#being biased as hell

[songsofbloodandwater]

The Mysteries of The Rose

"The rose reveals the portal that opens into the center of all things. This center is symbolized by the rose blossom." — Raven Grimassi in Grimoire of the Thorn-Blooded Witch.

The system I use in my personal practice is based not only on the dual concept of Blood and Water, but also on the pursuit of what I now shall call The Mysteries of The Rose. This system is informed by hereditary practices, ancestral veneration and the aid and perspectives of other practitioners.

One of the books that, much to my surprise, manages to match some of the beliefs that sum up this system, is Grimoire of the Thorn-Blooded Witch, where the author describes 'Five levels' of training in witchcraft, and acquiring mastery over each as 'gathering a thorn'. Personally, I view it slightly different. What I see are six, not five, skills that a successful practitioner should hone, and I see it less like levels (complete and perfect mastery being unachievable) and more like Doors that one crosses (into an ongoing process).

Then, the Doors to the Mysteries are sixfold, as six petals surrounding the center, and these doors are: herbalism and greencraft, magic, and stonecraft, mediumship, mysticism, and seership. Five of these match exactly the ones described by Grimassi, with the sixth being the addition of stonecraft. A skill, and a Door, to Spirits that are often misrepresented, or underrepresented, in witchcraft, if not forgotten and left aside completely.

These Doors are also divided in two sets of Threes. The First Set involves daily practices that define the present, tangible life of the witch, the Second Set involve Ties with the Other, with the Intangible, Spiritual world. Finally, a cross over the rose blossom represents, among other things, the Intersectedness of these skills. How none of them must be practiced in isolation, and instead, must be studied side by side, with each one supporting the others, to allow the practitioner a holistic view that connects past, present and future, and all manners of being: animal, vegetal and mineral.

The Crossed Rose then, symbolizes The Blood Of The Witch, in it's capacity to carry wisdom over generations, aswell as across different states of being. This is the Center of my practice.

[d1sc01nf3rn0]

I'm seeing a lot of people with neurodivergency, specially under the autism spectrum say that "Laios is annoying, never shuts up, is insensitive, and I can't stand him"; and the irony is not lost on me lmao.

[skyeslittlecorner]

Tails for all! - Hades edition

Other parts: Kings | Gehenna | Tartaros | Avisos | Nilfheim | Abaddon | Paradise Lost

Foras

Long tail, scales looks similar to feathers, especially at the end and at the base. Extremely flexible. The scales are opalescent like his horns, rhombus-shaped and surprisingly soft. 

The monster in his coffin contracted with him sometimes thinks that Foras's tail is the tentacle of another monster and wants to play with him. And he let them.

The tips of the long scales at the end of the tail are slightly pink. Paimon and Eligos appreciate.

He would love to have decorations on his tail, but his scales are not suitable for placing chains. But has the same tattoo on the sides of his tail as under his eyes.

It's true that Leviathan didn't try to tear off his tail like he tried with his horns, but when Foras reports to him, he prefers the tail to remain invisible anyway.

Sensitiveness 9/10. He loves your little scratches and soon become all whimpering and needy. He will wrap his tail around you and touch you as greedily as he does with his hands, and the fact that the tail is soft and pleasant to the touch is even better. Seriously. It feels like freshly applied lotion.

If you're sitting on his lap facing him and you get too high in pleasure, he'll support your back with his tail like the back of a chair. And he loves seeing how limp and helpless you look in these moments.

Glasyalabolas

Very long, thin as two fingers and angular. The spikes at the base looks like scythes and are barbed to tear skin and saw bones. All blades are equally thin, the longest are the size of an elbow and become smaller the closer to the center. In the middle they disappear and start to grow again but towards the end, only from the inside of the tail. Crude, sickle-shaped blade at the end.

There are rumors that during a fight, poisonous smoke comes out of his tail and causes madness. But it's only a rumor.

When no one is watching, he likes to look at the city from the window, and he has his stuffed raccoon on his tail between the spikes so he can watch with him.

Because of how long and dangerous his tail is, Leviathan was wondering whether to make him wear some sort of cover.

He is very proud of his weapons of mass destruction. His tail is believed to be the most dangerous of all, and even Beelzebub with his poisonous whip admitted this.

Sensitiveness 6/10. The only thing he will feel is the blood of his enemies flowing down the spikes.

Okay, it was a joke. Maybe.

