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matan4il · 3 months

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Daily update post:

Today, Israeli forces went into a hospital in Jenin (it's not in Gaza, there is no border fence between Israel and Jenin, there are no security measures other than getting intel and pre-emptively stopping terrorist attacks) in order to eliminate several Hamas terrorists who were hiding in there. Because the operation would require going into a hospital, the intel had to be VERY reliable, the threat huge and immediate, and the IDF's Chief of Staff had to personally approve it. The intel indicated these terrorists were gonna carry out a suicide bombing, that would use an entire vehicle loaded with explosives, rather than a suicide bomber "just" wearing a vest with explosives. The first such terrorist attack that I know of in Israel happened on Feb 22, 1948 (before the State of Israel was established, but after the Arabs started a war against the Jews). It was carried out jointly by rogue (and antisemitic, based on the slurs they used) British soldiers, who did it in the service of the Arabs' war against Jews. They blew up the explosives on a central street (Ben Yehuda) in Jerusalem. This is a partial picture of the damage caused:

Three buildings were completely destroyed, but the impact was much wider (including glass windows shattering across the city). 58 people were killed, 49 of them immediately, while 9 more died in the hospital from their injuries. Hamas itself carried out their first terrorist attack of this type on Apr 6, 1994. A car filled with explosives bypassed a bus driving children back from school, and then blew up right in front of it. When those who were alive tried to get out of the bus, they couldn't because the driver had been killed, and they didn't know how to open the door. 8 people were murdered in total, and 55 injured, almost all kids and teenagers. An extra touch of sickness? That day was the eve of Yom Ha'Shoah, Israel's Holocaust Memorial Day. The headline screamed in Hebrew, "Blood of the Children," while in the top left corner, there's a reminder about the sirens for Yom Ha'Shoah going off at 10, to observe a national commemorative minute of silence.

There's a very nice and well intentioned campaign right now, enlisting American celebs to ask everyone to stand against antisemitism. That's incredibly important due to the global rise in antisemitism we've witnessed since Hamas' massacre, but the bigger issue to me is that so many people are ignorant on what actually constitutes Jew hatred. So in one reblog they can oppose antisemitism (and absolutely believe that this is their own stance), while in another they can help spread antisemitic narratives, including antisemitic dogwhistles, modern blood libels, erasure of Jewish rights, history and pain, and demonization of Jews. I'm not talking about people who are aware that stuff like saying "From the river to the sea" is repeating a genocidal chant against the Jews. I'm talking about people who honestly see a non-Jew posting an explanation on why anti-Zionism isn't antisemitism (even though Judaism IS Zionist, and anti-Zionism absolutely IS a tool for antisemites, and goes hand in hand with classic antisemitism), and they totally believe this, and reblog such a post, that is speaking over the majority of Jews, who are Zionist, and repeatedly try to explain how anti-Zionism hurts ALL OF US, every single Jew.

But it is a nice vid, so here:

The president of the Israeli Bar-Ilan University said at the Knesset (Israel's parliament) today that they are trying to deal with thousands of students who come to study, but are suffering from post-traumatic symptoms that impair them psychologically and cognitively, whether from the events of the Hamas massacre, or the fighting in Gaza. He mentioned that these symptoms harm every skill needed for academic work, even for people who are exceptionally gifted. BIU is the university with the fourth biggest number of students in Israel (according to 2021 numbers).

In connection to this subject, in the US, charges have been filed against a man who has threatened to blow up a local synagogue and kill Jews, following the war in Gaza.

New Zealand is another country now suspending funding to UNRWA, the UN agency whose members were found to be complicit in the Hamas massacre. The intel was reliable enough that the UN fired some of these employees, rather than suspend them pending a hearing. I first wrote about the news here. NZ is the 15th country to do this, though it should be noted that Switzerland froze its funding to this UN agency even before this latest intel, because of past antisemitism and terrorism encouragement that UNRWA was regularly responsible for. There is a continuously updated list of who's suspending its UNRWA funding at UN Watch.

This is 76 years old Menucha Cholati with her husband Israel.

On Oct 7, they each hid separately from the Hamas terrorists who invaded their community, kibbutz Kissufim, for hours on end. When Israel was finally rescued by Israeli soldiers, he asked to see his wife. He was advised that it's better not to, but he insisted. Holding on to a bag for all his and her meds, which had been pierced by bullets, he got to see his wife, only to discover that the terrorists burned her alive. May her memory be a blessing.

