#He's. His appearance is based on the slayer form

[new-austin]

#OC Gabriel #Austinart #Chugging along on this reference sheet yipeee #Bg3 #He's. His appearance is based on the slayer form #the dark urge

[brainbuffering]

An argument that regularly occurs within the discussion of accessibility in cinema, is that creators should not have limitations put upon them. If their creative vision requires Strobe effects to be used, then they should be used regardless of any adverse effects they may have on the viewer. 

Others before me have spoken about how the health and wellbeing of your audience should be more important than any artistic vision. However, I think something that is never noted is that creatives are already placed with strict limitations in the form of age certificate guidelines, and other broadcasting standards. 

Now, fair warning. I am going to use a lot of uncensored profanity here. If you are offended by slang terms that refer to the act of sex, genitalia, a person's moral/social standing, or any form of bodily fluid then you may wish to step away. 

"Cunt. Cunt cunt cunt cunt. Cuntity-cunt-cunt! I'll say it again you shit faced bastards! What is up with all these mother fucking cunts, on this mother fucking cunt ass plane?" is a phrase that beloved merc-with-a-mouth Deadpool is not allowed to say. The rating of the series doesn't matter. The nature of the character doesn't matter. The fact that, objectively, nothing of true offence to any individual beyond the realm of fiction has been said; doesn't matter. The words used are deemed as offensive by the society in which we live in, and so the producers and editors have decided to place limitations on the writers. 

British Swear-tastic Political Comedy "The Thick of It" famously had to carefully count the number of cunts and fucks in order to meet with "broadcasting standards". This limited their actors ability to improvise more effectively, and led to scenes being forced to be cut or heavily edited in post production. Yet nobody ever questions whether the limit on swearing was unreasonable even though it was fundamentally detrimental to their creative process. 

These may seem like some extreme examples, but one must remember that this applies to all cinematic media. It does not matter that a depressed, middle aged Peter Parker would be perfectly at home letting our a quite "Ahhhh fuck." when he drops his pizza on the floor, because Spider-Man films need to be rated PG-13 in order to maintain sales. This policing of language does limit the ways in which a character is allowed to express themselves, and the sort of stories that are therefore allowed to be told. However the majority of fans deem it perfectly reasonable and acceptable. It does not cause outrage in the same way that suggesting a PG-13 film does not contain Strobe effects heavy enough to send someone to hospital. It would appear that society has deemed the word “Fuck” worse than a Seizure. Peter Parker cannot say fuck in order to protect viewers, he can, however, bombard them with deadly strobes. 

And why is this? What is it about our society where we have deemed it more traumatising for a 14 year old to hear the word "cunt" than it is for them to have (or even witness) a seizure? I can assure you, from personal experience, that seizures have caused far more long term damage to my brain than the word "cunt" ever has. 

Cinematic Limitations are not just put down to language though. Blood shed is also something that is carefully monitored during ratings. If one watches the extended edition of "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" one will note significantly more blood shed during the extended sequences! A level that is far more realistic than what was shown in the original. This is because the cinematic release needed to be a 12a, whereas the Extended BluRay was allowed to be a 15. The creators had to work around creative limitations that were put in place to protect their viewers' sensibilities. 

Of course standards for these things differ across nations. Other recent examples of this include films such as "Demon Slayer: Mugan Train". Demon Slayer is a Japanese animated film based off of a comic aimed at young boys, and as such was given a PG12 rating in its home nation. However, in the UK it was rated as 15 due to "Strong Violence" including "strangling, slashings and stabbings with bladed weapons, dismemberment and decapitations which result in extensive blood spurts and other forms of bloodshed." The US release was given an R Rating for similar reasons, although it is perhaps important to note that whilst in the UK the film was not allowed to be seen by anyone under the age of 15, in the US a child could still go see the film so long as they had adult supervision. 

Yet it is also interesting to note that whilst Japanese Society considers fantasy levels of blood shed to not be a problem for their children to watch, they do have some of the strictest photosensitivity laws for broadcast TV. This is as a direct response to the infamous "Pokémon Incident" where 685 children from across Japan were taken to hospital after suffering from seizures following an episode of the Pokémon anime in 1997. “Electric Soldier Porygon” has hence been banned from ever being broadcast again, and the titular Porygon has never been seen in the anime since. Even though the trigger for the seizures was Pikachu’s attacks, not Porygon’s. #PorygonWasInnocent. 

Most fans consider this a reasonable response to children being put in danger by a TV Show! Indeed, when people watch the episode on YouTube (some things simply refuse to stay lost) folks tend to agree that the lighting effects were incredibly severe and TV Tokyo were right to ban the episode. Yet in 2018 (over a decade after Electric Soldier Porygon Aired) when Pixar also caused children to have seizures in the cinema during "The Incredibles 2" the film was not pulled from screenings or revised, and anyone who suggested it should be was met with volatile abuse from so-called-fans claiming that if their creative vision involved strobe effects, then those strobe effects should be allowed to stay in, no matter how many children might be hurt in the process! 

Interesting to note, too, is that the version of the film that aired in the USA was in actual fact illegal to broadcast in the UK due to the potentially deadly nature of the strobe effects, and so an altered version had to be shown. This version still came with an official warning (as is legally required in the UK) but was at least deemed not as likely to cause seizures in those who do not usually suffer from photosensitive seizures. What this tells us, is that Pixar had a version of the film that they could have easily re-distributed to theatres but chose not to. 

Pixar easily accepted limitations on their films in terms of language and violence in order to protect the moral/mental well-being of their audience, but drew the line at anything that would actually protect their physical well-being. 

You may find yourself reading this and agreeing with the certificate ratings. You may think that the words such as "shit", "fuck", and "cunt" shouldn't be used in media aimed at under 15s. That an excessive or realistic depiction of blood and violence has no place in superhero films that are naturally going to appeal to children! And yet, in my experience, the same people who have these views do not expand them to the use of strobes. Any time the mention of films such as “Into The Spider-verse” should not include strobe effects, a plethora of people will rise up to tell you that you are wrong and terrible and bad for daring to suggest such limitations be put upon cinema! Yet as demonstrated above, these films must already undergo limitations in order to be shown to mass audiences. If the creators wanted total creative freedom, they would keep themselves to small indie productions supported by Kickstarter. Yet when a film is made for a mass market, then it must accept those mass market limitations, especially if they wish for their film to be watched by a younger audience. 

Because, at the end of the day, whilst I may be forced to hear again and again that not all animation is for children, a coming of age movie about a teenager attending a brand new high school is, fundamentally, going to be aimed at people under the age of 18. A.K.A. Children. It is also important to note, that the age in which a person is most likely to experience their first seizure is between the ages of 13 and 18, the exact age range that these films are deemed safe for in terms of emotional and mental wellbeing. 

Now, I am no parent, but if given the choice between my child hearing Peter Parker call Green Goblin a "Little Shit", or having to hold my child's limp hand as I desperately prayed for them to wake up after suffering from a seizure, I know which I would rather. 

I’m not calling for a complete rehaul of cinema certification here. I’m not advocating for more swearing, or more bloodshed. I simply believe that if certificate ratings exist to provide guidance to parents and the rest of the general public about what to expect from films, and what society decides is and is not safe for children to consume, then their physical as well as mental health should be taken into consideration. 

And if you are reading this, and still find that a production company including the word "cunt" in their film is more offensive than that film causing someone to have a Seizure, then I have terrible news for you. I think you might be just a tad bit ableist. And that maybe, you, and vast portions of the western film industry, need to start addressing that problem. Before it becomes too late, and the voices of photosensitive people are lost to cinema forever. 

For, at the end of the day, if we cannot go see these films, how can we be inspired by them?

#actually epileptic #actually disabled #spider-man #into the spiderverse #incredibles #incredibles 2 #film #cinema #blog post #cw swearing

[yuurei20]

Twst Channel Halloween Special 2023, notes

・It has begun! The location of the new Halloween looks like it is called “Playful Land,” the Twst equivalent of Pleasure Island?

・There is a PV!! Ortho! kalim looks amazing! Ace! Circus theme!

・HONEST JON Oh he looks amazing

・Evil laughter, who is this? We don’t know, they didn’t show us…

・“The Dancing Dolls and Theme Park of Illusion” Fellow Honest and Gideru (Spelling might be wrong, apologies!)

・Fellow Honest is voiced by Sugita Tomokazu! (Gintama, Demon Slayer, JOJO’s Bizarre Adventure, Persona 5, ONE PIECE)

・Now is the card illustration reveal! (After the commercial. Since Ace, Kalim and Ortho were the only ones in the PV, maybe they are the SSR?)

