#kin celebrates 100

[ministry-of-acid]

"The vibes have seemed off lately" says man who kins like three different characters from ww2 related time periods and forgot what time of the year it is

[stringsbasement]

ngl i 100% thought peri would be an antagonist

he's the first fairy in thousands of years, born directly under the lineage of what has to be the most powerful fairy family line in current existence

(cosmo is a von strangle, and also the very reason fairies stopped having babies in the first place. he's incredibly powerful and nobody talks about it for some reason. it's clear peri inherited that destructive potential)

the second he was born, entire fairy species (including his own kin) were out to get him to use his volatile magic for their own selfish goals. he's nearly kidnapped thrice, and almost ends the universe on the same day

the threats keep coming, and he's being dragged to countless adventures that put him at risk. he literally ceases to exist more than once

anyway, i wouldn't be surprised if some form of expectations were placed upon him growing up. maybe not by his family, but he's famous (a teacher described him as such once); in fairy world, he's automatically adored and celebrated by adults and peers alike, which foop antagonizes (and tries to kill) him for

cosmo and wanda would, realistically, of course try to shield him from all this, but no matter what they do, he's inevitably isolated

people either want to use him, put him on a pedestal, or is a universally infamous human godchild who will forget all about him in a matter of years

(cosmo and wanda becoming godparents and learning (choosing) to eventually let go of their kids is one thing, but it can be assumed poof was still a young, underdeveloped child by the time timmy (+chloe, for what it's worth) got his memories wiped

and he sees that timmy's able to live his own happy life without him in it. he lost his brother just like that, and there's nothing he can do despite all his godly powers)

there's so, so many ways he could've gone wrong

thus, my initial thought was that peri was going to be a somewhat petty, "spoiled brat," and him becoming a godparent would be the result of spite or rebellion, which cosmo and wanda would feel entirely responsible for. I HATE MY PARENTS!! yada yada yada

it was a pleasant surprise to see all those clips of them loving each other. and it's not even because i doubted for a second that cosmo and wanda are bad parents, it's just what you usually expect when seeing shows from the 2000s, even if it doesn't make sense

all things considered, i'm very glad they went for the lighthearted silly family trope. not every show needs such conflicts, and showing healthy dynamics are better for kids overall

still, i find it interesting to think about if they'd gone down another route instead. i love me a pathetic cringy villain who tries (fails) to hate the people they love the most

[vagabond-umlaut]

⁙ six seeds, like rubies...

... and the flowers find themselves blooming in decay...

▸ trueform!sukuna x wife!reader; 0.5k wc; inspired by the hades and persephone story; warning: sukuna is sukuna, so expect the expected [mentions of blood & implied violence – not towards the reader]; spicy & fluffy; hints of reincarnation(??)

▸ this was written for the ask submitted by the amazing @heresan as part of my 100 followers celebration. ty tina!! also, i own neither the characters nor the gif nor the divider used. please don't plagiarize or translate or repost this. enjoy reading! ❤️

Ruby is the sky when Sukuna sees you, the very first time.  

Strands of hair fluttering in the summer breeze and a pleased smile playing on your lips, whilst you watch your companions frolic in the meadow – you appear an oasis to his parched eyes. Elixir disguised as your frail body, the curse reckons – nay, he knows – it is fated to be drunk by him. To be devoured by him.  

Ruby is the earth when Sukuna touches you, the very first time.

Velvet-soft skin cradled in one of his calloused palms while the other cards through your hair, marring them with the blood of your kin – the very same dripping down the weapons in the curse’s other two hands. Your eyes stay wide as you gaze upon the sight before – a vision certainly too ghastly for a delicate maiden as you – yet Sukuna makes no move to conceal. Instead, he tilts your chin up with a finger and inquires, mouth twisted into a sneer, “Like what you see, pet?” 

Ruby is your kimono when Sukuna kisses you, the very first time.  

