#mother journey

[pritiblog1992]

London Fashion :During pregnancy

London Fashion Week might seem miles away from topics we usually cover here but the 2023 LFW that just concluded last week was significant and we feel the need to talk about it. Why you ask? 🤨 Because the show covered pregnant models. 🫰🏽 Yes you heard it right! Designer Sinead O'Dwyer featured a range of diverse models in what was a truly body positive show and it included a heavily pregnant model while designer Di Petsa opened with a pregnant model! 👏🏼👏🏼 High brow fashion has a huge trickle on effect on ready-to-wear high street fasion as well. We have all faced the frustration of finding something "nice" to wear when we are pregnant and many of us have sort of resigned ourselves to lumpy, poor fitting clothes during the pregnancy. Its heartening to see women designers going against the tide and designing for "real" women and "real" life events in a woman's life.

[stil-lindigo]

ashes to ashes.

a short comic about the day Ash was born.

Ash's story

Red and Wolf's story

notes:

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all my other comics

store

[gunstellations]

a little family

[itscherryterry-again]

yea

[annephibia]

it took me a bit to warm up to how childish fern is sometimes- shouldnt a full-fledged mage and young adult know better than to pout when something annoys her? but then i realized something important.

fern is childish because frieren treats her like a child.

and i dont mean she does it in a condescending way or that it discredits parts of fern's maturity, of course not. but when fern feels down and she starts pouting and giving people the silent treatment, frieren gives her whatever she asks for. buys her a good meal, snacks, goes for a walk. its how a parent would give in to their child and give them a toy to calm them down. and fern hasnt grown out of it because frieren hasnt stopped spoiling her like that.

[jttw-monkeybusiness]

Just realized that we never saw your version of wukong's mom?

So yes, in my AU when Wukong is borns he's like a kid for only 2 days, and then boom he's an adult bc demons. But it was enough time for this very normal monkey to adopt Wukong. Listen- I just like the idea that Wukong has an adoptive mother who is a normal monkey lol She is Douc monkey and she can only speak monkey language. Wukong gave her a pearl necklace as a gift bc he loves his mom!

And she always says how handsome her son is ❤️

[journeytothewestresearch]

Sun Wukong's theft of immortal peaches

Here is an article on the origins of the immortal peach-stealing episode from Journey to the West. The Monkey King's theft is likely based on the respective stories of the Han-era trickster Dongfang Shuo (東方朔) and a magic white ape from Song-era material.

[vital-information]

“The queerness of Mother 3 is a complicated thing. It’s ever present but just how much is supposed to be played for jokes and just how much is to be taken sincerely remains unclear. At the center of this is our protagonist, Lucas. Lucas is an absolute softy, a total mama’s boy. He is not fast, strong, or brave. All of those qualities are held by his adventurous twin brother, Claus. When their mother, Hinawa, dies, Claus swears revenge and embarks on a journey, but Lucas just cries. He visits his mother’s grave daily. He’s not looking for adventure or vengeance, he’s just sad.

It’s through these early sections of grief that Lucas’s queerness begins to appear. He’s incredibly close with his mother. His father, Flint, is generally absent and when he is present seems more concerned with finding Claus than raising Lucas. Lucas is sensitive to a fault and in opposition with the world around him, one where boys play outside trying to tackle dinosaurs all day. As his village, Tazmily, leaves behind its early idealism in favor of a more commercial existence, its citizens become darker, more sinister. They’re meaner, harder, and also apathetic to the changes around them. The more they change the more it highlights how different Lucas is. He stays soft, he cares so much, he just wants to help.

…

Lucas’s greatest strength is his softness, his kindness. …In the final battle of the game we see him, alone, fighting a brainwashed Claus with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. Claus launches attack after attack, but Lucas will not hit him back no matter what the player does. Instead Lucas can guard, he can heal himself, and he can believe in his brother. He can even cry a little.”

