#pyrite town

[pivziksixdude]

OK, so I had an unusual dream yesterday. (this is another random Pokémon topic)

I’m in Pyrite Town (a prominent location in Pokémon Colosseum), and all of a sudden, the four Cipher Admins start swarming the town in search of Regieleki. Little did they realize, it was a hoax. I can’t imagine the looks on their faces! 😂

(I will make some artwork for this little dream/scenario eventually!)

[sonny-whorezik]

ghost town day 1

[marinecorvid]

anyways i think i am going to be redoing my hcs for summer's backstory. not sure how much or in what ways but girlie is 100% orphaneddd. historically ive gone with "did not know her parents at all" but been considering changing it too "parents shuffled off this mortal coil while hitting the sweet spot between 'she's old enough to remember them as distinct people' and 'young enough for this kind of loss to feel unfathomable' to perfectly develop deep seated abandonment issues that causes her to simultaneously push people away and latch onto them too quick." ideally she's involved/a front row witness for maximum angst

[stalkerofthegods]

Lord Apollo Deep dive

Lord Apollon is an amazing god, he is a healer, but he is also the destroyer of health, the same string that holds his bow and arrows of misery is the same in his lyre that he makes beautiful songs and lyrics with, he deserves respect as a god and as a Father. I adore Lord Apollon as a worshiper and as a researcher, no matter how harsh he may be. May you not judge lord Apollon from his myths and remember his actions of good. May all worshipers of devotees Tell of his amazingness.

God of - prophecy and oracles, Music, song and poetry, archery, healing, plague and disease, and the protection of the young, divine distance, fertility, knowledge, dancing, wolves, locust, doorways, mice, entrances, foreigners, happy travels, light, omens, averting evil and harm, boundaries, and borders, laurels, mildews, the god who punishes and destroys, he helps and wards off evil, he protects the flocks and cattle, the foundation of towns and the establishment of civil constitutions, protection of young boys, god of purification, he’s also a Psychopomp.

Symbols- The lyre, Silver bow & arrows, Dolphins, Swans, Crows, Ravens, Lions, Wolves, Wolves, Mice, Griffins, Hawks, Snakes, Laurel wreath, Fire/flame, The sun/sunlight, Tripod, Apples 

Incense/scents - Bay, Frankincense, Cypress, Clove, Cinnamon, Mugwort, Myrrh, hythincath, Rays of light radiating from his head, Branch of laurel, Wreath, amber, myrrh, lily of the valley, frankinscences, orange, lemongrass, marjoram

Colors • orange and yellow, red, gold and pure white blue, pink (means healing) purple and green (associated with the Oracle)

Herbs• Palm Tree, Apple Tree, Poplar Tree, Mistletoe, cinnamon, myrrh, bay leafs, sunflowers and red roses, oak wood, cypress (his veey dear friend ((not a lover or crush))), mint, heliotrope, Goldenseal, Date Palm, orange, lemongrass, marjoram

elements • his element is light

Day, month and festivals• Yule, Midsummer, May, sunday, his festivals are Noumenia, Delphinia, Thargelia, Apatouria, Pyanepsia, Asklepia (maybe), Pandia (maybe)

Patron of - medicine, mental health, physical health, therapy, the alphabet/words, defender of herds and flocks, justice, prophecy, and mental and moral purity, herdsmen and shepherds, anything in the medical field.

What I resonate with him • resseces pieces (I forgot why),  Raven, lyre, lemonade, yellow, sun, bob Ross, painting, singing, humming, melody, Oracle’s, prophecies, knowledge, Purification, suns/ stars  

Crystals•Sunstone, Citrine, Carnelian, Clear Quartz, Pyrite, Selenite, Lapis Lazuli

His sacred items - Bow and arrows; lyre; the wreath of laurel leaves (he wears that which is to be understood as Daphne’s hair.) 

Planet - The sun 

Tarot card- the sun, the chariot

Number - 7 

Animals - Wolf, griffin, dolphins, Swans, foxes, roe deer, swans, cicadas, hawks, ravens, crows, foxes, mice, and snakes

Signs he's reaching out• Significant Dream Encounters of him, Frequent Solar Imagery, Increased Interest in the Arts, Strong Connection to Healing, seeing his Symbols and Animals, having  Prophetic Experiences, finding yourself seeking the truth all of the sudden, Attraction to Light and Warmth

What u could put on his alter • Sun water, Wine (diluted with pure water), Milk, Olive oil, Herbal teas, Honey, honey cakes, Orange and lemon pastries, Lamb meat,  goat meat, Fruits, Cheeses, Wheat, Breads, Golden objects (ex- such as gold bowls, gold wine cups, flakes of gold), Bows and arrows (real or fake), art, Images of the sun, All musical instruments, (especially stringed instruments), Wolf imagery, dolphin imagery, Any images of birds (especially crows and swans), Yellow, gold, and white candles, Incense he likes. He likes his alters Neat, clean, not cluttered, orderly, surround him with who he loves (ex- past lovers, Leto, artemis) , add images of wolves, mice, and ravens, Wine, incense, gifts of solar imagery, oranges 

Other titles of apollon• ABAEUS/ Abaios (derived from the town of Abae in Phocis),