He does not want to hurt you. You are the only person who has seen that he is able to fold his blades in half. Their backs aren't that sharp, and he flinches when you touch them. You are prohibited from doing so. Playing with its tail is the only way to dominate him, and he won't let you do it.

Barbatos

It is relatively long for a tail. As thick as Foras’, but as long as Glasyal’s. It consists of two types of scales. The smaller, golden ones are the size of fingernails and cover the entire tail until the tip. The larger, black ones look like thorns.

It is said that when he is it irritated he can almost imperceptibly raise smaller, golden scales, which release the poison. It's nothing harmful. When it hits you, you feel as if you were burned by nettles.

Some scales are matte, others shiny. Only under the sun can you see that they create rose patterns like his hair.

He throws himself around in bed so much that his tail regularly lands on others. They didn't fight over it only because Foras didn't want to give Glasyal that satisfaction.

Most of the thorns are hidden, but a few of the longest ones are left at the end to hang jewelry on.

Sensitiveness 4/10. It’s rather a weapon-type tail, but because he can hide all sharp parts you have a lot of possibilities to play. Personally, what he likes best is wrapping it around you like a rose bush, in full sun and naked of course.

Orias

You chose to include him, so let's go! His tail most resembles Leviathan’s, but is beige instead of dark purple. It has tiny fins on its sides. Not sharp. It is also quite short, only reaching mid-calf, and ends with forks.

The devil's fork on the tip of his tail can also unfold a thin membrane, just like Leviathan.

If it weren't for the constant rejuvenation, he suspect that his tail would look somewhere similar to Leviathan. That would mean it'd be one of the most beautiful in all of Hell. On the one hand, he would like it, but on the other hand, he would look too adult. Small is good.

Wears jewelry on the tip of the tail, fancy, handmade chains made to order, matching the one on his horns.

He hates it when he gets older and his scales get hard. He prefers them to be soft and envies Foras because he doesn't have to do anything about it. Sometimes they argue about it because Foras would prefer his tail not to attract so much attention (his king's jealousy is wonderful, but dangerous).

Sensitiveness 7/10. He likes to wrap himself around your arms or legs the most. When you are naughty, he pricks you with the tip. Unfortunately, it is too weak to choke properly.

[morrigan-sims]

Wanted to test some cc, so I built an onboard infirmary for a ship... (It's definitely not finished, but it exists at least.)

[dailykugisaki]

Day 128 | id in alt

Small doodle.

[pixelgreen]

i know people are tired of thinking about it sorry but Those two smps could've absolutely coexisted and the coincidence in branding could've just been played off (i know both teams wanted to highlight how impressive or unique their hard work is, but is essentially copyrighting or gatekeeping something like language translation necessary? i mean cmon) and everyone could've moved on and enjoyed their own minecraft experience but no we live in a world where twitter losers control the narrative and everything must traverse through several layers of miscommunication and rage bait hell for no good reason whatsoever

[gaylittlewizardcat]

Whenever Misto gets the line “My manner is vague and aloof” I want to explode like no one who is vague and aloof would describe themself in such a straightforward way, if they really wanted Misto to sing part of his own song (which I find counterintuitive as a whole (see: the vague and aloof line)) it would have been so easy to give Tugger the lines “His manner is vague and aloof, you would think there was nobody shier” and then giving Misto the “But my voice has been heard on to roof!” line it would make so much more sense cause it would prove the point of the lyrics instead of going against it why don’t they do that instead it makes NO sense to have a character describe themself as vague and aloof wHY

[my-current-obsession]

My hyper-specific type when it comes to otome guys:

- Absolutely pathetic - Cannot speak to a girl normally to save his life - Tries to be calm/aloof, but turns tsundere when flustered enough - A good and pure man at heart, yet does some questionable things - ...Little Red Riding Hood???

[fromtheseventhhell]

"Lady of the Riverlands Arya" is a new take to me, and certainly a step up from bodyguard or sailor, but seeing it coming attached with "Lady of Winterfell Sansa" somehow makes me doubt the sincerity of the people coming up with this endgame. I really wish people didn't view Winterfell as the ultimate "prize" so we could get endgame speculations that fit with the narrative and aren't just people assigning roles based on how important they think a character is.

