#theme: knowledge

[raayllum]

1x06 / 1x07 / 3x03 / 3x08 / 3x09 / 4x07 / 5x08

[horrormogai]

[PT :: Occunous]

Occunous

[Image ID: a flag with 6 equally sized horizontal stripes. from top to bottom the colors are an almost-black green, off-white, warm green, off-white, warm green, almost-black green. in that same color is a vertical stripe along the left edge. a horizontal stripe sticks out from its middle about halfway across the flag. sticking out from that is a long hexagon with an oval in the middle, creating an eye symbol. the line widths of the eye vary. end ID]

ID from @mogai-image-descriptions, thank you so much!!

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A neogender umbrella related to watching and being watched, paranoia, eyes, the need to know everything despite the risks, the need to collect and store information even to one's own detriment, and The Beholding from The Magnus Archives!

Additionally, occunous is connected to/related to eye imagery, surveillance & security cameras, the fear of being judged, the feeling of being watched even if one isn't, existing with fear for so long that it eventually becomes comforting, and a disconnect from humanity. It may also be related to psychosis & delusions of being watched, nonhumanity, academia, religious trauma, self-policing one's own actions, and anxiety.

This is not a xenogender. While genders may be under both xenogender and occunous, occunous is not inherently xenic. While occunous is typically used for genders, any sort of identity may fall under occunous.

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Some terminology:

the gender nature is EYEIN, or occunous-in-nature

the gender quality is occunity

the adjective form is occuine

the alignment is occunerine

the transitioning term is transoccunous

the demigender is demioccunous

an individual occuine gender is called an occuae. the plural form of occuae is occuael

an occuine adult may be called a horror

an occuine minor may be called a view

the juvelic term is birchnous, horror-loving-horror, or hrLhr

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Occu- comes from eye, and -nous comes from the etymology of paranoia, and means 'mind'. Overall, it's meant to be evocative of looking into someone's thoughts and selfhood.

We used the E flag template from @neopronouns as a base for this flag, as we're not very skilled at flagmaking.

this is a very personal term to me, drawing from both TMA as well as delusions and psychosis we've experienced for years. i'm very excited to see what people coin under it!!

if it's alright, tagging @revenant-coining @hypnosiacon @kenochoric @mogai-sunflowers @noxwithoutstars @cupidcoining

[otaku553]

I am going to be So Insufferable about this man in 2 days.

[aventurineswife]

"A Symptom Of Something" - Anaxagorus x Astrologist! Reader

(This one definitely takes a darker shift, the music alone speaks volumes. You mentioned not being the best with writing from music alone as a prompt, so I'm here to train you. Can also use the titles as ref!)

“Memento Mori, My Star”

Summary: In the ruined halls of the once-sacred Grove of Epiphany, an injured Astrologist stumbles upon forbidden truths—and Anaxagoras. As celestial alignments and soulbound experiments unravel around them, Anaxagoras must choose between shielding the Astrologist from divine retribution or allowing them to glimpse the truth no mortal was meant to see. Caught in a moment between blood, memory, and fate, they confront mortality, their bond, and the impossible weight of knowledge.

Tags: Anaxa x Reader, Astrologist!Reader, Angst with Comfort, Forbidden Knowledge, Protective Behavior, Slow Burn, Emotional Baggage, Soul Experiments, Hurt/Comfort, Post-Traumatic Affection, Experimental Magic, Academic Heresy, Vanitas Themes, Flawed Genius, Memory as Narrative.

Warnings: Blood and injury, Body horror (mild, related to magical experimentation), Existential themes (mortality, divine defiance), Psychological distress, Trauma mentions (implied past enslavement, loss, manipulation), Power imbalance (emotional vulnerability, not abusive), Heavy introspection and emotional intensity.

Tagslist: @sewoui, @tremendoustragedybard, @axolotsofluv

The Grove was burning.

Soot choked the skies where once constellations shimmered. The sigils engraved on its marble archways flickered one last time before crumbling. Between the tremble of the stars and the shriek of alchemical steel being ripped asunder, you found him—bent over the shattered remains of a Coreflame crucible.

"Anaxa!"

He didn’t look back.

Your fingers, cracked from defending your ward only hours before, now trembled for a different reason. The man before you — one eye veiled behind a soul-warped eyepatch, the other a hollow ocean of light and torment — moved like a marionette without strings.

"You shouldn’t be here," he murmured.

You stepped forward. "Neither should you."

He laughed. Low. Unstable. The kind of sound that made your bones ache. "And yet, here we are. Two symptoms of something wrong."

You didn't have time to argue before the structure behind him groaned like a dying god. You lunged. Pulled him back. Rubble collapsed where he stood.

For a moment, his forehead leaned against yours. Eyes closed. Breath shallow.

"Did you see it?" he whispered.

"What?"

"The truth. Burning through the veil."

You stared at him. Ash clung to his lashes. Gold blood still oozed from his knuckles.

You wanted to say: I only saw you breaking.

But instead, you replied, "I saw the stars fall."

Days later, you sat in the hollowed remains of the observatory. The dome had shattered long ago, and yet the night sky still spilled overhead in fractured beauty.

He sat beside you. For once, silent.

In your lap, the child you protected slept, fevered from the lingering poison gas of the Titans' failed countermeasures.

"You once called me a liar of light," he said, finally.

You hummed. "And you called me an obedient machine of starlight."

He tilted his head. "You weren’t wrong."

"Neither were you."