ACERSE′COMES/Akersekomês (Apollo expressive of his beautiful hair which was never cut or shorn.) ACE′SIUS/ Akesios (surname of Apollo, under which he was worshipped in Elis, This surname, which has the same meaning as akestôr and alexikakos as the god of averter of evil), ACESTOR/Akestôr (A surname of Apollo which characterises him as the god of the healing art, or in general as the averter of evil, like akesios), ACTIACUS (a surname of Apollo, derived from Actium, AEGLE′TES/Aiglêtês (that is, the radiant god), AGE′TOR/Agêtôr (a surname given to several gods, example is Zeus at Lacedaemon) AGO′NIUS/Agônios (a surname or epithet of several gods, like Zeus), AGRAEUS/Agraios (the hunter a surname of Apollo After he had killed the lion of Cithaeron), AGYIEUS/Aguieus (a a title describing him as the protector of the streets and public places), ALEXI′CACUS/ Alexikakos (the averter of evil, is a surname given by the Greeks to several deities like Zeus.), AMAZO′NIUS/ Amazonios, AMYCLAEUS/Amuklaios, ARCHE′GETES/Archêgetês (A surname of Apollo, under which he was worshipped in several places, as at Naxos in Sicily), Megara (The name has reference either to Apollo as the leader and protector of colonies, or as the founder of towns in general, in which case the import of the name is the same as theos patroôs.),  BOEDRO′MIUS/ Boêdromios (the helper in distress), CARNEIUS/ Karneiosx, CATAE′BATES/Kataibatês (invoked by this name to grant a happy return home, katabasis (to those who were travelling abroad), CHRYSAOR/Chrusaôr) (The god with the golden sword or arms), CLA′RIUS/ Klarios (derived from his celebrated temple at Claros in Asia Minor), CO′RYDUS/Korudos (from the temple eighty stadia from Corone, on the sea-coast),  CY′NTHIUS and CY′NTHIA/Kunthia and Kunthios (surnames of Artemis and Apollo from island of Delos, which is their birthplace), DAPHNAEUS and DAPHNAEA/Daphnaia and Daphnaios (surnames of Artemis and Apollo), DECATE′PHORUS/ Dekatêphoros (that is, the god to whom the tenth part of the booty is dedicated), DE′LIUS and DE′LIA/ Dêlios and Dêlia or Dêlias (surnames of Apollo and Artemis respectively), DELPHINIUS and DELPHI′NIA/ Delphinia (a surname of Artemis at Athens & The masculine form Delphinius is used as a surname of Apollo), EPACTAEUS or EPA′CTIUS/ Epaktaios or Epaktios (the god worshipped on the coast, was also used as a surname of Poseidon in Samos) EPIBATE′RIUS/ Epibatêrios (the god who conducts men on board a ship), EPICU′RIUS/ Epikourios (the helper),

EUTRESITES/Eutrêsitês (derived from Eutresis, where he had a ancient Oracle), GALA′XIUS/Galaxios a (from Boeotia, derived from the stream Galaxius),

HEBDOMA′GETES/Hebdomagetês (was derived from the fact of sacrifices being offered to him on the seventh of every month, the seventh of some month which became the god's birthday), HECAERGUS/Hekaergos (same meaning as Hecaerge in the case of Artemis),HY′LATUS/Hulatos (derived from the town of Hyle in Crete, which was sacred to him), INTONSUS/unshorn, (surname of Apollo and Bacchus showing the eternal youth of these gods, beacuse the Greek youths allowed their hair to grow until they attained the age of manhood), ISME′NIUS/Ismenios (A surname of Apollo at Thebes), ISO′DETES/Isodetêg (the god who binds all equally, is also used as a surname of Pluto),I′XIUS/Ixios (derived from a district of the island of Rhodes which was called Ixiae or Ixia.), LAPHRAEUS/Laphraios (a surname of Apollo at Calydon), LEUCA′DIUS/ Leukasios (a son of Icarius and Polycaste, and a brother of Penelope and Alyzeus. Leucas was believed to have derived its name from him), LIBYSTI′NUS, LOE′MIUS/Loimios (the deliverer from plague),

LO′XIAS/Loxias (derived by some from his intricate and ambiguous oracles), LYCE′GENES/Lukêgenês (describing him either as the god born in Lycia, or as the god born of light), LYCEIUS/Lukeios (the meaning is not quite certain, some derive it from lukos, a wolf, so that it would mean "the wolf-slayer;" others from lukê, light, according to which it would mean "the giver of light;"), LY′CIUS/Lukios (the Lycian, a surname of Apollo, who was worshipped in several places of Lycia),

LYCO′REUS/Lukôreus (A surname of Apollo perhaps in the same sense as Lyceius), MALEATES/Maleatês  (surname of Apollo, derived from cape Malea, in the south of Laconia),MARMARINUS/Marmarinos (the god of marble), MALLOEIS and MELUS/Mêlos (A son of Manto, from which the sanctuary of Apollo Malloeis in Lesbos was believed to have derived its name), MOIRA′GETES/Moiragetês (the guide or leader of fate, occurs as a surname of Zeus and Apollo at Delphi) MUSA′GETES/MUSAE (?), NO′MIUS/Noumios (surname of divinities protecting the pastures and shepherds sheared with Apollo, Pan. Hermes, and Aristaeus) ONCAEUS/Onkaios (a surname of Apollo derived from Oncesium on the river Ladon in Arcadia), PAEAN/Paian, Paiêôn or Paiôn (meaning "the healing," however, used also in the more general sense of deliverer from any evil or calamity, PAGASAEUS/ Pagasaios/the Pagasaean, from Pegasus, or Pegasae, (town in Thessaly, uses the surname of Apollo there.), PALATI′NUS, (surname of Apollo at Rome), PARNO′PIUS/Paruopios (the expeller of locusts) paruôps (a surname of Apollo, under which he had a statue on the acropolis at Athen), PARRHA′SIUS/Parrastos (A surname of Apollo, who had a sanctuary on Mount Lyceius, meaning “the helper”, PATAREUS/Patareus (derived from the Lycian town of Patara, where the god used to spend the six winter months in every year), PHILE′SIUS/Philêsios (surname of Apollo at Didyma, where Branchus was said to have founded a sanctuary of the god, and to have introduced his worship) PHOEBUS/ Phoibos (the shining, pure or bright, occurs both as an epithet and a name of Apollo), PHY′XIUS/Phuzios (the god who protects fugitives, also occurs as a surname of Zeus in Thessaly), PY′THIUS/Puthios the Pythian, from Pytho (the ancient name of Delphi, often occurs as a surname of Apollo), SALGANEUS/Salganeus (a surname of Apollo, derived from the town of Salganeus in Boeotia), SARPEDONIUS and SARPEDO′NIA/Sarpêdonia (a surname of Artemis, derived from cape Sarpedon in Cilicia, where she had a temple with an oracle, The masculine Sarpedonius occurs as a surname of Apollo in Cilicia.) SMINTHEUS/Smintheus (a surname of Apollo, which is derived by some from sminthos, a mouse, and from the town of Sminthe in Troas), SPO′DIUS/Spodios (a surname of Apollo at Thebes, derived from spodos, ashes, because his altar consisted of the ashes of the victims which had been sacrificed to him.), TEGYRE′IUS/Tegurêios (a surname of Apollo, derived from the town of Tegyra in Boeotia. where, according to some traditions, the god had been born), TELMI′SSIUS/Telmissios (a surname of Apollo derived from the Lycian town of Telnissus or Telmessus),TEMENITES/Temenitês (a surname of Apollo, derived from his sacred temenus in the neighbourhood of Syracuse), THEOXE′NIUS/Theoxenios (a surname of Apollo and Hermes), THYMBRAEUS/Thumbraios (A surname of Apollo, derived from a place in Troas called Thymbra, where he had a temple in which Achilles was wounded, or from a neighboring hill of the same name), ZOSTERIUS and ZOSTE′RIA/Zôstêria (a surname of Athena among the Epicnemidian Locrians, The masculine form Zosterius occurs as a surname of Apollo in Attica, on the slip of land stretching into the sea between Phaleron and Sunium)

