#FOUR FATES ON STANDARD. FOUR (4)

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The Perfect New Year Spread: How to Perform the 12-Step Lenormand Grand Tableau

This spread uses all 36 cards to give you an overview of your life for a full year. It is best done on New Year or on your birthday, but can also be performed anytime. You will need:

2 standard-size Lenormand decks

Reading table that measures at least 75cm x 75cm

Velvet tarot cloth, to make picking up the cards easy

Minimum of 2 hours to interpret and record the spread

STEP 1: Prepare and begin.

Using the first Lenormand deck, lay out the backdrop. All cards should be in order from the first one (Rider) to the last one (Cross). Make 4 rows of 8 cards, and place the remaining 4 cards in the middle of the 5th row.

Shuffle the second Lenormand deck while asking, “What will happen to me in the year ahead?”

Lay out the cards over the first deck, dealing from the top.

STEP 2: Note the significators.

There are two significators, Gentleman and Lady. If you are male, you are the former; female, the latter. The other is your lover.

If the significators are facing each other, the love is mutual. If you are single, you will meet someone soon.

If the significators are facing away from each other, a breakup is possible, or a relationship is impossible.

If only one significator is facing away, that is the person who is less committed or uninterested in the other.

STEP 3: Read the first 3 cards as the urgent message.

String the cards like a sentence. You will find the instructions here. Keep referring to it for the next steps.

STEP 4: Read the corner cards as the main theme.

In the example above, the corner cards are Sun, Letter, Anchor and Crossroads — the 4 that form a box. Read them like a sentence in that order.

STEP 5: Read the heart cards as the secondary theme.

In the example, the heart cards are Moon, Fish, Bear and Key — the 4 in the middle. Read them like a sentence in that order.

STEP 6: Read the fate cards as the immediate future.

The fate cards are the last four: Lilies, Ship, Cross and Whip. Read them like a sentence in that order.

STEP 7: Read your past, future and present statements.

Look at the significator. If it is Lady…

Whatever is to your left is a statement about your past (Sun, Heart, Gentleman, Ring, Coffin, Snake).

Whatever is to your right is a statement about your future (Letter).

Whatever is on the same column as you is a statement about your present (Stars, Mountain, Bouquet).

Read cards in the past as a sentence, in the order I have listed. Do the same for the future and the present.

STEP 8: Read the mini spreads within the tableau.

Look to these cards for these subjects:

Heart for Love

Gentleman (or Lady) for Lover

Moon for Work

Fish for Finances

Tree for Health

House for Home

Ship for Travel

Every card that is beside a subject card should be read. These are called touching cards. A subject card, along with its touching cards, form a mini spread within the grand tableau.

For the Love spread, the subject card is Heart, and the touching cards are Sun, Gentleman, Clover, Garden and Mice. For the Work spread, the subject card is Moon, and there are more touching cards this time: Gentleman, Ring, Coffin, Mice, Fish, House, Bear and Key.

To interpret every mini spread, read its cards horizontally first, then vertically. As always, read them like a sentence.

Then mirror them. Mirroring means pairing the card with the one that is opposite to it in the mini spread. Read the two cards as a sentence.

In the Love spread, Sun and Gentleman mirror each other. Clover and Mice do too. In the Work spread, here are the mirrors: Gentleman and Coffin, Mice and Fish, House and Key, Gentleman and House, Ring and Bear, Coffin and Key.

STEP 9: Read the cards against the houses.

This is where you will need the backdrop — the first deck underneath your spread.

Read every single card, from Sun to Whip. Read them in pairs (as with mirrors), with the card as the first part, and the one beneath it as the second.

In the example, Sun has Rider (the first Lenormand card according to the proper order) beneath it. And Heart has Clover. 

Take note of cards that fall in their native house and cards that fall in each other’s native house. If you find Anchor beneath Anchor, it means that card’s meaning will manifest strongly in your life. The same is true if you find Fox beneath Snake and Snake beneath Fox. Make sure you remember those two cards.

STEP 10: Count round by 9 to find 5 cards.

Starting from your significator, count 9 cards. Note which card that is. Keep counting and noting the 9th card until you have 5 cards. Always start the next count from the last card selected.

Read these 5 cards like a sentence. Then read the mirrors: Lady and Gentleman, Stars and Bouquet.

Add the playing card values to get the Lenormand card number.

Ace is equivalent to 1, 6 is of course equal 6, and so on. But Jack is 11, Queen is 12 and King is 13.

In this example, the values are : 1 + 6 + 8 + 12 + 1 = 28. The 28th Lenormand card is Gentleman. Read that card as a message you need to remember.

If the sum is greater than 36, simply add the two digits.

STEP 11: Summarize and record the reading.

Repeat to yourself and note down:

The urgent message

The main theme

The secondary theme

The immediate future

The future statement

The cards that fall in their native house, if any

The cards that fall in each other’s native house, if any

The message found by counting round

STEP 12: Note down any date predictions.

Remark any possible date predictions by looking at the house where the subject cards from Step 8 have landed.

In the example, Fish — the subject card for Finances, landed in the house of Child. That is August. Whatever the Finances mini spread revealed could happen in that month.

For the full list of timing values for Lenormand, refer to this.

To see this spread’s simpler equivalent in tarot, here you go.

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Four Times David Thought of Asking + The One Time Angel Did

*faceplants* Y'all I did ittt! Hello! Welcome to this behemoth of a fic! This was just me tryna break up the angst I was writing, but then I started thinking about David and his relationship with control and how Angel had a huge part in him easing up on said control. Add a little projecting onto David and thus, this turned into five stories in one mega-fic.

Thank you sooo much to @angel-bubbles for giving me some ideas! I really couldn't do this without your input! And tagging @bittersweet--chaos because they're a doll!

Warnings: Post-Inversion feelings and Depressive episode ->(Moment #3), Suggestive themes and Mentions of sex -> (Moment #4)

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David Shaw was a man who valued control.

Every action must be premeditated and executed to perfection. Anything less would never be up to his standards. But he swears it's not a problem. If things don’t go his way, he won’t make a big deal out of it.

‘That is a fucking lie Shaw, you are the biggest control freak I’ve ever met.’

Ok, maybe he has some control issues. 

There have been times in his life when David didn’t have a say in the situation. He didn’t have a say when either of his parents died, nor did he have a say when he was named Alpha at that young age. Both life experiences had caught him off-guard and left him scared, confused and hurt. A hurt that he refuses to let himself go through again. He will not let anything else blindside him.

Well, that didn’t exactly go to plan. Something did blindside him and that was when his future mate stalked him. Before anyone says otherwise, yes he fully believes that Angel was stalking him that night. That’s not the point though.

It will always baffle him how impulsive Angel can be with certain decisions. From asking him out that fateful night to moving in with him after less than a year of dating, he will never understand how they’re able to throw caution out the damn window.

‘It’s because I trust you, Davey! I have faith that you won’t hurt me. That’s why I can be carefree around you, and I hope you feel at ease around me too.’

Whether they knew it or not, his Angel succeeded. They somehow made the Alpha of the Shaw pack, known for his stoic nature and tense shoulders, relax. It’s a big ask considering who they’re dealing with, but like always, Angel did it effortlessly. 

For once in his life, David was ok with not having control.

As he stared at the ring that adorned his finger, he realized that the moments where Angel made him let go are the reasons that they were the person he wanted to marry. He thinks back to those moments and the eventual proposal and wonders what the hell he did to deserve this. 

Perhaps it was only when he finally put down the burden that rested on his shoulders that he was able to enjoy life. 

It also helped that Angel made his life worth enjoying again.

Moment #1: They made him forget the unease of being in a car.

Over the years, David has developed some habits to cope with his unwariness in a car. His arms were stiff when holding the steering wheel, made sure his foot was hovering over the breaks, kept his eyes on the road at all times, and most importantly-

“Angel, for the millionth time, I do not want any music playing while I’m driving.”

One of the annoying things about David is that he refuses to let music play in the car while driving. He claims that he doesn’t want to be distracted on the road, but the pack notices the way his eyes glaze over and his voice slightly cracking. He would never say the full reason, but it would take a real dumbass to not figure that out.

“But Davey! It’s way too quiet and this is a damn road trip! If you won’t talk to me, then the least you can do is let me jam out,” Angel said while pouting. They crossed their arms and puffed out their chest to show that they’re annoyed, but honestly, David thought they looked cute sitting like that. Their adorableness didn’t negate the fact that he really didn’t want music to be playing right now.

David took in a shaky breath before continuing. “Angel, I know it’s boring without any sound, but I just-” Angel cut him off, “then I won’t play anything.”

What David didn’t know is that when he started speaking, his eyes had glazed over and his grip on the steering wheel tightened. ‘Maybe he was remembering something bad?’ Angel thought. They didn’t know. What they do know was that David needed this. And who were they to deny their boyfriend something he needs.

One thing about Angel that he loves was their ability to know when to push and when to stop. Of course, it has been a learning process for them both. But they were learning each other’s boundaries. And they were learning together.

“Thank you, Angel,” David sighed out, before focusing on the road again. 

A few moments went by before Angel started humming a tune, one that David was familiar with. He let out a groan and if he wasn’t driving, he would have banged his head against the steering wheel. 

“Oh, I’m sorry if the humming is bothering you. It’s just that it's a song that’s been in my brain and I have to hum it so it gets out, but I totally understand if you need me to stop and,” Angel kept on rambling and apologizing. The longer they were explaining themselves, the more out of breath they became.

David let one hand go on the steering wheel and held his Angel’s hand. “Look at me Angel, you’re ok just breathe with me.” Angel looked into David’s eyes and he swears that their eyes could only be compared to the moon. Once Angel's breathing calmed down, David explained why he became annoyed with humming.

