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devildom-moss · 7 months

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Roses for you (4)

This had all started when you noticed a link between a book on the language of flowers you had borrowed from Satan’s room and the current lessons from your Seductive Speechcraft and Magical Potions classes.

In Seductive Speechcraft, you had just reached a section on the effectiveness of spells using non-verbal communication: enchanting glances, dance, and offerings. Meanwhile, in Magical Potions, the professor had been discussing the significance of using specific quantities when concocting potions; they had spent fifteen minutes just providing examples – including adding petals from two different flowers when using them for a love spell.

You couldn’t resist discussing the use of flower language – utilizing the type, color, and quantity of the flowers – to specify the magical intent of an offering as a form of seductive speechcraft. Asmo and Solomon listened intently. The same idea popped into both of their minds, and before you knew it, everyone was looking into color and number meanings, searching for the perfect combination to convey their feelings for you and try to put you under their spell. The only rule for their little competition to charm you? Only roses are allowed.

Will you be charmed by their attempts?

Four Roses - Satan

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Nothing can do us apart

After a romantic stroll and a delightful stop at a cat café, Satan took your hand and led you up to your favorite overlook. You could see so much of the Devildom from up there, and the sight had an enchanting effect on you, making you feel simultaneously small and on top of the world. It didn’t matter how many times you came here, you rushed to the edge and stared out at the city every time.

“This night has been beautiful.” Satan took your hand again. His gaze followed yours as he stared out at the view of the Devildom night with you. The lights offered a cool glow to the city – a soft halo resting above the buildings.

“Yeah,” you agreed. “I’m glad the weather is clear tonight. The Devildom is gorgeous like this.”

You heard a soft chuckle from Satan’s direction. “That’s not quite what I meant. Tonight has been beautiful because I’ve spent it with you. . . Hey, MC, could you look at me for a second?”

You turned to meet Satan’s gaze. It seemed an impossible feat that his eyes could reflect the array of colorful lights – only absorbing the green into nothingness. Nothing could rival those emerald eyes, and it appeared that green light made no attempts to compare – too inferior to even be reflected. Satan cut your admiration short when he leaned in and left a chaste kiss on your lips. When he pulled back, he was holding a small rectangular – almost square – box.

“Where did this come from?” you questioned its sudden appearance.

“Magic.” Satan smiled. “Go on, open it.”

You took the box in your hands and carefully removed the lid to reveal four preserved roses: two lavender and two white, arranged in a checkerboard pattern.

The number of roses clicked in your head and made you smile. Satan was the romantic type who would declare that nothing could separate you through flowers. He was also the type to give you a bit more of a challenge. Lavender could mean enchantment and love at first sight – which given your past, the latter was not the case. The white wasn’t explicitly romantic, but it may be a symbol of loyalty and reverence. Furthermore, this was Satan, and you had a feeling he had chosen to gift you preserved roses to highlight the eternal and everlasting elements. All of this combined, especially the white roses, and made you think that his floral offering sounded an awful lot like –

“Oh,” you gasped, heat rising in your cheeks. This felt like a marriage proposal coming from him – in the same way that so many of his confessions did. You had captured his affection; now, Satan was devoted and enchanted, and he made it clear that his love was unwavering and unending.

“I mean it.” Satan acknowledged the recognition on your face and caressed your cheek with his thumb. “You have my heart forever.”

“I’m going to kiss you,” you warned him with a grin. Satan inched closer, but you stopped him by placing a finger over his lips, earning the smallest pout. “Not here. I’m going to take you back to my room and kiss you until you can’t think anymore, okay?”

Satan nipped at your fingertip, holding you softly between his teeth, and nodded. He was certain of the message he had sent. Nothing could unbind him from you; he wouldn’t let it happen.

#satan #gn!mc #obey me series #obey me #obey me satan #satan x reader #satan x mc #I feel like every time this man romances MC alone he's one step away from trying to propose. It's cute but babygirl chill #He's so romantic for such a violent angry man. I understand and love this.#Want to kiss him until he's stupid. He'd be so cute. And his mind deserves a little rest

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snarky-art · 1 year

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barfs out a post-recovery Daphne in Nymphix on accident

After a lot of thought I think I’ve settled on how I want her to interact with magic going forward post-resurrection after healing

Info on that and the symbolism in her outfit changes below!

The Dragon Flame in my redo is not a sole power source for a being. It instead acts as an enhancer that adds a huge power boost and integrates with the beings already existing magic.

Daphne is a pure fire elemental in terms of her magic classification.

At this point, while not the holder of The Flame anymore, she is still an incredibly powerful magic user who retains her Nymphix transformation as well as all the others she gained in her lifetime and could still easily hand Bloom’s ass to her if Bloom wasn’t utilizing The Dragon Flame. Even then, there’s still a chance Daphne would beat her if that was utilized because Daphne is a much better combatant than Bloom. She was trained formally for pretty much her whole life and is an excellent strategist. Bloom has rough and tumbled it for pretty much her whole life and had to try and brute force her way with her magic. She’s getting proper training specialized specifically for The Dragon Flame now but she’s got a long was to go to catch up to her big sister, much to Daphne’s delight whenever they have sparring matches. It’s a proper way to make up for all the teasing she never got to exert on her while she was dead and separated. They’re forming a proper sibling relationship now with petty squabbles and ample jabs included lol

In this post, I explained in more depth about how The Great Dragon works.

Bloom gives full consent to Daphne utilizing The Flame and calling upon The Great Dragon whenever she wants, and The Great Dragon still resonates with her beautifully. Daphne doesn’t want to be it’s keeper again, the responsibility and weight of it all and the context of what that means for her within the history of The Magical World and The Fall of Domino, is kind of messy in her mind to say the least. It’s stressful. But The Great Dragon still feels like a friend, something familiar that as she’s had more time away to grow as an individual, sort out all her complicated feelings and heal, she’s content to visit with in a way, and if that way is sometimes in combat when something needs a proper beat down, then so be it.

Outfit info!

Her new fit covers her body more (safer in her mind, a little less flashy to match her slightly more subdued general attitude post resurrection too. Her skirt having less of a flare and being more closed in is also a reference to this) and has way less metal (she was adorned with it constantly pre death as it’s such an important representation of royalty and The Great Dragon itself) and incorporates more blue (she is no longer defined solely by her tie to The Flame and her power with it. Purple gems are solely for those who are the supreme ruler and holder of The Dragon Flame whereas cyan is a color of royalty and high ranking officials who act directly for the royalty. She has a much better mix now).

Her headpiece is a variation of the one made for the crown princess and next in line to the throne, seen in this one portrait of her, and shows her comfort asserting that authority and title for herself now with it being tied to her relation and love for her family as opposed to, once again, The Great Dragon itself.

Also, short hair after trauma, my beloveds

Less stimulation for her.

Hair tickling her can drive her nuts still. It was awful when she was first recovering and it’s a thing that still irks her even now more than it used to, so having more out of her face and less chances to rustle against her makes her happy.

Stimulation is part of the reason less metal is incorporated here too.

Temperature fluctuation is something she’s more sensitive to now and it was VERY triggering for her when she first started recovering.

It reminded her of much it burned during the fall and how much it hurt when it got colder as she died. It turned so quick.

The cold from it makes her think of the piercing cold that Domino was, buried in ruble and ice, the ruins of genocide quite literally frozen in time.

She’s separated those feelings more as she’s gone through therapy and healed more but it can still be unsettling and she does have trouble with those thoughts creeping up on her at times.

She feels less chained down too literally now with the heavy emphasis of gold that exists in my lore for Dominion symbolism, mentioned in this post.

Anyway, I love her and she’s getting happier and it’s what she deserves:)

#winx club #winx #winx daphne #daphne winx club #daphne winx #winx club daphne #lore #worldbuilding #winx club redo #winx rewrite #winx redo #winx redesign #winx club redesign

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kdlkan · 4 months

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synopsis: geto disappears, but randomly appears at gojo's door a few months later.

tags: graphic description, implied character death, angst w no comfort.

word count: 1k

note: this was originally something i wrote up w original characters but i thought it fit stsg so well i tweaked it a lil' bit :)

divider credit @/cafekitsune

something in satoru’s gut told him to call suguru. to make sure that he was okay.

the elder of the pair went out of town for the weekend, something urgent with his family, but he promised to text satoru when he got there. his thumbs were heavy as they hovered over the call button, glossy eyes rereading their text messages, satoru wishing suguru safe travels and exchanging their i love you’s.

with a deep sigh, he pressed down on the small telephone symbol, placing the phone up to hear his only to be met with suguru’s voicemail.

“hello! this is suguru, i'm not able to answer, but send me a text or call back later, and i'll get to you." something wasn’t right, he knew that suguru would be available right now, he’d probably be bored out of his mind. this made him really uneasy, his heart dropping to his stomach and his breath short, but he couldn’t help but to try calling again.

“hello! this is su-”

and again.

“hello!-”

and again.

“hel-”

until it seemed pointless. it was clear that suguru wasn’t going to answer any of his calls, no matter how frantic they seemed. it was going straight to voicemail for a reason. maybe his phone was off. maybe he had do not disturb on. maybe it died. maybe he died.

the days passed slowly as satoru waited for any sign of life from him. no calls, no texts, no social media posts. sometimes he’d pretend that this was all a bad dream and text suguru about his day, asking about his as well.

at some point it started turning into seeing suguru in public.

at first, he knew that there was no way in hell that it could have been him inspite the twinge of hope that he was holding onto. there was nothing to solidify that thought. the second suguru’s long and dark hair came into view, it was gone within a second. it was like a magic trick.

it was a cruel trick that satoru’s brain was playing on him and if he didn’t know any better, he would run after these apparitions of suguru.

a part of him didn’t want to come to terms with the fact that his best friend was gone. a big part of him, really. he wanted to cave into his thoughts and live in the world where suguru was still around. things would be easier, he wouldn’t have to pretend that he was okay.

there’s never been anything in his entire life that has made his heart ache this much. no death, no inconvenience. nothing. suguru was his world and it was hell managing without him. wrapping his mind around living in a world where his best friend didn’t exist seemed impossible.

about a week after his initial disappearance, suguru showed up at satoru’s door. the knock took him out of his sleep, tired eyes scanning the room for his glasses before getting up and going to the door. the peephole didn’t even cross his mind, immediately going to unlock the wooden door and pulling it open. once his eyes landed on suguru, it was like his world mended back together.

was it really suguru? it couldn’t be. why would he come to his door in such a state? he was drenched, clothes tattered and worn. his face drained of all life and color. he looked sickly. beneath some of the rips on his clothes, there were deep gashes and blood dripping; some of these wounds looked fresh.

satoru had to take a second to ground himself before he grabbed the other and gently urged him into his apartment. there were so many questions that he could ask him at this moment, but he knew better than to do so. suguru was waiting in a wooden chair for satoru, shivering from the cold.

