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As of posting, this blog is now no longer active. I will not delete it, nor will I delete any previous prompts. All notifications will be silenced.

This was a hobby for fun and it is no longer as fun as it used to be. My final gift to you will be the playing card prompt list!

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The Build-Your-Own Prompt Shuffle!

From the public domain book Telling Fortunes by Cards (pub. 1914, available from Project Gutenberg). As these were lifted wholesale from a book of dubious origins from 110 years ago, some insinuations made with this text may cause offense or irritate one's senses. This text was likely written for upper-class New Yorkers of that time, dabbling in "fortune-telling" as a party game or parlor trick.*

To build your own prompt, find a deck of standard playing cards**, shuffle, and draw 3 or more cards. Then, read the corresponding meanings for the card(s) as listed below.

For more elements to the story, choose more cards, or draw more as necessary. For fewer, choose fewer.

For specific plot devices:

Diamonds in this deck are supposed to mean "money, riches, and success."

Hearts are "love affairs, friendship, amusement and pleasure."

Clubs are "business matters, whether investments, appointments or settlements."

Spades are "losses and grief, trouble and anxiety, sometimes sickness and death."

Other Notes

If a Jack is drawn from the deck without an accompanying King/Queen, it's probably a good idea to draw more cards until you get a King/Queen (or just choose a King/Queen from the lineup that interests you).

Additionally, the words "dark" or "fair" as used within the context of this time period (and presumed target audience) may refer to hair color or disposition.

Threes are time periods, which may help with timeline planning for certain events within a story, but can be removed if unnecessary.

Diamonds ♦️

Ace—An offer or a ring.

King—A fair man, a military man, or a diplomatist.

Queen—A fair woman, fond of pleasure and amusement.

Jack—The thoughts of either king or queen.

Ten—A legacy or property.

Nine—A good surprise about money.

Eight—Meetings about money matters.

Seven—A check or paper money; sometimes scandal.

Six—An offer of some kind, generally to do with money matters.

Five—Health, wealth and happiness.

Four—A short journey.

Three—Time, within three to four weeks.

Two—A secret or something unexpected.

Hearts ♥️

Ace—The house.

King—A rather fair man in society; sometimes a sailor.

Queen—A fair woman in society, but kind and good natured.

Jack—Thoughts of either king or queen.

Ten—An entertainment or festivity.

Nine—Great happiness and the wish card.

Eight—Love making or friendship.

Seven—A puzzle or indecision, doubt.

Six—Love affairs, sometimes an offer.

Five—Marriage, sometimes a new admirer.

Four—A small invitation, such as a dinner or evening party.

Three—Time, within a week.

Two—Kisses or trifling present.

Clubs ♣️

Ace—A letter.

King—A clever dark man, often a professional man, or in business.

Queen—A clever, amusing woman, sometimes a little satirical.

Jack—Thoughts of king or queen.

Ten—A new appointment, investment or settlement.

Nine—Relates to documents, papers, often a will.

Eight—A journey by road or vehicle.

Seven—A warning or unprofitable business.

Six—A very poor business offer or else money borrowed.

Five—News, either from the country or some one coming therefrom.

Four—A journey by land on business.

Three—Time, three to four months.

Spades ♠️

Ace—Spite, death, or worry; sometimes a large town.

King—A lawyer, widower or old man; a very dark man.

Queen—A very dark woman, a widow; a spiteful, malicious woman.

Jack—Thoughts of king or queen.

Ten—At night-time, imprisonment.

Nine—Grief, suffering, malice, and, with other black cards, death.

Eight—Across water, sometimes treachery.

Seven—Poverty, anxiety and annoyance.

Six—Delay, or a bad character.

Five—Temper, anger and quarrels.

Four—Sickness, sometimes a journey caused through sickness.

Three—By the water, or a very short journey across water.

Two—Tears and vexation, sometimes a removal.

End Notes:

* : This is pure speculation. Feel free to refute me once you've gotten the book!

** : If you can't find a physical deck of playing cards, there are playing card randomizers available for free online.

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hey! Nice to see you back, Lyre

Technically not back yet, technically never left. Such is the paradox of a Tumblr user who takes a break from a sideblog but doesn't fully leave Tumblr.

It's good to see you, too!

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There are a few ways to do this, some angst-driven, and others about the transformative nature of love.