・Trey is an R card! (These designs are amazing) Jack is also an R card! We get to see just his entire tail!! Jade is an R! His has eels forming a heart at his hip! Floyd’s Okamoto is delighted. Lilia is an R! Yana had so much fun with these designs, they are so great.

・SR Vil! Wearing a toy soldier hat. So interested in the story, what is going on. SR Floyd! Such dynamic poses this time, for the dancing dolls theme, maybe. Also, heart eels on his boots! Leona is SR, his ears from out of his hat, top hat Leona amazing. Cater is SR! He looks so good!

・SSR! Ace! Yamashita is delighted, it is an amazing illustration. SSR Kalim! This is a very new look for Kalim, looks so good. SSR Ortho! So great, this is so interesting, what is going on with everyone aahh

・Now are comments from Yana (read by Kalim’s Furuta) on the new characters’ designs. Theme Park show actor theme! Based on Stromboli’s puppet show and pleasure island, but mostly inspired by the puppet show. Hidden characters in the three SSRs? Event starts on the 20th!

・And now they are going to talk about Twst Fes! Kalim’s VA Furuta is taking off his shirt to show off his muscles again ww he did this at Twst Fes too

・Kalim’s Furuta is talking about nervous he’s been to do the live script reading during Twst Fes. He says he planned the salute that he and Jamil’s Futaba did when they appeared on stage and were surprised when all the other groups did the same thing ww

・Kalim’s Furuta is showing off his socks and now everyone is standing up to show off their clothes they are so funny

#twst translations #twisted wonderland #twsthalloween #twstseiyuu

[vigilante-3073]

Chemistry

JASON KOLCHEK x FEMALE CHEMIST!READER

Summary: A specialist in biohazardous materials and chemical weapons is called to Camp Slayer to assist in the excavation into a buried Sumerian temple.

TW: Mild angst, injured reader, hurt/comfort themes, guns, blood.

Jason stood outside the entrance to the building as he waited for the doctor to arrive at Camp Slayer. A helicopter appeared overhead before slowly lowering down onto the dusty ground below.

Jason watched as a young woman pushed open the door and hopped out, leaning back into the helicopter to grab two large cases of supplies. She dragged them to the edge of the doorway with a grimace at the heavy weight.

Jason quickly made his way over, "Need a hand, Doctor?" He asked loudly over the thrum of helicopter blades as they spun.

"Yes, please," She said, stepping out of the way.

Jason lifted the cases easily, "Follow me," He said, tilting his head towards the building.

The doctor followed Jason across the dusty ground and over to the building, "I'm First Lieutenant Jason Kolchek, Ma'am," He said.

"Doctor Y/N L/N. It's a pleasure to meet you, Lieutenant," She said, pulling the door open for him, "Likewise, Ma'am. We have a workspace prepared for you inside," Jason replied, stepping through the doorway.

Jason led her through the winding hallways of the base before turning and pressing his back against one of the doors to open it, "This room is all yours, Doc," Jason said, watching her move past him and into the large office.

"Wow, this is better than my office at home," She said, looking around at the paintings and sculptures scattered around the large office.

Jason stepped away from the door, "Where would you like these, Ma'am?" He asked.

"Oh, gosh. Sorry, um- Right on the desk would be great," Y/N said, he lifted the cases up onto the tabletop before stepping back.

"What exactly does a chemist bring into the middle of the desert? If you don't mind my asking, that is," Jason questioned.

She took a breath, thumbs popping two of the latches before lifting the lid, "A lot of stuff, actually. I've been told that the Colonel is more prepared for exposure to combat weapons than chemical ones on this mission," She said, sifting through the contents of her case.

Y/N finally found what she was looking for, pulling out a gas mask, "This is going to become your new best friend down there, Lieutenant," She said, holding the mask out to Jason.

He took the mask from her hand, "What exactly do you think is down there, Doc?" Jason asked, "We're going to assume anything and everything," She stated.

Jason watched her as she pulled out multiple boxes of medication and small med cups, "What's that?" He questioned.

"It's called Ciprofloxacin," Y/N said, opening one of the boxes and popping two of the pills out of the foil and into the two medication cups, "It's meant for-" "Anthrax," Jason stated, she nodded.

"Preparing for anything and everything," She said, picking up the two cups and holding one out to Jason.

He took it from her hand, "Cheers," He nodded, bringing the med cup up to his mouth as they both took the pills.

....

The team made it to the sight of the bunker and the soldiers went ahead to clear the compound before bringing in the Colonel, the Doctor and Rachel. Iraqi forces arrived and a firefight ensued, Jason managed to get the Doctor to safety before returning to the shootout.

The ground suddenly began to rumble, knocking Jason off balance as cracks spread quickly across the dirt. Sinkholes opened all across the compound, dragging American and Iraqi soldiers down into the caverns below.

The Doctor had disappeared somewhere in the rubble and everyone was scattered and divided. Jason couldn't help but blame himself, she was defenseless and he had lost her in his effort to protect her during the firefight.

Jason had formed a relationship of necessity with Salim in the tunnels as they fought against the vampire creatures that had been trapped below.

Jason made his way down the tunnel with Salim by his side, their weapons were raised with flashlights pointing forward as they moved quietly down the path. Jason halted in his step when he heard a noise from inside the wall of the tunnel, he and Salim quickly moved to press their backs against the wall.

Jason leaned out, hearing more rustling from the hole in the wall, "There's somethin' in there," He said quietly to Salim.

"Should we try and sneak past it?" Salim asked.

Jason shook his head, "No, let's blitz the fucker," He stated.

"This is a bad idea," Salim muttered, leaning back against the wall with a shake of his head.

"The minute we move that son of a bitch is gonna be on us," Jason reasoned quietly.

"Fine," Salim huffed, "On three?" Jason asked, Salim nodded, adjusting his grip on his gun.

"One... Two... Three," Jason counted. The pair quickly moved towards the hole and shone their lights in, weapons poised to strike.

Y/N sobbed, curling up tighter with her head pressed into the crook of her arm as she held her blood-stained hand up.

"Oh, fuck," Jason muttered, lowering his gun, "Y/N? Is that you in there, sweetheart? It's Lieutenant Kolchek," He said softly.

Her head slowly lifted, she blinked at the brightness of their lights. Y/N was sitting on the ground in a spot just large enough to fit her body with her knees pulled tightly to her chest.

Tear tracks cut through the dirt and blood on her cheeks, "Put that thing down would ya?" Jason ordered, reaching out and pushing Salim's arm down to angle the beam of his flashlight onto the ground.

"Jason?" Y/N asked quietly, Jason squatted down to see her better.

"Yeah, it's me, darlin'. Think you can come out of there for me?" He asked.

She slowly released her legs, shifting onto her knees and crawling through the short but narrow tunnel towards the entrance to the hallway, "There you go, just a little farther, sweetheart," Jason coached, reaching in for her to take his hand.

He smiled when she finally placed her hand in his, brushing his thumb across her knuckles reassuringly. Jason helped her climb out of the wall, standing up and pulling her to her feet with him.

She immediately pressed herself against his chest, wrapping her arms around him as more tears rolled down her cheeks. Jason wrapped his arm around her, his other hand resting on the back of her head.

He buried his fingers in her hair, holding her tightly, "You're okay, I've got ya," He assured softly, hand rubbing over her back as she trembled.

"She's bleeding," Salim stated, shining his flashlight at her side.

The material of her shirt that was visible below her bulletproof vest was soaked with her blood, "Let me get a look at you, sweetheart," Jason pulled away, looking down at her.

The side of her vest was shredded, deep claw marks slicing through the fabric and into her flesh, "They got you good, huh?" He asked, she shook her head stiffly and wiped her tears with the back of her hand.

"I'm okay," She said.

"Knew you were a tough cookie," Jason smiled.

Jason's eyes flickered up to her hairline, noticing the blood on her skin. Jason reached out, taking her chin between his thumb and forefinger as he tilted her head up, "You hit your head?" He asked, the feeling of ice cold guilt settling in his stomach like a stone.

"When I fell," Y/N said.

"You're feelin' okay though?" He asked, eyes flickering over her body.

"Yeah," She said with a sniff, pressing herself closer to his side.

Salim leaned into the split in the wall, shining his flashlight inside, "My god," He muttered.

"What?" Jason asked, "You need to see this," Salim stepped out of the way, the beam of his flashlight still shining into the wall.