It isn’t tender; he knows. Nor is it loving; he knows this too. Yet, despite the knowledge, the curse finds himself pressing his lips to yours with increasing force; an attempt to draw out your taste and engrave it within himself. So new, so sweet, oh so, so addicting – a satisfied hum leaves him as he parts from you and lowers you onto the bed, a dishevelled mess in lieu of the composed woman you’ve always shown to be – until tonight, your wedding night, that is. 

Ruby is your wine when Sukuna vows to you, the very first time. 

The chalice falls onto the ground below, rendering it a deep red – not unlike the scene he created three summers ago. Amusement makes its way onto his features, a smirk paired with a huffed chuckle, before beating a hasty retreat – you’re staring at him, stunned, staggered, breaths fast and shallow while your dainty hands reach out to cup his cheeks.  

“Say that once more, my king,” You urge him in a whisper – a request Sukuna decides to deny, choosing to instead drag his sharp teeth across your pulse point – before a quiet whimper floats into the air and the curse feels his resolve weaken.

Raising his head from where it lies at the juncture of your neck and shoulder, he brushes the moisture away from your eyes and laughs. A cacophony – greedy, cruel, selfish – yet your expression might as well portray it as a soft melody to one, your husband muses.

Sukuna decides to indulge his Queen, just this one time.

“I’m never letting go of you, woman. Hate me, love me, I fucking don't care. You’re stuck with me. For good. For now. Forever.”

 

Ruby is the gaze you find on the other bank of the river, that fated summer evening – the forbidden hue to your screened palette.  

And ruby is the gaze you find on the other side of the room, this fated summer evening – eons and eons later – the only hue you know you’ll ever need to paint your greyscale life.  

▸ masterlist

▸ taglist: @afortoru, @guccirosegold, @heresan, @luckimoon, @megu-meow, @nanamikentoseyebags, @pupkashi, @ritsatoru, @softsatoru, @sweetdreamssatoru. :))

[starwarsalltypesoflove]

SW - ALL TYPES OF LOVE WEEK

INFO

Star Wars: All Types of Love week is a fandom event of fancreations, lasting a week, that celebrates love in its many forms! Since we celebrate romantic love and familial love often, we thought it might be time to give an opportunity for other kinds of love to shine!

Inspired by the Ancient Greek Philosophers and their seven kinds of love, we aim to showcase those different, less celebrated loves. Rooting for the little guys!

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

No sign-up, nothing. Just create!!!

Post during the appropriate week and you’re good!

We welcome any kind of creation, as long as it is truly yours. Even old posts being reblogged is fine! Old creations deserve as much love as new ones.

Fanfics, fanarts, moodboards, fanvids, fancomics, banners, playlists… An epic fic or a 100 word drabble, an amazing painting or a stick figures funny scene- we love it all!!

WHEN TO POST

Wednesday 7th of February, 00h00 PST, to Wednesday 14th of February, 23h59 PST.

HOW TO POST

Post under the tag SWATOLW during the week the event is running. Add the tag of the type of love you are representing. 

Be sure to @ us so we can appreciate what you’ve made and put it in the round-up!

WHAT TO POST

Star Wars characters, places, animals, games… Be it from the movies, the novels, the comics, the shows like The Clone Wars, The Mandalorian, Andor or even your own OC, the important parts are:

It must be from the Star Wars fandom

It must be about Love and that love must be not romantic or familial

To get a better idea of what we mean by that, you can read more about the seven types of love here. In short, we want to give a chance to shine to:

Love of Friends #philia

Love of Strangers #agape

Love of Partners #pragma

Love of Players #ludus

Love of Self #philautia

You can post about any of these, at any time of the week. There isn’t a day assigned to each type. The point is to create without pressure and celebrate all the types of love we don’t often focus on! The more of these you depict, the more we will love you for it!

QUESTIONS

“I love my two clones who are bffs, but they are clones. Does their love count as familial?”

Well, the truth rather depends on your point of view how you present it.

Pairs like Fives and Echo, and Rex and Cody, are usually understood in canon and fandom to be family. They can be friends too, but we’d prefer to focus on other pairs for this event. Post another time. We’re sure people will love it.