Epithets•Abaeus, Apollo Acesius, Acestor, Acraephiaeus Apollo, Acraephius Apollo, Actiacus Apollo, Apollo Actiacus, Apollo Aegletes, Agetor, Agonius, Agraeus, Agyieus, Alexicacus,Amazonius, Anextiomarus, Aphetor Apollo, Aphetorius Apollo, Apollo Musagetes, Apollo Soranus, Apollo Apotropaeus, Apulu, Archegetes, Argyrotoxus Apollo, Apollo Articenens, Apollo Averruncus, Apollo Clarius, Apollo Coelispex, Apollo Culicarius, Apollo Cynthius, Apollo Cynthogenes, Delius Apollo, Apollo Delius, Apollo Delphinius, Apollo Didymaeus, Apollo Epicurius  Apollo Galaxius, Apollo Genetor, Hecaërgus Apollo, Apollo Hecebolus, Hekatos, Helius Apollo, Apollo Helius, Apollo Iatromantis, Apollo Iatrus, Apollo Ismenius, Kourotrophos, Apollo Leschenorius, Leucadius, Apollo Loxias, Apollo Lycegenes, Lyceus, Apollo Lycoctonus, Manticus Apollo, Apollo Medicus, Apollo Nomius, Apollo Nymphegetes, Paean (god), Apollo Paean, Apollo Parnopius, Apollo Patroüs, Apollo Phanaeus, Ptoion, Ptous, Pythius Apollo, Apollo Pythius, Apollo Smintheus, Apollo Sosianus, Thyraeus, Virotutis. (I’m not gonna put who, why or what the epithets are, cut me some slack 😔)

Equivalents• Abru (Berber), Horus & Ra (Egyptian), Aplu (Etruscan), Helios (Greek), Apollo & Janus (Roman), Nergal (Aplu Enlil) (Semitic)

Offerings•  Candles (he’s the god of light), Paint brushes/paints, Canvases, Colored pencils, markers, crayons, Collages, Journals, Art books, Art prints, Anything you mad, Sculptures, Zines, Stickers, Any art supplies, Music boxes, Records, CDs,Cassettes, Record players,radios, MP3, Headphones, Music posters, Band merch, Instruments (especially String instruments), Dance shoes, Concert tickets, CD book holders, Sun and Light imagery, Sunscreen, Aloe for sunburns, Golden objects, Matches, Candles, Sunflowers/sunflower seeds, First aid kits, Medicine, Pain relievers, Band - aids, Ice/heat packs, Rice socks, face Masks, Aloe, Ambulance toy cars,Adaptive aids, Darts, Bow and arrows, Arrow quiver, Dart board, Targets used in archery, Bullseye used in archery, Snake skins, Snake imagery (ex - Python), Laurels, Bay leaves (because of Daphne), Palm trees (based on his birth myth), Ravens/Crows related things,  Crow feathers, Cattle/turtles (related to Hermes birth myth), Swans (the animals Pull His chariot), Hyacinths (Hyacinthus is his past lover), Locks of hair, Vanilla flavored/scented things , Honey, Sunny D drink, Lemons/lemon juice, Oranges/orange juice, Citrus, Water, chocolate milk (UPG),  molten orange-scented wax cube used on an oil burner, The first bite of every meal (keep a tea plate close by at mealtimes), Pot Pourri, visit a clairvoyant, Welcome foreigners, teach others your own culture/language, make sure foreigners are able to find helpful resources and social life in your community, Make sure the street outside your house is clean and secure, Resin, Sun-shaped cookies or cakes, Wine, Golden cakes, Golden raisins.

Devonatal- Donate to medical charities, Support beginner indie artists and musicians, Sing to Him, Play musical instruments for Him, Hold dance parties in his honor, Make a playlist for Him and listen to it, Read poetry to Him, Take care of your mental health in his honor, take your medicine in his honor, Try/do archery in his honor, Try/do different types of divination (ex- Tarot/Oracle decks, Pendulums, Rune stones, Charm casting supplies, Crystal balls, Scrying bowls, Cookie fortunes, Tea leaves), Try and wake up early and watch the sun rise, Go for a walk and feel the warmth from the sun, Let more sunlight into your home/room, Learn a musical instrument, learn how to sing, Learn simple medical care (ex- CPR), research his family in his honor,  research Apollon, Attend pride, advocate for  LGBT+ rights, Wear yellow clothing in his honor, wear orange clothing in his honor, Honor Leto and Artemis in his honor, Pray to Him/ speak to Him often (ex- for guidance, healing/good health, and new inspiration, protection, improvement in your mental health, fertility, ecstasy, for everything going well in the health aspect),  Dance and sing to your favorite songs or songs you’d think He would like,  Throw a feast in His honor, Support/donate to your local Hospital in his honor, Exercise in his honor, Get vaccinated in his honor, Get STI tested in his honor, practice Self care in his honor, Keep a first aid kit at home/in your car in his honor, Learn about alternative medicine in his honor, Advocate for accessible in his honor, Advocate for disability rights in his honor, Volunteer at a hospital in his honor, Give blood/plasma in his honor; Volunteer at a retirement home in his honor, Learn about anatomy/biology/nutrition in his honor, Learn about health conditions/rare disorders in his honor, Eat healthy for your body in his honor, Help fund surgeries if you can in his honor, Trip sit for someone in his honor, Listen to your body when it needs something in his honor , Sunbathe in his honor, Wear sunscreen in his honor,  Start a garden in his honor, Make sun water in his honor, Music Go to a concert/show, Listen to music in his honor, Make a playlist for someone you love in his honor, dance in general in his honor, Sing in general in his honor, Support local bands in his honor, Explore new music in his honor, Daily tarot card/rune stones sessions in his honor, Make an oracle deck in his honor, Give divination readings in his honor, do Shadow work in his honor , do Colormancy in his honor, Make something in his honor, Draw in his honor, paint in his honor, craft in his honor, Color something for him, Make a zine in his honor, Go see a play in his honor, Get a tattoo in his honor, Throw darts in his honor, Use a slingshot in his honor, Go to a shooting range in his honor, follow and support artist/poet YouTubers and their social media, Check in with your neighbors, do Photography (painting with light), light a candle in his honor because he’s the of…light!

