#elements of chaos

[kassil]

Referencing this post - magic where there are a bunch of systems of magic, there is no underlying True System that no one has figured out, and there can be inexplicable interactions between systems that work just fine in isolation.

This is gonna be an ongoing thing because it amuses me and is gonna make me stretch my brain a little.

So the first one is gonna be a pretty simple one. The people of the Astrani Plains (four nations in total) theoretically have a shared magic framework. Most of it interacts just fine. The base of it is that the world has five elemental forces - Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, and Stone.

Earth magic is all about the living land. Soil, plants, a bit of animal stuff, the vital force of the world. Some measure of animism. This, oddly enough, is the one that works flawlessly across all four nations, even the queendom of Jaalis in the foothills to the west, where it's cold and rocky and the soil is thin and shitty.

Wind magic is all about the sky. Overall, most of it works fine, and three of the four nations have weather magic that works just fine together. Jaalis, on the other hand, puts all kinds of precipitation under Water, and you can't work a weather spell from the other three near a mage from Jaalis or else everyone gets wet at best and gets a freak blizzard at worst, if they have any wind or water magic going.

Water magic can be shared by Yanti and Geldi mages just fine; their traditions agree on "water is the stuff in the rivers and lakes" and their spells don't conflict. Jaalis, as noted, puts storm-manipulating magic in water, and any kind of wind or water magic they use is likely to cause anything from a downpour to a blizzard in the vicinity of anyone else from the region using wind or water magic. The people of Hestur, on the other hand, define water magic as magic of movement, and their spells will uncontrollably fling them and the people from Yanti and Geldi around if they try to do anything near each other, while Jaalis spells tend to overwhelm their transit efforts and half-drown everyone.

Fire is A Fucking Problem. The Yanti use it as forge magic, as do the Jaalisfolk, but the Yanti are trained with candles and their fire magic is very much for delicate procedures, while fire magic from Jaalis is all about the base shaping and smelting, and keeping things toasty-hot. When you get two of them together the magic literally explodes if either of them tries anything. The Geldi, on the other hand, identify the sun with fire, and all of their fire magic is light and heat. They mostly don't have problems with Jaalis fire magic, but working a Geldi fire spell near fire magic from Yanti invariably produces a sun-bright flare of light from the mage in question, typically resulting in healers being needed. Hesturian magi define fire in a way that all their fire magic is culinary; for some reason, while their spells cause no direct problems for any of the others, for weeks after a Hesturian mage works fire magic near a fireworker from the other three, the others will taste overpowering pepper when they try to do fire magic.

Stone is the stuff of the bones of the world. Jaalis, for once, is the one that has no conflict with the others; stone is stone and metal, and only stone and metal, and there's apparently enough commonality there that the other three traditions don't conflict. Hesturian magi, on the other hand, tend to use stone as a creation element - construction, specifically - and this causes problems when Yanti mages try to use it defensively, because the way it crashes together causes literal walls of stone to blast out of the ground with no respect for whatever else is around, while Geldi stone magic temporarily petrifies the user if cast near any Yanti spellwork, and causes food to turn to mud if used near Hesturian spells. Yanti stone mages tend to grow plates of rock near Geldi magic, but since a lot of their defensive spells do that kind of thing on purpose none of them have noticed yet.

[forever-eternal]

Hello, I’m making My Little Ponies. Have pictures of the first three:

[astra-ravana]

Types Of Witchcraft

Note: These are general/basic explanations of different classes of magick/witchcraft. Practitioners can fall into multiple or none of these categories. Ultimately, only an individual can choose their labels.

Green: Utilizing greenery/plants/herbs/flowers in herbal/nature magick, such as creating blends of different plants or primarily using herbs in spellwork. May keep a garden and take great pride in their workings/connection to the earth and nature.

Hedge/Shamanic: A type of magick that's more oriented towards spirit work, Otherworld and astral travel, dream work, spiritual power and healing. May work with psychedelic/psychotropic/toxic plants and fungi as spiritual tools (ie: flying ointments/teas made from amanita muscaria or datura)

Sea: A type of magick derived from materials/abstract ideas involving the ocean world. Sea magick is worked using various items from as well as one's own connection to the sea and its creatures.