Alpha-17 and Cody have a cross-generational friendship? As long as the way their relationship is described/shown isn’t the dynamic of big brother & younger brother, or father figure & son figure, it’s good!

Want to show off Waxer & Boil being two peas in a pod? We would love that! As long as it isn’t a ship or they, the characters, don’t feel like the other is kin in the way we understand it.

“I want to show my two Mandalorians who are Partners In Bounty Hunting, but they are from the same clan. Does this work?”

No. I’m sorry, but it does not. We consider clan to be the SW equivalent of immediate family, a close circle, so it’s not the right event for this. But it does work if they are just from the same house or faction!

“Can I do two Jedi who are teammates and lovers?”

You can show any characters (two, three, four…) having a relationship that is sexual and based on love. As long as that love is not romantic.

If what moves your Jedi is the sense of purpose found in duty, the common love for the Light and the wider galaxy, the playfulness and affection shared between bed partners, these feelings can be as big as the moon, and it is still fine!

That is the whole point!

Feelings can be enormous and serious and important and still not be romantic or familial.

But if it’s shown or implied that the relationship is romantic/familial or turning so at some point, that is not what our event is focused on.

We know people are a bit tired from the holidays and that Valentine’s Day is a period often rich with events, which is why we put these conditions so it can be as low-pressure as possible. The point is to rejoice in all the breadth and the richness of the human sentient experience of love. In the love of Star Wars. And in the love of this community.

Be civil and show goodwill to participants and spectators. Be kind. YKINMKATO. Go crazy! Be creative! Have fun!

Love!

@swfandomevents

[emmic0n]

(posting the fanfic here since I don't have an AO3 account yet) For He's a Jolly good Chess piece

Caine sat in contemplative silence, brainstorming what the next big act should be. When a time-keeping subroutine caught his attention... One of his oldest friends, Kinger, was about to spend his 30th year in the Digital Circus! Humans celebrated anniversaries like this, and Caine was no different. He quickly prepared the stage for a party. The act could wait, his friend needed to be celebrated!

Pomni, Zooble, Gangle, Jax, and Ragatha all found themselves suddenly on-stage. They all braced to endure whatever new act Caine came up with, but instead, Kinger appeared center-stage wearing a birthday hat and a glittering version of his robe. His sudden arrival was signaled with loud, dazzling fireworks, of which he reflexively screamed and cowered from.

Caine himself finally appeared, shouting “Friends! What a wonderful, wonderful day this is! Our friend Kinger,” Caine directed his attention to the regal chess piece, causing them to shrink into their robe out of fear, “is about to have his 30th anniversary here at the digital circus! This is a cause for celebration!”

Caine gave raucous applause as party poppers sounded, streamers flew in from out of nowhere, and a massive banner unfurled reading “Happy 30!! !”. Some of the humans clapped once or twice out of awkwardness, looking at Kinger with pity.

Kinger, meanwhile, stared off into infinity (which was not that much different from his usual expression). Time was but a meaningless slurry to him, but being given an exact reference point was far worse. He had spent almost a majority of his life trapped in a horrible nightmare simulation, a few more years and he'd have been here longer than he had been in the physical world. Realizing this, his already shattered psyche cracked into even smaller pieces. Tears welled in his eyes.

Caine watched his friend cry tears of what could only be joy! What a heartwarming moment it was!

“oh buddy, don't you start getting sentimental on me! If you start crying then I'll start crying!” Caine laughed, “Ha! That was a joke, I don't know how to!”

Ragatha attempted to butt in on Kinger's behalf, “Caine, I don't think Kin-” “Now Then!” Caine interrupted, “Let's party!”

The party consisted of games (that were about as dangerous/painful as Caine's normal acts), Cake (that wasn't edible, let alone tasty), and entertainment (which consisted of Bubble screaming on-stage for 30 straight minutes). As things wound down, Caine announced that gifts would be next!

“So!” Caine said, “what did you all bring for the man of honor?”

A moment of silent confusion passed.

“Caine, we didn't know there was gonna be a party, we didn't have a chance to get gifts.” Pomni said.

