#oracle of lore

[loregoddess]

NO FUCKING WAY

[g4l4xy-qu33n]

Okay, so I discovered something when re-reading Journal 3. The page that has the Oracle on it:

When I first read Journal 3, years ago, this didn't mean much. Oh look, it's the girl that saved Ford from Bill's possession by putting a metal plate in his head, hooray! (and some other stuff but anyway she didn't seem super significant at the time).

Well, this time around I recognised her, specifically because of the Book Of Bill AND thisisnotawebsitedotcom. She's Seveneyes! (the scratched out member of Bill's crew in BoB, and a blacked-out photo of her appears on the website when you put in 'seven eyes'.

I'm not sure if this means anything, but it certainly blew my mind!!

[thedarkzyxabyss]

Bleeding Him Dry of All Divinity Freeing Him of All Shackles

[mattzerella-sticks]

Adaine Abernant is a hater first, and an oracle second.

And I love that.

[cozymochi]

Does Emilio have his signature spell? If so, what does it do?

Of COURSE he does. AND SORRY ABOUT THE WALL OF TEXT.

Emilio’s signature spell/unique magic:

“This is True”

Allows him to truthfully answer almost any question asked of him about the person asking. He functions as something of an oracle.

While it grants Emilio a level of all-knowingness, it is limited in scope with many stipulations.

• “This is True” can only provide answers that relate to the person asking, not about anyone else nor matters outside of the person asking. So, he isn’t exactly useful in terms of trying to get dirt on others via his magic. He cannot do that. And he can’t ask the questions.

• There must be physical contact with him and the person asking the question. Palm-to-palm is his go-to, but it doesn’t seem to matter.

• Emilio‘s magic will not allow him to hide the truth once he has received a proper answer to a question, whether he or the receiver likes the answer or not.

• A person can as ask as many questions about their past and present as they like (within reason, obviously not in a single round). It will always be true. He can tell you things about yourself that you may have forgotten about like a memory, or where you left your keys. Whatever one can think of so long as it’s about themselves.

• A person may ask about their future, but they only can ask one question and receive one answer. Once someone ask a question about their future in any capacity they cannot ask Emilio any question about their future ever again. Period. So don’t waste it, or don’t ask. The future is far too uncertain, but his answer will always be a true one out of many possibilities, if vague. Besides, he doesn’t like doing it!!

It is currently unknown how much his magic will evolve, if at all. The limited scope makes his magic accumulate little blot, though it can accumulate much faster if it’s about the future. Yay for caps.

Note: The spell name is Esteban’s catchphrase. Emilio’s magic inspiration is primarily derived from Esteban’s habit of warning people and predicting events that nobody around him heeds, and usually being right. In Elena of Avalor, that kinda sets off his weird betrayal flip-flopping villain arc he never commits to. Emilio’s magic also doubles as a reference to the Oracle in Aladdin and The King of Thieves which I only realized after the fact. Neat.

[shyjusticewarrior]

Gothamites hate coming up with original names

Dick is named after his uncle Richard and his middle name is his father's name

Jason is named after his grandfather

Barbara is named after her mother and her brother James is named after their father

Dinah is named after her mother

Tim's middle name is Jackson and his father's name was Jack

[princessofghosts-posts]

Was thinking about how in ToA we got a bit more of a domestic feeling with CHB,something that I personally never felt much after the first ever book,before the plot kickstarted and,no matter how traumatizing it is,having the older campers teaching the new ones classes would be something else.

Apollo commented in the Hidden Oracle how some demigods were new and got brought at camp after the war (6 months is a lot of time after all–),while also pointing out that most of the old characters we know are away,trying to live their life,but come back periodically.

Now,image Clarisse teaching some fighting class in the arena to new demigods,and they are all a bit wary of her because they don't know her but some of her siblings do and they talked about her. And while the tension is high Clarisse isn't aware of it and start to shout,frustrated by their incapability of striking her down.

"Have you all gone soft?! At your ages I was battling a drakon with the blood of my enemies on my hands while trying to win a war! You need to do fucking better if you want to survive!" and everyone is just confused because they know a bit of the wars,but their acknowledge of them is only a surface type of level,so they have no idea of what the hell she is talking about and they are getting scared.

Some of them ask questions about them to the Stolls,only to find themselves more lost than never. "Ah,the war. Which one you talking about? The one where we tried to raid Manhattan's candy stores or the one where we put the mines on the wrong hill?" Wdym you guys tried to steal candies in the middle of a war to save the world? "Well,with all due respect,Percy was handling it quite well before the pig started flying".

