#human volition

[pherre]

"phoenix wright became a lawyer for a boy" so did his great great grandfather. stop erasing our veterans

#well phoenix did it out of his own volition and ryunosuke was manipulated into it but whatever. love wins #dgs spoilers #the humanities student to lawyer pipeline runs in that family trucy should be scared #aa

[praazlwurm]

Giratina's Temple and the Celestica Ruins

aka Giratina/platinum clan theory is back (also sorry for using mspaint lmao)

So we all know about the Shrouded Ruins, yeah?

(This is the only spoiler warning for Pokemon Legends: Arceus you're gonna get)

Spooky. Ever-cloaked in mists and mystery, surrounded by black-stoned cairns like graves and home to the giant Odd Keystone that once (?) housed 108 souls. Very ghost-centric.

Well what if I told you it was a temple?

Greco-roman temples (and, problematic or otherwise the celestica are absolutely greco-roman coded) are constructed relatively uniformly, with an outer later of columns holding up the roof and an inner layer holding up an internal structure, providing additional support, ect.

We have a perfect in-game model to project from, too, in the Temple of Sinnoh (pre-explosion). You can see that some of the smaller columns are sometimes decorative - likely they held up torches or, in the case of the two nearest the 'altar,' offerings

So knowing that style and having the remaining structures we do see in-game, we can approximate a lay out of what the building may have looked like.

What makes this a temple, however, is more open to interpretation. My evidence to support that it is is actually the blue-tinged pedestals seen within the outline of the building - the place(s) of honor in any temple. Irl, the inner structure - the cella - was often fully-walled in, though sometimes this was constructed via wood and other materials that don't withstand time.

Now, ENORMOUS shout-out to pokemaniacchris and the incredible Crimson Mirelands Archeological Survey Project for a really detailed, in-character breakdown of the ruins structures throughout the mirelands. I can only assume the 'surveyors' hadn't reached Mt. Coronet yet in their explorations.

Pedestals like these (at least superficially similar) are found beneath dozens of statues around Mt. Coronet, including beneath Giratina, Palkia and Dialga in the Sacred Plaza area. Now, I know I'm supposed to be claiming that this is a temple to Giratina, but if we work on the assumption that the four pedestals corollate with Giratina, Palkia, Dialga, and Arceus, a new conclusion can, perhaps, be drawn:

That whoever built this temple saw all four of them on the same 'level' of power or -- and this is my hc taking over -- if the statues were placed in a certain orientation (see below) that they saw Arceus and Giratina on equal footing, with Dialga and Palkia one rank below.

And there is, imo, more evidence to support this disruption of the 'creation trio' into two pairs on equal footing, found in the Celestica Ruins! So, among the structures there are two notable, circular buildings that the Greeks also utilized, called tholoi (plural). Irl, tholoi were a mix of secular-use and small-scale temples, and seeing as these two are small (maybe 10ft across inside?) I would maintain the claim that they're small temples.

And they align/mirror each other just as the statues of Palkia and Dialga do.

This part becomes pure conjecture, but I like to think the smaller structures in the ruins might be other small-scale temples for the various mythicals, honoring each much as the Greeks honored a pantheon.

Lastly, the CMASP describes the "Gapejaw Bog Complex" as being potentially an entire agora all its own and I can't agree more. Such evidence would support the idea of there being two groups of Celestica (Note: Not the Clans.)

I actually found myself wondering if the mirelands weren't always quite so swampy, and instead flooded at some point in the past with the depressions around Gapejaw - left by housing foundations - filled in with swamp water.

At the end of the day, I think there's a lot of evidence that the Celestica revered Giratina as well as Arceus, Dialga and Palkia - at least early on. Something happened to cause this schism, and the Old Verses/Plate inscriptions point to an outburst of rage from Giratina -- though, in "pick a god (and pray)" I actually argue it was mispercieved on the part of the Celestica and this misperception is what caused Arceus to despair and withdraw.

Open to discussion!! fellow nerds please interact!!

