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hello lovely, saw you reblogged this post https://www.tumblr.com/sitp-recs/758533437376315392 i love the "oh oh i'm in love" trope but i never read the kinky oh oh, do you have any recs? any ship, any trope :D sending love!! x
Hello friend! I definitely have recs for that trope 😌
Drarry:
Arms and Elbows by @sorrybutblog (E, 3k)
Or: Draco likes to pick up guys and fist them. Harry is his roommate, but that doesn't mean he should get left out of the fun.
Lucid by @dracoladon (E, 4.4k)
Harry's not sure what makes him harder; listening to Draco talk about astronomy, or shagging Draco so thoroughly that he can't talk at all. Both, probably.
Sports Star by @moonflower-rose (E, 4.8k)
Life as a professional Quidditch player involves a strict routine, and more hydration than Harry could have imagined. He's happy to follow the rules, but he does keep one little strategy to himself, his secret to success on the pitch. Unfortunately, that secret is about to be exposed to Draco Malfoy.
Float by @shiftylinguini (E, 5k)
After a night out, Harry wakes up feeling like he slept on concrete, like his body's made of sand, like he accidentally pissed on his housemate the night before. Because he did accidentally piss on his housemate the night before.
Like This and Like This (Dreams of Lace) by @primavera-cerezos (E, 6.6k)
Harry gets an accidental peek. He can’t think of anything else.
Aletheia by @lazywonderlvnd (E, 8k)
Draco finds out Daphne's been shagging Potter and it turns out it's really not that difficult to get a piece of her hair.
Aural Gratification by birdsofshore (E, 11k)
Harry's not gay – he just likes listening to exciting stories about Aurors. It's not his fault that the narrator's voice is so smooth, so expressive... and really rather hot.
Shining, Like A Present by @bixgirl1 (E, 13k)
The discovery of a small silver box at the site of a case opens up new possibilities.
Wicked Game by Cassiopeias_shadow (E, 21k)
Harry and Draco fall into a spring that allows them to enter into each other’s dreams - but Harry doesn’t quite understand what’s happening, not at first. Why does he keep seeing Draco having kinky sex with a dream version of Harry? And furthermore, why does he like it?
Dirty Little Secret by @writcraft (E, 22k)
When someone threatens Harry’s life, Kingsley decides to send him to a safe house with only Draco Malfoy for company. As the two men are forced together, memories of the past resurface and secrets are discovered.
True Children Still by @gracerene (E, 34k)
After years of dancing around each other, Draco and Harry have finally begun to date, though they're taking things slow. They've got enough to figure out as it is, and the last thing Harry needs is an unexpected introduction to desires he's not quite ready to face.
Inside Your Mind by lazywonderlvnd (E, 36k)
Goyle's taken it upon himself to act as Malfoy's personal, one-man guard and Harry can't help but feel like it's only making the bullying worse.
Other ships:
Essential Lessons by @sorrybutblog (E, 2k) - Ron/Hermione
Hermione wakes up with a cock. Ron teaches her how to jerk it.
Skanc Alley by Lokifan (E, 2.6k) - Ron/Draco
Ron wants to roleplay him having rentboy!Draco. Draco doesn’t get it.
Simple As It Is, Complicated As You Need by @lqtraintracks (E, 3.5k) - Harry/Teddy
It's not something they do often, this whole 'Daddy' thing. But to be fair, they don't even have regular sex as often as Teddy would like either. It's not as though they've even admitted they're doing anything. One of the benefits and curses of both of them being Legilimens actually: Nobody ever has to talk.
Sardines by shiftylinguini (E, 4k) - Jeddy + Scorbus
It’s bad enough his cock is hard from listening to the impromptu midnight pornography of his brother getting off; Albus is not going to add seeing it to the list of reasons why he lost his mind, and presumably his eyesight, on the eve of his grandmother's seventieth. Scorpius, though, doesn’t appear to have any such qualms.
Waiting Under Vain by supergrover24 (E, 4.8k) - Harry/Teddy
Teddy wants to know how sex really should be. Harry can't resist, no matter how much he tries.
Use My Last Breath (to say I love you) by @cassiaratheslytherpuff (E, 6k) - Harry/Charlie
Harry loves the way Charlie's hands feel around his neck. He's not sure how to feel about the tiny dragon or the long-distance relationship.
Green Light by iota (E, 6k) - Ginny/Hermione
What if the best way to get over Ron was to get under Ginny?
The Alchemy of Cigarettes by meshkol (E, 11k) - Albus/Draco
Something about seeing Draco smoking makes him want to drop to his knees.
Burned Silk, Buckled Leather by @ruinsplume (E, 12k) - Draco/Sirius
When Sirius discovers a down-and-out Draco Malfoy lurking around the edges of a Muggle kink club, he thinks he knows just what Draco needs. He isn't expecting to run into some long-buried needs of his own.
Team Players by shiftylinguini (E, 15k) - Jeddy + James/Oliver
Everyone has that one celebrity they’d move heaven and earth to get between their legs, and James Potter is no exception. He just never anticipated that number one on his Freebie List would end up in the same room as him, let alone would make the first move. But lucky for James, Teddy is a team player―well, he probably is, especially with what James is suggesting.
it's brutal out here by dracoladon and lazywonderlvnd (E, 25k) - Charlie/Draco
Draco finally meets Charlie Weasley. He's kind of a beast.
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johannestevans · 3 months
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Man in his forties certain he has been cursed by the gods - his family dead, his ship building business burned to the ground, his tax documents sabotaged, his life shredded to nothing
Going on a pilgrimage to every temple he can find to pray to the gods and beg forgiveness
To Zeus and Hera, Athena and Ares, Artemis and Apollo, to Demeter and Persephone, Hades and Hermes, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Hestia--
To other gods, local heroes, demigods, to the Muses, makes sacrifice to every divinity he can think of
Finally sobbing his eyes out in the temple of Zeus before a plinth of Aletheia, his tears staining the bronze, and a man standing behind him - a great, booming voiced man who is scarcely able to lower his voice to a whisper in the temple
"Kyrios, you have spilt your tears from here to Eubeoa," he says. "What is it you want for?"
"Forgiveness."
"From whom?"
"The gods!"
"For what?"
"I don't know! I don't know, I don't know, but something, it must be something…" Pouring out the whole of his story.
The priest peering down at him, perplexed, tugging at his beard. "Are you so certain it is the gods who look ill on you?"
"They must. Why else would such travesty befall me?"
"What you describe seems like arson, fraud, and murder - those are men's crimes, not god's."
And the man full on having like. A dolly zoom moment in on his face as he recontextualises his entire life and realises who exactly has been plotting against him this whole time, an old rival who must have done all of this to him, who set fires when they were children, who HAD--
Beginning his Odyssey home to take revenge on this bastard, this absolute monster who's ruined his life
And Hermes standing beside Zeus in the temple like, "This is genuinely the funniest thing we've ever done"
And Zeus is like, "I know! Serves the little bastard right."
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I'm here, queer, and highly likely to disappear*; but here's a very unreliable introduction to this narrator.
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Hi, I'm Saturn (for now at least, i think.)
I'm a black 20-something year old writer with a imagination that happens to be active at the wrong times. When I'm not writing, you'll find me struggling through classes and holding my cats in air jail for chewing on my clothes. and you probably thought a college dorm dryer was bad...
I often use music as a progression for my writing, using it to build the personality and lifes of my characters, cause I think you can tell a lot about a person with the type of music they listen to. This goes the same for food, whether they're cooking (or lack thereof), eating (which there'll a lot of and not just food), just for the sake of storytelling. Cause food can tell a story too!
You'll also see the use of Sims4 in these posts, there's nothing better to me than to be able to build my world from the ground up even if it is tedious. I often burnout myself out between both writing and building so its nice to be able to switch between the two! here's a small character visual as a start!
it's also nice to watch my characters evolve real time, they tend to outgrow some things faster than i can keep up.
As a current researching and scrappy practitioner, you will see hints of practical magic(k)/workings/information in my works. Influences from traditionally african american practices will be underlying themes in this world of mine; within my scope of course. How my characters navigate through a world that is both mundane and spiritual is something they'll have to overcome in all aspects; and how they affect future lives and timelines is all hanging on the fading tradition of storytelling.
follow, share, and embrace their stories; because there's only one way to keep them alive.
as for what i write or rather my niche: the unreliable multiverse
genres: (comp) (hist) (queer) romance, urban/southern horror, urban fantasy, and apocalyptic sci-fic.
topics/tropes: religious deconstruction, religious trauma, witchcraft (mundane, practical, scrappy, cultural, A(A)TRs.) anti-racism/racism,politics, social structure,found family, star-crossed lovers, childhood friends to lovers, ancestral/familial secrets, morally-grey protagonists,coming of age, the anti-christ, HEA, small town horror, mental illness/disorders, philosophy.
for some these topics may be a lot, and while i want my writing to be a source of escapism...fiction will always be influenced by reality, and that is something that will be in my writing (just not to the extremes), expect CW and TWs but they will not always be there.
CURRENT WIPs: the big three
Where The River Bends:
Bored of modern romance and her own life, Elaine Brown suffers from being a daydreaming, skeptical, hopeless romantic. In a plead to the Universe to grace her with a new addition to her routine, she finds herself stumbling into spell unlike her very own. Warren Soo has be dreaming of a life where days can feel like a breath of fresh air. When a random chance driven by his choices puts him in the space of unsuspecting Elaine, he can't help but be bewitched by the ease in which her days go by. Together, they navigate the modern world of romance with just the sprinkle of magic.
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tag: #goddamnitsamson
Aletheia:
Sanctum, place of human design created to preserve those who survived the last of nature's destruction. When humanity was suddenly reckoned with the damage of over creation they are forced to pick between two things.
Stay or leave.
For those that had the ability to leave, Sanctum embraced them with open arms; promising a generational haven within their walls. Here, the people are communities; removed from the worries of past plagues and mortal insecurities. But all peace must follow order.
Questioning the world she's grown in , Emilia Porter has wanted to escape the stone boundary of Sanctum. Taking a chance to explore the land beyond, she registers for the Vanguard; the exploration and task forces that protect and serve the lasting stand of humanity.
Now away from the containing hands of those who seek perfection, she must weigh the truths; both tailored and unwritten.
theme song
tag: #findthetruthyouseek
Cherries Under The Sun:
A southern gothic horror that follows Grace Davis even in her dreams. Stuck in a constant cycle of despair, Grace often finds herself living in a loop of a forgotton past, wondering about the should've, would've, and could haves of her life. When her small college town of Marietta is shaken by a rise in missing cases, her hollow world soon becomes a flash of white papers and bloody lines. Now that her daily life of being ignored comes to halt and the lives of those around her are blurring together, they must now find a way to get their world back to normal. Before it is erased altogether.
theme song; intro; taglist
tag: #howsweettheesound
I don't know what else to put here, but that my characters are much like myself. Weird, witchy, creepy, romantic, sensitive,sarcastic, inquisitive (that's a big word for elmo), and a range of clumsy that only a handful of people can enjoy sooo...
IF you've found me or my wips to be interesting, please feel free to follow, ask a question or comment. Thanks for reading all this and from reader to another, create the book you've always wanted to see. Edison out!
i also don't really know how taglist work but if you wanna here's where to keep up! #theunreliableverse
1.* psst...you can find me and (to be)published works here!
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theediviners · 2 years
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𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘥 - 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴
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Collaborative reading between @daarlingdatura, @neptunianspell, @astrodoll2, & our newest member @m00nt4r0t !!
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PILE ONE @daarlingdatura
So while I was shuffling I heard the number 8. So I do believe that a majority of the people in this pile likely have 8 spirit guides.