Crystal•Sunstone, Citrine, Carnelian, Clear Quartz, Pyrite, Selenite, Lapis Lazuli, amber, calcite (only the color honey/yellow), quartz (rutilated or clear), rose quartz.

Parentage• Zues and Leto 

Siblings• his full sibling was his twin Artemis, His half siblings were Athena, Hermes, Dionysus, Aphrodite, Ares, Hephaestus and Persephone, Heracles, Ares, Perseus, Hebe, Aphrodite, Athena, Some Muses, Eileithyia.

Works well with• people who are respectful, and are honest, and not boastful. 

Jewelry • friendship bracelets

Hates• saying that your better than him, (too boastful), being to stubborn to learn (he is the god of knowledge.), and anything contradicting his godlyness 

Mortal or immortal • immortal.

Zodiac • Leo. 

Curses• Sickness, and often seeing yourself lying, and in trouble.

Blessings• your healthy and protection and purification. 

Vows/omans• he swears he will be Hermes best friend, and that he will never marry (the muses myth) because he swore he would never because he couldn't choose between all the Muses, not usually used in modern day, he could be married but it is a version of a myth, he could date. just never marry.

Morals• Morally grey.

Courting• he is unmarried. 

Past lovers & crushes• Admetus (a crush), Daphne (rejected him and he fell so in love she had to run away and turn into a tree..), all the nine muses (couldn’t choose so decided to never unwed), Cyrene (a crush), Evadne (a lover who bore him a child.), Rhoeo (bore him a child and made him raise it..) Ourea (had a crush on Apollo and they hooked up on his exile and bore him a kid), Thero, Hyrie or Thyrie (said they were lovers but he made them suicidal so..idk..). Hecuba (bore the child who made Apollo kill Achilles.), Coronis (bore him  Asclepius), Creusa (bore him a child and left him to die and then to be raised by a priestess of Apollo.), Hyacinthus (his most dear male lover.),  Cyparissus (a dear friend but still a honorable mention.), Admetus (a crush), Branchus, Adonis (poly with apollon and Aphrodite), Helenus, Hippolytus of Sicyon,Hymenaios, god of marriage hymns, Iapis, Phorbas, minthe (who he turned into mint) 

Personality• He’s very energetic, cheerful, wise, honest and kind, and very responding.

Fact• Apollo was temporarily stripped of his immortal power by Zeus – twice , he tried to over throw his father Zeus once (He failed, but they have a good bond.)

Roots• Greek mythology, born at Delos in Cyclades archipelago.

Appearance in astral or gen• depicted as a handsome, beardless youth with long hair and wears a wreath and branch of laurel, bow and quiver of arrows, usually accompanied with a raven, and holding a lyre.

Children• Acraepheus, Aeneus, Agamedes, Agreus, Amphiaraus, Amphissus, Amphithemis, Anius, Apis, Apollonis, Arabius, Aristaeus, Asclepius, Borysthenis, Cephisso, Chariclo, Cinyras, Coronus, Cycnus, Delphus, Dius, Dorus, Dryops of Oeta, Eleuther, Epidaurus, Eriopis, Erymanthus, Eumolpus, Eurydice, Eurynome, Hilaeira, Hymen (god), Ialemus, Iamus, Idmon (Argonaut), Ion, Ismenus, Korybantes, Laodocus, Lapithes (hero), Linus (Argive), Linus, Linus of Thrace, Lycomedes, Lycorus, Melaneus of Oechalia, Melite, Miletus, Mopsus, Naxos, Oaxes, Oncius, Orpheus, Phemonoe, Philammon, Philander, Phoebe, Phylacides, Polypoetes, Scylla, Syrus, Tenerus, Tenes, Troilus, Trophonius, Zeuxippus of Sicyon.

Pet• the swans pulling his chariot called the “singers of Apollo” or just “birds of Apollo”

Status• Greek mythology god, in the big theoi, not a Demi god. 

Prayers•

Prayer to Lord Apollon for Help with Divination

Hear me, Foreseeing Apollon, Son of Indomitable Zeus and Gentle Leto, Brother to Far-Shooting Artemis. He who speaks of truth, If I have ever revelled in your sunlight, accept this prayer, Apollon Leader of Fate, I ask you to be with me during this divination and to guide my cards with your knowledge, I ask for your favour with a token of my praise, I offer to you (offering)- @praise-to-the-theoi

To Lord Apollon when taking medication 

Hear me, healing Apollon, Father to Soothing Asklepios. He who controls both plague and healing, If I have ever honoured you, please accept this prayer, Shining Apollon, Please allow me to be safe when taking this medication, to aid it in its effectiveness, and to reduce the likelihood of negative side effects. I ask for your favour with a token of my praise, and I take this medication in your honour. -https://www.tumblr.com/praise-to-the-theoi

Prayer to Artemis and Apollon 

Praise today, O Lord Apollo and Lady Artemis, rulers upon the Sun and Moon. The Celestial Twins, on this date, join each other in the sky, shining upon us their divine light and presence. Praise the children of Great Zeus and Leto; Hail Lady Artemis, the oldest daughter, who helped her mother at birth. Godess of the hunt, divine virgin, patroness of girls, their childhood and innocence.  Hail Apollon, youngest son, born by his sister's hand. God of the plages and sickness. Patron of the arts, music and poetry. May they raise their bows and guide us towards their light. - serotoninbetweenpages

Prayer with his epithets in it-

Let us hymn Paean the great god, Apollo; Immortal, gloriously formed, unshorn, soft-haired, Stern-hearted, king, delighting in arrows, giver of life, Joyous, laughing, slayer of giants, sweet-hearted, Son of Zeus, slayer of dragons, lover of the laurel, Sweet of speech, of ample might, far-shooter, giver of hope, Creator of animals, divine, Jove-minded, giver of zeal, Mild, sweet-spoken, sweet-hearted, gentle-handed, Slayer of beasts, blooming, charmer of the spirit, soft-speaking, Shooter of arrows, desirable, healer, charioteer, Weaver of the world, Clarian, strong-hearted, father of fruits, Son of Leto, pleasant, delighting in the lyre, resplendent, Lord of the mysteries, prophet, magnanimous, thousand-shaped, Lover of the bow-string, wise, stiller of grief, sober,Lover of community, common to all, taking thought for all, benefactor of all, Blessed, making blessed, Olympian, dweller on the hills, Gentle, all-seeing, sorrowless, giver of wealth, Saviour from trouble, rose-coloured, man-breaker, path-opener, Glittering, wise, father of light, saviour, Delighting in the dance, Titan, initiator, revered, Chanter of hymns, highest, stately, of the height, Phoebus, purifier, lover of garlands, cheerer of the spirit, Utterer of oracles, golden, golden-complexioned, golden-arrowed, Lover of the lyre, harper, hater of lies, giver of the soul, Swift-footed, swift-voiced, swift of vision, giver of seasons. Let us hymn Paean the great god, Apollo.   

