#infernal ramblings

[infernalrevenge]

Hello how have you been?

Hello! I've been overall pretty good. Currently studying to take a licensure examination for the profession I want to take and I'll be graduating from college soon so you can say I've been pretty busy. Honestly, I've kind of grown out of RE8 a bit in the time I haven't written for it or kept up with new content.

Don't get me wrong, it does still have a special place in my heart and will be the thing that helped me really get back into writing in the first place, but I'm just not as into it as I used to be.

Like I promised though, I'm still working on drafts of requests. Progress has just been really really slow HAHA. Please forgive me if you're still waiting on that. I do still lurk around here and see people liking and reblogging my old posts though, so thank you for the bit of love you've shown my stuff!

[goldiipond]

northern lights over my head right now tjis is so fucking cool skyes winning at life once again

[disaster-top]

does enid have a fucking apple watch or am i going crazy

[jennyarchibald]

I'm diving back into the Shadowhunters fandom after a while and need blogs to follow! Primarily book based blogs but I enjoy the show too! Please like or comment if its one of the things you blog about regularly, I'm open to multi fandom blogs too, thanks!

[livia-dovehallow]

I went to the Chain of Thorns tour tonight!

As promised, I saw Cassie today and wrote down her answers (paraphrased) to the questions asked to share here with you all -- and I asked her a question of my own, too!

It was a spoiler-free event, so those of you who have not finished or read any part of Chain of Thorns can read on safely :D

Question: Was it intentional that a Lightwood dies in every series? [referring to Max (TMI), Benedict (TID), Robert (TDA), Barbara (TLH)] Answer: No, it was not intentional and not planned to be that way. But there are so many Lightwoods. In retrospect, it sure looks like it, doesn't it?

Question: What was your process of creating Grace Blackthorn? Answer: Grace is a parallel of Estella from Great Expectations, as The Last Hours is a retelling of that story. I wanted a character to be an embodiment of "explanation not an excuse." I also wanted to give Estella the chance to tell things from her perspective, which is never revealed in Great Expectations. So Grace is that character who is able to display the other side of that situation through her point of view.

Question: How did you come up with the parabatai curse? Answer: It's a greek work and when I learned the meaning, I was immediately interested in exploring the power of non-romantic love. That's where the concept of parabatai came from. The curse then stemmed from expanding on what it means to be parabatai and who could and could not have one. That is where the curse came to be, and of course, how it became a focal point of TDA.

Question: How can I find a man like James Herondale? Answer: I asked myself the same question when I was younger: "Why aren't men like men in books?" I met my husband at a book club and we began sending books to one another that we liked. So my advice is to find a boy, girl, person who enjoys books, too.

Question: Who is your favorite parabatai pair? Answer: Will and Jem.

Question: Who in The Last Hours was the easiest to write? The hardest? Answer: The hardest characters to write were Grace and Matthew, as they both faced very complex problems that don't have an easy or single solution. The easiest characters to write were Cordelia and Lucie. Lucie, because she is also a writer and I very much had a passion for it the way I did when I was younger, too. Cordelia was easy to write because she was fun to write. (Bonus: The most fun to write is Magnus.)

Question: Who is your favorite character from each series? Answer: Didn't want to answer at first, but admitted the following: TID is Tessa. TLH is Lucie. TMI is Simon. No answer for TDA.

Question: Who in TLH was your favorite point of view to write from? Answer: Alastair, Thomas, and Lucie.

Question: Will we ever see Jace and Clary again in a prominent role? Answer: They will be in The Wicked Powers, but the story focuses on Ty, Dru, and Kit, so prominency will remain with them.

Question: How did you develop Ty [Blackthorn] and who was your inspiration for him? Answer: My stepbrother, who always said he looked for characters who exhibited similar characteristics as him, but it was never the same as having a character who was also autistic, and used the word, too.

Question: What made you decide to make Coredlia Iranian? Answer: I was born in Iran and Farsi was my first language. I can't speak it fluently now, but I wanted to make a character that incorporated that part of my life. To make her character and her family's characters, I had a group chat with my mother's friends, who were a bunch of 80-year-old Iranian women. They were very happy to help. Sometimes they argued amongst themselves about a question I had and who had the correct answer, and I would just sit back and watch it unfold while a little scared.

Question: Is there a plot line or detail you look back on and regret doing? Answer: THE FAMILY TREE. [She went on to explain that when she first made it, she had no intention to write any other historical book. But she got the idea for TLH while writing TDA, and suddenly the path and story she wanted to tell did not align with the already-published family tree. So basically, my theory was right and we have confirmation from CC herself that it's just a result of premature development!]

That was the last question of the night, but I saved the question I asked her myself for last! I asked her if Cecily and Gideon had official birthdays, and if so, if we would ever learn them, since we know the rest of the TID cast's birthdays from the 10th anniversary birthstone cards.

Her answer: I never told you guys their birthdays?! I have what I call the Bible and it contains everything about all the characters like their birthdays, star signs, etc. So yes, they do have birthdays. I don't remember them off the top of my head, but I'm sure it'd be no problem getting it out to you guys. There's no reason for not.

So, yes, they do have birthdays, and if she remembers that I asked, we might find them out very soon!

I had a great night and there were some hilarious answers to questions that weren't TSC-specific, but I simply just cannot write that fast.

