#ugh goddess

[coridallasmultipass]

Took the plunge to get Mast the Diver!

[crithaus]

That spot on Vex's back where delilah hit her with that finger of death should be the crux, entry-point whatever of the necrotic energy that hit her when Percy tripped purvan's trap and should I think be a little half healed, perpetually volatile spot that is an instant critical if smacked, I.e. sure she survives her harrowing brush with death thanks to Vax but now when Her influence is particularly strong on him he looks at his sister and among all the golden threads tangled around her heart, connecting her to him and everyone and to his immense consternation, fucking Percy, is a little black ball of...partial necrosis, rooted firmly in shadowfell somehow, a visible mark of recognition that She can be persuaded to wait but will claim Her due in the end, at the small of Vex's back way too close to her spine for his comfort.

And it doesn't do shit, doesn't get bigger, doesn't fade though, leaves her spine alone thank the gods, but every so often she'll take a blow to the back that lays her clean out. One good, but well placed tap and she's on her knees gasping for air like the aftermath of every tree she's ever fallen out of that he's caught her red-handed for, but worse of course, I mean the cold sweat and the fucking rictus of pain on her face, the coltish legs and the scary handful of seconds where she's already been fucking hit at and can do little else but lay there propped sorta up on her elbows writhing while Vax is halfway across the bastard fighting ground -too far to help or lay hands on her or anything- and oh there's Percival white knighting his way to her, fucking good, the least he can do really, pulling her out of the way and letting her get her bearings slowly.

The harder the smack the most outsized the reaction, a necromancer's cursed flail caught her in a swipe once and she collapsed for two fucking hours afterwards, and after she could hardly stand........shit like that yknow I could expound further but I am tired but I am always down to beat Vex up a little more, she has the second worst hp score, the worst con, and worst strength of Vox Machina, she is SO cool but SO beat-up-able

[luck-of-the-drawings]

!!! FLASHING LIGHTS WARNING!!! [IM NOT FUCKIN AROUND!!]

REACHED THE CUSP OF 'THIS MAY NEVER BE ABSOLUTELY FINISHED N IF I DONT SHOW IT NOW, IT WILL NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY.' SO HERE, A PROJECT IVE BEEN ORBITING AROUND UHH SINCE 2021 OR SO.

[mythalism]

re: this post, i translated some of the article bc im insane and

[ryann-44]

I’ve always loved the fallen knight trope, but Malenia isn’t a fallen knight. She never had risen. Throughout her life she was just barely getting by, barely fighting off the rot. The only reason she had survived this long was because of her brother. She was never recognized as her own person. She had always relied on her brother. So much so that she changed her title to include his name, and dedicated her life to protecting him. Her mind is so rotted away that she has to remind her self out loud who she is.

Even when she does get the chance to show who she is in her second phase, it isn’t even really her. Her lines of dialogue change to show this. You aren’t fighting her during the second phase. You are fighting the Goddess of Rot. Any chance of her rising into her full power is taken away by the rot. Her own boss rememberance isn’t even hers it’s the Rot Goddess’.

Despite all of this she still fights. Fights for her brother.

[nyxenthusiast]

I don’t play Hades Game so idk how accurate the characterization and storyline is to Greek mythology but the designs?? To die for

the Erinyes (Furies) I don’t know much about them but?? Wow.

Aphrodite looks stunning and otherworldly. Athena looks absolutely regal and I LOVE how wild Artemis looks

Nyx (my beloved), I love how they went for the winter aspect of Demeter. Persephone doesn’t really look like the queen of the underworld but I THINK that’s the point? Anyway she’s perfect.

[mohgreal]

people who hate Malenia are cowards. You can't beat her? cowards. She bloomed caelid? as she should Radahn was getting annoying

[maddiviner]

A person can worship a goddess and still be a raging misogynist.

I see this all the fucking time, too, and the "b-but I'm pagan!" line does get trotted out.

Yeah, no. I don't care how devoted you (claim you) are to Hecate/Freya/Babalon etc, I care how you treat flesh-and-blood people.

