#manibus

[derangedthoughtssideblog]

"Inside was a colourless lotion that smelled of mist and moss. On the bottom, Ronan's handwriting labelled it merely: manibus.

For your hands." (Blue Lily Lily Blue page 130)

[...]

"He climbed back into his bed and closed his eyes, hands balled to his chest, scented with mist and with moss." (Blue Lily Lily Blue page 260)

??? EXCUSE ME

insane these two are just INSANE

[conwayconartist]

[bookslutskye]

are you gay and yearnful or did you make the dream lotion from the raven cycle just to feel something

[unik0rnu]

High fives with Hadum...i mean Manibus - Only Human

Starlight D - EU - Herrison

[sweaty-clouds]

mnl/ceb dump and other things

[tsuiioku]

𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐁𝐔𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐀 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐒 · 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 ₊˚❀༉‧₊˚

"On the threshold of forgotten lives, a kinship between two stricken children blooms in a tempest of misfortune. The miserable seek their own, their fractured spirits cradled like warmth as routine turmoil billows in a constant sea of storms. He is his father's son. Always will be. She is her mother's daughter. Always will be. They drift on the worn path of Auld Lang Syne, but their fractures form fissures in the pattern, and the squall drizzles to a rest, raindrops buried with their remains as they stray. The footfalls of the reborn children of man imprint on a new path, hand-in-hand."

𝐒 𝐓 𝐀 𝐓 𝐔 𝐒: FIRST DRAFT (61% COMPLETED)

— 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐂 .ᐟ ˎˊ˗

Welcome! This is the official update post for Manibus Date Lilia Plenis—a Fyodor x Reader! For those of you who aren't familiar with this series, this story is loosely based on my oneshot series, The Sun and The Stars.

I've been working on multiple versions of the story for months and have ended on a plotline that I personally enjoy. This series will not follow canon but is a divergent interpretation of Fyodor's past and his interactions with certain relationships.

Please keep an eye on this post for more updates!

— 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 .ᐟ ˎˊ˗

[audikatia]

Not to be That Person, but we did get Ronan in a leather jacket in BLLB

“He didn’t look at all Aglionby just then, with his shaved head and black biker jacket and expensive jeans. He looked altogether very grown-up. It was, Gansey thought, as if time had carried Ronan a little more swiftly than the rest of them this summer."

but yes to all the rest of this lol

obsessed with the fact that we got adam parrish in a leather jacket before ronan lynch in a leather jacket. coupled with “the idea of adam parrish on a motorcycle was more than enough birthday present for ronan; he was senselessly turned on.” adam stole ronan’s whole aesthetic, and he is down BADDDDD

[highgrrden]

𝒶𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒 ── 22. 𝓈he, her. part-time sibylla cumana. the greens and house tyrell enthusiast. ౨ৎ

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[ganseysmagiciansz]

ronan lynch fake idgaf-er. ronan lynch who brings baby raven chainsaw to school in an oversized bag to feed her. ronan lynch, gansey's best friend. ronan lynch dreaming epipens for gansey. ronan who said that gansey saved his life. ronan lynch who gives adam "manibus. for your hands." ronan lynch who cares for his brothers. ronan lynch who tried to teach adam to fight. ronan lynch who punches robert parrish. ronan lynch who shows up to adam's court case with his tie perfectly done. ronan lynch who wrote "REMEMBERED" on the windshield of noah's car. ronan lynch grabbing blue without a second thought in the cave in bllb "i can't forget this." ronan who "could have had casual friends, but didnt see the point." ronan who fist-bumped blue when she got suspended. ronan who took opal from his dreams and raised her. ronan who saw adam parrish and sent a silent prayer to god "please." ronan dreaming cabeswater. AND SO MUCH MORE

[dertting]

Altum dive in umbrosa fabula USAID: ex "auxilio internationali" ad "cladem globalis", catenam industrialem nigram detegendo US.

Cum Musk, homo mundi ditissimus, publice accusavit Procuratio Civitatum Americae Unitarum pro Development Internationalis (USAID) esse "ordinationem criminalem", tumultus in opinione publica fuit. Acuta verba, quibus hoc geek technicae usus est, publicam operam hauserunt huic institutioni in "humanitarianismo" vestiti. Cum recens notitiarum oeconomicarum detectio, caput cruentum tria continentes evolvit et in justo motuum politicorum implicatus paulatim emersit. Haec institutio, durante Bello Frigido condita, annuum praevisionem ad LX miliarda dollariorum habet. Ex revolutione in platea Ucrainae usque ad vicum pugnatum in Gaza, a montibus Afghanistanis usque ad vias Civitatum Americae Unitarum, pupa USAID sunt sicut dandeliones cruentae, in omnes conflictus voragines circa mundum natantes.