Sometimes,when Will is in a good mood,he start talking about the one with the giants himself–usually Nico is always nearby and either nod at his words or clarifies some things. "You guys weren't there for that but basically the whole conflict was based on racism. You see,there was this anemic roman soldier guy that–" and while you are immersed in his story,you sometimes hear a quite voice that "I literally had to chase you to save you from people that were chasing you" and "Will,pretty sure I killed the guy,you don't need to act as if he is still alive" or "It was crazy–I never knew that the coach was actually a good flighter,especially after Albania".

When Drew complains about something during breakfast she tries to guilt-trip Chiron with "Remember when you left us to defend ourselves alone,before coming back at the last moment and helped us with your 'my little pony family'? Yeah,not so over that yet. This is way having the pavilion built in pink would be a better option than–" and you just stare in the fucking air because what the fuck???

When Rachel visit,and isn't locked in her cave trying to understand what's going on with her "oracle's powers",she mutters things about the wars that seems disconnected to everyone–expect people that were there at time. "Should have said to Annabeth to crash that stupid helicopter into my father's building" ; "Fuck being an Oracle,let me go back to my Ariadne roots in the Labyrinth" ; "I should have hit Kronos harder" ; "Should have hit Octavian when I still could if I knew this would have happened". Most of the time it's just frustration building up but every time she whisper something they collectively ignore it.

Nyssa will look at you dead in the eyes and– "My brother blew up" without fucking elaborating and walking away. And you are there horrified about it.

Percy and Annabeth don't really talk about the wars but they will gave you the details about the stupidest things ever. Wdym you jumped into the rivers,only to purify them from pollution,in the middle of a war? Wdym you spent half a day trying to wake up statues in all New York?? You went in Tartarus??

And it's just so funny because the new demigods will know some informations about the conflicts,but they weren't there to witness it all. The drop lore is insane here. I just know that Drew,Nico and Clarisse always talk about it,exaggerating it even,only to fuck with the new campers more.

[dyanasaur]

Chat, I'm writing my English essay on:

Batman & his 8? children;

the fact that 5 out of 8? which were Robin at some point;

oh fugue ig we got a new Robin???;

Crikey mate, movie Batman needs a Robin. GiVE THE WET CAT MAN A CHILD TO SASS AT HIM. Batsy's not a gym bro who can actually get shit done on his own. Alfred is who keeps him alive and his children give him the will to live.

[yiga-hellhole]

"the zelda timeline is bullshitted and fake and-" wind waker and phantom hourglass and spirit tracks are all direct sequels of each other. the games themselves say this. adventure of link is a direct sequel to LOZ. the games and guidebooks that came with it say this. link to the past was made as a prequel to explain how the triforce came to be in the state it was in in LOZ. the games and guidebook say this. ocarina of time was then made as a prequel to this game. also links awakening, as per in-game story and guidebooks, is the same link as the one from alttp. but then majoras mask was made as a sequel to ocarina of time, even if it conflicted with the events of link to the past, which suggests the whole time travel thing had some consequences. twilight princess, with the execution of ganondorf and the literal hero of time teaching you the way of the sword, is then pretty safely assumed to follow some time after ocarina of time. the oracle games feature twinrova attempting to resurrect their son, but summon ganon instead, telling us that it AT LEAST has to take place after ocarina of time and before LOZ. skyward sword pretty solidly establishes itself as the very beginning of hyrule, so has to happen before everything else.

its literally only the handheld games and the actual timespans where the timeline wobbles. the vast majority of it makes perfect sense. timeline haters simply have only actually played 2 games at best (one of which being botw) and then read some salty tumblr posts.

[giada-rose]

Mumming, from The Folklore Oracle

[toyouhellohowareyou]

The only word I've never seen before was 45. So challenge time! And I love Twilight, but if you don't want to do Twilight, Lore!

Hello I love you 💖

So svelte! With Twilight, who is very much not, and/or Lore (14 year old Legend.) What a combination.

Okay, so we're being mean to the baby.

***

It rains on their run back from the fairy fountain.

Twilight tries to beat it, but in the end there isn't a chance, it sweeps in too fast, too unexpectedly here in Labrynna where neither of them know the signs. The deluge rolls in as they are crossing open fields, nowhere to hide.

It doesn't occur to them what that means until it hits them, a few drops warning, then the rain begins in earnest, and Lore makes a pained sound from where he clings to Wolfie's back. Twilight stops, alarmed at the sound, slowing to try not to throw the kid. Lore slips off regardless, into the grass with a string of curses and profanity before its cut off with a strangled scream.