(for all of my updates and ask replies regarding Israel, click here)

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aelloblu · 2 years

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Sailor Ianna belongs to Sailor_Ianna

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Princess Leonessa / Sailor Ianna

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:Mission:

A year has passed since Chaos Galaxia was banished to the Cauldron and guess who’s come to visit! The Starlights bring word of Kinmoku’s joyous rebirth hoping for a Tokyo vacation. Mamoru is back from Harvard and although Seiya is happy bunhead is happy, something is missing…

Suddenly in the wake of a falling star, the Inners find a girl crumpled and beaten. Princess Leonessa escaped her kidnappers, lords of the rogue planet Kur who plan to marry her and usurp her kingdom. But she won’t let them. She’s inherited the True Starseed of the planet Ianna, if she can just awaken it she can defend herself and take back her Kingdom!

Will she resist a singer’s charms and survive a Japanese highschool? Should the Starlights delay their return and protect her from the Seven Judges of Kur? Can Sailor Moon and the Sailor Guardians teach her what it means to be a defender of love and justice?

Can Princess Leonessa arise as the legendary sun warrior, Sailor Ianna?

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Civilian

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:Name & Meaning:

To hide on Earth, the Princess took the name Hannah Girasole, claiming to be an Italian exchange student. Hannah is an Earth name of Hebrew origin that means ‘grace’, and Girasole is the Italian word for ‘Sunflower’, a bright yellow flower known for its beauty and resilience.

:Age & Birthday:

In Earth years, she is eighteen years old and was born August 21.

:Appearance:

Hannah can always be recognised at a distance by her bright orange hair that seethes like fire. She stands 5’1, and it’s thigh length, curtain straight with fan shaped buns and two thick locks framing her heart shaped face. Her eyes that blaze like stoked embers and her peach coloured cheeks have a high blush when she thinks she's being teased.

As royalty, she always felt stifled but now that she’s on Earth she’s excited to choose her own wardrobe. She has a 70’s flare, loving romper suits in colours and patterns. She also accents her outfits with glass crystal that refracts rainbow arcs as they remind her of home.

:Personality:

Hannah is a hard headed person who thinks she only needs herself. It was how she was raised, her father demanded her strength as feelings would make her fallible. Her own wants and needs must always come second to those of her people.

She is afraid of being seen as frail or useless. Although she acts with kindness she keeps people at a distance and doesn’t encourage friendship. To rely on others is to admit weakness and as Queen it is her responsibility to bear the burdens of others, not the other way around.

Earth has opened her eyes. Without her father watching over her she is slowly allowing herself to experience freedom to choose her own happiness and wellbeing and a warm light within her is beginning to shine! She now has others, and is slowly learning the power that friendship, love and trust can give.

:Likes:

Tiramisu, music, tea, coffee, pedicures, cooking and Seiya!

:Dislikes:

Eggs, doctors, long hours of studying!

:Hobbies:

Since coming to Earth everyone has encouraged Hannah to discover herself. She enjoys working in the school gardens, the soil between her fingers and is in awe of the explosive growth of the sunflowers! Usagi and Makoto have shown her how to scrapbook which she has found as a way to show her feelings and collect her thoughts. She also has a knack for videogames and wastes her days with Usagi at the Game Centre Crown.

She also spends a lot of her time staring at the sky. She enjoys the peace of the stars, but loves the explosive colours of fireworks!

She loves going to Seiya's concerts; just hearing his music takes away her worries.

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Relationships

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:Family:

Born the only daughter of King Ciro and Queen Leon, she was their pride and joy. Her mother was always of a delicate condition but lavished her daughter with love and attention, playing and singing and telling her the stories of the Sailor Guardians and Ianna’s last great protector. She died when Princess Leonessa was four years old and has since become a hazy memory of warmth and refuge.

Her father was more serious about the responsibilities of her mantle which also made Leonessa resolute in her duties. She worked hard to make her father proud, studying and practising. Leonessa is twisted by guilt that the last time she defied her father it cost him his life. She must become the best Guardian she can be and save her legacy.

:Friends:

Although she is getting to know all the senshi, after landing disoriented and sobbing, she’s taken in by Makoto who becomes her best friend and Earth guide. The pair share her apartment and love to discover recipes. Hannah has fallen in love with the cheesy Italian dish called polenta! Makoto introduces Hannah to the school garden and encourages her to grow sunflowers but mostly she tries to distract her from her constant need to train.

Hannah has a more confused relationship with Usagi, a girl who shares her destiny as ruler of their Kingdoms. Usagi is cheerful, carefree and easily distracted. The Sun Princess is frustrated by her disorganised and undisciplined way of solving problems, but envies the joy she brings to those around her.

She has also been taken under the wing of the Kou family. They treat her like a little sister, Yaten playfully teases her adapting to Japanese custom and Taiki praises her dedication to returning to Pairidaeza. Seiya has become especially protective of her, seeing the same light that shines in their favourite princesses.

