#it this year I’ve been communicating more

[bluebirdscorpio]

Hello everyone! ☀️

I’ve been into astrology for so many years now that it seems a part of me at this point.

I entered the tumblr community for the sole reason of learning more about astrology, and I cannot refuse to admit that there are some decent profiles that I would even trust with my personal details for a reading.

Unfortunately, I have also understood that there are a lot of astrologers wannabes who are not necessarily educated nor they have competence on how to interpret it.

I write this to remind you, the readers, the consumers, to be cautious when reading everything, because a post may be too subjective, based on very few observations or just not based at all on astrological means, therefore false information.

Some people are wounded and struggling and want to accuse certain aspects for their feelings. Don’t take this personally, they need healing.

So I beg you to check everything and not be foolish or naive to trust everything right away.

Also a reminder for people that never read a book on the matter - AN ASPECT OR TWO DO NOT DEFINE YOUR CHARTS.

Misinformation can be a dangerous tool and that’s why I beg you to be critical as readers, and please, astrologers, be critical as writers because readers without experience and knowledge can be misled.

Also, last but not least - just because someone doesn’t agree with you, it doesn’t neutralise your opinion, but also it doesn’t confirm it. So always be critical, and you’ll differentiate the astrologer from the wannabes as they get offensive but they do not possess adequate arguments, they just want to get you on their sides with manipulation - to use their ‘authority’ as a writer to discredit your disagreement.

So please, all of you that are really dedicated - do not stop working. At one point, it will all come together.

I thank and appreciate you for your work and I hope the algorithm lead me to you. 🥹☀️☀️☀️

With all my respect and gratitude,

BlueBirdScorpio

[hotdaemondtargaryen]

TOM GLYNN-CARNEY TALKING ABOUT AEGON'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HELAENA AND RHAENYRA TARGARYEN FOR THE MARY SUE MAGAZINE.

AEGON AND HELAENA ARE DEFINITELY MORE BROTHER AND SISTER THAN HUSBAND AND WIFE.

“There’s not the love in the way that we all understand love to be between siblings and spouse."

"It isn’t that kind of love.”

“He wishes well for her. I don’t want to speak for Phia [Saban] and her approach to Helaena and the relationship with Aegon, but I feel like he sees a purity in Helaena."

"He doesn’t quite understand it, and he’s quite happy to not understand it. They’re not having conversations about, like, working with the relationship and improving things."

"It’s like, ‘I know my place. You know your place. We’ve been forced into this.'”

Those siblings were allowed to express their love freely and without judgement. But the truth is, they may have been romanticizing history a little bit.

TALKING ABOUT EPISODE 2.

When Helaena and Aegon’s infant son Jaehaerys is murdered in the Season 2 premiere, famously known as the “Blood and Cheese” incident.

They don’t comfort one another.

Helaena goes to her mother, not to Aegon.

“The aftermath of the whole Jaehaerys situation is heartbreaking.”

“Because all they need is to communicate and give each other some time and love and other things that we all need.”

But that isn’t the kind of partner they are to each other. On one hand, it’s a relief because they are siblings. It would be nasty if they acted like grieving spouses in that moment.

But on the other hand, it’s tragic that they don’t have that person to lean on after such a harrowing event.

ABOUT RHAENYRA TARGARYEN.

“There’s a lot of resentment built up over the years about how Rhaenyra was favorite child.”

“She was first. She was the one that Viserys always gave the attention to; Aegon hates that."

"I think if anything it strengthens the dislike and the bitterness–the fact that they are siblings and the fact that they should have had an equal amount of love and attention as children and that didn’t happen.”

Glynn-Carney notes that Aegon has a lot “bubbling underneath.”

“I think I’ve tried to cut him some slack this season."

"Get in his head in that sense and kinda make sense of his neuroses, and insecurities, and his questionable decisions. It all stems from … it’s the question of nature and nurture, I think, unfortunately for him.”

Without a support system, it’s probably not going to get any better for Aegon.

[nosnexus]

I’m having artist feelings..