“suguru… i’ve been looking everywhere for you. i mean- i was calling and texting everyday hoping that you’d just broken your phone but this is just.. this is so much wor-”

“satoru,” the other male spoke. his voice was cold, blunt. it sent goosebumps up satoru’s skin and a shiver down his spine. this was very uncharacteristic of the gentle man. suguru didn’t even bother looking at the other, his eyes glued to his knees, “shut up. just shut up.”

scared to say anything more, he simply nodded and walked away to get the other a blanket.

maybe it was the circumstances of his disappearance, but suguru never left satoru’s dorm and he never returned to his old activities. his days were just spent holed up in their now shared room, reading and drawing when inspiration struck. of course, satoru didn’t mind this at all. his best friend was back home, back in his arms.

the pair were cuddled up on the couch watching the news, something that they’d been doing fairly recently as suguru had taken a liking to the reports. nothing ever interesting was on, satoru didn't understand why suguru liked it so much. except a few days ago, they reported a body that’d been found washed up on the shore of okinawa.

the screen changed from a puppy learning to walk for the first time to an orange banner that read, “URGENT REPORT”. this peaked both satoru and suguru’s reaction, the latter of the two looking over worriedly at the former. suguru, however, his face was drained of all color. it’s almost as if he looked guilty, his eyes wide and fingers white gripping the blanket as he awaited for the news reporter to start speaking.

a swoosh from the tv interrupted satoru’s observation, his heart pounding in his ears with anticipation. if suguru wasn’t next to him, then he’d have already started wondering if he was the victim.

“the body that was found by the northern bshore of okinawa has been identified. the victim was found on december 24, 2023, in a barely recognizable state. we’ve been informed that the victim was suguru geto, who was age 28 and kyoto resident. if you have any information that could be of help, please call the kyoto police department or okinawa police department. may god rest his soul.”

#jujutsu kaisen #jjk #gojo satoru #jjk gojo #geto suguru #jjk geto #jjk angst #anime #satosugu #stsg angst #stsg #satosugu angst #geto angst #gojo angst #angst #angst no comfort #anime angst #jujutsu kaisen angst

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kirbybecomesastarwarrior · 1 year

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Kirby becomes a Star Warrior / Sir Uther (OC)

Now I’ve seen Uther used from the Arthurian mythos in other Kirby AU merely defining him as Sir Arthur’s father who he inherited the GSA from. Not many are written as straight up bad guys, that is until today Sir Uther is a villain in the KBASW universe and he’s not Arthur’s dad in this one just mentor in the story (but frankly he shouldn’t be anyone’s dad.)

I just had to post this before publishing the story cause everyone’s gonna wonder “who’s he when reading?” So yeah this is the face of Uther, when he’s mentioned in the story.

I definitely wrote him as the guy everyone hates and though he maybe gone, his selfishness and pride were what ultimately what brought down the GSA. After his death Arthur vowed to reverse and rewrite the mistakes of Uther’s cruelty; becoming the new leader of the GSA. Arthur was and still afraid of his old mentor, his influenced is what made Arthur hide MK’s wings all the time. Meta thought Arthur was afraid of his demon side when in reality he was afraid of Uther. Uther does and kicks off many of the downfalls and tragedies of the GSA & MK’s crew. Due to his own prejudices towards Meta which come back to haunt him.

This Uther is highly inspired by Merlin (2008) Uther the show’s but if your want to hear more explanation on the character but basically yeah the Uther in that show hates magic and kills many innocent people because of that so just switch that around with Nightmare and his demons and yeah same principals.

Also his character color scheme is actually based off the Queen of Hearts from Alice & Wonderland. A bit of foreshadowing of his temperament as well as his madness.

And his relationship with Galacta Knight; well let’s just say his ego was knocked down a peg once Galacta was recognized as the strongest warrior in the galaxy by the Ancients. Before Galacta it was Uther and he was the leader of the GSA because of that... with Galacta there he felt his authority was challenged..

He guys I’ve been actually working on this OC for months since I named dropped him in Dec. it’s also my first OC and let me tell you creating an OC is tough, I hope my efforts were worth it and you guys like it.

keep reading the content character explanation below...

Now I’ve seen a lot of people characterize Sir Arthur as a well-meaning person who’s just stuck in their old ways. Sometimes straight-up “good guy” or “leader” who live long enough to see themselves become the villain; similar to the many interpretations depending on which version you see/

Now I don’t mind Uther being interpreted as a good guy or someone in the grey area but I’m just surprised with the lack of villainous Uthers. A constant in Arthurian legend is that Uther has always been a rotten human being. In the original story of Arthur’s conception, Uther wanted to get with the Duke of Cornwall's wife and started a war because of it. (I'm not going to explain any more of the story but yeah you should read the original for the rest of it.) But yeah he straight-kicks up war cause he gets what he wants which ends up being betrayed by his own people.

I wanted to take that type of self-destructive villainy from the original Uther making him as despicable as the original from the story. With a little mix of my own spin on the character with some modern-day villains too.

When designing his character I knew I wanted to have some foreshadowing and symbolism in his design. I really wanted to make him very intimidating along with the level of regality. I ended up thinking about old-school villains from Disney and I came up with Queen of Hearts which fit his character perfectly. And after I just knew I had to give him a scythe as his weapon no questions asked! He’d definitely say “OFF WITH YOUR HEAD”, before slicing up one of his victims.

And I got a bit of inspiration from Avatar’s Ozai too similar temperament as well. that’s how I got the idea to have Uther control fire as well as light. Which emerged the idea for his wings. Couldn’t decide whether I wanted to give him dragon wings or bird wings... But when the concept of Phoenix wings came up I knew I could work more story into them than just the dragon wings.

I also wanted to show the importance of status to him with his armor and cape & mantle; being adored with gold. His mask has two colors red & black very reminiscent of a checkerboard; conveying his two-facedness. Seeing his soldiers as pawns wanting to be in control of everything. I hope I was able to convey that in his design... He cares so much about his position and hates when his authority is questioned in any way; he makes sure everyone knows who’s in charge.

When I call Uther an elitist, I mean that he would give very little care to the soldiers who were not as puffballs and would immediately categorize them as lesser beings. During the war when the GSA & the ancients were defining other galaxies' worth: they would prioritize the more advanced civilization and the lesser solar system was the last to be protected. This eventually formed the Star Systems Alliance (or the S.S.A.) which was controlled by the Ancients, the GSA elites, and the upper crusts of the galaxy so yeah corrupt government everybody.

I got this idea in the Wolfwrath episode with Sword & Blade explaining their backstories as he described that the war had turned the galaxy into a wasteland and that they had to become bandits & thieves to survive.

So yeah that’s basically what Uther’s doing... he would use lesser planets as battlegrounds, and make many of the inhabitants helpless. This is how the volunteer army gets started. The GSA would offer benefits and supplies to those who volunteer to join. However they’d have to live long enough to actually receive these benefits. So yeah he took advantage of lesser planets to get new soldiers and made sure they’d be his battle plan guinea pigs.

This brings Jecra and Garlude into that mix as well... Jerca who had just lost his partner did not have the means to provide for his baby son (Knuckle Joe). He had his parents but they were too old to work. Heard about the GSA’s offer and signed up; his parents weren’t sure and knew their son would be on the front line. But Jecra brought up the point that it’s either that or they all die by starvation. Sadly they agreed and promised to take care of Joe.

As for Garlude she was noble and had people under her care, the war had been pulling resources away from her people. Her husband (a man she married out of obligation but was friends with) went himself to negotiate for resources with the Ancients & from the S.S Alliance but mysteriously disappeared afterward. So to find out the truth of her husband’s disappearance and to provide for her people (as well as her daughter) joins the volunteer army.

Eventually, there were so many who volunteered that they needed someone to supervise and train them. Uther didn’t want to waste training these volunteers and use one of his elite soldiers (they were gonna die quickly anyway). Then there was the Meta newly knighted Star Warrior, who he rejected into joining the Holy Knights. The other higher-up knights and ancients didn’t know what to do with him because they didn’t want MK to represent them and they were all looking to Uther for an answer. It was more of a way to stall until he could think of what to properly what to do with him properly. Which was probably the best thing he could have done for MK.

After 4 months of training, Meta Knight wants to join their ranks and become the sole person in charge of the Volunteer Army. Which lowers his status never being able to join the higher-ups. Uther thinks this is a great way to save face and get rid of MK. To him, Meta was finally accepting his fate of dying on the battlefield, but to Meta Knight, he was freeing himself from all of them.

And with that MK renamed the group Team Halberd... and became the most beloved group of Knights of the GSA. And Uther became pissed he’d give MK and his group the most difficult missions but that made them more famous. Things only started going south for the team after the fall of the Ancients & Yami’s betrayal. Also, Yamikage was not part of Team Halberd he was part of the ninja section of the army which Dragato was in charge of. (And yes I made the MK ship into angst fuel Halberd the ship being named in honor of his original unit). And Uther starts to go mad and plays a big role in Kirby’s birth... hope you guys stay to find out.

#kirby #Sir Uther #Meta Knight #kirby oc #kirby right back at ya #sir uther #Sir Arthur #Hoshi no Kaabii #kbasw #kirby au #my first oc #fanlore #GSA

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hausofmamadas · 21 days

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MURDER HUSBANDS | Wind them up and watch them go (love letter to NBC’s Hannibal)

♫ To the tune of Climbing Up the Walls by Radiohead (with overture by Bruno Battisti D’Amario) ♫

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So I feel like I say this every time. But Mary mother of god, this was a behemoth. By a mile the hardest vid I’ve ever made joke’s on me bc I’m the fucking crackerjack who decided to tack on an whole ass other song as an overture bc why in the name of all cocks would I decide to make anything easy like it’s funny bc I always have an impression of how easy a vid is going to come together when I get the idea, right. And this duo with this song just pbj. So ngl I thought the shit was gonna edit itself. But guess what yall? Radiohead like … makes some intricate, complex-sounding shit stunning revelation, almost as if that’s what they’re fuckinfjsbs known for

HOWMEVER, the day has come, it’s arrived and I’ve looked at this thing for so long now, I sincerely, from the bottom of my heart, cannot tell if it’s good anymore. My last vid, I took a long break so by the end, I had enough time away from it to remember it was at least good. This? This could be visual gobbledygook, mush for your eyes, the equivalent of that shit brown shade you get when you mix too many water colors together.

But likehopefully it’s not and you can pls enjoy this love letter to one of the greatestqueer romances in modern media, which is a bold statement whatever fight me but I can’t think of a queer ship before this in tv/movies where the romance unfolds like any other hetero relationship and queer identity isn’t the focus, which even though I think is important, lbr there’s more to gays than being gay. Like it’s kinda visionary, despite the fact that neither character is explicitly queer, when it becomes clear that they’re in love with each other, no one, in-universe, is pearl-clutching all: EGAD! But Will’s never been with 😱a man😱 before?? How in THE DICKENS could he be in love with Hannibal when I don’t have definitive proof he’s even touched tips with another man let alone been balls deep!!!!!!!! How dare he not have this big, gay awakening for us all to gawk at applaud for!!!!” ?