:Rivals:

When Hannah landed the Outer’s were patrolling the Earth in the form of concerts and racing tours. When they returned they immediately greeted Hannah with suspicion. Not only did they consider her a trespasser to their system there was something about her Sunstone that interrupted the powers of the Talisman, the Holy Grail and thus Sailor Moon’s Eternal transformation. They dislike how Usagi immediately welcomes her and while they don’t view her as an enemy, the Pairidaeza may not be allies.

It wasn’t until Sailor Moon achieved her new transformation did they begin to trust her.

:Love Interests:

Princess Leonessa was stubbornly resolute, always wanting to show that she could do things by herself and prove she could be the Queen her father wanted.

Seiya Kou started as a clingy brother figure and a distraction, and as Sailor Star Fighter she was overprotective, constantly interrupting her training as Sailor Ianna.

But as Hannah grew, Seiya loved to share all the wonderful things Earth had to offer and a heady freedom she never felt in the palace of Ianna. These experiences drew them closer together despite the knowledge that they would eventually have to go back to their homes.

:Sexual Orientation:

Love was not something she had considered before Earth, but she knows that her feelings do not change whether they are male and human, or female and a Sailor Guardian.

:Background:

In the Pairidaeza (means Heavenly Garden in Sumerian) Star System, known to us as Alpha Centauri, Princess Leonessa was born the only daughter to King Ciro and Queen Leon; their hope and the future.

For a time their lives in Palazzo Del Sole (Sunlight Palace) were perfect. Each night Queen Leon would sing her lullabies and tell her stories of the great protector of Ianna, and King Ciro would watch over them both although harrumphed at the frivolous fairytales.

Sadly it wasn’t to last and when Princess Leonessa was four, her mother succumbed to a wasting illness.

Wrought by loss, King Ciro pulled his daughter tighter. He became protective and knew it was his responsibility to raise his daughter into the Queen he knew she could be; poise and politics, law and integrity.

The older she grew the more distant her memory of her mother became until one day when she was fourteen she sat at her mother's old duchess and a sunflower shaped jewel drew her attention. As she reached for it, it reacted to her touch, blazing with a warm golden light and a power she’d never felt before. Her father snatched it away with a fearful look in his eyes. She promised him she’d never touch it again.

Princess Leodessa grew into a sunny, energetic young lady working endlessly for her people. One day while meeting her people she was introduced to a shepherd named Tummuz. He declared his undying love and petitioned the king for her hand. King Ciro laughed good naturedly but dismissed the idea.

A bitterness overtook the shepherd, he left the planet but he returned with unbelievable power and a coterie called the Judges of Kur, a rogue planet beyond their borders. They demanded Princess Leonessa as a bride. They ravage the land and demand the Princess as their prize.

Desperate to stop the carnage, Leonessa snuck out to confront Tummuz and offer herself in exchange for peace but before the transfer could be made King Ciro interceded, sacrificing himself for his beloved daughter.

As the light faded from his eyes, he pressed Queen Leon’s precious crystal into the princess’s hands. A glow enveloped her before she could say goodbye; she was thrust across space to awaken see on Earth.

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Guardian Form

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:Name:

Sailor Ianna

:Guardian Starseed:

It was said to be lost to myth, merely a dull artefact that sat on her mother’s mantle but when Princess Leonessa teleported to Earth the Crystal awoke and bonded with her starseed. It was known by many names. The Golden Light Stone, the Sunstone, the Crystal Sunflower; but within it lies the burning bright power of Ianna.

:Realm of Influence:

Sailor Ianna powers reflects blazing sunlight, vibrant sunflowers and takes the vision of lions with manes burning like solar flares.

:Guardian Animal:

As Princess Leonessa walked the halls of Palazzo Del Sole, Sir Luca (means Bringer of Light) was her constant companion and a knight of her royal court. He was a lamasso, a winged lion that is a symbol of the Ianna royal family. He is a loyal soldier and servant. He defended Queen Leon and will shield Princess Leonessa with his life.

He will not give up his dad jokes.

In his lamasso form stands at shoulder height with a bronzed pelt, brass wings and a flaming golden mane. His roar can clear a concert hall and leave grown men quivering in fear. He is a fierce defender in any fight against the enemy.

He’s frustrated by the Princess’s need to do things on her own, disregarding his advice and confronting the Seven Judges at every chance. He is even more outraged that in order to blend in on Earth she demands he take the form of a sandy coloured maine coon. He hisses, spits, scowls and swaggers at group meetings but standing a little over a foot robs his threats of disembowelment of their power.