So first of all, your twin flame is actually one of your spirit guides. What I’ll do here is break down the 3 most prominent spirit guides and talk about who they are, what their energy is & why they chose you. GUIDE #1 Your Twin Flame their energy? We have: the comic, aletheia, the healer, and the temple. The moon rx, the 10 of cups, temperance rx, and the 6 of cups.
So as we see with the comic and the 6 of cups, they are a very jokey type of person. I get the idea they could purposefully prank you sometimes by making cards fly out of your deck- or maybe even blowing on the back of your neck. I’m really getting peter pan energy here lowkey. I feel that your twin flame gatekeeps a lot of information & energy for you. They lowkey do a lot of transmutation for you as well, they upkeep a lot in the physical and spiritual realms for you. Whenever you feel alone, just know that your other half is right there with you. I do see herer that this is also a very nurturing and healing energy, your twin flame is likely very sweet. They could bring sweets into your life. I keep seeing red roses and red indian paintbrushes (flower). I also believe that your twin flame brings a lot of hard truths to you. Unfortunately, they are very jokey.. and like to do it in ways that piss you off. I feel that they want you to learn to loosen up and laugh sometimes. You can get so caught up in your stress, anxiety, day to day mundane life that you forget to smile.
I don’t think I really need to elaborate on why your twin flame chose you, like… they are you.. So I will move on to the next guide now.
Guide #2
This guide doesn’t seem fully ready to reveal to you who they are yet. Although I did just hear the name “nathan” so idk if that will resonate with anyone.. But- anyways.
Let’s get into this guide’s energy,
The Storm, The Poet, The Heart, The Thread Creation, The Secret, Truth rx The Hierophant rx, The Lovers, The Chariot, Justice rx, Judgement
So, this is a very groundshaking and uncomfortable yet comforting and genuine energy. You are karmically connected in some way to this spirit guide, as the thread card literally has a red string in it. (The red string of fate.) Perhaps you were lovers in a past life? (im seeing a theme here lmao), anyways…. I feel that this guide brings uncomfortable and life altering truths and situations to the forefront in order for you to find completion. They may be rather harsh, and when you act out of line they may be a fan of “poetic justice” lol. I definitely see that they are hard on you and want to see you doing right by yourself and others. I Feel really as if they are a life line in many ways. In some of your lowest times they can bring in energy, resources, and other needed things in order to help you stay afloat. It seems like even if they don’t act like it they do genuinely have a soft spot for you. They could rally like the color blue, I keep seeing blue bonnet flowers. I also heard bluebells? I feel like they want you to make better decisions and be more clear with your intentions as well? They feel like you slack at times in friendships or important connections or overlook details that you deem minor but actually mean a lot in the long run. I also see that this is a very non-traditional type of spirit guide in terms of how they teach or guide you with the way the hierophant is in reverse here.
I asked why did they choose you?
I have here the lovers, the queen of cups, and the 10 of swords. It’s possible that in a past life you died before him, or perhaps he mistreated you? He wanted to make things right. They really care for you and want to help you heal a karmic cycle they created.
Guide #3
This honestly made me really emotional. Your third spirit guide is some kind of mother figure. This feels extremely sacred to me.
The Eternal Child, The Heart, The Orphan. The Moon, Ascension, Entanglement, The Path. The Queen of cups, the ace of wands rx, the 9 of swords rx, strength, the high priestess
This energy is beautiful and nurturing, this feels very ephemeral. It’s interesting because it really to me feels like this is a divine mother energy. It’s possible you have been neglected in many lifetimes as a child- including this one. You may not have had much and she has always done her best to provide for you ever since you were young. I’m not sure if you were neglected physically as a child- or like ever dealt with malnourishment or hunger- but I do see that she did what she could. I saw when I closed my eyes before I began shuffling a woman with flowing black hair. A blue dress, and very beautiful pale skin. It was interesting, because that’s how the high priestess looks in my tarot deck. She is an energy that might feel confusing at times, not purposefully- but because it is extremely lunar. This is someone you have known over and over. I would not be surprised if this was not a human. I honestly keep thinking of Hekate. I don’t want to jump to conclusions though. As I am not well acquainted enough with Hekate to speak on this. Anyways. She is here to bring you wholeness. She helps you work through your anger and anxiety, she may be a very comforting presence for you. Someone you can lean on & talk to about absolutely anything. Light a black or blue candle and maybe leave some cornflower as well around the candles. She seems to like hard candies as well? Peppermints, swedish fish, banana laffy taffy?
She chose you because you are her child, and she wishes to protect you.  -------
PILE TWO @m00nt4r0t
intuitive messages from your guides!
you have a specific flow to you that your guides do not want you to move against or change for any reason. if your flow changes, then you are being asked to flow with it instead of against it. you are also being asked to start of slow/gentle with something, and then pick up the pace naturally over time, sort of like a race but this doesn't have to be in terms of competition. something about your dreams is significant. you could be getting important messages from your dreams, although they may be very confusing and difficult to decipher. for some reason i am not under the impression that it's important for you to decipher them right after you wake up, but more-so over time. somethings may not make a whole lot of sense to you right now, but it will eventually. also, if you have not been meditating, you're being asked to incorporate meditation into your daily routine because it cleanses and purifies your energy and thoughts. my heart felt activated and then i heard a mini explosion from outside so i think there's going to be something that happens to you very soon that makes you very very happy, and you'll feel very loved; you'll also have a lot of love to give back as well.
who are your spirit guides?
[the hanged man + two of pentacles + six of wands] before i pulled any cards, i kept being called by the ocean but i wanted to make sure that was accurate so then i pulled the hanged man which is correlated to pisces energy. so your spirit guides could be from the ocean or it is literally the energy of the ocean that is guiding you. there is so much unknown information about the ocean and what it holds within it, which is making me think that there are aspects to your spirit guides that they wish to keep hidden. that, or their energy just goes so deep that it's inaccessible to very many people who are scared to go that deep. your guides may also be a bit playful but also very serious; i'm getting laborinth energy. they may make things purposefully confusing in order to test your imagination and expand your mind. your guides are spirits who are very adament about their time and energy and they're also very well known to the public, so a lot of people may know about this spirit/deity/god/goddess. the most obvious one that came to mind is aphrodite because we all know she was born from the sea and quite literally everyone knows of her. however, she's not the only guide i'm picking up on. there's someone else who is helping you financially, but they aren't the type to give you everything you ask for right away. they'll have you put in effort and revaluate why you feel you need this and make you question what you're truly working for and if it's even worth it. also, your guides seem to be the type to sort of toss you into new waters to test your adaptability. i can see them being like "oh, you've never wrote a song before? okay well here's a music offer that you can't deny and you're going to write a song by this date at this specific time and you're going to do it whether you think it's good or not." they may not be that harsh, but i do see that they want to test your abilities and have you expand your horizons. this is because they see all of your potential and they want you max it out! they're going to bring you success and even public recognition in some way or another.
the energy of your spirit guides!
[strength + three of wands reversed + eight of pentacles reversed] i think your spirit guides like to downplay their energy? they kind of give me trickster energy but not in a malicious way. like i said i do think they're playful with you lol. but i'm also getting that they like attention and they may require a bit more effort from you than other spirits would require. they don't want to be forgotten about. however they do have a disciplined energy to them and they don't want anything to be too in excess. they care very much about self-improvement and they do want to see you put in work for what you want and work into your relationship with them. your spirit guides have the energy of growth and expansion and this is what they're here to help you to do, as well. i feel like they may not give you things as easily as you may wish they would; they want you to meet them halfway or 3/4ths of the way, to be honest. they definitely do like to test your strength and see how hard you're willing to work and how far you're willing to go. you may get frustrated with them sometimes, but i think that they feel proud of you whenever you do?? they like whenever you stand up for yourself, as well as when you set boundaries and put your foot down; this is also what they're teaching you to do. they see a lot of potential in you and they want you to fulfill it, and you can't fulfill it if you're getting everything you want by the snap of your finger. you can't challenge yourself and expand when you're sitting in your comfort zone; this is the logic they go by. although your spirit guides can be a bit playful with you at times, they feel very stern and they do have high expectations of you. they have this idealized "perfect" version of you and they are pushing you to reach that. i do feel like there's a mixed energy and your other spirit guides (who are more playful) tell the other ones to chill out and cut you some slack. i can sense a bit of conflict among your guides, but i do feel like they balance each other out!
why your guides chose to guide you!
[three of pentacles reversed + death + king of swords] your guides chose to guide you because there's this "loner" energy to you. even if you're working with a lot of people, you sort of go off on your own and do your own thing. you prefer to work by yourself and your guides know this and like this about you because you're less likely to become distracted and influenced by others. you're also someone who has gone through many different changes and transitions, which proves that you're fit for the growth and expansion that your guides expect from you. since the king of swords is sitting by death, i do think that you speak clearly with them and those who are on the spirit realm. you're able to understand signs and synchronicties which is obviously extremely useful to them. they don't have to send you a million different versions of the same message in order for you to get it, you're quick at understanding their language. also, since you usually prefer to be/work alone, you don't have others in your ear telling you that you're "crazy" for believing in the divine or trying to convince you to do something else aka straying you away from your purpose. your guides chose you because you tend to view everyone as equal, even if they are extremely rich, very beautiful, very talented, etc. you don't like to put people on high pedestals in life. this doesn't mean you don't recognize that some people just simply do certain things better than others, but you don't treat people differently according to these types of things which your guides really like about you. your guides chose you because you're prepared for battle, although you do not instigate it, and you come hard with the facts and truth rather than trying to hurt people's feelings. you do not need a whole friend group behind you in order to feel powerful and stand your ground. overall, your spirit guides chose to guide you because you are a very easy channel and you're able to decipher messages clearly, you're very powerful and able to get things done on your own, and you're very fair when it comes to how you treat people.
--------- PILE THREE @astrodoll2
I specifically got that you have 4 spirit guides💐
Spirit guide #1
This is someone who you had a very close friendship with that later on formed into a relationship in a past life, this is someone who you experienced a lot of love and fulfillment with, you guys always had a good time together and many fun memories, this is someone who cares about you deeply, this is a soulmate, they choose you to guide you to the right directions, you can call on them whenever you need strength to keep pushing forward and whenever you need clarity on a confusing situation they will bring you the answers. Whenever you go through heartbreak especially romantically you can call on them to bring you love or make you feel loved in that moment, the message I got from them is “I’ve never met anyone like you” I see that they were very in love with you when you were together. They want to remind you that the people you meet are not coincidences and they are bringing you closer to your life purpose. Also know that you’re never alone because they’re always with you. Their energy is very warm and inviting.
Spirit guide #2
So sadly enough I actually have 2 of your parents here as guides whether it may be you lost someone in this life or these are past life parents you once had so this one is your mother
She choose to be your guide to help you heal, she’s coming up as the warrior, she is someone who is very strong, considering I have both your parents here and I can see the difference in their energies I feel like your mother was the one who was a little more stern or strict than the father, but it was because she was very protective over you, she always the best for you, she’s here to help you form boundaries, forgive others who hurt you so you can have peace of mind but know when it’s time to walk away. She will remove others from your life when they no longer serve you and I promise you she is very picky with who she allows in your life, she wants you to learn your own lessons of course but she still has this very protective motherly energy over you who worries a lot. With the message of “we just can’t be together right now” I feel like she misses you alot, you can call on her when you need help with spirituality, your psychic powers, when you’re giving birth or creating new things/ artistic abilities, also to help heal your inner child. I don’t know if the name Marina is significant to you but I heard that.
