food. 

The name Mabon comes from the Welsh God, who was the son of the Earth Mother Goddess. However, there is evidence that the name was adopted in the 1970s, and the holiday was not originally a Celtic celebration.

Some believe Night and day are of equal legth and the God's energy & strength are nearly gone . The Goddess begins to mourn the loss she knows is coming, but knows he will return when he reborn at Yule.

Sources:

Farmersalmanac .com

Wikipedia

Llewellyn's Complete Book of Correspondences by Sandra Kines

A Witch's Book of Correspondences by Viktorija Briggs

Mabon: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for the Autumn Equinox Llewellyn's Sabbat Essentials

[davekatweek]

Announcing DAVEKAT WEEK 2023 running from September 17th to September 23rd!

Davekat week is an annual event with the purpose of celebrating and creating content (be it drawings, music, fanfic, crafts, etc.) around the fictional pairing between Dave Strider and Karkat Vantas, each day of the week encouraging a unique theme for your art!

DAY 1

Sunday, September 17th: CANON (Whether it be a panel redraw or filling in the gaps between interactions, reimagine a moment from the comic!)

DAY 2

Monday, September 18th: FANON (Give us all your favorite headcanons, tropes, cliches! Feel free to be cringe and free <3)

DAY 3

Tuesday, September 19th: QUADRANTS (What it says on the tin, explore all the different quadrant dynamics these two encapsulate!)

DAY 4

Wednesday, September 20th: FREE DAY (Do whatever you want forever!)

DAY 5

Thursday, September 21st: CROSSOVER (Got several different interests taking up space in your brain? Smash em together and make it davekat somehow!)

DAY 6

Friday, September 22nd: ENDINGS (This could be your designated sadstuck day, or just mean the end of an era. Any interpretation goes!)

DAY 7

Saturday, September 23rd: BEGINNINGS (Are they starting a new chapter in their lives, or are we taking it back to where it all started? You decide!)'

♥️♠️♦️♣️♥️♠️♦️♣️♥️♠️♦️♣️♥️♠️♦️♣️♥️♠️♦️♣️♥️♠️♦️♣️♥️♠️♦️♣️♥️♠️♦️♣️♥️♠️♦️♣️♥️♠️♦️♣️♥️♠️♦️♣️♥️♠️♦️♣️♥️♠️♦️♣️

Themes are encouraged, but optional. You're more than welcome to post whatever you like, whichever day you like, and even after the initial event. We want to see your creations!

Whatever you decide to make, tag your posts with #davekatweek and #davekatweek2023 and @ this blog for a share! I'll be checking the tag and reblogging posts through the day, if you think I missed your contribution please send a message to @buzzingroyalty.

Super excited to see what you all come up with, see you then!

[one-time-i-dreamt]

A Tumblr mutual tried to dox me so they could meet me IRL and start a relationship, then break up with me all so they could unfollow me without feeling guilty.

[m-ayo-o]

selfshiptember 2023

18+ drabbles / shorts - characters 21+ : JJK, CSM, BLEACH+ ♡ no smut ✼ smut ★ kinky *own prompts ~ suggestive ⋆ ⁺⋆ self ships; purple ⋆₊⁺⋆ for fun; black ⋆₊⁺ favourites here

september;

1st COFFEE SHOP ft. megumi fushiguro ✼ 2nd ARCADE ft. megumi fushiguro ✼ 3rd ROAD TRIP ft. toji fushiguro ✼ 4th SHOPPING ft. kento nanami ✼ 5th DANCING ft. megumi fushiguro ♡ 6th DRAWING HIM ft. rin okumura ♡ 7th *NIGHT OUT ft. aki hayakawa ♡

8th SOMETHING SCARY ft. ryomen sukuna ~ 9th FIT SWAP ft. kisuke urahara ✼ 10th RAINY DAY ft. megumi fushiguro ♡ 11th DOING MAGIC ft. megumi fushiguro ♡ 12th FIRST KISS ft. megumi fushiguro ✼ 13th KNIGHT & ROYAL ft. riftan calypse ✼ 14th GARDENING ft. yuji itadori ver. 1 ♡ ver. 2 ✼ 15th *DATE DAY ft. kento nanami ★

16th COOKING TOGETHER ft. kisuke urahara ♡ 17th STUDY DATE ft. megumi fushiguro ★ 18th *PHYSICAL EDUCATION ft. byakuya kuchiki ✼ 19th RIDING THE BUS ft. toji fushiguro ♡ 20th SUNSET ft. satoru gojo ♡ 21st *BODY SWAP ft. toji fushiguro ★ 22nd *DRESS UP ft. megumi fushiguro ★ 23rd *EATING COMPETITION ft. satoru gojo & toji fushiguro ✼

24th F*CKING IN BED ft. toji fushiguro ✼ 25th TIME SWAP ft. riftan calypse ✼ 26th CAMPING ft. isshin kurosaki ✼ 27th CONCERT ft. megumi fushiguro ✼ 28th *CATCHES YOU MAST*RBATING ft. megumi fushiguro ✼ 29th BEACH DAY ft. megumi fushiguro ✼ 30th POOL TIME FUN ft. ichigo kurosaki ✼

[masterlist]

likes, comments + reblogs appreciated! ♡

[tmnt-event-blog]

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trick or Treat Exchange! (2023)

Hello fellow turtle enthusiasts.

