#joshua → musings

[dragoon-mid-jump]

I feel like that there would be a lot more Power Shenanigans with the Dominants as well as Bearers if it weren't for the stigmas surrounding them, the fucking plot and political climates, and the fact that using said powers carried a very real risk of exacting literal pounds of flesh from the person in question.

Things like Cid joy-buzzering everyone he meets. Benedikta just casually float-lounging, or floating herself to the fucking ceiling when she's mad. Hugo tunneling and popping up out of the ground randomly as a form of travel. Everyone crowding Jill/the Rosfield brothers during the hot/cold months. Someone cracks Dion's back and he lights up like a damn glowstick. Barnabas messing with shadows like they're molding clay and making the best shadow puppet shows anyone's ever seen.

[binarysunset17]

Oh god.. what have i done

[justsomekpopstuff]

seventeen as greek mythology

A/N: this was an idea that I had ages ago and wanted to bring it to life. I didn't want to only do any of the basic Olympians either, so I really went IN on this. Feel free to disagree with how I place them, just don't be a jerk about it! Also, if any artists/edit makers want to use these placements as inspo for art and moodboards and stuff, please do! Just tag me in it so I can see it and give credit

current masterlist | fic recs

Seungcheol: Themis - goddess of divine law and order

Jeonghan: Prometheus - god of forethought and crafty counsel

Joshua: Metis - goddess of good counsel, advice, planning, cunning, craftiness, and wisdom

Jun: Horme - deity of impulse, effort, eagerness, and starting actions

Hoshi: Terpsichore - muse of dance and choral poetry

Wonwoo: Athena - goddess of reason, wisdom, intelligence, skill, peace, warfare, battle strategy, and handicrafts

Woozi: Euterpe - muse of musical poetry

DK: Helios - god of the sun and guardian of oaths

Mingyu: Hestia - goddess of the hearth, home, and domesticity

Minghao: Atraeus - god of dusk, stars, and planets, and the art of astrology

Seungkwan: Mnemosyne - goddess of memory and remembrance

Vernon: Pasithea - goddess of relaxing meditation and hallucinations

Dino: Morpheus - god of dreaming

[dalkyeom]

and you kiss me in a way that’s gonna screw me up forever!

[kitkat27]

Rewatching ep4 to keep me going till next week. Some musings I’ve noticed on my multiple rewatched of the ep (fully aware that time and logic don’t make sense in doctor odyssey land)

- how did they film the appendix surgery scene to get the equipment etc rolling around

- when dealing with Judy, Avery is no where to be seen in the background recovering from the earlier surgery. Yet at the end of the exam she’s recovering in the room off the side

- was there other crew members/ guests who also got high off the salt water Taffy

Feel free to share other little musings from other eps that go along with Doctor Odyssey’s interesting time and logic bending laws

[remnantsouls]

Luck Runs Out :Open Starter (TW: Fantasy bloods)

Often than not, Joshua had to go out to get his own deals done. Everyone was paranoid and that was more than fine.. Joshua was typically armed, prepared, and paranoid as well so he was more than capable of handling a demon that tried to bother him. What the Peregrine had not counted on was there being multiple attackers. They had seen the frail looking bird do a drug deal, and they could smell the cash on him! While one of them  threatened him in the front with what seemed to be a pistol. Joshua stepped back, only to have an arm wrapped around his neck, making him let out a squawk of shock. And then a silent cry of pain as the one behind him stabbed him in the back, right between the shoulderblades. While he was distracted by the pain and unable to fight back, the first demon grinned and snatched the money from his shirt pocket and bolted. The demon holding Joshua up let him drop, moving to follow after his companion, both cackling like a pair of hyenas. Joshua dropped to the concrete, barely catching himself with one hand, gritting his teeth, it took a bit of angling and he managed to pull the damn blade out…ofcourse right after he did it he realized that was probably a stupid move… especially since he knew damn well his blood didn’t look like other sinners, being the more soft blue of a winner instead.. Damn  Heaven and their “Blue blood” giggle hahas… “Fuck….” He muttered, forcing himself to his feet and using  his strength to summon his cane and moved to start limping to find some form of help. Who could he trust with this kind of vulnerability? Not many… “....Fuck fuck fuck…” Such profound words.