- Epigram from Book 9 of the Greek Anthology, translated by W.R. Paton (1916-18)

Links/websites/sources •

@praise-to-the-theoi

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Reddit · r/Hellenism5 comments  ·  1 year agosimple offerings for apollo? : r/Hellenism

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo#Children https://www.thoughtco.com/roman-equivalents-of-greek-gods-4067799https://www.reddit.com/r/Hellenism/comments/d20s5v/would_amber_be_an_appropriate_incense_for_apollo/https://www.reddit.com/r/GreekMythology/comments/du0z4k/did_the_olympian_gods_have_particular_color/https://www.tumblr.com/eldritchhorror06https://www.tumblr.com/themodernwitchsguidehttps://web.pdx.edu/~scarmody/art342/exercise2/index.html#:~:text=Animals%20sacred%20to%20Apollo%20include,foxes%2C%20mice%2C%20and%20snakes.

let the light in and let your truth of loving Apollo shine aswell

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[psychhound]

✨ crit awards ✨

so, as some of you may know, the crit awards, an open-voting ttrpg award show, has just opened nominations!!

from now until april 30th, there are open submissions to nominate games and creators, and then for all of june, people vote on who they want to be the winners

i have a decent number of games that are eligible for nomination this year! you're not allowed to nominate yourself, though, which is why i must humbly request that if yall really like any of these games in particular, to fill out the nomination form so that i might have a chance at some awards :)

categories i'm eligible for ...

best solo game

i have quite a few for this one!!

with breath & sword - a game where you utilize real grounding & breathing techniques as the oracle to fight monsters while calming down from anxiety attacks

the narrator paradox - a one-page game where you play a narrator trying to wrangle your defiant protagonist back into the story

the graveyard game - a for truth's sake game where you write an ethnography about a magical, haunted graveyard

you are thinking about silver - an autofiction lyric game about my family being werewolves during a childhood memory

song a scene - a playlist-driven writing game that fits on a bookmark

she shall not be raised a fey - a bookmark game about revisiting your changeling child

best one page game

i have a couple of these too!!

the narrator paradox - (see above)

also my three horseshoe system games!! this is a system designed for quick & evocative but medium crunch character creation (at least for a one-pager), fast paced and twisty one shots, and big endings!! i also really like the graphic design in them :)

interstate 10 1/2 - a light horror Weird roadtrip across america

the pyrite bullet - a spaghetti western one last mission game

crescent grin - an eldritch horror noir detective game

best GMless game

small towns, BIG SECRETS - a 200 word game for the minimalist jam about your horrible secret being revealed to your fellow townies, run on competitive coin flips

best supplement

how high! - a system agnostic setting zine of a rapidly developing fantasy industrial city ruled over by a pack of wolf gods descending into madness (ie what if 1880s denver, colorado was real fucked up)

you can submit nominations here until april 30th!!

being nominated would be super cool :D if anyone wants to nominate some of my games i super appreciate you!!!

also, if you haven't gotten a chance to check them out before - these games are on sale rn!!

[clarisimart]

A promise and a threat

Chapter 18 - The List

Stan had gotten his own gifts, a new red beanie with the very same protection sigils as Ford’s woven in from Mabel (she had added a Celtic sailor’s knot on the inside, just for him) and a necklace with a piece of Pyrite of all things inlaid on its center. Both of the elder twins had let out a loud laugh at that one, with Stanley judging both presents as perfect, and giving the kids a bone crushing high each.

After breakfast, Ford gleefully announced they were going to reconvene to the Shack for research and brainstorming, receiving an enthusiastic ‘Yes’ from Dipper and two sarcastic ‘Yay’s from his brother and Mabel.

Once they were all seated at the sofa, Ford had proceeded to lay out a huge map of Gravity falls and the surrounding areas on a board in front of them. He had marked two locations in it: the farm and the mill with a red x and between those two, exactly in the center, stood Bill's clearing. He drew a circle, joining those two points

He added an X for the Gnome colony and another one for the Unicorn Glade. They fell inside the area marked by the circle. It seemed that the spread had stopped there, near the farm right where the “Welcome to Gravity Falls sign was. The edge of town, the edge of the weirdness bubble.

[clyde-wy]

Golden post. Praise.

Playing this game and seeing the PDA reminds me...

...that older Gen Z and Millennials really had the perfect balance, just the right amount of technology, in their lives. A PDA, a simple messaging and e-mail device!

We had computers, but staying on them for hours and hours a day was tough with "older" internet.

No streaming technology and rudimentary picture technology meant that we weren't obsessed with "capturing" everything all the time,

the "time out" on the TV meant there were times that TV was dull,

we had to wait to download stuff,

you eventually watched your DVDs/VHS tapes to death and had to wait for a new one,

and you often played games that mostly started and ended and had to wait for more (and often involved grinding or practicing movesets),

we had basic flip phones that could message and maybe play Snake and little else.

We weren't "always" online. Everything wasn't super user friendly so we had to click around and troubleshoot a fair bit.

Sometimes it would be nice to just relive those days, if for a while.

[deinocheirus]

A King of Worms CGI cartoon AU

Chuck was just your average highschool student, worried about his grades, dealing with knucklehead bullies, and learning how to talk to girls. His goals to just fit in are ruined when a mysterious stranger named Hogg knocks on his door. The strange old man claims that Chuck’s father (who he previously never knew) was not only a dragon but the King of them, and that he is rightfully next in line. Chuck must learn to unlock his transformation and master his powers so he can fight back against the wicked queen who took his father’s crown.

With his classmates and fellow secret dragons Cowparsley (the nerdiest guy in town)and Pyrite (The mysterious snarky girl who thinks she’s too cool for this), Hogg teaches Chuck the ins and out of being a dragon, all while juggling the challenges of being in highschool!