He smirks at Artemis and makes showoff, flirty winks at Luna but is equally trying to foil Seiya’s flirting with Hannah.

:Allies/Team Mates:

Despite the newly minted Sailor Ianna’s independent declaration to take the Seven Judges head on by herself, she still needs help.

The Inners have become wonderful teachers, helping her hone the strength and accuracy of her new attacks and tell her tales of their past victories.

What’s more is that after seeing the death of their own princess, the Starlights have taken it upon themselves to act as her missing defenders. While infuriated by their ‘wrap her in bubblewrap’ approach to protection, Sailor Ianna eventually sees it for the genuine affection it is and as her experience grows they put more faith in her ability to take care of herself.

:Henshin Item:

Sailor Ianna has a matching pair of armcuffs that appeared to her when she confronted one of the Judges for the first time. To a civilian eye they look like wired armbands twisted in the shape of sunflowers but anyone with a magical eye sees them for what they are. White circlets ringed in gold and hemmed in gold droplets, with amber diamond jewels with princess cut facets. It sits at a sunflower of gold petals and a ruby hexagram star. When she transforms, Hannah crosses her arms across her chest to press each jewel and shout her henshin phrase.

:Henshin Phrase:

Ianna Sun Power!

:Henshin Sequence:

Ianna crosses her arms across her chest to press the jewels of her cuffs and shouts Ianna Sun Power! Sunflower petals, dust motes and golden rays of sunlight and whirling erupt from them.

They spin around her in a whirlwind. They twirl past, she kicks out her legs and the petals cling to form her boots. Rays of light explode from her waist coalescing into her belt which then spill forth into her scarlet skirt in rippling satin waves. The golden sunflower petals continue to tumble, pressing against her chest and fuse into her golden plate armor. Light beams erupt from her chest to form her peach coloured bow and scarlet sailor collar.

Finally the camera pans up behind her head and her flaming waves of hair. The motes of sunlight tangle like beads around her fan shaped buns to form their decorations. The camera spins to focus on her forehead where the symbol of Ianna shines like the sun and then melts into her toothed tiara.

Finally she stands powerful as the guardian of Ianna, Sailor Ianna ready to do battle.

:Symbol:

:Guardian Challenge:

“The light of the sun rises up! Hear me roar in the name of love and justice! I, Sailor Ianna, will take you down!”

:Guardian Fuku:

The Pairidaeza fuku silhouette looks similar to the Sol fuku but is more striking and colorful.

Pinning her fan shaped buns are toothed bands. Her tiara is white with scarlet bands and a toothed pattern. Her sailor collar is scarlet with a darker maroon stripe. Peach coloured bows are set on her chest and back. Her bodice is white with translucent puff sleeves, a scarlet corset and gold V-d armor plating protecting her midriff. Encircling her upper arms, wrists, thighs and waist are white metal bands with gold trim. Her thigh high boots are maroon.

:Weapon:

When the fight was bleak, Sailor Ianna was able to reach inside herself and manifest the ancestral talisman of the Ianna royal family; the Blade of Light. It is a long double edged sword made of the legendary sun-gold metal the Pairidaeza metalsmiths are famous for. Its hilt bears the family crest of jewel and sunflower, ruby coloured crossguard and with red grip crisscrossed in gold ribbon. The pommel is also decorated with rope tassels.

Sailor Forms:

Light Lion

Sunlight Lion.

Ultimate Passion of the Light Lion.

:Attacks:

:Floret Sun Storm:

Ianna smiles, spectral petals of light blossom from her waist, more and more as she spins until as they sunder and rain down on the enemy in a hail of flaming petals.

:Light Overdrive!:

Ianna appears curled up with the outline of a sunflower behind her. Light beads down from the sky, collecting in the center where Ianna glows brighter and brighter. Suddenly she unfurls with blazing glare of light to blind the enemy.

:Ianna Lion Roar Flare:

Ianna stands with her arms by her side, her hair sprayed out behind her, swirling like a flaming lion’s mane. Each tendril glows with a golden light and as Ianna raises her arms out from her side leaving glowing trails. As her hands twine above her head, the glowing tendrils of her hair look like the brilliant corona of the sun and as she cries the word “Blaze!” they flare to life and lash the enemy.