You can't pretend that "worshiping a goddess" makes someone, by default, not a misogynist. I see guys who have a (weird) notion of "divine femininity;" a perfect nurturing caregiver of sorts. They then get irate when a woman won't take that role for them.

They expect a (very narrowly-defined) goddess, and when they don't get one, they get mad. I end up reading their rants online as a bystander. A lot of these guys will claim the woman has somehow betrayed them, isn't pagan enough, or is an evil supernatural being?! Vampire? It's sometimes something like that.

On another note? Many transphobes are also very loud about how they "worship goddesses." They're, of course, equally loud about their disrespect for women, though. There's some "trad pagan" types, too (or whatever they're now called) who believe in goddesses - but also believe that women belong in the kitchen.

So yeah. Don't assume someone's safe and not bigoted simply because they worship Demeter or whoever. Don't let them claim that their goddess patron absolves any shitty behavior. This is a thing that keeps popping up, and I think people should be mindful of it. Don't let people like the above act as if worshiping Minerva, Aphrodite, or Juno (or whoever) gives them a free pass to be a bigot.

Also? A whole fucking civilization can worship goddesses and still be a terrible place for women.

That doesn't mean that those pantheons are misogynistic. It also doesn't mean that those reconstructing the religions are misogynists. It means that it's possible to have systemic goddess worship and misogyny together.

Don't give me that "b-but in some very specific scenarios, rich women could even *gasps of joy* own property!" either. Don't act like the mere existence of priestesses meant women there held great power, or even that the priestesses themselves necessarily did.

You can't take that kind of thing to mean that your average woman had basic rights in some of these pagan societies. In some cases, that was the case, yeah, but it's hardly been the majority. From what I've read over the years, a lot of it depended on wealth and status.

Even in Ancient Athens (pre-Pericles), women weren't considered citizens, exactly. They could take part in some religious ceremonies, but not most. While they had some financial freedom, they were generally relegated to domestic roles.

Colette Hemingway from the Metropolitan Museum describes this as "extreme social restraint." It doesn't sound like I'd want to live in that kind of civilization, even if I had modern creature comforts. It's similar elsewhere in the ancient world. Not everywhere, but enough places. Don't pretend otherwise.

Much of our history has included misogyny. This isn't a new thing. It was part of paganism. It unfortunately still is. Pretending "we were all considered equal before the Christians came" is disingenuous. And yeah, I've heard people make that exact claim in pagan places.

[alluralater]

Lemme just say I read that entire rant about that girl on your tags and holy shit that’s cute- 😭

THANK YOU I ADORE HER!!!!! i wanna hold her hair back and whisper from on my knees behind her all the things i love about her while she gets her throat fucked

[allmyandroids]

his body is so fine, a work of art in my eyes, need to worship him like a goddess ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[alexapillustration]

✨🌙 Celestial Genesis 🌙✨

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Long time no see everyone :") Im dealing with some physical health issues atm, and unfortunately that is hindering my will and my time I devote to my art. It's actually so stupid though, I finally got my mental health under control (for the most part) and now I apparently have some kind of autoimmune disease 🥲 Ill be posting updates on my Insta story as I get more answers on whats going on with me, but it sucks a lot being unhealthy due to something you can't control :""") With that being said, I actually am working on art constistantly, but veeeeery slowly and since I may have adhd too, my attention span is dwindling and can only work on art for a short period of time 🥲

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So, about the painting! This is pretty heavily inspired by "The Fairy of the Moon" by 19th century painter Hermann Kaulbach. It's basically a recreation of the piece but with my personal touches- like making my character Tilena the "fairy". I wanted to paint her creating the universe- With gentle fingertips soaring across the openness of space, gifting the vast world with planets, stars, moons, and all other celestial objects 🌙 Tilena is a goddess herself- the goddess of space and time- so I thought this would be a really cool concept to tackle and Im really happy with the colors especially!! Now I dont know when I'll be posting new art again but haha I hope it'll be soon 😭😭 Thank you guys for bearing with me through this tough time in my life, it means more than you could know! 🫶

[zhouxiangs]

01.05.2024

[dirtybongwater]

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[cai-tan]

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[petruchio]

[siriuslygay1981]

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