I’m so SO glad I had the opportunity to take my first legit art class this year. It was so nice to put names behind some concepts I’ve brute forced over the years and I can’t believe how much braver it made me when trying new things traditionally. I still don’t know what I’m doing most of the time but it’s so much more enjoyable now :)

ALSO the younger people in that class were so damn delightful and it was amazing to see how encouraging everyone was with their critiques. I never got to have that little in-person art community experience growing up, but I’m glad to have been invited to join in for a little while 💙

Anyway - I love art and all the funky weirdos that love it too! Keep creating and loving art together 😘

[gt-needs]

Hey! Grabbed you something…

Uuugghh- Thank you so MUUCH! Why did I have to pick the hottest day of the year! How do you put up with this heat?!

I know you wanted to do this yourself but the last thing I need is you passing out from heat exhaustion. Maybe it’s about time for a break..?

But I- oh fine… after I finish putting tar on this seam?

Alright alright, don’t forget we still have the inside to worry about.

Don’t remind me! 😖

(( my account is now 5 years old! 🥳 here’s a small update to celebrate! Though I’ve been in the GT community for many more years, I began my own account as an introduction into photography (buutttt with a sh*t camera 😅). Only recently did I begin re uploading as I had nothing else on me while living in a car for 3 months. While people around me encouraged me to ask for money for commissions I don’t beg  even in my lowest moments. Though considering donations to buy the full version of JustSketchMe so I’m not so limited on my creations like this one here. First time trying background and only having cubes and cylinders to work with… too much effort, sorry 🤣. Much more to come but ALL PROJECTS OTHER THEN REQUESTS ARE ON HOLD. Please keep sending in all your ideas and I’ll try my best to work on it overtime. In the meantime my husband and I have a home to rebuild ❤️‍🩹 -A))

[khaire-traveler]

Hey! I’ve been following for a while and I have a small question. I’m worried that I’m headblind/can’t feel or hear deities at all. When I work with reading flames or spinning coins, something feels off or wrong. And I’m too scared to use a pendulum because a friend of mine had a trickster on them last year. Is this something that I can fix or I have to work around? Do you have any tips to work past this or any communication methods? Thx for reading!

Hey, Nonny! Apologies for the late answer; I've been crazy busy lately.

So, I have a few things I can recommend as well as some things I hope you find reassuring.

Firstly, I'd like to say that I don't believe in trickster spirits - at least, not in the way that has been popularized. Are there spirits out there who are maybe not so good to be around? Yes, absolutely. But if you're reaching out to a specific deity, is someone else entirely going to answer? In my opinion, no. When you specifically call on a deity, I personally believe that only that deity is going to answer. If you're nervous about who will be on the other end of your prayer, I suggest using a broad epithet of the deity to get their attention. I have a pretty detailed post on my views that I'll link here and save you my long ass thought process. In general, though, deities are the protection from evil, not the cause of it, and that holds true when it comes to supposed trickster spirits.

Secondly, I do believe that deity communication is a skill that can be practiced and learned, but sometimes it's much more difficult for some than others. For some people, they struggle to do it at all, and that's not a bad thing. I feel there is a misconception going around that in order to have an actual relationship with your deities, you need to be able to communicate through divination or have to sense their presence. However, this is untrue. You can still have strong deity relationships through prayer and other simple means of communication. Deities will still listen to you, and you'll often find that they'll still answer, even if it's not in ways that are often discussed online. Deities communicate through a variety of means - dreams, physical signs and omens, divination, even encounters with strangers - and to enforce a limited view on their communication abilities is something I'm strongly against, yet it is often the only thing that's popularized. Online, you often hear stories of people speaking directly to deities and being able to physically see them. You even hear stories of perfect and flawless communication through divination. The things is, we often don't see the rigorous practice and build up that it took for someone to get there. In my experience, even just by speaking to other practitioners, these communication skills seldom come naturally.

Thirdly, I do have sources that you can look into that explore different methods of deity communication as well honing your ability to use those methods. This post discusses how to differentiate between your inner voice and that of a deity. This post talks about identifying signs from deities. There are other ways to identify signs not mentioned in this post, but this is a great place to start. This post mentions some ways deities can try to contact you, just in general. This post is about narrowing down which deities are trying to contact you. While not directly related to your situation, it could still be helpful. This post is specifically geared towards to the headblind. It gives some great tips on figuring out what deities are trying to communicate. I highly suggest you take a look at my Deities & Entities section in my pinned post for more. Finally, here is a masterpost I made of various divination methods - all great ways to communicate with deities.