Spirit guide #3
Your father from a past life or current if you lost them in this one, it’s interesting because even if they’re not here physically they still have that fatherly provider energy, if you ever need help with finances call on them and they will help bring the right opportunities to you, they may attract alot of fortune to you if you ask for it, they love watching over you which is why they chose you they’re just as protective as your mom but have more of a playful energy they may have been those type of adults that refused to grow up or lose their childish side, and because of that they like bringing light hearted events into your life, and making you laugh. They miss you greatly and this is someone that for some reason you guys may have not had closure maybe in a past life it didn’t end on the best terms and they deeply regret that, maybe they weren’t as present enough or feel like they didn’t give you enough which is probably why they also chose to be your guide, to give to you the things they couldn’t on earth. They want to remind you to get out of your head and this imprisonment you may put yourself in at times, you’re free to do whatever you want don’t let anxiety hold you back, but on the other hand if there are doors closed on your face know that it’s for a reason or simply not the right time.
Spirit guide #4
(I say she here but remember to switch the pronouns to whatever suits you)
This is your higher self, they seem very mature ofc because they’re experienced but they seem to purposely hand you challenges to see if you’ve learned your lesson or not, like if you’ve been put in many similar situations with people or circumstances and you know what the outcome will be are you going to choose a different path or are you going to have to make yourself repeat the same lesson?, they are that inner voice that guides you, if you want to connect with your higher self more mediation and being in a quiet place Is recommend. They get frustrated with you when you don’t make long term plans, miss opportunities because you think the results will be too slow, they also want you to make better financial judgments and decisions. Your higher self is funny she is someone very direct so if you ever need an answer to something she won’t sugar coat and will make sure the answer is right in your face so you have no excuses but to take it for face value. Her message is “you’ll hear from me soon” so watch out for any downloads you may receive soon or any synchronicities/signs know that they’re from her trying to tell you something. She loves when you introspect because that’s when you’ll hear from her most since this is a very mental energy. All the answers are within.
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who are your spirit guides?
your spirit guides consist mostly of ancestors and one deity whose name or role i cannot identify at the moment but i hear that they appear often in your dreams. you come from a long line of hard working, strong people that had to sacrifice so much in order to make a living. it might not resonate for immediate family but rather generations that had walked the earth long before you were born. they seem a bit possessive over you? in the way that they are so attached i could feel them right from the moment i started pulling cards. i know that guides (based on my knowledge) have left their ego behind but yours are making me feel some type of rage. they could be angry at those who have caused harm to you and whenever something similar happens, they take immediate action. i wonder if the deity i was speaking could be one that harbours a lot of force like ares or athena, because now I am starting to feel very driven. i don't get much information if i am being honest, as if your guides would prefer more privacy (and something is telling me they want you to keep certain details to yourself as well). it's a weird thing for me to say but they are honestly cool??? like the type of guides anyone would want to have because they are so inspirational and badass yet humble? they have a very grounded energy which isn't overwhelming yet it creates an impression. this reading is all over the place and disorganized and so is my way of expressing the channeled message but i always take it as a sign that there is something that needs to be discovered by the person who is receiving the reading. now, when i think about that specific deity my mind goes to a hawk and i am sensing that they are the one you should go to for advice and direction in life. they follow you every step of the way, trying to pull you towards the right side and sending a specific angel number you frequently see. they might even visit your dreams as a hidden figure who is half present, half distant and you can't make out who they are. as for your ancestors, most of them could be women and their role is to help you grow specifically? one of them is tougher than the rest in particular and any time you make a wrong choice, that is either morally incorrect or immature, they give you somewhat of a spiritual slap. it comes as the air being knocked out of you or tripping over nothing. another one comes to you when the night approaches and watches you in your sleep, most of the messages received then being sent by them!
what are their messages?
lovely, you are doing a great job with your healing! i know thongs haven't been going exactly the way you've expected or you believe your progress is slower than you would have wanted but that couldn't be further from the truth. all that tough energy from before has now turned into an ocean of love and warmth, your guides wishing you could feel how proud they are of you! you need to take more breaks, especially after you work or you put your energy into something draining and allow yourself to enjoy just the present. they also want you to continue shadow work and introspection and make it a main focus in the few months to come. i got the ten of cups and in my deck, the image represents a parental figure embracing her children in a happy, content way. this shows me that you should pay attention to your own inner child's needs and wants. play with it more! try to think about the positive moments from your past and really embody that innocent energy, no matter what your age is. i am just feeling as if you should not pay that much attention to the future but more the present moment and past moments that have a special place in your heart. there is always calm before the storm and by this, your guides are telling you there are great things to come, it's just that you need to be still for now. there is a male in your life represented by the emperor that has to go is what they show me. whether it's a friend, coworker or a lover, someone with a masculine energy has been causing you to feel tired, as if they suck you dry of energy. it doesn't have to be a male, it can be a woman too whose personality is very similar to this card's.
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teecupangel · 4 months
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Okay here is an idea to run with.
Desmond as Fenrir the great wolf
Edward as Joguarmander the world serpent
And Elsie as Hel goddess of death.
@fanworldbuildingfun and I had an idea of Desmond being Fenrir’s Sage set in Valhalla’s time so, for this one, let’s set this up on modern day.
We’ll make this part of Loki and Aletheia’s plan to reunite their family.
Using Yggdrassil as the basis of their plan, they selected specific time for their children to be reborn and for their ‘data’ to be recorded.
Unlike Sages, their children are reborn without their memories of the past and as humans but there is a ‘key’ in their genetic memories that serves as both a point that Loki and Aletheia can find as well as a catalyst for them to remember their old memories.
They couldn’t record their children’s data themselves because the Solar Flare was upon them so they used what they know of the Calculations and replaced specific people who would be recorded by the Animus with the data of their children.
Of course, this was incomplete.
Human tenacity is embedded into our genes which only served to keep these people’s Isu memories deep below.
Loki starts his plan to resurrect his children and trigger the catalyst by using two specific methods:
1) The Phoenix project which will grant them a new body
2) The Animus records which will recover their data (unfortunately, their life as a human as well but that will be taken care of once their Isu memories return)
Of course, it would take some time to recreate the bodies because a certain brat destroyed the majority of the Phoenix project’s data so Loki and Aletheia would have to fix that (and get the materials needed to create the bodies).
Élise de la Serre was the first to be reborn, mostly because Hel was Aletheia’s favorite. Her memories of Hel definitely takes over Élise’s memories but there are times when she would lose herself to the greatest of her memories. To avenge her father. Sometimes, she looks at Loki and asks him how he’s still alive or that he isn’t her father.
The tenacity of humans truly are quite annoying.
Midgardsormen has… always been rebellious. He had been fascinated with humans, even went as far as protect some during the Isu-human war. So, really, Loki and Aletheia weren’t surprised when he left to join the Brotherhood. Unlike Élise, Edward’s memories and Midgardsormen’s memories fused. He’s the most stable of them although there were times when their memories would mix. Most specifically, he would always remember his younger brother Fenrir to look exactly like Desmond Miles. Edward does care for Midgardsormen’s family but he feels like it’s his responsibility to support the Brotherhood, especially after he learned that his own son became a Templar after his death and his descendant died saying the world.
Fenrir.
Ah, Fenrir.
He was the youngest and Loki’s most precious child.
He was also the one with the most complicated situation because…
Desmond Miles’ data in the Animus doesn’t have the catalyst that shows that he is Fenrir reborn.
And Loki believes he knows where Fenrir’s catalyst is.
Because there is another ‘digital space’ that houses Desmond Miles’ data.
The endless expanse of the Gray where the Reader lies, looking over each and every timeline to find the answer to save humanity.
He holds Fenrir’s catalyst.
He is Fenrir.
They have to find a way to find him…
And his companion, the very same person that they had betrayed and sacrificed to make their family whole again.
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theamazingmaddyas · 27 days
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Okay, so for my own fanfictions, most of which take place post-TOA and therefore post-Percy "claim your children" Jackson and Jason "honor minor gods" Grace, I made myself a spreadsheet of all the cabins I believe could plausibly be at Camp Half-Blood, and ended up with a whopping 270, and there's probably more dieties whom I couldn't find any information on, and some dieties whom I don't believe would have a cabin (ex. Kronos) (if you think I should add someone comment) and decided to paste it here, since I don't feel comfortable sharing my original spreadsheet. I did add the water dieties, even though their kids could also plausibly go to the underwater camp, but I've decided to give them the option of what camp they want. I also didn't copy their domains, but I have the list from my research, so you can ask if you'd like, I'll be glad to explain! Most of my research was from Theoi Project - Greek Mythology, and Brittanica, and probably some others I've since forgotten, so if you know any good Greek Mythology resourses and books, please share!
Here's some symbols before we begin:
* - virgin goddess. I added them because Athena and Artemis already have cabins (and Athena kids by magical means)
" - Dieties whom have faded in the series. Their cabins are more memorials to them.
Additionally there are 2 dieties named Thalia, (1) Thalia refers to the muse, the goddess of comedies, and (2) Thalia refers to the goddess of festivities and banquet
Zeus
Hera
Poseidon
Demeter
Ares
Athena*
Apollo
Artemis*
Hephestus
Aphrodite
Hermes
Dionysus
Hades
Iris
Hypnos
Nemesis
Nike
Hebe
Tyche
Hecate
Rhea
Hestia*
Calliope
Clio
Urania
(1) Thalia
Melpomene
Polyhymnia
Erato
Euterpe
Terpsichore
Musica
Persephone
Despoina
Morpheus
Epiales
Thanatos
Aristaeus
Asclepius
Epione
Hygeia
Panaceia
Aegle
Iaso
Aceso
Telesphorus
Eris
Phobos
Deimos
Peitharchia
Alastor
Alce
Hybris
Ioke
Lyssa
Palioxis
Phrice
Phyge
Polemus
Proioxis
Alala
Homodos
Cydoimus
Democracia
Dicaiosyne
Dike
Nomus
Eunomia
Pradaxide
Arete
Homonoia
Adicia
Horcus
Neicea
Poena
Bia
Kratos
Zelos
Phthonus
Agon
Anaideia
Ate
Cacia
Coalemus
Corus
Dolus
Dysnomia
Dyssebia
Oizys
Prophasis
Ptocheia
Thrasus
Soteria
Soter
Paregoros
Sophrosyne
Porus
Ponus
Plutus
Euthenia
Aedos
Aeschyne
Aletheia
Anance
Angelia
Caerus
Calocagathia
Eirene
Ececheiria
Elpis
Epiphron
Eucleia
Eudaemonia
Gelus
Eupheme
Euphrosyne
Eupraxia
Eusebia
Euthymia
Eutychia
Ctesius
Hesychia
Sophia
Techne
Eleus
Penia
Pistis
Phthisis
Pheme
Ossa
Penthus
Ania
Morus
Momus
Apate
Limus
Achos
Aergia
Adephagia
Amechania
Aporia
Geres
Eros
Aglaea
Anteros
Calleis
Charis
Harmonia
Hedone
Himerous
Philia
Philopharosyne
Philotes
Pothussexual
Hedylogus
Peitho
Amphitrite
Triton
Kymopoleia
Rhode
Benthesikyme
Aegaeus
Argyra
Calliste
Capheira
Keto
Kharybdis
Delphin
Proteus
Eidothea
Electra
Thaumas
Eurybia
Glaucus
Helle
Leucothea
Palaemon
Phorcys
Thallasa
Thoosa
Triteia
Tritonis
Tethys
Nereus
Doris
Thetis
Psamathe
Galateia
Eudora
Aeolus
Boreas
Zephryos
Notos
Euros
Khione
Oreithyia
Hesperus
EosphorusVenus
Phainon
Phaethon
Pyroeis
Stilbon
Aether
Arce
Astraeus
Asteria
Eos
Hemera
Nyx
Herse
Helios"
Selene"
Pan"
Aix"
Ganymede
Britomartis*
Oupis*
Loxo*
Hekaerge*
Ariadne
Comus
Thysa
Thyone(formally Semele)
Telete
(2) Thalia
Pompe
Epidotes
Pherespondos
Lykos
Pronomos
Pyrrhichus
Priapus
Phales
Oxylus
Nesi
Methe
Melisseus
Kortymbos
Autonoe
Eileithyia
Carmanor
Carme
Chrysothemus
Daeira
Eleusis
Macaria
Melinoe
Charon
Lethe
Acheron
Gorgyra
Cocyrys
Pyriphlegethon
Styx
Leto
Anchiale
Anytus
Dione
Epimetheus
Eurynome
Aura
Lelantos
Mnemosyne
Melete
Aiode
Perses
Phoebe
Prometheus
Theia
Themes
So that's my list. I don't really have a rhyme or reason for why each number is each, but I did clump together gods with similar domains because that's where they were easiest to find in my research... I honestly think kids of minor gods are very underused in TOA fics, and even in PJO and HOO to an extent. Jillie, my nine year old daughter of Gelus with a contageous laugh? One of my fave OCs.
