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[saltmalkin]

water droplets 

[zaerxa]

Practice

[s0fter-sin]

something happening on a mission, something personal that has soap spiralling; panic and rage making him reckless, thoughtless, and ghost has to draw the line

“you’re compromised johnny; you know what that means?”

“you’re not pulling me out,” soap immediately snarls. he turns on him and ghost barely recognises him; venomous fear turning his eyes to unyielding ice. "you're not sidelining me; i need to be in this-!"

but ghost has never been afraid of venom; spat or dripped straight from bared fangs.

he snakes out a hand grip the back of his neck, jerking him in a rough shake. "if you can't think, you can't be a soldier," he growls and he flinches like he's been struck.

his lips quiver as they twist in a sneer and he wrenches, trying to free himself of his hold.

ghost doesn't let him.

"it means you give your body to me because your head ain't fucking attached to it anymore."

soap stills, body trembling beneath his hand as he sucks in shaking breaths.

he tightens his grip, pulling him closer and digs his forehead hard into his. “it means you give yourself to me so i can have the weapon that you are and use you the way you're meant to be used."

the ice in soap's eyes fractures.

ghost’s voice drops to a whisper, spoken only to johnny, not this facade of vengeance and pain, and wills it to reach him through the glaciers.

“so i can keep you safe ‘til it’s done and i can bring you back.”

[not-a-farrier]

I can't wait for chapter 3 of Wizard, Witch and the Wild one.

Suvi, I'm sure you're just wearing black to look badass.

(Quote from practical guide to evil)

[vintagewildlife]

Everglades rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta rossalleni) By: Chris Mattison From: A Practical Guide to Exotic Pets 1994

[thepersonalquotes]

Thoughts create emotions, emotions create feelings and feelings create behaviour. So it’s very important that our thoughts are positive, to attract the right people, events and circumstances into our lives.

Avis J. Williams, The Psychic Mind: A Practical Guide to Psychic Development & Spiritual Growth

[himecommunism]

i have been hoodwinked into a tabletop game based off a YA webnovel, have my elf

[4dkellysworld]

luvcompass highlights: Surrender

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We think that we are our mind/body (identity) and we try desperately to get away from "it" - that leads to questions like "How do I change my awareness?". By society, we're taught to make effort, try harder, do this, do that. But the funny thing is, what's required is "no" effort - the watercourse way - no effort from the side of the mind. Because "trying to change" is the equivalent of trying to fight a shadow. The identity is a shadow, it is not us. Analyze your mind briefly, and you will find that it is nothing but a byproduct of societal conditioning, peer opinions, books, movies, whatever content you've most willingly consumed. The mind is incessantly thinking 24/7, it never stops. It drags you into its each and every thought. It's not really you thinking, you are being thought. "I want to change my awareness" - who does? The mind? It is not even you. You merely believe it to be yourself, and let yourself get dragged away by the thought. How do we stop this? There's only one way: surrender. Stop fighting. You cannot fight a shadow, you will only look like a fool. When you surrender, you go beyond and you re-realize yourself. Surrender. Surrender to however you are, whatever state you are in. Surrender to whatever is going on, whether you believe it to be good or bad, it does not matter, because it is the mind putting these labels on it. Stop chasing, because there is nothing that you need to achieve. Not even awareness, because you already are. There is no need to "go beyond the mind" because you already are beyond it. Do not try to intellectually understand this, just accept it, because it is truth. Your blood is flowing now, but your mind is not controlling that. What is? Awareness. You are already aware. So leave it. You are perfect as you are, perfection, godliness, divine.

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[eldritchwyrm]

please read A Practical Guide to Evil

[avasetocallmyown]

𝟭𝘅𝟭𝟲 || 𝟰𝘅𝟬𝟯 || 𝟲𝘅𝟬𝟲 || 𝟳𝘅𝟬𝟳

[kvothbloodless]

God okay so I tried to resist making this post because I cannot give it even a tenth if a percent of the effort it deserves and also its very obvious but god. The parallels between Baru Cormorant and Practical Guide to Evil are Getting to me. Like I said, i know this is obvious because theyre both early members of the lesbian atrocities subgenre but still. Fuck.

Theres So many parallels but also so many interesting differences! Alas, for I am tired and longposts are long.

[thebluesthour]

from A Practical Field Guide to Mystery (by arsspoetica)

[huh-enheim]

Thesis: Dungeon Meshi halflings have tails in fanon because it's fun and interesting <3

Antithesis: Well, actually, according to the world guide, halflings are considered "human" in the region by social standards which require that they have a standardized "human" skeleton; you can't just add tails without fundamentally changing the complex nature of anti-halfling prejudice in their world.

Synthesis: Dungeon Meshi halflings DO have tails and we just don't see this because it's standard practice for halflings to remove them young in areas of the world where bullshit skeleton-based race science is the norm.

[tenofmuses]

I just saw a TikTok just now about “how to become a witch,” with a list of steps for beginners to follow. The first two things on the list were to buy books on witchcraft, and then to buy a bunch of materials. So here’s me reminding you that you don’t need to buy anything to become a witch. Sure, buying the tools is fun and all, but it isn’t a requirement to getting started. Witchcraft is a spiritual practice, not a consumerist hobby.

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Practically Complete Guide to Dragons - Green Dragon Opening Art by Olivier Bernard

[vintagewildlife]

Llanos frog (Lepidobatrachus llanensis) By: Chris Mattison From: A Practical Guide to Exotic Pets 1994