I will say that it takes a lot of practice, especially if you're coming from a place where you've never felt or experienced anything relating to deities, but in my opinion, it's not impossible most of the time. Even if you ARE fully head blind, that's not a bad thing. Like I said earlier, it doesn't prevent you from having meaningful relationships with deities. The best thing you can do for yourself is to stop comparing yourself to other worshippers and their experiences. At the end of the day, everyone's practice will differ vastly from each other, and even when you have things in common, you will still find that you do some things way differently from the other practitioner. Even the way that deities present themselves to people varies. For example, I often see Apollon as having long, wavy hair that's golden blond. However, I've met another person who sees him as having shoulder length hair that's more of a strawberry blond. I even know someone who only sees the gods in the forms of animals, viewing Apollon as a swan, crow, or crane. Deity experiences are almost never exactly the same. How you do things will always differ, and there's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with the way you practice, and you're not doing anything wrong by struggling to communicate. It's ok, and you are perfectly fine the way you are. 🫂

I hope you found my answer helpful. I know it was pretty wordy, but I hope you don't mind that too much. I wish you the best on your journey, Nonny, and I truly hope you can feel secure and happy in your practice. I believe in you, and I'm proud of you for the progress you've already made. Take care. 🧡

[polin-erospsyche]

Bridgerton Season 3 Part 2 Thoughts

Alright, it’s been a few days since the end of Season 3 Part 2 of Bridgerton, and I’ve had some time to think about all of it and rewatch the show. I have some thoughts. I’m not sure how much this will add to what everybody has already said, but I’m hoping that by writing this, I can free myself from the torment that is my Polin obsession. There are a few points I’d like to hit on, so this will probably be separated into parts.

1. The Break Between Part 1 and Part 2

I’ll start this whole thread with what seems to me like a big reason for which Part 2 was received the way it was in the fandom: the break. Of course, that is not to say that Part 2 was perfect. It wasn’t. I think by now we all agree that something was missing from it. Some used the word “lackluster”; others deemed it “disappointing.” However, what seems interesting to me after having spoken about it with some of my friends who watch it but are nowhere near as invested is that they overall enjoyed Part 2. Some even thought Part 2 was better than Part 1, with more solid storytelling. I personally have come to the conclusion that it is overall a great season and a very entertaining one. With its flaws, of course, but then again, no season of Bridgerton so far was ever perfect.

The difference, then, to me, between casual viewers of the show and the fandom, and maybe what could explain the difference in the level of disappointment we felt after Part 2, is the break. How we lived the break more specifically, and the AMOUNT of media we consumed during it. In effect, this break was essentially a great idea and the worst mistake Netflix could have made. A great idea because it caught a lot of people’s attention. With nothing to do but to wait after that carriage scene of all scenes, the only place to turn to, if you couldn’t get it out of your head, was online with the fan community. And god knows we were fed. Constantly and very, very well. With drops nearly every day, interviews, stills, and everything else, we had plenty to interact with. On top of that, you add fan theories and possible spoilers and a constant assurance that this season would get “very steamy, the steamiest,” and you end up with a lot of hype around Part 2.

I truly believe we might have been disappointed if we had gotten the whole season in one go, but the fallout might not have been as bad because they simply wouldn’t have had the time to build so much hype around it. That was the stupid aspect of putting a break in the middle. Nothing, I think, could have come close to what each one of us hoped and prayed Part 2 could be. It is the eternal problem of expectations vs. reality.