[loonylatias]

Spent the past half hour or so making an AU (working title is 'gold and pyrite') where the female Pokemon Legends ZA protag (who I named Zoé*) is Serena's younger sister. In this AU, Serena has been the Kalos Champion for years now and Zoé is her half-sister.

Zoé isn't interested in being a trainer (because she knows she'll always be compared to her sister) and has been bumming in her parents' house in Vaniville Town. One day, she hears about the redevelopment plan ongoing in Lumiose. She begs her parents to let her go and join and they only allow it if she finally picks a Pokemon partner. She agrees and picks Chikorita.

(She tries not think about how her sister (golden, beautiful, talented) became the Kalos Champion at fifteen years old and she's (lazy, unmotivated, boring) getting her first Pokemon at sixteen. It's fine. She's fine. Please stop comparing us.)

*Insee, a French statistics agency, actually lists Zoé as the eighteenth most popular girl name from the past ten years. I liked that it started with a Z and picked it. For the boy names, Arthur is the ninth most popular and I'd pick it for the male protag name hehe.

[marialeto]

Friday February 21 💜💜 620 am

Venus

Purple Ray of Light

Today goes with yesterday Pluto 🖤 this week

Body Elohim

Titanium Element

Heart Chakra

Number Two

Archangel Gabriel

Saint Gabriel

Ascended Masters Lucifer and Derek

Wayneing Crescent 🌙 * Moon 42.8 in Sagittarius ♐️ Direct

Raven 🐦‍⬛ Omen

South and West directions 🧭

Pisces ♓️ Sun (First day) Winter ❄️ Season

Hope

Pyrite Day

Masculine Feminine divinity

6 of Cups

Benjamin Cliff #solarsystem

Turkey 🇹🇷

Denizli

Day 121 in the Bible

Galaxy 🌌

2-21-2025

2219

419

59

14

5 🎲 #datenumerology

Ludington

#inspiration

Lighthouses

Historic Towns

Bodies of Water

Notes: South & South of France

[cipher-legal-and-ethics-dept]

"If you're an addiction I don't ever wanna be sober"

Jailshipping for my beloved @porcupiss🦺🗼 (Prompt list) Trudly and Folly are trying to unwind in a club in Pyrite Town after a long day of work. ☞ AO3

The music inside the club is loud, letting Folly feel the heavy beat in his very bones. Bright, colorful lights cut through the darkness in slightly irregular intervals and flash across the crowd. Faces, bodies, movement, all of it is visible for a split second at a time. He feels as though he's watching Venus' show on an old TV with a bad connection, rather than participating himself. 

Then again, Folly lost interest in the club a while ago. As he's dancing — attempting to — and drinking — somewhat successfully — he only has eyes for Trudly. Trudly who is dancing right beside him, whose beanie is bobbing to the beat, who occasionally leans over to tell him something, who keeps getting pushed against him whenever someone shoves past them to get to the bar. His hair flies in all directions when he moves his head, his labret reflects the lights. 

Folly finds it hard to focus on anything else. 

Again, Trudly gets close and leans in to say something. Folly sees his lips move, but doesn't understand — the music is loud, and he can't follow. Not when he's busy staring, fascinated by the gleaming labret and the wetness glistening on Trudly's lips, defying the heat with drinks. Not when he's catching his scent, strong, sweaty and so very much like the partner he's come to know. 

Folly leans in as well, both to listen and to inhale more of it. Unfortunately for the two of them, yet another Pyrite partygoer shoves past them right in this moment, causing him to stumble and spill his drink on Trudly. He can hear him yell after them, but all he can do is quietly stare at the large wet spot on his partner's chest, growing as the liquid drips down his torso. His shirt clings to him now, and his scent mixes with the alcohol's. 

Fuck. Trudly smells good like that. 

Instinct kicking in, Folly grabs him with his free hand and drags the two of them outside. Finally some space. Trudly complains and grumbles some more, but eventually just settles for taking the drink out of his partner's hand and gulping down what remains of it. 

Folly listens to the sound of ice cubes against glass and teeth and shudders at the thought of Trudly's wet lips and cool mouth. Probably tasting like his drink, sweet and delicious. 

"Aw, man. I can't believe–" But Trudly doesn't get to finish his sentence. Folly snatches the glass out of his hands, drops it carelessly and pushes him against the wall of the club. Their lips collide in tandem with their bodies. Hot where skin meets skin, cold where icy liquid stains Trudly's clothes. 

Folly can't bring himself to care about the drink. Not when he can taste it on Trudly's lips and inside his mouth. Nor does he care about dancing anymore, now that his hands begin to wander.

The only drug he needs now to numb himself after a long and hard day of work is Trudly. And if this — their kiss, their touches, them — is yet another drug, he's ready to get addicted. He doesn't want to be sober anymore. 

[theamazingian]

for Pokémon Colosseum’s twentieth anniversary, the original composer performed Pyrite Town!!

[skrub-dubs]

Apparently. An incredibly old ass mine is being reopened to the public near pyrite town. Like maybe a century or two old I'm thinking I have no clue.I do not know how to feel about this nor do I know enough about abandoned mines to figure out if this is a good idea or not.

[lottiesnotebook]

hi, lottie! for thedasweekend, i'd love to see: striped carnation (refusal; "i know you love me, don't lie. why are you lying?") from the language of flowers prompt list for isabela/aveline <3

Happy Thedas Weekend! I hope you don't mind that I've combined your prompts, but I had a Vision of these two and I had to write it down. Hope you wanted some Tragic Sapphic Rivalmance this evening, because I did!

Aveline Vallen/Isabela, Western AU, sheriff/outlaw, infidelity, enemies-to-lovers-to-exes-to-enemies-to-lovers (and probably back again), disaster lesbians

@jazzmckay | @miladydewintcr | @thedasweekend

fool’s gold

The shield that rests on Aveline’s desk is shining, untarnished brass, the brightest thing in Kirkwall’s dry, dust-covered streets. She can’t quite bring herself to pick it up, not yet. Once she picks it up, clips it onto her belt, she’s accepted its weight, the responsibilities that go with it. She’s surrendered those fragile, selfish things that cannot be carried along with the burden that is Kirkwall.

“You don’t have to take it, you know.” She didn’t hear Isabela enter. Then again, she never does — the outlaw is soft on her feet as a cat. It’s why Aveline’s predecessor never quite managed to pin her down.