— Dave Tomaine, “Mother Is Mothering: Grief, Queerness, and Softness in Mother 3”

[lovegrowsart]

no matter whether ppl are trying to make zk's canon relationship out to be sibling coded or associative friends or whatever else ppl make up i feel it all comes from this place of people that don't ship it being unable to handle zuko and katara's canonically deep and intimate friendship at the end of show without (whether subconsciously or not) perceiving it as some kind of threat to whatever katara or zuko ship they DO ship (usually either k/a or z/s or m/z)

they don't know how to acknowledge/write zk (and i don't think them being a m/f ship is divorced from this) having their canonically close friendship alongside whatever they ship because that closeness, no matter how platonic, can't supersede the romance of their own ship. so they just lazily write it off as "siblings" or convince themselves they weren't ever that close in the first place or that katara still secretly hates zuko or something in order to get out of the bind of allowing them to be close friends even if you ship them with other people 🤷‍♀️

[wingedblooms]

Bright as the dawn

This meta is a continuation of Forbidden secrets and Blooming dreams, as it explores how Elain—glowing with the dawn—might restore the land and Cauldron, and has major spoilers for hofas. Please avoid if needed.

Long ago, Wyrd (Mother/Cauldron/Fate/Chaos) was once bound to the soul of Prythian’s world. She was pure, undiluted life until she was warped into a tool of destruction by the Asteri, imbued with their magic through, theoretically, the Void in the Book of Breathings. They claimed the magic of the land (most likely using ley lines, which seem to be the threads or veins of the land’s soul) to hide magic that would sustain them, much like how the Starborn daughters hid pieces of magic in the land where the ley lines—the fabric of the world—wove together, overlapping like a braid in a larger tapestry.

As we saw in the prophetic weaver scene with Feyre and Elain in acofas, iridescent light—embodying Hope—is the only light that can pierce the Void. We may see Elain and Azriel wield these elements through Truth-Teller and Gwydion to unmake the Asteri’s magical chains on the land and/or Wyrd, but I have also wondered if Elain herself, or in combination with someone else’s raw magic as @offtorivendell so beautifully wrote in her Dusk meta, could heal and unheal, make and unmake.

If Elain and Azriel address the land and Wyrd plot Sarah has set up, then I could see them mapping the secrets of the land and releasing the sacred peaks first, which might affect what many of us suspect is Elain’s pure, natural magic that mirrors the Wyrd and her land: Life itself. These challenges may help her level up as @willowmeres has suggested, and will teach her what she needs to know to unbind and restore Wyrd, which is likely to be more complex.

Wyrd was imbued with the Asteri’s magic, which in discussion with @silverlinedeyes, @psychee92, @cassianfanclub, @offtorivendell, and @psychologynerd at different points, reminded me of how the Valg imbued objects with their essence, and their essence was often described as a void.

It was a void. It was a new, dark hell.

Her magic had been a pulsing star that flared against the wall that the darkness had crafted between the top of his spine and the rest of it. She knew—knew without testing—that if she bypassed it, jumped right to the base of his spine … it would find her there, too. (tod)

The Asteri, like the Valg, devour light (life) like the Void in that weaver’s tapestry. It’s probably no coincidence that the Book of Breathings is made of two halves: Chaos and Void. Void may have very well been added by the Asteri to control the magic they imbued in Urd, and what was left behind might even be feeding off of the living half, Chaos (Wyrd). It may not be a matter of solely unbinding the two halves of the book.

Some wounds—like those inflicted by creatures of the Void—require the healer to walk the road with the patient.

If she could even find a way to help him. She’d promised to heal him, and though some injuries required the healer to walk the road with their patient, this injury of his— (tod)

Yrene learns how to destroy the Void by walking this road with Chaol, and I imagine something similar will be required of Elain. Yrene must tread where she fears to go most. In each big healing scene, she travels to the very core—or root—of the wound and uses her pure, undiluted powers of life to unbind her patient from the Valg and unmake the rotting void within them. She connects with them in body and soul, just like Elain might with Wyrd through her sight. Elain will also likely need to tread where she fears most to go, descending into Wyrd (magically and/or physically) to where the dark void festers.

And since this is no small feat, I imagine it rivaling the unmaking of Erawan:

Erawan panted as he approached. “Healer,” he breathed, his unholy power emanating from him like a black aura.

She backed away a step, closer to the balcony rail.

The dark king followed her, a predator closing in on long-awaited prey. “Do you know how long I have looked for you?” The wind tossed his golden hair.