Jason stepped over, "What am I lookin' at?" He questioned, squinting into the divided rock.

"The walls," Salim said.

Jason felt the blood drain from his face when he finally noticed the claw marks carved deep into the rock on either side of the narrow passageway, "Holy shit," Jason muttered, he turned towards Y/N.

Her arms were wrapped loosely around herself as she watched them silently, "Did one of those fuckers try to get you in there? Is that-" He let out a huff, trying to calm himself down.

"Is that how they hurt you?" Jason asked.

"I didn't move back far enough," She mumbled.

"Fuck. I am so fuckin' sorry, sweetheart," Jason said, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her body against his chest in a tight embrace.

She shook her head, wrapping her arms around his neck, "It's not your fault, Jason," She assured, voice muffled against his shoulder.

"I swear to God that I will get you out of here, alright? I'm not lettin' you die down here, baby," Jason declared.

#house of ashes #jason kolchek #jason kolchek x reader #dark pictures anthology #dark pictures house of ashes #jason kolchek x female reader #jason kolchek x you #jason kolchek imagine #eric king #rachel king

[dearestmui]

Platonic request! Muichiro x fem! kinoe ranked reader. I'd like some headcanons of how their friendship came to be and what is it like to be friends with Muichiro. But it's a Yuichiro survives scenario kind of thing so Muichiro never lost his memories and maintains a softer personallity. Please and I wish you a good day/night.

Muichiro's Friend

summary: how did the friendship form between the female kinoe and the mist hashira? cw: none pairings: Platonic Muichiro x reader additional tags: no manga spoilers. muichiro headcanon. fluff. very very slight angst to remind you that you both are demon slayers. reader gets comforted tho. soft muichiro. yuichiro will appear a few times. gingko is jealous word count: 870

FIRST MEETING

Demon slayers ranked Kinoe would occasionally go on missions together with the hashira. For example; if two hashiras were needed, but only one was available, a Kinoe would be called instead. So you were assigned a mission with Muichiro, and you two managed to get along splendidly. Though, the mission was too difficult for you, and you ended up getting wounded. So worried Muichiro stayed with you at the butterfly mansion till you got better, which formed a bond between you.

At first, Ginkgo didn't like you, you did nothing wrong but it was just her jealous nature. She thought you were wasting his time by making him look at for you when injured. At times where Gingko insult you, Muichiro would defend you. Don't worry, because Ginkgo loves Muichiro, so seeing that you make him happy she eventually warms up to you.

Of course, being friends with Muichirou means being friends with his twin. You were surprised by how polar opposites they were, but you tried your best to get along with Yuichiro for Mui's sake. You being friends with Muichiro and looking out for him, made him subconsciously form a soft spot for you. He loves his brother so much, so he will respect you out of appreciation for being there for his brother. Actually, at times where he could not be there for Muichiro, he finally feels at ease that someone else was.

The first time you and Yuichiro met was when you were still wounded at the butterfly mansion. Muichiro was super excited to introduce his brother you and you to his brother. He dragged Yuichiro along to make paper crafts like origami and airplane. Muichiro thought that if you did an activity together you'd get along. Which you did! Kind of, Yuichiro is a difficult boy but it definitely was better than anyone else who tried to befriend him.

COMFORT

Being a demon slayer was difficult, mentally. At times where you felt drained, Muichiro would be there for you. If you failed a mission, he would hug you and pat your back. If you were injured, he would keep you company. If it happened while he was on a mission he would make Gingko send you origami gifts he made for you. If anything made you feel down, Muichiro's way of comforting you would be to distract you. He would sometimes drag his brother along too. His ideas for activities are very cute and childish; he would take you to pick flowers at the meadow, or push you on the swings. As long as your back to your usual happy self.

The first time Yuichiro showed care for you and stopped with his sassy remarks was when you were upset. He gave you a pat on the back and didn't say much honestly.

As a friend, Muichiro is pretty affectionate. I feel like he would be very touchy by always giving you hugs. I can see him with multiple love languages; acts of service, quality time and physical touch.

QUALITY TIME

The Hashira are not the most busy people. Sometimes they wouldn't be sent out to a mission for days. The reason for this is because for there to be a Hashira level mission, the other ranks would have to go first before the Hashira arrive. Instead, when they're not on missions they secure the base of the Ubuyashiki state, train or stuff like that. So their free time isn't as limited as people assume. How Muichirou likes to spend his time(other than training) is doing anything relaxing. Whether it would be to look at the clouds or making origami. But he does enjoy company, so he would invite you everytime no matter what he's doing. He loves to spend time with his loved ones and cherishes every moment with you.

ACTS OF SERVICE

Muichiro is soft, so he would do anything he feels like you need. He would ask his brother to help him bake something for you, or make you warm soup when you get back tired from missions. He would do things like peel your apples, or any type of fruits. When you're sick, that's when this language shows a lot. He'd literally do ANYTHING. I feel like since Muichiro's mother died of illness, when someone that he loves his sick he gets super worried and extra affectionate. Making sure that you get better.

PHYSICAL TOUCH

Muichiro does it without realizing it tbh. He would never do anything that you don't want, but if you're okay with it he would rest his elbow on you or something. His fear of someone else slipping away might not show even to him, but it's still there subconsciously. A voice in the back of his head telling him to get as close to you as possible to make sure you're always there with him, safe and protected. He hugs you because he likes the comfort of knowing his friend is still there. If there was danger nearby, whether it would be a criminal on the busy street or a demon he would always put an arm Infront of you, as if to shield you. Muichiro is REALLY protective of his friends, so it always terrifies him to think that you're in danger.

In conclusion, Muichiro's friendship is a cute warm one full of laughter.

Do not repost

#muichiro tokito #demon slayer #demon slayer muichiro #demon slayer x reader #demon slayer x y/n #demon slayer x you #kimetsu muichiro #muichiro x reader #muichiro x y/n #muichiro x you #kny muichiro #kny x reader #kny #kny x y/n #kny x you #muichiro fluff

[yoni244006]

Demon Rengoku Kyojirou concept arts! I will be going by them one at a time to give a brief description each different design.

Stage one

It’s a battle form. The slayer marks will appear and begins his main battle position. His cape and katana are made out of flame.

Stage two

The body temperature will begin to heat up alongside his hair (it slowly turns to actual flame) The slayer marks will disappear during body temperatures rising, and the cape also disappears. The katana also heats up and causes more damage. Stage two is the merge of sanity to insanity. Which means that slowly Rengoku will lose his concentration in battle and will begin to throw very aggressive blows.

Stage 3

The final form. The top is fully rid of, and his power gets even higher due to the body temperatures rising incredibly. He wears a flaming necklace to resemble his weak spot, and his hair is purely in flames. The katana transforms into a crow. The design of the demon itself is based on a fire spirit called Furaribi.

#digital fanart #digital art #digital drawing #demon slayer rengoku #demon slayer #kimetsu no yaiba #kimetsu rengoku #rengoku kyojuro #kny kyojuro

[kemetic-dreams]

Goliath (/ɡəˈlaɪəθ/ gə-LY-əth)[a] is a Philistine warrior in the Book of Samuel. Descriptions of Goliath's immense stature vary among biblical sources, with the Masoretic Text describing him as 9 feet 9 inches (2.97 m) tall. Goliath issued a challenge to the Israelites, daring them to send forth a champion to engage him in single combat; he was ultimately defeated by the young shepherd David, employing a sling and stone as a weapon. The narrative signified King Saul's unfitness to rule, as Saul himself should have fought for Israel.

Modern scholars believe that the original slayer of Goliath may have been Elhanan, son of Jair, who features in 2 Samuel 21:19, in which Elhanan kills Goliath the Gittite, and that the authors of the Deuteronomic history changed the original text to credit the victory to the more famous character David.

The phrase "David and Goliath" has taken on a more popular meaning denoting an underdog situation, a contest wherein a smaller, weaker opponent faces a much bigger, stronger adversary

Goliath's name

Tell es-Safi, the biblical Gath and traditional home of Goliath, has been the subject of extensive excavations by Israel's Bar-Ilan University. The archaeologists have established that this was one of the largest of the Philistine cities until destroyed in the ninth century BC, an event from which it never recovered. The Tell es-Safi inscription, a potsherd discovered at the site, and reliably dated to between the tenth to mid-ninth centuries BC, is inscribed with the two names ʾLWT and WLT. While the names are not directly connected with the biblical Goliath (גלית‎, GLYT), they are etymologically related and demonstrate that the name fits with the context of the late tenth- to early ninth-century BC Philistine culture. The name "Goliath" itself is non-Semitic and has been linked with the Lydian king Alyattes, which also fits the Philistine context of the biblical Goliath story. A similar name, Uliat, is also attested in Carian inscriptions. Aren Maeir, director of the excavation, comments: "Here we have very nice evidence [that] the name Goliath appearing in the Bible in the context of the story of David and Goliath… is not some later literary creation."

