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ablobwhowrites · 4 months

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Can u write a Yandere!Fnaf 1 x Reader fanfiction? It can be like 20 to 30 chapters or maybe less if that makes you comfortable.

so I don't think I could run a series that long on tumblr but I can probably try but for now, here's some shit post and a small bit of headcanons with m/n and gn y/n

*glamrock Freddy trying to drive*

Gregory: "what happens if you press the breaks and gas at the same time?"

Minimum wage m/n: "the car takes a screenshot"

Glamrock Freddy on the verge of crying: "your making me nervous!"

Y/n's live reaction to seeing Monty running straight at them

Sundrop: "your my favorite friend m/n, I don't imagine what I would do without you!"

M/n: "I would be home, unconscious on my floor after this hell of a shift, I know that for truth"

Employeer: "come on, working in our underground pizzeria isn't so bad"

Minimum wage y/n: "balloras little gremlins of fucking side animatronics tried to drag me into there area the moment my shift was over"

Y/n: "so Vanessa, heard we got a some dj animatronic, hope it's one bolted to the floor at lea-" *sees dj music man that's currently not operating yet* "...i wish I could quit that job but this is the only thing that gives me free food"

Vanessa: "don't you steal the food?"

Y/n: "not everyone has the time to buy food after work Vanessa"

moon: "m/n I see those bags under your eyes, you haven't been sleeping have you?"

M/n: "I'm fine, I'm running in 18 hours of red bull, monster and something I found in my car before I walked into work....i can't feel my body"

M/n to the mapbots the first time he saw them.

Some supermarket worker: "Mr/mx y/n (or) m/n, can you please come to the front? A special guest is waiting for you"

Monty: "I got lost..."

Y/n (or) m/n: "I didn't even bring you here!"

Hey guys so I know I've been gone off a bit but shit dude, it's like the AO3 writers curse with me, a lot of stuff is going on and well all I wanted to say is that I'm extremely grateful for everyone of my followers and mutuals for being with me on my journey from new to old follower, I hope that everyone of you have a wonderful Christmas or any culture you celebrate on this day or tomorrow and I'll try to be more frequent with my uploads but for now, I love each and everyone of you guys who's been with me through my Tumblr journey and I hope you have a wonderful day and a wonderful christmas.

#yandere x male reader #x male reader #yandere x reader #yandere x you #yandere male x male reader #x gn reader #yandere x gn reader #yandere fnaf #yandere security breach #tw yandere #male yandere #yandere imagines #yandere #fnaf security guard #fnaf security breach #security breach

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notebooks-and-laptops · 1 year

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Who is the Worst Dude (Gender Neutral) in Thedas?

Well folks, I’m back on my Poll nonsense for a much requested Who Is The Worst Dude (Gender Neutral) in Thedas. There were 80 submissions given in, which me and my friend narrowed down to 64 of the most requested Worst Dudes.

There are two 32 bracket tournaments which will run simultaneously, and then the two winners will face off to get the Ultimate Worst Dude (just to make the charts a bit easier on the eyes).

The tag is ‘Worst dude in Thedas’ if you wanna block it/filter for it etc.

This is just for funsies guys! Please don’t get angry at people if they are voting for your favs or if they disagree with you about who is The Worst! I am running this poll on a good faith belief that y’all will give me fun reasons why you’re voting for people - but also that you won’t send hate to one another for voting a certain way.

So, without further ado, please find the brackets and links under the cut!