“It’s not you, I promise. The song you’ve were humming is a stupid ‘Hall and Oates’ song that Tank used to blast when we were younger,” David said with disdain in his voice. “At one point, they did it specifically to piss me off, so now anytime I hear the song, I just want to die on the inside.”

Angel started laughing that beautiful laugh of theirs. “Why though? It’s such a sweet song. Never would have thought that Tank would be into it,” they mused. David looked at the smile that was on their face, and he immediately felt at ease.

He forgot that he was in a car, something he hasn’t been able to do since his father died. Angel had made him forget it. Their presence was enough to keep his mind from fixating on every detail that he needed to control. Maybe he could try…

“Hey Angel, can you open that compartment for me?” They did as they were told and were met with a CD. Angel looked up at David who was reminiscing about… something.

“I was a fussy kid and it took me forever to put me to sleep. My… My dad used to drive me around when I couldn't. Apparently, driving around the neighbourhood knocked me the fuck out.” David let out a little chuckle. “The CD you’re holding is the one that he’d play every night to help me sleep, and I want to listen to it with you.”

“David… you don’t have to play any kind of music because I asked,” Angel said nervously as they fumbled with their shirt.

“I want this. I promise.” Angel nodded and put the disc into the CD player. 

For the first time in forever, a road trip karaoke session was held in David’s car.

At that moment, David thought he was blessed with a real angel on his side. Their bright smile and siren-like voice that he wouldn’t mind spending forever listening to.

‘Huh. Never would have thought I’d want to spend forever with someone, but I wouldn’t mind if it was them. I should ask them about it. Not now, it’s way too soon. But one day, I will propose to them.’

Moment #2: They knew when to take over when he was overwhelmed.

Nothing was going right today.

David woke up late that morning, meaning he couldn’t get his morning coffee (or his morning kiss from Angel). His car decided to break down on the way to work. When he did manage to get there, he was hit with a bunch of paperwork to fill out and phone calls to make. The Department was taking fucking forever finalizing his plan for the E&E Games. Milo and Christian got into their third petty argument of the day. And he can’t find his fucking pen to sign these goddamn papers. So the last thing he needed to deal with was a bunch of pups following him and asking a billion questions.

Which is exactly what he was dealing with at this moment.

“Mr. Alpha, who’s the stronger wolf, you or Tank?”

“Asher says that you do a backflip and I want you to teach me!”

“Can I have some candy? I really want some candy!”

He swears that he likes the kids. They’re cute, ask the most stupidly amusing questions and it’s adorable seeing them flail around in their wolf forms. Not today. He cannot deal with this today. Usually Tanker would be the one taking care of the pups, but they’re having a similar morning to him and everyone else is too damn busy with the Games coming up. 

‘It’s ok, just take a deep breath. They’re just kids and they don’t deserve to be screamed at because you’re stressed.’

A few moments of blissful silence go by. The kids are talking quietly among themselves and David finally feels his headache leaving him.

…“So, who is the stronger wolf?” An innocent question, but one that sparked a very loud argument from the children.

David couldn’t bother listening to their argument. All he could make out was variations of “David would win because he’s the Alpha” or “Tank would win because they’re a tank,” but what they were saying didn’t matter. What mattered was that killer migraine was coming back and the pressure on his chest was increasing steadily. 

He laid his head on the desk, trying to drown out everything. Every past mistake, every decision he has to make, every terrible outcome that can happen. He just wants to let go of everything and… he doesn’t what the fuck he wants to do, but he doesn’t want to live the rest of his life like this. Under this intense scrutiny and pressure and stress. Having to be perfect for the people who rely on him and if he messes up, then they all go down with him.

He wishes Angel was here to do something. Anything. Just them being there would be enough to make that pain go away.

“Hey kids, maybe I can take you to the park so David can get his work done.”

The Heavens had heard his prayers and answered by sending an Angel to him.

Standing by the doorway was his Angel in all their glory. They were giving their iconic reassuring smile. The one that screamed ‘don’t worry, I got this.’

At the mention of the park, all the pups got up and ran over to Angel. They jumped up and down with glee at the prospect of them doing something that wasn’t sitting around. Angel had even come prepared with snacks and toys for the pup to play with too.

They walked past the hyper children into David’s office with a bag in hand. “I noticed that you didn’t get the chance to eat breakfast. Sooooo,” Angel trailed as they reached into the tote bag they brought with them and pulled out a lunch box. “I thought that I’d make you some lunch!”

David raised his eyebrows while taking the lunch box. “You made this? My Angel who lived off of ramen and fast food made me lunch?” The skepticism was dripping from his voice.

Angel let out a small laugh. ‘Cute.’ “Well maybe your cooking lessons are finally paying off. Besides, if you don’t like it, I’m sure Ash and the others can buy something for ya.”

David opened the box and was met with the most delicious looking sandwich he’s ever seen. He picked it up and took a bite of it. To call the sandwich delicious would be an insult to Angel’s good. If Heaven had a taste, it would be this sandwich. “This is perfect Angel, thank you so much.” Although there is one thing he is wondering. “What are you doing here?”

“Welllll, a certain Beta told me you were having a pretty shit morning. So me being the incredible mate I am, I took the day off at work and came over to help.” The more Angel spoke, the bigger the smile grew on his face. ‘How incredibly lucky am I to have a mate to share my weight with.’ “Now I’m going to take the kids to the park and you are going to eat and finish your work, okay?”

“Ok,” he responded. Angel walked back to the restless kids and left for the park, leaving David alone. Finally, he can work in peace and quiet. He can already feel the headache leaving again. Though the one thing he’d change would be to have Angel stay for longer. Make up that morning kiss too? He scoffed at the thought. ‘When did I get so soft?’

After a few hours, David got all the paperwork done and decided to see how Angel and the pups were doing. He put on his jacket and walked out the building to go to the park.

It was a walking distance from the office building. The path there is one that is engraved in his memory. When he was younger, David, Asher and Milo would sneak out of pack meetings to go to the park and play. Once David became Alpha, he had made a rule that the pups were to be accompanied by an older pack member if they wanted to go to the park. Asher and Milo claimed that the rule is ‘too much’ and ‘way overkill,’ but David just wants to make sure his pack is safe. That includes the annoying and endearing pups.

David arrived at the park and saw a sight that made his heart melt.

The pups were in their shifted forms and dogpiled Angel. His Angel was laughing and petting the pups that covered them. It seems as though Angel and the pups were fighting, and the pups had won. He can already imagine his mate boasting about how they let the pups win.

‘Angel is really good with the kids.’

“Yo Shaw.”

‘I wonder if they’d be this happy if we had our own kids.’

“Hellooooo, David?”

‘I’d need to marry them first, just to make sure that the process wouldn’t be messy. I wouldn’t mind marrying them. They took this responsibility off my chest and I thank them immensely for that.’

“Are you fucking- That’s it.”

A sharp pain exploded in David’s jaw. When he looked up to see who laid the punch, he was met with his disgruntled lone wolf.

“What the fuck, Tanker? What was the punch for?” David nearly yelled, in complete confusion of the wolf’s actions.

“Oh, you’ll be fine. I didn’t punch you that hard,” Darlin’ said while rolling their eyes. They continued “and to answer your question, I’ve been calling your name for the last five minutes and you weren’t responding.” Darlin’ looked at the view that David was watching and saw Angel playing with the pups. They looked back at him and saw the lovesick look in his eyes. Darlin let out a smirk and a low chuckle. “So, when’s the wedding?”

David turned to look at his cocky pack member. ‘This fucking shit, I swear.’ “There is no wedding Tank. I don’t even know what put that idea in your head.” 

Darlin’ raised their hands in mock surrender before saying, “hey, I’m just saying. I mean they are your mate. Forgive me if I assumed that a wedding was coming.” Darlin’ returned to look at the pups and Angel, who was carrying the pups around in their arms. “They’ve been good for you. Ever since they got here, you’ve been less stressed about everything, and I’ve only been back for a few months. You’re letting them carry part of your burden.” Darlin’ walked towards the unempowered human and the rowdy pups. They turned back to give a final message to David. “You got a good thing going Shaw, don’t fuck it up.”

“Don’t worry.” Angel noticed the two wolves standing aside and flashed them a dazzling smile.

“I don’t plan on doing so.”

Moment #3: For better or for worse, they would do anything for him.

David was tired. Drained. Exhausted.

For once in his life, he wishes that time would speed up.

It had been two weeks since the end of the Inversion, but David feels like it had been a few hours since he came home from the arena. 

The first week was easy. It was easy to get lost in all of the ceremonies and speeches. He may have been disgusted with himself standing on that stage, but it was something. There was work that he could do. Something to focus on and not think about the smell of blood and death that clung onto him, despite the numbers of showers he took.

The medals were awarded and the public appeared to be put at ease, and there was no more work to be done. The elders in the pack had agreed to temporarily relieve David of his duties as Alpha to give him time to heal from what had happened. He tried to argue that while he went through one the most traumatic moments that a person can go through, he’ll be ok. He just wants things to be normal again. 

The pack refused and the decision was made. David was to spend the next two weeks relaxing.

A quiet voice appeared in his head. A voice that he’s long been familiar with.

‘How dare you lay here safe and sound, while hundreds are dead?’ The voice had taunted him. ‘Why are you and your family alive when so many lost theirs that day? Who gave you, David Shaw, the right and audacity to have this happy ending?’

Usually, David has the strength to power through those thoughts. There was always a task more important than hostile thoughts festering in his head. 

Now, he didn’t have the energy to stop thinking.

