#cleft of dimensions

[kerink]

i used to have a black cat. i had him for 15 years and for most of his life i didn't know about the outdoor cat debate and by the time i learned i thought it would be cruel to deny him something in his last few years of life that he'd always had. so i let him stay an indoor-outdoor cat. this came back to bite me squarely in the ass because one time he was picked up and taken to the shelter.

when i was driving to go pick him up i was so anxious that i wouldn't be able to tell him apart. he wasn't chipped at the time, so there was no sure-fire way to identify him. and he had no distinguishing features. think of a black cat and that was him. i was so worried there would be other black cats there and i'd be fucked. this was insane, of course, because i immediately was able to tell him apart from the other two black cats there because i'd had him for 15 years and he'd been my companion through some of the worst shit in my life and i knew him.

but the thing is, i couldn't tell you why. other than a slight notch in his ear there was nothing special about his appearance. i could tell you the difference between my mom and step-mom down to minute details, but can't tell you the shape of my cat's face compared to other standard all-black american short-hairs.

i think about this experience a lot when i think about the stan switch in the fearamid. yes, to us, it was obvious who was stan and who was ford, but that's because we're humans.

bill isn't just an alien but he's from an entirely different dimension, in both sense of the word. yes bill has some phenotypical similarities to humans, in that he has four limbs and an eye, but even those aren't the same as ours.

would bill have known to look for a cleft chin? is his color vision the same enough for him to tell that ford's hair is not only a different color but two-toned? does bill even grasp the concept of facial hair let alone personal styling? even if he does cognitively understand it, are they obvious enough to him that he can clock them as easily as we can? and especially while desperate and under pressure? you get tunnel vision when you're angry, after all.

i'm sure if i'd asked my cat about it he would have been offended i couldn't tell apart the facial features and fur length and whisker alignment that made him different from the other black cats. let alone things cats use to identify each other that we can neither register nor comprehend, like scent.

what's the primary way euclydians tell each other apart? color? shape? that's not enough, that's like saying ethnicity and body type are all i'd need to distinguish two people. those are certainly helpful starting points, but i'm going to need a lot more, and most of those things are so subtle i'd probably struggle to describe them. have you ever tried to make yourself or a loved one photo-realistic in a video game? huge pain in the ass, right? there's always something not right about it and i bet you're never able to tell just what exactly is wrong.

that cat has since passed and i have two new cats. they're both tabbies, both girls, both the same age and size and body type. they are different colors and different patterns, but i don't even need that to tell them apart. i can tell them apart by fur-texture alone. rolling over in the middle of the night and bumping someone and knowing just who it is.

if bill had picked "ford" up would he have been able to tell it was stan? would the weight of him, the way "ford" struggled to find footing on his palm, the way bill's fingers didn't wrap around him right, the texture of "ford's" hands against his skin, would all of that have given away the ruse? this is not what it feels like to hold ford, just like i know kiki is silky and bubbie is soft.

my covid lock-down hobby was rescuing stray cats. my neighborhood was just infested with them and i'm good with cats and my neighbors were not so fuck me i guess this is my job now. i ended up rehabilitating, socializing, and re-homing 22 cats that year. a lot of those were kittens that wound up being born in my yard or in the crawl space. one of the litters wound up having twins and i couldn't for the life of me tell them apart. they were just brown tabby 1 and brown tabby 2 until they got a little older and one of them wound up having longer fur on the top of his head and i could work with that.

so much of telling other animals apart, for us, is color and shape and obvious details like fur length or injury.

ford wore the same stupid trench coat for over 30 years. even when he was in his scifi action hero getup, he was still in a trench coat. and when he changed into his post-portal fit, it was exactly the same as his scifi look just in a different colorway. and i know, obviously, this is because he is a cartoon character and that's how character design works but play with me here.

is ford dressing himself in a uniform to be obviously and consistently distinguishable?

i have a leg-up on telling cats apart because we're both mammals and share a common ancestor. yes humans and cats are very different, but not really. i think it'd be obvious to an alien that we came from the same planet; or if not obvious, then once told i'm sure it'd be believable.

bill is a 2 dimensional being that's over a trillion years old and has been all over the multiverse and has fist-fought time baby and the cosmic axolotl owes him a favor. humans are probably less than bugs to him.

but i have friends who keep insects and molluscs for pets and they can tell you just the same as i can with my cats: once you know a creature, you can tell them apart.

bill probably could have told stan and ford apart if he'd given himself a second to think, but he didn't. he was angry and tired and just ready for this to be over, so he let heuristics take over: this one has the shape and color and sound of ford, so that must be him. he didn't even pause long enough to see that the biggest, most obvious cue was missing: the extra finger.

if i had only given myself the time bill gave himself, and if the shelter people had been putting as much pressure on me as the town was putting on bill, would i have noticed the small notch in my cat's ear? or would i have made a split-second decision on pure instinct alone?

i had 13 more years than bill to get to know my pet, and i've sure as shit lived a smaller life than him, so maybe... but would i have banked the freedom and safety of my entire dimension on it?

[angelcakezz]

could you... drop ur wizard cookie hcs :33

WIZARD COOKIE TIME!!

- he highly prefers being isolated, if he’s not out in the kingdom helping with chores or adventuring across earthbread, he’s usually cooped up in his tower archiving spells or studying magic! He doesn’t let a lot of people in his tower for too long, only Brave and Strawberry can really sit in there with him (because they’re special cookies to him,,)

- Wizard mainly studies arcane magic of course, but he’s also interesting in dreaming spells! He’s working on one to let him enter other cookies dreams,, but if he dies it wrong he could be sent to a alternate dimension,,so he’ll set it aside for now

- Wizard FULLY believes he’s managed to trick everyone into thinking he’s an adult,, little does he know majority of cookies he meets think he’s only 11 because of how short he is. HollyBerry and Golden Cheese actually have an ongoing bet that he’s only 9..

- Wizard has a couple of blast scars on his body from backfiring spells, as why his cloak is so long and drapey..failure is to embarrassing for other cookies to see.

- His favorite ancient is Dark Cacao, he likes his no nonsense attitude, formidable and resilient!

- Wizards hair is actually even longer than it already looks! He keeps it in a big bun under his hat, it’s actually the only thing keeping the hat from falling off.

- Due to being an ice cream cookie, Wizard is almost always extremely cold too the touch. So much so it radiates off of him as chilly air. None of his friends are opposed to flopping onto him to cool off in hot weather.