Based on the southwest Anatolian onomastic considerations, Roger D. Woodard proposed *Walwatta as a reconstruction of the form ancestral to both Hebrew Goliath and Lydian Alyattes. In this case, the original meaning of Goliath's name would be "Lion-man," thus placing him within the realm of Indo-European warrior-beast mythology.

The Babylonian Talmud explains the name "Goliath, son of Gath" through a reference to his mother's promiscuity, based on the Aramaic גַּת (gat, winepress), as everyone threshed his mother like people do to grapes in a winepress (Sotah, 42b).

The name sometimes appears in English as Goliah

Elhanan, son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite (Hebrew: אֶלְחָנָן בֶּן־יַעְרֵי אֹרְגִים בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי‎ ʾElḥānān ben-Yaʿrē ʾŌrəgīm Bēṯ halLaḥmī) is a character in 2 Samuel 21:19, where he is credited with killing Goliath:

"There was another battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam."[1]

In 1 Chronicles 20:5, he is called Elhanan son of Jair (אֶלְחָנָן בֶּן־יָעִיר‎ ʾElḥānān ben-Yāʿīr), indicating that Jaare-oregim is a garbled corruption of the name Jair and the word for "beam" used in the verse (ʾōrəgīm). The passage in 2 Samuel 21:19 poses difficulties when compared with the story of David and Goliath in 1 Samuel 17, leading scholars to conclude "that the attribution of Goliath's slaying to David may not be original,"  but rather "an elaboration and reworking of" an earlier Elhanan story, "attributing the victory to the better-known David.

#kemetic dreams #david and goliath #david #philistines #elhanan #son of jaare #bible story #bible stories

[dotjretion]

My thoughts on Romeo F. "Bedman" Neumann Guilty Gear

SPOILERS FOR: Guilty Gear Xrd, Guilty Gear Strive

At the risk of sounding too nerdy, I have some predictions not just about Romeo (alias Bedman)'s current state of affairs after his death in Xrd and his young sister taking his place, but also for his potential return as his own character separate from the Bedman identity in either future Strive DLC or a post-Strive installment of Guilty Gear.

Based primarily on what I have been able to gather from Xrd and Strive's story modes, as well as the arcade mode for Happy Chaos in Strive, it is very strongly implied that Romeo is not in fact dead as it's presented on its face.

In his conversation with Axl, Romeo had mentioned that his sister was lost to the dream world long ago, meaning that she didn't even have so much as a physical body in the material world. In his final scene in Xrd Revelator we see his body straight up turn to stone and crumble to pieces. On its face, he would appear to be dead, right?

[COMICALLY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]

You would be wrong! In Guilty Gear Strive's arcade mode while playing as Happy Chaos, if you beat I-no on stage 7 without dropping a round, Happy Chaos discusses demi-humans and their ontological implications with I-no. In doing so, he offhandedly mentions Romeo. Specifically he says, and I quote:

"Did you know there was a guy named Bedman who managed to delete his own ID and became a multi-dimensional being?"

Entities in the Guilty Gear world who lack IDs (usually vampires or werewolves, i.e. demi-humans) exist in all parallel universes at once, and Romeo is a rare example of a multi-dimensional being who is (barring his unusual psychic powers) an ordinary human. While Happy Chaos does talk about him in past tense here, all other multidimensional beings we know of (e.g. Slayer, Nagoriyuki) are functionally immortal and I see no reason as to why Romeo would be an exception to this rule.

Now, what do I think happened? I figure that Romeo saved Delilah's life by switching places with her in the dream world, which as is confirmed in his conversation with Axl and his arcade mode in Xrd, is connected to the Backyard. Much like her, he lost his physical form and now exists as a disembodied consciousness who at most has remote control over his mechanised bed. It would also fit in with some of the lyrics in Bedman?'s Strive theme.

"Pitch black, pure white, all the same!" could be interpreted as meaning that where Romeo expected to find death, he found yet another dream. This is corroborated by how in Xrd his dreams are mostly represented as being a white void, as well as a common interpretation of death being nothing but empty darkness going on forever.

"But I can't find you with access to the back of my eyelids." implies that he still has some source of agency and isn't actually dead, but that he's in some kind of sleep, also tying into the idea that he's trapped in a dream with no body to wake up in rather than just full-on dead.

While the circle that's mentioned throughout the song can very clearly be referring to the cycle of death and rebirth known as saṃsāra, songs don't just have one intended meaning and the same symbolism can refer to multiple things at once. For example the circle could also be a way to refer to the physical world that Guilty Gear takes place in, in contrast to the Backyard which is a plane of abstract data. When he says he's on the border of the circle, it could in fact mean that he exists trapped in the Backyard, on the border of the physical world.

Now, how can he come back? If he's trapped in the Backyard, there are only really two people with the power to bring him back as of right now: Asuka R. Kreutz and The Original/Happy Chaos. Asuka would be able to as he's the one in possession of the Tome of Origin, which is the Backyard's physical manifestation in reality. He can glean all information from it, and thus if Romeo tried to call for help, Asuka could very plausibly find him. In addition, Asuka has made physical vessels for people in the past. He created Jack-O' Valentine as a vessel for Aria Hale's soul, and the planned Happy Chaos unit was a vessel to be made to house I-no's soul so she could live a normal life (though it was never finished). Nothing I know about Guilty Gear's lore precludes Asuka from making a physical vessel for Romeo's consciousness to inhabit to save him from the Backyard. As for now though, it seems Romeo's only connection to the physical world left is his old bed, where he silently watches over Delilah while he can say nothing to comfort her or reassure her that he's actually there.

tl;dr Romeo's trapped in the Backyard and only Asuka or Happy Chaos can bring him back. His only connection to reality left is his old bed.

#Guilty Gear #Bedman #Romeo F Neumann #guilty gear strive #guilty gear xrd

[alijuan]

My durge Kieran. This name given by his adoptive parents means “little dark one” (because of his hair but i like the duality).

His appearance is mostly based on the Slayer avatar of Bhaal (a humanoid male corpse) but more “normal”, without lacerations and other stuff because he shouldn’t attract too much unnecessary attention. His skin often looks even paler than Astarion’s (partly because of the black hair) so I headcanon he’s been mistaken for a vampire instead of Astarion at least once.

I think Bhaal would create a shapeshifter (or shapechanger?) durge. Kieran can change appearance and become any humanoid race. This is his “true” or “original” form crafted by Bhaal. When Urge is “awake” he has fangs and black hands with claws.

At first i made an elf durge but i thought human would suit him better and provide a contrast between common race appearance and the divine features. He is not human anyway. He lives much longer (probably immortal from the beginning), can regenerate (not perfect but still), can meditate instead of sleep and has low-light vision. He also has strong bite force, just for fun.

Divine soul sorcerer. I’m disappointed this subclass wasn’t added to the game.

He’s kind of a trickster archetype, especially in post-canon.