:Inspirations:

:Soundtrack:

Transformation Theme: https://youtu.be/Ec4YbVP9R-A ~ persona 5 ~ last surprise

Romance Theme: https://youtu.be/K_9QtL-L16o ~ celine Dion ~ because you love me

Action Theme: ~ https://youtu.be/nBRuhvsKml8 ~ jane zhang ft big sean. ~ fighting shadows

:Fanfiction:

:Website:

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the-begotten-son-arramwayne · 2 years

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The Begotten Son of Creation-

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jewishbookworld · 3 years

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The 22 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in February 2021

Here is the list of the 22 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in February 2021. The image above contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon; the “on this site” links to the book’s page on this site. The Bar/Bat Mitzvah Book by Lily Safrani, Diana Yacobi (on this site)Benjamin’s Crossing by Jay Parini (on this site)Bound in the Bond of Life:…

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theparanormalperiodical · 3 years

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French Nuns And Newspaper Clippings: The Real Stories That Inspired The Exorcist (1973)

The year is 1632.

We are in a remote commune in Northern France. The situation is bleak: an outbreak of plague has started snatching lives again, and King Louis XIII is ordering the walls around Loudon to be torn down. The locals are more divided than ever.

But things are about to get worse.

Way worse.

The local nuns are beginning to act strange.

It started when one young nun claimed she had a vision of a dead priest. Suddenly, all 17 clergywomen are reporting similar visions. They then begin cussing, shouting, and displaying more and more aggressive behaviour.

17th century nuns do not act like this.

Oh no, this was something unholy. This was demonic possession.

331 years later, this little-known historic tale would feature as one of the main inspirations behind horror’s most iconic movie.

Yep, the film that still gives you nightmares of young girls walking down stairs crustacean-style is based on a true story. But it’s worse than that. It’s based on two tales of alleged possession, several real-life people, and a demon many still worship today.

*nopes the f*ck out*

Let’s Talk About The Exorcist

Let me just clarify something: the exorcist is not the creepy, possessed ‘lil girl. An exorcist is a person that performs exorcisms - so here, it’s the priests.

The Exorcist was originally a book written by William Peter Blatty. Adapted to a film series (and a TV show) starting 2 years later, they both shared a close plotline. Well, to begin with, anyway.

A statue of a demon is found in an archaeological dig of northern Iraq. The discovery unleashes a mysterious spirit/demon/god called Pazuzu. On the other side of the world, a young girl begins exhibiting strange behaviour. Regan, a typical 12-year-old American girl, refuses to eat or sleep and becomes aggressive. All the while, strange things happen around the house.

The doctors provide no answers to her behaviour, so the mother of the supposedly-ill child turns to religion instead. She finds help in the form of a priest who is experiencing a crisis of faith and consequently doesn’t believe this is demonic possession. But a couple chats with the girl convinces him that yep, she’s bunged up with a demon. So, he asks the bishop if he can perform an exorcism. A priest fresh off that dig in Iraq is shipped over and they get to work. During the final exorcism, one of the priests opts to save the possessed girl by asking the demon to possess them instead. The possessed priest chucks himself out of the window and as he falls to his death, regains his faith in God.

The Exorcist is one of the most famous horror films - if not, the most iconic - of all time, from the traumatic FX makeup of a possessed Regan to sequences ‘80s America wasn’t ready for.

But The Exorcist was not a stand alone film. Contrary to popular belief, what followed was 4 (soon to be 5) sequels ‘n’ prequels that unravelled a deep, dramatic plotline. There’s a reason we don’t hear about them.

In the following films we see the aftermath of Regan’s exorcism and emerging doubts about whether she was in fact really possessed. Political and theological themes rise to the surface, looking deeper at the priests that conducted the exorcism rather than the victim. At the same time we take part in an archeological dig, meet a serial killer, and get a front row seat to a battle during WW2.

It’s a wild ride. But this ride is brimming with reality.

Blatty directly cited inspiration from a number of sources, most famously the 1949 demonic possession of Roland Doe that he first heard when studying at Georgetown University. But he has also claimed that many of the characters who navigated the possession of Regan were based on real people.

Take Father Merrin, the exorcist leading the exorcism: he was based on a British archaeologist that excavated the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls (ancient manuscripts written in Hebrew) had been found.

But the nature of the exorcism that filled out a majority of the film were informed by the work for Father William S Bowdern, a Jesuit priest who exorcised Roland Doe himself.

However, it wasn’t just the mortals that were inspired by real, historic figures.

Pazuzu Is An Actual Worshipped Demon

Without Pazuzu, there would be no possession. Without Pazuzu, there would be no exorcism, nor the need for an exorcist.

We only see the demon in flashes - but these moments inherit a history that takes us back as far as 3500BC. Pazuzu was an ancient Mesopotamian or Assyro-Babylonian god that was the king of the demons of the wind. He brought storms and drought, and although recognised as an evil spirit, he also drove away other evil spirits. He strives to protect us from plagues and misfortunes, and his rival, Lamashtu, causes harm to mother and baby during childbirth.