- When it comes to experiences with the Witch, Wizard refuses to openly talk about it, it’s almost like he doesn’t even know the truth about cookies. He rarely speaks about it to Brave and Strawberry, but beyond them he never even reacts to the word witch. (extremely repressed)

- Wizard loves cats, he tries to act like he could be indifferent towards them if you’re looking at him, but the second you walk off he’s petting them and calling them silly names

- Wizard has a tiny cleft lip! He’s a little subconscious about it, so he always wears his scarf to cover it up,, Brave saw it one time but decided not to say anything to him about it, besides, it’s just a lip

- Despite his belief that alchemy is inferior to magic, Wizard knows how to make potions! Only for just in case reasons,,magic will always be better.

[lucyav13]

NPC

Some of the NPC we saw...

Heronicus

We can found him living behind Saffron's restaurant after we got Boomer. His house shows objects from our adventures: there is the vase from Chapter 2-3, a Meowmaid-like relic, and a model of the two stone heads found in Chapter 4-2; atop his bookshelf, a dark rock from Outer Space, a totem pole from Downtown of Crag and a torch holder from The Underwhere can also be found. Heronicus additionally has a picture that may possibly depict a blue Squarp hole, and Flipping in his home reveals a picture of a sandy, dune-filled expanse resembling Yold Desert (Curiously, this picture actually shows the background Yold Desert possessed in the pre-release version of Super Paper Mario). Technilly, he spoil us without we notice.

Heronicus also appears briefly at the beginning of Chapter 6-1. After entering the room with Jade Blooper, the first Sammer Guy, Heronicus runs away and exits, apparently having lost to him. His name is also seen in the Flipside Arcade, where he holds the high scores of 550000 and 80000 in Mansion Patrol, and 100,0000 in Hammer Whacker.

Something curious, to say the least, after the game is beaten, Heronicus tells us that he spent a part of his life exploring to find a "legendary Pixl", with a partner. When they found this Pixl, there was a rock slide; Heronicus leaped into action and saved his partner, but the legendary Pixl was lost during the incident. This is the reason Heronicus stopped exploring. It is mentioned in Flopside by Hatch outside of the Flopside version of Heronicus's house that the person who lived there (presumably Heronicus's Flopside version) also went exploring for a legendary Pixl. Again, there was also a rock slide, but instead of saving his partner, he saved the Pixl instead. It is unknown where the Flopside Heronicus went, but the Pixl he saved was Piccolo, who is then found inside the house.... So keep a close eye on your friends 👀

Sipsi

According to Tippi, she is known as the "town gossip", and she is always the first to know anything that happens in town. She gives info about flipping dimensions when the player sees a row of coins. If the player talks to her after completing other chapters, they can hear her gossip about various other characters in the game.

One of 'em is what is shown in this image, and here another one that I am going to attach:

"I heard the hole in the sky was created by Count Bleck to destroy the world! And this Bleck guy hangs out with a foxy secretary type named Nastasia... So I wonder what's up between them... And I hear this Nastasia is a hypnotist, but her powers don't work on the count! Ladies need to watch out for men that are impervious to their feminine wiles..."

 (A/N): I can't attach the others because I haven't been able to play because of my TV, I can't clearly see any of the games I have on my Wii, and I haven't found any gameplay that is shown. 

One last fact is that, the Yold Ruin geographical setting has been used in the original Paper Mario, where Mt. Rugged is nestled before Dry Dry Desert. In fact, the mountain's environment is also similar to Mt. Rugged, despite its lack of Monty Moles, Clefts, or even some sort of bird.

Bestovious

He is the Dimensional Governor of Lineland and the so-called "Flip Wizard". He is responsible for granting Mario the ability to switch between the second and third dimensions, an ability that the game showcases throughout the entire story. He tries to charge Mario a huge sum of coins for the enchantment, but he eventually settles for a very small price or for free. His name is a pun on the word "bestow", as he bestows upon Mario the ability to flip between dimensions. It may also be a pun on "best of us", due to his arrogant personality.

Bestovius thinks highly of himself and is a descendant of the tribe of ancients. He is also a distant cousin of Merlon and merlee, and is a direct cousin of Watchitt.

Card Description: Bestovius taught Mario how to flip between dimensions. He talks about his beard and floats all the time. Other than that, he's perfectly normal.

Merlee

In the Paper Mario, Merlee is depicted as Merluvlee's twin sister and therefore also a sibling of Merlow. She resides in a hidden alley in Dry Dry Outpost and uses cards to power Mario up.

And, in a dialogue with Merlon (in this game), he reveals that she is his granddaughter. Although whether it is true or not is a mystery, since these genealogy are not 100% confirmed.

In TTYD, she has the same task as always.

The following facts about Merlee were revealed during the "That's My Merlee!" show:

Merlee was born on March 25.

Her favorite smell is fresh air.

Her favorite food is strawberries.

She washes her bangs first in the shower.

Her nickname is the "Bashful Ghost".

She has no preferred type of guy.

Her favorite animal is a bear cub.

Her hobbies include looking through catalogs for crystal balls.

She wants the newest kind of crystal ball.

Her best feature is the lobes of her ears.

In this game, Merlee is Merluvlee's rival, and has been ever since they were classmates.

When Mario and co. get the 3Ds for Merluvlee, she will give Merlee's Crystal Ball to Mario and friends. Merluvlee mentions that she and Merlee are 'even' when she gives the Crystal Ball, possibly a reference to the original Paper Mario, in which Mario had to give Merluvlee a crystal ball from Merlee.

When we we hire the Merlee's services, after defeating a certain amount of enemies, a roulette of helpful items appears and Mario is given one item from the roulette. She allows Mario to receive any level of charm for free one time if Mario and friends brought her the Crystal Ball from Merluvlee.

Charm details:

The package bought determines how many times the roulette appears. Each spin happens after a random number of enemies has been defeated (between 20-70, in which the counter resets to zero).

Trial Package (50 Coins): The roulette appears five times.

Advised Package (100 Coins): The roulette appears 10 times.

Special Package (200 Coins): The roulette appears 15 times.

In Super Mario-kun, she is captured by Mimi. Mimi then disguises as Merlee and leads Mario into the trap. When Mario defeats Mimi and rescues Merlee, Merlee gives Mario a Pure Heart.

These are the different tattles for her in every game she makes an apparence: 

Paper Mario

Tattle: "She's a wizard, Merlee. She casts spells. If you let her cast a spell on you, it may affect you in battle. She's one of the pair of twins. The other one is Merluvlee, from Shooting Star Summit. When I look at a woman as beautiful as this, it makes me feel all strange! ♥"

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Tattle: "That's the charmer, Merlee. She's bright and cheery, huh? If you have her charm you, you'll receive various bonuses in battle. They're super-helpful, so next time you have a chance, be sure to have her charm you! Oh, AND I hear she's the twin sister of Merluvlee, the fortune-teller!"