And of course Kieran is in love with Astarion. They’re wonderful together and i like the contrast of their hair lol

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #the dark urge #durge #headcanon #durgestarion #astarion x durge

[risingscorchingsuns]

Hikaru’s Beetle Breathing Facts!! 🪲

HIIII it’s almost 4am and god forbid i sleep for longer than four hours at a time so im gonna infodump about Beetle Breathing!!! Ive had the forms written out since like, December, I can’t believe I haven’t posted them yet lol

I’ll add to this list as I edit and write, but for now, enjoy!! This is equal parts infodumping and fun facts about the technique 🪲

PLEASE ask if u have questions! I’m not sure if im describing this as accurately as I could, id love to ramble if you need clarification!! Feedback is also encouraged- this is mostly a first draft! If you have ideas for making the form more balanced, I’d love to hear it!! I aim for Beetle Breathing to come off as a unique adaptation of Flame and Insect Breathing meant exclusively for Karu’s abilities, but I worry it comes off as “it’s the two mashed together to be more powerful than anything else” lol

• Appearance-wise, Beetle Breathing is most similar to Serpent Breathing, actually!!! In the sense that they’re both creature-based instead of element-based, illusions of beetle anatomy and such will appear when Hikaru uses his forms, like how serpents appear when Obanai uses his. (I know the author said you can’t see the forms technically but shhhh it’s not real canon can be whatever I want)

• The general color associated with Beetle Breathing is indigo, the same as Hikaru’s blade! As well as seeing bigass bug parts, viewing Beetle Breathing also has brief flashes of indigo where Hikaru slashes. I’m not sure if I’m explaining this well, ill have to draw it lol

• Beetle Breathing is a branch of Insect Breathing, with Flame Breathing used to supplement it. For the first few months of being an official Slayer, Hikaru used Insect Breathing- it was also the form he passed Final Selection with. When Shinobu found him in the woods, the two were similar in build, so she taught him to utilize his agility for her poisons. He was… okay at it. He never quite had the grace of Shinobu- his agility was better suited for traversing forest floors and climbing trees. He tripped a lot learning Butterfly Dance. But he got the hang of it well enough to pull it off, and went into the Corps as a user of Insect Breathing. But as he became stronger physically, (especially after he started T and bulked up a bit,) it was sort of the final nail in the coffin for Hikaru’s Insect Breathing career. He was agile, sure, but he wasn’t very graceful, and also he kind of sucked at poisons. But both Shinobu and Hikaru knew there were aspects of Insect Breathing that suited him- he may have gotten stronger physically, but that didn’t mean simply switching forms altogether was the best option for him. So, thus began the development of Beetle Breathing, an offshoot of Insect Breathing!

• Formwise, Beetle Breathing uses a lot of the same movements as Insect Breathing. The main key difference is that instead of using sharp jabs to pressure points to inject poison, Beetle Breathing supplements Flame Breathing’s physical strength to replace the jabs with slashes. It’s like a dance, but instead of grace, it’s built on power and Hikaru’s determination.

• Flame Breathing’s power comes from passion, and passion comes from emotion. Beetle Breathing is similar- the strength in its strikes is derived from Flame Breathing’s inner flame technique, supplementing Hikaru’s physical strength where ordinarily it would be Shinobu’s grace. Shinobu personally requested Kyojuro to help Hikaru develop Beetle Breathing- she recognized Kyojuro was the best fit for the fighting style Hikaru was trying to develop. She did not, however, anticipate that the two would fall in love lol

• While the movements are initially based off Insect Breathing, as I mentioned Hikaru is clumsy as fuck when it comes to dancing- he’s much better suited for skittering about in the woods lol. He took Insect Breathing’s dances as a blueprint, and studied both the stances and movements of Flame Breathing, and the movements of Kani, his Kasugai Beetle ‘Crow’. Flame Breathing is more centered in your core and chest, which was helpful for Hikaru to maintain his balance when fighting, as well as utilizing the full extent of his agility.

• The only written records of Beetle Breathing are in the pocket journal Hikaru always carries- he struggles with memory due to PTSD, so he writes a lot of things down. His journal is the only physical information about Beetle Breathing’s existence, as well as detailed instructions on its history, execution and development. Kyojuro gave these instructions to Senjuro after Hikaru’s death, who transcribed them into an archive. It isn’t well-known like Flame Breathing- but it’s preserved. Hikaru’s legacy, tucked away in a corner of the Rengoku estate.

• A lot of Beetle Breathing’s physical manifestations make use of mimicry and other anti-predatory or distraction techniques used by insects. This is most notable in forms Four and Six.

• Beetle Breathing as a technique isn’t more powerful than Insect or Flame Breathing individually- it’s just better suited to Hikaru’s fighting style and physical abilities. It’s made by him, so it grows and adapts with him. He’s not suited for using Flame or Insect Breathing by themself, so he took the bits that work for him and made them into something new.

FORMS!

There are six forms of Beetle Breathing, just like the six legs of an insect. There’s a brief blurb for appearances, but it’s very unfinished and definitely not final lol. Universally, the Beetle Breathing attacks have indigo flashes in the wake of sword movements. The forms are as follows:

First Form: Mandibles’ Genesis

Execution: The user will burst forward, following with two horizontal slashes in an X shape. Usually aimed at the neck of a demon for decapitation. Could be suited for dual-wielding, but since Hikaru just uses one blade, the X motion is executed with turns of the wrist. The motion can be initiated from a low strike or a high one.

Appearance: The mandibles of a male stag beetle will manifest around the target, seemingly closing around it as the X-slash is executed.

Second Form: Mirrored Horn Strike

Execution: The user darts forward, executing an upward vertical slash brought up from a tail guard. Immediately followed by an identical downward vertical slash. Similar to Flame Breathing’s Second and Third forms, simplified for the sake of speed and accuracy. Less powerful than the Flame forms, but more versatile.

Appearance: A rhinoceros beetle is seen on the slashes, rearing up as through to strike with its horn.

Third Form: Fractured Elytra

Execution: A spinning defensive move that uses the weight of the user’s body as momentum, unleashing an arcing circular attack. The movements and power behind the strike are derived from Flame Breathing’s Blooming Flame Undulation, but the agility required for the momentum is necessary from Insect Breathing’s Dance of the Bee Sting.

Appearance: being fr with you guys on this one, I have no idea what it would look like. Maybe a flared elytra behind the user, with open beetle wings in a circle behind them? Ideas welcome!

Fourth Form: Compound Ocellus

Execution: this one is heavily inspired by the mimicry adaption of eyespots, used for distraction or dissuasion of predators. The user increases their agility using breathing, darting around the target and leaving afterimages to confuse them. The afterimages mimic the user, jabbing and slashing at the target in a cascading mirror image. The user will weaken the target with up to six strikes and jabs, before ultimately beheading them in a final blow. The six strikes and agility are derived from Insect Breathing’s Butterfly Dance: Caprice.

Appearance: Fairly self-explanatory, leaves afterimages of the user that mimic their movements for a short time before fading. (Think kind of like Killua’s technique Rhythm Echo, if you’re familiar with HxH!) Additionally, I’d imagine the target would see eyespots in their peripheral vision, similar to that of the eyed click beetle.

Fifth Form: Catalyst Armor

Execution: The user utilizes their breathing to circulate blood flow more efficiently, thickening their skin and heightening their reflexes. This serves for both a faster recovery and reaction time, as well as making it more difficult to be seriously injured. This form is best utilized in tandem with other forms, but doing so is incredibly difficult due to the immense amount of focus required to maintain the armor.

Appearance: A sort of transparent shimmer appears around the user like an aura, like the iridescence of a beetle shell.

Sixth Form: Kaleidoscopic Swarm

Execution: The user ricochets off of nearby surroundings in faster and faster succession, darting in to deliver fierce, powerful slashes that stack up in damage the longer the form is used. Can be used to weaken powerful demons, take out large numbers of weaker ones, or as a distraction technique. Difficult to maintain, but devastating if used effectively.

Appearance: Again, I’m not really sure how this would work in terms of appearance, but I’d imagine the movements are hexagonal in nature, leaving afterimages of kaleidoscopes that get more confusing for the target the longer the form is used. I have no idea if this makes sense lol

oops i accidentally spent two hours writing this. back to bed with me enjoy your karu lore!!!!! :D

#hikaru eritora #leon writes #leon rambles #demon slayer oc #oc lore #kny oc #kny #demon slayer #rotates hikaru in my brain

[petitelepus]

Genya encounters cursed book reader and having his older brother, Giyu, Obanai, and Tanjiro showing up to rescue him just as he was about to lose to reader. Reader was flirting/teasing with Genya at first before being hostile towards him

Here you go, I hope you enjoy this!

WARNINGS: Demon!Reader, Cursing

"Caw! Head to the South! South!" Had Genya's Kasugai Crow shouted as he was on his way to his next destination.

According to the information he was provided with, a creature of some sort had caused havoc in this small village, a demon perhaps and most likely. So far no casualties were reported yet, but it was better to get there before any would appear.

The village… It was quiet. The streets were empty but it was already nighttime by the time he made it there. He looked around, trying to locate the demon but the village felt almost as if it was abandoned. The lights in the small houses were the only signs of life Genya could see.

The young man frowned as he followed the feeling in his gut and that led him to what actually looked like an abandoned house just outside of the town.

"The fuck…?" Genya cursed silently as he pulled out his shotgun and Wakizashi before carefully entering the house.

The place truly was abandoned based on all the dust and cobwebs that decorated the house from floor to ceiling, but Genya could feel this, presence in there, and that alerted him.