He is known as both a demon and a god, but in The Exorcist is recognised more as the former.

We do catch a couple glimpses of Pazuzu, but we only see his face clearly when he begins to take over young Regan. The pasty white face and blood red eyes don’t fit ancient lore: Pazuzu is traditionally depicted as having the head of a lion, the body of a human, the talons of an eagle, a pair of wings, a scorpion’s tail, and a ‘serpentine penis’ (I can’t work out if this is the penis of a snake or a penis that looks like a snake and like I don’t wanna know k).

The Exorcism Of Roland Doe

It’s one of the most famous cases of possession - and we don’t even know who the victim actually was.

In 1949, American newspapers began to pick up on the story of an exorcism in Maryland. A teenage boy was at the centre of mysterious poltergeist activity after the death of his spiritualist aunt. She was the one that first introduced him to an ouija board.

After typical paranormal activity took place, priests were summoned to exorcism him. During these exorcisms, furniture began to move by itself, the boy began to attack priests with rogue bedsprings, he began to speak in an unknown voice, the mattress he lay on began to shake, and words like “evil” and “hell” began to appear in scratches upon his body.

It was a very similar state to the one Regan was in during The Exorcist.

Roland Doe (a pseudonym, obviously) to this day has remained anonymous, and - if alive - he would be 86 years old.

Despite this being the most known case of alleged possession - rivalling only that of Anneliese Michel - it has received a large dose of skepticism and debunking. The supposed location of the exorcism and some personal details of Roland Doe have been contested. Plus, many believe Doe was actually a spoiled, attention-seeking bully who simply repeated Latin phrases heard at school in order to create some elaborate prank.

Regardless of whether it was real or not, it is a landmark moment in paranormal history.

And 300 years before a 14 year old lutheran began to growl Latin at his family members, a group of women began to show similar signs of a haunting.

The Possessed Affair Of Loudon And Aix-en-Provence

I’ve already introduced you to the possessed nuns of Loudon. But it turns out The Exorcist also took inspiration in another French convent: Aix-en-Provence.

The nuns of Loudon pinned their possession on the demon Asmodai and gave a number of different answers as to who summoned it. Some claimed it was either a priest named Peter or Zabulon (a biblical figure). But a week after this, a man named Urbain Grandier who had amassed a lot of power and a strained reputation in the community was considered the culprit.

Soon after the nuns first exhibited strange behaviour, they were hidden away and the symptoms stopped.

The accusations levelled against Grandier were clearly inspired by political motives as he had publicly attacked the cardinal’s work and the taking down of the wall. But locals say he would appear at random in the convent with no one sure as to how he got inside. It was even claimed that he had made a pact with the devil - from which a physical contract was supposedly uncovered - and that he had attended witch’s sabbat.

The priest was executed for sorcery and given ‘the boot’ (a method of torture).

Loudon and Aix-en-Provence are considered cases that fit in well with wider witch trials taking place across western Europe in the 17th century. The possession of the Ursuline nuns of Aix-en-Provence were similar to that of Loudon - but were just a tad more mental.

20 years before Grandier was convicted, a young woman, Madeleine de Demandolx, confessed to the superior of the convent that she had been intimate with the local priest. She was sent away to Aix-en-Provence to get some distance but soon began to do some rather out-of-character things.

She would have convulsions and soon the other nuns began to do the same. It appeared to be contagious.

But things got hella weird when the nuns gathered together in a holy cave that Mary Magdalene was meant to have once lived in (Sainte-Baume) to be exorcised. Instead of just shaking, they all tried to outdo each other in symptoms of possession.

Once would cuss fervently; another would speak in a deep, demonic voice.

A political story soon unravelled full of accusations, executions, and even Madeleine being released from jail at 77 for her alleged witchcraft.

So - are you ever going to watch The Exorcist after this?

(Me neither.)

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marionberrywhite · 5 years

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MASSIVE THANK YOU TO LAURA FOR TAGGING ME 🥰🌺🎉

name: amma or madge is fine✨✨

i don’t have an established nickname quite yet. what i DO have is a zine out that waxes poetic on my decisions both in choosing judaism and changing my name legally.

pronouns: she/her

birthday: august 25

what’s in my wardrobe: a lot of printed button ups, some asos staples, hand me downs and vintage finds from my older sister, JUMPSUITS, seasonal sweaters, and a few joy sparking dresses. i’m pretty all over the place, aesthetically speaking 😂😂

here’s an idea of what i look like:

tumblr or ao3: SAME!! tumblr for social and ao3 for writing and commenting. then i’ll go ham on reviews even when i’m not logged in.