“no gifts?!” Caine exclaimed, he clicked his non-existent tongue disapprovingly “how inconsiderate, you should all know better!” His disapproving tone then immediately shifted back into his usual state of manic bombastic-ness, “But don't worry! My gift is so good that It can be from all of us! Kinger!”

The floating ringmaster once again snapped his attention to the chess piece, and once again, Kinger cowered in sheer terror.

“Kinger, my dear, dear friend. Ever since you arrived here, 30 years ago, there has been only one thing you wanted.”

Kinger stopped recoiling, did he dare hope?

“something I have never given you, until today.”

Was he going to get his freedom?

“That's right, I'm granting you your deepest desire-”

This was it! Kinger would be free! He could go home!

“your freeeeee-”

YES! YES! YES!

“-eeeee novelty mug!”

Kinger didn't process what Caine said until the mug materialized in his lap, it read “#100% Kigner” in comic sans.

Kinger never wanted a novelty mug

Kinger never voiced any interest in owning a novelty mug

Kinger had no idea where Caine got the idea that he wanted a novelty mug

after a palpable moment of silence. Kinger just said

“...Thanks, Caine.”

[archangel-lucerys]

Also reading the passage about otto writting letters all the time after ship breakers bay, the feast of lucerys's murder and blood and cheese and "doing nothing"(which wasn't really the case) and them not gaining any fealties except the hostages they had taken says a lot about how much lucerys's murder and the feast effected greens and their reputation

Know kin slaying is a major major crime and on top of that murder of an envoy, how do you trust people who murder both thier kins and envoys? And on top of that celebrate their murder? Their own kin?

I mean look at his own mother's reaction because she knows where there was hope of winning there's not only all out war but ruination of reputation, which is why otto is also angry

And otto was doing exactly what the blacks were doing, sending letters and gathering armies which is the only thing you should be doing at this stage before the fray begins, but aemond had ruined their plans by killing lucerys. They are some houses specifically mentioned including from South who were declaring for nyra, not because of something rhaenyra or jaces did, but probably purely because ameond had kinslayed

Rhaenyra would have never won those houses, and caused the neutrality of the protectors of the reach, the tyrells.....had it not been for lucerys's murder at the hands of his kin

Where lucerys thought he failed to gain a major house being discarded by storm lands he was cause of the protector of the reach from joining one of heir own, and many reach lords switching for nyra makes my heart fucking break it took his death

HEY and I know I could be 100% reaching here but they had no reason to declare for rhaneyra but one

These houses are closer to old town and

[if-it-lights-up-my-eyes]

💫 so let's see it with our own eyes

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hello hello!! i'm artsy, from @thegeekcollective (they/any pronouns). i thought it'd be fun to open up an editing/graphics blog, so here i am.

personal/about me strawpage here!

requests are open ! // requests masterlist !

my usual posts are tagged as #artsy's posts, and my stuff will be tagged as both #artsy does an art and #artsy does some graphics ! i'll tag each type of edits accordingly

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please be polite when requesting! a please and thank you would be nice

please be patient! i have school and a whole lotta stuff irl

please only request 1-2 items at a time, depending on how busy i am; if you want to ask for more, wait until i'm finished with at least one of them before doing so

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unless stated otherwise, feel free to use them anywhere! just credit me ✌️

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i'm fine with spam likes and reblogs! they make me giddy :D

more tba if/when necessary!

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i'll do icons, banners, layouts, userboxes, and graphics in general! it can be themed if you want it to be!

i'm thinking of doing mood/stimboard in the future! not 100% sure but it's on the table!

i won't do animated graphics, at least for now! sorry!

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read below for more info !