Memories of the carnage left by the shades flood his brain. How can something with no form bring so much fear? How could it do so much damage? How come he couldn't prevent more people from dying?

‘You damned everyone in the arena that day, yet you’re the one who comes out on top.’

‘The Big Hero, Dahlia’s Saviour.’

‘What would your father think of you parading around, when Milo, the real hero, is forced to keep quiet? How could he stomach having a son who takes credit for his friends’ actions?’

A sane person would tell him that he wasn’t at fault for what happened that day, but he didn’t care. More accurately, he didn’t have it in him to care. It may have not been him who opened the portal, but he put up the wards. He trapped those people inside. He trapped his family inside.

In his mind, David was a murderer. One that had gotten away with his crime.

A soft knock came from the door and a voice was heard. “Hey Davey, can I come in?”

He let out a grunt that sounded enough like a yes and Angel walked inside. With them was some chicken noodle soup they had made for David. They put the tray with the bowl on the bedside table. Angel pointed their head towards an empty spot on the bed, silently asking if they can sit down. To that, he gave a light nod.

Angel sat down cross legged beside David, with their body facing his. They ran their hand through his hair, hoping they could take away everything that was hurting him. Realistically, they know that it won’t be enough to heal him, but it’s all they can do right now. 

Just be there for him. Make sure that he isn’t alone to face everything again. 

Do everything they can to make David feel better. God knows that being ‘ok’ is the least that David deserves.

Angel being there was enough to make him feel better. Granted, it wasn’t much, but when you feel as empty as David does in this moment, any kind of feeling is welcomed. With the little energy he can muster, he took Angel’s hand that was running through his hair and pressed a gentle kiss on it. He let his lips linger as a promise. That right now things are really fucking hard, but one day everything will be ok. That he will be ok.

That they will be ok.

Angel gave their vibrant smile and used the hand that David was holding to cup his cheek. They thumbed the eye bags that have become more prominent over the last two weeks. He covered Angel’s hand with his own and pressed their hand further into his face.

‘We’re safe. We’re alive. We’re here, together. And that’s all I need.’

…‘I wouldn't mind spending eternity like this with them. Maybe I should get Mom’s old ring ready to give to them. Not now, but when things get better, I’ll ask them.’

The Fourth time was when he realized he’s never been more relaxed than laying beside them.

The most heavenly sight he’s ever laid eyes on is Angel underneath him. They’re breathless and glowing and it brings David so much damn pride knowing he’s the one who made them like that.

“As always Davey, you’re amazing,” they said, panting in between each word. He was only partially attentive to what Angel had been saying. His gaze was more focused on the bruises blooming all over their body. The trail of bruises started from Angel’s neck, down their torso where it ended in between their thighs. “I know I’m sexy and all that, but I would rather you listen to me.” David looked up to Angel smirking. They looked so enticing, almost enough to make go for a round two.

Almost.

David rolled his eyes at Angel’s comment and moved to leave the bed. Angel whined and wrapped their arms around his neck as an attempt to keep him close. They gave a deep and slow kiss and if David was a weaker man, he'd never leave their bed. Angel broke the kiss and asked, “come on, David! Can’t we stay like this for like, five minutes?” Angel gave their best pouty face, but it wasn’t enough to deter him.

“As much as I love to lay here with you, I want to take care of you.” Angel nodded and let David go, allowing him to get up. He reached to the bedside table and grabbed the damp washcloth. Begrudgingly, he began to wipe Angel clean of any evidence of what just happened. 

Once he was done cleaning himself and Angel, he put on a pair of boxers and left the room to get them both a cup of water. Walking down the stairs, he started to think about how easy sex was with them. He’s had partners before, though not as many as some of the other wolves. In the past, David could never truly be himself during the act. He had been what his partners wanted, someone for lack of better words, would fuck them until they couldn’t walk and leave the next morning.

With Angel, it was easy. He could laugh when the bed breaks, tease them however he pleases and on days where David is tired from work, he can let his Angel take control. He can already imagine how baffled the rest of the pack would be if they find out. David Shaw? Letting someone else take control in their bed?

But just as easily as the water flowed in the cup, Angel had made David comfortable to be himself.

Not the Alpha of the Shaw Pack. Not David Shaw with a capital D and S.

Just David.

David walked back upstairs to their bedroom with the cup in hand. He opened the bedroom door and saw his Angel laying in bed. They were wearing his shirt and boxers and ‘damn, they look good in them’. He shook off those thoughts out of his head and walked further into the bedroom. He handed Angel the cup of water. They took a gulp of water before saying “thank you,” flashing a grateful grin.

Once Angel was done with the water, they handed the cup back to David, who put it on the vanity table. They moved over, allowing David to get in bed. He wrapped one arm around Angel’s waist and used the other to guide their head to lay on his chest. After a while, their breathing evened out, leaving David alone with his thoughts.

‘Tomorrow. I can get Mom’s ring and ask the pack to help me make a plan. Something grand, but private. Just me and my Angel, all I’ve ever needed.’

David went to sleep, thinking about the different ways his proposal could happen.

+ The one time Angel asked instead.

Of all the ways David thought this could happen, this was definitely not it.

“Hey, do you want to marry me?”

David choked on and spat out the water and toothpaste mixture in his mouth. After a little coughing fit, he looked at Angel with wide eyes. For someone who basically proposed, Angel seemed casual. They were sitting on the edge of the bed with their arms resting behind them. 

David collected his thoughts and asked, “are you asking me to discuss the possibility of getting married? Or are you proposing to me?” There’s no way. No, he wanted to do this grand proposal for them. They cannot be stealing his thunder like this.

Angel raised their eyebrows at David and responded with a questioning tone. “I’m asking to marry you? What else does ‘hey, do you want to marry me?’ mean?” Angel got up from the bed and walked to the bathroom. They leaned against the doorframe waiting for David’s response.

David’s mind blanked out and all he could say was “why?”

Angel rolled their eyes before making themselves home in David’s arms. They wrapped their arms around David’s neck and kissed a bruise on his neck in an attempt to knock David out of this trance.

Angel huffed and gave David their answer. “I mean, we’ve been together for a long ass time, and I don’t plan on leaving anytime soon. Marriage is the next step in our relationship.” Their face fell as doubts started to fill their head. “Unless you don’t want to get married, which I completely get. Shit David, I didn’t mean to push you into making a decision. I was just thinking about it this morning and-” Angel was cut off with a kiss to their forehead.

“But what about a ring?” It was a simple question, but one that he hoped would buy him some time to find a way to properly propose to them first.

Angel unwrapped their arms to pick up the floss string container. They pulled out some string and pulled one of David’s hands off their waist. They held his hand in theirs and used the floss string to tie around his ring finger, finishing it off with a pretty bow. “Et voila! There’s your ring!”

David stared dumbfounded at the ‘ring’ and let out a stomach cramping laugh. 

‘Of course my beautiful, incredibly intelligent and stubborn Angel would use fucking floss string as a placeholder for a goddamn engagement ring. God, I love them so fucking much.’

Once his laughter died down and he could breathe again, Angel flashed David a radiant smile. 

“You still haven’t answered my question David. Will you marry me, David Shaw?”

Their answer was their mate pulling them into his body and giving them a searing kiss. His arms wrapped around their waist and he wanted to pull his mate, his Angel, as close to him as possible. Angel’s arms tightened around his neck and their fingers found home in his hair.

David wanted to pour everything in that kiss. His love, his admiration, his lust. He wanted that kiss to be his answer, one he was ready to give since the beginning of their relationship.

That David Shaw will spend forever by his Angel’s side. It had been written in the stars since the dawn of time that these two will find each other. That they will fall in love. He knew it the fucking moment that he saw them that they were going to be special to him.

David pulled away from the kiss and rested his forehead against theirs. Their eyes sparkling with the brightness of the future and a soft smile adorning their face.

‘I really need to give them Mom’s ring now. I’m going to spend the rest of my fucking days with the most perfect person ever. Damn, what did I do to deserve this?’

“David~? Do I need to get Tank to knock you out of a daydream again?”

David blinked back to reality. He was still sitting at his office desk and now Angel was leaning over his desk. Angel got up and walked around the desk to get to him. As they were making room to sit in his lap, they said, “I was calling your name for like, five minutes now. What’s got your head in the clouds?” 

David chuckled before squeezing Angel’s thighs. “Nothing, I was just thinking about how happy I am that I’m going to marry you.”

Angel smiled at him and rested their head on his chest. “I don’t blame you Davey, I’d be happy to marry me too!” David rolled his eyes at his mate’s comment and kissed their head. His eyes caught the glittering ring on their finger, the one that belonged to his mother. 

For the first time in forever, David felt at peace with himself.

All it took was an Angel to be the guide to his happiness.

#ahhhh we did itttt #god i love how this came outttt #well i hope yall enjoy this as much as i enjoyed writing ittt #zo writes tingz #this is zo speaking #redacted david #redacted angel #redacted asmr

[rivalriotrenegade]

Werewolf Jason Todd

Jason has four forms. First is his human form. Second is basically a human form just with ears and a tail, maybe some claws depending on his mood. Third is his wolf form. This is literally just him as a giant ass wolf. Nuf said. Fourth form is an even gianter humanoid wolf. Basically what people think of when they hear the word ‘werewolf’. 

So let's talk about the standard wolf form!

First thing to note is that Jason only really shifts into this form around people he really trusts. This is because in this form there isn’t a whole lot of room for rational thought so everything he does is pretty much instinct, leaving him pretty vulnerable. It’s in this form that you’ll know how he truly feels. If the wolf likes you you’ll know and if he doesn’t… Well I’m sure you’ll be having a closed casket funeral. 