#pla #pokemon legends arceus #celestica #celestica people #pokemon lore #giratina #arceus #volo #i also think there's a correlation between the ancient hero story's bolts of rage and alphas/hisuian pokemon aggression #specifically my internal timeline is that the schism predates everything purely on the secular/human level #arceus then empowered the noble pokemons' ancestors and fought the hero and believed humans were worthy of his blessing until the celestica #blamed giratina for the rage lightning and shattered the statue and maybe even drove the gira sect out #this dismayed arceus and it withdrew leaving the rage to fade but still linger and make hisui inhospitable #the celestica left (of their own volition imo) to seek out arceus and other knowledge and the clans came after #the clans saw only two statues (palkia and dialga) and picked sides but still upheld the tradition honoring the nobles #i imagine cogita being direct celestica (immortal or otherwise) and volo being gira clan descended or otherwise descended from the diaspora #the celestica then went to sinjoh/johto and so on and so forth #long post #reference

[snixx]

I’m normally all for parents giving their kids freedom in their life choices and I’m also all for kids wanting to try and experiment with things to express themselves but if you buy your kid who’s not even 16 expensive beauty products or take them to get waxed before they’re even a fully grown adult I am. side-eyeing you tbh

#listen if kids want to do that shit let them but DONT FUCKING ENCOURAGE THEM #let them figure it out for themselves let it feel like a novel secret to them idc #beauty standards are a curse on humanity and adults who validate them to their kids need help #like it’s healthy for kids to be curious and want to try things obviously. even if this is a very slippery slope #but let them understand all the baggage that comes with it. let them save up to try these things don’t feed it to them on a platter #at the very least let them ask you first don’t go prompt them without volition #if kids like makeup let them like it because it’s novel and fun and a way of expressing themselves #not something they can’t live without #anti beauty culture #anti makeup

[bumblingbabooshka]

On s'est déjà tout dit Et j'ai déjà tout vu Je l'ai déjà apprise, la leçon la plus dure J'suis tombé droit dans l'mur, une fois, deux fois

[We've already said everything and I've already seen it all. I've already learned it, the hardest lesson. I fell straight into the wall, once, twice.]

#bea art tag #T'Pring #T'Pring/Spock #Spock #SNW #star trek snw #snw #T'Pring fanart #s he deserves more.....she deserves MORE!!!!! #The nerve of this man to say 'you know me well' WHILE cheating #This show's Spock's trust issues and reluctance to fully commit himself to T'Pring don't read at all as him being torn between two differen #worlds or reluctant to show T'Pring the 'real' him because we never really see T'Pring being .... idk. Disdainful of his humanity? #The most I can remember is her saying 'It hardly seems like a Vulcan lives here.' when she's poking at his interior decorating #T'Pring is out here reading books doing research and telling him she appreciates his Humanity and wants to have dinner with him and spend #time together and Spock's over here like 'I can't bring myself to trust T'Pring. Christine! Angel!' like DUDE....you're ENGAGED #Of your own volition you're engaged!! #The second your fiancee says 'let's take a break from seeing each other to think about our relationship' you start having sex with another #woman?? Immediately??? I don't like this writing ... it just makes Spock seem like a sleaze who's making excuses to be unfaithful #BUT you know what?? That'd be fine if they didn't frame Christine/Spock as like...ok? I don't get that. M'Benga is like wink wink #ohhh you like each other huh~?? HUH indeed. HUH?? Dude - he has a fiancee??? #Even putting morality aside wouldn't it just be more fun to have them be in a secret forbidden relationship or whatever? #Spock: -Singing about how he and Christine broke up or whatever- / Uhura: ....[doesn't he have a girlfriend?????] #<- I wish there was more continuity with this. Like - why is everyone on the ship fine with Spock & Christine being together #when they KNOW he has a fiancee? Is no one going to mention it? #Like there's definitely a compelling story here but the writers are never gonna find it...everyone's too busy being in a marvel movie #Spock being like oh I love Christine we really have something WHILE reassuring T'Pring at every turn that he loves her and wants to make #it work between them ooohhhh!!!! -steam comes out my ears- flames flames on...on the side of my face... #Him being upset and feeling betrayed by Christine leaving for a work opportunity....sit DOWN sir. Sit DOWN!!! #If they make T'Pring cheat on him with Stonn or whatever so they can have a contrived #'well we're both at fault who's really to blame for this goodbye forever now have a great life' ending I'm gonna riot

[leo-frognag]

i was forced to post this. at gunpoint, even.