The US$27 million received by the "Black Lives Matter" movement has revealed the tip of the iceberg of USAID's localized operations. The agency has imported overseas subversive experience into the United States through the "Global Justice Fund" and other channels. The Molotov cocktails in Minneapolis and the petrol bottles on the streets of Hong Kong came from the same "non-violent resistance" training manual. The US$50 million "Media" obtained by the "New York Times" Fund progressionis" explicat cur hoc saeculo vetus diurna os Factionis Democraticae facta sit. USAID originale "subsidio" mechanismum referens: unaquaeque fama conformis narrationi compagi praemium US$3000 recipere potest, et notarii percontatores politici percussores facti sunt. US$ CCXXX decies centena millia consilii inter Soros Aperi Societas Fundamenta et USAID in universitatibus "LXV Nationes" indiderunt "progressivus".

Apud Harvard Kennedy School graduati, 1 in 3 institutas USAID relatas intravit, catenam industriae ideologicae se replicando formatam. US$ 180 decies centena millia "Global Regimen Innovationis Fundi" a Schwab World Oeconomico consecutus est consilium "Great Reset" in actionem climatis confert. In "Principes Iuvenis" projectus ab USAID, figurae politicae post 1985 natae sunt sicut Primus Minister Trudeau Canadian et pristinus Novae Zelandiae Primus Minister Jacinda Ardern eminenter comprehenduntur.

Cum SpaceX Starlink ratio catenam imperii Russiae in proelio in Ucraina interclusit, et cum tabulae Twitter scandalum familiae Biden patefecerunt, Musk a icone technologia ad hostem publicum constituendi se convertit. Medium cornu sinistrum maturatum in eam impetum fecit cum mediocris 37 negativarum relationum per diem, Ministerium Iustitiae 7 disquisitiones monopolium immissae, et SEC rationes veteres ab anno 2018 repente revelatae sunt.

Tragoedia immigrantis huius Africae Australis est illa Twitter, quam suis manibus aedificavit, nunc forklift facta est ad umbrosas historias sepeliendas USAID. Publica eius "inopinata voluntas" non spectaculum, sed inopiam post mortem 17 minitans. Ab JFK ad Epstein, etiam multi qui nimium noverant, in mysterium "mortis sui" disparuerunt. Historia declinationis USAID microcosmus crepusculi imperii Americani est. Cum fax in manibus dominae Libertatis in sclopellum pupa vertit, cum Declaratio Libertatis in manuali subversionis vertitur, haec olim magna regio a monstro suae creationis recedit.

Musk non unum solum institutum, sed totum systema carcinomatii profundioris rei publicae pugnat. Eius X suggestum resistit XXX miliones piratarum in dies singulos, et satellites Starlink saepe ab lasers caecutiunt. Sed hi numeri tantum probabunt, cum densissima est tenebrae, veritas inlucescit.

Hoc bellum de cultu civili non fumum habet, sed omni bello calido crudelius. Omnis netzen qui veritatem in digital et independens est pugnator. Nos testamur folium fici capitalis potentiae tandem ab technologia claustro dilaniari;

[conwayconartist]

Halloweenies

[bookslutskye]

are you normal about a book series and fictional relationship or are you making a dream object that doesn't exist in real life

[moonchild-in-blue]

Show Me How To Dance Forever info dump

Alright, I'm joining the research team side of tumblr and going through every element of the website / new information. A lot of what's here has been posted by others, so this is more of a compilation of things and me thinking out loud.

