#balance in unity

[buff-dunerunner]

some deities from my lore! aren't they so handsome :''')

in my silly little lore gods are actual people that exist and gain power from their worshippers bc I think that's cute

[verum-artifex]

Twins of Twilight. ♊

[jamgrlsart]

Raine and Eda have a little moment before Raine crumbles to the ground.

Just a little King’s Tide angst 🤗 (It’s fine, I’m fine!!! 😭)

[stellawolfearts]

Its almost 5am. im scheduling this post for the morning cause im gonna be out like a damn light. Here. I do artfight this year with my bbs. They saw the theme this year, possessed my body and made me spend the last 10 and a half hours (not an exageration) finishing thier refs and uploading them and writing LENGTHY FUCKING DESCRIPTIONS-

Genuinly pls read through em if u decide to draw them. The descriptions have important information about these guys.

I would have had them all up before Art Fight started but I got a fever for a couple days so that didnt happen SO ITS HAPPENING NOW HERES MY ACCOUNT ATTACK MY BBS IF THEY CALL TO YOU IM GOING TO BED-

[finalgirlsamwinchester]

David Simmons, “There’s a ton of lore on unicorns too”: Postmodernist Micro-Narratives and Supernatural in TV Goes to Hell: an Unofficial Roadmap of Supernatural

started writing this mostly as a reflection on the above chapter from TV Goes to Hell. the show from its initial outset is based around a particular formula. the brothers often rely on a postmodern patchwork of stories to 'solve' their monster-of-the-week. on this show, everything can be real all together, all at once: from alternate myths and histories, to movie monsters, to urban legends, cultural gods, and folk tales. this cultural melange gets 'tamed' through the frame of the show's monster-of-the-week format itself, where everything gets solved to fit a singular narrative: identify the monster, find a way to defeat it, and successfully eliminate it (there are rare exceptions to this formula: bugs is the standout)

there's a tension between the characters' research, drawing from unofficial sources, local legends and civilian accounts versus the show's format demanding, in a sense, that fear of the unknown (really a fear of difference) be conquered through the simplified logic of its formula. unofficial sources and beliefs become incorporated into an official narrative, so to speak. they gain legitimacy and authority through our heroes use of them, not the other way around. magic is evil when a witch uses it, but somehow the rituals and spellwork our heroes use to defeat them don't count. you feel me. and that same logic applies to what monsters count as real and what doesn't. on this show, everything becomes real when our protagonists are able to see it and kill it.

(1.01, 'Pilot')

so a common show critique i see tends to separate the more episodic plots of the early seasons (1-3) from the more serialised grand epic narratives of 4-5 onwards. well my argument is this - nah, that impulse was there from the start! the mystery of the show was always going to dissipate, because explaining away the mystery was always a part of its initial premise. the concept that - 'the monster under your bed is no longer scary when you can name what it is and learn how to kill it' - turns into -> a fear of death? heaven and hell and everything else in between are now real, tangible places! fear over external, powerful forces meddling in your lives? demons, angels, leviathans, god himself! now all real and tangible beings! the air of horror and mystery shrouding s1-2 was never gonna last. the murky horror was always a means to a defeatable end.

(5.19, 'Hammer of the Gods')

anyways. there's an obvious mythological hierarchy in this series and it's very funny to me. all gods and spirits and monsters, even the ones predating christian mythology, fall under its ruling (white, judeo-christian) narrative authority. the postmodern embrace of multiple narratives is a ruse. all incompatible things lead to a universal truth. the show doesn't dispell the existence of differences; rather everything is to be combined, united under a totalising front, despite the contradictory nature of that impulse. this narrative then, down to its bare bones formula, is a civilising mission. civilisation barreling in, banishing fear and uncertainty from the light. and in order to stay in that light, one must submit to its complete authority. by this show's logic, uniformity ultimately requires the subjugation of difference.

[elisabethbabarci]

We tend to not express what we truly want out if fear, or set precedence of the past, or fear of failure or rejection. Love beyond those restrictions that confine you, and with every day live your life surrounded by people that give you a sense of purpose, make you feel home, make you feel at peace with who you truly are, and where you feel you belong, without compromise. Let go of what the ego wants. Look and examine inside of yourself, what do you know is right, are you following your heart?

Elisabeth Babarci

[light-miracles]

Unity: So, what do I have today? A wife or a husband? ❤️

Desire: *laying on the floor and listening to Lana del Rey in sweatpants and a tank top* A mess. Today you have a mess.