She looks up, even though she knows she shouldn’t, even though looking at Isabela will only make all of this more difficult. Will remind her of the things she’s giving up, when she takes up Kirkwall’s shield and makes it who she is. Isabela’s as lovely as she’s ever been, desert-bronze skin, ink-spill hair, gold worth more than the bounty on her head hanging from her ears, her throat.

“How charming that you waited until I was sworn in as sheriff before you rolled back into town. Planning to make my first day as sheriff worth your weight in gold?” There’s no real heat in her words, or at least, none of the kind of heat a sheriff should have for an outlaw she’s been chasing since she was only a ranger. Things had been simpler then. Black and white, not bronze and gold, or the endless grey of the dust that coats Kirkwall’s streets.

“Oh, please, Deputy Vallen. Drop the act, for once in your life.”

“It’s Sheriff Hendyr now.” She’s been Aveline Hendyr for six months now, written down in ink in the courthouse all right and proper. She’d accepted Donnic’s proposal the morning after Isabela had left her warm and sleeping in sheets she’d mussed to go and rob a train she’d sworn she was going to leave well enough alone. Aveline should have known better, then. Aveline should know better now — Isabela’s all bronze and gold and silvered tongue, a stolen idol forged of precious metal, as long as you never looked too closely at her sticky fingers, her bloody hands.

Her laugh is low and sweet, and rings in the air like pyrite, fool’s gold. Does that make Aveline the fool? “You married him? Oh Avi, you should have known better.”

She should have. She did. She does now, too.

“He’s a good man,” she says, because it’s true. Donnic Hendyr is a good, solid man, the kind any woman would be glad to call her husband. Any woman but Aveline.

“Maybe for anyone but you. Or me, of course, but you already knew that.”

“I know no such thing.” Isabela’s leaning over the desk towards her, now, full lips inches from Aveline’s, the curve of her breast a temptation that makes Aveline’s fingers itch. It would be easier, if she didn’t know how it felt to cup them in her hands, watch them overspill, watch Isabela tilt back her lovely head in an invitation Aveline’s never been quite strong enough to refuse. “I know you’re an outlaw, and a murderer, and-”

“And I’m here, aren’t I?” Somehow, Isabela makes it sound as if the last balances out the first two. “I came back for you, like I said I would. Doesn’t that mean anything to you?”

“Should it?” It’s a question, not a lie. If Aveline was the woman she ought to be, the sheriff worthy of her shield, it wouldn’t mean anything but a quick collar and a body in a cell.

The tip of Isabela’s tongue slips out of her mouth, moistens her lower lip so that it glimmers in the dim bars of light that make it through the shutters.

“Do we have to play this game every time, Aveline?” Her voice is soft and tempting, and if Aveline didn’t know better, she’d think it was genuine. She wants it to be genuine, even now, even knowing better.

“Sheriffs don’t play games with outlaws.” It should be true. She wants it to be true.

“Oh, but we’ve played a hand or two.” Her fingers dance across the back of Aveline’s hand, striking sparks from her skin, and in spite of her best intentions, she gasps.

Isabela is as quick on the draw as she ever was before — she’s across the desk between them in under a second, Aveline’s shiny new badge clattering across the floor like some forgotten trinket, and Aveline might have drawn her revolvers if they weren’t pinned, with one of her hands, beneath Isabela’s thigh’s as she straddles her lap.

“I know you love me,” she purrs in Aveline’s ear, a siren, a desert mirage, a false promise of a city of gold Aveline’s never going to reach.

“I love my husband,” she says, and wills her words to be realer than Isabela, soft skin and full curves and everything sun-roughened, labour-worn Donnic will never be.

“Don’t lie,” Isabela orders, catching Aveline’s jaw in one hand, forcing her chin up until their eyes meet, and Isabela’s eyes have always been the loveliest, falsest part of her, because they’re as soft and warm and guileless as a girl’s, and if she told Aveline while their gazes were locked that the sky was green and that Kirkwall wasn’t worth saving, she’d believe her. “Why are you lying to me?”

There’s no way to answer her, she realises that doesn’t confirm what Isabela already knows (what they both already know).

“Does it matter?” The question is choked from her unwilling lips, wound tight in her throat like a spring until it snaps and escapes her. “You know there’s no future for- for people like us.”

“I’ve never been one to think much on the future,” Isabela purrs, “when I have everything I want right now.”

She kisses Aveline, then, and she should stop her, she should call for help, she should pin her down and chain her to the desk and book her before she can run again. She should do anything but what she always does, when the desert wind blows Isabela back into Kirkwall, which is kiss her until she forgets who she’s kissing, and why she should know better.

[therangerunionoffical]

2024 Pokemon Ranger Union Placements

Please contact your local Union representative for further information.

Orre* *All positions receive living subsidies and southern allowances*

Phenac City

Pyrite Town

Agate Village

Gateon Port

S.S. Libra Wreck Site, Phenac City

Relic Cave, Agate Village

Citadark Restoration Team, Citadark Island

Kanto

Cinnabar Volcano, Cinnabar City

Diglett’s Cave, Vermilion City

Vermilion Forest, Vermilion City

Grapefruit Islands, Orange Islands

Johto

Lake of Rage, Mahogany Town

Blackthorn City

Safari Zone, Cianwood Town

Hoenn

Pacifidlog Town

Fortree City

Desert Ruins, Lavaridge Town

Forbidden Forest Monitoring Team

King Nepture Shipwreck Reclamation Team, Wazoo Island

Sinnoh

Solaceon Ruins, Solaceon Town

Great Marsh, Pastoria City

Snowpoint Temple, Snowpoint City

Iron Island, Canalave City

Unova

Black City

Humilau City

Cold Storage, Driftveil City

Giant Chasm Surveillance Team

Kalos

Geosenge Town, Cyllage City

Terminus Cave, Couriway Town

Alola

Po Town Monitoring, Route 7

Haina Desert, Tapu Village

Hokulani Observatory, Mount Hokulani

Galar

Slumbering Weald, Postwick

Honeycalm Island, Isle of Armor

Paldea

Casseroya Lake, Lake Watchtower

Area Zero Monitoring Team, Area Zero

Tagtree Thicket, Local Base

Asado Desert, Cascarrafa City

Kitikami

Temporary Placement, Tengu Mountain

Ransei: N/A Almia: N/A Fiore: N/A Oblivia: N/A Sevii Islands: N/A

[clandestone]