"My, another visitor?" Came a young woman's voice, but Genya couldn't locate the voice's source. He raised his weapons as he looked around, "Who is there!?"

"It's almost flattering how many people have been visiting me lately." The woman's voice came again, "Almost flattering enough to make a girl blush."

"Come the fuck out!" Genya shouted, completely unaware of the shadow creeping towards his own shadow until it was too late and the Demon Slayer shouted as his leg was yanked up and he found himself hanging from the floor of the small house.

"Shit!" The young man cursed, nearly dropping his weapons but he managed to hold onto them.

"Hmm, what a cute young man you are." Came that woman's voice again and Genya watched as the shadows around the house seemed to blend into one and an inky creature of some sort rose from that shadow. It sounded like a woman, but it looked more like an undefined blob of ink that tried to take a woman's form.

"If I was a couple hundred years younger and not stuck in this prison of mine then I would have loved to take you out." The Demon chuckled and Genya cursed, quickly pointing his shotgun at the monster and shooting-!

But the second the bullets were about to hit the Demon, its body turned into liquid again and dodged them. Genya reached for more bullets, but the ink Demon formed again and smacked the shotgun and Wakizashi out of his hands.

"Ah, that was dangerous!" The woman's voice tutted as it moved and suddenly hung upside down from the ceiling like Genya was and just in front of him.

"I hope you don't mind if I take a peek at what's going there in that head of yours and while I'm at it, I'll see what memories that brave heart of yours carries?" The Demon giggled and Genya cursed himself for letting his guard down like that. It would cost him his life now and-!

The young Slayer tried to struggle, but the shadow ink holding his legs swallowed more and more of his body, rendering him immobile.

"Shit!" Genya cursed, and then he could see everything. His whole life passed before his eyes, but just as the ink was about to swallow his head, it stopped by his neck.

"Oh…" The Demon gasped quietly, "What a sad past you have. So bloody, so tragic, so lonely…! It must hurt to carry all these feelings…"

It didn't take a genius to understand that this Demon was reading Genya's mind and memories. That's how it dodged his bullets! The young man grounded his teeth together in fury, "Get the fuck out of my head!"

"I will, but I won't let you go just like that." The Demon nodded as it raised its inky finger and pressed it against the young man's forehead, "I'll be taking and eating those memories of yours and give you new ones, better ones and you can live a normal life-!"

"Genya!"

Genya flinched. He knew that voice!

The young man and the ink Demon turned to look and the latter one barely managed to dodge the black Nichirin katana that cut Genya free. The young man fell on his feet, almost like a cat, and turned to look at his sudden savior.

"T- Tanjiro!?" Genya gasped and the young and Tanjiro nodded, "Genya, pick up your guns and sword! The fight isn't over yet!"

Genya flinched and immediately grabbed his weapons and reloaded before he and Tanjiro pressed their backs together as they looked at the inky shadows moving all over the house.

"Be careful Tanjiro! This freak can read our minds!"

"Got it!"

"Ack!" The woman's voice rang around them as the shadows kept moving, "One Slayer is good but two is too much! I'm out of here!"

Genya and Tanjiro watched how the shadows slithered out of the broken windows and out of the building. Genya growled as he was about to rush after the Demon, but Tanjiro stopped him.

"Genya, wait!"

"What is it!?"

"The Demon is still here! It didn't flee like it said it would!"

"How can you tell!?"

"I can smell it…!" Tanjiro sniffed the air and his eyes flicked to the book in the corner of the room, "There! That book smells exactly like the Demon!"

"Then let's finish it off-!" Genya raised his gun and shot at the book, but to his and Tanjiro's shock, the book grew small inky hands that it used to dodge the bullets.

"Close one!" The Demon yelped and the ink took the form of a black owl that picked up the book and flew out of the window.

"After it!" The two young Demon Slayers rushed outside and saw the owl in the distance, flying towards the moon-!

"Is that-!?" The boys gasped as they watched the air around the owl shift and cut it, causing the owl to fall.

"That technique…!" Genya knew that technique, it belonged to one and only Wind Hashira aka his older brother Sanemi. Genya and Tanjiro nodded to each other and quickly ran after the book.

It didn't take the two of them long to make it to there where the book fell and both Genya and Tanjiro were shocked to see the Wind Hashira but also Water and Serpent Hashiras with him.

"B- brother!?" Genya stuttered at the sight of his brother, "W- what are you doing here? Did you come to-?"

"Tch, don't flatter yourself, shithead!" Sanemi snapped, "We happened to be nearby so we came here to offer support!"

"I- I see…" Genya nodded and the focus shifted to the trembling book below Obanai's foot, "P- please don't hurt me!"

"So the book is this Demon's main body…" Giyu thought calmly while Obanai pulled out his Nichirin sword and held the blade above the book's cover.

"What a weak thing. Any last words?" The Serpent Hashira asked and the picture on the book's cover changed into a picture of a young woman.

"W- wait, I'm innocent!" The woman shouted, but Obanai wasn't impressed, "Tch, what a poor choice of last words."

"It's true! I haven't eaten any humans ever!" The woman shouted and just as the blade was about to pierce the book, Tarnjiro stopped Obanai, "Please wait Iguro-Senpai."

"Huh?!" Now the Serpent Hashira was pissed, "Are you siding with this Demon also? Like your sister wasn't enough?"

"I can't smell any lies." Tanjiro held his ground, "This Demon, no matter what hasn't eaten a human before."

"So what!?" Sanemi snapped, "It's a Demon and our job is to kill every single Demon out there!"

"I can help! I can be useful!" The Demon woman cried out, "I hate Demons too! It's because of them that I'm the way I am now!"

"How can we trust you if you so easily side with Demon Slayers, your natural enemies?" Giyu asked and the woman's lower lip wobbled as she shared her story about how in order to avoid becoming a Demon's meal she had turned herself into one, but what made her different from others was how she was bound to her book and how she rejected human meat and instead fed on something else…

"So you are saying that you eat humans' memories and feelings?" Tanjiro asked and the woman on the book's cover nodded, "Yeah… I guess that's my Blood Demon Art? Ink Demon Art?"

"So what was all that in the house earlier, huh!?" Genya asked, pissed and suspicious, and the Demon cried out, "The thing is, I feed on memories and strong emotions, and your memories and feelings were just so strong and… Sad…"

The woman's lower lip wobbled again as if she were about to cry again, "I have no desire to harm humans. I was just going to eat your feelings and memories and write you nice ones instead…"

"Wait, so you can rewrite people's memories and such?" Sanemi asked and Genya didn't miss how his older brother glanced at him from the corner of his sharp eyes.

The book's woman nodded, "Yes, that's the exchange I've created. I get to feed and others are freed from the memories that haunt and are holding them back-!

"Don't screw with me!" Genya snapped, making the other Slayers and the book Demon flinch. Genya scowled, "My memories are mine and my past doesn't define me!"

"I…" The book Demon blinked before bowing, "I understand and I'm sorry I tried to force myself onto you…"

"You tried what!?" Sanemi snapped and the book Demon yelped, "I mean, he is young and handsome, but mostly I'm sorry for trying to take his memories! I'm sorry, please don't kill me!"

Sanemi wanted to beat some sense into the Demon, but retained from doing so.

"Tch!" It didn't mean he was happy about it.

"So far it appears that this Demon is telling the truth." Giyu nodded, "We can't fully trust it so until we get Master's blessing someone will have to take it with them."

"I'm not taking that thing anywhere," Obanai looked physically sick, and Sanemi was no better, "I'll kill it."

"That leaves you two." Giyu turned to look at Genya and Tanjiro. Both young men shared glances and Tanjiro was about to raise his hand but Genya beat him to it, "I'll take it with me!"

"You!?" Sanemi snapped and was about to shout at his younger brother, but Giyu nodded, "Then it's settled. We will trust this Demon in your hands."

"Like Hell-!" Sanemi was about to object, but the Water Hashira gave him one cool glance, "Or would you rather take the responsibility over this Demon?"

That silenced the Wind Hashira. Giyu nodded as he bent down and kicked be book, making the Demon yelp quietly as it was handed to Genya, "If it looks even a second like the Demon will hurt someone, kill it."

"I will." The young man promised and the Hashiras were satisfied with that and in a blink of an eye, they were gone. Genya and Tanjiro sighed out loud, having survived that meeting with no casualties.

"Should we head to an inn for the night?" Tanjiro asked and Genya nodded, but the woman's voice replied instead, "Inn sounds nice but please refrain from taking me out when the sun is up or I'll burn."