Storm: Magick that is worked by combining one's own energy with the energy of the weather, most commonly storms. Storm witches may have practices such as collecting storm water or snow, "whistling up" or manipulating winds, or performing rituals during severe weather.

Hearth/Kitchen: Magick performed through kitchen craft and/or mundane tasks/crafts around the home or for loved ones. Typically worked daily through food, herbal mixtures, crafting, decorating, and hobbies. May also work with the Fae/elements/nature.

Tea: Those who drink tea, make their own tea mixtures, or enjoy blending herbal remedies and often use reading tea leaves as their form of divination.

Urban: For those who live in or prefer an urban setting/lifestyle. Magick that is worked in densely populated areas and big cities, without some of the seemingly "traditional" aspects of witchcraft.

Tech: Magick that is skillfully worked through technology. A tech witch might cast spells/do divinatory readings on the internet, use magick based apps/programs, or keep a digital grimoire/library.

Elemental: Magick that is worked by honoring/acknowledging all 4/5 elements (Fire, Air, Water, Earth, and/or Spirit). Elementalists may dedicate part of their alter to each element and call upon them during rituals/spells. Conversely, they may choose to focus on only one element changing the designation to either fire, air, water or earth witchcraft.

Fae/Faerie: The magick of those who work and commune with the Fae. Faerie witches may do rituals/spells around the Fae, ask favors of them, have regular communication sessions, and leave them offerings. The Fae are very unpredictable and strong but, with time and respect, they share their magick with special individuals.

Infernal: A system of spirit work/magick that revolves around Infernal spirits/entities, such as demons, djinn, or other spirits of a chaotic alignment. This practice requires a surprising amount of shadow work and dismantling of oppressive religious systems. They may summon demons, perform rituals/spells with them, make deals, or take them up as magickal familiars.

Necromancy: The practice of seeking the assistance of, summoning, communication, and diving through the dead. Practitioners may frequent cemetaries/burial grounds/haunted locations and perform magick and spiritual/divinatory readings there. Often employ the use of pendulums, dowsing rods, talking boards, black mirrors, grave dirt, and bones.

Draconian: Draconian magick is a practice that involves engaging with dragons as powerful forces and allies in spiritual practice. It can include rituals, symbolism, and techniques to connect with dragons, and may be used for empowerment, healing, and spiritual growth.

Chaos: A type of magick utilizing new, non-traditional, and unorthodox methods. It is a highly individualistic practice that draws from many magickal disciplines (eclecticism).

Blood/Sanguine: A very potent class of magick that includes the use of one's own blood or that of another in powerful rituals/spells.

Sigil/Art: The use of sigils, symbols, glyphs, runes, or artwork infused with will and intention. This practice is vast, versatile, and diverse with each practioner producing truly unique results.

Lunar: Lunar magick is the practice of performing rituals during the different phases of the Moon to bring about physical or psychological change. They may honor/worship the Moon, do moonlight rituals, or make moon waters. Conversely, one could work with the Sun in much the same fashion.

Cosmic/Celestial: Magick that incorporates the stars and planets. Astrology is a dominant force in their lives and witchcraft and they consider the placement of celestial bodies before doing a working.

Crystal: Incorporation of crystals/stones in one's magickal practice. May make crystal grids, include them in their spells, use them in energy work, meditation, or for Reiki healing.

Glamour: Glamour magick is an enchantment type that adjusts or changes your outward appearance, or people's perception of your outward appearance and can include the enchanting of jewelry, clothing, and even makeup for magickal purposes.

Shadow: Magick with a focus on the elements of darkness and shadow. May practice umbrakinesis (shadow manipulation), magickal subterfuge and illusion, and feel at peace, and even practice, in pitch black darkness

Are there any you feel I should have included? Please let me know! I'd love to expand this list. :)

[gladosluver]

they should set their differences aside and work together. imagine the horrors they could create

[tio-trile]

How bout that season 2 teaser huh?? I got to be part of the team that storyboarded the first episode of season 2, and it was incredible seeing a roomful of audience react live to the episode!!!!!! Some of the shots that I storyboarded are shown in the teaser!