“Do you even know what you can do?”

She hesitated, slamming into the balcony rail behind her, the drop so hideously endless.

“How do you think we took the keys in the first place?” A hateful, horrible smile. “In my world, your kind exists, too. Not healers to us, but executioners. Death-maidens. Capable of healing—but also unhealing. Unbinding the very fabric of life. Of worlds.” Erawan smirked. “So we took your kind. Used them to unbind the Wyrdgate. To rip the three pieces of it from its very essence. Maeve never learned it—and never shall.” His jagged breathing deepened as he savored each word, each step closer. “It took all of them to hew the keys from the gate—every one of the healers amongst my kind. But you, with your gifts—it would only take you to do it again. And with the keys now returned to the gate …” Another smile. “Maeve thinks I left to kill you, destroy you. Your little fire-queen thought so, too. She could not conceive that I wanted to find you. Before Maeve. Before any harm could come to you. And now that I have … What fun you and I shall have, Yrene Towers.”

Erawan reveals that Yrene, as a healer with raw magic, can unbind the very fabric of life, of worlds. If Elain was given the vision and gifts (such powers) to restore the land and Wyrd, as many of us suspect, she is going to need to unmake the magic of the parasite Asteri and unbind Urd from the soul, or fabric, of the world.

[…] Erawan’s power swelled, but Yrene was already glowing, bright as the far-off dawn.

Lysandra opened her talons, delicately dropping Yrene to the balcony stones, light streaming off her as she sprinted headfirst to Erawan.

[…]

Erawan screamed. But the sound was nothing compared to what came out of him as Yrene reached him, hands like burning stars, and slammed them upon his chest.

The world slowed and warped.

Yet Yrene was not afraid.

Not afraid at all of the blinding white light that erupted from her, searing into Erawan.

He arched, shrieking, but Damaris held him down, that ancient blade unwavering.

His dark power rose, a wave to devour the world.

[…]

Yrene did not let it touch her. Touch any of them.

Hope.

It was hope that Chaol had said she carried with her. Hope that now grew in her womb.

For a better future. For a free world.

[…]

The gods might have been gone, Silba with them, but Yrene could have sworn she felt those warm, gentle hands guiding her. Pushing upon Erawan’s chest as he thrashed, the force of a thousand dark suns trying to rip her apart.

Her power tore through them all.

Tore and shredded and ripped into him, into the writhing worm that lay inside.

The parasite. The infection that fed on life, on strength, on joy.

Distantly, far away, Yrene knew she was incandescent with light, brighter than a noontime sun. Knew that the dark king beneath her was nothing more than a writhing pit of snakes, biting at her, trying to poison her light.

You have no power over me, Yrene said to him. Into the body that housed that parasite of parasites.

I shall rip you apart, he hissed. Starting with that babe in your—

A thought and Yrene’s power flared brighter. Erawan screamed.

The power of creation and destruction. That’s what lay within her.

Life-Giver. World-Maker.

Bit by bit, she burned him up. Starting at his limbs, working inward.

Yrene glows bright as the far-off dawn, which reminded me of Elain glowing like the sun at dawn when her hair is unbound. This very subtle detail is one of many that might make Elain’s journey unique—her gifts seem to be deeply connected, or bound if you will, to both the land and Wyrd. I believe her journey might mirror the unbinding of the land and Wyrd: her powers fully blooming as the land does around her, and a bond she does not want unmade by the end. She is bound to Lucien against her will, just as he is to her, so will she unbind them by unraveling Urd’s unnatural chains? Will she feel a bond that is true in spirit at her core, or will she need to make her own with Azriel? A maker of her own fate. There are so many interesting possibilities that could be explored in their book.

And like the near-twin to her sister, Elain might possess pure, undiluted life like Yrene, allowing her to tear out void like the invasive presence it is.

And when her magic began to slow, Yrene held out a hand.

She didn’t feel the sting of her palm cutting open. Barely felt the pressure of the callused hand that linked with hers.

But when Dorian Havilliard’s raw magic barreled into her, Yrene gasped.

Gasped and turned into starlight, into warmth and strength and joy.

