#pilgrimage started

[lunarharp]

kitchen of witch hat vibes

#witch hat tag #orufrey #i have more stuff but this looks like a normal post someone normal would make #MR QIFRY SOUNDS SO GAY IN KITCHEN VOLUME 3. WHAT IN THE. every single word he says. #i'm sorry i scorned the translator because i thought orufrey was being made less gay. i still have Quibbles but im sorry. #sensei drew live orufrey in canada but i dont know that actually bc if i read about that i would feel so jealous i'd feel sick! thank god #(takarazuka talk->) REIKOUMI.......i have not thought of zuka for months bc i really drifted away due to reasons #and it was hard to feel the full emotion i should be feeling. :( mix of depression & witch hat atelier hyperfixation #that makes it physically impossible sometimes to access lain aside feelings that i really do feel #BUT...right at the end of the sayonara show with the long long held kiss and the music suddenly everything HIT and i started bawling #they were/are deeply deeply special. i will NEVER forget what they mean..i'll go on my personal reikoumi pilgrimage leading to tokyo raku.. #i love takarazuka even if i love witch hat atelier <- Autistic affirmations

[flecks-of-stardust]

pebbles: is this reaching you? a little creature, on the floor of my chamber. i think i know what you’re searching for.

slugcat: *backflip backflip backflip backflip backflip backflip backflip backflip b*

#an actual thing that happened earlier #trying to finish surv on another save so i can start arti’s pilgrimage run #i’m getting sidetracked trying to do five things at once istg #but backflips are my friend :) #arti made me really good at those and downthrowing #rain world #artificer spoilers #should’ve added that earlier for the mention in the tags

[waspgrave]

I’ve been playing crusader kings again and founded Poland and Immediately had tons of gay sex, had my fav gay lover a place on the council, and got stalked by witches for 10 years. I also had 11 legitimate kids that took my death very hard, so hard my heir had a mental break bc he’d never be as bisexual as me (who died at 54) or stalked by witches so he drowned in a river and left the kingdom to a 9 year old girl that everyone Hated.

#Queen Lucja (??) is great tho shes obsessed with herbs and married a Viking named Suni that she met while on pilgrimage #I’m building piety so I can make women rule and encourage gay sex #I like the polish start bc they’re down with witches existing. I’m always trying to make a coven #I love the little stories that can happen :( her grandpa’s gay lover helped raise her bc her mom went crazy from stress #and she became best friends with his grandkids #and one is actually the new martial now that old gay grandpa passed on #prawn posts

[foreverfearlessred]

Ferrari posting the teaser video on their socials saying something cool is dropping tomorrow like, besties, did you really think the comments would be filled with anything but “new car?” “functioning car?” and “Charles Leclerc’s renewed hopes and dreams?”

#Ferrari read the room challenge #they’ve driven a man who doesn’t believe in god or luck #to the literal edge #where he now asks why he’s so unlucky and mentions a pilgrimage site likeeeeeee come on #anyways I’m starting a gc for all the people emotionally traumatised by Ferrari #so far the only two members are myself and Charles #he’s admin #cl16 #charles leclerc #f1 #formula 1 #Ferrari

[moonkssd]

A mysterious Pokemon has been sighted over the Johto region. Its flight pattern has only been recently discerned as the worst of the storms of Mt Silver has been lifted. It has been spotted circling the mountain, but also making a figure 8 over the entirety of Johto, while when it visits Kanto it seems to circle around Viridian Forest.

Some Pokemon experts say that it is a Drampa that migrated from Alola, though others say it's a new Pokemon species that has yet to be discovered. Whatever the reason, local news stations in the KanJoh area were playing the story on a high enough frequency to catch the attention of even a few international viewers through online media.