ROUND ONE

Harrowmont vs. Bhlen

Hurbert vs. Mad Hermit

Aveline vs. Carver

Caladrius vs. Danarius

Corypheus vs. The Architect

Branka vs. Loghain

Lord Seeker Lucius vs. Meredith

Leandra vs. Keeper Merethari

ROUND TWO

Gaspard vs. Celene

Anders vs. Grand Cleric Elthina

Hardened Leliana vs. Alistair

Erimond vs. Clarel

Hadriana vs. Cassandra

Quinitin vs. Rezeran

Sister Petrice vs. Alexius

Solas vs. Zathrian

ROUND THREE

Sten vs. The Iron Bull

Sandal vs. The Requisition Officer

Arl Eamon vs. Anora

Florianne de Chalons vs. Orsino

Bartrand vs. The Arishok

Gregory Dedrick vs. Oghren

Leske vs. Majorlene

Cullen vs. Taliesin

ROUND FOUR

Flemeth vs. Morrigan

Gamlen vs. Propser de Montifort

Greagoir vs. Irving

Samson vs. Hira

Mother Gisele vs. Magister Halward Pavus

Blackwall vs. Sebastian

Rendon vs. Vaughan Kendells

Ser Alric vs. Uldrid

ROUND FIVE

Harrowmont vs. Sten

Aveline vs. Arl Eamon

Corypheus vs. Bartend

Meredith vs. Marjolenne

ROUND SIX

Gaspard vs. Flemeth

Sister Petrice vs. Vaughan Kendells

Hadriana vs. Magister Halward Pavus

Hardened Leliana vs. Greagoir

ROUND SEVEN

Hubert vs. Requisition Officer

Danarius vs. Florerene de Chalons

Branka vs. Gregory Dedrick

Keeper Merethari vs. Cullen

ROUND EIGHT

Grand Cleric Elthina vs. Prosper de Montfort

Erimond vs. Hira

Rezeran vs. Sebastian

Solas vs. Ser Alric

#worst dude in thedas #dragon age #dai #dao #da2 #dragon age poll

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khensaptah · 3 months

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Mystic Egyptian Polytheism Resource List

Because I wanted to do a little more digging into the philosophy elements explored in Mahmoud's book, I took the time tonight to pull together the recommended reading he listed toward the end of each chapter. The notes included are his own.

MEP discusses Pharaonic Egypt and Hellenistic Egypt, and thus some of these sources are relevant to Hellenic polytheists (hence me intruding in those tags)!

Note: extremely long text post under this read more.

What Are The Gods And The Myths?

ψ Jeremy Naydler’s Temple of the Cosmos: The Ancient Egyptian Experience of the Sacred is my top text recommendation for further exploration of this topic. It dives deep into how the ancients envisioned the gods and proposes how the various Egyptian cosmologies can be reconciled. ψ Jan Assmann’s Egyptian Solar Religion in the New Kingdom: Re, Amun and the Crisis of Polytheism focuses on New Kingdom theology by analyzing and comparing religious literature. Assmann fleshes out a kind of “monistic polytheism,” as well as a robust culture of personal piety that is reflected most prominently in the religious literature of this period. He shows how New Kingdom religious thought was an antecedent to concepts in Hermeticism and Neoplatonism. ψ Moustafa Gadalla’s Egyptian Divinities: The All Who Are The One provides a modern Egyptian analysis of the gods, including reviews of the most significant deities. Although Gadalla is not an academic, his insights and contributions as a native Egyptian Muslim with sympathies towards the ancient religion are valuable.

How to Think like an Egyptian

ψ Jan Assmann’s The Mind of Egypt: History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohs is my top text recommendation for further exploration of this topic. It illuminates Egyptian theology by exploring their ideals, values, mentalities, belief systems, and aspirations from the Old Kingdom period to the Ptolemaic period. ψ Garth Fowden’s The Egyptian Hermes: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind identifies the Egyptian character of religion and wisdom in late antiquity and provides a cultural and historical context to the Hermetica, a collection of Greco-Egyptian religious texts. ψ Christian Bull’s The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus: The Egyptian Priestly Figure as a Teacher of Hellenized Wisdom provides a rich assessment of the Egyptian religious landscape at the end of widespread polytheism in Egypt and how it came to interact with and be codified in Greek schools of thought and their writings.