[…]

Yrene’s power was life itself. Pure, undiluted life. It nearly brought Dorian to his knees as it met with his own. As he handed over his power to her, willingly and gladly, Erawan prostrate before them. Impaled.

The demon king screamed.

[…]

Erawan could do nothing. Nothing against that raw magic, joining with Yrene’s, weaving into that world-making power.

The entire city, the plain, became blindingly bright. So bright that Elide and Lysandra shielded their eyes. Even Dorian shut his.

But Yrene saw it then. What lay at Erawan’s core.

The twisted, hateful creature inside. Old and seething, pale as death. Pale, from an eternity in darkness so complete it had never seen sunlight.

Had never seen her light, which now scalded his moon-white, ancient flesh.

Erawan writhed, contorting on the ground of whatever this place was inside him.

Pathetic, Yrene simply said.

[…]

And it was with the image of her mother still shining before him, showing him that mistake he’d never known he made, that Yrene clenched her fingers into a fist.

Erawan screamed.

Yrene’s fingers clenched tighter, and distantly, she felt her physical hand doing the same. Felt the sting of her nails cutting into her palms.

She did not listen to Erawan’s pleas. His threats.

She only tightened her fist. More and more.

Until he was nothing but a dark flame within it.

Until she squeezed her fist, one final time, and that dark flame snuffed out.

Yrene had the feeling of falling, of tumbling back into herself. And she was indeed falling, rocking back into Lysandra’s furry body, her hand slipping from Dorian’s. (koa)

When she is done, Yrene falls, tumbles back into herself like someone with the gift of sight. Elain’s sight is probably more extensive, but I think it’ll look very similar—part of her there, part of her deep within Wyrd (the Cauldron). And even with the vision and gifts Urd gave her, Elain will probably need help. Will she combine her raw magic with Azriel, like Yrene does with Dorian? Or her sisters like @silverlinedeyes, @offtorivendell, and I (as well as others I’m sure) have discussed? Or even in some kind of dawn ritual where priestesses, like healers, create a living chain of blooming life to ground and amplify her magic? I don’t know what I would love more, honestly.

Once the magic of the Asteri is unmade and Wyrd is unbound, I hope there is a scene where we finally see the goddess through Elain’s eyes, and Elain—like the calm and loving and resilient stag in this Fantasia sequence—reaches out her hand, lifts her up and out of the place that once chained her to the Void, and lets her power, pure and natural, flow through her before it rushes into the soul of the land, which can now rejoice with her freely.

[pritiblog1992]

How to Deal with Vaginal Discharge in Pregnancy?

How to Deal with Vaginal Discharge in Pregnancy?

While Vaginal or Pregnancy discharge or Leukorrhea is a common pregnancy symptom  it can cause discomfort. Here are some things you can do to make it easier on you: :

Avoid tight fitting underwear.

Wear cotton underwear to allow your skin to breathe. 

Use pads or pantyliners if the discharge increases. Keep some handy in your bag.

Do not use any cleaning products for the vagina. This includes douches, vaginal washes, wipes, etc. The vagina is self-cleaning, and these products may cause irritation.

Bathe regularly and change the undergarments daily.

When do I call the doctor?

If you have leukorrhea, it’s normal but if it increases suddenly or you notice a change in texture, notify your doctor. All the other types of discharge should be brought to your doctor’s notice. In case you notice fresh blood, contact your doctor immediately. 

FAQs

What should I do if I am concerned about my vaginal discharge?

Any concerns should always be brought to your doctor’s attention.

What does a normal pregnancy discharge look like?

Normal pregnancy discharge is usually thin, transparent and clear. 

Will I have vaginal discharge throughout pregnancy?

Yes, some form of vaginal discharge is common throughout the pregnancy.

Is slight bleeding in the first trimester normal?

Light bleeding or brown discharge may be normal in early pregnancy. But it must always be brought to your doctor’s notice so that things can be monitored well. Bright red discharge, however is a cause for concern.

Should I tell my doctor about my vaginal discharge?