when did you discover fanfiction: the year was 2005. we had just moved across the country and i was in the height of my moody preteen years. i was maybe twelve or thirteen and phantom of the opera fanfiction over at ff.net was my shiiiit...

my tastes eventually caught up with the times and a few years later, twilight was my be all and end all. once i read everything that could qualify as chef kiss material on the bella and edward tag, i eventually swapped edward for carlisle. a lot of dark and twisty shit was going down at the time, and escapism was proving to be a better medicine than my sister’s long abandoned antidepressants my mom insisted i take.

then when i graduated, i was seventeen and got DEEP into all things silence of the lambs and labyrinth. that was a whole can of worms on the psychology of character, the how’s and why’s, motivation, tone, and pacing... i learned a lot from that period.

how did i get into darkfic: i can’t say there was a definitive when because i look back at my rolodex of all the fic i’ve ever read, and there’s always been certain tropes i would go for... it doesn’t take a psychologist to figure that i was reliving certain elements of my trauma hoping to gain some control over the situation.

and that’s not to say you need receipts to justify any choices you make in your media consumption—if you like something, like it wholeheartedly and unapologetically! don’t like? don’t read or interact with the author! don’t misuse the anon function, that’s not what it’s for. unspoken laws of decency shouldn’t be made out to be an obscure concept.

some stories just hit the ethos/pathos/logos trifecta and i’m so grateful to all so many brilliant authors for being so generous with their time and talents.

my kinks in a few words: i don’t mind the content at play, just any hint of a cat and mouse dynamic makes me foam at the mouth. oh, man. then like, between dialogue that makes my stomach dip and a well earned beat of tension that stretches and stretches... these are the elements that make me want to scream from the rooftops.

my favorite marvel character: bucky is my ride or die. if we’re at basement keeping levels of dark, i feel like he’d slap me for not taking care of myself and go back to review his footage just to check if i wasn’t misbehaving on purpose.

favorite fanfic by me: i may or may not be outing myself here, but i wrote a hell of an agents of shield/fury road crossover a few years back. i’ve been meaning to rework and revisit the piece, so keep your peepers on the look out.

underrated: nope. i’m basically writing for myself at this point and i am unforgiving as shit when it comes to matters of the self. especially when it comes to my writing.

i used to write exlusively for agents of shield for about two years, then went on a mass deleting spree of most of my work. word to the wise, the w/s fandom is elitist as fuck.

one of my favorite fanfics by another author: erase myself and let go (start it over again) by shineyma

GANG I’M FUCKING SWEATING 🥵🥵

this shit is OG!! i have a long-standing tradition on reading it every year on the anniversary of my calling jeff* a fraudulent cunt.

*birth father, abuser, has a daughter/wife six years older than me with my older sister’s name and can legit be found in the same yearbook together

then literally anything from the holy trinity and OH MY GOOOD. the illustrious tagger herself, @imanuglywombat

GIRL. i brought a lemon to a knife fight was literal gold!! it’s been a pretty busy period, but i’ve got this whole queue of work to read and review and I FORREAL CAN’T WAIT✨✨

i’m beyond hyped for die besessenheit, okay?? you continue to outdo yourself.

other fandoms i like or would like to write for: i’m just a gal living from one hyperfixation to the next. i have five works in the queue between my professional writing and they’re all marvel. i’ve written for rogue one and walking dead before... but between working on my limited series and hebrew school coming up soon, there isn’t a lot of time.

something everybody should know about me: my ritual for content creation is lighting a fertility candle, smoking some weed, and tapping. for those of you still reading this, i highly recommend eft tapping—it can aids in everything from chronic pain to writer’s block, to setting you up for a glorious wave of abundance! just go to youtube and look up gala darling EFT tapping. (SIDE NOTE!! from personal experience, fertility candles are fantastic for busting out whatever project that you’ve got in the works!)

thank you so much for tagging me—this has been the most mindful boost to my week!

so much of my time is wasted thinking everyone hates me and feeling stuck second guessing myself. it’s just all kinds of validating to be seen.

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team-sfir · 7 years

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Rough sketches of my fourth year team, team PYRE

Info under the cut

Their motif is heroic archetypes and they’re more or less disbanded at the moment with one of the members being deceased and one of them being MIA. They attended Shade academy and Pyre and Leilah still attend the school.

Pyre Abel

Naming: Pyre = a structure usually made of wood, used for burning a body as part of a funeral rite or execution. Abell = variant spelling of “Abel,” a Hebrew name meaning breath

Age: 20

Species: Human

Battle Class: Knight

Weapon: Bertilak - Flame Emitting Dust Broadsword (FEDB)

Semblance: Inferno - He can generate fire and freely manipulate it as well. His body will start to burn if he creates too much fire or makes it burn hot enough with the limit being dependent on how sunny it is. The limit increases when it’s a sunny day and decreases during cloudy weather and night. The burn scars on his body are from when he was first learning how to use his Semblance and the incident which led to the death of Yu.