#'I BLAME THE SERVER' #he said. creating cursed memes of his own human volition #wicked #gelphie #i GUESS #ray fic in the works tho!!! i hope this meme gives u inspiration

[fluttrbys]

i loooove bari. i love her a lot

the whole thing about her sacrificing parts of herself for the sake of others. of forgetting one of her most important friends just so she could be saved from death. of never remembering what they lived together, but promising that she'll always keep a part of helena with her.

she's lost so many memories that she doesn't remember who she is, what she is, how old she is; all she knows is that she's a priestress, and that her role is to restaure the world tree. she doesn't have much, and yet, she's content with what she has. bari doesn't mind sacrificing herself; her compassion runs *that* deep

also. her bio:

"if she doesn't recognize you after a prior meeting, you should treat it as a compliment: it means she valued her time with you enough for it to count as the happy memory to pay for someone else's wish."

anyway i love bari i love self sacrificial characters etc etc

#i love her relationship with mayreel too #mayreel has *such* a soft spot for bari #the main reason why she dislikes humans in general is that she thinks they're responsible for bari- #-sacrificing parts of herself. when bari is never forced into doing so #she always does it of her own volition #she could very well take the happy memories of the people she grants wishes from #but she doesnt. she doesnt because she wants them to keep those memories #she's not a pushover - she won't hesitating taking them from people who are greedy or generally mean spirited #but she just loves people. she loves humanity #in this essay i will— #[ ❛ ♡ | chrysalis.txt ⸝⸝ ▮ #🎀 #& #🎧 #technically!!! #guardian tales #<- going insanen

[mildmayfoxe]

it's kind of fucked up imo that charity donations are tax write-offs. like on one hand i get it bc it gets rich people and businesses to give up some of their fucking money for once (since they have an incentive) but i don't keep track of how much money i give to charities each year. and why SHOULD i???? why SHOULD i be a little charity accountant keeping little receipts instead of just giving money to causes just because i care about people in the world???? it just seems petty and selfish to me to hand in a little slip of paper to the government that says you were such a good boy and gave money to people who needed it and you should get a reward for sharing. you shouldn't give money to charity because you want a prize at the end

#i mean i'm obviously just a regular guy even though i do 'own a business' #the amount of money i am giving to charities is nothing crazy because i am not wealthy #so even if i did report it it probably wouldn't have much effect #idk. does this irritate me so much partially because i don't keep track & i'm annoyed i dont have numbers to file? #it's possible but who can say. however i wish billionaires uhhh cared about any other human life in the world #OF THEIR OWN VOLITION #chatpost

[bitimdrake]

(re: your tags here)

do you know if any character has ever experienced "pit madness" in canon, or if it was completely fabricated by canon? (i know it's a thing on the cw shows, but i'm pretty sure the jason headcanons came before that)

OKAY it's been twelve years since you sent this, but I'm back to dc brain so let's go.

So if the question you're asking is if a character has ever experienced something that fits the common fanon applied to Jason--an effect referred to as "pit madness" that lasts for years after being dunked in a Lazarus Pit, causes sudden bouts of dissociative rage, and may or may not make eyes glow--the answer is a flat no.

But if the question is if characters have experienced any negative aftereffects of the pit, the answer is yes definitely!! If your story has something that can bring back the dead, it's gotta have drawbacks. (Though on occasion a character will avoid all drawbacks entirely.)

The Lazarus Pit is a magical plot device, so it has a range of effects depending on the story. But they can be divided into three categories, which map to three distinct narrative purposes:

Uncontrollable violence and anger right after being dunked, BUT!!! for minutes at most. A Lazarused not-Bruce gets dunked and then flies back to Gotham in Batman & Robin, and Damian explicitly says that he can't possibly still be under the effects of the pit because it would have long-since faded after an international flight. Cass goes through it in Batgirl, and is snapped out of it in like one minute. Dinah starts canary-crying her head off and nearly killing her friends in Birds of Prey, but she gets knocked out and is totally fine once she wakes up. (narrative usage: for heroes who will soon return to their status quo)