[thereareeyesinsidethetrees]

a bit late, but i did say it was coming today. behold, a general introduction to my gravity falls limbo au (under the cut. warnings for talk about death- nothing graphic)

basic summary: a ‘malfunction’ (for lack of better term) occurs for a short span of time in the multiverse. the result of this is that upon death, certain individuals within certain dimensions will be transported into a sort of limbo dimension that is isolated from the rest of the multiverse. for (probably obvious) reasons, these individuals are variations of stan pines and ford pines from different dimensions. because of the nature of the multiverse, some of these twins have been in the limbo for a very long time and some only just got there. the limbo has varying affects on those within it. 4.5 sets of stan twins end up in this limbo before the malfunction resolves itself (unfortunately, all this means is that no one can end up in the limbo anymore) none of them know how they got there (aside from it probably having to do with their deaths) and none of them know how to get out

the first stans are from the mullet stan & researcher ford era. they were killed via bill’s shitfuckery (he also died soon after, but they don’t know that. he’s not in the limbo because he doesn’t exist anymore). they don’t care much about the whole limbo thing (if they do, they certainly don’t show it). they mostly spend their time sailing

the second stans are from the post-portal era, prior to weirdmaggedon. ford died due to some incident regarding the metal plate in his head (he doesn’t remember the specifics of it). stan went soon after, though he doesn’t know how. they’re just trying to get a lay of the land currently (and stumble-stutter their way into mending their relationship. they’ve got a long way to go)

the third stans are from just after weirdmaggedon. they’ve been there the longest. others may know the limbo better, but they know the actual layout the best. how to get from this place to that place, what happens if you go in there, what this specific thing does- things like that. they tend to be guides for the others. this ford died in an anomaly attack. probably. he’s really just guessing. stan has no idea what happened with him (and he’s not opposed to keeping it that way)

the fourth stans are from the sea grunk era. out of everyone there, they know the place best (and it has the most affect on them). they can go anywhere they like and they’ve been practically everywhere too. no one knows how they died or what they’re doing, and honestly they probably don’t know either. they travel around a lot, talk to the other thems a lot (well, stan mostly does the talking. the others are very unsettled by his brother). they check up on the last stan(s?) a lot. mostly out of curiosity, because what the hell caused that to happen. they catch glimpses into other dimensions sometimes

the last stan(s?) are from the mullet stan & paranoid ford era. they just want to figure out what happened, what’s going on, and how to get out. if this were a fic, the story would take place from their perspective

[unnerving-presence]

unpopular opinion i think but i’m sad they didn’t stick with the cold, calculating, but calm wesker. it honestly just doesn’t fit him seeing him get impulsively angry at shit he wouldn’t have gotten angry at in re4 or uc

like he’s this character who has really deep lore and trauma, who has seen the worst of the worst, does bad shit, but is also calm and quick to think of solutions when things go wrong

in his newer iterations it just feels like that part of him is gone? like he just kinda gets angry (ahem re5) and we never really see his quick thinking. it almost feels like he’s so dedicating to his plan he doesn’t want to think of other options and it feels like he doesn’t. sure, you could argue that he’s a lil more crazy in re5, but 3 years ago that fucker didn’t beat around spencer despite him using him his entire life. but all of a sudden when it comes to uroboros he wants to get all cocky and just let his guards do all the work which clearly doesn’t work.

if this were like.. any other wesker iteration he would’ve thought to maybe.. i don’t know, do something smarter instead of letting all his soldiers die? wesker took down an entire umbrella base in russia by himself to get all of umbrella’s files but all of a sudden he’s too lazy to kill 2 people who he could impale in a second when they clearly threaten his plans? is he stupid? yeah probably lol

bring back smart wesker i’m tired of him being stupid aka typical comic villain in re5 :[

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

forever mad about how dirty they did aveline from act 2 onward

[alevolpe]

your hc on the tiaras being the eyes of serenity makes me wonder if you have any hc about the planetary symbols on the foreheads aside from it being the natural state

Mmh, let’s see. Not particularly I guess, if anything I think I’d take away stuff from canon.

Like in canon is implied that the symbol appears when a senshi “needs help” or “is willing to help”, I don’t have that, cause that would imply the symbols inherently being tied to the team rather than to the individual, or it could mean that the senshis are inherently born to be tied in a connection where they would need this type of almost instinctual communication engrained into their being in the first place.

The ladder isn’t an inherently bad idea and I think you could go very interesting places with it, but I just haven’t gotten that far.

That really cuts to the question of: what is a senshi? Why do they exit and what is their purpose? And I know we have an answer in canon, but I don’t particularly love it, so I’m reworking the whole structure from the ground up.