Super Paper Mario

Tattle: "That's Merlee, the charmer... Her spells are empowering when you're in a bind... She lives in a large mansion in Gloam Valley, but moved here to help the heroes... She and Flipside's fortune-teller, Merluvlee, were rivals when they were classmates..."

Card Description: This charmer uses the sun to work her magic. She is a descendant of the Tribe of Ancients.

Flint Cragley

(Image credits to whom it may concern, I did not find the author of this wonderful work of art)

He's a celebrity amongst his race, Flint has the highest-rated news program in all of Crag, and is the only Cragnon encountered who wears clothes other than animal skins, does not speak in third-person, and does not insert "crag" and "brah" in place of other words. His name derives from flint (a hard, resilient variety of quartz that was often the material of choice in making stone tools like arrow- and spearheads) and crag (alternatively Cragnon). He bears some resemblance to Indiana Jones (who he is even named after in some translations) and other celebrity documentarians like Steve Irwin. He is also somewhat comparable to Kolorado, from the first Paper Mario, as both are explorers, both are encountered in a cavern, and they both star in Chapter 5 of their respective games. His TV show is called Flint Cragley, Cragtrotter, which is also the name of his theme, according to The InterNed.

(If anyone is wondering, these are the flint stones 👆)

Flint makes a non-speaking appearance when the Land of the Cragnons is briefly shown being swallowed by The Void during the final battle, panicking alongside the other Cragnons and presumably being erased along with his dimension. After the Void is closed and his and all other dimensions are saved from its destruction, Flint Cragley can be found again after beating the game, making a new rock single entitled, "Cragley Croons in Crag: Songs in the Key of Flint". It has at least 127 verses. (A/N: What the...)

In the Wii U, we can fin a trophie with him printed, with the following description: 

'Who would use "Cragley Ho!" as a catchphrase, you say? Flint Cragley, of course! He comes from an advanced Stone Age civilization called the Land of the Cragnons. There they broadcast a program, "Flint Cragley's Cragtrotter," which stars Flint Cragley, is directed by Flint Cragley, and was made possible by producer...Flint Cragley.'

One last fact, in japanase his name is: "Tankenka Debiddo", translated is Explorer David; likely a reference to the Scottish explorer "David Livingstone". Yehah, that guy 👇

In French his name is: Indiana Crag. In Italian his name is Cromagno Jones, translated: Cragnon Jones. Super difficult to guess why.

And finally, in Spanish his name is: Roc Sílex, another way to say flint 🙄

Hornfels and Monzo

Hornfels' nameis derived from "hornfels," a type of rock. (A/N: Yehah, now we are all geologists)

In japanese his name is: Henry, a reference to the Welsh journalist famous for exploring Africa during the 19th century, Henry Morton Stanley. (A/N: And now we are also explorers)

In French his name is: Sonolite, from the prefix "sono-" and the suffix used for forming the names of rocks "-lite"

In Italian Audiolito, from "audio" and Italian suffix used for forming the names of rocks "-lito"

In Spanish Marmolito, a masculine adaption of "marmolite". Yehah, you guessed, another kind of rock!

Monzo's name is derived from "monzonite", ANOTHER type of rock.

His name in Japanese is Stanley, reference to the same explorer that Hornfels.

In French: Filmolite, from the masculine adaption of "film" and "-lite" (a suffix used to form names of rocks)

In German: Watzmann, from "wetzen" (to sharpen) and "mann" (man)

In Italian Videolito, from "video" and Italian suffix used to form names of rocks "-lito"

In Spanish: Calizo, meaning "limestone". I'm not even going to bother anymore, I'll just post the image and disappear into a momentary explorer and geologist.

(A/N): And those are all the npc's that I found relevant and interesting enough to make their own chapter. And let's pretend that I haven't posted in more than a week. The thing is, to do certain research I use my Wii game, but I have had problems with the connection and I have not been able to use it, hence the delay. But don't worry, the regular update will be back soon. Also, I'm running out of content to update my researches. So please, if anyone has any ideas/theories/characters/places you would like to know more about, write about it, as the research is coming to an end. But, despite that, I have other equally interesting projects. Still, write me what you think. I say goodbye. Until next time! And I hope you have learned something with these geology classes that I gave you, xd.

[knightochan-official]

What are.... the good MUDs I wanna get into a MUD

all of the MUDs in mudlet's default list are pretty good, but I'd avoid Achaea and Aetolia as they're microtransaction heavy games. these days a typical MUD is going to see like 20-30 players at peak, or ~60-80 if AFK'ing is somehow incentivized, so they are very much small towns. every MUD is problematic or has problematic weirdos in it, caveat emptor

my usual rotation (ie, what i play based on my mood) is:

discworld MUD: syntatically clunky and gives you almost no direction but really fun PvE and questing if you're into the ye olde text adventure style. opt-in PvP, you probably want the wiki

cleft of dimensions: not very active playerwise but has a lot of charm, it's like walking through a SNES/PSX JRPG fan's fever dream. pretty unique classes. fun to amble around in solo

carrion fields: hardcore always-on PvP RP. characters can die permanently but it takes several months to a year leading to a very seasonal-like atmosphere. very much a boomer game with wildly sadistic area design. there's your fair share of powergamers and griefers and I don't really vibe with the community on an OOC level but I have a lot of fun making up a grizzly bitch who goes on adventures with other grizzly bitches for a month or two. you will die and lose everything at least twice

harshlands: this is an RP intensive game which means you basically pretend to be a dirt farmer or crafter and take forever to raise skills and make money in your chosen profession. beware of the absolutely horrifying time investment needed to do anything, but it's always been less purposefully abusive than its other RPI cousins in my experience. very fleshed out crafting system

aardwolf: completely thematically incoherent game about hitting monsters making your numbers go up if that's your thing

i've also heard good things about legends of the jedi (star wars RP thing), CLOK (economy-heavy RP game in an early gunpowder setting with vague cowboy vibes), and maybe a couple of others but haven't invested time into them and don't really play them

[depleti]

Angrboda's Cave

I don't think anyone figured out the location that inspired Angrboda's prison, but it's a cool place so I wanted to highlight it a bit.

Among the Lofoten islands in Norway are a few particularly special caves. One of them is called Kollhellaren, which translates to Hole of Hell. In the photo above (source) it's the sliver of black toward the left, almost lining up with the cleft in the mountains. It can be very difficult to understand the scale of this cave even when I read the dimensions. It wasn't until I found this photo (source) that I understood its size.