A long-term shift in personality towards, vaguely speaking, something more evil--but specifically after repeated exposure. Ra's's continual usage of the pit is on-and-off theorized as part of the reason he is the way he is. This effect might be referred to as madness by some characters, but, you know, not the angry type of "mad". (narrative usage: for villains)

Extreme awful fringe-effects, typically on bodies that were way too far gone for the pit to be a reliable method of resurrection. It's why Bruce was (at least?) once extremely against his parents being dropped in, because who knows what might have come out. Mr. Freeze used the pit for his wife in Batgirl and she came out a firey rage monster reanimating zombies. Sometimes bad shit happens. (narrative usage: for minor characters who will be quickly dispatched)

The overall outcome is that (a) characters are very nervous about using the pit, because there's a chance it might just turn its victim into a horrible twisted evil version of themself forever, and (b) when that doesn't happen, the victim is pretty much fine after a few minutes.

Just maybe don't make a habit of it.

Jason Todd Addendum: Contrary to popular fanon, Jason never even went through the first option! (Nor, obviously, the third.) He was one of the lucky ones to come out of the pit seemingly normal. The pit never gave him any anger! at all! ever! His anger is 100% homemade!

However, Talia in Lost Days notes he's disconcertingly cold and uncaring, which could be an indication he's experiencing option two despite only going in once--but that could just easily be explained by trauma. We'll never know for sure.

#* #ask #anon #*dc #dc #dc comics #dc meta #keeping this post to just general information #but since i get to go on tangents in the tags... #just wanna mention that my hatred of the fanon 'pit madness' is not because the concept of the pit causing rage is bad #i DO think there should be a significant drawback here #honestly the fact that 1 is so mild kinda fucks with the narrative and makes you wonder why people don't use the pit more #which is only somewhat balances by the risk of 3 #BUT NO the reason that i fucking hate the fanon #is because it is 100% used to exonerate jason of actions that in canon he took WILLINGLY and OF HIS OWN VOLITION #he was not forced into any of it (by magically pit means nor by human manipulation) #he decided to do that stuff because it's what he wanted to do #and ignoring that is imo sooooo much less interesting for the character and story #like idc him suddenly snapping out of it and having perfect morals is boring. force him to actually change his mind and grapple with it #(not to mention that this made up 'oh but he wasn't in control' shit is often used to unfairly throw others under the bus #when their actions DO make sense in the context of canon jason doing bad shit intentionally) #oh fuck this tag ramble was long oops #...fine #jason todd

[daily-terus]

#his eyes disappear again as his ideals are challenged!!! #hell yeah #push away that humanity—of your own volition this time—so you don't have to question the ideals you've founded yourself upon!! #jshk #minamoto teru #teru minamoto #tbhk #chapter 10 #.

[transgender-scout]

The thing I love about Avi eating sisko is that, depending on how you view Avi, it can either be cannibalism or not cannibalism. It’s up to you if you consider them human or not babes

#avi’s certainly unsure! #too freaky to be human #too human to be freaky #terrifiedofjudgement #volitation

[talesfromthebandgeekmafia]

No coffee theory. Only an angel so afraid of falling from perfection the greatest gesture of love he can think of is forgiveness. Crowley doesn’t need it, doesn’t want it, but it’s all Aziraphale craves. When your self fails to fit within the confines of the mold they told you was morality you will always crave amnesty.

#it’s not the coffee we are letting characters do misguided things of their own volition here #it’s not the coffee #don’t do him that disservice Aziraphale was being so kind and selfless in that moment #or at least he was trying #he is so scared #he wants to fix everything for everyone he just hasn’t figured out that some broken things are operating by design #for better or worse #this angel has religious trauma like shrimp colors to humans #and I’m obsessed with it #the writing on this shit is just 🤌 #good omens #good omens 2 #good omens spoilers #aziraphale #spilling the Tea

[volivolition]

drawing like. one line on this piece. immediately ctrl+z, think "i hate art" and scroll tumblr some more until i think "i have to finish this piece." repeat.