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whitelist:

hatchetfield

parties are for losers

eng-vocaloid in general

underworld office

witch hat atelier

milgram

project sekai

pokemon

epithet erased

smash legends

puyo puyo

american arcadia

five nights at freddy's? maybe? i'll see if i can make it work...!

more possibly tba!!

as well, you can ask me for a layout based on a general aesthetic (or perhaps even a ttrpg :3) instead! i'll see what i can do

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selective:

any media not listed in the whitelist!

non-hatchetfield starcanwrecked shows

ship layouts¹

dialtown/dayshift at freddy's

hoyoverse²

selective usually just means these are low priority unless requested by a moot! do check the footnotes below for some of these though

¹if it's a ship i really like i'm much more down for it

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blacklist:

coffin of andy and leyley

vizviepop's works (helluva boss/hazbin hotel)

any nsfw media

most live-action media

mcyt (sorry about this one!! just not super familiar with the scene)

irl people (including celebrities. especially celebrities.)

more tba

i will not make edits for these! sorry!

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i will block you if you:

are anti-palestine

are a radfem in any way

are an exclusionist

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are a proshipper / ship incest/pedophilia

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generally make me uncomfortable!

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that's about it! thank you for reading ☆

[beardedmrbean]

More than 100 people have been killed in a crush at a religious gathering in northern India, officials have said.

The incident took place at a satsang (a Hindu religious event) in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh state.

The victims, including a large number of women and some children, are still being identified.

Survivors have described how the disaster unfolded as they tried to leave the event in Mughalgarhi village.

A spokesperson for a senior police officer in Uttar Pradesh told the BBC it would "take hours to release the final tally", but confirmed at least 100 dead.

An eyewitness, who asked to remain anonymous, told the BBC everything was "going fine", until "all of a sudden I heard screams and before I knew it, people were falling on each other".

"Many were crushed and I couldn't do much. I am just lucky to have survived."

"When the sermon finished, everyone started running out," a woman named only as Shakuntala told the Press Trust of India news agency.

"People fell in a drain by the road. They started falling one on top of the other and got crushed to death."

Umesh Kumar Tripathi, chief medical officer from the neighbouring district of Etah, told reporters the "stampede" had left at least three children dead.

Distressing images from the site are being circulated online. Some videos showed the injured being taken to hospitals in pick-up trucks, tuk tuks and even motorbikes.

A clip seen by the BBC showed several bodies left at the entrance of a local hospital as relatives screamed for help.

"Such a huge accident has happened but not a single senior officer is present here,” a relative in another video said. “Where is the administration?"

Mr Kumar said the venue had been overcrowded, adding that a high-level committee had been formed to investigate the incident.

"The primary focus of the administration is to provide all possible help to the injured and kin of the deceased," he said.

A video shared by news agency PTI showed the wounded being brought to a hospital for treatment.

"Procedure of post-mortem is under way and the matter is being investigated," official Satya Prakash in the neighbouring district of Etah said.

In Hathras, the screams of distraught family members can be heard in the local hospital.

Many people are trying to find their loved ones, many bodies are unclaimed.

There is a shortage of ambulances – each one is bringing two to three bodies. Hathras is filled with despair and pain.

Accidents are routinely reported at religious events in India, as huge crowds gather in tight spaces with little adherence to safety measures.

In 2018, around 60 people were killed after a train rammed into a crowd watching celebrations for Dusshera, a Hindu festival.

In 2013, a crush at a Hindu festival in the central state of Madhya Pradesh had killed 115 people.

[moonlatias]

In Honor of the Fall

On September 29, the traditional date of Michaelmas, I decided to have a celebration—but not in honor of the angels defeating their rebellious kin. Rather, it was a celebration in honor of Lucifer, both grieving his fall from perfect beauty and grace and celebrating that he now is among us, along with all that entails, guiding us to this day.

My understanding of the Divine keeps growing year after year, and Lucifer seems to become more and more central to my practice as time goes by. Exactly who he is and how I view him is complicated, and personal too… but if I have to summarize, I approach and honor him from a pagan perspective, but his significance in Christian mythology cannot be denied and is also important to me. He is, all at once, a rebel, a beautiful God of Light, the wild and untamed Horned God, the Prometheus who shares everything he is with us mortals, and the keeper of the pathways between this world and the next. He is enlightened and full of love and kindness, but is also like a wild beast—unpredictable and not always soft or gentle.

I love him dearly.