As for Roman gods and goddess, I'm not as knowledgable, but hopefully I'll make a spreadsheet for plausable godly parents, though unlike CHB it doesn't need to be organized as there's just Cohorts. I don't write Camp Jupiter fics all that often, but it'll be a good resource to have if I choose to.
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writing-for-life · 1 year
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The Light of Stars Master Post
Here is the promised master post, which sends you directly to the chapters on Ao3.
Your comments, likes and reblogs/shares are super-appreciated, be it here or on Ao3. Writers and creators love to hear from you.
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Chapter 1: Juxtapositions, in which artist Thalia Callaghan finds herself having strange dreams.
Chapter 2: Understanding Without Knowing, in which a quest begins in both the Dreaming and the Waking World, and a very reluctant alliance to find the answers is formed.
Chapter 3: Stories Past But Not Forgotten, in which the door to Lucienne's Library opens other doors.
Chapter 4: The Science of Sleep, in which sleep brings peace and paintings uncover that which is true.
Chapter 5: Painting the Invisible, in which the Lord of Dreams has to admit to a deficit in understanding the workings of mortal feelings.
Chapter 6: Rainbows, in which we see refractions of light and discuss the wonders of drinking coffee (don’t take that one too seriously).
Chapter 7: Kerykeion, in which Morpheus remembers something he had long forgotten.
Chapter 8: Creating Stars, in which we meet the Three Sisters (but not the ones you’re thinking of).
Chapter 9: Of Ravens and Humans, in which a raven is a bit indiscreet, and no one is truly sorry about it.
Chapter 10: The Dream is Over, in which we remember Neil Gaiman once said we would never see Morpheus dance, and this writer says: “Hold my beer…” (but really, that’s not what the chapter is about. At all.)
Chapter 11: Dreamless, in which Desire is our favourite bitch, and they always catch on a bit quicker than everyone else.
Chapter 12: It’s Not In The Stars To Hold Our Destiny, But In Ourselves, in which siblings talk and far reaching decisions are made.
Chapter 13: Wide Awake Yet Dreaming, in which dams finally break and the lines between reality and dreaming become blurred.
Chapter 14: Surrender, in which the chapter title says all there is to say.
Chapter 15: A Waking World of Possibilities, in which we explore female friendship and awkward scenes in restaurants.
Chapter 16: The Veil of Night, in which two sisters talk some more, and the chapter title is appropriately ambiguous.
Chapter 17: Imbalance, in which old wounds are opened and new ones are caused.
Chapter 18: Collapse, in which what once felt safe comes crashing down.
Chapter 19: Dying Stars, in which sacrifices are made and memories are lost.
Chapter 20: Cosmic Dust, in which love seems lost, and G.K. Chesterton & Syed Arshad teach us something about its meaning.
Chapter 21: Mnēmē, in which memories lead to despair, and two siblings enlist the help of a third.
Chapter 22: Stygian Sleep, in which a dream leads to what was always the only reality.
Chapter 23: The Dreaming Is You, in which all hope seems lost, but that’s not an option.
Chapter 24: Chrysalis, in which everything changes yet stays the same.
Chapter 25: Petaloudia, in which we care about those left behind.
Chapter 26: Philia, in which we meet an old friend.
Chapter 27: Aletheia, in which confessions are made that cause deep pain.
Chapter 28: Sapphire, in which commitment leads to shenanigans in the throne room. But of course that’s not really the most important bit (or is it?).
Chapter 29: Solid Dreams, in which we hear the story of the true nature of all 12 dream stones.
Chapter 30: Epilogue, in which we find out that some stories are not fully told, and where the journey will take us.
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attendsquoi · 5 months
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Thea's Quest: Introduction
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At 12 years old, Aletheia Hart ran away from home.
No one believed her when she talked about the things she had seen in the street or on the playground, especially not her father. So, she did what any kid would do, and saved up money and bought herself the cheapest possible plane ticket to the farthest possible city. Thea found herself in Richmond, Virginia, where she met a seven year old girl in a shockingly similar situation. She and the girl, Annabeth, later met Luke, Thalia, and Grover, and traveled to Camp Half Blood.
Over the next five years, Thea never got claimed, but regardless she loved camp, and found her family there. She and Luke dated for three years which ended in an awful breakup. Then a year later, Percy Jackson showed up.
The young son of Poseidon was selected for a quest to find Zeus’ master bolt and prevent the gods from going to war. Annabeth and Grover were chosen to join him. It was when Luke started to “help” them that Thea got mad. She could sense his insincerity, but had no proof. Thea confronted Luke after the questers had set off, and it led to a screaming match the whole valley must have heard.
Thea felt like she was being pushed out of her home; the people she considered family were lying and accusing and she didn’t know what to do. She decided to leave. That was when Chiron confronted her, saying he understood her pain, but that she didn’t need to run away, she just needed to “find a purpose.” He told her that Diana of Themyscira, also known as Wonder Woman, was looking for a protege and hoping to find someone versed in the mythological world. Thea wanted nothing more than to leave camp and get away from Luke, so she agreed.
Thea and Diana trained together, and over the next few months, Thea got reacquainted with the mortal world and learned to fight crime. But Diana wanted Thea to interact with kids her own age, and in August, she convinced her to join the team. 
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rennivere · 5 months
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"How can you say that?" she demanded, her voice rising with indignation. "How can you stand there and tell me that the lives of countless people, the bonds they've formed, the struggles they've endured—they mean nothing to you?" Emet-Selch regarded her with an unwavering gaze, his expression impassive. "Because in the grand scheme of things, they are insignificant," he replied, his voice devoid of emotion. "Mere fleeting moments in the tapestry of existence. They are but grains of sand in the hourglass of time, destined to be swept away by the inexorable tide of fate, unless we Ascians succeed in the Rejoining. Only then can we have any hope of returning life and meaning to these broken, meager creatures."
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She knew he was there long before he actually announced his presence, but she thought - or hoped - that if she deigned to acknowledge his presence, perhaps he'd slip back into whatever shadowy portal he climbed out of.
But Emet-Selch was far too insufferable to do that.
The grass crunched beneath her boots as she finally stopped in her tracks, piercing the glowing crystalline end of her staff into the dirt as her head fell back, eyes squinting as she peered up at the blinding daylight that filtered in through the overarching tree tops that loomed high overhead. She sighed bitterly, tapping the metal tips of her false claws against the rod of her staff, trying to decide if she wanted to acknowledge the shadowless shadow that trailed behind her.
In the end, she let her eyes slide shut, shoulders slumping.
"Have you not done enough? What, have you come to gloat?" She asked bitterly, turning to peer over her shoulder as the man meandered up to her side.
She snorted as his hands rose in a shrug, prompting her eyes to give a slight forward roll as a scowl took over her face - not unlike the one the Ascian began to sport as he replied.
"Gloat? You wound me. Do not blame me for your lack of honesty with your friends up until now. Speaking of your friends though... given their absence, I assume they took it... well?"
"Piss off," Aletheia sneered, whipping forwards as she continued to walk. Behind her, she heard the Ascian sigh. She didn't have to look at him to know he had dipped back into a defeated slouch.
She was right, of course. Emet-Selch gave a shake of his head before slowly beginning to follow after the mage once again, seemingly content to ignore her dismissal.
Before long, Emet-Selch began to match her pace, his presence a persistent shadow at her side. She could feel his gaze boring into her, silently looming, demanding her attention. With a resigned sigh, the mage turned to face him once more, her expression a mixture of frustration and defiance.
"What do you want, Emet-Selch?" She asked, her tone tinged with irritation.
The Ascian met her gaze with a knowing smirk, his eyes gleaming with a hint of amusement.
"Oh, I want many things," he replied casually, sarcasm dripping from every word. "But in this moment, I simply find it fascinating to observe the consequences of one's actions,"
Aletheia narrowed her eyes at him, a spark of anger flickering in her silvery gaze.
"Save your lectures. I have no need of them to realize my own folly," she retorted, turning away from him once more.
Emet-Selch didn't relent. He continued to walk beside her, his presence serving as a constant reminder of her situation with the Scions. Despite her best efforts to ignore him, his words continued to worm through her mind, stirring up a whirlwind of uncertainty.
As they journeyed deeper into the forest, Aletheia's frustration began to mount, her patience wearing thin with every step. Finally, unable to bear his presence any longer, she whirled around to face him, her voice tight with suppressed anger.
"Enough!" she snapped, her words echoing through the trees, "I tire of your games, Emet-Selch. If you have something to say, then say it. Otherwise, leave me be."
Her words had the Ascian pausing, responding first with a series of slow blinks, hovering somewhere between mildly surprised and unimpressed.
"My, you are a fiery one, aren't you?" He mused, his words bringing a deeper scowl to Theia's lips. "I told you when first we saw each other on the First: I wish to observe. I wish to understand: to see what inspires you to fight, day after day. You especially fascinate me, given your upbringing. You already know what drives us, why we seek the Rejoining... and yet, here you are, primed to oppose us."
Silence followed Emet-Selch's words, as Aletheia's eyes narrowed at the Ascian, her jaw flexing. If she considered answering earnestly, her expression didn't show it. For the time, she seemed content to remain silent, glowering at the Ascian as he peered down at her. Eventually, Emet-Selch sighed, head giving a shake as his hands rose in a shrug.
"Keep to your silence if you must, but if there is any hope of us seeing eye-to-eye, then it requires you to speak," he snorted.
Aletheia's gaze hardened, her resolve steeling against Emet-Selch's probing. She had no intention of revealing her inner thoughts to him, especially not after his relentless taunting. But even as she remained steadfast in her silence, a part of her couldn't shake the nagging feeling that he was right.
With a frustrated huff, she turned away from him once more, quickening her pace as she sought to put some distance between them. But no matter how fast she walked, Emet-Selch remained at her side, a persistent reminder of the turmoil churning within her.
"My entire life..."
Her words broke the silence between them after some minutes, startling the Ascian just enough to have him pausing briefly in his stride before falling back into step beside her as she continued.
"...I was taught by you and yours that the people of the Source and its shards were expendable. Weak, meager, barely living creatures. Sorry excuses for life. But when the Emissary tasked me with seeking out the Scions, I learned first hand that none of that was true. These people had lives of their own, history, family, loves. They had faced trials and overcome them. Together, we defeated Primals, and reveled in the joy of those we saved."
"I began to realize that these people were worth far more than I had been led to believe, and when Hydaelyn spoke to me, I knew her words were true."
As Aletheia spoke, a weight seemed to lift from her shoulders, her words carrying the weight of a lifetime of revelations. She felt a sense of liberation in finally expressing the conflict that had been brewing within her, a tumultuous storm of doubt and conviction.