How To Think Like A Neoplatonist

Radek Chlup’s Proclus: An Introduction is my top text recommendation for further exploration of this topic. It addresses the Neoplatonic system of Proclus but gives an excellent overview of Neoplatonism generally. It contains many valuable graphics and charts that help illustrate the main ideas within Neoplatonism. ψ John Opsopaus’ The Secret Texts of Hellenic Polytheism: A Practical Guide to the Restored Pagan Religion of George Gemistos Plethon succinctly addresses several concepts in Neoplatonism from the point of view of Gemistos Plethon, a crypto-polytheist who lived during the final years of the Byzantine Empire. It provides insight into the practical application of Neoplatonism to ritual and religion. ψ Algis Uzdavinys’ Philosophy as a Rite of Rebirth: From Ancient Egypt to Neoplatonism draws connections between theological concepts and practices in Ancient Egypt to those represented in the writings and practices of the Neoplatonists.

What Is “Theurgy,” And How Do You Make A Prayer “Theurgical?”

ψ Jeffrey Kupperman’s Living Theurgy: A Course in Iamblichus’ Philosophy, Theology and Theurgy is my top text recommendation for further exploration of this topic. It is a practical guide on theurgy, complete with straightforward explanations of theurgical concepts and contemplative exercises for practice. ψ Gregory Shaw’s Theurgy and the Soul: The Neoplatonism of Iamblichus demonstrates how Iamblichus used religious ritual as the primary tool of the soul’s ascent towards God. He lays out how Iamblichus proposed using rites to achieve henosis. ψ Algis Uzdavinys’ Philosophy and Theurgy in Late Antiquity explores the various ways theurgy operated in the prime of its widespread usage. He focuses mainly on temple rites and how theurgy helped translate them into personal piety rituals.

What Is “Demiurgy,” And How Do I Do Devotional, “Demiurgical” Acts?

ψ Shannon Grimes’ Becoming Gold: Zosimos of Panopolis and the Alchemical Arts in Roman Egypt is my top text recommendation for further exploration of this topic. It constitutes an in-depth look at Zosimos—an Egyptian Hermetic priest, scribe, metallurgist, and alchemist. It explores alchemy (ancient chemistry and metallurgy) as material rites of the soul’s ascent. She shows how Zosimos believed that partaking in these practical arts produced divine realities and spiritual advancements. ψ Alison M. Robert’s Hathor’s Alchemy: The Ancient Egyptian Roots of the Hermetic Art delves deep temple inscriptions and corresponding religious literature from the Pharaonic period and demonstrates them as premises for alchemy. These texts “alchemize” the “body” of the temple, offering a model for the “alchemizing” of the self. ψ A.J. Arberry’s translation of Farid al-Din Attar’s Muslim Saints and Mystics: Episodes from the Tadhkirat al-Auliya contains a chapter on the Egyptian Sufi saint Dhul-Nun al-Misri (sometimes rendered as Dho‘l-Nun al-Mesri). He is regarded as an alchemist, thaumaturge, and master of Egyptian hieroglyphics. It contains apocryphal stories of his ascetic and mystic life as a way of “living demiurgically.” It is an insightful glimpse into how the Ancient Egyptian arts continued into new religious paradigms long after polytheism was no longer widespread in Egypt.

Further Reading

Contemporary Works Assmann, Jan. 1995. Egyptian Solar Religion in the New Kingdom: Re, Amun and the Crisis of Polytheism. Translated by Anthony Alcock. Kegan Paul International. Assmann, Jan. 2003. The Mind of Egypt: History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohs. Harvard University Press. Bull, Christian H. 2019. The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus: The Egyptian Priestly Figure as a Teacher of Hellenized Wisdom. Brill. Chlup, Radek. 2012. Proclus: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press. Escolano-Poveda, Marina. 2008. The Egyptian Priests of the Graeco-Roman Period. Brill. Fowden, Garth. 1986. The Egyptian Hermes: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind. Cambridge University Press. Freke, Tim, and Peter Gandy. 2008. The Hermetica: The Lost Wisdom of the Pharaohs. Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin. Gadalla, Moustafa. 2001. Egyptian Divinities: The All Who Are The One. Tehuti Research Foundation. Grimes, Shannon. 2019. Becoming Gold: Zosimos of Panopolis and the Alchemical Arts in Roman Egypt. Princeton University Press. Jackson, Howard. 2017. “A New Proposal for the Origin of the Hermetic God Poimandres.” Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism 17 (2): 193-212. Kupperman, Jeffrey. 2014. Living Theurgy: A Course in Iamblichus’ Philosophy, Theology and Theurgy. Avalonia. Mierzwicki, Tony. 2011. Graeco-Egyptian Magick: Everyday Empowerment. Llewellyn Publications. Naydler, Jeremy. 1996. Temple of the Cosmos: The Ancient Egyptian Experience of the Sacred. Inner Traditions. Opsopaus, J. 2006. The Secret Texts of Hellenic Polytheism: A Practical Guide to the Restored Pagan Religion of George Gemistos Plethon. New York: Llewellyn Publications. Roberts, Alison M. 2019. Hathor’s Alchemy: The Ancient Egyptian Roots of the Hermetic Art. Northgate Publishers. Shaw, Gregory. 1995. Theurgy and the Soul: The Neoplatonism of Iamblichus. 2nd ed. Angelico Press. Snape, Steven. 2014. The Complete Cities of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. Uzdavinys, Algis. 1995. Philosophy and Theurgy in Late Antiquity. Wheaton, IL: Quest Books. Uzdavinys, Algis. 2008. Philosophy as a Rite of Rebirth: From Ancient Egypt to Neoplatonism. Lindisfarne Books. Wilkinson, Richard H. 2000. The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson.

