#alectopause activities

[themeaningthemeaningthe]

TLT Alecto the Ninth Tarot Reading

haven't done any tarot in a while and wanted to get back into it with something a little silly. i felt 9 cards was an appropriate number for this reading, but i'm tired now, so i'll just be including a phrase or two from my little book that popped out to me (because i don't have card meanings memorized, and i like the writing in the book that came with my deck), and maybe some initial thoughts. feel free to interpret more

What's up with the friendship bracelets?

page of coins: "eager to explore new creative or professional opportunities", " inexperienced, but great deal of potential -- hmmm jod's last lyctor standing and zombie daughter christening getting into the empire business via friendship bracelets?

More G1deon backstory?

reverse nine of wands: "your setbacks have proven to be too much, and you feel broken under the weight of your responsibilities. the journey has been long and unfulfilling, and you cannot remember the point of all the struggle" -- oh my poor saint of duty

Alectostasia perhaps?

reverse two of coins: "you have taken on too much, and you are beginning to let certain things fall through the cracks...you lack focus, and your attention, patience, and energies are spread too thin" -- i don't remember how much we know about the timeline of the lyctors ascending and when alecto was entombed, but i wonder if perhaps the reason anastasia failed to ascend was because shit was happening with alecto. or if anastasia's closeness with alecto was what allowed her and samael to almost figure it out, but the realization that john had let them all fail and kill their best friends was what distracted her

Will there be a chussy (chest hole) scene?

two of cups: "refers to a healthy and mutually beneficial unity. it indicates earnestness, and bodes well for partnerships of all kinds" -- ya know what, i'll take something hopeful where i can get it

Wake reappearance?

reverse six of cups: "memories of the past yield sorrow. long-buried regrets suddenly resurface to haunt you. you must make peace with your relationship with your past." -- well, if there's one woman i can count on to be vengeful enough to come back as a revenant more than once, it's wake. i sincerely doubt she's made peace with her past, so maybe she'll return

Colum Asht reappearance?

reverse six of swords: "unaddressed conflicts from the past keep catching up to you... old habits perpetuate old problems" -- also has a theme of the past returning, so i'm gonna take that as a yes for some sort of Colum Asht reappearance

something about paul, please?

reverse three of coins: " suggests that the quality of your collaborations is beginning to suffer. you must take some time to troubleshoot and figure out where the snags are in your complex network of projects. whose input is not heeded? whose contributions are overlooked? now it a good time to check in with your teammates and reasses your shared vision." -- my initial thought is uhoh, but also the way this book writes all the coins minor arcana feels so funnily like corporate or acadmeic?? that i just thought it was funny and had to include the whole thing bcuz yeah that does sound like how cam and pal might approach an issue

a card for the beginning of the book?

reverse 4 of wands: "the foundations you have built feel unsteady. there had been a breakdown in communication somewhere in your closer circles, and it makes everyone feel ill at ease. someone in your life might believe they are fully committed to something when they still have doubts. this could spell disaster down the line." -- my first thought about this was john's hands and fists- his foundations have crumbled and he's left with only one baby lyctor and his reanimated dead daughter. and perhaps ianthe is having doubts about whether she made the right decision saving him instead of augustine at the end of HtN

and one for the end?

the star in reverse: "as the dust settles and the Tower lies in ruin, you may find yourself alone in the dark. reversed, the star cautions that you have fallen deep in despair and cannot move forward. signs of hope seem too good to be true, and you feel more lost than ever"-- hey man hey man hey why

[snowleek]

getting comments and kudos on my fic is buoying me through starting a new ssri much thanks tlt fandom

[beguilingcorpse]

eventually i'd love to make a big ol Locked Tomb Recommended Reading List with everyone that tazmuir references/draws inspiration from. that being said i don't know if i alone have the media repertoire to create a full and accurate list so if there's anything where you're like "the locked tomb clearly alludes to THIS" please send it my way via ask!!! anything is welcome, from classical mythology to anime to homestuck to meme tweets

[laurenttheninth]

followed you instantly after seeing your tags on that poll because ALECTO!!!!! WHEN ARE WE GETTING HER!!!!!

me, a rational adult: “the alectopause is a fun and exciting time when the fandom is super active and alive and you will miss it when it’s gone”

me, thinking about any part of tlt for more than 0.002648 seconds: WHERE IS IT WHERE IS IT GIVE ME THE BOOKKKKKKKKK

[captorations]

Shaking like a wet chihuahua at the implication of AA going to the fucking tltverse. Gideon is definitely heavily strider-coded- I can't believe giving her shades and a desire to wed her fuckin sword was an accident, I just can't. Anyways uhhhhhhh I need to go read ntn and then possibly contribute to the alectopause milieu with some really bad crossover fic. My neurons are being activated. The sleeper hath awakened. The dead fandom hath risen. I'm so glad there's a So(u)l out there blogging about my interests. Love you stranger x

i mean muir has flat out admitted that gideon's shades are derived from dave strider. and a *lot* of tlt characters have blatant homestuck roots. i've said before that the problem with aradia going to the tltverse is that she's already there and her name is dulcinea septimus (the real one). tbh there's a good chance tlt started as davekat fic anyway. this is not to dissuade you from writing, the snake must eat its own tail sometimes

[themeaningthemeaningthe]

i haven't done a tarot reading in a long time and want to get back into it with something kinda silly, so i'm gonna do a reading for alecto the ninth predictions. haven't decided what i'm exactly my questions are yet but i'm telling you all this so that i actually have to write it down

[just-sg]

No but like. Genuinely. No one "likes" going insane waiting but actually? Compare any time you've binge-watched a batch-release show versus watching a serial release. The "wow that was fun" for a few days versus the hype that comes from having active discussions, seeing all the analysis, the theories, the fun that comes from suffering with other people and enjoying the stories for weeks, months, years on end.

🙏These books are so worth being part of the discussion for, Alectopause IS fun even as we go crazy. Start reading now, you genuinely won't regret it.

i understand the urge to want to wait until all of the locked tomb books are out to read them but like. alectopause is so fun. i promise there is no badness here. we are definitely not all slowly going insane. join us. join us. join us join us joij us join us join us join us join s joun us join us joun us join us join us joun us joun us jouns ys sjoun usgs joujs uusv joiun usgs sjiujbsusys