#ic; divinity

[patchworkpoett]

pirates!! for @ysabellasweb

The raids get sort of mundane, after a while. Rhythmic. Find a ship, get on the ship, kill everyone who fights back, tie up the rest, take the loot go back home. Same thing over and over.

Swinging his sword around to impale a navy soldier who was just about to impale someone else on Vin's crew - Miss Ysabella - is nothing more than routine at this point.

" Watch your back, Miss Lafayette - " Vin says, promptly getting hit in the jaw with the butt of a rifle. Fuck. He twists to kick them in the stomach, sending the soldier overboard before he can hit him again. Ow.

[front-facing-pokemon]

[vexwerewolf]

I don't resent A Song of Ice and Fire for itself, per se. I resent it by proxy for all of the "GrItTtY dArK fAnTaSy" we had to slog through for a decade after Game of Thrones became popular, and that is still impacting the way people write fantasy in the modern day (a particular sore spot for me is that Baldur's Gate III is being made by the same people who made the Divinity series and I can already tell that's going to be fucking miserable).

ASOIaF (and early Game of Thrones) was dark, yes, but at its heart it was surprisingly optimistic and idealistic. It was a world in which doing what was good and right was always hard, often unrewarding and would sometimes get you killed, but you should still do it anyway because goddamnit it's the right thing to do. Bad things happened to good people because they wouldn't compromise their own morality, but the books (and the early seasons of the show) never portrayed these peoples' choices as meaningless or worthless.

Writers of lesser talent and vision looked at GRRM's work and saw good people dying for refusing to compromise their morality, and their takeaway from it was "morality is meaningless" and we've been mired in this miserable genre of fantasy that @sahonithereadwolf named "mudcore" for more than a decade now - and worse, even Game of Thrones eventually fell prey to it.

It's not really GRRM's fault people didn't have the correct takeaway from A Song of Ice and Fire but I still can't quite shake the resentment of how it's shaped fantasy fiction over most of my adulthood.

[newwavesylviaplath]

how i want to be perceived.

[cadaverousdecay]

[phoenix----rising]

𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡: 𝑢𝑛𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛

[kusurrone]

[uh-ohspaghettio]

Castiel owns this shirt btw. Dean made him go thrifting for clothes

[bookishlyvintage]

unread book box stack of shame

[fandomdancie]

Ascended/God Gale epilogue thoughts

I just watched some of the romanced Gale epilogue variations where he claims godhood (a million thanks to those who record and post to YouTube!) and I’m still chewing on it.

First, obviously, yes — God!Gale is a bad ending for him, or at least sub-optimal, even if he has a romanced Tav who chooses to ascend with him. He spends most of his time grandstanding, bragging about his new followers and condescending to Tav about how differently time passes in Elysium and how he gained his godly powers. Every other time that this kind of blustery behavior is shown in the game (think Mizora, Raphael, Cazador, etc), it’s a cover for desperation, deep seated fear and/or insecurity. The epilogue is no different. Apotheosis didn’t cure him of his insecurity; it reified it.

But the main thing I’m still thinking about — the thing that is going to keep me awake tonight thinking — is how fucking heartbroken God!Gale gets if Tav refuses to ascend with him. He doesn’t berate Tav, or plead with them, or even try to convince them to change their mind. This is a moment where the boasting falls away and he briefly becomes the mortal man he used to be. And it’s fucking heartrending.

In this iteration of the story, even ascending to godhood doesn’t get him the one thing he wishes for most: real, everlasting love.

[crystallizedtwilight]

Just bc I’m curious, does Shock like to have snacks while she studies? If so, What’s her go-to?

Anything herby! Like lemon rosemary cake or lavender honey on toast. And of course she's gotta have tea.

[lanafairy999]

Me <3

[newwavesylviaplath]

sugar and spice, everything nice keep me on lockdown, put me on ice

[sheilababi]

The divine feminine urge to attract a partner that can match my depth, expand my consciousness and rearrange my womb.

[druidicbrujo]

Ice Banishment spell

1. Take a photo of someone you don’t like or would want to be kept away from you.

2. For good measure, write their name, birthday and possibly even a tag lock taped/glued on if you can get it.

3. Put the picture in a container big enough to hold the photo and have it completely submerged in water.

4. Freeze the photo for an entire day and after that day, they should begin staying away from you.

Divination Ice spell

1. Get a piece of paper and create a water invoking pentacle (or similar sigil).

2. Draw a number of lines coming from the pentacle/sigil equal to the number of answers for a question you wanna ask. (Like 3 lines for Yes, No, Maybe, etc.)

3. Write down each answer to the end of a respective line.

4. This part is optional but you can place holder items on each point over the answers. (As long as all items are solid and not damaged by water, you should be good).

5. Make sure there isn’t much air flow or directed heat in your space. Then get a sizable piece of ice (an ice cube from your fridge is fine, that’s what I use) and whisper your question into the ice.

6. Finally, place the ice on the pentacle/sigil and watch as it melts into the answer!

Cleansing Ice Spell

1. Submerge and freeze a water & ice proof object you want cleansed.

2. Once it’s been fully frozen, leave it in a place where it can safely melt and whisper what negativities you want released from the object.

You can do a variation where you write a petition, put that written petition in a water tight & water/ice proof container and do the exact same thing.

Controlling Ice spell

1. Place bayleaves, with something you want to have more control over written on them, an easily breakable container (that you WANT to break). Fill the container with water.

2. You read out your desires over the water filled container, with the writings already inside it.

3. You freeze it.

4. After a day you would break the container open and shatter the ice.

[yetihideout]

Amazing and insanely ambitious costume designs from 1977 by the legendary Larry LeGaspi with set design sketch by Rob Cobuzio.

These designs were to be used in an unrealized play called “Pork” that would have starred Divine. 🐔🐷🍳🥓🍕🍦