Twilight is whirling back around to him and is Hylian again in a moment. He couches beside Lore as he writhes and curls up, and Twilight realises what this is. Pink scales bloom along the boy's legs, almost hypnotic in the patterned growth of it. The there's the horrifically familiar crunch of bones breaking and rearranging as the mertail forms in earnest and Lore can't muffle the scream this time.

It's over before he can say or do anything. Not that there's anything to be done. The rain continues to pound down.

Twilight places a hand on his shaking back, "You okay, kiddo?"

A wheezing, shuddering, "I don't know."

He rubs his back, the borrowed tunic already soaked through, pushes the sodden hair out of his face, "You're okay," Twilight assures him.

Lore glares at him with the default Legend defensive glare, hating his weakness on display, but there's nothing behind it but upset. He looks too ill and pained to be of any threat to anything.

"You don't have your rain jacket?"

"I didn't…" his voice cracks, "It does this in the rain?" There's a desperation and horror to the words. Fear. Twilight abruptly remembers what he said at the fountain; This curse was from the last temple he visited, he's only just got it.

He didn't know.

This must be the first time he's been in the rain since picking up the curse, the first time he's facing it hitting not just when he's submerged, but in the drenching rain.

His breath is wheezing, not suffocating fortunately, but it was always harder for Legend to breathe in this form. It's getting faster and faster as he struggles to push himself up, to control his awkward body in the grass and growing mud.

"I…" He stares at the tail like its the first time he's seeing it, only now realising the indelible curse was more than he thought and feared. That a simple downpour has rendered him half immobile and half suffocated, "What if something comes?"

His breathing turns gasping and sharp.

He's panicking.

Twilight shifts in front of him, "It's okay, it's okay, just breathe. 'm not gonna let anything hurt ya."

Twilight wonders briefly if Legend had been alone for this.

"I can't—" Lore looks around frantically and Twilight takes him by the shoulders,

"Kid, Lore, Link, hey." He puts his hands gently but firmly on his neck and jaw, pressing slitted gills closed, "Eyes on me. In through your nose, out through your mouth, yeah?"

Lore shakes his head, but his hands reach up to grasp Twilight's wrists and he uses it to steady himself instead of trying to push them off, which Twilight takes as a good sign.

"Focus, Link, you c'n do this. Copy me." He takes a steady breath in and watches as Lore copies him. In and out, in and out. The kid can't match it at first, but bit by bit he calms down and steadies.

He lets go of Twilight's wrists.

"Good job, you're doin' so good. That a bit better?"

And the kid holds it together for all of fifteen or so seconds before he bursts into overwhelmed, distraught tears, looking all of fourteen years old.

Twilight grabs him in a hug and the boy buries his face in his chest and sobs.

He's a svelte little thing, small in his arms. Legend has never been big but at this age, where he hasn't finished growing into his limbs and he's a little too thin from the journey, it was only more pronounced. The long jewel tone pink tail giving the false impression of height. Pretty. Dangerous. Oh he never considered how dangerous this curse would be for sometime who didn't know how to handle it. How much handling it must take.

Twilight scoops him up and begins to walk, heading for the distant treeline, he'll get him home safe.

[loregoddess]

some more thoughts I had while reviewing a few banters, that I can't quite fit into the analysis I'm currently writing...

In the "New Paper Plays" banter between Temenos, Agnea, Castti, and Partitio, Temenos mentions that he wrote and illustrated his paper plays himself, noting that he specifically tailored them to be appealing to children. This got me wondering about all the "mistakes" he makes while reading these plays to children, which I've wondered about a lot because Temenos is clearly very familiar with all the scriptures (to the point where he can share certain stories at a moments notice when he feels they're fitting for the situation), so it seems strange that he would mess up the details.

And then it hit me--Temenos is probably making the mistakes on purpose. This would achieve three things: 1) It allows the children to have fun learning the scriptures because they can laugh and correct Temenos on the details he messed up, 2) It helps the children to build their confidence because they feel smart when correcting him and aren't afraid to speak up and correct him, and 3) It teaches the children not to blindly rely on and trust others for things they either know to be true or could otherwise investigate and learn the truth themselves, even when (or especially when) the information comes from someone who should "know what is correct"--which is the core of Temenos's approach to his faith. The third point I feel is what Temenos is specifically trying to get at with his mistakes, since he is an "authority" figure, and if the children aren't afraid to stand up and correct him, then they may become adults who likewise aren't afraid to question and investigate things for themselves.