#chemi chats #listen. i just want to draw the skills i dont want to draw the humans right now. raughh... #chemi voice please for the love of GOD stop doing this the sheer lack of dopamine is going to kill you. voli voice no it isn't. it won't. #it sucks when your comfort character is volition. how am i supposed to dramatically renounce my art career when the voice of willpower and #perseverance tells me to just stay the course and i can do it?? what am i supposed to do? say no? to HIM?? WHEN HE BELIEVES IN ME??? #lmao. save me volition save me.

[laomelettedufromage]

“It is cool how WCS becoming more and more popular. One day it will be like ChatGPT - everybody would use it.”

Direct quote from a longer message a man easily twice my age sent me after I kept turning him down for dances because he made me very uncomfortable

#he also said if I decided to get a masters or PhD in biomed #I could add superpowers to humans on top of what ELON MUSK is trying to do #I really wish I could post all four screenshots of the messages #honestly this guy makes me deeply uncomfortable and the situation is still fresh #so I probably shouldn’t be laughing at it too soon #but it’s either laugh and share it or continue to be horrified👍 #he did kinda start leaving me alone of his own volition #so hopefully he stays leaving me alone #or I will have to take it to the wcs community leaders here because that shit ain’t gonna fly with me #and all the friends I’ve made here know about him #the worst of the messages is definitely the ‘thank you for the dances; I am sorry I pushed for too many; I just really liked your smile #so it was hard to resist - but I promise to behave’🤢 #also this was only after I had interacted with this man face to face maybe two times #GROSS #but anyways guys yeah west coast swing is gonna be just like ChatGPT #west coast swing #wcs #by yours truly the omelette of cheese

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

"Oh, I dunno," Randall ventured to say with a tiny smile, saying, "I, uh...I got a good feeling that, if you went back and picked it up again, it'd be like old hat to you...like no time had passed at all."

He couldn't explain why he felt that way, he just did-it was so funny, how certain he felt of these little things when it came to Emily; he hadn't known her all that long at all, and yet, he felt as if he'd known her all his life. It was a funny feeling, strange, but altogether not unpleasant. It was sort of pleasant, really, feeling this sort of connection with her-he still couldn't decide if they'd met before or not, but even without that confirmation one way or the other, he quite liked that connection anyhow.

"I, uh, I went to the ballet only once-it was a field trip when I was a kid," he continued, volunteering this memory with warm cheeks and a flustered, fluttering heart. "I don't think I really understood what the show was supposed to be about, but...I do remember the ballerinas being very beautiful. The leader of them, the, uh...prima ballerina, is that it? She was the most beautiful out of all of them, all dressed in pink with a great smile and golden blonde hair..."

He trailed off, realizing how closely this description skewed towards his hostess-he probably had that ballerina to blame for his eternal affection for blondes...

#((exactly! she empathizes; but she would never cross the line that he does; feeling entitled to have a lover back)) #((because of what they've been through: imhotep says for his lover's sake he was buried alive)) #((and asks of her a moment of agony simply so that they can be together forever; and it really goes to show)) #((how far he's gone and how much of his humanity he's undoubtedly lost over the centuries)) #((to the point where she proclaims 'i loved you once but now you belong with the dead'!)) #((emily has been in a very similar situation to him; but she's fortunately been able to hang onto her own humanity)) #((and so she wouldn't feel so entitled as to force randall to become a vampire against his will)) #((even with her own reluctance; it's still his choice at the end of the day; and i think she'll understand that)) #((that he's making this choice of his own volition; and again despite that hesitance)) #((i think she'll respect and appreciate him for being willing to make that choice!)) #outofhatboxes #beatingheart-bride #V:Dark Shadows

[blackdragoncake]

I'm just. Doin thangs :)

Dw abt tha text, it don rlly matter rn, but have my far sci au, except I wanted ta focus on humans there..

#undertale au #utmv #i jus want sci!sans ta have sum funney buddys #also yea thas pajama sam up there #guess whos playthrough i jus watched lll #dont have any names fer em aside from frisk. obvi💀 #the other humans that fell are uh. oitta commission #due to their own volition might i add #dunno #i rlly liked drawin tha hair on kindness

[maryyyy8]

Mari was decently tall when he was a human. I find that really funny.

#rambling #he was 5'11 as a human #he is now 4'5. of his own volition.