"No one asked from you!" Genya snapped and the Demon yelped, "Sorry, sorry!"

"Try not to be too harsh on her," Tanjiro said as the two young Slayers headed towards the inn they had seen on their way to Demon's house. Genya grumbled under his breath but then turned to look at his companion, "Anyway… How did you find me?"

"I heard your shotgun go off in the distance and followed the sound and the scent of gunpowder to your location." Tanjiro replied happily and Genya nodded quietly, "Thanks… You saved my hide there."

"No worries!" Tanjiro smiled brightly, "You would have done the same for me and Nezuko!"

Genya nodded quietly and looked down at the book in his hands and the woman on the cover who looked back at him.

"So, uh…" Genya grumbled, "Do you have a name or should I just call you book Demon?"

"Shadow ink might be more precise," The Demon thought out loud, but hearing Genya growl made her squeak out her name, "-and your name is Genya, right?"

"You should know by now. You were in my head and heard it from others." The young Demon Slayer replied and the woman in cover smiled, "Yes, thank you for not killing me! I promise I will do my best to assist you guys!"

"Thank you!" Tanjiro smiled and Genya snapped, "She was talking to me!"

"Sorry!"

#demon slayer #kimetsu no yaiba #kny #genya shinazugawa #sanemi shinazugawa #giyu tomioka #tanjiro kamado #obanai iguro #creativesoultheskeletongirl #writing #my writing #story #my story #demon!Reader #Reader #reader insert #ENJOY!

[arichaa]

My Demon Slayer oc

Hi, so I made this oc, but just so you know, I'm not an artist so that's why it's average

I wanted to do this for a long time, I had little ideas for a cute oc so here I am, humbly putting this here

Sorry if y'all have been waiting for a oneshot involving the literal Akaza, I didn't have any ideas anymore. Now, I might have an idea and there will be a post. But Idk when. And don't worry it's just this time that I'm doing something different, I'll continue to do Akaza content☻

I know I said that already but it's not a masterpiece but you know what? idc. idc anymore

And sorry if the headcanons don't make sense huhihjviveekevhhahahhahahhhaha AHHAHAHAHAHAHАННАННАНa

The Appearance

Family Name: Ha

First Name: Ariana (not the grande one🤨)

Gender: Female

Age: 20

Birth date: July 3rd

Height: 161 cm/ 5ft3

Weight: 55kg/ 121 lb

Occupation: Hashira

The Breathing Style

Light Breathing (6 forms)

光の呼吸 (Hikari no Kokyū)

☆Fruit of Enlightenment☆

☆Shower of Sparks☆

☆Reflection of the Stars☆

☆Depth's Glow☆

☆Gleam of Hope☆

☆First Sunrays of Dawn☆

the light breathing is derived from the thunder breathing

The Sword

her father, a passionnate weapon collector, travelled the world to collect them. he found a foreign sword he liked and left it to his daughter upon his death. she was inspired by this sword and created hers based on it.

the star represents the 6 forms of her breathing style

attached to her back with that grey thing around her torso

The Crow

I didn't draw it because I estimate that it is unnecessary since he looks like a regular crow. But he has a little red bracelet around his cute foot just so people know it's Ariana's. And his name is Revali (iykyk)

The headcanons

she is strong and she knows it (probably because of her breathing style? demons are creatures of the night, so the light contrasts, idk)

only child

has too much love to give

touch starved

would never refuse a hug

respects rules (never late, never enter homes with empty hands when invited, etc.)

easily shocked when someone doesn't have the same manners as her or doesn't show the same respect

would probably be against Nezuko being spared and would want Tanjiro to be punished

is embarrassed when she deals with attractive people

is literally so cute

so overly respectful to demons it sounds like she's making fun of them

example: "excuse me, sorry to come unnannouced... I am Ha Ariana, the Light Hashira, and I'm here to take your life!" all that with a sorry smile. Not because she has to kill them, but because she came in their home without knocking

encounter with Akaza : Why don't you become a demon? "Thank you for your offer, but my Hashira status prevents me from even considering it."

she flees from the fight if she knows she ain't winning sh*t, like the jjk characters (would only happen against The big 3 and Muzan chan) no bc if she know she's gonna lose why bother?

Like that woman would even announce it like "you're too strong, I'm off" (don't worry, if someone is in danger she'll flee with them)

encounter with Akaza 2:

Akaza: A woman?

Ariana: Uppermoon 3?

🏃‍♀️"I’m out!"🏃‍♂️

Personality and Traits

Okay, I almost forgot, but like I said, I'm no artist, so for the body base, I used 8asaki's oc for it (instagram). Hope it's not too much trouble♡

#demon slayer #demon slayer oc #kny #kny oc #kimetsu no yaiba #kimetsu no yaiba oc

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Linger - MPHFPC Fanfiction ( Alma Peregrine x OC Daughter character Avalon Peregrine) Chpt.2

Disclaimer, I only own Avalon Lefay Peregrine, the other characters rightfully belong to Ransom Riggs

Based on Ransom Riggs bestseller Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children.

This is a fan-fiction story

Rape, incest, and mature content will be included in this story. Read at your own risk.

21+

Trigger warning ⚠️

——————— Chapter 02 —————

I remember those little moments when he would converse with me in this filthy cell, restraint by leather straps to a chair, because he wanted to make me feel he was the one with power. The empowered god.

"Hello, sweetheart." Dark chuckles slipped from his scarred lips, his eyes drenched in insanity, terror coursed me at how his blank eyes were filled with violence. Still scary how an average appearing man reigned with monsters. "I still cannot believe that a child of beauty would be conceived through horror."

Chills ran down my spine, even if I attempted to lunge at him, it would be of no use. I was restrained.

"I gave her a child of her own, she should be thankful."

Even my bones tremble in disgust at the sight of my father.

Silence continued to scream, except for his words amd the clicking of his boots against the hard concrete.

"Not being able to look at her only own flesh and blood as she is reminded of me and what I forced upon her is the greatest pain I have ever inflicted, and I have slaughtered numerous inoccent souls."

Digging my fingers into his skull and ripping out his brain would be a pleasure of mine, but that will not be as of today. Completely devoured by insanity, redemption was an impossible call for this man. How could he have slept? Those screams Mother made and her struggling to free herself from his grasp were lullabies to his sleep.

"I love her, but not in a way a brother loves his sister."

Going through sleepless nights of pain and grief, dancing on the edge of a knife barefoot, salvation finally arrived.

In the form of my bruised and injured mother, the great Alma Peregrine — the crimson line across the arc of her cheekbones was visibly evident, black and blue bruises revealing themselves underneath the sleeves of her dress, like blood trailing on porcelain cups — and what I assume to be the now renowned hollow-slayer, Jacob Portman.

Traces of Jacob's injuries barely showed themselves, except that his ocean eyes showed traumatic gleam, a dash of pride and relief.

"Thank God, we found you." Jacob breathed heavily, finally saved from the nights of endless crying, torture, and loneliness. I tried to keep my spirits high and remember that I was stronger than this. I was a peculiar. I was stronger than a normal human; and yet my father made me weak. He made me think I was weak and frail. I felt that way,and deep down, I felt I was always weak. Until the moment I was saved.

"Ava!" My mother cried in a mixture of pain and relief, intangible glass shards piercing her voice. With her trembling hands, she embraced me and there came a whisper, "I'm sorry."

I may be alive, but death will always inhabit my bones.

When Jacob and Mom came and got me, I felt relief. I was relieved that my nightmare was over.

Weakness prevailed as tear stained cheeks on my face kept the reminder of the nightmare,and that my nightmare was alive. My nightmare running through my blood. My nightmare wouldn't end, until I did. I knew I was stronger than him. I was stronger than any of the torture he put me through. And yet, he stuck me down and made me small. I wasn't myself anymore, I was a barely a shadow of Avalon.

Not the daughter of Alma Peregrine, nor Caul's.

A burning throne in Hell has been reserved for me as soon as the monsters' scream echo through my mind.

— ALP—

#alma peregrine #alma peregrine x reader #eva green #miss peregrines home for peculiar children #fanfiction

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Ohhhhhhhhohohohohohohohoho!!!!!!

It's all coming together now!!!!

Time for a long over due rant and some theories. Volume 10 was juicy 🧃🧃🧃

Spoilers below! I'm SERIOUS do not read if you aren't caught up to volume 10. I don't want to ruin anything for you!

This madness got loooooooooooong 😭

First and foremost the time line is fucked. Good luck getting everything in order but hey, I've tried here.