If he’s in his wolf form while you’re on your phone or doing something and he wants attention he is not going to leave you alone. He will noise his way between you and whatever is distracting you from him. He’d even go so far as to bite at you. Not so much a bite as a nip. He doesn’t want to hurt you, he just wants your attention after all. 

Jason is like a husky with the sounds he makes. He will whine and ‘scream’ to get attention. Some of his screams can sound waaaay too human and it's honestly unnerving.  Middle of the night and the doors locked? 4 out of 10 times you're going to be woken up with a mini heart attack because he’s either scratching at the door or screaming at your window. It isn’t because he is just like “I don't feel like shifting back to open the door” it's because all the adrenaline from a particularly rough night has caused him to think more animalistically. So shifting back to open the door doesn’t even cross his mind. 

Is also a howler. A cute little thing he does is that if you howl while he’s in wolf form he will most likely end up howling back whether he wants to or not. His wolf brain is like ‘oh my mate is calling me, I need to call back.’  Will glare at you once he realizes what you did though.  

He thinks he's a lap dog… He's not. Will practically suffocate you underneath his giant fat fluffy ass. Doesn’t understand why you keep trying to push him off. Eventually you will have to resign to your fate of being crushed beneath fluffer butt. Overall not a bad way to go. Probably would rate 4/10. Suffocation via snuggles may be slow and slightly painful but the fact that the last thing you’ll see is your giant dorky floof outweighs that. 

Will NOT be seen on a leash. No way in hell. It's not happening. To a werewolf this is EXTREMELY degrading. In the olden days ‘monsters’ especially werewolves were kept in chains and shackles and seen as ‘pets’ or ‘prizes’. They were looked at like some sort of circus freak and treated horribly. When the Joker killed him, he dragged Jason around on a leash while beating him and calling him a ‘bad dog’ so even if you brought it up jokingly, hell even in a kinky way he would probably ignore you for at least 3-4 days, that is if you didn’t know the implications of putting a leash on him. But if you did he would flat out ignore you for a week or two. If you kept bringing it up he would end the relationship. End of story. 

Jason would rather die again than admitting that belly rubs are a guilty pleasure for him. He won’t say it, but you know, even when he vehemently denies it with everything he’s got. Also ear scratches anyone? 

There's a spot on his neck when scratched just right leaves him melting into your hands. This man will literally go weak in the knees and if he’s standing up he won’t be for long. He’ll get so into it that his legs will give out and he’ll fall over into you. 

This is all for now folks, but don’t worry i’ll be back with more! Eventually… I’m kind of slow. 

#Jason todd #Jason todd x reader #batfam #batfamily #dick grayson #tim drake #damian wayne #bruce wayne #your oc #gender neutral #x fem reader #fem #female #headcannons #batfamily x reader #monsters #werewolf #werewolf jason todd #love #romance #relationships #vampire #boyfriend #werewolf boyfriend #werewolf lover

[kensingtonmarketstall]

Wow I don't remember what I said. Sad, gay, sweet

This might have been sent four (4) years ago, I'm not quite sure. I took a break from writing for Queen for a while, but I'm back and hotter than ever. This is sad and it's gay, but I think I missed the mark on sweet. I think I missed the mark pretty wide lol. Bittersweet, maybe. Definitely.

CW for alcohol use and some post-breakup self-flagellation

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It just doesn’t seem fair, Freddie thinks, staring into his glass. The ice is melting, watering down his drink. Also unfair, although he supposes it’s no one’s fault but his own for not drinking it faster.

The volume inside the bar is almost loud enough to keep his thoughts from spiraling, but his penchant for self-pity is nothing if not determined. Maybe it is a bit pathetic to have sequestered himself in a corner of the bar, but it isn’t for lack of trying on Freddie’s part. Roger is out on his Monthly Date Weekend with Dominique, Phoebe has to work, and Peter is god knows where doing god knows what. Fuck Paul.

If he hadn’t broken up with David, he wouldn’t be sitting alone drowning himself in vodka tonics. But then again… if he hadn’t broken up with David, he wouldn’t be sitting alone drowning himself in vodka tonics.

What a genuine nightmare that had been. He’s embarrassed about how that went down, how the semi-public Crash And Burn of it all surely reflects poorly on his inability to maintain any sort of romantic relationship. Everyone who knew about them saw that coming—they said as much to his face. It’s not as reassuring as they might think it is, being told that your relationship is clearly headed for the end and there’s not a damn thing you can do to stop it. In reality, the sheer fact that you are involved has almost certainly sealed its fate.

Freddie brings his glass back up to his mouth, catching an ice chip on this sip of a drink that doesn’t even taste particularly good anymore but that he can’t bring himself to waste. He bites down, focusing hard on the sharp sting of cold against his teeth. It doesn’t feel nice, the deep ache down through his jaw, but at least it feels like something other than sadness.

Fuck it, what is he even sad for? David was a bit of a prick. More than a bit. He had a monstrous personality and even all of Freddie’s sparkling redeemable qualities couldn’t counteract that. He’s better off without David. Plenty of people have told him that too. He doesn’t know if he actually believes it quite yet. How can it be possible that the more favorable outcome is to exist alone rather than be with someone even if they only sort of give a shit about you?

Even watered down, the vodka burns his throat as he swallows and his eyes water. It’s a shitty bottom shelf vodka serving its purpose for the evening. The bartender must not have added enough tonic water.

He’s being uncharitable… David wasn’t all that bad. Not all the time. Freddie wouldn’t have dated him to begin with if he’d been a complete shitbag.

Despite what others may say, he does have some standards and they aren’t that low.

Sometimes, though (like right now), Freddie thinks that the bar was on the ground and David had gotten out a shovel.

At least he was willing to put in the effort to dig. Not everyone is so loyal.

#singlegoldendove #my writing #500 words series

[demifiendrsa]

Assassin's Creed Mirage: Cinematic World Premiere

Developer Trailer Breakdown

Assassin’s Creed Mirage will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC via Epic Games Store and Ubisoft Store, and Luna in 2023.

Logo

Key visuals

Screenshots

Game Editions

Standard Edition

Base Game

Deluxe edition

Base Game

Deluxe Pack

Collector’s case

Base Game

Deluxe Pack

High-quality figurine of Basim

Replica of Basim’s brooch

An exclusive Steelbook and more

Pre-order bonus

Overview

About

In the ninth century CE, Baghdad is at its height, leading the world in science, art, innovation, and commerce. Amid its bustling urban landscape, a conflicted young orphan with a tragic past must navigate the streets to survive.

In Assassin’s Creed Mirage, you are Basim, a cunning street thief with nightmarish visions, seeking answers and justice. After an act of deadly retribution, Basim flees Baghdad and joins an ancient organization—The Hidden Ones. As he learns their mysterious rituals and powerful tenets, he will hone his unique abilities, discover his true nature, and come to understand a new Creed—one that will change his fate in ways he never could have imagined.

Key Features

A Powerful Coming-of-Age Story – Discover a narrative-driven action–adventure experience that follows the transformation of a defiant young man into a refined Master Assassin with a conflicted destiny. Meet an inspiring cast of characters who will shape Basim’s destiny and may be more than what they seem…

The Ultimate Assassin – Become the most versatile Assassin in franchise history. Parkour seamlessly through the city and leverage the largest assortment of tools to date. Get contracts at the Assassin’s bureaus, collect vital clues, and stealthily take down targets with more visceral assassinations than ever before.

An Immersive, Reactive City – Explore a dense and vibrant city whose inhabitants react to your every move. Uncover the secrets of four unique districts, from the industrial Karkh to the lush gardens of the Round City. Discover surprising world events and interact with historical figures that shaped the Golden Age of Baghdad.

A Tribute to an Original – Experience a modern take on the features and gameplay that have defined a franchise for 15 years. Journey to Alamut, the legendary home of the Assassins who laid the foundations of the Creed in this heartfelt homage to the game that started it all.

Characters

Basim – Originally born in Samarra, Basim lost his mother at a young age and grew up on his own in the streets of Baghdad. Basim admires the Hidden Ones, and dreams of joining them.

Roshan – After escaping a life of oppression, Roshan became a master assassin at the Hidden Ones’ stronghold, Alamut. Now, she takes Basim under her wing as her first true apprentice.

More characters coming soon.

#Assassin's Creed Mirage #AC Mirage #Assassin's Creed #Ubisoft Montreal #Ubisoft #video game #PS5 #Xbox Series #Xbox Series X #Xbox Series S #PS4 #Xbox One #PC #Epic Games Store #Ubisoft Store #long post

[theinfernalsanctuary]

Greetings all,

I apologize for how few posts I made in the last couple of days. I do work. Moreover, I work the night shift, and that is incredibly physically and emotionally taxing, so bear with me if you would. Just for fun, I'd like to share some of my favorite pieces of scripture from the Infernal Gospel and why they're my favorite. These will not be ranked.

From the "First Doctrine of Satan Called Origins"

6. And these souls were punished for welcoming appetite but not he who championed them - Satan, the munificent benefactor of human kind.

8. For only those that welcomed the fires of Hell may revel freely upon its soil - and those who spat against its name would serve eternal penance.

These are two of my favorites simply because they are so straightforward. These souls were sent to Hell for doing wrong by their God's standards, but even though they could have spared themselves by accepting the fact that their God abandoned them to torment for eternity and accepting Lord Satan's offer of salvation, they refused so he let them have what they clearly wanted. They were offered freedom but let their closed mindedness and fear rule them and were sent to eternal torment while Lord Satan's devotees and demons celebrated and feasted as he promised.

11. They would never know his kindness, nor the grandeur of Hell and its many devils - they lament in solitude until the howling end of time.