You see that little dot between the two boulders at the bottom of the entrance? That's a person. Even my interpretation in the comic isn't big enough.

What makes this cave special, along with a few others in Lofoten, is that deep inside there are red painted figures on the walls. Kollhellaren cave was known of for ages but the figures weren't discovered until 1987, and they're between 2500 and 4000 years old. They're known as "red dancers."

You can see from this photo (source) specifically from Kollhellaren that the figures are straightforward and simple shapes, practically stick figures. Of course we have no idea what they mean or their purpose, but it's obvious this cave was special to the people who lived there thousands of years ago.

I first learned of this cave from Robert Macfarlane's amazing book Underland: A Deep Time Journey, where he hiked to this cave alone and spent a couple days in its vicinity. It seemed like such a cool place, especially when I looked up photos online, that I knew I had to use it in TMK somewhere if the opportunity arose.

And that opportunity was Angrboda's prison. When Odin learned Loki and Angrboda's children would bring about Ragnarok, he basically imprisoned them to delay the inevitable as much as possible. He tossed Jormungandr into the sea, chained Fenrir up in a cave, and sent Hel to Niflheim. He also confined Angrboda to a cave since she gave birth to them even though Loki was never locked up because sexism I guess.

In TMK, Angrboda's prison is a cave on an isolated island and the red dancers basically turned into her wardens. Their presence marks the limit of her jail. The dancers can be seen in this panel hovering between where Loki and Angrboda stand, indicating her prison bars, so to speak.

Later in the chapter, the figures can be seen bunching up much more closely, falling over each other, like they're in a panic and trying to stop Hel's break-out attempt.

But they're not enough, and Angrboda escapes anyway. I'm sure we'll never hear from her again!

I hope you all enjoyed this little info dump. I always like to see the inspirations other artists find for their stories, especially if they're based on a real place or history. Kollhellaren and the other painted caves are really interesting places to learn about, and I enjoy pulling even older motifs into historical settings. These paintings would have been ancient to the Vikings too.

Image sources: Wikipedia ResearchGate One and Two Pauls Planet

Curious about the comic? Please check it out here: www.tmkcomic.com

[waaah-waaah-waaaah]

Current Wip;

Excuse his language.

But what the fuck is happening?! He left for two weeks to go visit his wife and son. All the sudden Bill Cipher can look like a human. And! And! His best friend has made out with said demon that now looks like a human at least once! Only god knows how many times before that! He…

Fiddleford sighed, Ford’s wide eyes met his. That stupid demon was gone. Now it was just them. Staring at one another, Ford was messed up, his shirt ruffled and hair sticking up at the back. “Fidds..” Ford started, flexing his fingers one by one. “I..” Fiddleford shook his head and clicked his tongue like a disappointed parent. “Ferd… this… this has gone too far. I mean, first you make a deal with this thing to let it… and now yer kissin it! I-…”

“Fiddleford, he’s… hes not dangerous! Not anymore,”

“Not dangerous my ass! He planned to make our dimension his! And destroy it. Excuse my language but get a fuckin grip Ferd! And her’ I thought you was smart!” Fiddleford sighed, he really didn’ mean to raise his voice at Ford… the scientist looked crushed. “By the time you come back. I don’t want to see ya with that thing anymor’. It’s just tryin to get in yer head. As if it ain’t already.” Fiddleford stomps off, pulling his clean coat further over his body. He just can’t believe it! He should’ve stayed with his wife and his son and… He rubs his temples. All this nonsense is giving him a headache. Its getting dark… he rubs his eyes, glasses almost knocked off his face. Could this get any worse?

Yes.

Yes it can.

He hears that thing. Laughing at him, someone more like something. Grabs his shoulder and spins him around. “Bill.” He spits, narrowing his eyes. The demon watches back, grin spreading unnervingly up his cheeks. “Specs.” It hisses. Stalking closer, like a predator to prey. Fiddleford’s stomach sank, his mind was screaming at him to run. Go. Do anything. But like a nightmare, he found himself paralyzed. The demon twirled its fingers in his hair, that smile never leaving as it went to stand behind him. Then tugged. Fiddleford winced, biting down hard on his lip, the demon pulled harder. “What do ya want Bill?” It simply chuckled. That disgusting sound. Eugh. “You’re getting reallll, worked up over me and IQ. Aren’t you Country Boy?”

“I don’ know what yer talkin’ about Cipher.”

“Are you sure?”

“I-…” Fiddleford faltered, the demon spinning him around. He looked exactly like Ford. Spare the yellow eyes. “Git yer posh a-!” Bill cut him off with a snap, grinning. “I’m not in his body McGucket.” Slowly the demon stepped closer, narrowing his eyes. Flexing all six fingers, the demon copied Ford’s appearance down to the mole on the cleft of his chin. “What do you think yer doin’ demon?”

“Oh, just getting more… acquainted…” Bill trails off, his smile reaching levels of inhuman now. Fiddleford’s back hits a tree. Theres silence, just the two of them observing one another, he's a bit taller than Ford. Well, that isn't Ford, its Bill, perfectly remolding Ford's body with some demonic powers. Next if he ain't lucky the demon will offer him an apple. The thing's smile fades, eyes narrowing. Fiddleford nearly tilts his head like some puppy before he catches himself. Its somethin he catches himself doin a lot in front of Ford, he won't let this demon trick him.

[tawakkull]

SPIRITUALITY IN ISLAM: PART 31: INBISAT (EXPANSION)

Literally meaning growing larger and deeper, spreading and expanding, Sufis use inbisat to signify the relaxing of one’s heart, to the extent allowed by the Shari'a, so that it can embrace everybody and make them pleased or contented with one’s gentle words and pleasant manners. In the context of one’s relationship with God Almighty, it denotes a spiritual state that combines fear and hope. Those who have attained this state are awed by being in the Presence of God, and feel exhilarated by the breezes of delight and joy blowing in His Presence. They are awed while inhaling, and feel delight when exhaling.

As pointed out in the brief description above, expansion can be dealt with in two categories: our relationship with the created, and our relationship with the Creator.

With respect to our relationship with the created, expansion means that we are careful of our connection with God and the Truth; that we live in our communities as one of its inhabitants, being open with and showing respect to everyone; and that we treat people according to their level of understanding.

The noble Prophet, upon him be peace and blessings, was sincere and frank with those around him, and avoided ceremony or formality. He spoke according to his listeners’ level of understanding, and sometimes made wise and meaningful jokes. Although he suffered inwardly from the unbelief, injustice, and sins he witnessed, and was anxious about everyone’s end and afterlife, he always smiled and behaved pleasantly. As said in the Minhaj: A heart is like a mirror: too much and too frequent solemnity may cause it to steam up, and the only way to remove that steam is to tell pleasant jokes.