#story arc: pilgrimage #and this is how the pilgrimage storyline officially starts #mun art

[ophiliaclement]

I know the game isn't even out yet but I've already seen some really lukewarm takes about castti. I'm begging you all don't do to her what everyone did to ophilia. these are actual characters with agency and emotion beyond mom friend-ifying them

#octopath traveler #octopath 2 #ophilia clement #castti florenz #a lot of ophilias stuff was quite between the lines - a child of war who believes she owes her life to the sacred flame + is deeply lonely #she thinks the only worth she has is in being a healer and helpful so she's not a burden to others. so she will shoulder everyone's burdens #as well as her own. she starts a holy pilgrimage because she thinks her sister deserves to stay by their ill father's side more than her. #and when lianna does... chapter 4 things ophilia gets PISSED. like this is the only time shes ever seen as remotely angry. #shes so betrayed in that moment #and then you have castti who is clearly not okay. she's very blunt and talks like a zombie. #she's clearly got something shady going on with Eir's Apothecaries. she has an underlying sharp edge to her. #one of her battle lines is literally #'there is no cure for evil.' #like. please don't mom friend her she has DEPTH she is clearly not an 100% cut and dry Good Kind Person #and thats okay!! your healer can be a dick. look at temenos. #side note is it really a coincidence the male healers get depth to them in this fandom but the female ones get a cookie cutter personality #eh. #anyway thank you for reading my rant.

[samadhifired]

When the Great Dragon King split his domain among his unruly sons, there were only three thrones he could offer.

And do you know what Ao Ji did when he heard there was no fourth sea for him to rule over? Accepted his fate? Gave up? Oh no, no, no....

He made one himself

#Lmk #A pep talk for Mei or something #Kinda funny how Western Dragon Family seem to have legacy of throwing tantrums and breaking stuff in the progress #Ao Ji created the West Sea (a big lake) #Ao Lie broke the pearl which kick started his Pilgrimage #Mei... #Well she is destructive but the only tantrum I can think of #Is the Samadhi Fire rant #Maybe that counts #Sf rambles #Just a quote idea i have had in my head the whole day

[ojirocardigansniper]

:hesthonk: maybe i should talk about inoush (lahil's predecessor) on da blog next. i don't have a lot for uem personally or even need much, mostly just uer relationships with ayirine+lahil and uer post, but i could probably talk a little about the basics of uiranour lore.... although if i use the word uiranour then i have to Decide finally if that refers to only the offering-eater or the offering-oracle pair together. i have to do a little made up fake bullshit etymology in my mind just for me. which IS a treat. but it is an additional step

#chat #the struggle of esplaining uiranour lore is when to stop though. reference uira as the last living god Then smile mysteriously and stop ❤️ #i am NOT going into the pilgrimage this early. arguably i shouldn't until after i start throwing atei into the mix but. #how do i even explain atei without talking about the pilgrimage to some degree. unless i reference it a bit and then... OUGH wait #atei can explain Why........ right.... bc the pilgrimage is remembered but the reasoning has been forgotten...... #i am trying for the first time ever to think about Linear Reader Experience with this story so it is bringing up Fascinating new problems #bc of course i made this up piecemeal everywhere junebugging pepesilvia over the course of seven years so. NO linearity to it in MY mind #except for the flow of time but im not telling people this chronologically god damn. a timeskip is Stupid compared to a recontextualization #that dumps horror of OH MY GOD. THATS HOW IT TURNED OUT SO FUCKED UP. damn just like a story of ash..... seth dickinson you got me again #ok. post got a little goofyass in the tags. well enjoy my contextless ramblings! unless you are one of two and change people with context #then i guess brother you can just die <- JOKE i love you ailexandritem (is this anything. it feels terrible i enjoy it) #ouroboros ocs

[whatudottu]

So the anthropologist nerd/loser in me wondered what kind of folklore and mythology various alien cultures in the Ben 10 universe might have (creation myths, folk heroes, ways of explaining natural phenomena that aren’t science-based, etc.) and caused me to come up with possibly the dumbest idea for a Ben 10 OC yet: an alien bard who travels across the galaxy not just to perform but also to collect stories and ballads of great events and heroes from different planets to add to their collection and form new ballads based off of them.