This one is specifically a description of purgatory,or the first circle of Hell, and it's pure poetry. If it weren't for the fact that this is a description of the fate of the people who rejected Lord Satan but just weren't good enough by God's standards, I'd want this tattooed on me.

30. Atop these descending realms, Hell sprawled like Leviathan - endless fields of fire, where devils celebrated amidst cities of gold and obsidian.

The imagery of this one is so intense. This is a description not just of Hell as a whole but specifically where Lord Satan's demons and devotees reside and celebrate.

From the "Second Doctrine of Satan Called Dominion"

*There are so many I love in this one, so I'm going to narrow it down to four.*

4. And palaces towered between cavernous hills, with monuments and coliseums surrounding - the proud beacons of sprawling, boisterous cities.

Hell, ironically, is an incredibly lively place where we can rejoice in the freedom of our inner beasts. It is a beautifully decorated, well loved place built for those of us who dared to walk the road less traveled and stuck to our convictions as theistic Satanists.

13. And Satan's disciples accepted his mark, and their souls were stained in stigmata, and they were sworn to his immortal empire.

Lord Satan keeps his promises. These people would forever have a home in Hell with him, and as someone who has struggled with a sense of belonging for most of their life and has never felt a calling like this before, I love the stability that Lord Satan provides.

18. And Satan's followers reveled in celebration, under banners and demonic heraldry - humans and devils, united by blood and fire.

Lord Satan has seen to it that everyone, demon or human, is the same under his mark. We are all children of Lord Satan, and he refused to let anyone feel unequal under his mark.

26. And the disciples knew of Satan's glory, and that he was an honorable god, and that he fulfilled the promise he made to his followers.

I have to get completely informal with this one, but I said what I said. He keeps his promises, and there is not a demon or devotee in Hell that would deny it.

I hope reading some of these brought you the same peace that they've brought me, and I hope that they assisted a bit in giving those who wondered a bit of an insight into why I am so passionate about this.

May Lord Satan's light guide you even in the darkest of times!

Ave Satanas!

#hail satan #satan #satanic #satanism #theistic satanism #theistic luciferianism #the infernal gospel #ave satanas

[anadorablekiwi]

Decided to explain genshin’s wishing and pity system in its own post for the heck of it lol (reusing pics from og explanation hence the old banners)

Genshin Wishing and Pity Crash Course

Doing some quests/opening chests/doing trials (the red things in open world. Time or combat or target trial) =Primogems

Primogems (primos for short) can be spent to get Fates: left is event banners, right is standard banner (not recommended to spend primogems on standard banner fates, but ultimately you do you!)

You can also get fates from archons quests/battle pass/events/etc

fate=1 wish/pull on a banner=1 pity if you dont get a five star (there's also four star pity where every 10 pulls since your last four star you're guaranteed another)

After 73 pulls of either 3 star (blue) or 4 star (purple) quality, you hit soft pity. that means the chance for getting a 5 star increases with each pull, ultimately ending at hard pity (90) where you have a 100% chance for a five star

if you're on an event banner, it will be a character. either the event character who's banner you're wishing on, or a standard banner character (Diluc Jean Mona Qiqi Keqing Tighnari Dehya)

if youre wishing on the standard banner, the five star will either be a character (standard banner list) or a weapon

Weapon Banner is a scam, not advised (located between event character(s) and standard banner)

Basically, every two five star weapons that aren't the event weapons, you have a 50% chance to get the event weapon you chose the path of. So if you’re unlucky, it can take a while to get what you want

(i may be a bit wrong about this bit ^ as i dont wish on weapon banner much at all)

But this guarantee, unlike event character guarantees, does not transfer across new weapon banners. So if youre finally at weapon guarantee, and the banners switch/end, the guarantee is gone

Anyways! Back on track lol

Lets say you've never gotten a five star on event banner. The next (first) five star you get has a 50% chance to be the event character (Lyney for example) and a 50% chance to be one of the standard banner five star characters. If you get Keqing, then the next five star on an event banner is 100% guaranteed to be the event five star

On standard, i think its every two 5 star weapons you're guaranteed a character? Also unsure on this

But there you have it! Wishing and Pity in genshin lol

#genshin impact #most is copy paste from old post lol #when i do wish on weapon banner #(which ive done twice) #i wish until one five star and call it quits #i got lucky those two times but even if i dont im calling that good lol

[logically-asexual]

it's been 3 years since putting others first. Thomas keeps teasing the finale but that's about it, I think he's trying to do more Sanders Sides now since he's (finally!) realize that he can't give us nothing forever and we'll be happy about it.

My guess is that the fandom will resurrect for a bit before going back to other stuff since it'll probably be forever until the part 2 of the finale comes out.

What Thomas NEEDS to do, probably when posting the first part, is to establish a clear timeline of when stuff will happen.

like in the end credits show off a schedule like "part 2 will be posted in October, part three around January and part four in March" or something like that with approximate estimations of when we'll get the parts.

That'll help keep the fandom and momentum going. Not all the waiting with the tiniest little hints that don't tell us anything. Like it's been 3 years, before that wasn't there like a year between that and the episode before? The waits are getting longer, and people are sick of it. What's the point in seeing the first part of the finale when it'll take years to see the next part, especially if it's four parts. That's a long ass time.

Thomas has also said that once part 1 is done that the rest will be easier, ig he's writing all the scripts now. But there'll still be a wait, so to me I think there's 2 options Thomas could go with.

the timeline of approximately when all the parts will come out

or, make the 4 parts into one, or 2 parts. More content means that people will probably be more forgiving of a long wait for the next part. A big part of this fandom is analyzing EVERYTHING after all, more content = more stuff to analyze

either way his current method of "teasers" and "I'm working on it I swear!" then making a lot of new series that take up a lot of time and energy while not mentioning Sanders Sides at all isn't working.

So many people are pointing out that they where [age] when [episode] came out and how much older they are now.

Sanders Sides started 6 years ago, at this rate I doubt there'll be a season 2, if there is, I hope that Thomas realizes he doesn't need something like another Forbidden Fruit for every episode. The production value can go down, that'd be preferable to these long ass waits.

that's why Asides was created and it's suffered the same fate of production value being super high when it just doesn't have to be to be a good episode. Writing > production value every time.

At this point I'd absolutly encourage Thomas to finish the finale and move on and do other things that he's passionate about and grow that new audience or maybe even step back from youtube all together, he's been online a long time after all.

i think there’s problems at both the writing and the production stages. and yes both are probably because they’ve set this standard, like you said, with Forbidden Fruit

in terms of writing this high standard won’t let them do anything other than tackle huge issues that need a lot of research and that have a lot of points to address, of which they don’t want to leave anything out in fear that it will leave way for inaccurate interpretations of the issue they’re discussing.

and in terms of production well it’s obvious that they just keep making the videos more and more complicated even when it’s not necessary, since what charmed us back in 2017 was thomas’s incredible acting and editing skills that made everything seem so effortless, how relatable the videos were, and how clever the jokes and little hints for analyzing were.

thomas wants to explore what he can do and try bigger things and i support that, but that doesn’t mean that he has to make huge things every single time. it’s like he learned nothing from Am I Original. and also if that’s just not what the fans want and he cares enough about that to affect the writing of the characters this much, then he should also listen in that aspect. and he could try the cool special effects more often somewhere else.

and about setting a timeline i don’t know. that’s a whole mess with thomas’s personal feelings that i don’t enough about and i also wouldn’t have any idea how to fix anyway. at first he would say “new video this friday!” and no video would come and he would say that he needed more days and then it would end up taking a couple more weeks. and we would tell him over and over that we didn’t mind but he and joan still felt bad. and then they decided no more posting deadlines, but they still had deadlines that they set for themselves or for sponsors and they still couldn’t stick to them even when they worked through days and nights. i could just go “well it’s clear that the issue isn’t the deadline and you should just find a more efficient way of working” but that’s so easy to say and what does it even mean? who am i to say that kind of thing, i know nothing about them and what they have and haven’t tried to do. so idk.

i do think the best case scenario is if they were able to say “next part will come out on [date]!” and then somehow for that to actually happen because it would guarantee constant fandom activity between videos. which we all would love. but i just don’t know if that’s possible.

#ts criticism

[zhongrin]

Hi Rin! Today I feel frustrated, but for explaining the reason of my frustration I'll tell you a story:

A long time ago when I first installed Genshin Impact I was really happy, I was finishing the task of clearing the temples of the Four Winds in Mondstadt when I accidentally fell into the Cryo Regisivine's lair. As a new player I didn't know what to do and ended up with half of my characters dead, I also didn't know that I could revive them so when the game started lagging I uninstalled it and forgot about it. Some time later after I got a better phone with more storage space I decided to venture again in Genshin but started a brad new account with another email linked I didn't tried to get my other account back because I thought my characters wouldn't comeback (I know, now that I know that is not the case I feel stupid) so that's why.