No, literally every character: Jack, Alana, Bedelia, Margot, Mason, even Will’s wife god bless I cannot remember her name but she deserved better *shakes fist at Will* etc., all acknowledge the transcendent romantic bond btwn them and no one questions it. Well, no one questions it thru the lens of performed queerness. Tbf ppl had a lotta questions about the like probable impending multiple murders which validsisjwh

These are just 2 ppl who’re in love with each other to the point of being uncontrollably homicidal Which like … goals? Like I’ve really wracked my brain and can’t think of another queership that unfolds like every other hetero ass love story. That is to say, where fluidity is more the default, at least to the extent that no one talks about the orientation of either players within the show’s universe. Regardless of whether Bryan Fuller intended that from the start which tbh I don’t think he did but I also don’t think it’s fair to call it queerbaiting. I think he let the story unfold and realized kinda with the rest of us that this was a magical!realism romance and not a crime procedural and by S3 leaned tf into it doesn’t really matter bc the universe in which these two exist to truss each other up like Christmas turkeys aka foreplay symbolizes so much more to me than whatever it was initially invented to be. And if it’s not art, folks, idk what is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Ofc I mean the show is art, not the vid. Vid=potential gobbledygook

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#Hannibal #will graham x hannibal lecter #hannigram #nbc hannibal #fan edit #fan trailer #also I know it’s been said before #but these two walked so Louis and Lestat could fly #except Lestat could already fly but like ygwim #mine #tribute video #y’know what I realized Xena is another undercover gay experiment #but I would argue they’re more queer coded since their gay love wasn’t confirmed until well after the show was over #but they deserve honorable mention bc the writers didn’t shy away from the subtextual gay love #or spend a ton of time dangling it in our faces only to turn around and punk us …. Supernatural you know who you are

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lilover131 · 10 months

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Clear Card Chapter 75 Analysis

Omg, Chrissy posting a chapter analysis in a reasonable amount of time! It’s like a Christmas miracle in July! Now that I am mostly moved into my new place and am in a better place emotionally, I actually have the time to sit down and get this done quickly! I apologize for the delays the past two months, and I appreciate y’all being patient with not just that, but the lack of posts in general. I know I’ve been more quiet than usual for sure, and I’d like to get back to being more active on here.

This chapter was really fun in a lot of ways, but we also get a nice cliffhanger that isn’t entirely surprising. But nonetheless, I’m hyped and so ready for future chapters! Without further ado, let’s dig into chapter 75!

As usual, I will start off by talking about the color page. Omgggggg, I love this one. CLAMP gave us the colors for these new outfits immediately (the fanartists are grateful), and I love the similarity to this and the cover for chapter ____. Syaoran still has a serious expression, but certainly looks more serious than emotionless like the Kaito black cat version. And Sakura is actually smiling in this one as opposed to her almost confused expression in the previous chapter. The moon seems to replace the gears for the most part here, and this is symbolic as the moon itself becomes very important in this chapter! We also have Kaito’s clock face in this image, which is important for obvious reasons.

The chapter itself begins with Sakura revealing her Dream wand. It is not familiar to anyone of course, but Sakura stated to have found the key alongside her star key, and she felt it was important to use this one, especially as she and the others could sense that this was made with her magic. It seems logical to all that this staff existed prior to the world being rewritten.

Tomoyo advises both Sakura and Syaoran that the ear cuffs they are wearing are transmitters that will allow them to talk to each other. Moreover, they can be used to send audio and video to her tablet. Nakuru is impressed by the technology, but I never cease to be amused by Tomoyo’s never ending desire to capture literally everything on film. Hahahaha.

Sakura then pulls out the FLY card and uses it on Syaoran, which sprouts the wings that we’ve become familiar seeing on him. However, this is a surprise to everyone else, who of course doesn’t remember any of this from the previous timeline. Also, CAN I JUST SAY HOW HAPPY I AM THAT WE STILL GET WINGED SYAO?!! I was honestly a little depressed thinking we wouldn’t see any more of that. Lol. Kero asks why Sakura is using the FLY card on him and what she will do for herself. Sakura states that Momo told her that there were other cards that haven’t disappeared, and she calls upon FLIGHT (yay!!!). FLIGHT is honestly probably the best card of the Clear Cards, so I am stoked to see this card particularly returning. It is the only one from this deck that has really shown clear emotions and personality, and it’s so cute!!

Eriol seems impressed and through Nakuru’s phone can see the new card. He can tell it is made from Sakura’s magic and Kaho mentions that it is also Sakura’s summoning circle. With that, Sakura steps up to Akiho and asks to borrow her pocket watch for a bit. She willingly passes it along and claims she will be right back before she and Syaoran fly up into the air.

The couple has a beautiful scene in the sky with the moon in the background, and Sakura thanks Syaoran for coming along. He thanks her in return, but specifically for saying that he is her favorite person in the world. OMG, HOW CUTE CAN THESE TWO BE, SERIOUSLY?! I could not help but gush for a moment and just felt a warmth in my heart. But I absolutely love what Sakura says next. She says that when she found out the world had been rewritten, she thought to herself that if she had something to say, it was important to say it, because then even if the world was rewritten again, the words would still have been said and would live in their hearts. This kind of explains why Sakura has been a little more assertive in what she wants to say in the past few chapters, but I also think this is an important and beautiful message in general for everyone. We should all say what we want to say while we can, because they will live on in our hearts no matter what happens after.

While Tomoyo, Kero, Suppi, Nakuru, and Yuki are watching on the tablet, Touya speaks alone with Akiho. He tells her that despite Sakura’s flaws (which are hardly flaws but just silly teasing remarks), that she always carries out the things she says she is going to do. So if she has promised to find Akiho’s missing person, then she will. He is likely saying this to Akiho so she will be reassured that everyone will come out of this safely. So all they have to do is wait for Sakura to call them…together. He gives her a little pat on the head, and this is just such a sweet little moment between brother and sister.

Meanwhile, the rest of them are watching the ‘livestream’ of Sakura and Syaoran and just caught the cute interaction between the two. They comment on how livid Touya would’ve been if he had heard the conversation, and Kero and Suppi find themselves starting to pity Touya as a result. Lmaaoo. I guess it’s a blessing he didn’t overhear any of it.

Sakura and Syaoran are up in the air and discuss how they will go about finding Kaito, and Sakura says that she feels power inside of it, but that it doesn’t belong to anyone she knows. They come to the conclusion that it must belong to ‘the one who is missing’ and that it will lead them to him. Syaoran summons his rashinban and tells Sakura to place the pocket watch on it. She does as asked and Syaoran uses his locating spell. This has been a spell established in the original series as something he could do. In the Sakura card arc, Syaoran attempted to find Eriol via the coat he left behind on the feverish Sakura, and he mentioned this spell when Sakura transformed the SHADOW card at the school to locate Tomoyo (he couldn’t in the end since they didn’t have anything left behind by Tomoyo). The way the spell works though is that Syaoran can locate a person with an object of theirs that is left behind, and I’m so glad we finally get to see him use this spell successfully!

However, the result is rather unexpected. The rashinban shoots out a beam of light that points directly towards the moon. Syaoran assumes this must be a mistake because there are traces of moon magic in the pocket watch, and that perhaps this is why it is pointing towards the moon. This is logical, however Sakura then advises that his tracking spell is actually correct, and that what they are seeing isn’t the real moon. Syaoran is naturally confused by this, but Sakura acts immediately by summoning the SWORD card and slices right through the illusion.

This seems to open up a portal to where they want to go. Watching from England, Kaho and Eriol are commenting on how magic of this level would have taken the combined power of many sorcerers, but that Sakura was able to see right through it within seconds. She has certainly grown powerful, but Eriol states that this was not power she grew unconsciously but rather through sheer will. If she wants something done, her magic will guide her and do what she wants. It’s a good thing Sakura is such a pure and good human being. Can you imagine what someone with evil intend would do with that kind of power? Makes me shiver thinking about it…

Sakura and Syaoran have no idea what awaits them on the other side, but nonetheless they bravely go in together and without hesitation. The space they enter almost looks like a crazy Salvador Dali painting with warped clock parts all around them. I think this space symbolizes Kaito’s ‘time’. His lifespan is now a bunch of warped clock pieces that are broken apart (this is my theory at least). The beam of light from Syaoran’s rashinban continues to guide them, however where it ends is certainly unexpected. At the end of the light is...the dragon (the one we’ve seen from Sakura’s dreams) curled up asleep within a gyroscope of sorts. It seems to be trapped, and due to the light pointing at it, reason would deduce that the dragon is Kaito’s current form (likely a result of the curse put upon him by the Association and Akiho’s clan). Now, many of us have had theories that the dragon would ultimately turn out to be Kaito due to the dragon symbols that appeared in the corners of the ‘storybook’ formatting of his past as told by Momo. However, there was never any certainty until now. I can’t say I’m surprised, but I’m glad that we finally are getting some answers.

The only thing we need to know now is…well, what happens now? What will happen if they free and wake up dragon Kaito? Will he be violent and cause destruction? Will he remember who he is? And naturally…how in the world do they get him back to who he was? My current theory is that he will escape and enter Tomoeda, just like the first dream Sakura had about Kaito. I also believe that initially he will not remember who he is and cause destruction, but that Akiho will be the one to bring him back to himself. I also still think Syaoran will have some role here as CLAMP seems to have implied it, but we’ll see exactly what that is. I am extremely excited though to see where this goes, and I anticipate major drama in the next chapter! Let’s gooooooooooooooooo!!!!

#cardcaptor sakura #clear card #manga #chapter 75 #spoilers #sakura #syaoran #tomoyo #touya #akiho #nakuru #suppi #kero #yuki #eriol #kaho #chrissy talks a lot #analysis

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bethanythebogwitch · 7 months

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Previously I’ve discussed the real-life inspirations for all fish Pokémon, all other aquatic Pokémon, and all starter Pokémon. Now I’m going to cover all of the legendary and mythical Pokémon. I’ll be going through each generation on its own, so strap in, this is gonna take a while.

Generation 1 starts with our first legendary trio; the legendary birds Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres. Uniquely among legendaries, they have regional variants in the form of Galarian Articuno, G Zapdos, and G Moltres. The Galarian versions have less lore than the originals, who are considered heralds of the season of winter (Articuno), spring (Zapdos), and summer (Moltres). While some legendary and mythical Pokémon are definitely unique beings, it seems possible that the legendary birds may have populations and enough diversity for a group to become genetically isolated in Galar and diverge from their counterparts in other regions over many generations. Alternatively, the similarity of the original and Galarian birds may be a coincidence and they are actually unrelated. The birds are all based on different legendary bird creatures in mythological traditions from around the world and on real bird species.

Articuno is the one that’s hardest to pin down to a specific real-life myth. It seems to be more of an original creation made to fill in the trio as compared to Zapdos and Moltres having very distinct mythological bases. That being said, it could draw inspiration from a few myths of more benevolent birds who live on mountains, including the Persian simurgh and Chinese fenghuang. In terms of real birds, it most closely resembles the white-throated magpie-jay, which shares the light blue and white coloration and the three-pointed head crest of Articuno.

(image id: a white-throated magpie-jay. It is a songbird with a light blue back and wings and a white face and underbelly. A black line goes around its neck. It has a medium-length pointy beak. A tuft of blue feathers comes from its head)

Its long tail feathers look like those of a male resplendent quetzal, but blue instead of green.

(image id: a male resplendent quetzal. It is a bird with bright green feathers and a red underbelly. Its tail feathers are exceptionally long and white and green)

Interestingly, both of those species live in central America. Galarian Articuno is still fairly similar to the original and probably has the same real life birds as a basis. Its facial feathers also look like a masquerade mask. The mythical bird Galarian Articuno is based on is a cockatrice, an English monster that is a hybrid of rooster and retile. G Articuno can fire a beam from its eyes that paralyzes enemies and the cockatrice had the power to petrify other beings by (depending on which version of the legend you’re listening to) touching, breathing on, or looking at a target.