One of their original stories tells the tale of an alien from a far-off planet who attempted to take control of the space-time continuum and was cursed by the gods of his planet for his hubris by being scattered across time and space and sent back to the beginning of the universe, forced to live through its entire history in an endless cycle all while never being able to experience the sweet release of death, only for him to learn how to bend time and space to his will and ascend to godhood himself, leading to an epic battle between him and the gods who had cursed him in the first place. Though they are required by the man who served as the inspiration behind the story to put a disclaimer at the beginning that the story is merely a dramatization and doesn't 100% line up with what actually happened before they can tell it.

Oh totally! With the advent of space travel, especially among the species that have had such for a LONG while, there would most certainly be folktales and mythology abound for newer space travelers to pick up. Like, even with a significant scientific understanding of the happenings of the universe, older facts translate into newer fiction as stories develop by word of mouth (or the equivalent depending on species physiology) by the more bardic types of intergalactic individuals.

Of course, you'd probably have the more librarian types who not only record all these tales but also all the fact that it was inspired by through vigorous fact checking. Me making Sugilite a mutant with a more unique planetary psychometry (accessing the 'memories' of the entire planet) lends to me also making him this librarian of Petropian history, and considering the state of Petropia (aka not revived) he can't particularly afford to spin a few myths of his own. Instead Sugilite would totally have some bardic stories ABOUT him and his 'Library of Alexandria' mutant power, especially with Mor'Otesi being as barren of cystalsapiens as it is.

#ask #anoymous #technically this wasn't about him but i brought it up #sugilite #sugilite ben 10 #ben 10 #even tho galapagus said that his folks sung songs about ben 10's accomplishments i think he's lying #schmooze up to the guy that's CLEARLY important in order to get ben to actually help him and the others #but it's not entirely out of the picture lmao #the entire reason why rook was so excited to meet ben was because of the extranet #heck- ben rook listens to that tokusatsu about ben 10 (if i got that right) #i mean deefus veeblepister is like the most blatant example of 'turning heroes into myth' #even if he was just the main actor of a ben 10 tokusatsu that simian ran #it makes complete sense if there were intergalactic myths that started out as stories based on true events #though it's not quite the same i'm aware that a lot of chinese myths used real people #like the ever famous journey to the west; inspired by the monk Xuanzang's pilgrimage to india #considering that tortugans are advanced enough in space tech to have family species on at least 2 different planets #(that being the pelarotas and the VULPINIC tortugans) #some of the intergalactic myths are modified stories of tortugan historical events #probably to the point that depending on what myth you hear it actually might be tortugan-centric #as opposed to the fault we fall into as human-centric #you might be able to tell when the myth talks about how life on other planets are described tortugan-esque #ben having run into many people try and rip off his story for commercial gain doesn't like it when his story is mythologised #so bards would probably go out of their way to add way too many of their own details so that it doesn't sound the same #which has a problem of being THEIR species-centric take on the hero #it's really fun to imagine

[edoro]

i like to look up 1 and 2 star goodreads reviews for books I've read, because either I disliked it and I want to see if someone else also dislikes it in the same way (can backfire when people do dislike it but for incorrect reasons) or because I liked it and I want to see why other people don't and see how I feel about their stated reasons (can sometimes be a good way of looking critically at a text I enjoy and seeing where something I either liked or was willing to accept was someone else's failure point)

but a solid chunk of them always seem to boil down to "I lack very basic reading comprehension skills and this is somehow the author's fault" and those people always fascinate me

#todays wildest was #'i didnt expect the religious themes' #in a book about #common ppl in 13thc france on a pilgrimage to the papal seat of avignon #while the devils of hell waged war against the angels of heaven #and tried to taunt god into waking and responding by tormenting humanity #like. what DID you expect. how did you get here?? #did you find the book on the ground w both covers torn off and pick it up and start reading completely blind?

[lunarkyx]

Takarazuka Revue Art!  