Welcome to the 2023 rottmnt secret Halloween, or as I'm calling it: the Trick or Treat Exchange!

I saw the idea from @ abbeyofcyn (Forgive me for the random @) and decided "Why not? It can be fun!" And so here we are.

To make sure this exchange goes well, this shall be the master post for the Trick or Treat Exchange 2023

Introduction of the dumdum running this

I am Strangermask, Mask for short. I am the only one running this event. If you have any questions or issues, you are free to send any asks or a private dm.

Form for sign up

*Sign up ends on September 23rd 11:59 PM Mountain time*

SIGN UPS NOW CLOSED

EDIT: It has been pointed out that is a wording problem with the form of “on the table” and “off the table”. I apologize for that inconvenience and will be explaining what those mean.

On the table: What you would like on your gift.

Off the table: What you wouldn’t want on your gift.

Rules

Please be respectful

Do not do any nsfw. If you wouldn't want your boss to see it, don't make it.

For the all loving mother Mary of god, no Tcest. You will be blocked from the blog and immediately kicked out of the gift exchange.

You are allowed to draw or write the gift you're making!

Make sure your gift does have what your secret Halloween person has list for on the table (If you are having difficulty including everything they want on your gift, you are okay to compromise.)

Please be mindful of what is not on the table for your secret Halloween person.

For now, ships will be allowed HOWEVER please be mindful of those who don't like certain ships (If this becomes an issue, I will change this rule.)

Deadlines for gift exchanging will be between October 29nd to 31st. If you need extra time, please inform me immediately so I can inform the person you are gifting.

When the gifts have been exchanged, please @ your secret Halloween person, this blog and use the tags: "#rottmnt trick or treat exchange" and "rottmnt trick or treak exchange 2023"

Have fun with this!

And of course, most importantly...

HOOOOOOOOT SOOOOOOOUP

[kasper-tag]

✨ Here's the first chapter of my new fic, Meow and Forever!✨

Title: Meow and Forever

Pairing: Malec

Rating: Mature

No archive warnings apply

Word Count: 3,000+ (still writing and editing)

Summary: When Alec returns home from a week-long work trip, Magnus is nowhere to be found. The doors are locked, there's a horrible, lingering smell in the loft, and a big black cat shows up out of nowhere. Alec tries his best to solve the surreal mystery he's faced with while questioning his sanity. Where did this weird cat come from, and where the hell is his husband?

Written for @animalecfest for the prompt: Lost

[sterek-exchange]

Summer 2023 Sterek Exchange Round-up

the hale pack shares three braincells by @dyke-yoonji for @just-another-busy-fangirl-writes

The Rental Boyfriend by @evanesdust for @sterekbros

You and I Collide by @sterekbros for @evanesdust

Just Like His Father by @just-another-busy-fangirl-writes for @thinkingaboutelephants

Dude, Why Didn't You Tell Me Your Cousin Is Hot by @randomfanfic-er for @evadne01

When the Teacher Met the Agent by @dreamlandforever for @mintonarel

Beacon Hell by @arsenicalikat for @eevylynn

Where We Belong by @dreamlandforever for @arsenicalikat 

Why Can’t This Be Love? by @dreamlandforever for @mintonarel 

the summer we fell in love and slayed a dragon by @thinkingaboutelephants for @zwatchtowerz

The Wedding Date by @goddess47 for @jld71

Tomorrow could be another day by @zwatchtowerz for @peujeune

If the stars could speak I might understand by @peujeune for @dreamlandforever

for all those pages thumbed by @peujeune for @randomfanfic-er

my heart's on fire (and so is the building over there, fuck-) by @fixation-central for @goddess47

Love And Coffee by @jld71 for @fixation-central

The spark in you by @evadne01 for @dyke-yoonji

Thank you to everyone that participated this round! There are 17 wonderful fics to read from this round. Our next exchange for the Fall opens up September 23rd. Sign-up information will be posted on that date so check back for more then!

[tempestpaige]

My Bridesmaids helping me with my gown at my Wedding, September 23rd, 2023