(image id: a cockatrice carking on a window. It looks like a dragon with a long, thick tail, bird-like hind limbs, a pair of bat-like wings, and the head of a rooster)

Zapdos’s mythological basis is the thunderbird, originating from a legends shared by many Native American cultural groups of North America. The thunderbird is a giant bird who brings storms, with some versions of the legend saying that the beat of its wings creates thunder and lightning flashes from its eyes. The thunderbird is usually viewed positively, as a symbol of strength.

(image id: a totem pole, the top of which features a carving of a thunderbird. It is a highly stylistic depiction of an eagle with black and white wings and a large head and large, curved beak)

By contrast, another mythical bird associated with lighting that may also have inspired Zapdos is the Zulu impundulu or lightning bird, which is considered a monster. These birds were born when lighting strikes the ground and had magical powers and a thirst for blood. This certainty fits Zapdos’s violent nature more than the Thunderbird does. As for real birds, I initially thought of some kind of crane or stork, but between its long beak, short wings, and violent nature actually points to a hummingbird of all things. Yeah, hummingbirds are pretty violent. When you need to eat 2-3 times your weight in nectar every day you’ll end up having to fight over flowers just to survive. In fact, hummingbirds are so violent that the Aztecs associated them with Huitzilopochtli, god of war and the sun.

(image id: an Allen's hummingbird. It is a very small bird with a long, skinny beak. Its head and most of its body are a dull orange color. Part of its chest is white and its throat is red. Its wings are in motion and obscured by motion blur)

Galarian Zapdos is a ratite. Ratites are a group of primitive flightless birds that include ostritches, emus, and cassowaries among others. G Zapdos’s long beak points it toward one particular ratite: the kiwi. Yeah, Zapdos likes to be a badass version of now very intimidating birds. G Zapdos fighting mainly with kicks is fitting as most ratites are capable of delivering very powerful kicks. Its speed references roadrunners, who can fly but are faster while running. As far as I can tell, G Zapdos isn’t based on any myths.

(image id: a kiwi standing in grass. It is a small bird with a round, brown body and no visible wings. Its head is small, round, and brown. It has a long, skinny beak)

Moltres is based on mythical flaming birds like the phoenix, firebird, and the vermillion bird. The phoenix appears in Greek mythology and is an immortal bird that dies in fire and is reborn from its own ashes. The phoenix may have been inspired by the older Egyptian god Bennu, a god of the sun, creation, and rebirth that appeared as a bird. The firebird features in Slavic folklore where it either glows like fire or is actually on fire. It can be a harbinger of both good and bad luck, like how Moltres heralds the coming of summer but can also start wildfires.

(image: a painting of the firebird by Boris Zvorykin. The bird is similar in appearance to a peacock, with a long neck and a head with three feathers rising from it as a crest. The tail is long and features many eyespots. The whole bird is red and orange, making it look like it is made of fire. It holds a fruit on one foot. The background is a castle behind some trees)

The vermillion bird is one of the four symbols of Chinese mythology, legendary animals that are associated with cardinal directions and constellations. The vermillion bird represents south and the element of fire in the Taoist five elements. It is said to look like a red pheasant that is cloaked in flame. In terms of real birds, Moltres’s long beak and neck makes it look like a heron.

(image: a gray heron. It is a large bird with a grey and black body and wings. Its legs are long and orange. Its neck is as long as its body. The neck and head a re white and it has black above the eyes. Its beak is long, pointy, and orange. It is standing on the ground in a marsh)

Herons are associated with wetlands, a bit ironic for a firebird like Moltres. Galarian Moltres mostly just looks like the edgelord version of Moltres, but its new beak shape makes it look like a cormorant. Another aquatic bird for the fire birdy. Its ability to inflict exhaustion seems to be a pun on the phycological condition of burnout. Like G Zapdos, G Moltres doesn’t seem to be based on any particular mythological bird other than an evil phoenix or the darker aspects of the firebird.

Finishing out gen I is the Mew duo consisting of Mew and Mewtwo. Fun fact: the reason why Mewtwo comes before Mew in the Pokedex is that Mew was originally not going to be present at all, but some last-minute data cleanup freed up enough space to fit a new Pokémon in. There was not enough time to make a way to encounter it, so it became the first mythical Pokémon when special events were set up to give it out. And so a tradition was started that meant if you weren’t in the right place at the right time, it became impossible to actually catch ‘em all.

Mew is based on an embryo in reference to evolutionary developmental biology or evo devo. This is the field of study that examines development in different organisms to infer their evolutionary relationship. One method of doing this is comparing embryological development. By examining how embryos develop you can infer some things about that species’ history. For example, because human embryos develop a tail and then reabsorb it, it can be inferred that our ancestors had tails. You can also compare the embryos of two separate organisms to get an idea of when their ancestors diverged by seeing when their embryological development changes. For example, the embryos of mammals and reptiles stay similar for longer than the embryos of mammals and fish. This can tell us that mammals and reptiles diverged from each other more recently than either diverged from fish.

(image id: a scientific diagram showing the embryological development of multiple species of vertebrate at different stages. The depiscted species are a fish, a salamander, a turtle, a bird, and some kind of mammal. The diagram points out similar features in the earliest stages: gill slits, tails, and eyes. Source)

One of the earliest versions of this science came from the scientist Ernst Haeckle’s idea that ontology recapitulates phylogeny. He studied embryos and noticed that the embryos of more similar animals diverge later than those of less similar animals. He thought that an embryo would pass through all the stages of its ancestors. For example, he thought that a mammal embryo would become a fish, then become and amphibian, then become a reptile, before finally becoming a mammal. He was incorrect, but wasn’t that far off and his ideas helped pave the way for evo devo as a field. Mew allegedly being the ancestor of all Pokémon makes it the Pokémon world’s last universal common ancestor. LUCA in real life was a unicellular organism that gave rise to all current life. LUCA wasn’t necessarily the only thing alive at its time. Other organisms likely existed but their descendants died out while LUCA’s descendants survived. Mew could also be the first universal common ancestor, which would make it the first living organism from which all others diverged, both those who survived and those who went extinct. It weird that the Pokémon world’s LUCA or FUCA is apparently a mammal while plenty of its descendants are not only not mammalian, many aren’t even vertebrates, aren’t even animals, or are inanimate objects or supernatural beings. Mew looks like a jerboa with its large hind legs and long tail, though its head looks like a cat’s.

(image id: a jerboa standing on sand against a black background. It is a small mammal with a round body and a large head. Its hind legs are very long and hold it off the ground. Its forelimbs are very small and are held off the ground. Its tail is long and slender. Its fur is sandy on top and white on the underbelly)

It was confirmed in an interview that its name does not come from the English onomatopoeia for a cat sound. Mew was also designed as a simpler version of Mewtwo, an inverse of how it happened in-universe.

While the birds may be legendary Pokémon, Mewtwo is THE legendary Pokémon. Mewtwo retains many of the embryo characteristics of Mew, but it is much larger and appears more mature. This is due to its origin as a modified clone of Mew. It was modified using recombinant DNA. This occurs when methods such as CRISPR are used to insert gene sequences into a DNA strand to create new sequences that would not have occurred naturally. Because these gene sequences do not occur in nature, they can be used to produce artificially modified creatures such as goats that can produce spider silk proteins in their milk or cats that glow in the dark. DNA recombination is mostly over my head as I don’t know much about genetics, but as the technology improves, we will start seeing some potentially world-changing new technologies and organisms and will have to face some tough decisions about what the technology should and should not be used for. Mewtwo being so powerful and violent points to stories where genetic engineering is used to create monsters. Think Stories like Biohazard (AKA Resident Evil) where genetic engineering is used to make undead and mutates monstrosities or Star Trek, where genetically-engineered supermen battled for supremacy in the eugenics wars. Genetic engineering being played for horror more than it is played for good in fiction. This leans over to real life where genetically engineered crops are helping combat starvation worldwide yet are demonized as frankenfoods. Interestingly, the note you can find about Mewtwo says that Mew gave birth to it. This is closer to real-life cloning where cloned animals are born normally. In all other depictions, Mewtwo goes with the common fictional depiction of cloning where it is born as an adult in a tube. Mewtwo also drawn from stories of aliens, especially the common grey alien, which are often depicted as being psychic. This grey alien origin is more prominent in mega Mewtwo Y. Y also takes more after Mew in being more embryo-like and I think it might also draw from the starchild in 2001: a Space Odyssey. Mega Mewtwo X goes the other direction and appears to be more mature than the original, with increased musculature.

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maxs-grimoire · 1 year

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Dollar Tree witchy stuff

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This is a list of Dollar Tree witch items! These are perfect for beginner witches and witches on a budget. I’ll be listing things you can find and their uses. Please note that your Dollar Tree may not have some of these items, and that these materials may not have significance in your craft (and frankly, you don’t need them! you do not need any materials to be into witchcraft!).

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Jars

Number one is jars! There are all sorts of jars at Dollar Tree. My personal favorites are the small corked jars you can buy in the craft section. These are perfect for spells! Of course, they always have small mason jars and other containers, but I would definitley recommend the small corked jars.

Candles

Candles are perfect to buy at Dollar Tree! I get all of my candles from them. They have candles in almost every color and size! I use candles in my daily practice, mainly for worshipping my deities. I light candles both as offerings, and to symbolize my deities presence. Many spells and rituals involve lighting candles and letting candles burn down. Dollar Tree has the best supply of prayer and glass contained candles that are great for deity worship and long term use, but they also have huge packs of tea light candles, which I would recommend for spell work.

They also have small wax melters and wax cubes that you can use for a flame free alternative to candles!

Incense

Incense! Dollar Tree has loads of Incense to choose from. A lot of these come in packages that include incense sticks and holders, so it’s perfect to get you started. They not only have specific scents, they also have blends made for certain intentions. I have one for mindfulness, but I don’t care for how it smells, so I don’t use it very often. I use incense as offerings to my gods, but also to cleanse spaces and to set an intention during meditation.

Oils

Essential oils can be found in our good pal Dollar Tree. Their properties and usage vary from type to type, but I mainly use essential oils to anoint things and to dress candles.

Herbs and other edible items

Dollar Tree has a surprising amount of herbs. Cinnamon and thyme are two basic herbs you can find at almost every Dollar Tree. Once my local Dollar Tree had bay leaves, but I haven’t seen them since then. If you’re looking for some staple and versatile herbs, Dollar Tree probably has them. Cinnamon is good for purification, protection, abundance, love magic, and boosting other properties of things in the spell with it. I use cinnamon very often in my practice.

SALT! Salt is extremely cheap but a STAPLE of my craft. I use it in almost all of my spell work because it has so many properties! I use it a lot for protection and amplifiying energies.

There are also other food items, like dark chocolate. I’ve found that chocolate is a very good offering for Hades, and that he likes it a lot. If you’re working with deities or spirits, I would recommend looking around your Dollar Tree to see if you can find any foodstuffs they might enjoy, like sweets, nuts and crackers.

Offering dishes

Offering dishes are by no means a required part of working with deities and spirits. I personally don’t have any offering dishes, but I have seen several small vases, plates, bowls, and dishes that would make good offering bowls. Offering dishes are used to show your deities where their offerings are and designate a space for their physical offerings.

