#topic: aura

[symphonicsoul]

I don't have a muse or anything, but I wanted to ask the puff something, if it's alright.

What is your favorite scent and why?

"You can speak to me as much as you like, ystäväni. There's no need to by shy. I will always answer to the best of my ability. My favorite scent... " he pauses to sigh a little as his cheeks turn slightly red.

"I am very sure he is completely unaware and I almost wish for it to remain that way, but Black Wind's cloak is my favorite scent. He is. It is a calming smell to me. When I was living with him on Windaria - Black Wind and Aura - I used to wake screeching like a banshee from horrible nightmares of the fall of my home. They both would come running to my aid but Black Wind has never been one for words, so while Aura attempted to soothe me, he would wrap me in his cloak so I knew I was safe.

So I relate the smell of him to safety as unfortunate as that is now given the state of our relationship. The weight of it levels my clouds and the smell of it brings my mind directly to him. It is a smell that calms me, that is why. Because it reminds of Rorahm and the days I once had with him.

I'm afraid if you were looking for something more simplistic like Black Wind's love of fresh bread, I can't give you that. My favorite scents are normally related to the people I love. Revon is a close second. I miss how that man smelt. He was also a safe smell, but even the smell of Makea Meloni does not compare to that of Black Wind's cloak. It's more of an indulgent smell and my favorites, well they are highly tied to people that make me feel safe."

[symphonicsoul]

⋆˖⁺‧₊☽◯☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ And he needed to learn it quicker if he ever wanted Rorahm-Vahree to be proud of him. He wasn't supposed to talk to anyone else. He wasn't supposed to say a word to anyone but Rorahm and Raiya-Vahree and he wasn't even supposed to be seen but he didn't know how he was supposed to do that when he wasn't allowed to fly.

He wasn't allowed to do a lot of things. Most of them were corely Misterican. He wasn't allowed to fly or float or hover or do anything that would take him from the ground because there wasn't anything on the whole of Windaria that moved in such a way and the Windarian people had very much adopted the mindset of if it flies, it dies. So doing anything close was out of the question.

But it was the easiest way to become soundless. So then - this would be so much easier if he could merely float even just several inches above the ground because it would make his footsteps impossible to target. Windarian hearing wasn't nearly as sharp as his own but their eyes were a thing to be reckoned with. Rorahm -Vahree seems to see him no matter where he hides when they are playing and he always seems to no when he takes his hood down even if they aren't close to each other.

Raiya-Vahree too. Both of them can tell instantly if he's taken his hood down and he's met quickly with cries of "Seejvariil!" Causing the young prince to scramble to get the dark cloth pulled back over a head of bright white spikes.

He doesn't know how they do it. He just knows it isn't allowed. He was told that he was to never take his hood down under any circumstances but neither of them are here. Rorahm was out hunting and Raiya had left to go gather flowers. He only stepped out for a minute. He knows he's not supposed to leave the cabin alone but it wouldn't hurt if the just got back before they did - right?

He could hear better than they could anyway. There wasn't a way for them to beat him back home and he could only be out for a moment so he can see the stars. They're shrouded by the forest canopy though so if he just floated up for a moment -

If he just took down his hood for a split second then he might be able to see them better. He just needs to float up a little bit so he can find a better vantage spot. A twig snaps under his foot as he brings himself just inches from the grou - his body jerks and the boy is dragging himself just barely out of the way as a bullet beds itself into the tree trunk right next to his head.

"MISTERICAN!!!"

It's a loud angry yell that is echoing all through the space around them and he can feel his heart thud in his chest at the sound of it. A booming war call as the boy finds himself dropping all the way belly to the ground as a second shot rings out and drills deep into the tree behind him.

That voice isn't Rorahm-Vahree. It isn't Raiya either. Oh he's in trouble. He's in trouble. If that man finds him, he's dead. He'll kill him. He'll really kill him. Is he going to die out here? Is he going to die just because he wanted to see the stars a little closer? Just because the view of the cabin window was so poor?

He's springing back to his feet to do the only thing he knows how to do in this situation. His steps might not have been soundless but they were fast and he was shifting and bounding over every piece of wood or fallen tree that comes in the way of his path.

There was an art to running away and he was certainly still learning it but now it seemed it was either pass or fail exam and the only answer to this test was to run.

There is an art to running away. To disappearing without a trace for people to only wonder where their target had gone.

It was an art he was still learning.

[afledglings-guideto-witchcraft]

Can you PLEASS explain what chakras are and how they've been "westernized"???