Emet-Selch listened intently, his expression unreadable as he absorbed her words. For a moment, there was a flicker of something in his eyes—a hint of recognition, perhaps, or even understanding. But just as quickly as it appeared, it was gone, replaced by the inscrutable mask he wore so well.
"Hydaelyn," he mused, the name falling from his lips like a whisper on the wind. "A curious choice of ally, considering her role in all of this."
Aletheia bristled at the mention of Hydaelyn, her defenses rising instinctively. She had no intention of letting Emet-Selch sow doubt in her mind, not after everything she had witnessed and experienced.
"Say what you will about Hydaelyn, but she showed me the truth, and she gave me the ability to see through the veil the Ascians tried to cast over my eyes," she replied, her voice steady and unwavering.
Emet-Selch regarded her with a thoughtful expression, his gaze piercing as he studied her intently. There was a calculating glint in his eyes, a spark of something that sent a shiver down Aletheia's spine.
"You are a fascinating contradiction, Aletheia," he said, his voice low and measured. "A product of your upbringing, yet capable of seeing beyond what you were taught - even if it is all simply a weave of lies and half-truths meant to deceive you."
She snorted in response, finding the Ascian's words almost comical.
"Rich, coming from you," she sneered.
"Nothing you were taught in your upbringing was ever a lie," the man said firmly, his resolve making Aletheia momentarily pause in her step, slowing to peer at him once more. Her silvery gaze was sharp as it locked on Emet-Selch's own golden orbs, narrowing in search of any sign of dishonesty.
But there was none.
Emet-Selch's assertion caught Aletheia off guard. She had expected him to deflect or obfuscate, not to affirm the teachings of the Ascians so unequivocally.
"Nothing?" she echoed, her voice tinged with skepticism. "You would have me believe that everything I was taught—the idea that life on the Source and its shards is insignificant, disposable—was the truth?"
Emet-Selch met her gaze with a steady stare, his expression unreadable but tinged with a hint of something resembling regret.
For what, Aletheia couldn't be sure.
"Yes," he replied simply. "The truth of the world as we know it is far more complex than you can imagine, hero. The balance of life and death, light and shadow—it is all part of a grand design that stretches far beyond the confines of your mortal understanding."
Aletheia's mind raced with a whirlwind of conflicting emotions. There was a fleeting moment, while the Ascian spoke, that she wondered. There was much she did not know, much she did not understand. But could she trust Emet-Selch, of all people, to tell her the truth? She doubted it.
"But what about the people I've met, the lives I've seen saved?" she protested, her voice steady despite her frustration. "Are you truly telling me that none of that matters?"
Emet-Selch's expression softened, a hint of sympathy flickering in his eyes, and for a moment he simply looked at her, chin raising as if something had dawned on the man. For a time, Aletheia thought he might concede, that perhaps her words had struck the right chord in the Ascian's mind.
Alas, that was far from the case.
"Yes, I am," he uttered bluntly.
Aletheia's heart sank at Emet-Selch's stark affirmation. It felt like a blow to her very core, a confirmation of her worst fears. She had hoped, perhaps foolishly, that he would offer some glimmer of empathy, some acknowledgment of the value of the lives she had fought so hard to protect. But his cold dismissal only served to fuel the fire of her defiance.
"How can you say that?" she demanded, her voice rising with indignation. "How can you stand there and tell me that the lives of countless people, the bonds they've formed, the struggles they've endured—they mean nothing to you?"
Emet-Selch regarded her with an unwavering gaze, his expression impassive.
"Because in the grand scheme of things, they are insignificant," he replied, his voice devoid of emotion. "Mere fleeting moments in the tapestry of existence. They are but grains of sand in the hourglass of time, destined to be swept away by the inexorable tide of fate, unless we Ascians succeed in the Rejoining. Only then can we have any hope of returning life and meaning to these broken, meager creatures."
Aletheia's fists clenched at her sides, her nails digging into her palms as she fought to contain the storm of emotions raging within her. She wanted to scream, to lash out at the callousness of his words, but she knew it would do no good. Emet-Selch was unmoved by her anger, unaffected by her pain.
"Is that what you truly believe?" Aletheia's voice was strained, her eyes ablaze with a mixture of fury and disbelief. She couldn't fathom how anyone could be so devoid of empathy, so utterly indifferent to the suffering of others.
Emet-Selch regarded her with a detached air, as if he were merely an observer in a play unfolding before him.
"It is not a matter of belief, Aletheia," he replied coolly. "It is simply the nature of our existence. We Ascians have a duty, and if that duty requires sacrifice, then so be it."
"You speak of duty as if it justifies everything," she seethed, her voice trembling with suppressed rage. "But what about the lives you destroy in the name of your so-called Rejoining? What about the families torn apart, the dreams shattered, the futures erased? Do they mean nothing to you?"
Emet-Selch's gaze remained unfazed, his expression unchanged as he met her fiery stare with a calm resolve.
"They are but casualties of a war far greater than they can comprehend," he stated flatly. "Their suffering is regrettable to some, I suppose, but it is necessary for the restoration of our world, our existence."
Nothing in Emet-Selch's words were different enough to warrant Aletheia pause, and yet she did. For a moment, she returned to silence, brows furrowed enough to crease her skin as she peered at the Ascian. He stared back, a brow quirked questioningly.
"Then tell me of it," she finally demanded. "Tell me of this world you fight so hard to restore."
Emet-Selch's lips curled into a sardonic smile, as if he found Aletheia's request amusing. "Ah, you wish to hear of the world beyond the veil of ignorance," he said, his voice dripping with condescension. "Very well, if it will satisfy your curiosity."
But before Emet-Selch could delve into his tale, the sound of rustling leaves and snapping twigs shattered the tranquility of the forest, and Aletheia's senses snapped back to reality. She whirled around, staff at the ready, only to find herself surrounded by a group of armed figures clad in dark robes.
"Sineaters! Surround them!" Spoke one of the offenders - a large beast of a man, with white fur and a dark mane, but a gaze hardly befitting a fighter.
As Aletheia became aware of just how surrounded they had become, she conceded, jaw clenching as she slowly leaned to set her staff on the dirt, raising with her hands held in submission.
"We are not sineaters," she insisted calmly, gaze darting to the side as she caught a glimpse of Emet-Selch similarly surrendering beside her.
"Oh dear," the Ascian muttered, tone dripping with dry humor, "Would be a shame if I left you to deal with this all on your own, hm?"
"Don't you dare," Aletheia hissed, mildly aware of the quiet, bewildered muttering from the robed defenders around them as they discussed whether or not the surrounded pair were in fact sineaters or not.
"You're no fun at all," Emet-Selch mused, giving a little tut of his tongue - although to his credit, he did not opt to fade into the shadows.
"Lower your arms,"
A familiar voice had Aletheia's gaze snapping forward, a small smile tugging onto her lips.
"Master Matoya...?" the large Ronso questioned, turning his full body to face the approaching Miqo'te.
"These are not sineaters. Not unless they have learned to mimic the voice of long lost friends,"
The woman's tone began to drip with amusement, though as Y'shtola approached, Theia could hardly miss the way her brows furrowed with uncertainty.
"Is it truly you? Urianger told me of your arrival, and of your endeavors against the Lightwardens, but I will admit... I was not prepared for just how corrupted by the light your aether would be. He also failed to mention that you would be joining them in Rak'tika, or that you would be accompanied by... a new friend?"
Aletheia lowered her arms as the woman spoke, leaning down to fetch her staff from the ground before taking a stride forward, a hand reaching out towards the Miqo'te - which Y'shtola obliged, taking a few strides towards the Warrior to place her gloved hand in Aletheia's own.
She went to speak, but Y'shtola's description of Emet-Selch had Aletheia snorting, her nose giving a brief wrinkle as she glanced over her shoulder towards aforementioned 'friend', who simply shrugged in response, remaining silent - for once.
"It is a... very long story. I ventured here on my own, in hopes of finding you," she explained, her words slowing at the end as her eyes narrowed - not in suspicion, but intrigue, a slight grin tugging at the corner of her lips, "Master Matoya?"
"Ah," the Miqo'te deadpanned, "Yes. It seems we both have much to share. I'm afraid you just missed Urianger and the others, but pray, follow me. Let us get out of this damnable light and back into the shade so we can talk,"
"Yes, let's," Emet-Selch muttered behind them, causing Aletheia to softly sigh. It seemed like the Ascian had every intention of sticking around.
That would certainly make certain confessions... particularly interesting.
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hii, do you know any fics with pillow princess draco? or generally where he just lies there and does nothing haha
Hi anon! Hmmm I can’t think of many but maybe these will hit the spot??
Lucid by dracoladon (E, 4.4k)
Harry's not sure what makes him harder; listening to Draco talk about astronomy, or shagging Draco so thoroughly that he can't talk at all. Both, probably.
The Antique Bed Frame by lazywonderland (E, 5.4k)
Draco “needs his bed fixed.” Harry offers to help.
Once Bitten by Frayach (E, 5.6k)
Harry likes to bite and fortunately Draco likes to be bitten.
Good Talk, Potter by loveglowsinthedark (E, 6.7k)
Potter begins to take me apart, each savage, pounding thrust peeling away layer after layer of everything that I am, reaming me open in a way that makes me wonder how I’ll ever be able to let anybody else but him fuck me after this.
Aletheia by lazywonderland (E, 8k)
Draco finds out Daphne's been shagging Potter and it turns out it's really not that difficult to get a piece of her hair.
Like Cinderella, But With Cock by loveglowsinthedark (E, 9k)
Where Harry’s hexed so that he can’t lose his erection until he sleeps with his soulmate. If only those were easier to find.
Your Place or Mine? by loveglowsinthedark (E, 26k)
"This person is so much harder to hate. And I’m supposed to hate Malfoy. How the fuck else am I supposed to limit this to just sex?"
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Another book completed! Not entirely thrilled at how the cover came out and had a few problems along the way with the binding, but it is finished now. Alethia, and it's companion fic are very cute shorter Shizuo x Izaya fics. I've been meaning to branch out from the ships I've done so far, so that was nice!
Cover done via a wash of blue ink, then the designs painted on with gouache, with the shading mostly done via india ink. Titles done with Winsor and Newton's gold ink which I'm still not thrilled about, lol.
Oh fuck I just realized I misspelled the title. Ah ok. Here's your yearly reminder to double check titles when typesetting, and also when working on the cover kids 🫠
Fic below the link:
Aletheia (T, 22k)
After Izaya gets Shizuo hit by a train he visits him in hospital only to find out that the blond doesn't know who he is, the informant tries to abuse Shizuo at his most vulnerable, but for some unknown reason - he just can't.
“I suppose,” Shizuo continued, his tentative tone bringing Izaya’s focus back to him. “We must have been friends.”
The Sleep Deprived Tale of Kimura Kiyoshi (G, 700)
This is just based off of a comment on the last chapter of my fic Aletheia (if you haven't read that it will make absolutely no sense)
The story of the guard who was supposed to be watching over Shizuo when he climbs out of his hospital window to go and get answers from Izaya.
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finally getting around to all my tags today, here's the first one from the rolodex! oh for two by @seastarblue and @cain-e-brookman
PROUD TAG
Rules: Post a snippet you’ve written that you’re pleased by/proud of and tag some friends.
here's a short snippet of Aletheia; a (technically) speculative post-apocalyptic wip.
The girls gave each other one last passover for stray brush and any reminders of where’d they might have been during the odd hours at night. A time when they, including the world they knew was supposed to be sleep. But now, just like Emilia and Nora, the birds of the province were beginning to gather in the square.
Nora slipped away first, being swallowed into the morning chaos as shop owners began open the doors for the day. Emilia set her eyes across the warming plaza, the sweet and roasted aroma of Pip seeds pulling her out of the alley. She pushed her hair out her eyes, hiking her sack tighter onto her back, preparing to weave through the growing crowd.