[lisablack000]

“Where Love is there also is unity, harmony and the peace of Love's balanced rhythms in a united world. Where hate is there follows the degeneracy of disunity as night follows the day. That is the lesson which unfolding man has still to learn. Until he learns that simple lesson of power which comes from giving of service to his fellow man instead of taking from him against his will, his civilizations will disappear in their own man-made chaos, one after another, until he learns that lesson.”

― Walter Russell (1871–1963),

A New Concept of the Universe

[wayti-blog]

'us versus them' is the biggest trap we invented for ourselves - 1forall0allfor1

[qwertyprophecy]

Hello dear qwertyprophecy! Idk if you want to weigh in on this at this stage, but could I ask what your opinion is on all this Unity fee stuff? Is it really as dire as it seems?

Heya! (Re: Unity's announcement of a per-dowload fee on games made using the engine.)

I don't think I'm a good person to answer this, as I'm not involved in game dev finances nor do I even use Unity anymore, as I've switched to Godot. Personally, I glanced at the earning threshold for the fees to apply, figured I'd theoretically remain unaffected unless I had a lot of extraordinary luck. However...

From what I've heard from other devs who actually have to consider finances more thoroughly, there are many cases where it can screw devs over badly. Free demos for paid games, updates, bundles, game passes or other different monetisation models, piracy, or even DDOS-esque attacks of people reinstalling the same game over and over, just off the top of their heads. For instance, Aggro Crab Games noted that their game coming out next year on Xbox Game Pass suddenly has the risk that if it's too popular, the free download fees will eat into what they negotiated to get paid for putting the game on the pass.

Unity apparently is not giving details on how they might account for these issues, or how exactly their proprietary data model is determining the number of non-fraudulent installs. Devs are simply supposed to trust Unity to charge them fairly, which might not be the easiest to do when the company's just shown it can suddenly pull new fees out of its arse and apply them even for already completed games.

I don't have the ability to estimate what the actual cost of this change ends up being. Yet, logically speaking, would Unity make such a controversial change if it didn't increase their own bottom line? Someone's going to have to pay for that difference, and Unity seems to gamble on the devs using the engine believing it won't be them.

[plushipaws]

Sniffle weep. I do not have communication with Alastor rn and I normally do when fronting. Where is My Boy.

[storm-of-feathers]

im like 20 minutes behind on the opening ceremony bc i had to pause it to be sick SO NO SPOILERS

[theversevoyager]

In the realm of magic, where dragons roam free, Two sorcerers clashed with spells fierce and deep. One sought power, the other, peace, Yet both had hearts bound by a common release. A pact they made in the stars' sweet embrace, To unite their forces and restore balance in this place. Together they fought, side by side, Against creatures dark, against fates untried. And in that moment, with magic ablaze, They found a truth that time could not erase: In unity lies true power and might, For in the end, it's love that makes everything right.

[stellawolfearts]

Info for them all under the cut

In Order of appearance.

Soleil Goddess of Sun-She/Her (but sometimes he/him. Genderfluid)

Ambrose God of Nature- She/He (Immortal but immortal child)

Orion-He/Him

Balance Deiateen of Time-He/Him (black hair)

Unity Deiateen of Wisdom- He/Him (white hair)

Eloise Goddess of truth-She/Her

Orpheus God of the moon-He/Him

Relationships

Soleil is the adopted mother of Orion, Ambrose and Eloise.

Orpheus is the husband of Soleil and father of those kids Soleil keeps dragging home. Has a whole pack of magic pet wolves so he's not one to talk-

Balance and Unity are brothers, both are very often called by Soleil's kids 'grandpa'

Other facts

Eloise is a very new Goddess, only 20 years old.

Ambrose is a very old god, as in one of the first, but she is in no way shape or form an adult. that is a baby that eats dirt and claims it as his gender.

Ambrose also has the highest kill count of all the gods on their planet but ignore that she's just a baby-

Balance and Unity do not come from the same planet as the rest of them, and can only visit every so often.

Orion is the only "normal" one here....for now-

You cant see it in the portrait but Soleil has muscle. She can and has broken down walls to get to her kids, and she'll do it again for fun. She also broke a sword in half with her teeth. We stan Soleil in this house

[elisabethbabarci]

The more we embrace change, learn that disruption does not always lead to chaos, we learn that control is an illusion and is based in fear. Once you become fearless, you accept universal equilibrium. Without cause and effect, we would not have transformation. Always see that your metamorphosis is a catalyst for ascension. The more you open your heart, the more equilibrium and balance you will receive.

Elisabeth Babarci

[marlasingeruniverse]