[umbra-borealis]

"I AM THE SAND GUARDIAN, GUARDIAN OF THE SAND!"

This is basically the first chapter of EoC in a nutshell. Also, these are men in their mid to late 20s.

[one-silly-cart00nist]

More Humanstuck GamTav

ft. random doodle under the cut

[fnafverse-quotes]

Glamrock Chica: *trying to wake Roxy up* Don’t make me get the glitter glue bucket from the daycare!

Roxy: …You WOULDN’T…

Monty: *barging into the room, drenched in glitter* YES SHE WOULD!!!

[c-0f-chaos]

THE SKATER IS FINALLY DONE

And without the lines, I like both

He is my purifier oc, I really like how he turned out!

I'm still figuring out some of the details, but I'll consider him complete

Also, if anyone is interested in knowing more about Skater, he would be delighted to answer!

I'll leave the text under the cut

Age: 23

Pronouns: He/him

The Skater was assigned to help the Batter in his mission. Like the Batter, he believes that the world is in need of purification.

He loves fighting, both specters and anyone who challenges him. His love for the feeling of adrenaline of a good fight can make him lose his senses. The only thing left in his mind is the dance of the attacks.

Skater is always messing around with people. He has an entire catalog of tricks up his sleeve to have some fun. You can tell how much he likes a person based on how he messes around them. Both Batter and Dedan agree that he is annoying.

He has a problem with Lucky Tickets. Even Zacharie is starting to worry about him.

[dontlookforme00]

fool

[astra-ravana]

Types Of Fae

The realm of the Fae is vast and diverse, with countless variations across different cultures and mythologies. Here's a comprehensive list of some of the most common types of faeries, along with additional details about their characteristics and folklore. This is by no means a complete list, but it should give you a pretty good idea of the types of faeries that exist. If you want information about interacting with the Fae check out this post.

• Brownies: These helpful household spirits are often depicted as small, wiry creatures with long ears. They are known for their industrious nature, performing chores like cleaning, cooking, and tending to livestock. However, they can also be quite mischievous, playing pranks on those who neglect their needs.

• Pixies: Small and playful, pixies are known for their love of mischief and pranks. They are often associated with the air and are said to inhabit trees, flowers, and other natural wonders.

• Puca: A Celtic spirit and shape-shifter that can take various forms, including horses, rabbits, goats, and humans. It’s also known as Puck in English Folklore, is sometimes believed to use the light of Will o’ the Wisp to lure people into swamps or ditches and then flee with delight.

• Leprechauns: These Irish faeries are best known for their love of treasure and their skill in making shoes. They are often depicted as solitary figures, guarding their pots of gold at the end of rainbows.

• Sprites: Tiny nature spirits, sprites are often associated with specific locations, such as forests, rivers, or mountains. They are known for their playful nature and their ability to bring good luck or misfortune.

• Nymphs: Beautiful female spirits, nymphs are associated with specific natural elements, such as water, forests, or mountains. They are often depicted as graceful and alluring, with a deep connection to the natural world.

• Sylphs: Air spirits, sylphs are often depicted as ethereal beings, capable of flying and moving with the wind. They are associated with the sky and are often seen as messengers between the earthly and spiritual realms.

• Salamanders: Salamanders are a type of elemental spirit commonly associated with fire. Some people insist they are little balls of light, but during the Middle Ages, many claimed they were lizard-like in appearance. Alternatively, Salamanders are sometimes described as slender, red, and dry-skinned creatures with a malevolent demeanor.

• Undines: Water spirits, undines are associated with lakes, rivers, and oceans. They are often depicted as beautiful, aquatic beings, with a strong connection to the emotional and spiritual depths of water.

• Gnomes: Earth spirits, gnomes are often depicted as short, bearded creatures, with a deep connection to the earth. They are associated with mining, gardening, and other earth-related activities.