One last thing that I will add to this is the reputation Bridgerton has built for itself over the years. Bridgerton, when it was first released, was new, thrilling, a show that bent convention of traditional historical drama, a show that was steamy. We had a lot in terms of intimacy scenes in Season 1. Then Season 2 came, and fans were disappointed. Then Season 3 rolled along, and fans are finding themselves equally disappointed (now I see there are actually wars being fought over which season between 2 and 3 was the least steamy or showed the least amount of nudity, and I just sit here rolling my eyes because is this really necessary? Anyway, I digress. This is not the point here). We, as a fandom, have come to expect more nudity, more steaminess, more focus on the main couple, and each season for the past two we get disappointed. Season 1, no matter what you may think of it, and Queen Charlotte both delivered, I would say, in terms of focus on the main couple and steamy scenes. That is because both of them had fewer things going on in them, fewer side plots. My friend said something to me that made me laugh: she said that if you expect a romance show focused on the main couple above all else, you will inevitably be disappointed. However, if you make your peace with the fact that the format has changed somewhat, then it’s actually great fun. I personally think that the problem is the format has changed, but Bridgerton is still being sold to us on its original pitch, and if the original pitch is to be kept, then the 8-episode format is nowhere near enough to cram everything in, ending up in a weirdly paced show with disjointed scenes and a disappointed fan base.

Now that the problems have been laid out, and despite the flaws, this season still remains so beautiful, especially due to the complexity in both Colin and Penelope individually and as a couple (which I cannot wait to discuss!). It is worth sitting with it and taking it as a whole and not as a Part 1 and Part 2 😊

[steddieunderdogfics]

This week’s writer spotlight feature is: ghosttotheparty! @ghosttotheparty has 72 fics in the Stranger Things fandom and 61 of them are in the Steddie tag!

@estrellami-1 or anonymous nominator recommends the following works by @ghosttotheparty:

love me softly

a mess of holy things

pretty girls (series)

hideout

fate

"This author has captivated me from day one. I’ve since gone back and read and re-read everything they have in fandoms that I am a part of, and I’m highly considering reading everything, regardless of fandom!" -- @estrellami-1

They also had this to say: "It was so hard to just pick five fics—I’d easily pick all of them if I could!! These five are just a few of their fics that I come back to, time and time again. This author’s way with words is absolutely stunning, and I want to be like them when I grow up! 😉" -- @estrellami-1

Below the cut, @ghosttotheparty answered some questions about their writing process and some of their recommended work!

Why do you write Steddie?

I honestly just adore them so much. Characters that are opposites have always been something I’ve loved; Nico di Angelo and Will Solace are the first to come to mind. I’ve loved them since middle school (I’m in my third year of uni now), and I’ve apparently drawn some connections between their dynamics and Steddie’s. I also feel like Steddie just has so much potential in regards to different dynamics. There are so many alternate universes in which they’re entirely different from the way they are in the original show but there is still a consensus within the community of what kind of people they are and how they behave, speak, or interact. Despite writing the same characters over and over and over, I’ve had so much fun being able to experiment with different personalities and dynamics.

What’s your favorite trope to READ?

I think everyone knows at this point that I lovelovelove hurt/comfort. Physical injury and wounds, nursing the other back to health, trauma recovery, nightmares or flashbacks, sub/dom drop, panic attacks or breakdowns, give me all of it. (Bonus points if this is pre-relationship and the comforter calls the other a pet name (cough baby cough) for the first time in the midst of it all. God.)

What’s your favorite trope to WRITE?

See above. In all honesty, I love intensity. Heavy emotions like grief and anguish and rage are my fucking thing, and I think most of my longer fics involve at least one heavy scene with a panic attack or emotional breakdown. Something about the release and expression of emotions followed by tender patience and sweet comfort is just so cathartic for me.

What’s your favorite Steddie fic?

I write more fics than there are fics that I read, unfortunately, but the first fic to come to mind was in my life by mourningshowers (@keycarabiner on tumblr). Sososo sweet and tender. It ripped me apart and then stitched me back together and gave me a lollipop as a treat. I also adore the series The Rush of Thunder (That Brings You Under) by callmejude (@callmejude on tumblr). The pacing and characterisation and dialogue were fucking phenomenal. Print this whole series out and bury me with it when I go.

Is there a trope you’re excited to explore in a future work but haven’t yet?

I have a few AUs that I haven’t actually explored quite yet; one involves teacher!Steve and another is about punk!Stobin (platonic, Obviously), and yet another involves artist!Eddie. But more generally speaking I would like to explore some heavier themes in the future when I have the guts.