Altars

Dollar Tree has LOADS of stuff for altars. I found that they have lots of wooden crates and boxes, as well as desk organizers. These all could be used as small sacred spaces and can be devoted to a deity or spirit (or even to yourself!) and used as an altar. This is perfect for people who don’t have space to devote a large area to their craft.

They also have tons of stuff for decor. If you want to decorate your altar according to seasons/sabbats/esbats, dollar tree has loads of stuff to decorate with.

Some other things you could get for your altar is an altar cloth and some candle holders. An altar cloth is similar to an offering dish in the way that it designates a space to your practice, but it also protects the surface youre working on from damage! Any towel or table runner will do. Candle holders are self explanitory.

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#broke witch #broke witch tips #budget witchery #budget witchcraft #dollar tree #dollar tree witch #witchblr #witchcraft #witch supplies #Other witchy #maxtalk

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musings-on-wisteria · 9 months

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Alright apparently someone had to tell me “if you want to talk about witchcraft on your witchcraft sideblog, do it!” So guess what? I’m gonna do it.

So I was inspired by this post from @breelandwalker, but I’ve always wanted to make my own runes/symbol system for casting since I learned how to use Norse runes. I already had a symbol system, actually, because of course I did (it’s been incredible useful for making sigils).

So here they are!

They’re organized by element in rows, because if you know anything about my practice you know its gotta involve the elements. At the top is fire, then earth, water, and wind at the bottom. I made an effort to balance out the symbols with positive, negative and neutral/complex meanings, so that each element had both good and bad omens, though I think wind and fire are slightly more positive and water slightly more negative.

So, the meanings! (Left to right, top to bottom)

Fire (symbol of the whole element): the core, the spark, the energy source, the physical/mundane realm, encompasses the whole of the element (much like an ace in tarot.)

The Quilt: generosity, protection, warmth and rest, home, a safety net/supportive community

The Candle: ritual/routine, an observance/vigil, duty, hope/faith, diligence, memory

The Key: power, privilege, authority, safety, opportunity, secrets, ideas/knowledge, choices

The Cake: gathering, love, an achievement, celebration, reward, intimacy

The Bag: responsibilities, stress, overwhelm, burnout, emotional baggage

The Brick: Institutions, foundations, building; but also, destruction, disruption, conflict.

Earth (symbol of the whole element): the social sphere, kindness, connection, wonder, gratitude, passion, other people, the whole of the element basically.

The Sprout: Spring, youth, vulnerability, innocence, empathy, growth, new life

The Firefly: Summer, vitality, color, passion, expression, community, wonder, fertility

The Acorn: Autumn, luck, knowledge, an opportunity to invest/prepare, harvest

The Branch: Winter, barrenness, regret, loss, peace, forgiveness, death

The Felled Tree: think the tower card in tarot. Chaos, misfortune, expulsion from comfort zone/a sanctuary, disaster

The Woods: distance from civilization, adventure, getting lost, nature, wonder and strangeness, possible danger

Water (the whole element): the spiritual, intuition, mental health, relationship to the self, fluidity, patience, mindfulness

The Well: creation, wishes, renewal, healing, a source of life, creativity, inner life/world

The Umbrella: an mental shield, a listening ear, peace amidst emotional turmoil, disconnection from emotions, mindfulness, avoidance

The Mirror: Reflection, judgement, redirected energy/projection, meditation, self-image

The Eraser: start over, frustration, cleansing, practice, low-stakes, mistakes

The Mug: “not for you”, toxicity/addiction, hostile environment, broken dreams, perfectionism

The Hourglass: time, cycles, mortality, “start now” “time is limited”

Wind (the whole concept): imagination, change, progress, wishes, magic, the mind, immaterial things, concepts, the “beyond” or the external/opposite of the core

The Patch: independence, grit, resilience, self-expression, controversy, weirdness/counter-culture

The Dice: luck, fortune, risk, laughter, games, levity, arrogance, superstition

The Book: intellect, knowledge, challenge, lessons, passive methods of learning, seeking

The Lightning Bolt: sudden change, clarity, direction, energy, motivation, an exclamation point

The Mosquito: annoyance, life-draining, conflict, grudges, “scratching makes it worse”

The Feather: comedy, convenience, avoiding consequences, freedom, escape, a favor owed

They are SO FUN, I highly recommend making runes like these. Having picked personal symbols, there was nothing to memorize (I made this whole post without looking at my reference) and after a few readings, they seem really accurate and easy to understand!

#cheshi muses #lithomancy #witchcraft #witchblr #divination #I have no idea why anyone would want to read these but here you gooooo

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unluckyxse7enart · 2 years

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Sure enough, I never did finish what I was going to do with these! I was going to write a whole post and design a bunch of potential looks, but basically the upshot of it is: “Isn’t it weird that the color and image symbolism in alien godtiers are easily translatable in human culture despite having minimal connection in their home territory?”

So I present to you, some alternative proposals for troll godtiers using colors and imagery that made a little more sense for their theme - using Time and Light as the examples. The idea was either they’d be entirely redesigned, or alternatively - perhaps they look different to the viewer. Godtier outfits already have magic pockets and the like, looking a little different when from a different session wouldn’t be a stretch after all.

Tbh I still really like the ideas I had come up with, so if this gets enough interest I may try to follow through with the rest I had in mind...

Design notes and planning under the cut:

LIGHT - I started here because objectively this seemed the most glaringly obvious as an inconsistency between Earth and Alternia.

symbol: replaced the sun for the two moons, for obvious reasons. I left the moons in the same color of the bigger pink moon for simplicity since symbols are all one color. If I’m honest, I don’t even know if the ‘Light’ aspect as we know it would even be called Light, I feel like the connotations could get a little lost since the relationship with light is different on Alternia. BUT, this was meant to be a quick sample exercise to prove a point, so I didn’t get too lost in the weeds for this.

color scheme: Since the Light aspect godtier for humans has colors associated with the sun and the sky, I naturally colorpicked some colors from the alternian sky, as well as brought back the green from the green moon, for these. I didn’t swap them all 1:1 so much as swap based on best color balance for the palette.

TIME - This seemed like the next big contradiction, if only because troll technology probably hasn’t seen a gear in its life. Rethinking this particular aspect was harder for a few reasons, but I feel like I made it work.

symbol: Since gears aren’t so prevalent in troll tech, I went for what is - grubs. This seems like a dicey swap since grubs are multipurpose in troll culture, but since Time is also about the life cycle, birth and death, a grub seems fitting for multiple nuances in the aspect it’s representing.

color scheme: This was where things got tricky and I began to realize perhaps this project would run into some bumps - the color scheme for troll tech is, not surprisingly, primarily purple, with some hints of green. Just as I had essentially done with Vriska. As you can see I had to do a couple runs with this one before settling on a palette order that stood out enough from Vriska’s, even if it does sacrifice the color balance of the base godtier.

HONORARY MENTIONS: aka ideas that never saw the canvas but I’ve had pinned in discord for 3 years now anyways

DOOM would probably be a refreshing break from purples, although the symbol wouldn’t get a lot of major changes unless I considered something else to represent it instead.

BLOOD would also be a nice break and probably have the most versatile palette options... Perhaps too versatile, so I eventually settled tentatively on hemoanon colors (so a lot of greys). I was never set on the sign unfortunately.

BREATH would be interesting to do a color palette swap for, but this is a case where I can’t imagine a reason to change the symbol, so it’d be less of a creative break from its roots.

RAGE.... Would stay Exactly the same.

VOID might be entirely turned on its head by referencing Alternia’s deadly daytime and excessively bright colors

And that’s as far as I got. If you read this far, thank you for doing so and I hope you enjoy!!

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blacksapphrodite · 2 years

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Wedding Magic

I got married four years ago. :)

And the wedding was a lot of work, but a lot of fun! We did pretty much everything ourselves, so I didn’t sleep for about a week, but I think it turned out pretty magical. Since there was magic woven into almost every little thing and choice we made, that’s no surprise! From the flower choices, to the colors, to the centerpieces, to the party favors and the style of my dress! So of course I absolutely had to write a post about wedding magic! I’ll be using my own as an example, and hopefully it’ll give you some ideas for you own future, special day! You can use these tips for any big party, too, so don’t limit yourself to weddings! Graduations, birthdays, anniversaries--everything is better with a little magic. :)

I’m going to work my way down a list of various choices we had to make for the wedding and explain each one, along with different possibilities. Again, feel free to use all of some of these ideas for parties or even your home decor!

Dress Design

Our wedding had two brides, but my wife wore a very handsome suit while I wore the big fluffy princess dress! So we both got a lot of the attention, albeit for slightly different reasons. Regardless of what you’re going to wear, you can make it magical! Think colors, and glamours for the most part. My gown was pink, with plenty of sparkle. Pink symbolizes love, romance, hope, etc. It’s essentially a less intense version of the color red. Most brides get married in white or ivory, of course, but you can incorporate color into your jewelry and other accessories. I’ve been set on a pink/blush gown since before we got engaged, and it worked well with my witchcraft. You can incorporate colors into your suits as well, especially with ties, shirt colors and boutineers!

Consider your bridesmaids/groomsmen too! I picked out the color (baby blue with pink flower crowns) but had them pick out their own dresses, which I think gave them a lot more personality! I also hate most bridesmaid dresses, so it allowed them to pick out much prettier ones in my humble opinion. :P Consider putting them into whatever you would like your main color(s) to be, especially if you’re wearing white! They’re your attendants after all, so they’re an extension of yourself and hopefully have the best of intentions for you!

Don’t forget about your glamours! Your intention for your wedding is of course, love, happiness, beauty, hope, longevity, etc.! Envision these things as you get dressed, do your hair, makeup and so on. It’s a good way to start a beautiful day, and a beautiful life. :)

Decor

Besides the couple, the decor might be the most important part of the wedding. We decorated our venue all on our own which gave us plenty of power. Still, you can dictate what you want to your wedding planner to add a magickal flair to your day! There are plenty of ideas below. :)

Flowers

Flowers are an obvious choice for adding some magic to your day. All of them already have established meanings, and they can be easily used throughout all your decor, real or fake. Our main motif was roses in pink and blue, but we also had hydrangeas! Rose of course symbolize love, with pink roses in particular symbolizing love, gratitude and romance. You can work with your florist to put together something beautiful and meaningful. Think about what flowers hold personal meaning to you, too! My friends and I have a history with hydrangeas and fond memories thereof, so they were a sweet addition to the bouquets. <3

Centerpieces

My centerpieces nearly drove me insane, but I think they turned out beautifully!

You’ll have one of these on each table, so think about the kind of energy you want to permeate your venue. Odds are you’ll also be assembling them yourself, so you can infuse your intention into each one. This is especially good if you have a different theme for each table, and know who will be sitting where! We used blue diamond stones, pink heart stones, pink and blue roses and white electric candles for a soft glow. Then we wrapped the base in pink and white rose fairy light. It lent a quiet, romantic feeling to everything, and kept everyone calm, happy and feeling the love the entire time!

Colors

We’ve mentioned this already briefly, but your colors are a big deal! Ours were pink and blue, and we tried to incorporate them into every little piece of the wedding. Pink table cloths, blue runners. Pink and blue roses, pink lights, pink dress, blue accents on my wife’s tie, pink and blue lanterns. We were focusing on love, happiness and peace, and it all worked beautifully. Consider established meanings of colors, along with whatever colors are meaningful to you and your partner!