Ancient Sources in Translation Attar, Farid al-Din. 1966. Muslim Saints and Mystics: Episodes from the Tadhkirat alAuliya. Translated by A.J. Arberry. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Betz, Hans Dieter. 1992. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Copenhaver, Brian P. 1995. Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a New English Translation, with Notes and Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Guthrie, Kenneth. 1988. The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library: An Anthology of Ancient Writings which Relate to Pythagoras and Pythagorean Philosophy. Grand Rapids, MI: Phanes Press. Iamblichus. 1988. The Theology of Arithmetic. Translated by Robin Waterfield. Grand Rapids, MI: Phanes Press. Iamblichus. 2003. Iamblichus: On the Mysteries. Translated by Clarke, E., Dillon, J. M., & Hershbell, J. P. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. Iamblichus. 2008. The Life of Pythagoras (Abridged). Translated by Thomas Taylor. Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing. Lichtheim, Miriam. 1973-1980. Ancient Egyptian Literature. Volumes I-III. Berkeley: University of California Press. Litwa, M. David. 2018. Hermetica II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Majercik, Ruth. 1989. The Chaldean Oracles: Text, Translation, and Commentary. Leiden: Brill. Plato. 1997. Plato: Complete Works. Edited by John M. Cooper and D. S. Hutchinson. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing. Plotinus. 1984-1988. The Enneads. Volumes 1-7. Translated by A.H. Armstrong. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Van der Horst, Pieter Willem. 1984. The Fragments of Chaeremon, Egyptian Priest and Stoic Philosopher. Leiden: E.J. Brill.

#mystic egyptian polytheism #resource list #philosophy #neoplatonism #egyptian polytheism #hellenic polytheism #hermeticism

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egg-baby-official · 1 year

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IMO Security Breach suffered from the whole "Vanny is actually Vannessa " thing. Vanny and Vannessa should have been different characters and the game would have been so much cooler if you played as both Gregory AND Vannessa trying to escape the Pizzaplex hacked by Vanny. (Freddy can still be a companion too. Vannessa segments would be more challenging because she cant fit in Freddy to hide.)

The aim of the game is to uncorrupt the other animatronics that Vanny took over, and get them back on your side. Engame being finding out who Vanny really is and releasing her from Glitchtrap's control. Whatever ending you get depends on how many animatronics you save. Also the whole William still being "alive" thing is bull. Glitchtrap should have been a rouge A.I that William made in his image. Still connected to him, but NOT actually him. The last stain he left on the world before going to hell.

Bonus points if Vanny and Vannessa have some sort of past. (*coughs* ex girlfriends *coughs*) I’ve always been a fan of the identity theft theory.

Anyways what I’m saying is fuck you Scott fuck you Steel Wool there was so much potential and you BLEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!

