#sacred chickens

[just-late-roman-republic-things]

>Be Publius Claudius Pulcher. No, not THAT one, you're his ancestor during the First Punic War.

>Be so sexy (pulcher) that all your descendants are named the Sexy Claudii after you.

>So sexy. But so stupid.

>Nevertheless you are Hot, Rich and Famous Enough to get elected consul for 249 BCE, just in time to lead Rome's navy against the Carthaginians in battle.

>Hold up. "Navy?" Boats are for LOSERS. How are you supposed to look cool shanking Carthaginians if they're on another boat?

>You and a hundred other smelly unwashed dudes are crammed onto a dumb pointy boat with some fucking chickens. Sacred chickens. Because birds are messengers of the gods or some shit like that.

>You can see the enemy ships right there but nooo you're not allowed to attack them until the chickens are cool with it, and the chickens won't fucking eat.

>You did not spend oodles of sesterces to become consul and blow lunch over the side of a stinky boat just for chickens to tell you what to do.

>If they will not eat then let them DRINK. You hurl the chickens off the boat and command the fleet to plow full speed ahead.

>Carthage beats your ass so bad Rome doesn't attempt to fight a sea battle for seven years, and the Carthaginians comfortably put most of their ships in reserve.

>You are hauled in front of the Senate, charged with treason and sacrilege, exiled, and die soon afterward.

>Your sexiness, however, lives on.

[megacrashcourse]

Press Roundup for Periodic Boyfriends

Analog Science Fiction & Fact: "The land of the dead, like the realm of the microscopic, may be invisible to the naked eye, but it’s still there." (interview)

Chelsea Community News: "The poems run the gamut from sneakily humorous to outright hilarity to loss and longing, and sometimes encompass all of the above in a single entry."

CultureSonar: "...a masterpiece of love, lust, loss, and acceptance."

Full House Literary: "This collection of poetry should be on your must read list."

GCN: "...strangely beautiful in its resolve."

Highland Park Poetry: "Pisarra is skilled at emulating the classic moves of the Shakespearean sonnet, deploying enjambment to dazzle his audience..."

John V’s Eclectic Avenue: "...eloquent and masterfully constructed sonnets."

Loch Raven Review: "Much like punk culture, the most provocative, daring, and honest art often comes from the LGBT+ community. Periodic Boyfriends is no exception to this rule."

The London Grip: "Rabelaisian, witty, wistful and intelligent, Drew Pisarra’s poems are a delight to read."

Misfit Magazine: "Pisarra has written a one-of a kind collection of gay 'love poems' that even a straight person can love."

Modern Literature: "...there is no time better than now for reading this voluptuous collection of sensual poetry."

Modern Literature (part 2): "Why do you always write about sex?" (interview)

Ocean State Review:  "If you want to celebrate pride by reading something by a queer author that will make you laugh, gasp, and give you what the kids call 'the feels', and make you go, 'Huh? Huh!', then I highly recommend it."

Other Terrain: "The humanness of this collection is striking, that cannot be understated."

Out in Print: "These poems exist beyond their origins, all 118 of them." Ovunque Siamo: "Pisarra shows not only a keen understanding of chemistry theory and poetic craft, but of psychology and human relationships. These poems are, by turns, incisive, beautiful, salacious, wistful, and flat-out entertaining." (not online)

Penumbra Journal of Literature and Art: "The work is sexual and heady, but brings much more than that to the table the deeper one reads."

Sacred Chickens: "​It’s a rare writer who can combine laughter and tragedy, light and darkness, not only in the same poem, but in the same sentence. Drew Pisarra is that writer."

Vagabond City: "Pisarra’s poetry playfully explores a wide swath of experiences and feelings, making the collection’s specific vision all the more impressive and admirable."

The Washington Blade: "...like hanging out on a summer’s night with the acclaimed queer poet Frank O’Hara and Dorothy Parker."

Your Impossible Voice: "Everything changed for me once I’d experienced Jean Genet’s Our Lady of the Flowers." (interview)

[richo1915]

The Haruspex has given the auguries. The Sacred Chickens have been consulted. The omens bode well. Io Saturnalia to all!!

[fiery-emblems]

Happy Valentines Day!

I'm here today to give you each a box of chocolates and share this commission I did for the lovely @chick-it-out! They asked me to draw Eirika for them and gave me the freedom to draw any version of her I wished. I picked her new valentine's design because it's just so beautiful!