I haven't done prompts for a while, so I'll give you 4 off the bat:

1. She blinked at the mirror, watching the spark of starlight in her eyes. There was a faint pulse to it that didn't quite match her heartbeat. But when her lover took her hand, she knew the pulse belonged to her divine lover.

2. “I never asked for this,” the god’s lover hissed, enraged at yet another choice taken away from him. “What good is being trapped away from the mortal world when I can no longer put food on my family's table?”

3. Something shifted beneath their skin, burning them from the inside out as they were embraced by their lover. Their mouth contorted in a silent scream as the feeling rushed from their heart to their scalp, the tips of their fingers and down to their toes. If they had even a beyond the pain to think, they would have asked themself if loving anyone had ever hurt this much.

4. “Forever,” was a strange word on their lover's lips, knowing that deities have forever and humans of common clay could only live as long as their bodies could keep themselves living. But this “forever” was a promise that began turning heads in the marketplace 20 years after the vow, having aged not a single minute past that day.

diety will give immortality for love but never mortal becomes immortal diety for love.

I've been trying to decipher this ask for the greater part of a half-hour. Here are interpretations of this ask with punctuation added to figure out what this means:

"Deity will give immortality for love, but never-mortal becomes immortal deity for love."

As in, someone who was never mortal (potentially constructed or otherwise not truly "born") becomes an immortal deity for love after fulfilling whatever requirement the deity has for them.

OR

"Deity will give immortality for love but never. Mortal becomes immortal deity for love."

As in, this deity will give immortality for love but has decided not to do it for some reason, and a mortal becomes a deity for love anyways.

OR

Your sentence is missing words and I cannot figure out for the life of me what those words could be.

Please clarify with a reblog or comment on this post so I can better understand what you're trying to say. As most have noticed, I've been prioritizing things that are not this blog and have not posted for a while, so finding this in my askbox was a surprise.

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diety will give immortality for love but never mortal becomes immortal diety for love.

I've been trying to decipher this ask for the greater part of a half-hour. Here are interpretations of this ask with punctuation added to figure out what this means:

"Deity will give immortality for love, but never-mortal becomes immortal deity for love."

As in, someone who was never mortal (potentially constructed or otherwise not truly "born") becomes an immortal deity for love after fulfilling whatever requirement the deity has for them.

OR

"Deity will give immortality for love but never. Mortal becomes immortal deity for love."

As in, this deity will give immortality for love but has decided not to do it for some reason, and a mortal becomes a deity for love anyways.

OR

Your sentence is missing words and I cannot figure out for the life of me what those words could be.

Please clarify with a reblog or comment on this post so I can better understand what you're trying to say. As most have noticed, I've been prioritizing things that are not this blog and have not posted for a while, so finding this in my askbox was a surprise.

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Prompt #1355

He laughed, staring at them with eyes as dark as void.

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It appears that I had been labeling and tagging the last few prompts incorrectly! I've fixed it and hope that it's easier to navigate now.

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Prompt #1354

“Time to take my suspicious brown powder.”

“Suspicious brown powder?!”

“Well, it's really more of a beige.”

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Prompt #1353

“Quit pointin' that gun at me,” the old locksmith said, barely glancing up from his work. “You're not scarin' anyone with that thing.”

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Prompt #1352

“What is it with mortals and wanting so badly to die? Why are you so willing to throw yourself on my sword like your life is nothing more than a bargaining chip?”

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Prompt #1351

The air practically crackled with energy around the hunched figure at the opposite end of the store. No witch she'd ever felt was as powerful as that enchantment. Which meant the figure gagging at the smell of a rotten fermented pear had either been touched by a powerful witch or was one.

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Prompt #1350

“You really wanted me dead so bad that you could not conceive of a world where I'm alive and kicking and still think you're an asshole.”

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Prompt #1349

The desperation of searching for a half-remembered smile.

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Prompt #1348

“Quit casting spells on shit from so far away! You almost hit me!”

“I'm trying to figure out how enchant a room guardian—it's a protection spell. It won't hurt you.”

“It is not okay when I don't know what it is and I feel it blast past my head!”

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Prompt #1347

For as long as you could remember, it was your sole duty to purge the corruption from others' hearts.

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Prompt #1346

Who walks the midnight dogs?

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Prompt #1345

She smelled like peppermint and antiseptics.