#yes im cross posting this from twitter #because im right and correct and true in everything ive ever said in my life #shut up egg baby #fnaf #security breach

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scotianostra · 4 months

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On January 1st 1600 Scotland celebrated the New Year for the first time on this date.

Scotland actually adopted January 1 as New Year’s Day in 1600 when it switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. England wouldn’t do this until 1752. Under the Julian calendar, the new year began on March 25th.

The Julian calendar, had been used throughout the Christian world since ancient times. But by the 16th century, scientists agreed that the old calendar improperly calculated the length of a year and was therefore falling gradually behind. During the reign of Pope Gregory XIII, a new calendar was created, called the Gregorian calendar. The new calendar, which began the year on January 1st, was adopted by most of Europe in 1582, but England and Henry VIII had broken with Rome and therefore did not adopt the new calendar.

The Scottish government decided that January 1st made a better New Year’s Day than March 25th, so the decision was made to make January 1, 1599 the new January 1st, 1600. As a result, 1599 had only nine months.

Most of Europe adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1582 and 10 days were dropped from the calendar. Though Pope Gregory’s papal bull reforming the calendar had no power beyond the Catholic Church, Catholic countries—including Spain, Portugal and Italy—swiftly adopted the new system for their civil affairs. European Protestants, however, largely rejected the change because of its ties to the papacy, fearing it was an attempt to silence their movement. It wasn’t until 1700 that Protestant Germany switched over, and England held out until 1752.

Scotland did not follow suit completely, we kept the same amount of days as the Julian calendar, so year after year in Scotland, as in England, the Julian calendar fell gradually further and further behind so we had changed New Years Day but technically we were still using The Julian calendar, this continued until 1752 when Westminster implemented The Gregorian calendar and dropped 11 days. The last European country to adopt the reform was Greece as recently as 1923.

Another wee New year fact is that The Guinness Book of World Records has listed “Auld Lang Syne” as the world’s most-sung melody, even more than “Happy Birthday.” Poet Robert Burns actually transcribed the lyrics from an older Scottish folk song, and it was later paired with the music to create the traditional song we know so well. Radio play in American starting in 1929 helped to popularize the song on this side of the Atlantic and contributed to it becoming a tradition worldwide.

The pic shows the first page of the papal bull “Inter Gravissimas” by which Pope Gregory XIII introduced his calendar.

#scotland #scottish #history #calendar new year

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april-is · 6 days

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April 23, 2024: Available Now: Archaic Torsos of Both Sexes

Available Now: Archaic Torsos of Both Sexes Gregory Orr

Though I'm modest as most, I couldn't help noticing certain parts of the statues have been polished to a high sheen by passing hands as the centuries passed. If it's a form of worship it's not much odder or more perverse than the saint's stone toe kissed to a stub by fervent lips.

And even though Plato suspected art almost as much as he suspected the body's curves, he did assert Desire could lead to the True and Beautiful. Therefore I choose to believe that mortals pausing here to cup a marble breast or buttock were doing their best to grasp the Ideal— and their foolish gestures made it shine more brightly.

Today in:

2023: Search Patrols, Ilya Kaminsky 2022: The Problem with Travel, Ada Limón 2021: When I Say That Loving Me Is Kind Of Like Being A Chicago Bulls Fan, Hanif Abdurraqib 2020:from Children Walk on Chairs to Cross a Flooded Schoolyard, Patrick Rosal 2019: If Life Is As Short As Our Ancestors Insist It Is, Why Isn’t Everything I Want Already At My Feet, Hanif Abdurraqib 2018: Bliss and Grief, Marie Ponsot 2017: Verge, Mark Doty 2016: Ever, Meghan O’Rourke 2015: The Two Times I Loved You the Most In a Car, Dorothea Grossman2014: May Day, Phillis Levin 2013: The Triumph of the Infinite, Mark Strand 2012: Mermaid Song, Kim Addonizio 2011: the laughing heart, Charles Bukowski 2010: from Jenny, Genya Turovskaya 2009: A Step Away From Them, Frank O’Hara 2008: Entry, Lisa Sewell 2007: Meanwhile, Richard Siken 2006: Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note, Amiri Baraka 2005: Holy Sonnet XIV, John Donne

#gregory orr #history #art #the body #desire

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lesbianmaxevans · 2 years

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Barbara & Gregory || The Principal’s Office

[Image Description: Six stacked gifs from Abbott Elementary.