In the general sense though, the symbols just stand as a way of identifying if one is a senshi or not. A weird analogy I have for it is like the red markings on a black widow, tho in the senshis’ case it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re a threat and the symbols is a warning. The symbol just is, as far as we know, and it’s prob not as easy to understand as the red markings on a spider.

[elisedonut]

I never considered that some people might like the OOC, fucked up, screwed up "I would sell my entire family if it made me even a single sickle" ver of Percy that the fandom perpetrates

Which I mean you can like what you like I guess but also thats just so wrong so incorrect and having to see it so often makes me automatically recoil even if the person seems to like him like that.

[a-smol-cosplayer]

im back on my ‘contributing to the wednesday/wyler fandom as a whole’ here are some incorrect quotes for y'all :)

Enid: I am SPEECHLESS!! 

Wednesday: *narrating*: despite being speechless she managed to lecture me for the next ten minutes 

/

Wednesday: If you had to separate your bees from 49 other identical bees that were all equally excited to see you, how would you determine which bee was yours?

Eugene: I would take my 50 bees home and live like a king

/

Xavier: who would win a fight, Enid or Tyler?

Wednesday: I cant answer that - Tyler is my boyfriend.

Xavier:  so Enid?

Wednesday: definitely 

/

Yoko: I hate going into the kitchen only to realise im the only snack in the house.

/

Tyler: *drops keys*

Tyler: you’ve got to be key-ding me

/

Enid: MURDER IS NEVER THE ANSWER!!

Tyler: Of course not! Murder is the question 

Wednesday: And the answer is always.

Bianca: All of you are wrong. The answer was 12. This is why you all failed.

/

Wednesday: I would be the worst PR manager ever. My client would be like ‘there are rumours going around that I’m gay and a satanist’ and I would just be like ‘haha awesome!’ 

/

Eugene: drug dealer? No, hug dealer! Come here 

/

Ajax: anyone would be lucky to date me, I was called ‘a pleasure to have in class’ when I was in primary school 

/

Wednesday: in my defence I was left unsupervised 

Enid: weren’t you with Thing?? 

Thing: In my defence I was also left unsupervised 

/

Wednesday: idiotsaywhat

Enid: pardon?

Tyler: sorry?

Bianca: excuse me?

Xavier: what?!?!?

/

Enid: Yoko! Did u know that there is a rumour that you are gay!

Yoko: rumour!?!?! a RUMOUR!?!? U mean people are doubting it!?

/

Enid: can you turn the lights on?

Ajax: I don’t need to, you’re the only light I need in my life.

Enid: Ajax please I cant see.

/

Eugene: I’m a genius, I finished this lego set in 3 days!

Wednesday: so?

Eugene: The box says from 4-7 years

/

Wednesday: we’re so in sync, it’s like we finish each others-

Enid: homework

Wednesday: huh?

Enid, sliding her maths work over in tears: please

/

Enid: you were so drunk at the party last night

Tyler: no I wasn’t

Enid: actually you were

Enid: you called a taxi to take you home

Tyler: so? Thats responsible, I didn’t want to put anyone in danger by drinking and driving

Enid: the party was at your house, Tyler...

/

Enid: if a plant is sad, do other plants photo-sympathise with it?

Yoko: I chlorofeel you man

Bianca, tired as hell at 3am: are you guys fucking serious?

/

Enid: I have a boyfriend now

Wednesday trying to be encouraging: a boyfriend?

Enid: *reflexively does a panicked peace sign*

Wednesday: TWO boyfriends!?!?

/

Bianca: do you have any chicken or pork?

Waitress: no, but we have beef

Bianca: oh, WE have beef, huh? You really wanna fight? Alright, let’s do this. Kent, hold my breadsticks.

/

Enid: I changed all of my passwords to ‘incorrect’ so whenever I forget it, it will tell me, ‘your password is incorrect.’

Yoko: genius

Wednesday, already hacking into all her info: dumbass

/

Tyler: I just hid Wednesdays typewriter so she would hang out with us… how long do you think I have left to live?

Enid: 10

Tyler: 10 what?

Enid: 9

/

Enid at 3am at a sleepover: how do tall people sleep? Wouldn’t their feet go right past the blanket?

Tyler: Enid it’s 3 in the morning

Enid: you can’t sleep?

Tyler: …

Enid: is it the blanket?