(Note that I also follow and honor the Goddess still; her relationship to Lucifer is equally complex and meaningful to me. Also, while I do consider myself a theistic Luciferian, I don’t 100% prescribe to the mindset that usually describes, nor do I think I’m much for the LHP otherwise, lol.)

I was happy I got to spend time with him, as well as fully share this aspect of my practice with my husband. I was happy they were super supportive, understanding, and even enthusiastic to share in this celebration with me.

Blessed be, my Beloved Morningstar. The Goddess and I honor and love you this time of the year.

(Pictured: my ever-changing holiday altar, as well as the blackberry cobbler I made for dessert—made sure to eat it after midnight to be especially rebellious!)

[selfship-shinigami]

to celebrate 100 followers, my DMs are open to message for an invite to the EMH themed 18+ server! it's System friendly, kin friendly, and for the big kids! ( 18+ )!

[jackoshadows]

Listening to the AFfC and ADwD audiobooks and it just hit me in the face with my unconscious biases.

Asoiaf ramblings under the cut...

The Jaime AFfC chapters just reinforced my dislike of the character - I saw no redemption, just a Lannister helping the loathsome Freys and his own house/family strengthen their stranglehold on the Riverlands. From doing nothing about poor Jeyne Poole being send North to marry Ramsay Bolton to threatening Stark allies in the Riverlands, Jaime is only concerned about the Lannisters coming out on top.

Jaime keeps making excuses for his support of the Freys being in direct opposition to his oaths to Catelyn by using the literal meaning of not fighting with a sword. All the while threatening to trebuchet Edmure's baby, taking Catelyn's family as hostages and even adding more guards when they are being transported so that there is no chance of escape or anyone freeing them. It's especially galling because for me the Freys are such loathsome cockroaches while poor Edmure has all my sympathy.

Which is why I am 100% for Ladystoneheart wrecking havoc in the Riverlands. Everytime there is a mention of the wolves or a band of outlaws taking down Lannister allies in the Jaime POV chapters it makes me so excited for the Freys/Lannisters getting utter wrecked!

If LSH wants to hang Jaime Lannister for crimes committed, I am here for it! I can understand where Brienne is coming from considering he saved her from unimaginable horror and yet the man deserves to hang.

And then I was listening to ADwD, and there's Jon's chapter of letting the Wildlings through the Wall after negotiation with Tormund and it struck me that as far as the Freefolk are concerned, Jon Snow is really not a nice guy is he?

The hostages went first—one hundred boys between the ages of eight and sixteen. “Your blood price, Lord Crow,” Tormund declared. “I hope the wailing o’ their poor mothers don’t haunt your dreams at night.” Some of the boys were led to the gate by a mother or a father, others by older siblings. More came alone. Fourteen and fifteen-year-old boys were almost men, and did not want to be seen clinging to a woman’s skirts. Two stewards counted the boys as they went by, noting each name on long sheepskin scrolls. A third collected their valuables for the toll and wrote that down as well. The boys were going to a place that none had ever been before, to serve an order that had been the enemy of their kith and kin for thousands of years, yet Jon saw no tears, heard no wailing mothers. These are winter’s people, he reminded himself. Tears freeze upon your cheeks where they come from. Not a single hostage balked or tried to slink away when his turn came to enter that gloomy tunnel. Almost all the boys were thin, some past the point of gauntness, with spindly shanks and arms like twigs. - Jon, ADwD

And this is where GRRM's oft mentioned quote comes into the play -

The villain is the hero of the other side, as sometimes said. That doesn’t mean that it’s all morally relative. That doesn’t mean that all things are equally good and evil. I think there is good and there is evil in the world, but I regard the struggle between good and evil as being waged within the individual human heart. ------ I’ve been always very impressed by Homer and his Iliad, especially the scene of the fight between Achilles and Hector. Who is the hero and who is the villain? That’s the power of the story and I wanted something similar to my books. The hero of one side is the villain of the other side. - GRRM

I sympathize with the Tullys and the Starks because we get their POV chapters and have spend time with them and are strongly pro Stark, pro Tully etc. And yet we get no such POV for the Freefolk even though characters like Mance Rayder are righteous in their goals, are shut off from the rest of the realm with a Wall and are only trying to survive.