The chakra system originated in India between 1500 and 500 BC as part of the Hindu and Buddhist spiritual practices.

"Chakra" means "wheel" or "mystical circle" in Sanskrit, and the earliest found writing of chakras is found in the Vedas, ancient Indian texts of Yoga Philosophy.

"The chakra system is based on the idea that life energy flows through the body and to universe. The chakras are psychoenergetic centers in the body that are thought to connect with this life energy.

The chakra system is used in various healing and spiritual practices, including yoga and Ayurveda. Yoga uses breath and movement to move energy through the chakras, while Ayurveda uses herbal medicine and meditation to open and balance the chakras."

Here's this ask about if auras and chakras are the same thing.

Tldr, they are, and they were introduced into the western world by Charles Webster Leadbeater, who had studied Chakras in India. However, when he popularized chakras to the Western world, he literally reconstructed and reinterpreted them by mixing his own ideas into them and calling it fact.

From Leadbeater, other interpretations of chakras came about; Rudolph Steiner, Edgar Cayce, and more popular than the other two came Christopher Hills' interpretation of Websters interpretations.

In 1977, Christopher Hill wrote a book Nuclear Evolution: The Rainbow Body, which presented a modified version of Leadbeater's occult anatomy. Leadbeater had drawn chakras with intricate designs and multiple colors. Hill presented them as a sequence of centers, each point being associated with a color of the rainbow.

In the 1980s and 1990s, more new age writers based their own writings on their representations of Hill's interpretations of Leadbeater's ideas.

It's kind of like a game of telephone, with one person saying one thing and the rest going by what they hear. As more and more new age books began coming out with different ideas surrounding chakras and auras, they rapidly devolved from their original practice and became ingrained in westernized spirituality.

Many people in witchcraft spaces will often do the same as those before them and interpret chakras as they see fit.

While witchcraft is a custom spiritual practice, unique to everyone who practices, it's a good idea to know where these spiritual practices originated.

At the end of the day, what you do with the information is up to you. At least now you should have a better understanding of how the practice has been westernized.

[aixeko]

/// TD;LR Erise hating on Trailblazer x Kafka [ Includes both genders, idgaf I HATE THEM ALL ] and the random slander against Childe, Aventurine and Ayato

I hate Trailblazer x Kafka with my ENTIRE SOUL. I thought I would hate Kafka and blade more considering he's heavily implied to be gay but nope.

LIKE LOOK AT THEM THEY'RE HER KIDS THEY'RE OUR KIDS. SHE BIRTHED THOSE RACCOONS. Fun fact: I had a raccoon obsession since 2022 and have been referred and symbolised as a raccoon by my friends plus my LOVE for classic music Like they're literally my children and wife 😕😕

"But Kafka called them her destiny" SHUT UP. LOOK CLOSELY. REALLY CLOSELY.

THE GAME SUPPORTS HER BEING A MOTHER FIGURE COUNTLESS TIMES. (It's the middle of the night if I must, I would continue rambling when I'm awake)

I hate the amount of art I see of them and cry inside a little when it's genuinely good art too. Like Himeko is RIGHT THERE. Leave Caelus and Stelle to firefly and march (Dan Heng too ig) omg 😭 call me possessive idc, Kafka deserves better... Himeko the only one and best choice for Kafka right now. This is coming from someone who was loud and proud about being a kafhime hater btw, I'm a changed person now. They're my darlings, I love them both to death. Literally, ahem hime ahem.

I can tolerate it enough but don't ever shove any piece of media regarding Trailblazer x Kafka into my face else I will go on a lost ass essay about the many reasons why they're so... DISTASTEFUL. They even beat my hatred for Childe, Aventurine, and Ayato (Don't come at me, it's just projection, except Ayato.) which is a great feat considering the absolute disgust I feel towards them. <- has toned down lately because of kafblaze, whatever the ship name is

[foulfictkin]

i wish everyone who makes sonexe content on tumblr or ao3 an extremely joyous and peaceful year full of exciting life opportunities

[kojoty]

So much of online queer community (and there's your first red flag-- often an insistence of a Community rather than coalitions of communities) has been commodified so thoroughly into 'aesthetic' culture that it becomes more about the signalling of abstracted symbols to indicate 'queerness' rather than the material reality of sexual deviation from hegemonic culture. When you live in a world of signs and symbols, of course you're going to be shocked, confused, outraged, and let down when you experience non-commodified queerness that exists as material reality and alongside society. What begins as a meme joke about what a gay person or a lesbian might wear turns into an aesthetic 'creed' that abstracts itself until the fucking caribeener signifies more sexual implication than fucking a woman does! What are we doing here! Stop living your life as Aesthetic and find authenticity to self! Stop adhering to arbitrary symbols formed from commonality and figure out what the fuck you want to do! This goes for every subculture ofc)-- uphold authenticity over commodified capital lest you become swallowed into alienation-- but it's particularly venemous in LGBT circles.