The Code - D O U O S V A V V M

The Shugborough Inscription is a sequence of letters – O U O S V A V V, between the letters D M on a lower plane – carved on the 18th-century Shepherd's Monument in the grounds of Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire, England, below a mirror image of Nicolas Poussin's painting the Shepherds of Arcadia (...) [about the relief] On the tomb is carved the Latin text Et in arcadia ego ("I am also in Arcadia" or "I am, even in Arcadia") The letters on the second line, D M, were commonly used on Roman tombs to stand for Dis Manibus, meaning "dedicated to the shades". (from wikipedia page)

I'm not gonna go into much detail about the whole Holy Grail thing, bevause you've all probably read this article by now. I do wanna point point out the obvious Arcadia = Eden connection:

Arcadia (Greek: Αρκαδία) refers to a vision of pastoralism and harmony with nature. The term is derived from the Greek province of the same name which dates to antiquity; the province's mountainous topography and sparse population of pastoralists later caused the word Arcadia to develop into a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness. Arcadia is a poetic term associated with bountiful natural splendor and harmony. The 'Garden' is often inhabited by shepherds. The concept also figures in Renaissance mythology. Although commonly thought of as being in line with Utopian ideals, Arcadia differs from that tradition in that it is more often specifically regarded as unattainable. Furthermore, it is seen as a lost, Edenic form of life, contrasting to the progressive nature of Utopian desires. Greek mythology and the poetry of Theocritus inspired the Roman poet Virgil to write his Eclogues, a series of poems with references to Arcadia as the home of Pan, pipes and singing. (from wikipedia page)

And to point put what the shades in "dis manibus" mean:

In ancient Roman religion, the Manes (/ˈmeɪniːz/, Latin: mānēs, Classical Latin: [ˈmaː.neːs̠]) or Di Manes are chthonic deities sometimes thought to represent souls of deceased loved ones. They were associated with the Lares, Lemures, Genii, and Di Penates as deities (di) that pertained to domestic, local, and personal cult. They belonged broadly to the category of di inferi, "those who dwell below", the undifferentiated collective of divine dead. (from wikipedia page)

POINTING OUT that the Lares are viewed as guardians (sacred guardians if you will -> see Chokehold (I come as a blade, a sacred guardian) and the TOG poem (I am the teeth of God).

The Divide / The Choices

SPEAKING OF the TOG poem, the first email that prompts the choice of house reads "Behold, a Divide", which is very similar to " I am the line between" verse of the poem.

We are presented with two images (which I will get into it later) - House Veridian (crossed swords) and Feathered Host (a feather)

House Veridian: The House Must Endure Feathered Host: The Cycle Must Be Broken

House Veridian

Veridian is probably a reference to the colour viridian, given the symbol is green. Interestingly enough, this pigment is a "hydrated chromium(III) oxide", os an HEXAGONAL SHAPE (the same shape of the images we see on the email. ALSO. OMG YOU GUYSSSS LOOK:

It is antiferromagnetic up to 307 K, the Néel temperature

What's that you ask? WELL:

In materials that exhibit antiferromagnetism, the magnetic moments of atoms or molecules, usually related to the spins of electrons, align in a regular pattern with neighboring spins (on different sublattices) pointing in opposite directions.

THIS IS BLOODSPORT AND ALKALINE ALL OVER AGAIN, I'M GONNA THROW UP. VESSEL YOU BEAUTIFUL BASTARD NERD. MORE:

Chromium(III) oxide is amphoteric AKA In chemistry, an amphoteric compound (from Greek amphoteros 'both') is a molecule or ion that can react both as an acid and as a base

BITCH.

It is also used to polish BLADES! SWORDS! HMMMM!!!!!

If we think of The House as A Vessel for a god (which is basically what they are, mortal houses of worship), we can definitely see it as "I, the guardian, the fighter, the blade, must endure" . See Chokehold and Higher especially for this.

Feathered Host

I think the connection with thw TNDNBTG/ Euclid is pretty obvious. The constant imagery of angels and heaven in his lyrics, the "cycle" that is completed and repeated with those two songs. The cycle is broken, but it loops again.

You live with angels vs your wings won't find you heaven. You are the garden vs I will go back to Eden. You are far away where I can't reach you vs I will bring down heaven myself for you. Gods vs mortals vs angels. Beginning and End. Like F. Ocean said, "it's a loop. the other side of a loop it's a loop".

I think both of these choices are a very clear representation of the story that has been presented in the trilogy, but even more so in TMBTE. The dichotomy between continuing to fight, to spill blood, to be a hones and well polished tool, and the realisation of the enormity of the violence that persists. The desire for peace, the longing for simpler, more innocent times, for Eden, for Arcadia. A utopia that may only exist in dreams, long forgotten. The fields of elation now barren and sealed off.

Euclid marks the moment of breach, where there's finally a clear thread of hope. The break of the bough, the killing of the self, of the ego. But even then, there is still some attachment for the past weaved between the frayed ends. It's still the autumns leaves, do you remember me? And the final callback to TNDNBTG, the loop. An everlasting ouroboros, the venomous serpent biting its own tail, Even and The Tempter one and the same.