“20 minutes,” A quick glance at her watch. “We can try.”
She waited till the crowd parted, diving into the open wound letting it seal her within its layers. Rising tents marked their spot as their venders began emptying out the morning inventory, their vibrant flashes of green and amber waving from the breeze.
It was easy to wander through its many offers, getting caught between the startling string of jewels, earthy treasures of weekly harvests, and the sweetest smells of fresh baked goods. While they were all good enough on their own, its vendors were truly the ones that held someone captive.
Drawing the person in with mild words and good manners, simple samples and favors that force their hand to going searching for the next. And a sweet deal never hurt the pockets of the visitor too much, but with savored time, it’d often hit them elsewhere.
“Sorry, Ms. Tia. I have to go, but thanks for the goods. Lovely as always!”
i just really enjoy farmer's markets when i find them, and hopefully i've carried a little bit of their energy in here. i hope that in the case of an actual apocalypse that farmer's markets exist, and hopefully a lot cheaper than they are now.
softly tagging @kaeru483, @glbettwrites, @goldfinchwrites, @glacialfield, @rumeysawrites
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Lovely people! Hello, lovely people! We're back with a double round up and a double set of stats, because peach had no other tasks to procrastinate on last month and so she forgot the round up. Now she's got nothing but other tasks, so full procrastination mode has commenced and here she is!
In September, we got a wonder 54 fills created by 30 beautiful people! 47 were fics, five were artworks, and two were lovely lovely gifs.
Wanna know about ships? Merlin/Arthur was once again top of the list with 26, followed by gen at 14. After that, we've got Merlin/Gwaine and Arthur/Gwen with two, followed by 10 different ship with one fill each (in alphabetical order, Arthur/Lancelot/Leon, Elena/Freya, Gwen/Gwen, Gwen/Lancelot, Leon/Mithian, Merlin/Elyan, Merlin/Freya, Merlin/Gwen, Merlin/Gwen/Morgana and Mithian/Morgana)!
Not enough stats for you? No worries, here's October, where we got 46 gorgeous fills created by 14 fantabulous participants! Despite the reduced quantity, there was much greater variety - 31 fics, seven artworks, three gifs, a fanvid, a moodboard, and then three combo fills (gif+playlist, fic+moodboard, fic+art)!
Ships? Merlin/Arthur with 20, gen only just behind at 19, Gwaine/Percival with two, and then Arthur/Gwen, Gwen/Lancelot, Merlin/Gwaine, Merlin/Gwen and Merlin/Lancelot all with one!
Now, the things you actually care about - the fills! They're all below the cut, sorted by ship and then by rating. Please remember to check the warnings, and practice self-care before clicking on those links!
Gen/no ship
Hoping for a better future by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Season/Series 03, Female Merlin (Merlin), Original Character Summary: "Mom always said you can see someone's kind heart in their eyes." The boy murmured, and Merlin nodded. “I think that's true. It's hard to miss the goodness in the eyes. They are the mirror of our heart, you know that?” “Do my eyes say I'm broken?” The boy asked, and Merlin's heart tightened.
Knight of Cups by magicinavalon Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: lancelot, tarot card, knight of cups, knights of the round table, merlin Summary: Lancelot as the Knight of Cups tarot card in black, white, and gold.
The Winding Road That Led Us Here by Skydragon05 Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Modern era, reincarnated, motion sickness, friendship, fluff Summary: Merlin takes newly reincarnated Arthur in his car, but Arthur's stomach doesn't take too well to the winding mountain roads.
There’s no place for Coffee in Camelot by Skydragon05 Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Coffee, Chilli Peppers, Uther hates magic, prisoner escape, magical telepathy Summary: When Uther suspects a man selling coffee beans of magic, Merlin sets out to find proof it’s not sorcery. This is harder than expected.
the echoes of a thousand voices calling your name by Excaliburnrowan Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Post canon fix it, Gwen & Morgana, Hurt/Comfort Summary: After Camlann, Gwen rides out to bring Morgana back home.
Morgana ~ Aletheia by willowsmarika Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: greek mythology, morgana, goddess of truth Summary: My square was 'In Vino Veritas', so I thought that I try to make Morgana the goddess of truth; Veritas (or Aletheia in greek myth) and illustrate her with wine symbols (wine jug, wine red).
monochrome by Mischel Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: merlin, flowers, lake, blue, avalon Summary:
All because of a butterfly... by Laevateinn Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Art format: Silhouette, Hurt/Comfort Summary: The first time Merlin felt like an outcast, he was six. Or maybe seven. He can't remember his age with precision, but he can remember how he felt then.
Cause I Ain't Gonna Live Forever by Glon Morski Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Past Character Death, Grief/Mourning, Past Father-Son-Relationship, Merlin is Emrys (Merlin) Summary: “Because he loved you,” Merlin answered simply. “He loved you and he wanted to make sure you’d be well taken care of no matter what happened.” One year after Emrys's death, Arthur finally finds the courage to clear out his study. But he's still not prepared to find a stack of unused "contingency plans" Emrys had written up just in case. Set some time between the last chapter and the epilogue of Last Night (You'll Have To Be Alone).
The new kid by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Alternate Universe - High School, Modern Era, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Female-Male Friendship Summary: He had already been the new guy, he knew the procedure that would await him. The other students would study him to figure out what category he fell into, and then the athletes would bully him to get homework done. The nerds would gather around him, creating a new sect, leaving him no time to create his own. And then, it would all culminate in Merlin offending the most popular boy in some way, ruining his chances at that high school forever.
We Are Most Powerful Together by sleepygecko Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Immortal Merlin, Arthur Returns, Drabble, Wordcount: 100 Summary: Immortal Merlin Drabble.
Morgana ~ Lethe by willowsmarika Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: greek mythology, morgana, the underworld, nightmare Summary: My prompt was 'Fever Dream'. I decided to try to create a fever dream for Morgana, in which she sees glimpses of her tragic future while running through the Underworld, chased by shadows and Cerberus. The title comes from the fact, that she's oblivious to what will happen to her despite the warning signs.
Camelot ~ Dig Up The Bones But Leave The Soul Alone by willowsmarika Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: halloween, music, playlist Summary: A Camelot Playlist for Halloween
Mithian ~ Learn To Dance With Your Shadow by willowsmarika Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: philosophy, shadow self, shadow work, tarot cards, tarot reading Summary: A tarot reading for Mithian and her shadow self (based on Mary Sibley from Salem).
the archer by kairennart Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: digital art, angst Summary:
The whole package by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Delete scene, Jealous Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin is a Little Shit (Merlin) Summary: Arthur is not a jealous man. Except when it comes to Merlin
The Halloween Festival by Pearl09 Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: babysitting, kidfic, halloween Summary: Morgana decides to take her younger brother and their neighbor's son to the local Halloween Festival. She also discovers that Arthur needs a leash.
Chibi Arthur and Merlin by Pearl09 Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Summary:
Morgana ~ Seven Devils by willowsmarika Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: bamf morgana, florence and the machine lyrics, black and white with a bit of golden Summary: N/A
The perfect nap by Laevateinn Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: moodboard, Aithusa is a dog here, Modern AU, Power Cut, Hurt/Comfort Summary: A rainy day is the best set-up for a nice nap
You needed a break! by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Awesome Morgana (Merlin), POV Merlin (Merlin), Kidnapped Merlin (Merlin), Humor Summary: Merlin ignores Morgana, the druids are still in her chambers and Arthur irritates the witch. Solution? Kidnap Merlin, obviously.
mordred by kairennart Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: digital art, portrait Summary:
Morgana ~ How To Be Me by willowsmarika Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: sad morgana, fanvid Summary: N/A
the dorocha by kairennart Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: digital art, episode: the darkest hour Summary:
If You Give a Writer a Bingo Card, Chapter 2: Always Read the Fine Print by VikingSong Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Humor, bad poetry, incompetent assassins, weird magical artifacts Summary: Evil sorcerers with anger-management issues are tired of Emrys foiling their plots to assassinate King Arthur. To facilitate their latest round of assassination attempts, they decide to perform an experimental spell that will splinter Arthur’s consciousness, scattering the pieces across parallel universes—because surely Emrys can’t protect all the pieces at once, right? (Wrong.)
The Coup by s0mmerspr0ssen Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Canon Era, Gwaine being Gwaine, King Arthur Pendragon, Merlin is a Little Shit, Ousider POV Summary: Arthur Pendragon is a weak king. Of this, Cyril is convinced. Overthrowing the King is the only logical conclusion. Cyril certainly possesses the brilliance for a coup, though finds himself lacking in brawn. Fortunately, he succeeds in recruiting a man who also has little respect for their liege: Sir Gwaine.
The Last Bear by littlegreyfish Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Animal transformation, bear!Arthur, wilderness survival, friendship, Celtic mythology Summary: On a hunt, Arthur kills the last bear in the British Isles, and there are consequences.
"Stop, Please" by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: Teen Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Phobia, Cursed Merlin, Scared Merlin, Hurt Merlin, Angst Summary: Merlin and the knights reach a cave that allows you to discover your greatest fears.
Until The Day I Die by Glon Morski Rating: Teen Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Canon Divergence - Episode: s05e13 The Diamond of the Day (Merlin), Angst, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Inspired by Fanart Summary: "I'm happy to be your servant. Until the day I die." Merlin had always thought he would be the one to go first. It was how things were meant to be. He would not stand for Arthur dying before him.
Wærcsár Tācnunge - Chapter 30 by Glon Morski Rating: Teen Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence Major tags: Enchanted Arthur Pendragon, Morgana Needs a Hug, Hurt/Comfort, Uther Pendragon's A+ Parenting Summary: The butterfly effects accumulate as we reach the point in time of S2E4 The Nightmare Begins...
Aftermath by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: Teen Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Hurt Merlin, Protective Gwaine, Gwaine Knows About Merlin's Magic, Post-Episode s04e08 Lamia Summary: Lamia is dead, but her shadows remain
Merlin x Orphan Black Crossover by willowsmarika Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: orphan black crossover, morgana as the clones, comic book style Summary: Morgana illustrated as the clones in Comic Book style.
Destiny holds a coin in their hand. They ask: Heads, or Tails? by PottersPink Rating: Not rated Warnings: Major character death Major tags: Prophecy, Destiny, MCD, Angst Summary: Destiny holds a coin in their hand. They ask: Heads, or Tails?
Gwen/Gwen
One And The Same by lavender_spice Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Self-cest, Mild Body Worship, Self-discovery Summary: When Gwen steps into her home only to see her own face staring back at her, she nearly drops the basket in her hands.
Elena/Freya
En Feu by Polomonkey Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Summary: In which Freya paints Elena, in the time that they have left.
Mithian/Morgana
Crest and Fall by Polomonkey Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Summary: Mithian meets a beautiful woman on a ship. Then she gets to know her secret.
Leon/Mithian
Camelot Immortals Club by sleepygecko Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Crack, Immortality, Mithian-centered Summary: Mithian attends her first meeting of the Camelot Immortals Club. Unfortunately it seems there are no brain cells allowed in the club and Mithian quickly realizes she will have to surrender hers.
Merlin/Freya
Merlin/Freya ~ Because I could not stop for Death by willowsmarika Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Merlin/Freya, Sad, inpso by Emily Dickinson Summary: N/A
Merlin/Gwen
Love, Differently by lavender_spice Rating: Teen Warnings: Major character death Major tags: Grief/Mourning, Post-Canon, Angst Summary: Fragments of Gwen and Merlin's life after they lost the love of their lives at Camlann.
hands folded, a blessing by queerofthedagger Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Post-Diamond of the Day, Fluff and Angst, Hinted at Merlin/Arthur/Gwen Summary: On the third day, the Queen and her Sorcerer emerge.