It was Years of Pilgrimage/Fashionable Empire Tokyo Raku a while ago so I decided to post this in tumblr now! Wanna share that the show’s concept and era(Romantic) is really fascinating that I ended up researching so much and uhh not Lizst (sorry Rei XD) but I’m kinda in a Rabbit Hole on Frederic Chopin & George Sand relationship o\\\o lol fr reading an ebook titled “The Lioness and the little one” just to quench my thirst on the two  😭  

#takarazuka revue #takarazuka #years of pilgrimage #hanagumi #yuzuka rei #art #Lizst piano moment #someone starts playing for you #wouldn't you die #y'know wanna make Frederic Chopin x George Sand fanart after this #I dont see much art on this two except in twitter & it's in katakana so english peeps cannot #might get lazy tho oh well

[quietwingsinthesky]

making mass effect OCs that are such fail loser idiots i love them

#the theme of this little gang i am creating is: #‘failed to live up to everyone’s expectations of them and never made anything of themselves #and they never would have even crossed paths with each other if not for the giant fucking war going on.’ #currently we’ve got ‘very very Very old asari who hasn’t spoken to her daughter in years because of a personal disagreement #and came to the citadel to meet her and try to make up for it. only for the Giant Fucking Reaper War to start and her daughter to get calle #into military duty back to Thessia where her mom just left from. barely missing each other. they are never going to see each other again.’ #and of course ‘salarian partner of the Very Old Asari’s daughter and source of their dispute because she never approved the marriage. #(doesn’t want to see her daughter go through the same heartbreak she did losing so many short-lived lovers.) #they work at an archive of salarian poetry btw. they aren’t the boss they just work there. as you can imagine poetry isn’t very appreciated #during a Giant Fucking War. or even before the war by most people. they also sold insurance at one point. they’re terrified of dying. #they are scared of being forgotten. none of the poems they write are even that good. they love the artform but they can’t do it well. very #insecure that the reason they chose an asari partner was just so SOMEONE would remember them. as you can imagine. they’re very stressed.’ #and also ‘quarian on her pilgrimage who couldn’t get a ship back to the fleet before it went to retake Rannoch. catching bare newsclips of #the fleet always looking for her dads’ liveship so that she knows they’re alive. she’s a botanist. she couldn’t even help if she was there. #but the fact that she’s not. the fact that she kept delaying going home because she had to find The Next Big Discovery on her pilgrimage. #it haunts her. if the fleet goes down taking back Rannoch. what if she’s all that’s left. she wouldn’t be enough. she knows she wouldn’t.’ #and two more I’m working on. probably based off that one-off dialogue in the refugee camps between the teenager and the turian. I like them

[rongzhi]

(context: the person in the video is in the midst of making pilgrimage to Lhasa. The tradition is called kechangtou/磕长头 (ཕྱག་འཚལ/chak tsal; "head ceremony") Tibetan Buddhists will travel on foot from wherever they live to Lhasa, prostrating every three steps along the way. To aid in this, people making the pilgrimage will wear wooden blocks on their hands and (often leather) aprons over their clothes, which they will change or mend when the items get worn out. The person in the video is traveling with a friend. According to his account, he started his journey near the end of November 2023 and is nearly 90 days in.)

English added by me :)

#douyin #video #tiktok #religion #it's cool to see younger people having fun with it #usually the videos i see are so solemn

[soraavalon]