What is your writing process like?

Good question. I have no idea. I write pretty much every night, usually with Youtube or Netflix on next to me (typically playing things I’ve already seen so I don’t have to pay full attention to follow along, but my main go-tos are documentaries/docuseries), and I tend to just get as much out as I can. I write most linearly; I tend to not skip ahead and go back, but occasionally I’ll have an idea for a scene that I need to scribble out to make sure I don’t forget it. But my plotlines and focus points tend to shift as I’m writing, so sometimes these scenes end up changing as well.

Do you have any writing quirks?

I hadn’t noticed any, but Bee (@jewishrat420) pointed some out to me: - I consistently use the word ‘press’ - I phrase actions in lists with commas and a finalising and. - I tend to have repeating themes (for example, warm and cold and the quiet journey a character makes from their loneliness to the warmth of someone else). I’ve also noticed that I really like writing visceral imagery; even in fics for other ships I’ve mentioned one character longing to claw open their partner and climb inside them. I love bloody imagery, which Steddie are perfect for.

Do you prefer posting when you’ve finished writing or on a schedule?

If I’m uploading a fic with multiple chapters, I generally try to stay ahead of my posting schedule with at least one to two chapters already written in advance of posting. For my current wip, though, I’ve decided to post only when it’s complete, and to post on a schedule just in case I get behind or lose track.

Which fic are you most proud of?

Probably a mess of holy things.

How did you get the idea for a mess of holy things?

Ah, my love. The inspiration for this fic came from dirty paws by inifiniteorangepeel (@infinite-orangepeel on tumblr). Her version of Steve had me by the fucking throat, and I genuinely could not stop thinking about him even though I think this was before she even started uploading actual parts of the fic. I knew that I wanted to write some kind of religiously traumatised Steve, naive and curious about Eddie fucking Munson, and the haze of an idea snowballed into whatever this fic became.

When writing a mess of holy things, what was something you didn’t expect?

Honestly, I wasn’t expecting how confrontational it would feel. I was raised Catholic, and I put Steve’s parents in a category of religious people that I’ve never really known well. I was never forced to go to church or Sunday school (in fact, I think I only went to Sunday school for, like, three weeks), and for the most part as a child, my relationship with God was amicable. My abuela was very religious when I was young (my mother likes to say, “She was more Catholic than the Pope”), but I never felt as though her faith impeded upon my own life. She would tell me that my artistic skill was a gift from God, and she would pray over me when I had tummy aches, and even though I wasn’t very faithful, I found comfort in it. I also have always found a peace in holy buildings; churches and church graveyards are some of my favourite places to just sit in silence. So I wasn’t expecting the emotional whiplash writing holy things gave me. Writing from Steve’s point of view at first felt like writing fantasy, making it up as I went because I couldn’t write from experience; I have healthy relationships with both my parents, and even though my father had a very difficult childhood, he’s done everything he could to be a good father to me and my brother, so Steve’s father was entirely made up. It wasn’t until I got further along in the fic that I actually realised how big an impact even a slightly religious upbringing had on me as a queer person. My parents never taught me anything hateful, never complained about anybody in regards to God, but somehow this general religious disapproval latched itself to my ribcage, and I hadn’t realised I’d been carrying it around with me my whole life. And I was forced to confront it, along with the distrust that I’d inadvertently developed toward religious people.

What inspired love me softly?

My darling!! This fic started as a random one-shot about Eddie bitching to Gareth about having a crush on a normie, but the feedback was so lovely I decided to write another part. And then another. And then another. At some point the vague idea of a plot appeared, and this universe became very dear to me. I still have ideas for follow-up one-shots, which I keep in a collection on AO3. I think this fic is also what started my love for Tommy Hagan, who I’ve since claimed as an OC. He’s mine now.

What was your favorite part to write from hideout series?

While I was writing this series, I found that I love secret relationships. The idea of Steve having something in his life that he could turn to for some sense of normalcy despite everything in his life literally being straight out of a science-fiction movie was something I loved, and writing the majority of it from an outsider point of view was a fun experiment/exercise.