You looked to him. His eyepatch shimmered, and you wondered if he could see through your silence, your guilt, your clenching heart.

"They said this world is a Vanitas," you whispered. "But I never imagined it would take everything I cared for and leave behind... this."

His gaze didn’t waver. "Then paint something new. You have the stars still."

You scoffed. "You don't get to say that. Not when you almost let yourself die back there."

He reached over. His gloved hand brushed your temple, then down to your jaw. A careful caress. You flinched at first. Then leaned.

"If I die, remember this," he said softly. "Even when the truth is a blasphemy, it's still worth dying for."

"And what if I think you are worth living for?"

He paused. That mask of arrogance slipped.

His voice cracked. "Then perhaps... I have one truth left worth defending."

The child now slept safely in a hidden sanctuary, your blade set aside.

You and Anaxa stood beneath a dying star, its light pulsing slow and broken. It was the same star you charted when you first met him. The one he called the "chained god."

"It’s beautiful," you murmured.

"It’s dying."

"So are we all."

His eyes met yours. "Would you still follow me, if I declared war on the divine?"

"Yes."

"Even if I turned into a god myself?"

You stepped closer. Pressed your palm to the mark (idk what it's called?) on his chest.

"Only if you let me be the one to remind you what it means to be human."

He laughed. This time, it was soft. Real.

He took your hand. And in a rare gesture of fragility, he pressed his lips to your knuckles.

"Then promise me," he whispered. "That if I become a monster, you'll be the one to kill me."

You shook your head.

"No, Anaxagorus. I'll do worse. I'll love you."

And in the silence that followed, the dying star pulsed one final time.

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[vampiremogai]

[PT: Bloformesimora.

a gender relating to blood, literature, crows/ravens or owls, and the sometimes immoral lengths someone goes to to pursue knowledge/answers. End PT.]

[PT: Coined by The Presence!

Requested by: Anon. End PT.]

BLOFORMESIMORA

— a gender relating to blood, literature, crows/ravens or owls, and the sometimes immoral lengths someone goes to to pursue knowledge/answers.

Pronoun suggestions:

plas/plasma/plasmas/plasmaself

stri/trix/strix/strixself

Rae/raven/ravens/ravenself

perch/perchs/perchself

Study/studies/studyself

Pen/pens/penself

Novel/novels/novelself

Coined by The Presence!

Requested by : Anon

[flowery-laser-blasts]

Astérix et Obélix X Kim Possible

Just watched Astérix et Obélix: Le Combat des chefs on Netflix and I can't praise this movie enough! The jokes were amazing, the color palette and lighting were gorgeous, the perfect blend of cartoony and drama. This story is a really good introduction to people who are new to this franchise, showing Astérix and Obélix and their friendship as children, the origin of Obélix' power (as far as I can recall, it hasn't really been shown before, only mentioned!) and this series is actually based on the original 1966 comic with the same name! Style wise, I think they took inspiration from the spider-verse movies, especially the magic potion from Panoramix reminded me of the glitches and warping that happens in those movies. I am a bit confused that this turned out to be a Netflix series whilst it easily could've been a full on movie!

Also my fave: Apothika. I love her. She's everything.

I can't believe they actually made a historically accurate 'goth' joke. For those who don't know, here's a short video on it:

[cryptidfartfactory]

[duckdodger]

DA DONNIE CORNER

[identity-systems]

flag temp from under the cut for archival

⠀⠀[x]cerve.

a term system for those who feel as if they are smarter than others because they know a lot about [x].

[campbyler]

i cannot tell you how many times i am walking into or out of work and baby by justin bieber is playing in [redacted], which i believe is my penance for mike and dustin’s 2018 camp whiteman talent show performance that was so bad hopper discontinued the talent show completely

[raayllum]

Love and trust build a kind of strength that is much bigger than we each possess.

5x01 / 7x05 / 7x09

[vampiremogai]

[PT: Hemachnogender (Hema = blood, + Techno + Gender).

A gender that feels connected to both robots and vampires. It may feel cold, artificial, or mechanical at times, and dark, emotional, or intense at others. This gender can shift between logic and hunger, control and desire, metal and blood. It’s for those who feel their identity is a mix of synthetic and supernatural energy.

Ideas for pronouns: End PT.]

Hemachnogender (Hema = blood, + Techno + Gender)

A gender that feels connected to both robots and vampires. It may feel cold, artificial, or mechanical at times, and dark, emotional, or intense at others. This gender can shift between logic and hunger, control and desire, metal and blood. It’s for those who feel their identity is a mix of synthetic and supernatural energy.

Ideas for pronouns:

mech/vamp/mechs/vampself

fang/gear/fangs/gearself

chrome/bite/chromes/biteself

blood/circuit/bloods/circuitself

byte/drain/bytes/drainself

spark/fang/sparks/fangself

noct/code/nocts/codeself

synth/virus/synths/viruself

steel/moon/steels/moonself

glitch/venom/glitchs/venomself

dark/mech/darks/mechself

drain/pulse/drains/pulseself

[im-still-watching-anime]

sasuke: i’m still glad we made up and all but….

naruto: …..but?

sasuke: us killing each other would have been SO romantic

naruto: i was JUST thinking about that—

[gannonssweetandsuave]

wanted to try a different coloring style, airbrushy pillowshaded thing

doodles toodles schnoodles

[cosmiicchaoss]

a piece for my art history class [tags for info]

[tapeworrmart]

Circles