Yes, you can let your doctor know about any concerns you might have about your vaginal discharge. Pregnancy is the most joyous period of a woman’s life. However, pregnancy comes with a host of symptoms that may leave women perplexed. At Veira Life, we understand the anxiety that pregnant women go through. Therefore, we do our best to provide you with all the information and resources you will need at each stage of your pregnancy and ensure you receive personalised and holistic support from experts.

[zcrayas]

[luminaryofblood] "You keep dangerous company... But then, I suppose I can't think of better company. Not in this time and age."

BALDUR'S GATE 3 SENTENCE STARTERS || Highly accepting!

Rya lifted her head, blinking at the towering figure. Hands crossed close to her chest. Unlike the current company, she was the contrast to the danger.

Since little, Rya had no friends of her age, growing up among recusants, or who ever her mother invited for trials. Among knights and dedicated the champions also included the wretched, murderers, deserters and those escaping ghosts from their pasts. Dangerous people, for dangerous tasks. Yet, she had opportunity to see better side of humanity within them. By cover, not many seemed too different.

Being no human herself she found kinship among the variety of beings mostly deceived by cover - aggressive, for having suffered of wrong doings. Some... pushed others away until convinced otherwise.

Perhaps, she had been merely lucky to avoid confrontation of a true monster, more likely, in a skin of a human, rather than anything else.

Finally, she spoke.

"...I suppose it depends, if I am in danger... I cannot think of anyone who hadn't stained their hands in blood. Whether in name of the Order, or blasphemy against it..." || @luminaryofblood

[mardelina]

🚵 @mardelina 🚵

[iolausian-fields]

ʜᴇʀᴄᴜʟᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴇɢᴇɴᴅᴀʀʏ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏꜱ s2e07 - The Mother of All Monsters

[heaven-priestess]

She’s too right at some older women having no wisdom at all 😔

[jttw-monkeybusiness]

Hi! When you said that Sophie “learned about the golden headband and THAT led Wukong to almost kill Sophie”, what do you mean exactly? Did she learn the tightening spell or had made Trip use the spell? Saying that he almost wanted to kill her is terrifying, what was the reason?!

Okay, so what I meant by learning about the golden headband is that when Wukong was saying mean things about Sophie and the situation that the gang is in right now by taking someone who was not sent by Guanyin (at least that's what Wukong thought. In reality it was Buddha AND Guanyin decision to bring her). Pigsy said that the Tripitaka would use the headband spell if the monkey couldn't behave jokingly. Sophie can't use that spell herself nor does she even know how to say it and even if she does, it won't work. So when Sophie and Wukong argued Sophie felt braver to say what was on her mind because she trusted that Tripitaka would keep the monkey in control. In reality, what she said was because she was angry with Wukong's mean attitude and she was scared. She didn't mean to call him a 'disgusting creature'. It was out of fear, frustration, and anger and she didn't know what Wukong was! She didn't understand what was going on and because the stone monkey didn't make her feel any better by his mean attitude it just made her feel scared more. When Wukong was close to deciding to teach her a lesson (that would definitely kill her bc in anger Wukong sometimes forgets how fragile humans are) Tripitaka stopped him. Wukong on the other hand wasn't happy about his situation either. It was 'okay' but getting dragged into this mission pretty much against his own will in order to pay back his crimes didn't make him happy. He already had his own arguments with Tripitaka and morals. Now this human woman had the guts to call back at him! He is Sun fucking Wukong! The monkey King! No one talks back at him like that! It wasn't his problem that she was lost. Should have taken better care of herself! That's at least what he was feeling mostly. But he wasn't nice to her either! He called her stupid for getting lost in the first place. Telling her to go somewhere and fix her problems by herself and gang (aka. Wukong) doesn't have time nor care to help her if she doesn't have anything valuable to give back. He was almost 'forgiving' her attitude to a King until she called him a disgusting creature. That pissed him off because the last time someone commented on his appearance in a negative way was the Heaven's Palace servant girls at the peach garden. So yeah! Not a great start! But thank god something like this didn't happen after that! Sophie, after they were in peace to the point that they could talk normally without Tripitaka guarding, apologized for what she said and she didn't mean to say those horrible words. Wukong on his end didn't apologize at least verbally but he did start to be a little bit nicer to her. Hell, he even shared one of his fruits with her as an apology bc it was how his mother taught him.