• Elves: Often depicted as tall, elegant beings with pointed ears, elves are associated with nature, magic, and wisdom. They are often divided into two categories: the light elves, who are associated with beauty, grace, and harmony; and the dark elves, who are associated with darkness, magic, and secrecy.

• Goblins: Mischievous creatures, goblins are often associated with underground realms. They are known for their love of treasure, their skill in crafting, and their tendency to play tricks on humans.

• Boggarts: Household spirits, boggarts can be either helpful or harmful, depending on how they are treated. They are often associated with specific objects or locations, and they can cause mischief if they are neglected or mistreated.

• Banshees: Irish female spirits, banshees are associated with death and are often heard wailing or keening to announce the impending death of a family member.

• Cat Sidhe: Celtic legend says cat siths appear as large black cats with a white spot on their chest. These mischievous faeries were said to be able to steal the souls of the deceased.

• Leanan Sidhe: Leanan Sidhe often seduce and help people with creative abilities like poets, artists, or musicians. They are gorgeous and fascinating to their lovers but entirely invisible to their lover’s friends and family.

• Spriggans: Cornish faeries, spriggans are known for their mischievous and sometimes malevolent nature.

• Kelpies: In Scottish folklore, kelpies are dangerous water creatures that can appear on land as horses. They lure human victims to ride on their backs, then carry them to their deaths.

• Red Caps: Blood soaked and bloodthirsty, red caps are among some of the most formidable faeries. They are known for their strength, agility, and violent nature.

• Mermaids: These water spirits have been linked to sorrow and destruction in modern and ancient folklore, while they can also be compassionate. When rescued or saved, they have provided the wisdom of natural remedies for deadly illnesses, lavish gifts, and storm advisories.

• Changelings: Trickster faeries, changelings are known for kidnapping human children and leaving a faerie in its place.

• Piskies: Piskies are often playful and mischievous, but they can also be helpful to those who treat them with respect.

• Knockers: Knockers are associated with mines and mining. They are often heard knocking on the walls of mines to warn miners of danger.

• Dullahan: The headless horseman of Irish folklore, these faeries can remove their own heads at a whim. Said to bring terror and catastrophe wherever they go.

• Lady of the Lake: A mysterious water faerie that guards lakes and ponds, keeping them pure and clean.

• Dryads: Dryads live in and protect trees. You can often find them chatting with their trees. Considered peaceful, unless you mean harm towards the forest.

• Gean-Canach: Their name literally translates to ‘Love Talker’ and refers to faeries known for their ability to be alluring or enchanting with their voices. They often smoke clay pipes.

• Kobolds: Kobolds (sometimes called Cobolts or Koboldts) originate from Germanic folklore and act similarly to the English Brownie. They are house faeries and can act very mischievous if forgotten.

• Selkie: Originating from Orkney and United Kingdom folklore, a Selkie is a gentle water spirit believed to live in the sea as a seal, but once on land, they fully assume human form.

• Trows: Trows are a type of Troll from the Orkney and Shetland Islands who are sometimes called Drows. Generally, all Trows kidnap humans, but they value young mothers and newborns most of all.

• Will O’ The Wisp: Sometimes known as Jack-o’-lantern, they are a type of Fae pixie believed to inhabit the marshes and bogs of England. Will O’Wisps are nature spirits that inhabit the elements of the earth. The name Will o’ the Wisp is derived from the Saxon word wile which means trickery or deceitfulness combined with the Swedish word Wisp, meaning a bundle of tinder.

[pedroninjavermiliongreen87]

LEGO Ninjago Cross Kingdoms Adventures New Yorksokyo Pedro, Erick and Teodora Elementals nightmare form

[swan2swan]

Reminder that Brooklynn and Soyona absolutely had a breakfast together in Dubai.

[androm3da868]

If anyone needs to watch a movie where it is a perfect depiction of Agni’s children please watch Drop Dead Fred.

Phoebe Cates is Krittika Taurus moon and Rik is PBP Aquarius dominant, and for me they act as the divine union of the masculine and feminine personalities of the deity Agni.

[umbra-borealis]

Can I offer y'all a nice Shadow re-design in these trying times?