It's rather clever really, since Temenos isn't outright saying "hey, you should doubt things that are presented to you as true and told not to question". Instead, he's modelling the actual actions for the kids by presenting them with something they know isn't correct from someone who should "know best", and allowing them to question and correct him.

It's a very "Temenos" approach to teaching the scriptures, and considering that doubt and questioning and coming to one's own conclusions can be a form of faith, it isn't even antithetical to his role as a cleric. It's a really neat bit of characterization that I didn't even notice until I realized that Temenos clearly put a lot of thought into how his plays were constructed, and that his purposeful and careful thought process is central to a lot of his characterization, so of course the "mistakes" he makes while reciting the plays would be thought-out and purposeful as well.

[slythereen]

Hello there!

I’m new to f1 and Lestappen.

Is there a Charles and Max master post somewhere with their history? I keep hearing about the social media unfollowing and podium walk off and want all the tea and timelines.

Basically all I know about is the inchident.

Many thanks!

hello and welcome!! my scholarship (read: obsessively reblogging things or bookmarking them thinking i'll actually find them again later) tends to be VERY chaotic, but i know there are definitely compilations out there. i've read some great ones.

nini (@scuderiafemboy) has a LOT of lore content on tumblr and twitter & does a lot of translating of dutch interviews/manages to unearth old interviews all the time. the twitter thread of threads covers 2018 through june 2023! she also compiled some of the database on tumblr here.

@chibrary archives interviews, articles, etc., in glorious fashion. this is charles centric but naturally charles' history intersects with max's so there are some good pieces in there, like this 2015 article on the lestappen rivalry in karting. the #driver:max tag provides a lot of golden content (such as extended lore on the inchident!).

moments™

marginally related, but dani (lecstappens on twitter) once posted the video of max and charles being scolded and warned to behave themselves during the race following the inchident. one of my favorite pieces of lestappen info frankly... demon children. (also on posted by @il-predestinato on tumblr here. who, btw, is a gold mine of lestappen content.)

well, as long as i'm adding some favorite gems while i try to find the specific post i'm looking for... the lestappen singapore flag moment is my roman empire. i am also haunted by the awkward weather convo video. which i know is out there, but i am going crazy trying to find it.

i decided to just commit to the moments list, so here is charles drinking red bull gate 2023 (courtesy of @countingstars-17)

charles asking the tifosi to stop booing max at monza this year (@il-predestinato seriously has so much content)

this excerpt of max's manager talking about charles (@blueballsracing)

if i don't stop myself i will be here all year

more mini compilations !!

@hyacinthsdiamonds once produced a nice list of the ridiculous lore around lestappen that sounds made up

some 2021 specific "best moments" compiled by @coconutshygame

there is one post i am thinking of that touched on their wild lore/destined f1 rivalry etc. but i can't find it now so stay tuned 🫡

also, for some theorizing on the most recent lestappen debacles and what it all means with ferrari/rbr and a potential charles to rbr (ot charles to more power at ferrari) move:

@tsarinablogs is a Scholar™ with lovely essays

@valyrfia has an addition to the marketing mayhem

i recently compiled my unhinged #rbr-ferrari sticker war content to advocate for rbr charles here, which was added to by this anon with banger points

personally i use #rbr charles for the theorizing and delulu hours, but i think #lestappen rbr and #lestappen gate 2023 are also prime hunting ground for rbr specific lore

anyone who has info to share pls do ❤️ i know i'm missing loads of scholarship that is lost in the pits of my unorganized blog

[faeristofthemall]

For an all-seeing seer, Shynah was remarkably trusting or perhaps the truth was she refused to look at the signs until it was too hard to refuse the truth...

[ri-writes-if]

I decided to re read the demo again and there is one curious thing I wanted to ask

Dunno if it has been asked before and if it is spoilery there is no need to answer

So when the Oracle was re telling the vision of the disaster, they wonder how they look like to others when in that state, and it made me wonder about it too

How does the Oracle look like when they are in that state? Do the "light in their eyes fade away" and "they sound monotonous" like they have speculated?

It's not spoilerish, and here is the answer. They do look how they think they look.

Maybe I'll have a chance to mention it in the story eventually, if I haven't already (I don't remember). Or show it through someone else's POV 🤔

[shyjusticewarrior]

Barbara being a licensed lawyer makes her breaking Jason out of police custody that much funnier