[maybe-a-dinosaur]

matsuhana working at hot topic after school takahiro clocks in wearing bubblegum pink high top converse and spends the first hour of his shift refolding all the shirts because "everyone else does it wrong. he spends the rest of his time browsing the jewelry and decides everyday to get a different piercing but never goes through with it (he forgot). he redresses the mannequin in the window in ridiculous out of date clothes and steals phallic candy from the back and constantly makes up stories about customers to issei at the register. matsukawa comes in wearing all black and smudged eyeliner and black nail polish he's the hot topic poster child but really he lets his little sister practice on him and is too lazy to take it off. he stands at the register looking bored out of his mind and quips jokes at everyone that checks out much to hiro's amusement. he kills time looking through pins and patches and trying on sunglasses and stacking funko pop towers criminally high then winking at the security cameras he's a menace and making the most of it. they only ever works shifts together be they're a "package deal" and management doesn't give a shit be they're teenagers and making minimum wage. hajime comes in to visit sometimes but tooru won't step foot inside the store he doesn't want it to "rub off" or something like that he sits on a bench outside the storefront and burns holes in the glass with his eyes and he Loves when matsuhana bring him little alien trinkets but is too proud to admit it. i just think they're built for hot topic they would fuck it up embracing the awkward emo stage with sarcasm and open arms

[welcome-to-green-hills]

Proof that Tails is even more too stubborn to die than Robotnik: cbr.com/sonic-3-writers-tease-tails-insane-ability

Heh… immortal Tails😂

Wait, I thought that the “immortal gag” from Sonic 2’s game was where Tails duplicated himself with his gadgets?

[pedripics]

honestly a trip with the tumblr girlies sounds so nice, no one irl takes me seriously as a football fan especially guys in my class who think i only watch football cause i find the players attractive which.. yeah sure but why can’t i do both?? 🙄

not our fault that we have a functioning brain and eyesight. but fr though, i would never sit through the stress and anger that football brings me just because i find a player hot lmao like???

[todayisafridaynight]

plane scene is so funny cause why is mine a sleeper agent that wakes up whenever daigo is mentioned

can’t wait to see it in dragon engine :3

mine has been the winner for Funniest Character Imaginable for 15 consecutive years and i have yet to see anyone come close i fear

[iris-polaris]

my aura is some Shrimp Colors . you wouldn't get it

[just-sum-stupid-account]

I think more fanworks for Phase 2 should lean more into how much of a snobby teen Noodle was during the time.

[wandasaura]

Aura, whatever shall we do if you learn how to shut the fuck up?😔 please don’t

besties the internet has 34k words of a supernatural fic with 16k pending bc i’ve still not learned how to shut up… i fear the world may actually be a better place 😭

[shopwitchvamp]

You know, I keep skipping past your posts without interacting cause I keep thinking it's an ad lmao

(This is not a bad thing BTW, get your beautiful pieces out there)

Haha, well I suppose often it is! Since it's stuff from my shop and also I do Blaze posts fairly regularly.

But especially if you mean like you keep thinking it's a Pro-level Real Company's Ad that had, you know, an advertising team and budget behind it, then thank you 😌

Also if you mean you keep thinking the total shitposts like the wizard hat thing are ads, then extra thank you 😂

[kagooleo]

RILEYYYYYYYYYY RILEY IS SO GOOD!

Also I found one of your tags and I can confirm that he is definitely Not British voice-wise! (Episode 110 of the DP anime dub/sub if you're looking for it)

Love your work ❤️❤️❤️

yeah!!!! thank you!!!!! he's amazing!!!!!!!!!! the life changing gender awakening character to me as a kid

I actually have the anime episodes downloaded (both subbed and dubbed by totally legal means ahah) and yeah he's not pompous brit sounding bgdhfvh, I'm moreso wondering if they'll pick someone different voice wise for him in masters :0c

as of now they haven't revealed how he sounds in the gacha yet but i'm crossing my fingers he has someone like. along the lines of greg chun or similar in terms of deep but soft spoken voice

[tuliptic]

Collecting reading suggestions cuz I need them.