Today as an AR 35 that has a lot of exp accumulated (my characters aren't strong enough to make the Ascension Rank 2 quest), that's currently saving every primogem she gets only to have the opportunity to get Zhongli when his re-run comes, I decided to log-in back in my old account just for not letting the characters in there dead. It stayed on AR 6 with only the free characters they give you (aka Amber, Kaeya and Lisa. Besides Traveler), so with some primogems that I have in there I decided to pull. You know that right now there's a re-run of Ayaka and Shenhe, with 4 star characters like Sucrose, Mika and Diona; thing is that I decided to pull randomly with only 7 intertwined fates and I said out loud:

"If I'm getting a four star, at least give me Sucrose", because until know I didn't had enough luck in acquire any five star. It only took me a single pull, I saw a golden star and almost screamed the shit out my lungs... I honestly thought that it was probably going to be a standard banner five star character but NO. IT WAS SHENHE! And I was like: "I HATE YOU PITY SYSTEM! WHY DIDN'T YOU GIVE ME THIS CHARACTER ON MY MAIN ACCOUNT?!" Now I have Shenhe but in my AR 7 account and I'm frustrated because I have more materials on my big account and better weapons but I have literal shit on the AR 7 account 😤😭. Thanks for hearing my ramble.

hsdfjksd i think hyv lets you get a 5 star character pretty early if it's your first time pulling on character banners. i think. i just have a feeling (gotta hook us up and get us addicted yk what i mean?)

speaking about 5 star characters.... i think the archons hate me.

atp the next archon i pull will only come home at 160 pity orz

don't look at zhongli the amount of primos i wasted on his banner in one single day is abysmal

al haitham is the only one who's so good to me, even in the weapon banner my beloved ilysm i swear ansy is spot on, he's just my yandere ig-

#rin answers #rin is having tea with: goldensunsetchild #rin's adventures in teyvat

[neathbound]

Official Maiserel-Double Masterpost

Prompted by a discussion I had with @twoswords.

How many of them are there?

There are 18 "actual" iterations of Maiserel. This does not include any Discordant Doubles they get from the Hurlers, which frequently come and go.

Who is who?

Before the split, Maiserel was the Radiant Architect (inter alios). After the split, and because the split was so perfect that not even Maiserel can tell themselves apart, 11 of them still use the name, identity, and persona of the Radiant Architect. At worst, they sometimes get odd questions about how they changed clothes so fast.

4 of them are the Mortal Mariner. When the split first happened, they drew straws to see which would be consigned to the first few months of zee-patrol. Because Maiserel cannot help from having secrets, the first Mariner roped three more of themself into the scheme, and now the Mariner comprises four identical people pretending to be a single person (even keeping that secret from the rest of themself.)

1 is the Sun-Scarred Stalker. They were a standard Radiant Architect iteration up until an ill-fated expedition to the south, past the Grand Geode. Their remaining eye glows so brightly that it can be seen through their dark spectacles.

1 is the Umbral Urbanite. Because Maiserel cannot help from having secrets, the Urbanite used a careful application of irrigo to make the rest of themselves forget that the Urbanite existed. They've also figured out how to return their eyes to normal, somehow, and through the Clark Kent effect, they've managed to go entirely unnoticed.

1 is the Inauspicious Guest. After an inadvisable experiment with cardinal's honey, they inadvisably asked the Fingerkings for aid. Now they're down an arm, and behind their spectacles, their eyes are mirrors dancing with the reflections of snakes and dead men. You can still see the marks where they gouged out their original eyes.

...Oh, that's all?

Perhaps eventually they'll diversify further. Certainly it wouldn't be much of a surprise if at least one iteration of the Mariner fell under the influence of one Drowned Man or another. And multiple Architects are actively pursing the creation of Clay duplicates of themself - or other, less humanoid Polythremean iterations.

#maiserel #fallen london oc #the radiant architect #the sun scarred stalker #the mortal mariner #the umbral urbanite #the inauspicious guest

[usafphantom2]

#onthisday in 1943 VF-5 stationed aboard USS Yorktown are the first to take the Grumman F6F Hellcat into combat.

@classicwabirds via Twitter

Grumman F6F Hellcat

With the Grumman F4F Wildcat in operational service and feedback being received from both their Allies and United States Navy pilots, including combat reports against the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Grumman set to work on an improved fighter aircraft which led to the birth of the Hellcat. Whilst the cosmetic appearance to its predecessor was obvious a number of major changes separated the two aircraft. One of these saw the Wildcat's mid-wing layout replaced with a low-wing layout that provided a couple of benefits in relation to the landing gear. Firstly the landing gear was now able to be housed in the wing and secondly the landing gear could be placed further outboard resulting in a much more stable undercarriage. After evaluating the new design the United States Navy placed an order on the 30th June 1941 for four prototypes of the aircraft with a different powerplant for each. The XF6F-1 powered by a two-stage turbocharged 1,700-hp Wright R-2600-10 Cyclone 14, XF6F-2 with the turbocharged R-2600-16 engine, XF6F-3 with a two-stage turbocharged 2,000-hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-10 Double Wasp engine and the XF6F-4 powered by the R-2800-27 and two speed turbocharger. The first of these prototypes to fly was the XF6F-1 which flew on the 26th June 1942.

The need for more fighters to reinforce the Wildcats in service took on a greater importance when during the Battle of Midway (4th June 1942 - 7th June 1942) Douglas TBD Devastators of VT-8 were all shot down, with only one pilot surviving, with VT-6 Devastators nearly succumbing to the same fate. This lead to the decision to install the most powerful engine available at the time, the Pratt & Whitney R-2800-10, into the first Hellcat airframe and a little over a month later, after the first prototype flight, on the 30th July 1942 the XF6F-3 made its first flight. However the decision had been taken before any prototypes had flown to order the aircraft as the F6F-3 Hellcat, which would have six 0.50-in machine-guns as standard armament.

When production of the Hellcat started the similarity's between the Wildcat and Hellcat would pay off as workers on the Wildcat were able to switch over to building the Hellcat with minimal fuss and on the 4th October 1942 the first production aircraft flew and another ten were built by the end of 1942. The 16th January 1943 would see the Hellcat begin to equip United States Navy Squadron VF-9 which was stationed aboard USS Essex (CV-9) although it was VF-5 stationed aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) which was the first to meet the Japanese in combat on the 31st August 1943 just fourteen months after the first prototype flight.

The Grumman F6F Hellcat went from strength to strength with 2,500 delivered during 1943 enabling F4F Wildcat squadrons to upgrade to the new type quickly and the Hellcat would serve alongside the Vought F4U Corsair when this aircraft entered service with the United States Navy during 1944. Despite the success of the F6F-3 version of the Hellcat, which included the F6F-3N night fighter, Grumman introduced the F6F-5 which flew for the first time on the 4th April 1944 and entered USN service shortly after. This featured the same powerplant as the F6F-3 but due to the introduction of a water injection system, which could increase power by 10% for short periods, was known as the R-2800-10W. The new Hellcat could also carry either two 1,000lb or six 5-in rocket projectiles and later production models would have two 0.50-in machine-guns, one in each wing, replaced with 20-mm cannons. A number of these were also converted into night fighters designated F6F-5N.

The Grumman Hellcat would also see service with the Fleet Air Arm and the F6F-3 was originally called the Gannet Mk I before reverting back to its original Hellcat name later and equipped No. 800 Naval Air Squadron with whom it would first see action with the Fleet Air Arm stationed aboard HMS Emperor (D98) during December 1943. Although most of the Fleet Air Arm Hellcats would serve in the Far East with the British Pacific Fleet, with twelve squadrons equipped with either the Mk I or Mk II (F6F-5) by VJ Day. Two night fighter squadrons, Nos. 891 Naval Air Squadron and 892 Naval Air Squadron based at RNAS Eglinton, were set-up with the Hellcat Mk NF.II night fighter though these would not see service during the Second World War (1939 – 1945).

When production of the Hellcat ceased in November 1945 12,275 examples had been built and the aircraft remained in service with the United States Navy, including its display team the Blue Angels and three F6F-5s performed the teams first display on the 15th June 1946, for a few years after VJ Day but was eventually replaced by the Grumman F8F Bearcat.

[megashadowdragon]

Incorrect Chaldea Part 117 - Canteen Camaraderie

www . reddit . com/r/grandorder/comments/15pzk1j/incorrect_chaldea_part_117_canteen_camaraderie/

reddit comments

Meanwhile on the Archer Emiya line…

Arthur: I’ll take two number 9s.

Squirtoria: I’ll take a number nine large with extra cheese and coconut milk.

Bunnytoria: Six number 6s for my knights with extra dip but the kid’s meal for Gareth. A cheese pickle burger for Mordred.

MHX: Nine number 7s with shrimp but also with more noodles.

MHXX: 12 number 7s but with 20 eggs and also extra hot!

Lancer Artoria: Two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.

Saber Lily: Happy meal~! Happy meal~! Happy meal~!

Artoria: I’ll take one of everything.

Castoria: … Can I just get a burger or is there, “a make-it-your-burger?”

Berserker Castoria: I want the funky set, glazed chocolate donuts, French fries, and a extra, extra, large soda. But a kid’s meal for Oberon.

Archer Emiya: … Smiles I’ll get everything ready.

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User avatar level 2 simon4s1 · 4 hr. ago Lancer Artoria Alter: Just gimme all the f--kin' potato chips you got and nobody gets hurt.

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User avatar level 2 Jumbolaya315 · 5 hr. ago Normal day in chaldea kitchen

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User avatar level 2 Jack_King814 · 4 hr. ago Jalter the queen a cheese pickle burger

That sounds disgusting

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User avatar level 3 jstoru216 · 2 hr. ago

.Set Your Heart Ablaze It's for Mordred, that's probably the point

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User avatar level 4 ChokeMeLuong · 1 hr. ago And she loves it bc chichiue gave it

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User avatar level 2 WatanabeYunosuke · 7 min. ago as the Saber faces get their order, on the other side is Aesc… Judging them for eating greasy food

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User avatar level 1 LonesomeBookworm OP · 6 hr. ago Fate/SUS Order No Salter that’s the wrong housewife, try again

Source: Spongebob

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User avatar level 2 Jumbolaya315 · 5 hr. ago That one isnt even a housewife to begin with, he cant feel nor taste

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User avatar level 1 CrimsonCarnage74 · 6 hr. ago Jalter: I got it already Emiya! Gasp Artoria

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User avatar level 1 Snowvalley28 · 5 hr. ago The guy who can't taste anything works as a cheff?