Description: Pyre is a natural born leader, acting confident and fearless. He’s friendly and outgoing and while he can be hot blooded, he’s a lot smarter than he acts. A lot of this is a facade though and since the death of Yu and Elaine’s disappearance, he’s begun to hide his insecurities even more and has started to become reckless in regards to anything related to that incident.

Allusion: Sir Gawain. Archetype - Ideal Hero/Classical Anti Hero

Partner: Elaine Erion

Fei Yu (Eastern Order)

Naming: Yu (玉) = Chinese word for Jade. Fei (费) = Chinese word for Fee

Age: 19 at death

Species: Human

Battle Class: Rogue

Weapon: Four Stars - Quadruple Dust Short Swords (QDSS) He also kept a pair of pistols on him, but preferred not to use them.

Semblance: Sleight - He could teleport objects between his hands and when he made contact with something, he could place a small glyph on it which allowed him to teleport it into his hands as long as he was able to see it. He could also swap things with glyphs on them with anything he was holding

Description: Yu was relaxed and carefree and was the kind of person that could be friends with anyone. He was clever, but lacked foresight and often didn’t think far enough ahead in battle. Even if he was never serious in school, he took fights seriously and was a lot more reliable than he seemed. He was killed in a joint mission along with most of the members of the other team.

Allusion: Song Jiang. Archetype - Anti Hero

Partner: Leilah Rayhana

Leilah Rayhana

Naming: Leilah = Derived from Leila, which is Arabic for Night. Rayhana = Arabic name meaning “basil”

Age: 20

Species: Human

Battle Class: Dancer

Weapon: Thousand Nights (Shahra, Dunya, Ali, and Cassim) - Bracelet and Anklet mounted Pistol and Chains (BAPC). She also takes up Yu’s swords following his death.

Semblance: Enchantment - She can use dust to give various buffs to her team and her teammate’s weapons. This can either work as just giving them elemental effects or entirely different effects. Gravity can be used to either allow them to stand on the sides of walls or allow Leilah to control the trajectory of projectiles or her chains. Lightning can grant a haste effect. Wind makes the target lighter and Ice can either or make the target slower. She can technically use them on her opponents, but it’s considerably harder for her to do.

Description: Leilah is quiet, cynical, and blunt. She has no problems being brutally honest towards others and is very sharp minded, being the most skilled strategist out of PYRE. While she’s very harsh and cynical, she does care about others and won’t hesitate to go out of her way to help others. She really only shows affection to those she’s close too (Read: PYRE), but following Yu’s death and Elaine’s disappearance, she’s become more closed off, even to Pyre.

Allusion: Morgiana. Archetype - Guile Hero

Partner: Lei Yu

Elaine Erion

Naming: Elaine, old french version of Helen which means “shining light.” Erion = Albanian name, meaning wind from the Ionian sea.

Age: 20 (MIA)

Species: Human

Battle Class: Valkyrie

Weapon: Róta and Mist - Dust Shot Spear and Shield (DSSS) Her boots also can shoot dust, but she mainly uses them for mobility rather than combat.

Semblance: Weightless - She is able to manipulate her weight and can reduce it to almost nothing, which she combines with her boots, which can shoot dust, for mobility. Her strength and the defensive abilities of her Aura decrease as her weight decreases and vice versa and she’ll feel more pain as she makes herself lighter.

Description: Elaine is polite and lady like. She’s generally the most mature out of team PYRE and acts like a mother to everyone except Pyre. That said, she was also fully capable of scaring Yu and Leilah into submission with Pyre the only one not being phased by her. Despite how she normally acts, she loves fighting. She disappeared after the join mission in which Yu was killed.

Allusion: Sigrun. Archetype - Tragic Hero

Partner: Pyre Abel

Other Notes:

Pyre and Leilah’s designs are from after Yu died and Elaine went missing while there’s are from before that incident.

Pyre took the cloth that Yu wore on his arm and wrapped it around his forearm, while Leilah uses Yu’s swords after his death.

#I really hope someone gets the reference with Elaine's last name #Also damn Pyre looks so much shorter than the others #He's not actually short I just didn't want to deal with trying to get his hair right because it's a pain for me to draw #I'll need a separate post for Leilah's semblance won't I...#Also the haste effect is weaker than the one from Weiss' glyph #Team PYRE #PYRE #Pyre Abel #Fei Yu #Leilah Rayhana #Elaine Erion

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