With respect to our relationship with God Almighty, expansion signifies the simultaneous experiencing of fear and hope in our souls. Being states of the soul, fear and hope are usually found in those who have just started to advance on the path to God. Expansion, on the other hand, is a state of those with knowledge of God and, moreover, is a dimension of the heart’s life. The state resembling the expansion of those still striving to reach this level of expansion is an exhilaration coming from knowledge of God. This may lead them to become relaxed in their relationship with God, and thus lose their self-control and self-possession.

Expansion appears when a traveler on the path of God is completely freed from carnal desire and passion, and becomes a bright “mirror” to reflect God’s Names and Attributes. This station, whether called the Station of Combination (where the traveler experiences God’s Existence and Unity) or Annihilation (where the traveler’s annihilation of self causes forgetfulness of self when in the throes of ecstatic love of God and perception of God’s Existence and Unity), is a mysterious point where the traveler directs himself or herself according to the Divine inspirations received and assumes “colors” unknown to everybody else. It is impossible for such people to conceal their expansion, while it is insolent of those who have not attained it to talk about it. How aptly Rumi expresses it:

If the king’s courtier behaves in an affected manner to attract the king’s attention, you must not attempt to do so, for you do not have the document (to justify your doing so). O one who cannot be freed from the restrictions of this transient life, how can you know what (the stations of) annihilation, drunkenness, and expansion mean?

Indeed, servants of the body cannot be aware of the states of the spirit. It is impossible for those imprisoned in the body to be aware of spirituality. We should ask those souls who have burned and been “roasted” many times in the fire of the love of God about the pains of a heart that has been cleft open, and their expansion and contraction.

[wakebymoonsleepbysun]

Short version: Trying to come up with a design for DJ that works in my style and can emote decently and that I generally like the look of. Ideally a bit closer to canon than how I've been drawing him. So did some quick sketches to try to work on that.

Longer ramble below the cut.

So...part of why I've been drawing Music so much more than DJ is that I just haven't really liked how I've been drawing DJ for awhile now.

When I started drawing him I was still kinda...getting into the swing of even doing art again, so I cut myself a lot of slack. I scared myself off of drawing the DCA much because I gave myself too many "rules" for how to draw them, so with DJ I just said screw it, his face is basically squishy and he can change his eye shape and mouth shape however he needs to and even close his lips fully. And his "lips" are me just coloring the lineart pink because lips aren't something I have historically given my characters.

So when I started drawing MM I tried to challenge myself to not do those things. His lips never fully close, his eye shape stays round with the eyelids responsible for changing the shape of them, he has actual lips. And I got it work for him, but applying those techniques to DJ was...often not what I'd hoped for. But I think I'm starting to get it.

I'm also trying to get DJ's head dimensions to be more consistently square-ish. And I realized I can put his headphone headband behind his hat since his head is long enough to do that. (Even if his canon design doesn't take advantage of that fact :P)

His hat being bigger than canon and his chin being fairly flat (not having the exaggerated cleft/bump thing(? idk the proper name for it) that Music has) are deliberate because I like them.

Idk. Not sure if I'll stick with this style overall. I think works better for Music because most of the time he has some form of smarmy grin whereas DJ's facial expressions have a wider range.

[super-paper-swap]

Super Paper Swap: Ch. 1-3 (OLD)

Word Count: 2,357

Chapter Summary: The journey to the Pure Heart continues deep in the Deserts of Yold.

A quick and inelegant sneeze emerged from Luigi as the warm winds of the Yold Desert blew sand into his face. Luigi, Blecky, and the other pixls continued their search for the Pure Heart with the expansive desert ahead.

Chapter 1-3: The Sands of Yold

Believing they had removed the terror of Yold Town had filled Team Luigi with a sense of accomplishment and the determination to push forward towards their goal, despite the intensity of the sun above. The journey, of coarse, would be a long one since the Yold Desert was, well, a desert; to fix this problem, Luigi decided that everyone should tell stories and get to know each other.

Blecky, to start off, was Merlee's loyal helper; he was created by Merlee and held a incredibly strong psychic link with her, he went around Flipside to send messages between Merlee and the townsfolk while she studied the Light Prognosticus. He did other miscellaneous things like take care of the cat he found, whom he dubbed 'Voidslayer', but that was about it.

Next was Laddie, who considered themself to be a curiosity of life, having been created alongside Boomer and several other pixls, but as a failed prototype. Their activation after continuous failures was unexplainable, especially since they first awoke after the activation of the other pixls and should not have been able to live. They were considered a miracle, but they suffered from an 'obsessive desire to be free', that even they couldn't comprehend.

Following Laddie was Boomer, who plainly stated himself as a 'straight up pyromaniac'. Despite his tendency to destroy everything in sight, he had a soft spot for his friends.

Finally, Luigi introduced himself with the typical self-claims about being a normal person that wants to make life better for others. Plain and simple.

While Blecky's stories of his shenanigans were humorous, Laddie's stories of his psychic link with Bestovius and Bozzo were heartwarming and Boomer's stories of carnage were therapy-worthy, everyone agreed that Luigi's tales of heroism were the most interesting and exhilarating. His accomplishments against Peaches tyranny and bravery against incomprehensible creatures was admirable to say the least; the sharing of personal events brought the normally dysfunctional team

Aside from several aggressive goombas and the ever-terrible squig, the only new enemy the team had to worry about was the common bald cleft, a sentient rock with feet and a tough defensive stat. They weren't very bright and could easily be tricked into falling into quicksand or into one of Boomer's explosions.

After their tenth encounter with a bald cleft, Luigi decided to ask Blecky about the creature in Yold Town; apparently it was called a Shlurp, but it was, curiously enough, not native to the Linelands, causing the group to wonder how such a creature had managed to travel dimensions.

Before they could try to find an explaination for such phenomena, however, Bestovius appeared behind them, saying he wanted to make sure the group made their way to the Yold Ruins in safety; he spoke like he did when they first met, with lots of pompous, and Laddie seemed to shift uncomfortably in his presence, like something wasn't right. Help was help however, so they let him follow.

This would immediately prove to be a bad idea as every action Bestovius made seemed to slow down the group's progress and bring attention to hoards of enemies. Not only that, but Laddie continued to complain about their psychic link with Bestovius being nonexistent, which only happened if a pixl was too far away from a master or if said master is deceased. Bestovius was alive and obviously nearby, so the lack of a connection was bizarre.