Let's break it down to the basics. The way I see it, we have 3 main characters.

𖢺 Our resident skeleton boi ~ Sasaki

ຊ Our resident snake boi ~ Rei, who I will refer to as Rei (present day Slayer); and Adult Rei (past adult life)

℘ Owner 🖤

For today we are gonna focus on Sasaki and Owner with a dash of Rei

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From what I can tell, there have been 4 versions of Sasaki (that we know of)

𖢺 Oldest version: Singing Bone ~ we know this is the oldest version since Owner tells us that this is the first time they met.

𖢺 Super Old Sasaki: from volumes 7 & 9 ~ this version is the Sasaki with Adult Rei who reveals himself as a skeletal monster. Adult Rei blows him on the spot you KNOW what panel I'm talking about!

𖢺 Adult Sasaki: from volume 8 ~ this is the incarnation who was arrested for political writings and whose will-o-the-whisp moved on. He even stated himself that it was in his previous life that he was a novelist (obviously he is aware of his own reincarnations (at some point in each life))

𖢺 Then there is Sasaki ~ our present day kiddo.

What we know so far about Sasaki & Rei:

~ Sasaki & Rei have been reincarnated multiple times (tho so far we've only seen 2 reincarnations of Rei)

~ They have a history as far as their lives shown in volumes 7 & 9 (possibly more)

𖢺 Sasaki our sweet walking bag of bones does die (tho it's not clear how long each of his lives are) and then is reborn. Presumably due to Owner burying him each time.

ຊ Rei comes from a cursed family line that there are so many curses now that they must continue the family line in order to prevent the curses/malice from taking over.

ຊ In order to become an "adult" and gain control of the malice the males in the family have to eat their fathers.

What we know about Owner:

℘ They are a "trueborn monster" per the mermaid huntsman in volume 6

℘ They have no true form as mentioned by Owner multiple times thru out the series and most recently reiterated in volume 10: "long ago I was merely darkness" and that they had no face or body.

℘ But now they can manipulate their form/body (tho there is nothing under the skin) yet they can't age. We see this in volume 5 where the fox spirit stole Owner's adult body after a bet and Owner never appears as an adult.

℘ They are immortal (it seems) based off of Owner's own words in volume 7 that they "have all the time in the world"

Now the reoccuring theme of Saskai's existence is revolved around "people feeling complete by filling the void that is him". (Which I find interesting since Owner has no true form... little bit more on this at the end)

Super Old Sasaki was a student wanting to become a writer and was working on a manuscript so he frequented the Inn to focus on his writing.

Now in volume 10, when Owner employs Sasaki he starts by having him clean his old room (which has to be 100s of years old by now) I THINK Owner was hoping to maybe jog his memory and get some sort of reaction from him.

Also in volume 10, Owner tells Sasaki that he went looking for SO Sasaki/Adult Sasaki and that "No matter what form he takes I will always be there to greet him. After all, I want to keep playing together."

In a previous post I mentioned that I believe that Owner thought of Rei in a parental way and that I was unsure his thoughts on Sasaki.

My feeling now is more that Owner is in love with Sasaki's soul. Hence why they reject anyone who confesses their love to them. But they keep coming back to Sasaki during each of his lives.

Owner is also very cautious about all the Sasakis. They always come to his aid, so much so that present day Sasaki states that he's not worried about being cursed because he knows that Owner will help him.

For Rei, I'm still getting parental vibes from Owner. I also think that the only reason Owner stepped in to assist (or whatever he is doing) with Rei's family is ultimately for Sasaki. It seems that they are connected and perhaps Owner is trying to set up the breaking of the curse to free Sasaki's entanglement with it so that they can be together.

If we wanna get weird, would Owner take over Sasaki's body?? They would truly be together then- Sasaki would be "filled" and Owner would have a true body.

All in all, I absolutely love this series. The artwork BLOWS MY MIND EVERYTIME!!!! I wish we could see it animated 😩 and I'm excited to see where Matsuri takes it.

TELL US OWNER'S SECRETS!!!! 🖤

#ptotn owner #ptotn #phantom tales of the night owner #phantom tales of the night #spoilers #volume 10 #ptotn spoilers #sasaki #ptotn sasaki #rei #ptotn rei #casswan #casswan ptotn #Tokihito Sasaki #Rei Saejima

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For the Araj and Gortash stuff, an interesting thing is that in the game there's actually a note/book that you can find in Araj's workshop in Baldur's gate(though I think it only appears if she isn't in her workshop for whatever reason?) that's titled "Enver... Is your blood sweet?".

In it Araj is basically theorizing about if it would be possible to imbibe enough of Gortash's blood to trick Bane into thinking that she is his chosen.(She bases this theory off of how there was a wizard that imbibed enough bhaalspawn blood that he gained the ability to use the form of the Slayer).

She then mentions plans to write to Gortash telling him who she is and that she plans to command an army in Menzoberranzan and gain a high position of power there, and she wants to offer an alliance to Gortash in exchange for a constant supply of banite blood

So maybe that could give some ideas for how the two would meet and interact?

Interesting, thank you for sharing! The part about Bane being part of his blood is fucked up 👀

I’m not keen on writing them tbh because I want to replay those sections with her first. And even after that I’m not sure – it’s not as interesting to me personally as, say, Gortash and Mizora (did they meet at Zariel’s court??????)

But the character is certainly intriguing and if anyone has fic recs for this particular rarepair throw them in the replies!

#gortash asks #anon asks #araj oblodra

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PRELIMINARY POLL 3

MEET THE COMPETITORS:

Prismo(Adventure Time) "Prismo is a Wish Master who is the manifestation of an old man's dream. He resides in the Time Room, which exists in the center of the multiverse. Booko describes him as "almighty." Prismo is apparently good friends with a number of cosmic-level characters in the Adventure Time universe, including the Cosmic Owl, Party God, Death, and Grob Gob Glob Grod, all of whom were seen at one of his Time Room parties."

Santa Perla(Empires SMP) "Saint Pearl is a deity whom Oli briefly met in her heavenly palace in the earliest events of Empires SMP 2. Throughout Afterlife SMP, Pearl was worshiped by the Church of St. Pearl and championed by Mythical Sausage, who ultimately rejoined her in the heavens."

Them(Don’t Starve Together) ""They" are a mysterious force in the lore of Don't Starve and Don't Starve Together. Their identities are unknown, but they seem to be beings with a very powerful influence over the Constant and its inhabitants. Their goals are unknown, but it involves kidnapping individuals from the real world and forcing them to survive a parallel dimension, as well as selecting certain survivors to rule upon the Nightmare Throne. Alter, which is a giant looming eye in the sky, was identified as "Them" or at least one of "Them". The name Alter has previously been mentioned by Maxwell in the quotes for the Ancient Lunarune Stones and in the Celestial Champion's spawn code. The surface of Alter is covered with a rocky shell, as it was previously thought to be the "Moon"."

The Small and Forgotten Gods(Wanderhome) "The Small and Forgotten Gods of Wanderhome are tiny nature spirits that get overlooked or forgotten. They take on a wide variety of forms based on where they live, and range in size from a mote of dust to ~6in."

Hanyū Furude(Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni) "Furude Hanyū, usually simply Hanyū, is one of the main characters in the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series, and the true identity of Oyashiro-sama. She is a goddess that appears in Minagoroshi-hen and beyond. Hanyū's past is shrouded in mystery, but she has referred to herself as a demon who became a goddess after she was sacrificed at a true Watanagashi ceremony centuries past to atone for the sins of others. She is also a sort of guardian angel to her descendant, Furude Rika, whom she has followed since birth."

Willow Rosenberg(Buffy the Vampire Slayer) "Willow Danielle Rosenberg was a witch native to Sunnydale, California, a founding member of the Scooby Gang, and the best friend and semi-official sidekick of the Slayer, Buffy Summers. Willow started out as a shy computer nerd, eventually developing her talents to become a powerful and assertive witch. Milestones in her magical career include the enjoining spell, taking on the hell-goddess Glory and surviving, resurrecting Buffy, nearly ending the world, activating multiple Potential Slayers, and, eventually, establishing herself as Earth's greatest witch. During her fight against Amy, she referred to Willow as a "big all-powerful earth mother witch goddess.""

#prelims #divine matchup #adventure time #empires smp #dst #wanderhome #when they cry #higurashi #buffy the vampire slayer #prismo #saint pearl #santa perla #Them dst #the small and forgotten gods #hanyuu furude #willow rosenberg