How do/did you feel writing fate (series)?

Oh, GOD. I love angst. I had the idea for Eddie’s death, specifically him singing the Tennessee Waltz and the whole “Do you think God’ll let me in?” thing, and I worked from there. I actually considered leaving the fic at Eddie’s death, but as much as I love angst, I also love happy and hopeful endings. Even though my heart hurt the entire time I wrote this whole series, I loved it all. Wayne’s point of view was a fun (ish) shift in perspectives and I’ve since included sections in his point of view because I love him so much. (I do also have a one-shot specifically about him living in my head, but I have yet to put it into words.)

What was the most difficult part of writing pretty girls (series)?

I don’t know if I would really consider it difficult, but it did require some actual thinking to write Steve as transfemme, or genderqueer in the opposite direction as me. To take my own experiences and feelings and shift them so they’re upside down was definitely interesting.

Do you have a favorite scene and/or line from any of your fics?

This is from one of my less known fics, spill my guts: “And I’m so fucking high right now, but Steve, I— I think I love you.” It just feels so representative of Steddie as a whole. (Honestly the whole scene kind of feels very Them: both of them high out of their minds and suddenly confessing their undying love in the most dramatic fucking way possible. Ugh. I love them.)

Do you have any upcoming projects or fics you’d like to share/promote?

I’m working right now on a fic that involves priest’s son!Steve and recovering addict!Eddie, and that’s all I’ll say on that <3

Outside of these questions, Is there anything YOU would like to add?

Not entirely relevant, but I make playlists and pinboards for almost all my fics (if I don’t have one of either for a fic that you’d like one for, literally just hit me up and I’ll put one together); here are the ones I made for Steve & Eddie <3 S - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3dW3wTo8nD11RuqKs9aj52?si=9f98f4a287394152 https://www.pinterest.co.uk/ghosttotheparty/king-steve/ E - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4eWRFi07VIEKIoeaGwfFI5?si=791fa1f2dd6a4f7e https://www.pinterest.co.uk/ghosttotheparty/eddie-the-banished/

Thank you to our author, @ghosttotheparty, and our nominator, @estrellami-1! See more of @ghosttotheparty's works featured on our page throughout the day!

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[larkspurglove]

Penacony epilogue/2.3 story thoughts!

Overall it kinda felt anticlimactic, but granted it is an epilogue. The shit with Sparkle felt out of place but then again it’s Sparkle and The Elation isn’t exactly known for fitting in

I NEED YOU ALL TO KNOW HOW MUCH I FREAKED OUT OVER THIS ACHIEVEMENT. ‘Tell me, O muse’ is an INCREDIBLY famous line from The Odyssey, a greek myth told by Homer. This is significant for many many reasons.

Black Swan doesn’t actually tell us much about Amphoreus other than it’s presumably dominated by three different Paths and it’s hidden from the wider galactic community. This being a reference to Greek mythology implies that Amphoreus is gonna be Ancient Greek inspired

The Odyssey is a very topical pick for the achievement to reference as, for those who don’t know, it’s about good old Odysseus of Ithaca who’s been away from home for 10 long years, and his entire journey consists of any force on earth making sure it’ll take another 10 years. Basically, the book is 80% travelling so you can see how it ties to the Trailblaze/Nameless

WE COULD GET DIRECT ODYSSEY REFERENCES IN HSR. HELL WE COULD EVEN GET A CHARACTER REFERENCING THE ODYSSEUS. THIS IS A GIANT DEAL FOR ME

Nerding out aside, it’s not unusual for multiple paths to have dominance on one planet. I mean, the Xianzhou is basically a Hunt/Abundance planet with a sprinkle of Permanence. Herta Space Station is technically Erudition aligned but it’s not strictly governed by it.

What makes it interesting is that Black Swan uses the word fettered by three Paths - as in shackled. While you could argue that other planets we’ve visited are unwillingly tied to aeons (such as Penacony being tied to the Order and the Xianzhou being tied to the Abundance), it’s implied that it’s unwillingly chained to all three aeons/paths ruling it.