Thanks for the opportunity! I would love to draw blorbos for you again sometime 😄

[voidbirds]

Im very amused by the fact that Australia's beloved bin chicken is so closely related to the African Sacred Ibis. So I've drawn them as cousins.

[iliosflower]

I guess this is my try at smth more personal/UPG; TW animal bones/death.

A little bit ago I felt Lady Persephone's presence in my life very strongly. It was almost like I could hear her, and after months of feeling like my divination methods weren't working anymore, every reading was clear to me, I was getting repetitive and succinct messages. (Caveat here that I've had a shrine for her for over 3 years now, and that it's always felt like a not yet.)

One of these was when I was cleaning out some chicken bones, to use in bone divination. It's Something I've been researching for a while and finally wanted to try out, and with Persephone there, it seemed like the perfect time to get to it.

Fortunately, the bone divination very much worked. I got consistent answers. I verified with things that I already knew were true or false. Unfortunately, the bones did not want to be used for divination and wanted to be buried with respect.

Whether this is a test or not - or just a very sad chicken spirit wanting rest - sometimes even when things seem to be going great spiritually, we can still encounter a closed door. And that's okay. Im unlearning the fear or anxiety that means that any god is upset with me or that bone divination is closed forever - and I'm learning that this partnership I'm developing with the goddess will be one of both yes and no, of learning hard lessons but the sacrifices being worth it on the long run. I'm already learning a lot on animal spirits as I'm trying to figure out how to dispose and bury and send this spirit off in the right way.

Not all gods require us to abstain from doing something - and most of the time when they do, it's to teach us something. It'll be worth it. I'm excited to see where my relationship with my goddess is going.

[thedawningofthehour]

Do you think that Raph, Leo, and Mikey have competitions about how close they can get to Donnie’s food before he bites them? Who do you think would have the most bite scars? (My money is on Leo)

Lol Leo and Mikey probably did until they didn't. Spiny softshells bite hard and even as a kid his bites hurt like a bitch. (he didn't use the hard bites on like his dad or, say, Raph hugging him too hard, those were more like little warning nips, but they still hurt and left marks because Donnie didn't really understand his own bite strength)(also part of the reason Splinter tried to train it out of him so aggressively, one of his kids was going to lose a finger eventually) They fucked around and found out. They only had to get bit a few times before they realized that it wasn't worth the pain. Raph might steal snacks now to fuck with his brothers, but when they were kids and more food insecure? He would never take food from his family. Hell, he probably ate less than he really needed to be sure his little brothers got enough to eat.

I've actually been trying to work in the fact that Leo has a giant scar on his wrist from Donnie biting him, lol.

Leo: "Yeah, you see this scar? I was attacked by a wild animal with I was four!"

Raph: "You stole Donnie's chicken nugget and he bit you, Leo."

Whoever they were talking to: "I would have bitten you too, wtf."

[themanwhowouldbefruit]

was feeling super nostalgic for my lame ass college but then i looked at today's menu in the dining halls hahahahaha all nostalgia gone im cured 💯

[vigilskeep]

your storytelling has inspired me...to make a horrible warden for character dissection. she is driven by envy and greed and has a prominent superiority complex. trauma can't fix her and beating her over the head with lectures is like talking to a wall because she knows better than anyone about anything. so excited for negative wynne approval

SO true and real

i am simply too weak to make a true horrible character—generally there’s some kind of good intention in there even if it gets a bit mangled—but i always always commit to making a character that some people would hate viscerally in a way i could be like ‘yeah that’s fair’. INGRAINED CHARACTER FLAWS WITH REAL CONSEQUENCES OR DEATH!!! remember that if npcs can be freaks with the worst opinions ever and still be great beloved characters then so can you. do not be the normal reasonable one, match their insanity levels, cause just as many problems. have both an apologist and an anti for your own character in your heart

i don’t know abt you guys but i honestly find that if i set out to make a worse character i end up fixing them and if i set out to make a good character i end up making them worse and that is actually how you get compelling weirdos i think. anyway tangent abt my own character creating process aside, i support this 100% and i think more people should have worse player characters. let a guy who is just terrible into your heart. believe in women’s wrongs

[just-late-roman-republic-things]

The Romans had Issues, but I think they were onto something with the sacred chickens. I'm 100% in favor of making my elected officials shut up for five minutes and get approval from a fat spoiled fluffy bird first every time they want to appear on television.

[reawakenedwar]

@zealctry: Oh No.

Oh Yes.

[keyofjetwolf]

IMAGINE HOW CUTE THIS WOULD'VE BEEN IF IT WEREN'T BLURRY

[astral-catastrophe]

There’s no chickens/cuccos in the original Zelda games….

