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[talonabraxas]

Archangel Zadkiel Talon Abraxas Archangel Zadkiel and Holy Amethyst

Archangel Zadkiel is known as the angel of mercy. He helps people approach God for mercy when they've done something wrong, reassuring them that God cares and will be merciful to them when they confess and repent of their sins, and motivating them to pray. Just as Zadkiel encourages people to seek the forgiveness that God offers them, he also encourages people to forgive those who have hurt them and helps deliver divine power that people can tap into to enable them to choose forgiveness, despite their hurt feelings. Zadkiel helps heal emotional wounds by comforting people and healing their painful memories. He helps repair broken relationships by motivating estranged people to show mercy to each other.

Zadkiel means "righteousness of God." Other spellings include Zadakiel, Zedekiel, Zedekul, Tzadkiel, Sachiel, and Hesediel.

Energy color: Purple

Zadkiel's Symbols

In art, Zadkiel is often depicted holding a knife or dagger, because Jewish tradition says that Zadkiel was the angel who prevented the prophet Abraham from sacrificing his son, Isaac when God tested Abraham's faith and then showed mercy on him.

Role in Religious Texts

Since Zadkiel is the angel of mercy, Jewish tradition identifies Zadkiel as the "angel of the Lord" mentioned in Genesis chapter 22 of the Torah and the Bible, when the prophet Abraham is proving his faith to God by preparing to sacrifice his son Isaac and God has mercy on him. However, Christians believe that the angel of the Lord is actually God himself, appearing in angelic form. Verses 11 and 12 records that, right at the moment when Abraham picked up a knife to sacrifice his son to God:

"[...]The angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, 'Abraham! Abraham!' 'Here I am,' he replied. 'Do not lay a hand on the boy,' he said. 'Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.'

In verses 15 through 18, after God has provided a ram to sacrifice instead of the boy, Zadkiel calls out from heaven again:

"The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time and said, 'I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and through your offspring, all nations on earth will be blessed because you have obeyed me.'"

The Zohar, the holy book of the mystical branch of Judaism called Kabbalah, names Zadkiel as one of two archangels (the other is Jophiel), who help the Archangel Michael when he fights evil in the spiritual realm.

Other Religious Roles

Zadkiel is the patron angel of people who forgive. He urges and inspires people to forgive others who have hurt or offended them in the past and work on healing and reconciling those relationships. He also encourages people to seek forgiveness from God for their own mistakes so they can grow spiritually and enjoy more freedom.

In astrology, Zadkiel rules the planet Jupiter and is linked with the zodiacal signs Sagittarius and Pisces. When Zadkiel is referred to as Sachiel, he is often associated with helping people earn money and motivating them to give money to charity.

[snips-fics]

1. Both fics and art! I actually post both on Ao3, and now that I have a Tumblr account, I'll probably be doing the same here. :)

2. Writing stories that make me happy. Better yet, writing stories that make other people happy. I love comments.

3. I've always loved storytelling. I'm working my way towards being an author, and writing in somebody else's universe is good practice. Also, it's incredibly fun.

4. Star Wars Original Trilogy. Back when I was a murderous little eighth grader, I wrote a very depressing story about two kids living on Alderaan the day it blows up. I didn't even know what fan fiction was and wholeheartedly believed that if I mailed the story to Lucasfilm, they would love it and declare it canon.

5. Many various Star Wars subfandoms, like tcw, swr, and tbb. There's other fandoms I want to write for, but I haven’t gotten to it yet.

6. I have a tcw/Kenobi series/early rebellion era WIP of four years and counting. Thanks to @kybercrystals94 , I've started writing tbb fics too, and it looks like I'll be heavily involved with the sobb prompt challenge.

7./8. My ego, and...also my ego? I'm a major perfectionist, which both makes me insufferable to everyone including myself and ensures that I'm always striving to improve.

9. Found family, preferably unhinged. (I'm a simple woman with simple wants.) Also, transformation fics--body swaps, de-aging fics, animal shape-shifting fics--they have a wonderful potential for crack, fluff, and angst all at once.

10. Uggggh...romance? I don't read a lot of slash, but I enjoy a bit of fluff once in a while. But I don't think I could write it very well.

11. Always music while drawing! Music while writing is usually a no. I've got some sensory issues that make forming coherent sentences while there is background noise very hard. Even instrumental music can derail my train of thought.

12. Water. I always have a bottle on my desk. Doesn't mean I'll remember to drink it though. XD

13. Sometimes nothing, sometimes everything but the kitchen sink. I once went almost seven hours without food while writing.

14. Night, unfortunately. It's the only time the world is quiet enough for me to focus. Which doesn’t exactly work with the very diurnal school system.

15. Mid-afternoon. I get tired and scatterbrained after lunch.

16. Writing. Or pencil sketches.

17. Favorite authors and graphic novelists, like JRR Tolkien and Mike Maihack. Also, fellow fan creators like Kyber and my beta, Annie.

18. Walking/running around my town for brainstorming time.

19. My bedroom.

20. Go for it. Don't be afraid to look back and cringe at the past; that means you're making progress. Oh, and if you're writing a fic, for the love of all that is holy, USE THE OXFORD COMMA. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST.

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[buwheal]

c]:^) <— do you like his hat? Silly little cowboy!