There had even been a scenario where there was a large, unavoidable pit of quicksand that could only, by process of elimination, be passed through within the Next. Bestovius refused to lend his power to lead them across, instead insisting that Laddie do it so they could get use to the Flip technique, something that the mentioned pixl claimed as uncharacteristic for the wizard.

Nonetheless, they trudged onward.

Bestovius commanded the group to stop. They obliged, hoping that he would make himself useful as the team approached the end of their wits.

"What could possibly be your reason for us to stop here of all places?! There's nothing here but sand and palm trees!" Blecky finally spoke up.

"It's important that you stop here." The wizard said. His voice sounding out of place.

"There is a giant, world consuming hole in the sky Bestovius! If you insist on us stopping here, then please, for our sakes, enlighten us on what good this will do."

"This will do much good little bat." He looked at them emptily.

Bestovius then disappeared in a cloud of purple smoke, and in his place was Mimi, dressed in robe that looked appropriate for desert travel. The glare she gave the group was cold enough to make the dunes themselves become ice.

"Mimimimi. You were all quite foolish to fall for my trap. Granted, it's hard to assume the recent behavior of someone as off-putting when you barely know them."

"Who in the name of the makers are you?!" Laddie blurted out.

"Looks like a troublemaker to me." Luigi replied, his hammer tightly clenched in his hand.

"You'd be very much correct hero. I am Mimi, professional shapeshifter and one of Mistress Tempo's four highest ranked followers. I've been given a rather simple job today, so I'd appreciate it if you'd submit before it's too late and let me capture you. It would save us both the time and energy of having to fight." Mimi spoke with utmost seriousness and kept all eye contact on her target. Every word she spoke was deprived of joy or youth.

"Over our dead bodies!" Called out Boomer, who was shaking in anticipation for a battle to stir as he sensed his boss's preparation to attack. Luigi silently lifted his hammer and marched a few steps forward, his eyes filled with a courageous fire.

"So be it then. Come forward prophetic hero, and face my true form!" Mimi boasted before violently snapping her neck.

The woman's head then spun over her shoulders like and owl, but rapidly with spasmodic movements from the upper body and the gruesome organic sounds of bones cracking. The head bent backwards mid-spin, pausing with the face in the direction of its provokers; the eyes were now empty pits, the mouth was in a crooked grin, and the ponytail swung like a dead snake on a branch instead of swaying in the wind like hair normally would.

The body went limp as the sides of the head burst from a protrusion of spindly arachnid limbs, a pair from the front had green claw-like extensions while the ponytail curved upward like the tail of a scorpion, the very tip of it tinted with a color akin to black nightshade berries.

The horrifying scorpion creature made a gruesome sounding cackle before charging towards the group, who all immediately dodged out of the way either in fear or by instinct. When her initial attacked failed, she used her claws to dig into the sand, concealing her and making it more difficult to be harmed.

The tail sprung out behind Luigi and swung itself at him, stinger first. The impact left the burning feeling of poison coursing through his veins before the tail sunk back in the sand. The plumber tried in vain to attack but would end up missing or getting hit before he could retaliate; he eventually had to use an item he had gotten at the store in Yold Town, it healed him of the damage he took and cured him of his poisoned status, bringing him back to his peak.

All they had to do now was actually land a hit on the hiding shapeshifter. Laddie took the group to the Next, and was surprised to see their foe there as well. Fortunately, the Next provided them with a method to attack Mimi in the form of ripples in the sand.

Boomer dropped himself when the ripples appeared in front of Luigi, the resulting explosion forced Mimi to leave her hiding place and attack on land, where her lack of eyes and reliance on the movement in the ground made her eyesight significantly lacking. She attempted to use the vibrations on the surface and shot a barrage of poison-covered onyxes from her tail towards the direction of most movement.

The precious stones narrowly missed the intended target who responded with a throwing a certain bomb-shaped pixl into the arachnid's face. The blow was so powerful it detached one of its recipient's legs, leaving her with only seven legs and two claws. This gave Luigi an idea as Mimi dug back underground from the pain.

Instead of going to the next, Luigi searched for even the slightest movements in the sand, when the movements were right underneath him, the tail would appear to sting him, where he would dodge the stinger. He'd place Boomer when Mimi began to get too close, ensuring her to rise out of the grainy earth and once again shoot rocks at him. Then he'd either use Boomer or his hammer to knock another leg off of the enemy until only the claws remains.

Without legs to move, Mimi used her tail to shoot onyxes and then her claws to attack short range. A well placed explosion when the claws began to snap easily removed the last of her limbs as she flailed pitifully in the sand.

The purple clouds engulfed the grotesque head as Mimi returned to her other form, noticeably leaning to one side and clutching one of her arms in pain.

"I suppose I have been beat then. No matter, we will retaliate with more power in due time." She said, the words straining to leave her mouth.

"We'll fight as many of you freaks as we need too!" Blecky retorted, "We aren't scared! We'll fight the Void itself if we have too!"

"I'd like to see you try, little bat. It would give us a good laugh at least. I'll take my leave now." And just like that, she teleported out of the scorching desert.

Blecky was visibly steaming in anger at the shapeshifter's snarky attitude towards him. He glared at the Void before finally speaking again.

"Luigi, you know what this means right?"

"We're being hunted down by the Mistress?"

"No. We have to fight the Void."

"DO WHAT?!"

"SHE INSULTED MY SIZE LUIGI THIS MEANS WAR!"

It was at this point forward that Blecky became determined to physically fight the Void with his own two claws and would not hesitate to drag everyone he know along for the ride, all because someone had referred to him as small.

Void fighting shenanigans aside, Luigi had a Pure Heart to find, and moved further into the desert as his riled up bat companion and other two pixls followed suit.

With the battlefield far behind them, the group entered a strong sandstorm. They halted at a unusually tall palm tree with crimson leaves when it became obvious that the wind was becoming too intense. Climbing the tree was utterly useless, the wind was just as powerful at the top of the tree, making the storm just as unnavigable.

They continued forward in search for the ruins, but were halted by a large creature that hid in the storm. Without a way to see, the group fell back and looked elsewhere, finding a stone statue soon after.

"'Pluck from the tree of red palms a stalk of its crimson growths. It's opaqueness and the storm are but an illusion.'" Luigi carefully read aloud the inscriptions on the statue's worn top half. The bottom half was less buffered by the wind and read, "'The tail of a Jawbust is a dousing rod and a key to never-ending love.'"

Although the information given by both carvings was somewhat confusing, Luigi kept this information in mind when he trekked back to the red palm tree.