Party Favors

This is where you can have even more fun! Our party favors were a CD of our favorite love songs and homemade rose gummy roses. How romantic is that? Edible party favors are especially good for magic, as it’s easy to infuse whatever it is you’re making with the energy you desire, and distribute that energy among your guests!

Cake Flavors/Decor

Your cake is the centerpiece to end all centerpieces. Most of us don’t make our wedding cakes ourselves, but you can still make sure they fit the flow of your magic. We had cupcakes, with pink and blue rose decorations! Our flavors were simple--chocolate and vanilla--both of which have connotations of love, beauty and romance. Consider this when choosing your cake style and flavors. Something can still be magical even if you didn’t make it yourself--we’ve talked about magic with premade ingredients before! This is in the same vein. Infuse it with your intent as you set them up, slice or bite into it. There are multiple possibilities!

Music

My wife did all the music for our wedding, but everyone knows music is magical. Choose songs with specific meaning to you and your day. Songs that fill you with emotion, songs that enhance the magic you’re working!

This is just a brief overview, but I hope you enjoyed the pictures and also the ideas. Weddings are already so magical--there’s so much love and happiness and hope in the air--and you should seize on that. Be sure to keep some of mementos too--that’s powerful love magic there, and you should make the most of it.

(I'm cleaning up my blog and reposting some of my spells/etc that were once hosted on my website.💕)

#witchcraft #wedding magick #glamour magick #weddings #witchblr #witches of tumblr #grimoire

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fangirleaconmigo · 2 years

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I love reading your thoughts on the books and agree that Geralt’s consent is overlooked in certain scenes, like Triss’s help of a little magic, but I interpreted Essi and Geralt’s fling differently than the other anon so I wanted to share. To be clear, this is only what I interpreted and not me saying that I’m right and the other anon is wrong,

To me, the basis of “A little Sacrifice” is Geralt and Yen broke up their unhealthy relationship, wherein they both love each other but need to grow as people before they can have a healthy relationship. After the breakup, Geralt hangs out with his best friend and meets Essi. Essi is a symbol of a “normal human girl”; she’s like the opposite of Yen and a relationship with her would be simple and easy. Essi is attracted to Geralt but Geralt self-deprecatingly thinks a “normal” person like Essi couldn’t sincerely be attracted to him and that she must only have a monster fetish or something. Also, Geralt is always thinking about Yen. During Dandelion and Geralt’s pillow talk, Dandelion tells Geralt that he shouldn’t compare Essi and Yen, Yen made Geralt feel inhuman but that doesn’t mean Essi will or is only attracted to his otherness. In actuality, Geralt is the most normal man ever not at all inhuman. Essi is simply attracted to Geralt himself not his imagined otherness and Geralt is attracted to her so he should stop brooding in his self-hatred and give Essi a chance. I interpreted it as Dandelion must have been pretty much right because Geralt’s response was “Shut up, Whore.” *faces the wall instead of Dandelion*. Geralt and Essi proceed to have sex but Geralt is honest with her and confides that he is only looking to have sex not start a relationship because he is still in love with Yen.

Thank you for saying that ♥️ I love to talk with people about the books.

You’re so right. Geralt’s last interaction with Yen left him deeply distressed and the theme of that story (A Shard of Ice) when it came to his emotional state was the question of…are your feelings real? Or are you a freakish approximation of a “real” human? He is so wounded that there is even the implication at one point during that story that he no longer really wants to live.

So his interaction with Essi is absolutely colored by this. At their first meeting, she is just talking to him. She is simply interested in talking to him. He kisses her abruptly and disrespectfully to sort of “prove” something to her, because he believes she only is talking to him at all because she sees him as a freakish curiosity. She is very kind about it, but Dandelion says he is lucky she didn’t slap him. (She wasn’t flirting and or trying to hook up with him)

That gets him that dressing down from Dandelion. That conversation is one of my top five conversation in the whole series. I mean, Dandelion knows how to get right to the heart of what Geralt is believing about himself.

And the part where he sleeps with Essi? I’ve been sent four different interpretations of that scene, all of which I found very compelling. Reading lit is like looking into a mirror, to a certain degree, and we all take different things from it.

She is definitely the narrative’s foil to Yen, since she is everything a man is “supposed” to want, AND she is everything that we are to believe that Geralt would want or that would be good for him. She is sweet, young, beautiful, intelligent, knowledgeable about his profession, and she is courageous and stands up for Geralt when he is treated poorly by a pretentious asshole. Interestingly, she mirrors his best friend in several ways, including the fact that she is a bard. 👀 (just a thought)

The fact that he feels nothing for her beyond genuine affection for her as a human being, is supposed to show us that he loves Yen and Yen alone. At least that was my takeaway.

Then his level of consent in their sex scene, I have definitely seen interpreted differently. He doesn’t love her and he doesn’t want to lead her on or give her a false impression. But one thing I never see people mention is that their power dynamic is undeniably very tilted towards him.

She is 19. He is at least triple her age. She has never been in love before, which is why she is so distressed. Kids (I think of 19yos as kids and I’m nowhere near Geralt’s age) do not have experience or perspective, so everything is more distressing. The first time you are feeling something you can’t possibly have developed the tools to deal with it. So I have a lot of compassion for young people trying to deal with all this shit for the first time.

And Geralt kissing her probably was a crucial element in her starting to see him that way. Again, she is very very very young and inexperienced and that kiss was probably a pretty big deal to her, meaning it probably had an emotional impact on her, even though it was a total throw away action for him.

So, I feel a lot of compassion for the both of them. His low self worth and trauma. Her emotional panic and turmoil and embarrassment. (And utter lack of tools to deal with the situation)

And Dandelion is like…just please fucking talk to each other. He thinks that as long as the air is cleared and everyone is honest and Essi knows that it is just sex and she is not being led on or lied to, that it would be fine. And he is so fed up with how tense it is between them, seeing as it makes things incredibly awkward for the third person trying to travel with them. He’s like…just talk. Then you can fuck and get it out of your system.

And ofc we know what Geralt decides.

And just the fact that the scene provokes so much emotion and discussion I think is a sign that they’ve already made us care, which is good storytelling methinks.

#the witcher #the witcher books #thinking about the witcher books yet again #sword of destiny #essi daven

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kordeliiius · 2 years

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Who are all these metronome kids o keep hearing abt, i have shit memory and they seem to have Funky Powers

HI ALRIGHT SO for everyone just tuning in, I’ll do my best to give a rundown for each main-ish character and their proposed abilities!! Keep in mind this is an odd mix of canon and headcanon that will hopefully make sense by how I’ve structured this thing. I’ll also add links to sources and additional speculation where needed, since the LN wiki doesn’t touch on everything (but it contains tons of info on other canon characters and a pretty expansive gallery)

Ten is the main playable character and he carries a device that allows him to record, edit, and replay sounds from the environment. This mechanic was the main means of puzzle solving and stage progression, though it became increasingly harder to create an engaging experience from. So instead of stripping the game of the mechanic (and by extension, its identity), the game's development was halted indefinitely. He's also shown in the demo footage to interact with the spirits he frees, but like. How does he do that. Sometime later the idea of Ten having a sixth sense arose and I started drawing him with heterochromia to symbolize that (I’ve already gone off about how I think eye color could represent magical potency in the LN world), and depending on how that impacted his social life it’d make sense if he were more keen on befriending nomes and spirits rather than people. I also think it'd be cool if he knew how to play conventional instruments as well?? It might have an advantage in certain encounters. [[This game also had the original nomes in them; they're called metrognomes and they're soulless husks created by separating a child's soul from their body (sound familiar?) Ten can control them using his noise machine.]]

The game also has a secondary protagonist, New, who was at the center of the inciting incident and had some additional role in the gameplay. I remember hearing she could’ve been an AI or the co-op P2 but all the info in my head got jumbled up and I cant remember where that factoid came from. From what little we've seen of her, I’d assume that she prefers the stealth route and will fight bare-handed if things come down to it, but the synopsis also hints towards her having magic as well. Because certain technology responds to her presence, I'm thinking this could be some unique ESP, or if you wanna get real crazy, an earlier subvariant of transmission. (Either option poses an advantage in gameplay, allowing her to perceive things that Ten’s senses can’t, but the latter would totally heighten the drama.) That being said her abilities are unpredictable and she doesn’t have much tech knowledge to begin with, so that’s what drives her to seek help.

The other kids you might be thinking of aren't actually from the game, instead the community kinda,, made them up?? This ghost girl that @/oryst and I designed in tandem has a number of influences: the unidentified face on the old website, this fanmade box art and its reinterpretations, and also Mono! We still dont know where the artist got this idea from, but I rather like the idea of Ten having a temporary ghost companion that allows for some unique problem-solving. What we've ultimately created is the spirit of a young transmitter (having the “landline” equivalent of Mono’s “handsfree” capabilities) who was sought out and killed, and is now the spirit piloting the all-powerful machine at the core of the city. After the two become intertwined, it’s not exactly clear what her real personality is anymore. She was also New's friend in life, giving our protag all the more reason to burn the place down.

There's this other community-original character who acts as a spy for the corp. (updated design) They're a double amputee and are unpowered, but probably have some special devices to assist them on the job and can command scouts as well. I originally wrote them as another childhood friend of New's, maybe a sibling, but the two of them were split up due to a grudge surrounding their friend's death. It's also super ironic that the image I based them off was actually New as she appears in-game? It used to be so indecipherable that no one could recognize her. Maybe I'll use that bit of meta-irony to tweak their story or relationship a bit, who knows.

Also worth noting that each character here parallels the LN kids in one way or another, however no connection is exactly one-to-one. Somebody could argue that Ten was the original Mono because of how technology is a big part of their schtick, but to me his overall demeanor is more comparable to Six, and the metrognome sequences parallel Runaway’s route in The Hideaway to a T. On the flipside, New is commonly likened to Six because of her design and possible AI functionality, but the notions of magic and mystery in the synopsis make her more of a Mono in my eyes. The Ghost and the Spy, however, are intentional callbacks to Mono/Rain and Runaway respectively.

#asks #city of metronome #little nightmares #metronome ocs #goddam that was a lot ;0; if u need me to clarify pls hmu!#I didnt include anything abt the main antagonists bc they're not 'kids' like you seemed to specify #their basic shpeels are on the wiki already but you can ask me abt them as well #kramblings

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fiboscribbles · 1 year

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DESIGN MY NEXT TATTOO!!

Hey Tumblr :))) guess what I can afford right now!?!

I’ve got a prompt for ya:

“A wish in a bottle”

To be more specific, I’d like to get a bunch of lightbulb terrariums, running up and down my right side with different things in them! One at a time, I am a poor college kid.

I’ve already got one with a moon and some mushrooms, looking for some more!!

This should be mostly in black ink— maybe one day I can afford one or two colored ones! Let’s say not tooo detailed, around $200 or less, but I wanna see some cool stuff!! My current one is approximately the size of my phone screen, so let’s keep them about that size!!

Ideas for the inside:

- Crystals

- Waterfall

- River

- Pond

- Colliding planets (light bulb exploding around it?)