Gregory sits down next to Barbara. Gregory: Barbara, when you talk to Ava she listens. Barbara: Yes. Gregory: And you’re the only one in this whole school that can get her to even remotely do her job. Barbara: You got that right. Gregory: You got this gift to just see through her bull- Barbara, exasperated: Gregory, what do you want? Gregory: Ma’am, can you please get Ava to discipline the kids? Cause I’m here to teach, not punish. Barbara: I will talk with Ava, because this color doesn’t look good on you. The scene switches to Gregory in the hallway by himself. Gregory: I thought I looked nice today.]

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ptseti · 4 days

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What Color Was The Cat Who Told You The Black One Was Bad Luck? - @yaanuwnarchives

“Pope Gregory IX, the 178th pope of the Catholic Church from 1227 to 1241, is often remembered for issuing a Papal Bull declaring that cats bore Satan’s spirit, which subsequently led to huge numbers of cats being killed throughout Europe”.

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haggishlyhagging · 5 months

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The pity reserved for single women may well conceal a bid to ward off the threat they represent. Witness the cliché of the "cat lady," where the pet is considered to fulfill unmet emotional needs. Journalist Nadia Daam develops this idea further in her book Comment ne pas devenir une fille à chat: l'art d'être célibataire sans sentir la croquette ("How not to become a cat lady: the art of being single without a whiff of Sheba"). In her show Je parle toute seule ("Talking to myself"), comedian Blanche Gardin describes how her friends advised her to get a cat—a sign, as she read it, that her situation was really desperate: "No one says, 'Get a hamster, they live two or three years, by then you'll have found someone.' No, what they propose is a twenty-year-long solution. I ask you!" Cats are, in fact, witches' favorite choice of "familiar spirit" —usually simply called their "familiar" —a supernatural creature who assists in their magical practice and allows them sometimes to change their appearance. In the original animated opening credits for the series Bewitched, Samantha turns into a cat and rubs against her husband's legs, before jumping into his arms and becoming her human self again. In Richard Quine's film Bell, Book and Candle (1958), the witch played by Kim Novak, who keeps a shop selling African art in New York, asks her Siamese cat Pyewacket—a classic name for a familiar—to bring her a man for Christmas. In 1233, a bull issued by Pope Gregory IX declared cats to be "the Devil's servants." Then, in 1484, Pope Innocent VIII ordered that all cats seen in the company of women be considered their familiars; these witches were to be burned along with their animals. The cats' extermination contributed to the growth of the rat population, so aggravating subsequent outbreaks of disease—which were blamed on witches . . . In 1893, Matilda Joslyn Gage remarked on the persistence of mistrust toward black cats, inherited from these earlier times, which translated into a substantially lower market value for their fur.

-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women are Still on Trial

#Mona chollet #single women #cat lady #witch burning #familiars #cats #black cats #witches

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riseofamoonycake · 6 months

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May I request gregory violet with an s/o (preferably fem but gn is ok too) who’s also shy and an artist but they’re physically affectionate when in private pls?

AAAAAAHHH FINALLY A REQUEST FOR GREGORY VIOLET!!! Y E S

Things Nobody Knows

🎨Pairing: Gregory Violet x Female!reader

🎨Warnings: mention of a future arranged marriage (a really good one 💟)

🎨

«But… but… Gregory Violet! Sto-op, this is unfair!»

The sun enters into the room with more strength, as if it had been attracted by these words, and your figure bathes in its orange light, even if your attention is far away from the beautiful afternoon outside the chiseled windows of your family’s manor. By your own surprise, your voice came out louder than expected, but the recipient of your words doesn’t appear to have been touched by them, too concentrated on his canvas and absorbed in the work to hear or notice anything.

You narrow your bright eyes and approach him from behind, the lips trembling and with bated breath, then stare at his painting with the face all red. «Gregory―!»