Utilizing his expert climbing skills, he carefully scaled the Arecaceae until he was able to reach one of its bright leaves.

The leaves were indeed less opaque then they appeared when Luigi held the one he grasped up to his eyes. It was like looking through a pair of literal rose-tinted glasses, except the only good thing that could be seen was a lack of any sandstorm; the storm was completely invisible, allowing him to navigate through it with ease.

They met the large enemy from before, a purple dragon creature. Blecky was able to confirm it as a jawbust, a though skinned monster whose only weakness was its bright glowing bulb on its tail. Naturally, Luigi did what he was best at and slammed his hammer onto the bulb, forcing it to writhe in agony. The ferocious jawbust couldn't withstand the pain and ripped it's tail off its body to stop its suffering.

Boomer assured our hero that it was completely normal for one to feel guilty about leaving a jawbust to its ultimate demise, but said plumber was too busy squeamishly picking up the discarded tail to notice and continued to feel guilty about it regardless.

On the upside, the beast was now gone, allowing them to go in the direction it was blocking. Lo and behold was the Yold Ruins just ahead, constructed out an ancient kind of brick. The sealed entrance was the maw of a gargantuan stone dragon keeping watch of the marine blue platform in front of it.

Luigi stood onto the platform, as if by instinct, and pulled out the jawbust's tail. The bulb fit perfectly into a circular indention in the platform's center. When nothing happened, Luigi removed the bulb, activating a mechanism in the entranceway that allowed the dragon's maw to open wide. A chilly breeze escaped its rocky throat.

Glancing at his awed partners, Luigi stuffed the tail and the red palm leaf into a reserved location in his bag for important items and took a bold step into the prophetic ruins.

[askrockandfriends]

"Hmm..." Goh portals himself into yet another dimension, and finds... "Ha... hahaha! I've finally found them!" He grabs his minigun, chopsword, and Gatling gun, as well as various gadgets and serums! "Now... I can take out everyone in that stupid tournament, and NO ONE CAN STOP MEEEE!!!"

"Let me guess, still nothing?"

"Yeah... Rick, I was thinking, what about Mr. Meeseeks? Can that box summon more Meeseeks to help out in the search?"

"Well... yeah... oh, shit..."

"What if we summoned a whole army of them to cover more ground? Or even the entire scope of our multiverse? You... can do that, right?"

"Can I? Are you kidding?" Rick then... summoned a near-infinite amount of Mr. Meeseeks, each parroting the same "I'm Mr. Meeseeks! Look at me!" "Read 'em and weep, kid! That's what comes with being the smartest man in the universe!"

"All right, Meeseeks army, find Goh. He's a huge, well-built man in a blue suit. Dark hair, cleft chin... smug smile."

"Can do! I'm Mr. Meeseeks!" Times infinity.

[gazellefamily]

WITCHBOARD (1986)

"Totally awesome idea-incubator that begs for at least two Spin-offs: BRANDON SINCLAIR, YUPPIE PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR and THE DETECTIVE DEWHURST MYSTERIES. Brandon is this incredible suave blonde Spader/Justin Haywood dude who drives a sick whip and lives in an apartment by The Sharper Image and knows anything you would every need to know about the spirit world. Dewhurst is this folksy goofball who has a core of steel. Both characters feature zesty-ass performances, including one from Patch from DAYS OF OUR LIVES, who just RRRROCKS as Brandon. TBH the weakest link in the movie is the 'hero' Jim who's like slumming as blue collar and just kind of a cleft asshole. Tawny Kitaen: Did her parents name her that because of her Thundercats hair? Or was she named that and then developed the prophesized mane?" -Tommy Gazelle

"When you fuck with the witchboard you let Portuguese ghost guys in to your dimension and people get hurt. A Moody Blues Yuppie and slumming-it Ivy League hard-hat bury the hatchet with their bissessual love triangle tension to save Cheetara. When she gets posessed she puts on a hat and tie. Sort of memory-wiped this one t save harddrive space in the old noggin, but I know for sure I was not even slightly frightened once." -Sonny Gazelle

[forestryfae]

nabu headcanons cus im back on my young justice bullshit

has a cleft

he had a few wives bcus vandal demanded nabu have heirs but their relationship was more friendly and polite like coworkers. he never had kids tho because of bad reproductive luck and the fact he was too busy fucking men to have sex with any of his wives

hes gay. man lover. his boyfriend was also his lieutenant, not because he was any good at it, but because it let them spend a lot of time together. p much everyone knew the second lieutenant was the one in charge between the two of them

has a cleft palate. hes insecure about it which is the second reason he wore his helmet. the first reason being that he wanted to avoid Dying™️ (clearly the helmet was not helpful there on account of the massive wounds to his torso due to wearing no other armor. god of wisdom.)

nabu and ishtar are twins also their mom died after birth

ishtar is a trans woman and she had several wives and husbands. vandal was very reluctantly accepting only because ishtar had several children

nabu is shit at cooking anything that doesnt take long to make. hes great at stews and soups that simmer for hours, and very good at bread and flatbread. he learned from watching the workers in the kitchens and needing to know how make food that fed many on long travels

lactose intolerant

he fucking loves bugs. shiny beetles are his favourites. he loved watching and catching bugs as a kid, and unfortunately stopped allowing himself that joy as he grew up and after becoming a lord of order his Duties stopped him from experiencing the joys

he misses ishtar so much. they fought a lot and there was a sibling rivalry but they cared a lot about eachother. he visits her grave very rarely because his Duties come first but the few times hes able to go he leaves yellow flowers behind

yall know that. gate of ishtar i think its called? the one that britain stole and replaced with a replica? yeah nabu switched those the fake is in the museum and the real one is where its meant to be. he still hasnt been caught.

hates monitor duty. hell do it but by god does he hate it. its torment. its suffering. but worst of all its boring.

unlike most comic counterparts nabu cant really make the inside of the helmet into a whole universe or metaphysical dimension or whatever. he doesnt know how, and hasnt really tried. hes thought about it but the fear of someone finding out he can do that and then risking everyone judt leaving him in there and him never having a host ever again is too scary.

he does NOT want to be useless or without purpose. he also hates being alone all the time. hes not the most social person and definitely benefits from alone time but like. basic psychology. you cant not talk to people forever humans are in fact social creatures.

he actually used to give his hosts some time off if there was no immediate danger, the helmet was within arms reach at all times, and they put the helmet on precisely as agreed upon, much to the delight of his hosts. after nabu got stuck alone in the helmet for 65 years tho he decided that no way, fuck that, being alone for decades is its own unique form of torture and noone bothering to find him a host? fuck that. i clearly cant trust anyone so ill deal w it myself.

so many trust issues. thanks vandal

terrified of boats and boat trips and sailing. had a bad run in with a storm and a lot of his men died.

nabu used to fuck a lot, but after becoming a helmet be became celibate. he maintains that its not his body, he just borrows it. its not his body to use for anything beyond Duties

loves goat stew

funnily enough he used to fuck a lot of dudes, and only realized he was gay when he finally fucked a woman. hadnt even considered it until then.

really wants to be friends w scandal but knows nothing he says to her will help or make her change her mind about vandal or the light

[littlebithad12]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: UNWRITTEN. HEART EARRINGS. ROSE GOLD PLATED..

