#bedtime thoughts

[tombama]

Slippery Slopes

[skeptical-saniwa]

The Sunday thought of the week:

Ok what if when Sunday’s frustratedly jealous & upset because you’re clueless about his feelings towards you (how many times has he made it obvious?) & you go on dates with other people

& since he doesn’t want to admit that, he just subconsciously flaps his wings real fast as he listens to you talk about your dating escapades🧍‍♀️

[bodyhorror-bimbo]

I don’t think I’ll ever know if egg me was just a shell, a projection around the hurting remains of me and a hollowness with no soul.

Or if he was a person. As broken as he was.

Cause if he was.

In being me

Did I

Kill him?

I don’t think he was a person. At least not separate from what would become me. Sprouted of the same roots. A cover.

But I sometimes wonder. Cause others saw him real. Others loved him. To others he was real.

And so.

A little.

I mourn.

[linked-to-sleep]

In the Terminator movies (like the first 2-3) the people are getting sent back in time. I don't remember if they really explained how it worked, but I think they tried a little bit. It was something like "I was sent from the future using a machine to this time period to protect you" or whatever.

What if the machine like messed up? Like it's the right date, but the wrong spot.

Kyle ends up in Japan or something and the Terminator is at the bottom of the ocean or in Russia maybe, but they're nowhere near where they wanted to be.

Anyway, good night. I just had a thought and needed to share it.

[im-ovulating]

"Izuku."

"'Zuku."

"'Uku."

"'Ku."

"'U."

"..."

"I hate that the silence was so much louder than any of the other syllables." Izuku jokes as he finally looks up from his report at you.

[rated-rko]

bron breakker needs to be the next victim in triple h’s cycle of violence or i will die actually

[lunaghost13]

I feel like Ophelia from Brütal Legend and Abigail from Metalocalypse would potentially get along really well if they met outside of their universes. Like Abigail would totally give Ophelia advice on relationships and they could just have general girl talk with each other. Plus they’ve both been traumatized in some way.

[thefrogsthewaterturnedgay]

If I was trans I’d name myself Carl

[tirsynni]

Okay, so thoughts on the Legend of Zelda and religion, inspired by gameplay and seeing how people incorporate the multiple goddesses and such into their fics.

Usual disclaimer applies: these are only my random thoughts, which are open to change, and Legend of Zelda canon is deliberately inconsistent and definitely apt to change. Everyone is free to interpret it however they want with whatever headcanons they want, as no one can ever be truly correct because no solid LoZ canon exists.

Now, onto really random thoughts, most occurring in the shower or before bedtime:

In some Zelda games, no gods are mentioned at all. Others, they're very vague. Others say some deities and then another provides a different deity and some others reference that this being was perhaps a deity but has fallen and this one might STILL be a deity so good luck.

I like to say that they're all fucking deities. Maybe some more powerful than others, but they're all deities. Some divine, some profane, some really interested in carrot soup, but all are deities.

Demise? A deity. Earth-based, unholy, so full of rage and spite that he's willing to guarantee an eternal foe as long as it means that foe is dragged into this mess with him, aka, the Cycle of Hatred. Strange affection for mortal Gerudo men, whether these guys like it or not.

The Triad: Farore, Nayru, and Din. They created Hyrule, created the Triforce, still have a Presence connected to their Creation as shown by the oracles and spirits and such which have popped up over the centuries. Definitely separate, though. Loves their Creation in a divine, untouched manner. Set up a lesser Goddess to protect their Creation and the Triforce they left behind, which leads us to...

Hylia. Before it was Hyrule, it was the Land of Hylia. Divine. A little too Divine. Needed mortal weapons and mortal Heroes to kill the Earth-based deity Demise. Here are my headcanons on her based on the ever-erratic canon and the Skyward Sword manga: she realized she couldn't win alone and needed a mortal Hero. Again, a little too heavenly to tackle an earth-based deity like Demise. I like imagining her falling for the original Hero, which was one of the factors which led her to having the Fallen Hero reincarnated as the Hero in Skyward Sword. They were supposed to live a mortal lifetime together, albeit one where Hylia used him to fight Demise for the Greater Good, as deities like to do, only for Demise to say "Fuck that, here's the Cycle of Hatred." From then on, she loses her Mortal Love, as the Cycle of Hatred says "the Spirit of the Hero and the Bloodline of the Goddess" (paraphrased). When SS!Zelda dies, Hylia returns to the Heavens, her bloodline continues to carry her blood, and she gets separated because the Spirit of the Hero is now trapped by the Curse. (I like angst, dammit, and that type of eternal separation, especially multiple carriers of the Hero's Spirit are unfamiliar with Hylia, is amazing.)