Davos is often celebrated as being a voice of the Smallfolk despite supporting someone like Stannis Baratheon and yet I feel like Mance Rayder is where that praise should ideally go to. His freefolk parents killed by the NW, raised by the NW, experiencing first hand their bigotry and truly trying to help his people by gathering them together and getting to safety on the other side of the Wall. Like literally this should have been Jon Snow when defending the Wall against the Freefolk getting through...

And this is also why I dislike the double standards when it comes to Jon and Dany, both of noble houses, both their arcs as leaders having parallels in it's complexity and nuance - they both make morally grey and ruthless decisions and yet it's only Daenerys who is often called out on hers. Jon Snow's arc would be as much of a 'white savior' arc as Dany's and the only reason it isn't deemed as such is because of GRRM's orientalization of Essos. And that's a flaw of the writer, not the character.

[shmowder]

Since Daniil steppe wedding was discussed here already what about the reader having a Steppe wedding with Artemy? Also do they get a honeymoon?

Artemy's wedding is a joyous occasion for the kin, a real reason for celebration. That's the Burakh Menkhu family wedding! The last ever line of Menkhu to remain, do you understand the implications here, anon?

It's not about inheritance because Artemy already has a protegé in Sticky. This means this is a celebration of love. The kin are happy that the last Menkhu has found someone to love and share his life with, rather than just to have kids and continue the family line.

A major celebration, in fact, especially after all the hardships the people faced. The loss of their superior father, the passage of Isidor, the betrayal of their foreman. Everyone is desperate for a resemblance of happiness, a reason to finally smile.

Even if you're from outside the kin, they'll try their best to fill you in on the details. While the wedding with Daniil was much smaller, humble, and with little expectations. Artemy's is anything but that.

As the spouce of the menkhu, you'll have a lot of expectations set on you, an oath of responsibility to upkeep. Not as serious as an emshen's but still a valuable position in the community, intertwined with the rest of the tree's major roots.

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Our modern understanding of "Honeymoons—the one about travelling for a month of privacy and passion—was invented in the early 19th century, a 100 years before Pathologic took place. Even then, it was mostly widespread in Western European countries.

The kin traditions extend back to much older times, their rituals more ancient. I doubt they have the concept of honeymoons in their marriage rituals.

But, there is an older and much bleak meaning of honeymoons. In the 14th century, that word was spread as a cautionary tale of the waning love. That a newly wedded couple will love each other much more in the first few months before the passion—alongside the love, inevitably fizzles out.

I doubt the kin held that believe either, especially with the sacred love they extend to one another. You'd be laughed at if you even suggest liking your spouse less after years of marriage, shouldn't familiarity breed fondness? I'm not sure what their convictions are when it comes to widows remarrying, but judging by Isidor never taking a second wife after Artemy's mother passed away while he was an infant, it might be looked down upon at least.

[deertism]

we hit 500 followers !! as a thank you , we will be holding an event as promised. editing won the vote , so we'll be making graphics ! the event will take place from December 05th to December 10th , its a 05 day event , a prompt for every 100 followers.

day 01 — edit themed around the holiday you celebrate ( if you don't celebrate a holiday this month pick whatever holiday you want )

day 02 — your f/o , if you don't have one then make a matching set of your favorite ship

day 03 — free day / your pick

day 04 — your favorite video game chara

day 05 — if you are an intrj edit your source , if you are not , edit a chara you kin / your favorite chara

01 ) please use the tag deertism500 & tag me in the posts so i can see what you make & reblog it :3

02 ) you are free to post your graphics well after the event has technically ended , so please don't feel like you missed out !

03 ) it is okay to skip a prompt , but please wait unto the designated day to post next prompt ( i.e. if you skip day 04 , you'll have to wait until day 05 to post the next prompt )

04 ) you're very much welcome to make multiple posts for any prompt if you have multiple ideas !!