[digi-lov]

With each of these sets released, I wanted to compare them again.

Like I've mentioned before, EX-03 Draconic Roar, EX-05 Animal Colosseum, and EX-06 Infernal Ascension are based on the Pendulum Progress vpets from 2002. Animal Coloseum kept the name as is, Draconic Roar was Dragon's Roar, and Infernal Ascension replaced the name Armageddon Army. (A very understandable name change)

A large percentage of the Digimon featured in the Pendulum Progress versions were included in the respective card sets. Many of those who weren't included had similar replacements.

As the name suggests, Draconic Roar included many Digimon related to dragons. Since many main character Digimon fall into that category, frequently featured Digimon such as the Greymon line were exluded. This set's Agumon is yellow and the suggested line goes to Veedramon and AeroVeedramon, reminiscent of the V-Tamer manga. Veemon is red in this set, and instead of the usual Ex-Veemon we get Fladramon, along with purple Wormmon and Shadramon, going into a dark Imperialdramon line. Instead of Tyrannomon and MetalTyrannomon, we have DarkTyrannomon and ExTyrannomon too. This set also featured many dragon Digimon that have debuted since the Pendulum Progress, such as Dracomon and its two lines, and the Vorvomon and Jazamon lines from Digimon Links.

The Pendulum Progress Animal Colosseum contains many beast Digimon, notably the Four Sovereigns. The card set expanded on that and not only included the Four Sovereigns, but also their leader Fanglongmon, as well as all 12 Deva serving under them. Like the vpet, this set also featured many X Antibody Digimon, although many of them were switched in the card set. Such as Leomon being included instead of Leomon X, or Dobermon X instead of Dobermon. We also got the card debut of Lunamon and Coronamon and their respective lines, as well as the player chatacters from their debut games Digimon Dusk/Moonlight and Dawn/Sunburst!

Infernal Ascension has a dual theme of Angels and Demons. While the Pendulum Progress included all Three Great Angel, there was only room for two Demon Lords. For the card set all Seven Great Demon Lords got featured (and also received matching alt arts!) Many of the replacements also make sense. Instead of Terriermon and Siesamon we got Lopmon and Turuiemon leading into Antylamon. While Tsukaimon works as a replacement of Patamon in style, it isn't in the Angel lines. The role is instead filled by Luxmon, a very recent addition to the Digimon franchise. Same goes for ArkhaiAngemon taking MagnaAngemon's spot, and Dominimon finally getting recognition! The addition of Mastemon is just perfect for this set too. We also get some holy-themed Digimon from the chinese game New Century for the first time!

So yeah

I just think it's fun to look at these Theme Boosters and compare what they kept, what they changed, and what they expanded upon. Goes to show how much our list of Digimon has grown in the last 20 years!

[twoheartedangel]

This is really random but does anyone have any good, comprehensive resources/lists on angels and demons (other entities welcome as well!) that aren’t closed or appropriated? I know there are particular entities that only appear in particular closed religions, like Judaism, but the lists I’ve found are pretty short and just the most popularly appropriated ones. And a lot of popular demon knowledge in particular comes from Ars Goetia and other books that many view as problematic and/or appropriative, so finding works that don’t reference those kinds of things is rough. Are some of these okay to work with, as long as one does not use the information and methods described in these types of sources, or would they in and of themselves be off limits?

I don’t currently do any work with angels, demons, or similar entities at the moment, just my deities, but I am really into angelology and demonology and just general spiritual & religious stuff as a pagan/witch. But finding good resources in witchy communities that isn’t some type of appropriative is so painful cuz there’s just…. so much of it. 💀

(P.S. I hope it’s not a dick move to put some Jewish witch tags on here but since most of these issues do affect Judaism in particular like I mentioned, I thought a Jewitch perspective would probably be most helpful in my search!)

[killerpancakeburger]

The emperor: So you wormed into the devil's lair. Risked mind, limb and freedom. All to steal the Orphic Hammer.

Me: Actually I don't care about the hammer. I just wanted to fuck with Raphael.

[oqulis]

actually speaking of thara. you will behold their fruity little outfits

[tannnnblogs]

I don’t know if an ask is the best way to do this but I am like. Enamored with your f:nv stuff. I love it I love it I love it. Grrr. I’m sorry this message is totally feral I just wanted you to know.

Thank you, it means a lot! 💖

[thelampisaflashlight]

[Based On My Battle Royale Results]

Rain: -standing victorious after his fight with Aether- "HELL YEAH!"

Cumulus: -standing behind him ominously as the match ups are made for the final round-

Rain: "...Why do I hear boss battle music?"

[lenniereadsalot]

I’m trying to reread all of The Shadowhunters Chronicles in the order you would if they all came out at once (tid-tlh-tmi-TheRedScrollsOfMagic(I forgot what the series name is for those)-tda + the stand alones)

But in order to do that I’m gonna need someone to keep me accountable😅

Cause if someone doesn’t I know I’ll quit halfway through to go read something else😭

[jennyarchibald]

Need more TLH and TID centered blogs to follow!!

[wingsofhcpe]

the eternal struggle between "I despise Cassie Clare and the first 6 books she wrote" and "the shadowhunter lore is actually super interesting and almost every character except the protags is a delight to read about".