[7grandmel]

Todays rip: 02/12/2023

snow halation but it shreds

Season 4 Episode 2 Featured on: Halation Celebration ~ 10th Anniversary Tribute to Snow halation

Ripped by Joshua Taipale, Nolithium ft. Charles Ritz

December 2020. Near the end of Season 4 Episode 2, closing out SiIvaGunner's fifth year straight of running, a new project is suddenly unveiled to us as part of the SiIvaGunner All-Star Winter Festival. To commemorate the tenth anniversary of Love Live's Snow Halation, a song closely tied to the channel's history, the SiIvaGunner team unveiled "Halation Celebration" - a full-on arrangement album featuring two dozen contributions both from within the team and from external submissions. You can sort of trace a journey here, from the original King for a Day Tournament, to the King for Another Day Tournament, to Halation Celebration, and to Season 5 and beyond - the journey that would eventually form "SiIvaGunner Fusion Records", the branding used to denote these sorts of full-scale arrangement projects in the future.

I've talked about a few of these in the past - hell, the blog's first-ever post was on Running Through Cookie Country from SGFR's "Super Star Symphony" project, and later on I'd cover *** EVERYTHING IS FINE *** from the first SGFR release of Season 7 - "Shovelware from Beyond the Deep!". Yet for as great as all these projects are, it all truly began with a Christmas celebration - it all began with Snow Halation, and for my money snow halation but it shreds was one of the utmost best parts of that celebration.

And that's not to disparage or dismiss any of the other contributions - like every SGFR release, Halation Celebration is filled with tons of different interpretations, different styles and creators all outputting at an utmost high level of quality, to where it almost does feel a little bad to pick just one favorite. Yet I am at the end of the day merely a Sonic fan, a total sucker for punk-rock and wailing electric guitars - and snow halation but it shreds is quite literally exactly what it promises on the tin. And its a fantastic performance - though I adored hearing the arrangements from SiIva's mainstay rippers, its just as fascinating to hear contributions from people like Joshua Taipale and Nolithium, who contribute despite otherwise not being associated with the channel! And the two are EXCELLENT musicians in their own right - something that I only discovered through this arrangement.

Holiday cheer can be a lot of things, and there's going to be a variety of different rips featured on the blog during the month to truly encompass that (and some more silly stuff too, don't worry!). Yet its in large part about appreciation and celebration, of shared and spread love and joy. And that feeling transcends any sort of conventions of music genres - that joy can be felt, even through the shredding riffs of snow halation but it shreds. Every part of Halation Celebration is an absolute gift, and I'm eternally going to be grateful for it playing part in kickstarting SGFR, and introducing me to so many talented musicians both inside the team and out.

[entriprises]

assorted thoughts on: how the muses' wrap gifts based on @strangewonderful's muse question of the day

tadashi is very good at wrapping, but he rarely uses wrapping paper. more often than not, a gift from tadashi is wrapped in a paper grocery bag he deconstructed, or paper from sketches he no longer needs. he's an adamant proponent of scratch paper and having a scratch paper bin in his lab so sometimes things come from there. he always manages to make it look nice rather than last minute.

buttercup loves to throw something in a box. if she can put some confetti or pom pom type objects to fill it, all the better, but she's a box girl all the way. no box? gift right into your hand.

romeo has gotten very good at wrapping. he comes from a childhood of building theater sets and making props. he should not be underestimated with a craft. but also, his go to gift for everyone is books which makes his job very easy! he's gotten into more creative means of wrapping too. he does use the weirdest wrapping paper ever though and one year he didn't pay attention and the design was on the inside.

jennifer is decent at wrapping a gift. it is something that takes her time, so usually she will default to a bag with layers of tissue paper and a ribbon on the handle. if it's a gift for the avengers, she buys avenger themed wrapping paper. she thinks its funny. she'll try to get something very direct and on the nose for whoever she's gifting it to.

natasha uses a little bit too much tape but she gets the job done. she's not that fussy, she doesn't really care for a ribbon. if it's oddly shaped, there's more tape. her biggest struggle really is that she keeps using the little tapes that are semi transparent and don't hold anything well.

bob is... he's patient with his wrapping paper but he will fully throw a piece away if it's clear that this might be his 3rd or 4th fold of it and it's starting to get those white rubbed off design creases. it's gonna be sweet though, he likes to do a bow! he's very good at doing bow designs with it.

bradley puts it in a bag. bradley hasn't really done gifts over the years and when he does, he's putting it in a bag. no hassle.

josh needs somebody else to wrap it. if he can get someone else to wrap it he will. he thinks the best addition in consumerism has been the in store gift wrappers. that being said, he's perfectly capable of a decent wrap job.

cj is a box person. sometimes she'll add a very simple ribbon, but usually it's just a box. it's what's fast, and she really doesn't want to deal with the trials of wrapping.

donna is a very simple wrapper. she's very good at it, but she doesn't let it ruin her day. she's wrapped a lot of stuff, and she honestly thinks not everything has to be incredibly sharped and pressed. there's some homey feeling to a little bit of puff and extra love. she loves a very classic paper like a plaid or something with cute drawings

midge knows how to wrap. midge could wrap a bicycle, she could wrap a pony, she would find a way to wrap you a house. she loves a bow and she loves the holidays. the finest gift wrapping you will ever see and experience in your life will come from her.