- Terrarium

- Snails

- Bees

- Butterflies

- Mushrooms

- Flowers

- Foliage

- Cracked light bulb

- Shelf mushrooms on outsides of it

- Cracked light bulb with nature over taking it

- Dumb lil dino

- Lightning

- Fireflies

- Spirals

- Galaxies

- Kaleidoscope

Song lyrics that hit me hard to potentially draw inspo from and get an idea of who I am and maybe some important symbolism and also I don’t know I started making this whole list at 3 am one night and this felt like a good idea to include:

- “Dandelion seeds yet to ride on the breeze” - Falling Up by Will Wood

- “Stratospheric fear of catastrophe” - Falling Up by Will Wood

- “Circles and spirals in mind” - Good Day by Tally Hall

- “Spastic light specs brighter than the bluest skies” - Punch it, Punk by Ferry

- “Your makers must have kissed in cosmic dust” - Little Fang by Avery Tang

- “My friend you’ve got a friend in me, let’s go and make more enemies” - Willard! By Will Wood

- “I’ve got a ray gun in my bag, a treasure map under my hat, and I’ll never miss a head shot or a dotted line”

- “Bleed your magic out” - Bleed Magic by iDKHOW

- “I am quantum physics” - I/Me/Myself by Will Wood

- “Floating in the summer sky, 99 red balloons go by….. just to prove the world was here, and here it is, a red balloon; I think of you, and let it go” - 99 Red Balloons (Goldfinger cover)

- “I will be the moon at night” - Dr. Sunshine is Dead by Will Wood

- “I am a chemical reaction” - Chemical Overreaction by Will Wood

- “Everything is better when you’re learning… everything is made to keep on turning” - You and Me by Tally Hall

- “Lots of questions answered it’s metaphysical, astronomical!” - The Whole World and You” by Tally Hall

- “On the wings of a dream, so far beyond reality” - Through the Fire and the Flames by Dragonforce

- “Strap my snorkel on, stop crying on the kitchen floor” - Underwater World by Ratwyfe

- “I wanna see in color, not some shade of pale blue” - Heartbeat by Point North

- “I never want to leave this sunset town” - Good Times by All Time Low

I hope people see this and send me stuff!!! Happy drawing :))

Um let me know if anyone wants my current one as an example— oh I hope people see this!

#drawing #drawing prompt #tatttoos #tattoo ideas #artists on tumblr #tumblr draw #design my tattoo

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An Impulse Decision: Chapter 25

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Warning: This chapter depicts acts of torture, including the likes of blood & violence. Read at your own risk. Let me also say Sorry in advance

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Chapter 25: Excruciating Chit-Chats

Much Earlier…

A small ounce of pain panged in his head when Fledge opened his eyes. The sixteen-year-old found himself laying on his side on a warm stone floor, letting out a tired groan that echoed through the room he was in. His eyes examined the chamber as he slowly sat right up. The room had various mural designs, and the columns surrounding the chamber appeared to be bird-like, two of which reminded him of Loftwings, all of which were in the colors of white, red, orange, and gold. The door behind him was huge with the color of red. Right across from him was a stone door with the symbol of the goddess Din.

Another small pain struck his head right as his eyes gaze at the door. The image of flames appeared in his mind. The flames were large, bright, and red like Din herself. It was intense enough for Fledge to let out another groan. He moved his hand to his head to soothe the ache. That's when he made a startling discovery.

Both of his hands were bound together by black shackle chains. Fledge used all his strength to pull them apart but it would seem not even Din enhancing his strength was enough to break the shackles off.

"Don't even bother. Those chains will be there for as long as I wish them to be." Ghirahim's voice bounced out through the chamber. "Even if you somehow broke free the only exit is locked so you can kiss your chances of escape goodbye."

Fledge quickly got up to his feet. The boy darted his eyes quickly in the chamber trying to see where The Demon Lord could be. The sound of his heavy breathing echoed in the room. No sign of him was seen anywhere. When Fledge turned his body to look in a different direction he was greeted by Ghirahim standing still. It scared Fledge enough to send him jack back, causing him to land back on the floor. All Ghirahim could do was smile in amusement.

"Why so jumpy? Aren't you happy to see a familiar face?" Ghirahim peers his gaze onto the orange-clad student, who did not say anything back. "Well, I for one am surprised you and your little group of friends made it this far. I would think that Tentalus would eliminate you all. Yes, I was the one who brought Tentalus back to life so no need to ask the obvious."

Fledge still did not have any sort of response. Everything quickly came back to him as he realized that he was now Ghirahim's captive. What can he do? The sword he had and his supplies were nowhere on him. And even though Fledge has great strength, he was locked in this chamber. He was trapped in here with The Demon Lord.

"Where am I?" Fledge asks.

"We're deep in a place called The Fire Sanctuary. And you, little Fledge, are my guest." Ghirahim circles around the boy, like a predator stalking its helpless prey.

Fledge kept his eyes on the Demon Lord as he walked around him. "I'm sure you're not supposed to shackle up your guests like a prisoner."

"Now now. There's no need for hostilities. It's unbecoming of you. If I wanted to do any harm to you, you wouldn't be here right now."

"Why haven't you killed me, then? Isn't that what you've been trying to do this whole time?"

"I merely just want to have a… chit-chat with you while we wait for our friend Link. I want to know what you know. That's not too much now is it?"

"I doubt that I have anything of importance that you want to know."

"Oh, I'm sure you do. You and your merry band are such an interesting group. This whole time since we started this endeavor I know next to nothing about all of you. The humans I've known tended to be not very…interesting, to say the least. Yet something about four interests me. No matter what I throw at you, you all just kept on going. I think it would be only natural for me to be a little curious. For instance, I don't ever recall them having the type of magic some of you have."

Fledge hitched a breath, thankfully quiet enough for Ghirahim to not hear. Somehow the Demon Lord must know about his friend's abilities given by the goddesses. Fledge did not want to share the detail of them, and himself having each of the Golden Goddesses' essence with them. He did not answer the question, trying to give his best 'I have no clue what you're talking about' expression to Ghirahim. In response, the Demon Lord rolled his eyes, letting out an irate breath.

"If you want to know why I'm bringing that up, I stuck around watching you and your little friends fight with Tentalus. Your two other friends showed some rather interesting abilities. That Pipit summoned a gust of air to leap himself many feet high above to save that girl from Tentalus before he was smacked away. Hilarious might I add. And let's not forget how that girl, Karane I believe, managed to conjure up enough water to literally disarm Tentalus. Makes me wonder, how did they learn that magic? For as long as I've been around I've never seen anything quite like that before…" Ghirahim ceased his walking. After a moment, he stalked his way to Fledge, who moved his glance toward the ground. The Demon Lord crouched to the boy's level, grabbing his face roughly so that he could look at Fledge's face, examining it as if he was an object. "Interesting eyes you have here…I've never seen a human with such red eyes before. Odd, I could've sworn your eyes were brown when we first got acquainted."

"...It's a rare genetic condition. From my…dad's side," Fledge hastily lied. "Nothing special about them."

Ghirahim seemed to be unconvinced with that answer but he did not seem interested in pressing on. "You still haven't answered my question on the magic part."

Fledge yet again did not give him an answer, only instead responding by yanking his head out of Ghirahim's grip.

"How about you tell me what the large blue fire I saw on that ship back in Lanayru, hmm? What do these flames do? Was there one back in The Ancient Cistern? Is that why you and your friends came here as well?"

Yet again Fledge did not answer the Demon Lord's question. Once realizing that he wasn't getting answers, Ghirahim let out a disappointed breath.

"Adamant with the silent treatment huh? Here I was hoping you were a chatterbox. It's been a long time since I've held any sort of conversation. It's hard to find someone to talk to," Ghirahim expresses rather woefully.

"I can't imagine why…" Fledge uttered out loud without even thinking.

A faint cold glare painted Ghirahim's expression, clearly not pleased with Fledge's snarky response. In a flash, Ghirahim backhanded Fledge's face, knocking the boy to his side. Fledge let out a groan, soothing his stricken cheek as best as he could. The orange-clad student did not expect the impact of that to be hard. It was almost like a piece of metal had struck him in the face. Ghirahim's expression did not change while he watched Fledge groan on the floor.

"Fine then. Keep those secrets. I was only merely curious. Besides, they weren't vital for me to know anyways. But I suggest that you cut back the snarky attitude, for this next question I have you will answer."

"And what would that question be then?"

"I'm glad you asked, my boy!" Ghirahim exclaimed rather carefully before he vanished in a flash of diamonds. Fledge slowly sat back up, trying to find where he went. "Take a look over here!"

Fledge turned to see Ghirahim standing way above the floor, perched on the wall high above the door with Din's symbol. Behind Ghirahim was a mural that depicted a winged statue that he had seen in the previous temples. Standing on his feet to get a better look, Fledge could see that on each side of the winged statue appeared to be two large cogs. One on Fledge's left is surrounded by a tan color with images of cacti. The other one on his right depicts the same cog surrounded by the color green with images of trees. Fledge let out a low gasp as he realized what these images were representing the Gate of Time that he saw back in Lanayru Desert. The imagine on the right also representing the Gate of Time at the Sealed Temple.

"Notice anything familiar? In case your little brain can't figure it out, this image is over here…" Ghirahim pointed to the tan-colored side. "...Was the Gate of Time back in the desert. The one that the Goddesses' lapdog had destroyed. I was beyond upset when that happened because I believe my only pathway to The Spirit Maiden had been lost. But this image is over here…" Ghirahim directed over to the green side of the mural. "...Suggest the existence of another Gate of Time hiding somewhere in a forested area around these lands. You have no idea how joyous I felt with this revelation! The amount of relief that filled my heart! The mere idea of ANOTHER Gate of Time is enough to make me positively giggly! I finally found another way to retrieve The Spirit Maiden. The girl will be the key for me to bring back my master!"

Ghirahim vanished again. Fledge stood still waiting for his captor to reappear out of nowhere again.

"But before we get into that…" Hands clasps both of Fledge's shoulders. Ghirahim peered his head over them. "...There's still the matter of your punishment for you & your friends interfering with my plans."

Fledge jerked away from the Demon Lord, turning his body to face him, doing his best to keep a neutral expression to show Ghirahim that he was not afraid.

"Do you remember when I said that I would punish you all by making the affair excruciating enough that you'll be deaf from the sounds of your screams? Well, this discovery has put me in an unusually generous enough mood and made me think more clearly. Perhaps I think maybe corporal punishment may be a bit much. So I got the idea that I should try a more diplomatic solution and offer you a deal. One that you cannot refuse. Should you agree, I promise that I will let bygones be bygones. I'll let you go free and leave you & the rest of friends be…" Ghirahim pointed to the teen. "...If you tell me where the other Gate of Time is."

"W-What makes you think I know anything about it?" Fledge lied as best as he could.

"Don't play coy with me, boy. I know that you know. So why not save yourself the trouble and tell me? If you don't, then I'm going to take some…unpleasant measures."

The demands of Ghirahim played through Fledge's head. Potential other options came up but none sounded helpful. He was left with two options. If he doesn't give her up willingly, Fledge knew Ghirahim would no doubt do horrible things to him. Maybe even kill him. But…If he gave up Zelda, there's no telling what unspeakable horrors Ghirahim had in store for her to bring back this mysterious master that he had mentioned. He could never betray Zelda like that, not after everything she did for him throughout the years of their friendship. The number of times she helped nurture him when he was sick, the number of times she brought a smile to his face after a bad day, and the amount times she made sure he never felt left out. Fledge knew he would never forgive himself if he gave Zelda up. So options are to either give up his friend or possibly sign his death warrant. Listening to the worried voices in his head, he had one that sounded like his late mother.