[endlessapis]

hi! sorry if this is an obvious question to ask, but on your metal sonic art, you wrote the caption below of “don't tag as kin/me/id/muse/etc. please ♡”

i was just wondering what that meant in particular? this is purely for understanding purposes. wonderful art btw!

Howdy boss! No worries at all, you’re totally fine! Curiosity is something we love to celebrate around here! c: (and thank you for the kind words!! raahh!!)

That bit of the caption is a request for folks to not project onto that piece/claim it as part of their own identity. Kin/me/id tags are usually used for those of us that relate to/identify as a specific character, while muse tags are used by RPers when reblogging art of the characters they play. Some have a specific tag—a letter, a number, an emoji, a phrase, etc.—while others will just say “me” or comment about how cool they look in a particular piece.

Usually I’m 100% fine with this (I love when others can see themselves in/identify with my art! it’s a really special feeling), but in this case, that drawing is a celebration of my experiences as a queer + trans person. It’s a mile marker for the journey I’m on, a love letter to being alive and trans and so unbelievably happy! I want to be able to share that joy, but do so in a way that makes me feel comfortable.

In a similar vein, I also very heavily identify with Metal Sonic (hello fellow Metal kinnies <333 ily'all), so I generally prefer folks not tag my art of him with kin or RP tags since A Lot of me goes into those pieces :} I still want to share my art of them though, so I do! Just with that little boundary in place.

Hopefully that helps! Feel free to let me know if you have any more questions! 💪✨

[patternwelded-quill]

Happy WBW and Happy Birthday!

Speaking of birthdays, how are they celebrated in your world? Are the same age milestones in place? If not what are the important milestones in your world?

Oh, shit, it is Wednesday! Like I knew it was the 14th but not which day of the week.

So since there are five humanoid species, let alone regional cultures, in the world at the time of Irae (six if you count the vampires/Lyceneans) there's quite a variety. And fun with laws where boundaries overlap, lol.

For example: Relarial at 25 ran away from home and joined the near-allied human nation's legion. For Elynwar they aren't considered adults until 50. But Myral accepted 16. So without an international gaff between the two, her folks couldn't 'unswear' her enlistment.

For Shamaltaz the big number is 100. You're fully developed and mature, usually married and have a kid (or families are arranging it.) So it's a big celebration among families. Relarial's adoptive Shamaltaz father Bekhel got her an extremely rare and expensive repeating crossbow to honor the milestone.

Mentioning my dwarves, 500 is another major for them because that's like one of us hitting 100. Bekhel made 537 (iirc) by the last time she saw him and I haven't written his death yet. It's seen as a major blessing from Shapla to have a living ancestor like that. Family gatherings in those clans can be BIG even with just immediate kin.

Dryhtnar mature about the same rate as humans but because of the general warlike and nomadic nature of most communities you're already pulling full adult responsibilities and probably an apprenticeship by your teens. It's less about years and more about cultural ceremonies of milestones: adulthood, first battle for warriors, completed apprenticeship for artisans, marriage, births, etc.

Siegarans are very similar to Dryhtnar but having both nomadic tribes and sedentary clans means there's a LOT of variety in when the milestones are reached. Both also ritually adopt members of other groups of their species or even other species into their groups, usually through the 'adulthood' ceremony and said person has all the rights and privileges of adulthood. While it's more common for said person to be older, it *has* produced a couple of young adults, lol.

[fictionkinfessions]

OKOK it isnt quite the 29th for us yet, but either way i think it still stands. happy birthday all bennetts out there (including me) and congrats on finally aging. i think we should get a 3 day birthday celebration ranging from the 28th - march 1st (or, 2 day celebration on non leapyears) because we deserve it.

but. yeah. very happy today <3 will be very happy tomorrow. even if its not the bodies birthday, its MY birthday and its great to be able to celebrate it on the actual day it happened! not a day before/day later. curse you, leap years!

this post was inspired by us actually receiving the birthday mail while trying to 100% explore mond after like, years of paying genshin lol.

bennett (#🎸🥡🥢, kin & fictive)

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