cathy is going to show you a ribbon so masterful and then call it "just a little 'ol family trick" she knows. she's been making the same full out ribbon on gifts since she was a little girl. the wrapping is alright, but the bow is the masterpiece.

finnick: let me just say. you're lucky if it isn't handed to you wet.

buck is still watching the same youtube video on repeat. actually not the whole video, but just the same 6 seconds where he's not sure what just happened and he needs to see it more, and no it doesn't occur to him to slow down the video. the gift will be wrapped well.

bobby is CLEAN with those folds. the 118 is lined up outside his door when they need something wrapped and he takes a lot of pride in that. he might even host a little santa's workshop to teach everyone to wrap and yes he calls it that.

ellie likes to put a gift right into someone's hands. she's a little too excited about whatever she's gifting because usually she picks something so good or just so cheeky that she doesn't even want to wait through the other person unwrapping it.

elizabeth uses a box for everything. everything needs to be easy to wrap and she just won't do something odd shaped that's hard. she knows how to wrap a box though so things go in a box and she lines that with tissue paper for an added touch. then it's wrapped and it's decent!

trip... for all his engineering… theres like 6 added pieces to that thing bc he hasnt measured correctly. in fact hes so good at engineering that he was like. i fuckin got this. enjoy this surgery job of a wrap

paul tries to wrap things with wrapping paper. he really does try. it's not good though. he should stop trying. he hands the gift over and knows it's not a great job, but it's a job and it's the gift that matters and these are all things he will say to the person too.

gen goes for wrapping but no bow. he also sticks to red or gold wrapping paper usually as a preference! he's pretty good at it and when it comes to an oddly shaped object will commit to finding a way around it that still looks nice. he might do that thing where it's rolled up like a tube with a rubber band or tie on each end.

joann wraps all things with natural materials, or as close to natural as it gets with the replicators and such. she'll use a rope or a twine in place of a ribbon, but ribbons work too. she will forgo paper usually and it's just wrapped with the tie!

adira goes for a box with a ribbon! the ribbon is just your most basic kind, but really the presentation is kept absolutely simple.

spock doesn't wrap gifts usually. he's much more of a hand someone something directly kind of guy. that being said, he's been around humans who do wrap for a while and so sometimes he might put it in a very nice piece of fabric!

mark: bag alert. this one's putting it in a bag. one time, he gave a present directly in the store bag he bought it in.

farrah doesn't wrap things. she's also a put it in your hands directly sort of person, but also she doesn't tend to do big gifts. more often than not it's a small token of something and so it might go into a pouch if anything at all.

neal gives gifts that wrapping is at times not necessary for. a nice bottle of wine comes in a box. beautiful jewelry comes in a pristine box. his gifts speak for themselves. he's never wrapped anything and he might risk a paper cut if he does.

holly wraps it in tissue paper by just folding it over and over but like... sides open. it's weird. it's a mess. she also puts it in a bag.

[pillowxtalk]

Active Muses

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Jihyun | Rapper/Dancer | Idol | April 5, 2000 | Aires | Rs V. 1: Taken | Rs other V: Single | So: Pansexual

Joshua | Rapper/Dancer | Idol | October 30, 2000 | Sorpio | Rs: Single | So: Pansexual

Hyunjin | Actor | Singer | December 25, 1996 | Capricorn | Rs: Single | So: Bi

Taeil | Singer | Songwriter | April 29th 1999 | Taurus | R/S: Single | S/O: Pan

Hongki | Singer | Songwriter | July 6th 1997 | Cancer | R/S: Single | S/O: Pan

Joshi | Singer | Songwriter | June 21th 1995 | Gemini | R/S: Single | S/O: Pan

Jacob | Singer | Songwriter | February 14th 1997 | Aquarius | R/S: Single | S/O: Pan

Takeru | Chauffeur | Model | November 27th 1989 | Sagittarius | R/S: Married | S/O: Bi

Mamoru | Dancer | Works in a bookstore | June 8th 1992 | Gemini | Rs Verse 1: Taken | Rs Other verses: Single | S/O: Bi

Aeri | Owner of Online shop 'Bom' (Clothes & Make-up) | September 16th 1996 | Vigro | R/S: Single | S/O: Straight

Nana | Make-up artist and part-time model | January 22th 2000 | Aquarius | R/S: Single | S/O: Straight