Brilliant. Absolutely no possible problems there.

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User avatar level 2 Tschmelz · 5 hr. ago I mean, Beni can't taste either, and she's the best chef in Chaldea. That being said, Emiya Alter also doesn't care about cooking, so he's probably not any good at it anymore.

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User avatar level 2 WooooshMe2825 · 4 hr. ago He probably just does it out of old muscle memory.

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User avatar level 2 KN041203 · 5 hr. ago Last I check fast food joint don't really need taste bud.

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User avatar level 1 Ok-Address-9359 · 6 hr. ago

:Gorgon: Praise be to Snek -Homing Excalibur Morgan Detected-

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User avatar level 1 Chazman_89 · 3 hr. ago :medjed: medjed of saberfaces That's a pretty standard Salter order. To translate it into English, she is asking for six all beef patties with everything on toasted buns, four times over, cooked in mustard, pickles and grilled onions, with extra toast, jelly on said toast, toast lightly buttered, burgers done well, extra onions, extra sauce and a glass of orange juice on the side.

In other words, 24 all beef patties cooked well with lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, dressing, served on 16 slices of buttered and jellied toast, with OJ on the side.

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User avatar level 2 LonesomeBookworm OP · 14 min. ago Fate/SUS Order …Jesus. That's more Salter like than I initially thought

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User avatar level 1 WooooshMe2825 · 4 hr. ago EMIYA: “I got it already, other me.”

#fgo fancomic #fgo comic #fate grand order comic #archer emiya alter #emiya alter #saber artoria alter #artoria alter

[night-unfurls-its-splendour]

Why Is Anthony Considered a Rake?

Okay, so like, I get that Simon and Anthony's reputations are like worse than what their actions really deserve.

But WHAT, PRAY, is Anthony supposed to have done to make him ~squints~ "the most notorious rake in England"?

No really let's examine this for a moment.

In the first book, Daphne draws a very poignant distinction in saying that Simon is NOT a rake, because a rake's humor is rooted in meanness, not true wit. That's a good distinction.

Lady Whistledown in Viscount kicks off by drawing the distinction between a rake (lower case) and a Rake (upper case) as the former "thinking they are dangerous to women" while the latter "knows he is dangerous to women", and declares Anthony Bridgerton to be the prime example of the latter.

Why?

A rake, by the general understanding of the word is a wealthy man made notorious by his excesses. Namely, drinking, gambling, dueling, womanizing (the four basic food groups) and general bucking of societal standards for decent behavior.

I should stipulate here that womanizing in the period sense does not mean having a mistress (or even two) since that was, sadly, somewhat the norm for men of the ton. Womanizing would mean, particularly blatant frequenting of brothels, the ruination of young women, and having extramarital affairs with married women.

That's a lower case rake.

In reality to earn the status of, as Whistledown would have it, a "Capital 'R' Rake" you would have to add significant sexual deviancies to the womanizing, including, but not limited to, homosexuality or bisexuality, bigamy, incest, or even sexual predation of especially young girls (or boys).

So even if we accept the realistic lower case rake standard as a Capital R in the world of Bridgerton, WHAT EXACTLY has Anthony done to even spark the rumors that earned him his scandalous reputation?

Quinn goes out of her way to stipulate that Anthony

1) is not a particularly heavy drinker

2) is extremely devoted to his family (famous for it, really)

3) is notably concerned with his financial responsibilities as head of said family

4) makes SURE the reader knows that he never risks the reputation of a young woman (having several sisters himself and being sensitive to their plight in the marriage market) or involves himself with married women: only actresses, singers or widows.

A financially responsible, family oriented, scrupulous rake? That's quite a novelty (if not an oxymoron).

So if Anthony has been so scrupulous to never endanger a respectable woman's reputation then how is he "dangerous to women"? What women is he dangerous to? Opera singers who are already considered to be half-prositute anyway?

If I can give the show any props, it's doing even a little something to make it seem like he deserves his ill-repute to the audience, in introducing his character to said audience by showing him having road-side sex against a tree (even if that's just in the first episode of the first season).

I compare him to the Rakish co-protagonist of Stolen Kisses-- a fifty-cent bodice ripper I picked up in the re-Uzit shop (and you cannot fault me for the comparison, that book was published by the same company as the Bridgerton series) Jack Faraday, the much maligned, malcontented Marquis of Dansbury is introduced practically estranged from his remaining family, with numerous affairs under his belt, the ravaged reputations of ill-fated debutantes trailing behind him; and most fearsome of all, whispers of a mistress he murdered in France, "simply because she displeased him".

This book, a catalog romance from 1997, paints Jack as a true Rake, having earned his capital R (deservedly or not) with that whisper of murder. His motivation at the outset of the story is to ruin a girl whose family reputation is already hanging by a thread, because she gave him the cut direct at a ball he only grudgingly attended.

Because there's the other thing about Rakes.

They don't get invited to balls.

Rakes are messy uncouth predators and ONLY if you were an exceptionally fashionable rake (For instance, Lord Byron) did you get invited ANYWHERE respectable.

In the first book it's noted that Anthony has a pass to Almack's, the premier and most exclusive assembly rooms. In reality (which Bridgerton is not, I know) a man who is supposedly "the most notorious rake in England" would NEVER have obtained a pass to Almack's, no matter how badly he wanted to get his sister married off, because the board was made up exclusively of high society ladies whose express intention in FOUNDING Almack's was to make sure that troublemakers and social climbers couldn't get in.

I've descended into realistic standards here, I apologize.

My point is, if you want to make Anthony a rake by all means do so (the show actually did quite a decent job, as I pointed out above, by grubbing him up a bit), but don't try and sell him as the "Worst Rake in the Country" if you're not even gonna let him ruin a few debutantes.

#bridgerton #anthony bridgerton #the viscount who loved me

[blazewatergem]

Hi so idk if you still need advice, but re: your Genshin question, it’s usually better to save your primogems for character event wishes (intertwined fates) rather than standard wishes (acquaint fates).

The reasons are that:

1) the event banners are only there for limited times, so if you want the five-star characters on that you only have the chance to get them while their specific character banners are running (and while they do rerun characters, there’s no guarantee of when that will happen so you may have to wait a while for another chance to get a specific character), and if you want a specific four-star you’re way more likely to get them when they’re on an event banner (because their drop rates are way boosted and there are only three four stars per event banner). Meanwhile there are I think 7 or 8 five-star characters, and I believe more than 10 five-star weapons on the standard banner, and you can also get every four-star character and most (if not all? Not quite sure) four-star weapons on the standard banner, as well as all the three-star weapons which are on both standard and event banners.

2) there’s this thing called a 50/50 on the event banner, which means when you get a five-star, there’s a 50% chance it’s the one on the banner and a 50% chance it’s a standard five-star character, so you have the chance to get a standard five-star character as well, so there’s less need to wish on the standard banner unless you really hate both event banner characters (note that if you lose a 50/50 and don’t get the event banner character your next five-star on the event banner will be guaranteed to be the event character, but if you win the 50/50 it resets and is a 50/50 chance again. There’s a “history” button that allows you to check your recent pulls, so you can use that to track what your last five-star was so you can figure out whether you have a guaranteed event character or not, and also by counting how many wishes you’ve made since your last five-star you can check how close you are to your next one, since every 90 pulls you have a 100% chance of pulling a five-star).

3) there are three separate event banners, one for each five-star event character and one for their weapons, so you can decide whether to focus your wishes on (specific!) five-star characters or weapons (as opposed to the standard banner which both times I got five-stars from it I got weapons, of types I don’t even really use much 😓) (also, regarding the “every 90 pulls you’re guaranteed a 5 star” part of the last point, though there are two character event banners - I’m gonna say “character a” and “character b”, bc I couldn’t figure out how to word this less confusingly without names - you can pull on either character a’s banner or character b’s banner and both will count towards your “event banner history”, it’s just that you could theoretically get a five-star in any pull and if you win the 50/50 you only get the character who’s on the banner you’re pulling on, so if I only wanted character a and not character b I would only pull on character a’s banner) (the standard banner operates on the same “every 90 pulls you get a five-star” principle as the event banners, and you can check your “standard banner history” under the standard banner, but unlike the event banners the standard banner isn’t character-specific banners so it’s more random & you’ll just get a standard five-star character or weapon).

4) especially assuming you don’t spend any money, you’re more likely to get acquaint fates (standard wishes) as rewards for things (such as the battle pass) than intertwined fates (event wishes), so there’s less need to buy standard wishes.

When you wish, you get a different kind of currency called starglitter/stardust (depending on the rarity of the character/weapon you pull; 4-and-5-star weapons and constellations (copies of the character that aren’t your first one) of both 4-and-5-star characters give you starglitter, the rarer one, and 3-star weapons give you stardust, the more common one (since your four star chances are approximately one-in-ten and your five-star chances are approximately one-in-one-hundred, you will get a lot of three-star weapons and thus a lot of stardust if you wish semi-frequently). Under all the banners there’s a shop button; every month you can use your starglitter and stardust in the shop to purchase 10 intertwined fates and 10 acquaint fates, so you can get wishes that way too. There are other things in the shop though, like four-star weapons, specific four-star character constellations (which characters they are change depending on the month but I believe it’s pretty consistent each year so you can google what characters are gonna be in the shop each month), level-up materials, etc, so depending on your priorities you might want to save your starglitter/stardust for other things, but that’s totally up to you!