[the-crow-cryptids-domain]

Added Phoenixes today (their wings  animate kind of funny tho, SMH), along with a few new weapons, and so on, I’ll probably be putting out a public version of the  latest update SOON!

Also considering how OP these mobs and the respective weapons crafted from their drops are, they’re all INCREDIBLY rare,  so I hope they’re worthwhile  for folks to go out and find now! Their rarity, ALSO makes the choice even tougher, wether or not the player chooses to tame these mythical creatures or harvests them... Or so I hope?

[hoshanti]

dino would be a sick ass powwow dancer

[heartlilith]

WHAT THE VENUS SIGNS REMIND ME OF

🩷Oddly specific things I think about when I hear ______ venus

Aries Venus: Summer, rubies, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, rollercoasters, fast cars, the color red, vampire fangs, Saturday nights, liquor stores and gas stations, fireworks, sour candy, cool bic lighters, “you’re mine”, Mario Kart, boys who wear nail polish, fuck it energy, oversized sweatshirts, middle finger emoji, cherries

Taurus Venus: Satin pillowcases, white candles, pearls, mirrors, hand holding, walking someone home at night, vinyls, red lipstick, full lips, fancy dinner dates, the wine and dine, old romantic movies, wallets and purses, hotels, French manicures, old money, “I won’t get on my knees for no man”

Gemini Venus: Driving around at night listening to music, reading to someone, comedy shows, mimosas, Samantha from Sex and the City, libraries, nerd kink, hot teachers/student kink, emerald green, laughter, swing sets, looking out of the window and just watching, untied shoelaces, dogs and puppies, dad jokes

Cancer Venus: Soft feather pillows, a bowl of warm soup, a bubble bath, tears and running mascara, babies and how babies laugh, poetry, “I’ll be whatever you want me to be”, hot tubs, hot coffee, teddy bears, heartbeats, soft hands & skin, lotion, bagels and cream cheese, doodling in your journal

Leo Venus: Lip gloss, mojitos, getting drunk at brunch, diamond tennis bracelets, drunk texts you regret sending later, the block button, lonely nights, shooting stars, blowing bubbles, piggy back rides, art museums, glittery eyeshadow, jumparoos, birthday parties

Virgo Venus: Taking a shower, Dove soap, smooth skin, symmetry, butterflies, the smell of books, getting a facial or going to the spa, chicken caesar salads, the good tasting water, chunky headphones, acoustic guitar, running errands, getting your eyebrows done, neat handwriting, neutral colors, sushi

Libra Venus: Blush, dimples, Y2K fashion, Hello Kitty, makeup skills, those little hand mirrors, princes and princesses, cupcakes, pedicures, Margaritas, taking pictures, art, castles, Disney movies, daisies, spin the bottle, cartwheels, soft hair, bubblegum, skincare, watermelon and pineapple

Scorpio Venus: Psychology, neck tattoos, “until death do us part”, Kings & Queens, snakes, sacred sex, chess, secrets, hickeys, the feeling after you stay up all night, the feeling of being at a concert, roses, knives, tequila shots, legs intertwined, dirty martinis, sparklers, Avril Lavigne, fantasy books, true crime and dark history

Sagittarius Venus: Clouds, rock climbing, rappers, Hip Hop and R&B, going on vacation, açaí bowls and fresh fruit, sun kissed/radiant skin, the color yellow, retreats, history, yoga and Pilates, spicy food, “it is what it is”, curly hair, the smell of weed, casinos, the last day of school, Las Vegas

Capricorn Venus: Leather, red wine, the cow pattern, cowgirl boots, the color brown, espresso, dark chocolate, briefcase of money like in the movies, the movie Scarface, whiskey on the rocks, bosses, owls, turtle necks, caramel, wearing suits, lingerie, business, New York City

Aquarius Venus: Lightbulbs, telescopes and microscopes, LED lights, hamsters, college parties, glitter, peace signs, 70s concerts, food trucks, skipping school, “fuck it”, diving in the pool, the beach at night, disco balls, getting detentions in school

Pisces Venus: Mermaids, kittens, cartoons and Disney princesses, champagne, Webkinz, little kid stories like Goldilocks, 3 Little Pigs, Hansel and Gretel, clear glittery lip gloss, holographic, snowmen and icicles, swimming in the pool, flower gardens, glow sticks , picnics, bumblebees, sand castles, elementary art class, 3D movies

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