[rolandrockover]

Ex-Citer

I guess didn't leave it unmentioned that I used to be none too fond of Exciter from Kiss' first non-make-up album Lick It Up (1983).

And even though I had to learn to tackle the song better and really appreciate its quality, it was always the corny cheesy pathos in Paul's voice and vocals that had a repulsive effect on me to no small degree and put me off wanting to delve further into this song. However, things have changed a bit I now kinda love this cheese.

On top of that, it seemed to me that its main riff was borrowing a little too desperately and equally in vain from The Oath in an attempt, from Paul's perspective, to salvage what could still be salvaged from The Elder.

But even that doesn't bother me at all anymore, since I've become a little more aware that such a procedure is basically the norm in Kiss' songwriting. And there are quite a few Kiss albums in the band's post Elder catalog that make use of Music from The Elder (1981) quite liberally and frequently.

But there was always one element about Exciter that, despite all my quibbles, had often enough magically attracted me to it, and fortunately prevented this song from sinking completely into the swamp of oblivion: The guitar solo. With its unparalleled, low-pitched and controlled grandeur, it knew how to grab me right away. Provided I managed to get to this point without instinctively activating the skip function on my CD player.

That the officially released version of this solo on the album is not by Vinnie Vincent I of course only realized quite a while later, and that at least one version of an instrumental rough mix including a genuine Vinnie Vincent solo is floating around on the net an even longer spell later.

Reason enough for me to devote a few moments to both versions and see what comes out of it.

When I heard the Vinnie version for the first time about five years ago, I had to honestly admit that I really liked his solo, even after repeated listens. I was also convinced that it would have given Kiss the missing edge and a geniune moment of breaking loose, with an intensity that they probably lacked at the time to really keep up with the heavier contemporary metal bands in terms of attitude.

I would never say a truly bad word about any Kiss guitarist, but I don't think any of them, especially Bruce, ever had the anger and pain presented in Vinnie's solo. It was unexpectedly good. Or so you might think.

But what I missed at the time, and what catches my eye all the more today, is that this is exactly where the problem lies. I still think Vinnie's solo is good, but still not as good, or rather not as fitting as Rick Derringer's on the album version. Vinnie's solo works a bit like a pornographic hardcore sequence in the middle of a well balanced melodrama, if you know what I mean. Both aren't necessarily bad, they just don't really belong together.

Vinnie's solo is like a cleft in the canvas of a painting, and the cleft in and of itself certainly has a certain natural beauty and depth to it, and of course could be called art if one were willing to engage with it. But that doesn't change the fact that a hole in the picture is a hole in the picture - and thus clearly destroys the magnificent painting. Derringer's solo, on the other hand, creates much more depth, like a deep blue in which one could lose oneself without leaving the picture, and expands Exciter's dimension without breaking or completely sabotaging the functioning frame and its rules. It merely uses the moment of tension and transfers it into a well-lubricated moment of surprise. It's just principle of unity.

And that's exactly what makes the difference. Sorry Vinnians (but I love you all, anyway).

So, if you still like it, you will certainly enjoy your breakfast cereal with a red hot chili pepper, including the seeds of course. That's fine by me, of course, because it's all just a question of attitude anyway. And also a little bit taste.

But we all hopefully know that taste is learnable.

Exciter (Instrumental Rough Cut, 1983)

Exciter (1983)

[sonofeterniaramblings]

Son of Eternia Ramblings, Ep 1: The Importance of Naming

I am what you could call an amateur writer - after all, I don't have the experience or funding to get anything I write published, and even if I did… most of what I write is fanfiction, so a few legal problems would ensue to say the least.

Regardless of this minor thorn in my side, I publish them online for all to read anyway. And something that I've noticed since I started planning in September 2022 is the power that names can have, and not just for characters. Places, events, chapters, heck! What you name your story can have such a profound impact on the direction it goes in.

For an example, let's take a look at the fanfiction series I'm writing, Son of Eternia. From that title, you can tell that it has a fantasy setting due to the word 'Eternia' not being part of the English Lexicon.

Now, let's get onto the real meat of this rant/post. The characters.

Declan 'Decadence' O'Connor is the protagonist of the series, and just from his name you can subconsciously work out a few things about him. Both the names Declan and O'Connor are of Irish origin, making you intuitively picture him as Anglo-Gaelic even if I haven't described him to you yet. His alias, Decadence? Nothing to do with the downfall of society through the rich and lavish, he just picked it because it was cool and sounded close enough to his own name.

Valorie 'Moonshroad' Van Der Brink. Again, European name origins, but less obvious. Van Der Brink is a bit more exotic, probably more eastern. The Moonshroad nickname also gives off her affinity for the moon, and tendency to hide herself.

On the other side of reality, Veil Lunarcleft, daughter of the cleft. Her surname gives away her entire character before it's even said outright - Veil, since she hides things about herself through an opaque emotional mask Lunar, referring to her being a Moon Elf Cleft, being the real kicker, since she's 1/16th Shadowpaw. (For context, the Shadowpaw are a humanoid species of cats that reside in the 15th dimension, in the city of Bramblecleft.)

Names can change and evolve throughout the series as well. For example, two of my secondary characters, Damien and Alex, completely change their names when they enter the Aetherian realm (to Ashgem Polestar and Phoenix Polestar respectively) as a representation of their lack of attatchment to their old world. There are other changes that take place, signifying character growth, change and all that jazz, but if I gave that info all willy nilly, I'd be spoiling the story! Can't have that when I'm only 12.5% complete, can we?

So, yeah. You could say that naming your stuff is important. And if it doesn't work out first time, that's okay! Declan went through many iterations before he got his current name (the Decadence alias actually came first, would you believe). The story itself has changed names numerous times as the plot changed and evolved over the years, going from Stonebay Chronicles to Son of Entity to what it is today.

I hope my brainfart of a first tumblr post was an… entertaining read to say the least. Thank you for letting me waste your time.

[shasanpiping]

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