I hope this was helpful, ik this is rlly long but genshin impact is a huge game and it has a lot of different and (imo) complicated mechanics which makes them hard to keep track of, and (at least for me) hard to explain but I tried lmao!

Oh wow!!! Thank you so so much for all of this, that was so kind of you to type up. :D Deeply appreciated!

[zer0stormz]

Fav games I played in 2022 #3 - Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate

Ever since I got my first taste of Monster Hunter last year with Rise I've been addicted lol. I saw MHGU on sale and had to pick it up. I'd played parts of some of the older games too (FU, P3P, and 4U) so I knew what I was getting into with the older style of Monster Hunter. So with my trusty sword and shield I began GU.

This game is so full of content it's insane. I know it's an anniversary title and all but holy heck!!! It has so many monsters to fight, 93 total!!! It's also filled with quests. I won't forget this time I was doing a kill 50 small creatures quest and I was gathering and stuff when all of a sudden I get sent flying. As I'm getting up I pan the camera around in time to see my first Deviljho roaring at me.

I love the combat styles and arts in this game!!!! They add a lot to the variety and I really enjoy using the SnS's arts. I stuck to striker style so I could use a lot more arts, Chaos Oil ftw. The combat is much more rigid and deliberate than Rise, but smoother than the older games I think and I really enjoyed it a lot. Oh also the fact that you can play as a palico (the cat partners you usually bring with you on quests) is pretty wild and awesome! I haven't played around much with it yet myself but it's so cool and wish they would bring that back!!!

With such a full roster of monsters there's a lot of variety and I love it!!! My fav monster is definitely Valstrax. I loved it in Rise, and I love it just as much here in it's debut game!!!! Compared to Rise this one seems a lot more calm and calculating which is so cool and makes sense as the Rise one is supposed to be a more berserk variant. I struggled a lot to take it down my first time. I think it took me at least 10 tries and it was so satisfying to finally have taken it down. Even if it's easy to dodge I love the move where it flies out of the area and circles back and dives into you like a comet it's so cooool!!!!!

Also love the fated four they are all so unique. You got a gigantic icy mammoth, a slippery bubble spewing fox leviathan, a thunder based insectoid wyvern, and a fire dino that basically has a sword for a tail and I loved getting to fight all 4 in a single quest!!! Narkakos is also so freaking badass and the concept of a cephalopod camouflaging itself with bones and using mimicry to look like a hydra and distract from its actual body is amazing!!!

I also really loved the dialogue in this game, so many charming characters. That's something I love about Monster Hunter in general! The whole concept is be this badass edgy hunter person taking down all these dragons, dinos and beasts, and then you got all the cutesy and funny stuff like the palicos, it's great. While I have completed the main village story there's definitely a LOT for me to still do as is standard with Monster Hunter and cant wait to get back into it!!!!

#monster hunter generations ultimate #monster hunter #mhgu #mh #monsterhunter #valstrax is so freaking cool #i love my cat buddies so much #i haven't booted up the game in a while but typing about it makes me really want to lol

[pandoramusicbox]

Neptonian rulers

the Neptonian empire is old and has had a number of rulers throughout the milleniums. in part due to the extrodinairly long life spans of even the regular sea folk, not to mention the pink blooded that are the traditional rulers of sea folk have nearly doubled the length of their lifespans. name of emperor/emperress, length of reign (date of reign) -other notable information.

1. Neptunia, (v453-v432) 21 years- the empress who united the seven sea kingdoms to form the empire.

2. Paio (v432-v93) 339- suspects to have been the empress who's blood made the imperial crown and rumored too have made the sword jiné as well.

> the year of chatastrophy. The sudden death of the previous empress threatened to cause the empire collapse back into the five kingdoms as no one took over the throne. and a civil war threatened to break out.

3. Talia (v91-v1) 90 a notable empress for being the first violet blooded empress and was the granddaughter of neptunia, she reunified the empire and got two more nation states to join.

4. Delphine, (0-215)  - the empress that established the Delphine calendar, the modern calendar used by the Neptonian empire 

5. Oceanus (215-699) 484 years- expanded the size of the empire. Is also known for having a harem of six different pods, { one pod has between 3-10 individuals in them on average, and most people only have one or rarely two pods they stay with}

6. Bay (700-1388) 688 years- a half dragon half neptonian that had the longest reign in history

7. Seatulin [aka lil] (1389-1470) 89 years- standardized the writing system (previously been four different systems) and established higher learning institutions and built the first colosseums. Had a son who was the Astoria of Capricorn.

8. Biny (1470-1684) 224 years- transitioned from a male emperor to an empress during her reign. Established an alliance with several siren kingdoms and established several new cities.

9. Anglerfish (1685-1750) 66 years- is known for her successful and very prominent campaign of privateering, created a froth relationship between the the islands of Thero and Thera as well as the kingdoms of Gargoraqin continent. Was eventually caught privateering a ship with her pod and was executed by a king of Thera.

10. Philipia (1751-1840) 90 years- she established the current capital for the empire daughter of anglerfish, she had to creat safety nets and hiding places for her subjects to not be terrorized by the land people.

11.Bo (1841-2286) 446 years- a very religious emperor who introduced the ayasi faith as the state religion, though it didn’t stick as the state religion the ayasi faith is commonly practiced in the empire.

12. Minnou (2287-2309) 23 years- brought two mermaid kingdoms into the empire, one through Marriage and one through force. Undid the ayasi fate as the state religion.

13. Conwhani (2309-2331) 22 years, depicted with a great pair of horns as she had vicker blood in her, sought to establish a precisen of tolerance for hybrids with the empire, under her time the economy with the land people flourished

14. Eal (2331-2721) 390 years transitioned empire to and emperial republic, and established voting for representatives for the congress and the collation.

15. Posidon (2721-2857) 136 years- first mermaid emperor, student of astronomy and alchemy and had many places of learning built as well as having hand in the making of the architecture that allows for their modern cities with accessibility for creatures of all shapes and sizes.

16. Merrow (2857-2906) 49 years, reformed rather draconian law system to be less in corporal punishment

17. Cari (2907-3014) 108 years - switched the capital to nessrosa ( means water roses)

18. Crab (3015-3088) 74 years - emperess who established about half the laws on the books

19. Dawnturtal (3088-3492) 404 years- won the throne through a javelin throwing contest. Was a lover of nature and created the first emperial ecosystem parks. So nature could be enjoyed by all their citizens, now and in the future. Expanded voting rights. Fought and won a war against a few United sea gorgon hives.

20. Scillia (3493-3750) 258 years- mermaid who reorganized the military and military service

21.Hipocampi (3751-4229) 479 years- a mermaid empress who established extensive healthcare and public works systems throughout the empire

22. Cybircma (4230-4263) 34 years a rare sea witch. Won the throne through a game of wits.

23. Phillia (4264-4377) 114 years- the emperor who established the lily codes, a set of codes of conduct on several things, proper ediquet, how nobles should treat non-nobles [like people], how to properly introduce their culture to conquered lands and the proper way to do some traditions in court. Several of these things where already established but written down in the lily codes, that are still kept up to date to this day.

24. Shark (4378-4627) 250 years - empress that conquered the iles of heaven waters as part of the neptonian empire

25. Hydra (4628-4639) 12 years- empress that negotiated for the union of 13 additional sea kingdoms to join the empire

26. Sonrax (4640-4738) 99 years - created hundreds of amphitheaters, learning squares and libraries, also responsible for a narsin siren genocide

27. Oaraiora (4739-4796)158 years- switched the capital back to phillhimestarn (means moon princess mist)

28. Thnami (4796-4875) 79 years - conquerer gargoraqi waters for the empire and established seaside colonies

29. Serina (4876-5045)169 years- a rare neptonian duelo, who’s alternate self was a red blooded mermaid. Started to grow insane by the end of her reign due to paranoia. Lots of deaths.

30. Orka (5045-5114)69 years- lead a violent revolution against previous empress, died in a violent revelotion by the people to install next emperor

31. Fil (5114-5243) 129 years -outlawed slavery within the neptonian empire boarders, and created a process for removing empresses and emperors less violently

32. Darb (5244-5293) 49 years- tried to unify traditions and religious practices failed missably. Though some of the court songs and rituals they established have stuck around. Also fought a war with some thero heroes.

33. Elumiga (5294-5355) 61 years a violet blood who took over after her sister died to the Theron heroes. Negotiated peace and a treaty that the empire could only go so far into Theron and Theran waters.

34. Clam (5355-5541) 186 years - made a guarantee of civil rights for all neptonian citizens

35. Kimopheia (5543-5857) 314 years known to have turned into a demon at the end of their reign as they tried to extend their life to live forever. Also imposed unfair laws against mermaids but not sirens or finfolk, ignoring ruling’s established by clam the previous empress

36. Perigenia (5857-5921) 64 years- saw the eastern mermaid kingdoms leave the empire

37. Borsesis (5921-5933) 12 years - killed hiers to the throne, was seceded by her cousin. Violently.

38. nemorin (5934-6248) 314 years - violently conquered eastern mermaids, cousin to Borsesis

39. nemora (6248-6381) 133 years- daughter of the conqueror nemorin, was a tyrant who killed of any potential heirs to the throne

40. Nautelus, 64 years but ongoing (6381-current year 6445 ) - the current reigning empress, she fought in the mermaid revolution and was part of an organization known as the nypon-rose

#worldbuilding #pandoramusicbox #mermaid #finfolk #Fantasy Empire #cw death #cw war #fantasy creature #cw slavery #cw fantasy genocide #cw implied murder #cw blood #worldbuildingculture #world building #worldbuilding history #fantasy kingdom #conlang #fantasy species #fantasy calendar #fantasy history #polyamory