 ⸻  lachlan rose  ,  a  thirty-five  year  old  ,  has  survived  another  day  in  red  creek  where  they  have  lived  for  seven years in total  .  the  prodigal son  is  known  for  being  charismatic  and  manipulative  and  is  often  associated  with  the constant and compulsive need for applause, the pit of fear that has lingered inside you since childhood, gnashing teeth and heart palpitations hidden behind an effortless smile  .  in  a  small  town  where  they  work  as  the director at the parrish center for the arts,  word  travels  fast  .

the basics

Name: lachlan rose Nicknames: lachy, lucky, prick Faceclaim: andrew garfield Gender: cismale, he/him Sexual Orientation: bisexual, slight male preference romantically Age: 35 Birthday: November 4, 1990 Occupation: director at the parrish centre for the arts Marital Status: single Hometown: london, england Pets: an orange cat named skimbleshanks  Residence: an apartment above the theater Positive Traits: charismatic, passionate, sentimental, talented Negative Traits: manipulative, arrogant, insecure, demanding, condescending

aesthetics

Inspiration: roman roy (succession), marvin (falsettos), neil perry (dead poets society), astarion (baldurs gate 3), dennis reynolds (iasip), mrs. darvis (high school musical) Animal: tbd Tarot Card: the moon Zodiac: scorpio sun, scorpio moon, libra rising Element: water Mineral: pyrite Song: im your man - mitski

Backstory

Eliza Visser was a beautiful, charming girl- a hopeless romantic, prone to fantastical ideas and wild ambition. She was studying abroad at Cambridge when she met Cormac Rose- permanent resident of the upper crust, eldest son, and heir to his family’s fortune. Their fling came to a crashing halt four months later, when Eliza discovered that she was pregnant and the two were rushed to the altar to avoid bringing scandal down upon the Rose family. She was pressured to drop out of school, to become a housewife, to leave her life and family in Red Creek, to move to London, to give up every part of herself.  Lachlan was born out of something more sinister than love. It was a wordless decision, to try for a second child- that was what was supposed to happen, right? The first child forced their parents into marriage, but if they could just push out another one, maybe everyone would stop whispering about the rushed nuptials and loveless marriage. Maybe they could love this one without resentment, since it’s their choice now, right?  They would try once more after Lachlan, but that child was looked at with the same calculating, discerning gaze as the other two. The Rose family would live in some deranged harmony together, until the death of Heather Visser- Eliza’s niece and Lachlan’s cousin. Eliza, terrified and worried for her sister, tried to convince Cormac to go to Red Creek, just for a few weeks or a few months, just until her sister was back on her feet. But Cormac was tired of their charade, and only needed an excuse to rid himself of her. The divorce papers were served at Lachlan’s ninth birthday party, and Eliza was sent back to Red Creek- penniless, and entirely alone.  The children stayed in London. That was what their father wanted, so that is where they stayed. The trouble with being raised by wolves is how comfortable you get with snarling and biting your way through life. To take what you needed, or starve. Lachlan took what he’d been taught, honed his personality until he was just as cutthroat as his father raised him to be. He fell from grace at age sixteen, when he was caught sabotaging his fellow students by selling fake test answers. He didn’t stay to see his father’s reaction to his suspension- he just packed his essentials and got on a plane to Detroit, where his mother was waiting to drive him to Red Creek. He stayed there until he graduated, and while he was miserable in such a small town, it allowed him to realign himself into something different, something worthy of being loved. He was always told he was special, that he had a gift, that he was going places- but he had always assumed the townspeople were either being polite or uninformed of what real talent looked like. On a whim, he decided to audition for the University of Michigan’s musical theater program, and- to his surprise- he was accepted. Finally, he was somewhere he felt truly talented, truly loved. For the first time in his life, he felt worthy of the space that he took up in the universe. Immediately after graduation, he booked a two-year contract on a national tour, and for the next six years he performed in multiple off-broadway productions, and was a swing for two broadway shows. 

Any progress he'd made towards being an actual good, honest person was reversed once he got into the industry. Just like in his childhood, manipulation and sabotage were rewarded. Once again, he had to be a knife, to be cutthroat, just like his daddy taught him.

He was a rising star, a true up-and-comer, constantly told he was destined for incredible things. There were rumors that he was being courted as a lead in a new broadway show, but no one ever got to find out if they were true or not- Lachlan had abandoned his apartment in New York and moved back home to Red Creek. 

Lachlan has been in Red Creek for five years now, but he has not abandoned his passions- he just made them a bit smaller. He can often be found at the Parrish Center for the Arts, rehearsing or preparing or performing in various productions. He also frequents the Lakeside Grill every Friday night, and can be found at the Warehouse on Saturdays. 

Wanted Connections his star!- is it really community theater if someone doesn't pick favorites? this person would be someone talented, who he has decided to take on and mentor. an actually close friend- he has 1 (one) person who actually knows him and has seen him be vulnerable. probably is the only one to know how tough his childhood was. one of the only people in his life that he loves unconditionally. maybe they've been through something together, or maybe they're just platonic soulmates. either way, this is the only healthy-ish relationship he has- and even then, he probably manipulates them too. it's just his nature!   casual friends- lachlan is one of those people that shines such a warm, bright light on the ones in his favor, but leaves others out in the cold. he is very blair waldorf, in that he expects everyone to have some kind of use for him, otherwise why keep them around?  something real wild (romantic)- i want something so incredibly ridiculous for him, but i want to take it incredibly seriously (ic, of course. we gotta clown on them ooc). give me fake dating but they're both pushing 40. give me an accidental drunk marriage and now they're both too proud to admit they want an annulment and oops, they caught feelings. idk give me one of them finding a 115 year-old antique picture of two friends that look suspiciously like them and now they're convinced they are reincarnated soulmates. there is nothing too outlandish, i promise high school friends- people he was close with for the two years that he was in high school. they would have known him when he was actively trying to be a good and honest person, and they either don't recognize who he is now, or constantly make excuses for the way he treats people as disposable.  exes/flings- keep things interesting! i have an unofficial hc that lachlan pushed an ex down the stairs to get a part (welcome back sue sylvester), so that specific ex would be fun, but it probably would've been in new york. people he has abandoned- the natural evolution of some of his friends. people who he felt didn't offer him anything, or raise his standing. people who were once in his spotlight but have now been tossed under the bed (like jessie in toy story 2 during that sad song)  his siblings- his older and younger sibling, who would have endured the same childhood. the oldest would likely be around 40-37, and the youngest would deeply inspired by the roys in succession. they hate each other but are also co-dependent. I'll eventually make this an official WC on the main, but please do reach out if you're interested!!