/

Tyler: Awe look at you Wednesday, getting romantic with all these candles

Wednesday: first of all, I’m summoning a demon

/

Enid: *stabbing air between Wednesday and Bianca with a butter knife*

Wednesday: what are you doing?

Enid: trying to cut the angry tension between you two

Enid: it isn’t working

/

Tyler: I haven’t been this happy since-

Tyler: 

Tyler: oh, wow. I’ve never been this happy!

Tyler: huh!

Tyler: that’s bad!

/

Tyler: I really wish you would just own up to it when you make a mistake

Wednesday, calmly stirring her coffee: I prEFER it with salt

/

Xavier: *hugs Wednesday*

Wednesday: what are you doing?

Xavier: appreciating the little things in life

Wednesday: bitch

/

*playing scrabble*

Enid: I will put down my ‘A’ to spell ‘A’

Tyler: I will put down my ’T’ to make ‘AT’

Wednesday: and I will add onto your ‘AT’ to make ‘BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC’

Enid: *flips board*

/

Wednesday: What if I pour coffee into my cereal instead of milk?

Tyler, taking the coffee pot as he walks by: what if you don’t.

/

Yoko: Wednesday, someone dropped your manuscript

Wednesday: are you joking? That manuscript is my best friend and I will straight up ASSASSINATE-

Yoko: it was Enid

Wednesday: of course she did never mind then. 

/

Enid: truth or dare?

Wednesday: truth

Enid: how many hours have you slept this week?

Wednesday: uhh, dare

Enid: I dare you to go to sleep

Wednesday: I don’t like this game

/

Tyler: Wednesday Addams could slap me in the face and I’d say thank you

Xavier: i’d say thank you too

/

Bianca: theres a monster underneath my bed and its really ugly

Kent, on the bottom bunk: honestly, fuck you

/

Enid: a Z is just a sideways N

Wednesday, trying to concentrate: can you shut up?

Enid: zo

/

Enid: what are you guys doing?

Kent, Yoko and Ajax: *taking a quiz to see what kind of dog breed they are*

Yoko: important stuff

/

[after the gates mansion gets cleared]

Wednesday: Nothing good will ever happen to me again!

[twelve seconds later]

Wednesday: so far my theory has been confirmed.

/

Wednesday: Tyler annoyed me today so I told him that I can’t wait to see what he has planned for my birthday tomorrow.

Enid: but it isn’t your birthday tomorrow.

Wednesday: But there is something special about watching the colour leave his face as the panic takes over

/

Enid: you were supposed to do something about the rat in your locket

Ajax: I did

Ajax: I named him fluffy. He likes coco pops.

/

Wednesday: my boyfriend is too tall for me to kiss. What should I do?

Bianca: Punch him in the stomach so he doubles over then kiss him.

Enid: tackle him

Yoko: kick him in the shins

Tyler: just ask me to lean down?!?!?

/

Tyler: why would you give a knife to a child?

Wednesday: Enid felt unsafe

Tyler: now I feel unsafe

Wednesday: I’m sorry...

Wednesday: Would u like a knife?

/

Ajax: you’re up early

Literally everyone: ......

Ajax: you never went to sleep did u?

/

Tyler: my criminal record? The only illegal thing I’ve done is absolutely killing it on the dance floor

Tyler: hahaha just kidding, I’ve killed a man

/

Enid: why are you smiling?

Wednesday: what? Can’t I just be happy?

Bianca: Xavier tripped down the stairs

/

Enid and Tyler: You will have a hard time believing this because it never happens but it was a mistake we swear—

Wednesday: A MISTAKE?!? *gestures to the table that is on fire*

/

Bianca: Have you ever been scolded by Enid?

Wednesday: Im not scared of her

Bianca: So thats a no

/

Wednesday *doing something risky* : I am going to do this and not you or god himself can stop me 

Tyler: *Starts typing on his phone*

Wednesday:

Wednesday: ..Tyler 

Tyler:

Wednesday:

Wednesday: *panicking* Tyler what are you doing?!? What have you done?!?!

Tyler: 

Enid: *bursting through the door* wedNESDAY ADDAMS DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT I SWEAR TO GOD I WILL--

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this ended up being way to long congrats to anyone that made it in the end

[thecraftgremlin]

Anyone else have a period of time where you were trying to overcorrect from your not-like-other-girls phase and force yourself to dress and present more feminine even though it made you uncomfortable?