Other deities pop up in the games. I say they're all deities. These games literally occur over hundreds of thousands of years. Hyrule has risen and fallen and risen and fallen multiple times. It literally exists only due to divine intervention. Hyrule and its people have no idea of their own history and myths. The ones we see in the games are the ones popular in that current era.

There's also the fact that we tend to see everything through Link's perspective, and he seems far more interested in shiny objects and, I dunno, riding/taming/bargaining with the spirits than finding out their histories.

In one era, we don't see mention of the Triad? That generation lost sight of them, but they're reminded a couple generations down the line. Hylia isn't mentioned? She'll come up again soon enough. There's also no indication that any of these deities demand worship. They can be responsive to prayers, but the connection to the deities waver over time, too. Like, how does a human's connection compare to a Hylian's? Humans and Hylians are different species and can generally be recognized by the ears, with the ears of the Hylians supposedly shaped that way to better hear the deities.

Link can hear and respond to the deities, but it's arguable that it's connected to his role as Hero. They need mortal hands to get things done, and he is damned good at getting shit done and not likely to be distracted by, I dunno, a literal god asking him to do shit. Yes, yes, that deity gave him a request. He heard. He understood. It still needs to wait until he found all of these cuccos and returned them home.

More headcanon: it's known that the Royal Family has divine blood and rule by Divine Right. The meaning of this changes depending on the era. For some, it just means Princess Zelda is magical and wise. For others, she is a literal incarnation of the Goddess. The one most likely to speak with the deities and spirits -- Link -- is probably never going to clarify to anyone how it is. Hell, he's probably never going to care enough to ask.

Most eras have no idea about the Spirit of the Hero. Link's either a random hero who just popped up or a strange traveler. Sometimes he is a Prophesied Hero. Sometimes he is a Divine Weapon. Beyond his ability to be a fucking godslayer when necessary, I think it's easy for him to be dismissed. It's made easier when Link's like, "I'm out. I'll leave you guys to fix this rubble. Oh, what happened here? Hell if I know. Good luck." Connecting him to a Spirit which is literally older than Hyrule? Not happening. In OoT, he's recognized as Special and a Hero by a very rare few; otherwise, Link's just a traveler or that weird kid. In BotW, it's pretty clear that King Rhoam views him as just a holy weapon. In BotW, there's no indication that he even really speaks or looks at Link at all until he's a fucking ghost and unliving with regret. No elevation. Barely any notice. Just Link or Nameless Traveler.

In a land as old as Hyrule where deities like to traverse and poke, it's easy to imagine many deities calling it home at least for a period of time. Hell, maybe they don't even call it home but mess with the local deities at some point or another. Also considering how many apocalypses this land has experienced, it's easy to imagine that they can't have a consistent mythology or religion. It changes each era based on texts and art which survived the last round of destruction. Hell, even their major secret-keepers, the Sheikah, regularly struggle with attempted genocide. It's amazing anything survives with any sort of consistency, nonetheless knowledge about a war which existed before Hyrule itself did.

[pedrasacorn]

I want to gnaw on Jason’s biceps

[sinkat-arts]

Probably my worst trait - or one of them - is the negative self talk re: my own creations.

No, nothing really pulls numbers. No, I'll probably never be a fancypants zine artist or a big name fandom writer. I'm writing and drawing for an audience of, like, 4 people sometimes. Hell, most of the time.

But that doesn't mean I have to be mean to my boys. Or, by extension, myself.

Blood Upon the Snow is not "the dumb bear thing." It was actually a big fucking deal for me! Lots of personal trauma wrapped up in that one AND it's the first big thing I ever finished on my own. It's collecting internet dust now, but it remains incredibly important -to me-.

My omegaverse coming of age series isn't "omegaverse, but make it boring." Parts of that are also important to me in pretty personal ways, actually. There are elements of feeling out of synch with yourself and your emotions, being scared of change but still trying to be hopeful, and a portrayal of a mom I honestly wish I had.

24 Hours isn't "that overly long weird porn thing." It's also touching on some personal issues around body image and feeling comfortable in your own skin.

And those are just the biggest three things I've done. Almost everything I write has pieces of me in it. Some more than others, but they're all mirrors. When I give them these needly little names in an effort to, I don't know, diminish their importance... I'm really just diminishing myself.

And it's also just mean to my boys. And I love my boys. So I gotta stop that.

[myfriendstoldmenotto]

It’s taken me 12 hours but I’ve realized that the cute girl at checkout was trying to flirt with me

[toast-the-corgi]

Guys I should not stay up late I just caught myself wondering what the “gender neutral phrase for ketchup and mustard” was….. the word I was looking for was condiments…….

[deva-26]

[tombama]

Sometimes you need to take a break