Rika | Dancer | Model | May 10th 1995 | Taurus | Rs: Single | So: Straight

Renjun | Race car driver | January 13, 1996 | Capricorn | R/S: Single | S/O: Pa

Minki | Rapper & Dancer | Leader | October 31, 1997 | Scorpio | R/S: Single | S/O: Pan

Jumin | Rapper & Vocalist | September 14, 2000 | Vigro | R/S: Single | S/O: Pan

Biho | Rapper & Vocalist | September 22, 1998 | Leo | R/S: Single | S/O: Pan

[binarysunset17]

Granola girl josh??🤭🌈🌿

[justsomekpopstuff]

seventeen as a baseball team - part 2

A/N: I have had so many thoughts recently, I just had to share!

part 1 | current masterlist | fic recs

team colors are white and serenity blue, and every now and again they get ones with rose quartz accents (its my au i'll do what I want)

their team mascot is something whimsical that has a cloud and diamond theme along with it

the whole team goes absolutely nuts the first time that center fielder!Dino gets voted into the All-Star Game

When they find out, they throw an absolute rager of a party in the locker room complete with champagne showers. When the All-Star game actually happens, instead of taking vacations, the entire team shows up to the game. All of them are wearing Dino's jersey, have their faces painted, and come equipped with horns and signs all cheering for him. It is the worlds most perfect Embarrassing Dad Cheering Section™️. Dino is bright red for the entire game because he can hear them from all the way across the stadium every time he takes the field.

third baseman!Wonwoo, on the other hand, despite being incredibly good, BEGS the fans to not vote him into the All-Star Game and Home Run Derby

He just really enjoys his time off...but alas, one year the fans absolutely do not listen, and he gets voted in with flying colors. He is, unfortunately, forced to go by catcher!Seungcheol. Despite not wanting to be there at all and tired all the time, Wonwoo ends up completely blowing the competition out of the water. In his final interview after winning the All-Star Game and receiving the MVP award, he begs the fans to never do it again.

the whole team holds a fun exhibition game every year during spring training where they all scrimmage against each other

The whole game gives major Savannah Bananas vibes, as well as that one kickball episode of GoSe. They have ridiculous rules like when the other team scores a point, the team on the field has to endure a "punishment" chosen by the fans. Inflatable costumes ARE used. Synchronized rehearsed dances are a must-have and they put their whole CHESTS into it. The fans love it and look forward to it every season.

right fielder!Joshua can always be seen playing catch in the outfield with some of the younger kid fans in the stands during warm-ups

He is very sweet with all of the younger fans, and has a reputation for always taking time to sign autographs and take silly selfies. He is, also, a chaos creator. He has absolutely stolen Red Vines from a child after making a catch that almost went into the stands.

starting pitcher!Woozi will deny it until his dying day, but he absolutely did cry the first time he threw a no-hitter

The whole team went absolutely nuts for him and stormed the field. Hoshi 1000% took pictures of Woozi crying. Woozi found out and threatened to absolutely kick Hoshi's ass if he ever showed those photos to another living soul. Hoshi listened.

first baseman!Mingyu has tripped running around second base more than anyone on the team...probably more than anyone in the league

There are multiple compilations each season of him tripping over second. He swears its an accident every time and that he does not trip over the base intentionally. The team places bets at the start of the official season for how many times he does it during the regular season. Winner gets all the cash pool and first pick of dugout snacks next season.

closing pitcher!Jeonghan has always been secretive about the reason why he wanted to become a closing pitcher

He will always say he wanted to be a closing pitcher because he loves the idea of being able to hold down the lead for the team, or give them opportunities to win. Jeonghan will swear that he likes being relied on and is good under pressure (which, to his credit, is technically true). However, the actual real reason he wanted to be a closing pitcher is so he wouldn’t have to run as much.

despite being injured, catcher!Seungcheol still attends every home game

He is usually sitting in the same place in the dugout, close to where the manager usually stands. Seungcheol, despite not being the manager, is absolutely yelling directions from his crutches in the dugout. The team will often listen to him better than their actual manager. The whole team is taking bets on whether or not Seungcheol will become a coach when he retires.

[boy-oneder]

Relaxer (2018) dir. Joel Potrykus

[ouroboros8ontology]

*finally* starting Jewish Magic and Superstition by Joshua Trachtenberg

she’s cute! it’s wild to think this was published before the shoah (1939)…

anyway, expect some quotes from my read through over the next month+ :)

for any book i read i tag with the author, the title, and the chapter (and any other relevant tags, like folk judaism/jewish folk magic)

[rowanberryhub]

i will not cave i will not cave....

[remnantsouls]

" When in doubt, just poison him"

[gu6chan]

Got my first ending in homecoming!!! It was the hospital ending :3<