Gwen/Lancelot
Useless Fool by sleepygecko Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Merlin & Gwen Friendship, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Embarrassment, BAMF Gwen Summary: Merlin doesn’t appreciate Arthur embarrassing him all the time, and neither does Gwen.
Lavender & Ink by sleepygecko Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Fluff, Romance , Huddling For Warmth, First Kiss, Gwen & Merlin Friendship Summary: Gwen is stuck in her bookshop during a snowstorm, when Lancelot arrives, asking for shelter.
Arthur/Gwen
first kiss by kairennart Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: digital art, screenshot redraw Summary:
Wærcsár Tācnunge - chapter 29 by Glon Morski Rating: Teen Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence Major tags: Enchanted Arthur Pendragon, Arthur Whump, Arthur Pendragon Needs A Hug, Smart Arthur Pendragon, Canon-Typical Violence Summary: When Arthur is 4 years old, Nimueh curses him as revenge on Uther for the Purge. This has various butterfly effects. This is the resultant, canon-divergent take on S2E2 "The Once And Future Queen".
"Make it stop" by kirani Rating: Mature Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: post-canon, suicide attempt, grief Summary: Arthur is gone and Camelot is not the same. Merlin cannot do this.
In sickness and in health by King ani Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Summary:
Persuasion by Polomonkey Rating: Explicit Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Summary: Queens Morgana and Gwen capture a spy in Camelot. They decide to bring him over to the dark side.
Merlin/Elyan
Strange Bedfellows by Polomonkey Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Summary: Elyan gets locked in a dungeon with a stranger named Merlin. A stranger who's very insistent on huddling together for warmth...
Merlin/Lancelot
and if tomorrow isn't promised by queerofthedagger Rating: Mature Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: The Darkest Hour, Established Relationship, Mild Sexual Content, Angst Summary: It’s not gentle, any of it, isn’t the way this usually goes between them, but he bites his pleas for absolution into the hiding place of Lancelot’s neck, and it’s almost, almost, almost enough to forget.
Gwaine/Percival
Party Hard by Laevateinn Rating: Mature Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: BDSM, Modern AU, Dungeon Summary: "A group of friends reunited for a play party ~ A mix of prompts from flufftober and kinktober."
Plug in baby by Laevateinn Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Modern setting, College AU, pwp, dirty talk Summary: When Gwaine had first mentioned it, Percival had been very surprised. They had been playing a lot lately, exploring new things in bed together, but this was another level. It wasn’t just a little spice during sex, that they could end quickly if needed, in the safety of whoever’s place they were staying the night at.
Merlin/Gwaine
Old Times by Stelle Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: fanart, merwaine Summary: Merlin and Gwaine getting their photograph taken.
Home Comforts by Polomonkey Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Summary: Merlin gets home tired from a long day of masking at work. Gwaine's there to make things better.
Feeling The Other Side by MerthurAllure Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Gender Swap, Genderbending, Female Merlin, Female Gwaine Summary: Merlin accidentally opens a portal to another world. It’s similar to his own world but very very different. He thoroughly enjoys his time there.
Merlin/Arthur
Every Time We Touch, I Get This Feeling by Pearl09 Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: touch-starved, emotional hurt/comfort, pre-relationship, panic attacks Summary: Arthur doesn't need help. He was raised to be on his own, and therefore, doesn't like having everything done for him when he is more than capable. He especially doesn't need Merlin's help, even if Uther did make him Arthur's manservant.
If That’s Your Proposal… by sleepygecko Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Marriage Proposal, Established Relationship, Fluff, Humor, Action Figures Summary: A kid approaches Merlin and Arthur to show them his figurines of Emrys and the King. Arthur decides never to let Gwaine near children again.
How I met your father by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Modern Era, First Meetins, Bad Flirting Summary: Arthur and Merlin first meet
ten years of loneliness by kairennart Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: angst, canon compliant, post canon Summary: Arthur grew up lonely.
paperwork by kairennart Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: digital art, court sorcerer merlin Summary:
"You said you'd never leave" by kirani Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: arthur returns, angst with a happy ending, Summary: Arthur woke on a shore that was somehow both familiar and completely foreign.
They don't know you ~ not like I do by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: POV Merlin, POV Arthur Pendragon, Jealous Merlin, Pining Merlin, Wedding, Fluff Summary: Merlin is jealous of Mithian? Yes, he is. Merlin thinks that no one except him knows Arthur that good? Yes, he does. Merlin will definitely plan the perfect wedding for Arthur and Mithian. PS: There is no wedding.
I thought I had lost you by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Summary: Merlin has an infected wound. Arthur is worried to lose his best friend (and something more)
two sides of the same oblivious coin by kirani Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: modern au, mutual pining, first kiss, jealous merlin Summary: It wasn't that Merlin was jealous of Arthur's new crush, it was... no it was exactly that. Merlin was so jealous.
Pink Is the Colour by Malu_3 Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting (University); Banter; Pining; Misunderstandings; Queer Themes Summary: Pink has never been Merlin's favourite colour but, thanks to his new flatmate, this term it is driving him mad.
If I could save you by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: Teen Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Terminal Illness, Angst, Open Ending, Female Merlin Summary: She had studied medicine, and she wanted to help others. Deeply. It was on one of these long and impossible work's hours that she met Arthur Du Bois.
Magic Comes From Within by Pearl09 Rating: Teen Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings, permanent injury, blood and violence Major tags: Merlin's Magic Revealed, Arthur Pendragon has magic, Mutual Pining, Angst with a Happy Ending Summary: During a tough battle that injures Arthur, Merlin's magic is revealed. Now Arthur is left to deal with the consequences, angry, paranoid, and slowly discovering something he never knew before.
MagicalMerlin by kirani Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: youtuber AU, modern AU, social media, flirting, getting together Summary: In which Merlin is a YouTuber who performs magic tricks and Arthur is a skeptic who is always trying to figure out his tricks.
Outnumbered by kirani Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: magic reveal, emotional hurt/comfort, canon era Summary: It happens in a bandit attack and Arthur's world is turned upside down.
Who knew you could pack a punch, Merlin? by Laevateinn Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Moodboard, Corn Maze, Halloween activities, Fake Monster hunt Summary: Arthur heard a low growl on the right, behind him, and froze. The sound continued, slowly closing on him, and his body moved of its own accord. He ran as fast as his legs could carry him but not so fast as to crash through the corn.
Blindfold by kirani Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: kidnapping, head injury, BAMF Arthur, cuddling Summary: The first time Merlin awoke, it was dark.
"Who's There?" by kirani Rating: Teen Warnings: Major character death Major tags: doppelganger, impersonation, arthur knows about merlin's magic Summary: Someone is following Merlin and Arthur in the woods... it's not who they expect.
Save Me From the Spiral by huniths-muse Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply, Blood, PTSD Major tags: Whumptober 2023, mpreg, post mpreg Summary: Arthur deals with PTSD when Merlin has serious complications after the birth of the twins.
protectiveness by Mischel Rating: Mature Warnings: Major character death Major tags: Summary:
Bully by Salamandair Rating: Mature Warnings: Homophobia, bullying, Religious Hate Major tags: Parent/Child Relationship, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Married Merthur Summary: When Merlin and Arthur were making a list of firsts for Ainsley’s scrapbook, her first time being bullied wasn’t on
How Fickle My Heart by Seravia Rating: Mature Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Modern AU, Mutual Pining, Getting Together, Friends to Lovers Summary: When Merlin moves back to London, he’s delighted to be living just a few floors down from his childhood best friend, Gwen, and her boyfriend, Arthur. Merlin intends to befriend Arthur, but instead finds himself falling for him. Worse, the feeling might be mutual.
Crooked Trajectory by queerofthedagger Rating: Mature Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Season 4 AU, Destiny Reveal, Tintagel, Grief/Mourning, Angst with a Happy Ending Summary: Arthur could take Morgana's betrayal and Uther's death, could take the loss of Lancelot and the fact that Merlin had magic. Barely and his days singed with grief, but his kingdom always came first. The revelation, though, that Merlin had been by his side through all these years and hardships solely due to some prophecy? That—well, that is the one truth too bitter to swallow. When he leaves for an ill-advised break to his mother's childhood home to get away from it all, more things come to light than the simply and irrevocable fact that no authority—no king, no prince, no destiny—could ever make Merlin do anything.
I knew you'd come for me ~ But you did? by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: Mature Warnings: Major character death Major tags: Major character death, Heavy Angst, Temporary Character Death, Protective Knights (Merlin), Worried Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) Summary: Merlin is kidnapped. They make a bet: do the knights care about him as a friend or is he just a servant?
In This Twilight Our Choices by Mischel Rating: Mature Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: established relationship, golden age, fluff, kissing, hugs Summary: Before the sun marks the start of the day, Merlin and Arthur spend a quiet moment together in bed. They hold each other, they laugh, and they have an important talk about destiny and what it means to them.
Party Hard - Chapter 4 by Laevateinn Rating: Mature Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Moodboard, Stocks, Crop, Punishment Summary:
Meddling Mirrors by elirwen Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Canon AU, Porn, Druid Leader Merlin, Frottage, Bottom Arthur Summary: Arthur is gifted a magical mirror which gives him some rather questionable, but also enticing, advice regarding diplomatic relations with the druids.
Drip, Drip, Drip by Sage_Owl Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Incubi, Modern with Magic, wax play, semi-established relationship Summary: Arthur gets inspired.
Mask Off by elirwen Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Porn, Established relationship, Blow job Summary: Merlin and Arthur enjoy a spa evening.
The Art of Agonising Bliss by elirwen Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Porn, Established relationship, Dom/sub, Impact play, Pain play Summary: Arthur provides Merlin with what he needs. He gives him the blissful agony he craves. He gives him the love and care he deserves.
Warmth by Sage_Owl Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Canon era, established relationship, cuddling for warmth, clothed sex Summary: Merlin didn't want to open his eyes.
What Lies Beneath Pristine Suits by chaosgenes Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Alternate Universe - Corporate, Boss/Employee Relationship, Sex Toys, Frottage Summary: Merlin fears his new found relationship with his boss, Arthur, won't last for long. Until he learns about his secret.
Dynamite by Polomonkey Rating: Explicit Warnings: Rape roleplay, Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Summary: Famous outlaw Pendragon breaks into Merlin's house and orders him to put on a show.
The Kitten That Got the Cream by Polomonkey Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Summary: Merlin's having an important meeting. Arthur's a good boy under the desk for him.
Taking Stock by Polomonkey Rating: Explicit Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Summary: Merlin pushes Arthur too far and gets a very public punishment.
do you remember feeling invincible -- chapter I by paceprompting Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Fantasy AU, Exes to Lovers, Getting Together, Mutual Pining, Hurt/Comfort Summary: Arthur knows who he's supposed to be. His father's son, following in the footsteps of a corporate giant whose expectations include the weight of his long-wanted acceptance in exchange for Arthur's full and complete obedience. His life will be global travel, cigars and whiskey, and time more spent in an office than any home he could ever make. It does not involve Merlin, the man who broke his heart and has now stumbled with him into another world that will more likely consume them than let them go. In the grasp of fae trickery and rules, their path through this new place--this Otherworld--will push them to bloody and raw limits. For better or worse, they'll have to lean on each other in a way they'd forgotten to have a chance of returning home. But the farther they go, the more is revealed. Their breakup was not what it seemed. Life apart had not given them the relief they'd hoped. And, at the root of it all, they don't want to be apart.
stunt double by radioactivesunflower Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: romantic fluff, strangers to lovers, closeted arthur pendragon, coming out, marriage proposal Summary: famous actor arthur pendragon has a secret, he is a closeted gay man and that is about to be thrown out the window when he mets a mystery man at the latest table read for kilgharrah newest flim after very awkward moments and heated sexual interactions, they become flatmates a story of an actor and stuntman told through getting together being a secret and coming out with a bunch of sexy times throughout
Breaking Free by elirwen Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Porn, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Overstimulation, Multiple Orgasms, Bottom Arthur, Summary: With Merlin's help Arthur gets rid of the last remaining piece of his father's suffocating legacy.