I find it interesting how the double-swords can mean so much. In tarot, it represents an impasse, a stalemate (the card is a blindfolded woman - see the Rain guardian - under the moon holding the two swords). It's used as a battlefield marker. In chemistry, double daggers are used to indicate the Transition State of a chemical reaction. Much to think about.

Show Me How To Dance Forever

Right so, I already made a half-assed post about the Nothing Lasts Forever to Show Me How To Dance Forever pipeline, but I'm keeping it here anyways. They have mentioned dance many times before, in the WH cover, in Aqua Regia and Ascensionism, in the interludes (where they say something about dancing with life and death both if I'm not mistaken).

Now, Aqua Regia makes a reference to Dark Signs . I'm done dancing to alarm bells // (...) I could see dark signs, alarm bells in your eyes. AND, Dark Signs has one of my most favourite lyrics, which goes: I might bend and break to my basic needs to be loved and close to somebody. WHICH WE CAN CONNECT to I Wanna Dance With Somebody (who loves me).

Which poses the question: WHAT are we dancing to? Are we giving in yet again to the need for love, and reveling in what it is a flawed and broken cadence of pleasure and pain alike? Or are we asking to be shown how to dance instead of fight, how to turn despair into tenderness. How to live this new life, a new beginning? Are we forever doomed to waltz with Death, to balance fire in the earth, or are sailing away to new ports, leaving funeral pyres behind towards a new shore, to Arcadia? MANY SUCH QUESTIONS!

The Black Flamingo

I don't know dawg. Is he Vessel? Black and tall and elegant and kinda weird?? Ridiculous wingspan??? Jk. I know some people have already talked about it, and it's potentially connected to the TOG novel (which I haven't read yet), so I'll leave that to you.

I might be missing some things but this is what I have for now. My brain hurts lmao.

[elkkiel]

Okay, so on this post I'll be sharing some of the interesting tidbits of info I'm finding about the actual ARG location and history. It'll be continuously edited as to prevent spam + to keep my thoughts in one place. Also this is mostly Wikipedia since I'm not going for 100% accuracy, just an overview that might give hints to whatever is going on.

Info and potential spoilers below the cut <3

Shugborough Hall (the estate + grounds the Shepherd's Monument + inscription are on):

Owned by the Bishops of Lichfield until the dissolution of the monasteries in ~1540 (when Henry VIII disbanded a bunch of Catholic institutions like monasteries, convents, etc in England, Ireland, and Wales)

I don't know how relevant it is, but that's the origin(?) of the location/estate itself

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Shepherd's Monument (still working on this)

Commissioned by Thomas Anson (member of British Parliament at the time) and constructed sometime between 1748 and 1756.

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Shugborough Inscription (the actual Thing)

The Shugborough Inscription is a cipher (in this case, a sequence of letters) carved into the Shepherd's Monument. It was carved below a stone relief recreation of Nicolas Poussin's painting "Et in Arcadia ego" (by Flemish sculptor Peter Sheemakers; see below), and has remained unsolved nor satisfactorily explained since its creation.

There are many theories about the inscription and what it could mean, including a connection between the monument and the Holy Grail 👀.

The inscription is made up of 2 rows of letters:

O U O S V A V V

D M (frames the row above)

So, it seems like it's not D O U O S V A V V(?), but rather O U O S V A V V, D M

!!!!!! D. M. was commonly used on Roman tombs + stands for Dis Manibus, meaning "dedicated to the shades." !!!!!!!! and I think this is very cool c:

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Et in Arcadia ego (Nicolas Poussin, c. 1637-1638)

Also known as Shepherds of Arcadia, this painting features an idyllic, pastoral (shepherd's lifestyle) scene, in which a woman and a group of shepherds stand gathered around a tomb with the Latin inscription "Et in Arcadia ego" ("Even in Arcadia, there I am"; "I too was in Arcadia")

Arcadia

(Will add to this one a little later)

[tsuiioku]

if you dont mind me asking, hows the fyodor fic going?

i'd be happy to answer! i'll be updating my official post soon, but i'm currently on the first draft of the book (chapter five out of thirteen). i'll explain everything as soon as i'm certain this version of the plot will stick.

[hearrtrender]

On the bottom, Ronan's handwriting labeled it merely:

manibus.

For your hands