Tark: I have a question; from when you started to now, how long has it been? DM: I need to check my notes on how long certain things have been. Eudora: Eudora hears that question and leans forward. Tark: Mm-hmm. Just trying to sprinkle that in as gently as I could. DM: Started in November, so... I can do math... I has been 3 months in-game and... Vanessa: About six months? Or seven? Tark (OOC): And does that line up with the timeline of Jasper. Hunt (OOC): Yeah, I think. DM: Indeed it do. Hunt (OOC): Yeah, it does. Moriarty (OOC): Oh shit. DM: It probably started like a month after he disappeared. Moriarty (OOC): Oh shit, oh fuck. Tark: Okay, and you said after Thel you were going to go up to... Vanessa: Morbridge. Tark: Morbridge. Where were, 'cause I can't remember for the life of me. DM: Mm-hmm Tark (OOC): Where are those dig sites located? DM: In Strathenden, which is further north and she has not gotten there yet. Tark: Have you noticed that, like the prayers being answered, have been becoming for frequent or are they becoming less now that you're destroying the Shrines of Appeasement? Vanessa: The Cathedral is taking the notes on it. I have been away for some time. Tark: Got it. Who would I ask? Would it be one of the people we're meeting up with? Vanessa: No. Tark: Or do I need to send a letter? Vanessa: It is not for you to know. Tark: Well, I would disagree. Vanessa: Unless... DM: And she looks right at Eudora. Vanessa: You have also been keeping secrets. Tark: Nope, no we have not. But we have... DM: Deception with disadvantage.... In Roll20 if you please. -helping Thaddius how to roll in Roll20- Tark: *rolls a 6* Oh! It can't get worse than that. DM & Hunt (OOC): It can. DM: You can get a Nat1. If you hit the up arrow, it'll do it again for you. Tark: *rolls a 7* DM: Okay. Tark: I did do worse than that. Is it really a lie when she was asking--- DM: Yes. Tark: Eudora and Tark was responding? He really doesn't have a whole lot. DM: Yeah yeah, so she's going to continue holding Eudora's eye. Tark: You don't need to worry about it. Ooooh, how do you like them apples? DM: She is still just looking at Eudora and waiting for Eudora to answer her. Tark (OOC): Tell the bitch to fuck off. Eudora (OOC): Hold on, I'm looking something up real quick. DM: Mm-hmm. Tark (OOC): So theory-wise, do we think, while Eudora is looking that up, do we think the death of the kid... Hunt (OOC): Caligari's assistant. Tark (OOC): Yes, thank you. That was the sacrifice? Or do you think the two elves were.... Nathaniel (OOC): I think it was the two elves. Hunt (OOC): I think it was the elves. Tark (OOC): Me too. Why would it matter though? That's my question though. Hunt (OOC): Unless it's he needed more sacrifices? Eudora (OOC): Wasn't there something about the elves being sacrificed in order to make them into guardians there? DM: Yes. Tark (OOC): Yes. DM: Their souls were bound to protect whatever was at that temple. They were got given, their souls were not given in exchange for anything. Tark (OOC): So what, it couldn't have been the assistant because what was so special about the assistant? Nothing. It was opportune timing. Eudora (OOC): Opportune timing might be enough if all you're trying to do is start the process. Hunt (OOC): Yeah. Tark (OOC): Okay and then she became a rat and is piloting him Ratatoulle-style.

#d&d mischief #relni campaign #relni recap #Relni Chapter 48 #Post-Game Correction; She started her pilgrimage 10-11 months ago which was also Jasper's timeline

[arctic-hands]

Jimmy Carter has the chance do something really funny and awesome while he's on his death bed and that's to be surrounded by loved ones and like a preacher/priest (I dunno what flavor he is) is blessing him for the afterlife and right as he closes his eyes and his voice drops to a whisper and his family has to lean over to hear his last words, which are "I always hated that shithead Reagan"

#ronald reagan #like was Jimmy Carter our uwu perfect unproblematic fave president? no of course not #but like to lose your second term to Reagan who then proceeded to reverse what progress you made for the country #and be worshipped for it as the world descends into crisis and your country starts to slide into blatant fascism over the next few decades #hell if i were Jimmy I'd make a yearly pilgrimage to ron's gravesite just to piss on it #just for the removal of the White House solar panels and reversal of environmental policies

[unclerippuascension]

not to make personal posts on this website like a weirdo but if the college staff in charge of fixing my financial aid don't get their shit together imma start ripping chunks of the blacktop out of the ground and throw it at people.

#i have been trapped in this cycle for MONTHS and its driving me insane #classes start in the fall and its almost august; get it together you chucklefucks #if this takes one more day longer i will make a fucking pilgrimage to the campus and stand over them menacingly until they do it.