Fate has made you so by SlantedKnitting Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: 1950s AU Summary: It’s 1953, and Arthur is a young, up-and-coming architect working on rebuilding London. All he wants is to be successful and live his life in peace and quiet. All his boss wants is to find a good match for his daughter Elena, and he thinks he’s found that match in Arthur. Arthur agrees to go out with her to get ahead at the firm, but the person he’s really interested in is her friend Merlin, and it turns out Elena has her own purposes for being with Arthur.
do you remember feeling invincible - Chapter 3 by paceprompting Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Fantasy AU, Exes to Lovers, Getting Together, Mutual Pining, Hurt/Comfort Summary: Arthur knows who he's supposed to be. His father's son, following in the footsteps of a corporate giant whose expectations include the weight of his long-wanted acceptance in exchange for Arthur's full and complete obedience. His life will be global travel, cigars and whiskey, and time more spent in an office than any home he could ever make. It does not involve Merlin, the man who broke his heart and has now stumbled with him into another world that will more likely consume them than let them go. In the grasp of fae trickery and rules, their path through this new place--this Otherworld--will push them to bloody and raw limits. For better or worse, they'll have to lean on each other in a way they'd forgotten to have a chance of returning home. But the farther they go, the more is revealed. Their breakup was not what it seemed. Life apart had not given them the relief they'd hoped. And, at the root of it all, they don't want to be apart.
The Caravan Club by SauraUnderscore Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Historical AU; 1920s; Between Wars Period; Typical Era Way of Thinking; Secret hand-shake; Soldier Merlin; Virgin Merlin; Fake Marriage (Arthur/Gwen); Fluff & Smut; First Times; Sex in the Office; Hand Jobs; Summary: Gwaine takes his friends from the London Signal Regiment clubbing in Soho. The people, the music, and especially the exclusive Caravan Club, are eye-opening for young Merlin.
You're the Only Thing I Wanna Touch by Seravia Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Canon Era, Court Sorcerer Merlin, Magic Made Them Do It, Fluff, Smut Summary: Wine is never just wine. Merlin and Arthur accidentally drink what they believe to be a lust potion. Thinking the feelings aren’t real, they fight its effects until they realize they don’t need to.
Born to Serve (chapter 1) by SauraUnderscore Rating: Explicit Warnings: Rape/non-con Major tags: Historical AU; Natural Disasters; Crossovers & Fandom Fusion; A lot of Secondary Characters' Deaths; Rape/Non-Con; Explicit Sex; Virgin Merlin; First Time; Soulmates Summary: Merlin needs to convince his master, Senator Arthur, that the curse over Pompeii is real, is imminent, and that they need to leave now. But what he doesn't expect is to find him at the baths being abused by Senator Cenred.
Through the Scope by SauraUnderscore Rating: Explicit Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Hunger Games - AU; Violence; Off-screen Murder; Off-screen Murder of Children; Blood; Guns; Explicit Sexual Content;Bottom Arthur Pendragon; Bottom Merlin; My Boys are Versatile; Sassy Merlin; Attempt of Humour; Happy ending; Summary: The Pendragons are one of the most important families supporting the Hunger Games. Arthur’s father had taken care of his Career training in their huge mansion, and not only with AI. But this year, several Career Tributes are invited to train in a new arena with live bait. It will be like the Hunger Games, only they won’t have to kill each other as of yet. Still, Uther wants Arthur to rise to the top of the table. Despite Arthur’s extreme training, he finds that the arena has a distraction he never expected: another Career from District Four. Merlin.
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teecupangel · 7 months
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desmond, in the grey: my dad did WHAT?!
basim, live watching the events of william bastard’s conception: this is too much for me to handle 🧍🏼💀
Connected to The William Miles Gets A Woman Knocked Up Grieving Desmond’s Death idea (and its minisequel) and the Statistically speaking she would be 30~40 years younger than him.
He appeared before Basim out of the blue. Basim didn’t even know who he was or when he had appeared. Yggdrasil’s prison kept him stationary and the Norns weren’t really programmed to try and mimic human behavior enough to keep a conversation going.
So the sudden appearance of a figure clad in the light of their devices was a welcomed sight.
Basim didn’t really mind that said figure had hijacked the Norns, connecting their processing power to his own place in the Gray.
Basim didn’t even know where in the Gray he resided, only that the figure had more access to the Calculations than Yggdrassil and the Norns had.
Basim did realize that he wasn’t there for the Norns’ access to the Calculations.
He was there to make the Norns process the might influx of information coming from the Calculations, using them to build his own processing unit catered to his specific need.
“You wish to find a future where the ‘Catastrophe Singularity’ does not occur?” Basim asked curiously as he watched the Norns be worked to their bones, feeling no sympathy over them. They were programs given human-like forms to make it easier to talk to them.
The figure did not acknowledge him and Basim continued to speak anyway, walking towards the stump that was slowly turning into a tree made of golden light, “I’ll be able to help you. I know quite a lot about the Calculations. Not as much as the Capitoline Triad, I admit, but being imprisoned here did leave me with no other avenue of entertainment other than-”
The moment he touched the stump, the Norns glitched around them and a large piece shatter from the stump, slowly floating to his eye level. Basim took a step back as he said, “I apologize, I did not mean to-”
The loud moan coming from the shard caught him off-guard, making him frown.
“Verdandi.” The form ordered and Basim felt like he recognize his voice but cannot remember where.
“January 21, 2013. Portland Oregon.” Verdandi answered immediately.
Basim blinked.
“Oh, Bill! Yes, oh fu-”
Basim glanced at the glowing form staring at him before saying, “A recap would be appreciated, Urd.”
“William Miles, drowning in guilt over the death of his son, the chosen one Desmond Miles, and the finality of his divorce, is now having a one-night stand with a descendant of Basim Ibn Ishaq. This single sexual encounter will lead to the conception of the Sage of Aletheia and Loki’s child, Fenrir.”
Basim’s eyes widened.
His son?
His son’s Sage?
How was that-
The glowing figure disappeared and Basim stared at the empty space he used to stand on.
“Not a very polite guest, is he?” Basim commented, ignoring the moans coming from both his descendant and some man named William Miles. Basim sighed and turned to look at Urd as he ordered, “Send me all important data concerning William Miles.”
Time was hard to grasp in the Gray so the most accurate way to explain what happened is was…
After an unknown time have passed, Basim absolutely regretted reading the report Urd compiled about William Miles.
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“You could have made yourself easier to find, you know.” Hythlodaeus crested a grassy hill where he found Aletheia resting on a thick blanket, overlooking the water below. Her dark locks whipped fitfully around her in the wind.
“I thought my directions were specific enough,” she replied without lifting her eyes from the water.
“‘Meet me by the water where form itself forgets’ is specific enough in retrospect, but it’s unlike you to be so flowery and indirect.” Hyth surveyed their surroundings as he approached. “‘Come quickly,’ you also said, but we seem to be having a picnic. Are the sandwiches so near to spoiling?”
“Oh, come,” she spoke softly, “You’re beginning to sound like Emet-Selch.” She shifted herself to one side of the blanket and patted the ground next to her. “I’ve saved you a seat.” As Hythlodaeus took his place, Aletheia snickered darkly. “How did Hades bear to suffer the both of us when my mischief furrows the brow of even jolly Hythlodaeus?”
His friend’s demeanor gave Hythlodaeus pause. It was rare to see her so somber. “I fear my jesting has been misconstrued for scorn.” He gazed up at the Elpis sky, tumultuous with umbral wind. “Perhaps this foul weather infects us both,” he offered, then, when no reply came, he lifted his voice to ask, “On what adventure have you invited me today?”
“Bird watching,” said Aletheia, without a hint of mirth.
Hyth smiled with chagrin. “That was the urgent matter I rushed here for?” He was careful to make clear the hints of mirth in his own voice.
“At another lake, for another bird, it might have been a less urgent matter, but for this one you’ll never get another chance. You made it just in time, too. Look, it comes.”
Hyth craned his neck to see the lake of Lethe below them, its waters as rough and turbulent as the sky above them. A small, blue bird glided above the choppy waves and alighted on the crest of one. As it did, the wave itself dropped and rested. A ring of calm, clear surface surrounded the bird and grew, spreading stillness across the water until only in the distance could it still be seen trembling.
“Remarkable, isn’t it?” A light came into Aletheia’s ruby eyes that Hyth had not seen since arriving. “‘Alkyone,’ Hermes named it. It seems to project peace and stasis into the aether wherever it rests. I suspected some light-based manipulation, but that doesn’t seem to be correct. I can’t determine the method of its effect. But it’s enviable nonetheless, don’t you think?”
“Remarkable indeed. But why do we find it here? I would have been excited to see such a concept cross my desk under the name of good Hermes.” As they watched, the little creature closed its eyes and seemed to go to sleep. Its form relaxed and its beak touched the beak of its reflection in the perfect mirror of the lake. Two birds seemed to be suspended in a vast empty space between the raging umbral storm above and its illusory twin beneath the water.
“Whatever his intentions were for this creation, it seemed not to meet his desires. So here it has come to rest, the first and last of its kind, and forget that it ever existed.
Hythlodaeus’s sharp eyes could already see the weave of the little bird’s being start to fray in the magic of the lake. The surface of the water trembled. “Did you not inquire further? What intentions did Master Hermes have that such a marvelous creation failed to meet them?”
Aletheia shook her head. “I didn’t inquire at all. Just observed.” She glanced sideways at her friend. “Nobody else knows I’m here. Came in through a back door. Better not to worry anyone by announcing myself.” Hythlodaeus scowled with concern, but did not interject. “When I return to the star,” she began, “I hope I can return as such a creature. Bringing peace and serenity wherever I alight. Wouldn’t that be nice?”
At that her companion smiled. “Is that not already the creature you are, Azem, the hero, Fourteenth Seat of the Convocation?”
“So you see me, perhaps. So I hope to be remembered. But I fear I’m coming to be known as more of a storm crow.” Hyth frowned and raised his eyebrows inquiringly. Aletheia sighed and continued. “Suppose that unbeknown to you that tree over there began to fall towards you. I see this and shout to you. I run towards you, arms outstretched, but you are startled and bewildered. If I save you, you may piece together what happened and thank me, but that first impression, associating me with the danger never goes away.” She sighed again. “When I depart, yes, peace may be left in my wake, but when I arrive…people have begun to take me as a sign of coming danger and struggle and pain.” At the edge of the blanket, her sword gleamed silently in the sickly storm light. Below, the waters grew restless.
The two sat together in silence for a while as the Alkyone and its reflection unraveled on the water. Hythlodaeus, always so glib and full of cheer, wanted deeply to rally his dear friend from her gloom. He remembered the youthful Aletheia rapping on his window with a gangly Hades in tow and dragging them into the wilderness on fanciful adventures. The right words wouldn’t come. He could only put his arm around her and tell her that no matter what happened, her friends would continue to love her and carry her memory.
When the stormy sky vanished from the surface of the lake and dark waves took that place again, neither of them were there to see it.
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hobiebrownismygod · 2 months
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it’s called libraries of aletheia on roblox, ermm the book name is {€} .Burlington. {€} idk if you can find it without the symbols
-Jsauce
I'll look for it after I download Roblox again 😭 my mom made me delete it cuz I was spending too much time on it
the funny thing is I didn't even spend that much time on it, I just always had restaurant tycoon running in the background so that I'd grind money and then it would show up as like five or six hours of Roblox in my screen time so she'd think I was actually playing it for that long 😭
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