My personal prediction is that it’ll be a cross between the Erudition, Elation and Enigmata. Erudition as the Ancient Greeks are considered scholars, Elation because of the Greek Gods, and Enigmata as I don’t think there’s really another aeon that could hide a whole ass planet with THREE different aeon influences for the entirety of Akivilli’s lifespan. It would also make a hellish combo thus the implied unwillingness of being tied to those aeons.

Anyway onto other stuff.

I find it weird that the Aventurine and Boothill Oswaldo Schneider conflict was only briefly touched on, same with Sunday’s fate. I suppose there are (presumably) 5 more patches left til Amphoreus, but the fact that this is Penacony’s epilogue implies that we aren’t gonna get much more of its story for a little bit. Plus, we already know 2.4 is the Xianzhou sports arc.

As for Jade, she’s about as ruthless as I expected for an IPC diplomat/Stoneheart but she’s not that evil. Given the storyline there wasn’t really much of a chance to explore her character, but it’s still a bit weird. Her deals being somewhat equivalent is weird too.

Also, her relationship with Topaz is shockingly normal. Well I say normal, she does call her ‘little Jelena’ and kinda infantilise her but other than that they seem to get along and understand each other well.

I didn’t expect they’d give Oti a model, but considering that he’s a very important NPC I shouldn’t have been surprised. I do have to say this is actually really good and gives me hope for future NPCs + Pulcinella in genshin.

The reveal that the Stellaron Hunters are Finality aligned is interesting. Well, I’m assuming it’s the group as a whole and not Firefly as an individual because it makes more sense for the Stellaron Hunters to be the Finality followers.

I’ve kind of suspected it for a while, since Terminus travels backwards in time murmuring a prophecy to be fulfilled. My guess is that Elio is either an emanator of Finality, or someone who’s able to interpret Terminus’ mumbling.

Now I’m kinda curious about the lore implications of the new game mode but I haven’t actually played it yet so we’ll see.

Sunday’s fate being left up to Jade is a twist I didn’t expect. This line seems to imply that he’s a ‘fallen angel’ now - he’s truly weak. I personally hope that we do get to see what happens to him, my bets are on the Destruction/Everflame mansion as they’re the only loose thread left in Penacony that haven’t been addressed at all.

Finally, GOD I have never wanted to punch Sparkle this much. My genuine reaction when she popped up in the groupchat was ‘gtfo bitch!!’ I dislike her I will not miss her.

[bixy]

You know that story, I can’t remember where it’s from, if it was tumblr or reddit, but this woman was a DM for a d&d group and gave her players, that were all men, golden star stickers for things like, showering, not talking over each other, being respectful, like basic shit like that, and I feel like I fell into something extremely similar and I just felt like a teacher/mom figure for this really big friend group that consisted of all men with bad social skills and there was a point where I wanted to distance myself and I didn’t really have a way and things happened in the friend group where I ended up like blocking everyone and I honestly feel so relieved

[art-by-fate]

HUGE congrats to sir Skizzleman for hitting that big shiny 100k!!!!

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Blue lock textposts

Gonna be real this is my first time doing textposts I’m terrified I somehow messed up

[neonbuck]

I wish the posts warning people about the term “degenerate” and its fash/Nazi usage would like. Start saying “hey, if you call people degenerates, maybe ask your self why you think that’s ok to do?”

Like why do you even want a class of people in your head that you get to label as fucked up and inferior? when you do that, who does that benefit…?

this is not meant as a guilt trippy thing. I’m pretty sure I used to use “degenerate” too when I hung around garbage twitter furry friend groups. these are the questions I eventually asked my self, and fixed the way I treated others for the better.

[sableeira]

Neptune by Sleeping at Last // Fifteen Manga // Fifteen LN // Fifteen LN // Dark Era LN // Fifteen Manga // Storm Bringer LN // Neptune by Sleeping at Last // BSD Manga // Eight by Sleeping at Last // Fifteen Manga // Fifteen LN // Dead Apple Manga // Storm Bringer LN // Storm Bringer LN // Storm Bringer LN // Eight by Sleeping at Last

Teen Soukoku as told by the songs Neptune and Eight by Sleeping at Last

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