"Life will throw obstacles at you. There will be moments when the easy way out is to give up. But giving up is not how you live. Promise me this, Fledge. Promise me that no matter what life throws at you, have the strength to overcome all the obstacles and live your life. And I know you will because you are strong in many ways. I believe in you."

"I'm waiting for an answer," Ghirahim's voice broke through Fledge's thoughts. "What's it gonna be?"

Hearing his mother's words was enough to have him make a hard, but in the long term sense, the right decision. Slowly, Fledge turned to Ghirahim, sucked in a breath, and gave his answer. "...No."

"That's your answer? No?"

"It is," Fledge said more confidently.

A frown crept across Ghirahim's lips, his eyes grew disappointed. "Seems like you need some…persuasion."

Ghirahim's fist collided with Fledge's face. A pain-filled moan escaped the orange-clad student's mouth as he clutched his nose, which suffered the most from the impact. Fledge moved his hands away from his nose, only to see blood on them. Before he could soothe his bleeding nose, Ghirahim struck him again, this time punching him in the gut. Ghirahim punched Fledge in the face, which was enough to send the boy flying to one end of the chamber. Fledge barely got up to his feet when Ghirahim teleported back to his side. He grabbed the teen boy and slammed him against the wall hard several times. It was enough that several cuts appeared on his face.

"My goodness! That looked like it hurt," Ghirahim exclaimed in a feign shock tone.

Ghirahim then tossed Fledge to another end of the room. Fledge lay on his stomach as tried to lift himself. He was only on his hands & knees and appeared again. This time, he kicked Fledge's torso many times until the boy collapsed on the floor yet again.

"Hold on now…That looked like it hurt a lot more," Ghirahim stood over Fledge, who was leaving out heavy pants. "I honestly can't tell which is more painful. Why not you try to help me out here, my boy? What hurts more? A…?" Ghirahim gave several hard kicks to Fledge's rib cage. "...Or B?" Ghirahim grabbed Fledge's hair, slamming his face onto the hard stone floor even more times. After that was done, the Demon Lord, hard grip still on Fledge's hair, forced the teen onto his knees. "Forehand, or backhand?" Ghirahim punched Fledge and followed immediately with a backhand hit in his face. The final hit was powerful enough to knock Fledge a few feet away.

Cuts littered around Fledge's face. Blood trailed down his nose, the side and his forehead, on his lips, and corner of his mouth. Several bruises were also on his face. Tears trailed down his eyes from the pain he endured. A majority of his body felt sore. So much so that he could barely move without feeling pain. Despite that, Fledge still mustered enough strength to sit upwards. Noticing this, Ghirahim stalked his way toward him. Even though he was trapped in this room, Fledge did his best to crawl away from his captor in a desperate attempt to be as far away from him as possible. This had only proven futile as Ghirahim soon caught up with his prisoner. The Demon Lord grabbed the teen back the back collar of his knight uniform. He then dragged him over to the door with Din's symbol, practically throwing him back on the ground. A sadistic, satisfied smile grew on him as he watched Fledge give out labored breaths.

"Now then, with that out of the way, perhaps you're more…motivated to tell me where that gate is." Ghirahim crouched down, grabbed Fledge by the shoulder, and propped his back against the door. "My offer still stands. It's not too late to change your mind. But this is your last chance for my patience is growing thin. Deny me an answer again, and promise you the beating I just gave you will not be the worst thing to happen to you."

Again, Fledge considered how to respond to his captor. Still, he wasn't going to give up Zelda. Another idea did came to him.

"This is probably gonna get me killed, but if I'm going to die anyway I might as well do something crazy at least," Fledge thought to himself.

A decision was made. Fledge muttered some words, but they were too quiet for Ghirahim to hear.

"What was that? You're gonna have to speak louder," Ghirahim stated mockingly, cupping his ear. "I think it may be possible you might have a collapsed lung or a concussion. I've heard that it impedes the auditory."

"I said…Lean in close."

Ghirahim gave a surprised look but moved closer. Several seconds pass by. Fledge then did something that not even he thought he would ever do in his lifetime.

Fledge spits on Ghirahim's face.

The spit itself, a mixture of saliva & blood landed on the Demon Lord's cheek. The sudden action startled Ghirahim back. Standing still in shock by the teen's action. He moved his hand on his cheek to wipe the spit to gaze upon to confirm it. After several seconds of staring at the spit on his hand, Ghirahim glanced back at Fledge.

"Screw...You." Fledge uttered up through his labored breathes, whilst also giving a scowl.

The shock on Ghirahim's face was quickly replaced by very displeasing. "So, that's how it's gonna be? Then what happens next is solely on you."

After wiping the spit of his hand, the chained shackles vanished from Fledge's wrists when Ghirahim snapped his fingers. The relief the orange-clad student felt from being freed from those things only lasted for a short second. Ghirahim grabbed Fledge's left wrist, forcing him to stand back up. He then pinned Fledge's hand against the door. With a snap, a small black knife appeared in Ghirahim's free hand. The next minute he spent admiring said knife.

Then in an instant, he dug the knife straight into Fledge's pinned hand.

A pain-filled scream from Fledge rang off the walls of the chamber. He turns to see the knife in his hand had him pinned to the door. Some of his blood trailed down from behind. Ghirahim grabbed Fledge's free hand, pinning that one before he could try to remove the knife.

"You should've taken my offer, Fledge. Or better yet, maybe you should've stayed on that little island in the sky. Now you're at my complete mercy, and you have no one to blame but yourself." Ghirahim again grabbed Fledge's face, almost squeezing it. "One way or another. You will tell me where the Gate is."

"I'm not telling you...anything…"

Another black knife appeared in Ghirahim's hand and he dug that one into Fledge's right hand onto the door, making Fledge to let out another scream. Fledge, arms spread out in a Y pose, was now totally pinned against the door with Din's Emblem by Ghirahim's knives lodged in both of his hands.

"You'll tell me, alright. I know your type. I saw it the moment I first saw you back at Skyview."

"You don't…know…anything…about me," Fledge spat back in his heavy pants.

"Oh, I do. I've seen your type in other humans before. That type you are: Weak. Spineless. Timid. Cowardly. Backing off the moment you see trouble. I'll break you in time because that's what you are. And that's what you'll always be." Ghirahim paused for a moment. "But…on the slim chance that you remain quiet, maybe your precious friend Link will be more willing to tell me."

"L-Leave him o-out of this…" Fledge pleaded through his groans.

Ghirahim gave an unamused look at the boy. He lifted his hand where sharp objects appeared on all five of his fingers, all appearing like claws. Ghirahim then stuck them on Fledge's side, piercing through his chainmail, and dug into his skin, leaving them in there for a good few seconds before pulling his hand out. The Demon Lord didn't hit anything vital but it was enough to let out another shout of pain from the teen.

"Your friend made himself a part of this, as did you." Ghirahim stroke Fledge's cheek with his clawed index finger, covered with the boy's blood. "To be honest, though, I was secretly hoping that you would keep quiet. For you see, I have a little something planned for Link. To make it even better, it involves you as well. It'll be so much fun!"

With the sadistic glee heard in Ghirahim's tone, Fledge could already figure out that whatever the Demon Lord had planned, it wouldn't be pleasant. And Fledge certainly doesn't want to be part of a scheme that would end up hurting Link in the end. Never again will he ever do that.

"I'm not going to be part of this." Fledge defiantly declared. Ghirahim seemed to be unfazed, instead, he used his claw to add another cut to the boy's battered face.

"I'm afraid you have no choice in the matter." Ghirahim let out a chuckle.

"When…Link gets here…He'll give you Hell."

"I very much doubt that. Because if I can't break you, then I'll use you to break him. That will guarantee that he will be out of the way."

Fledge brought his gaze onto the ground. That's when he got a sudden thoughts in his head.

"Why…" Fledge panted out, slowly lifting his head back up. "Why are you doing all of this? Who is your master?"

"And why should I indulge you with that information?"

What Fledge was going to say next knew would be hard to accept but he needed to know about the ever growing slim possibility of getting out of this alive he can tell his friends. "Because…Because you're probably going to kill me when this is done anyways. At the very least you can tell me who your master is and why he's important enough for you to resurrect him to do all this."

Ghirahim appeared…rather surprised by Fledge's response. "That's the most reasonable thing you've said throughout this whole conversation. Well, at least you're not a total fool. I guess you've earned the right to know who my master is."

The Demon Lord leaned in close into Fledge's ear, whispering in it. When he was done, Fledge's eyes widened with shock. The name was one Fledge had heard from the many stories he had heard throughout his entire life. It was the name of someone that Hylia fought in the legends. A name of an individual frightening enough not only scares children but also gives full-grown adults nightmares. A name belongs to the same individual that according to said legends, had almost decimated his ancestors so severely it led Hylia to create Skyloft one-thousand years prior.

"Your-Your master is…him? The Demon King from legends?"

"My master is anything but a legend. He is very much real. For the past one thousand years, he lay dormant, in a form that your precious Goddess cursed him too. He's still an unstoppable force, but I can finally revert him to his pure form with The Spirit Maiden. And when he returns, he will take his place as the rightful ruler of this world. But Link, and your friends, have been preventing me from doing so. By the end of this day, none of you will be a thorn in my side no longer."

"Link will stop you!" Fledge spat out. "He'll stop you, and your master."

"We'll see about that." Ghirahim turned his head as if he was listening for something. "I sense your friends are back in this region. It won't be long until they get here. Still, plenty of time to see if I can break you or not. Now, the question is, how?"

Ghirahim place his finger in a thinking pose and remained that way for several minutes. At one point he moved his hand through his hair, lifting his bang. Fledge could see the small black diamond mark under his left eye. That was not the only thing that caught Fledge's attention. The top of Ghirahim's left ear showed ragged edges as if the top of it was torn off. Ghirahim took notice of Fledge's curiosity.

"This right here was what I call, a test of loyalty. Spoiler Alert: I passed it." Both of his eyes widened, and a delighted smile grew on his face as if he had a sudden idea. Snapping his fingers, a larger black knife appeared in Ghirahim's hand. On his other hand, a small flame grew. Ghirahim placed the tip of the blade over the fire until it glowed a bright orange-red glow. Fledge started hyperventilating as his captor extinguished the flame, and lingered the knife close to the left side of his head.

"You know, I think a matching set would be nice…" Ghirahim stated with sadistic glee.

****

Outside of the chamber in The Fire Sanctuary, the three Mogma brothers, Silva, Broni, and Plats lingered around, in search of treasure. They were not having any luck whatsoever. Bronzi seemed like had enough and dug back underground, proclaiming he was going to look somewhere else. This left only Silva & Plats.

"Think we'll find something here?" Plats asked Silva.

"I'm sure, bro. We just need to keep trying-"

A loud shout caused both Mogma brothers to jump. Silva was spooked enough to go back underground. But Plats remained and listened. Quickly he learned that the shout was a blood-curdling scream. One so horrifying that all he could do is stall still in shock, even after the screaming stopped. It was something that the Mogma knew would stick with him for the rest of his days.

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