[copper-sands]

starting to think that maybe it's a good idea to stop forcing myself to create and take a break actually

[asgardian--angels]

things I wish I could relive for the first time again:

that magical window where you finish a new piece of media, having watched/read it all by yourself with no fandom contact whatsoever, and you are just so happy about it, and full of interesting theories and takeaways, and just in love with it as a gorgeous piece of art.

because I swear to god as soon as you join the fandom for anything, you're bombarded with how you're supposed to view characters and their arcs, how you're supposed to morally and ethically judge the plot and the ways it apparently failed to present the right message, and if you don't you'll either be shunned for not sharing the popular headcanons or you'll be harassed for not criticizing the source material enough.

like how is it that the fans of a piece of media are also the ones being the most negative about it? If I like a show or a movie or a book, well, I liked it. That's kind of the point. I'm actually not here to tear it apart and talk about how it didn't live up to standards other people had! I enjoyed it for what it was, and forcing myself to find negative things to say about it doesn't actually bring me more enjoyment of it or reap any benefit to me. Fandom's a double-edged sword; you want to join a community to share your love for a piece of art, and the price you pay for a modicum of joy is a mountain of negativity. that's one main reason that I never engage with fandom until I'm completely done with a show, because if I was plugged into all of that commentary and discourse during the process, I'd be completely colored by how I'm expected to interpret everything this piece of art is presenting to me without being able to even form my own opinions.

[elusiiev]

OMORITOBER DAY 14: LIBRARY

i like to imagine spirit mari tossing down her favorite memories for omori to read while peeking around to see omori's reaction :3

i was thinkin of drawing her too, but honestly i wasnt very sure what pose to do and i was a bit tired !!

thanks to @/ntrogensolar for the omoritober prompt list!

extra rant in the tags ab why this isnt a full piece!

[quirkle2]

how would u guys feels about me selling stuff on inprnt? it likely wouldn't be fanart, it'd be original works—prolly mostly october eighteenth stuff. there might be fanart but i'm still deciding. any interest

[sweet-loverboy]

my single dorm, my senior year, 2024-2025

[cosmogyros]

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[yourhoeshorses]

Wait a second... can someone with more understanding of fandom cultures explain something to me?

Do people ship characters because they believe they are going to be a cannon thing????? I thought it was just for fun?? I'm like, oh these two characters seem fun together, what if they dated. I just be mixing and matching these bitches I legit dgaf if it actually happens or not.

Maybe it's just whatever weird end of tiktok I'm on, or maybe it's just something I never picked up on until now, but like,,, people will say, "oh these ships are invalid cuz they won't be cannon" OK????? AND??? It's just fun

Like I remember being a kid and watching shows and my friends being like oh did you see that (insert ship name) scene???? Like girl I don't care. Two characters could never have interacted and I'm gonna ship them.

And that's all I thought it ever was? Is it like,, different now or some shit?

[dandyshucks]

the difference btwn irl and online perspective on creativity is so funny to me and idk if I'll ever get used to the stark contrast of it all.

IRL when I mention that I draw and write, people act like I'm some super talented creative genius(???). they don't seem to understand the concept of OCs, and if I try to vaguely touch on my DL project they get visibly overwhelmed no matter how simple I make it for them, and eventually they settle on just insisting that I need to publish traditionally and monetize on it. they don't seem to have the ability to understand the concept of zines and immersive storytelling through non-traditional means.

but then i get online and I'm just another drop in the ocean and always a very mediocre drop at that LMAO, I constantly fight with myself to feel like there is any sort of value to my stories and art, and there's hundreds of people doing the sort of thing that I do but even better than I could ever dream of doing!

it's just so strange going from interacting with this online to IRL, I feel like I'm getting whiplash from being largely ignored or scoffed at online (which I'm fine with btw lol I grew up with that in my family and now I get nervous when I get too much attention) to people at the centre treating me like I'm some kind of artistic genius who cannot be understood because I'm too far above their level 😭

[pixlpawz]

thank you for the love on my fursona forecast post🩷

[benetnvsch]

Skk shippers act like the whole fandom hates them for no reason and they're so oppressed, lol.

Yea :'') Some of them (a lot of them) certainly are Something. I think A Lot of them just underestimate just How Much of the fandom is skk dominated when skk's role in the official media is just.. proportionately Not That Large (even I before starting bsd thought that it's be a central thing and was pleasantly surprised when it was not)

skk shippers have Everything and then some (see tags) so ig it just surprises me how often you see skk shippers shitting on or leaving backhanded comments on Literally Every Other Dazai ship's posts for not being/comparing to skk and then getting pissy when the ppl complain abt that behavior when they could just? ignore it and turn to the gold mines of skk content instead-

And I understand it isn't all shippers who do that but those denying it's happening entirely are also quite silly to me-

anyway, look at this screenshot of some skk shipper losing their shit after the sigzai dancing scene came out LMAO

'someone comfort me pls, I'm so pathetic' gives the same energy of the people who are like 'heh, I guess nobody here actually like me.. i'm such a loser aren't I?' lolz

[peapod20001]

Bro I’m </3 thinking too hard </3

[jeremiahthefroge]

yeah fuck it aphmau's 2015 minecraft roleplay series can get me back into fandom culture. sure. why not. adult life is already so fucking weird.

[none-tadashi-left-hiro]

Also I think I'm having a weird time with my art bc usually I enjoy being ambitious but I think I'm coming at it from too much of a critical expectation than I am from an exploratory, playful place of where can I go with this