Shadow is arguable one of the more complex characters in Elements of Chaos considering the fact that his alignment is a bit... foggy. For him and for everyone else as Shadow suffers from amnesia for a while, some things never change 😔

I made a speedpaint for this little doodle! Click Here to view it on my youtube channel! 

[landinrris]

A Matter of Perspective- A Carlos Interlude

A Carlos pov from the Lando PR fic, in which Lando and Carlos let the internet make their own assumptions about the (purposeful) presence of a new girl in the friend group.* This snippet is based primarily on these photos from yesterday with Lando driving his Ferrari and who is most likely Ed following behind in the Urus (x). *Technically an original female character because I am not name-dropping my girl MC quite yet

Carlos isn’t sure he’ll ever get tired of seeing people make fools of themselves— of seeing how they fumble for their phones and stick them so far out into the road towards the cars they’re trying to film that the drivers could reach out of the window and pluck them from their hands.

He especially doesn’t think he’ll get tired of seeing them do it when it’s in Lando’s direction— Liliana in the passenger’s seat. Like today, for instance. The three of them are going down to one end of the city for lunch, Liliana having arrived the night prior partly for a short weekend holiday and partly to rile people up.

The thing is, Lando has cars that will comfortably fit three people. Carlos does as well. Nice, luxury cars that many people could only dream of having. But Lando’s a little shit at heart, and he’s apparently desperate to get his fill of the Ferrari while they’re home for the week. The Ferrari that only has two seats— not like Carlos’ own four-door that’s sitting snuggly in the garage beneath their flat.

And well, Liliana is also a shit-stirrer at heart, Carlos learned very early on. She and Lando might as well be the same person in some regards. She’d taken one look at their collection and proclaimed that Lando was right, he should get his fill.

Carlos smiled despite himself and rolled his eyes. “Fine, I will follow behind. Try not to run anyone over,” he called over his shoulder, already moving towards the Urus.

“Love you,” Lando called back. Carlos raised his middle finger over his head and reveled in the cackle he received in response.

Now, as they sit in the ever-present traffic, Carlos knows why the two of them are so eager to drive one of Lando’s flashier cars. It’s recognizable and gets attention— draws the ridiculous phones out of people’s pockets that practically upload to social media in real time.

The pictures of Lando in Monaco will not only spread to Lando’s swath of fanpages— with Liliana in the front seat, they’ll spread around the gossip pages as well. The pages that have well and truly convinced themselves of her and Lando’s relationship. The ones in “denial” have suggested maybe Carlos is the one dating her. A few crazier still suggest maybe they’re in some kind of throuple.

There was a time where the thought of the general public connecting him to Lando in a romantic sense raised his hackles. It terrified him to the point that they found themselves resorting to this situation in the first place. Those people who he was afraid of have been drowned out over the last six months, leaving Carlos amused more than anything when he goes online.

He’s less afraid now, especially after his and Lando’s heart-to-heart over Summer Break. He knows their end goal— knows that they’re both comfortable in moving towards a future where they’re both out and transparent about their relationship. Not that it’s still anyone’s business, but so that they don’t feel the need to hide behind assumption more than anything.

These six months have given him a lot of things— a glimpse into what life without Lando might look like, a future that solidifies he never wants to find out, and above all an unlikely friend who seems to be Lando’s Spanish twin who separated at birth.

Carlos can see the people lining the sides of the street as they get closer to the center of the city and feels his latent shit-stirring side awaken. It’s a non-race weekend. No friend hangouts. Not particularly warm outside. A small, microcosm of people are going to lose their minds.

Traffic stops, and Carlos reaches for his phone in the passenger’s seat to shoot off a message to Liliana. “Level 10 chaos engaged.”

She hearts the message and sends back a saluting emoji followed shortly by, “Lando said ur gonna be begging for mercy tonight. My message is please wait til I’m gone tomorrow.”

Carlos probably looks crazy to anyone who’s clocked him, laughing out loud to himself in the car alone, but he truly couldn’t give less of a shit in the midst of delicious chaos.