The boy stops only for a second, sensing your presence, then starts again without changing his expression. You lean over his shoulder and stare at the canvas, pursing the lips in a comical grimace and narrowing the eyes, not really knowing what to think. «You cheated. Admit it.»

Violet remains quiet and doesn’t immediately respond to your words, and when he does it is completely unexpected. «How quiet and shy you are when with other people… today you are talking a lot.»

«Don’t change the subject!»

While you take your chair and lift it elegantly to place it next to him, Gregory looks at you from under the hood of his cloak, a hint of a smile on his face and the brush still in his hand, ready to start again. The boy lights up a little as he stares at your hair, the way you fix a fold of your dress, your expression that wants to seem irritated but fails to hide all the other emotions. «I thought ours was a painting competition, not to see who can talk the most…»

«Yes, yes, at the beginning it was a fair painting competition… but you are painting me! It is… not… in the rules… it is obvious you did it to distract me and win!» You point your index finger at the canvas, occupied by the most perfect image of you that anyone has ever seen: as if your reflection had been trapped by the colors and the gaze of the young man, who in turn contemplates the work not yet finished and draws a deep breath as he leans forward to see where and what to retouch. «But we haven’t set any rules on the subject; so, nobody can blame me for having chosen to paint my promised wife. Also, our families will be really glad to see it.»

You blow like a bull, the hands on the hips and the expression so adorable Violet can’t look straight at you without slightly smiling and blushing, and you end up gently laughing, leaning to his ear. «So… you painted me to convince my family to let me marry you quicker?», you whisper, and then cover your mouth to not let him see how much you are giggling. And blushing.

Without words left, Gregory turns his gaze as far away as possible from you, then lowers his head and the voice becomes only a whisper. «So… it seems I have already won our competition. Now, we have to establish the proper reward for it―»

You don’t give him time. Forgetting your usual shyness, your fingers are faster than every possible thought and while a hand caresses Gregory’s chin, you bring your face closer to his and leave a light, quick kiss on the cheek, but strong enough to make him gasp, his eyes widening to the surprise. Violet gives you only a look, then covers his entire face with the hood and makes you giggle again, while your head spins with something similar to euphoria. «This is unfair, milady», he blows in an almost inaudible breath, «what a boldness.»

You smile, then it is your turn to move away the gaze and fix it on the sunset outside the room, touching your own cheek with a sweet smile and a dreaming expression on the face. «Do you like the reward…?», you manage to say, «or do I have to give you another kiss?»

He replies only with muffled sounds; so, keeping smiling, you return to look at him and take the brush from his hand. «Let’s finish this portrait», you whisper, ready to concentrate yourself on the canvas. You have to wait only for a second: the moment after, Violet’s fingers touch yours with hesitation, then with more conviction as soon as they find the spaces to intertwine with yours and trap you in a gentle grip. «You are annoying…», Gregory mutters from under his hood while leaning his head towards you, and you can’t help smiling. «Gregory Violet! You have known me since we were children and you are realizing it now? I feel outraged!»

He doesn’t answer, but you know that, under the protection of the clothes, his mouth is curling in a smile; and you leave another kiss on his forehead, making him protest. «Is this some sort of punishment?»

«My sweet boy… if it is, then I hope to punish you more and more», you murmur, caressing his fingers with yours and lingering on the sensations his touch is giving to you in this warm late afternoon, where love awaits and grows.

#gregory violet #black butler violet #black butler

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windermeresimblr · 2 months

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The Bachelor Beaumaris, 2.0

The next morning, there is a breakfast (of cookies), as Gregory waxes rhapsodic about mawwiage.

Gregory: I know you ladies are here for the right reasons...and I've got to trust the process...but gadzooks, do I want to get married, and fast.

Why's everyone in hunting gear? Why is there a...cowboy-themed bull-rider?

Background music: From a find to a check, from a check to a view / From a view to a kill in the morning.

Gregory, after some directional assistance, addresses the crowd.

Gregory: My future wife will need to keep up with me on a horse...and be a crack shot if we're invited to any hunts. So we're going "riding"! and then hunting!

(The Watcher would like to clarify that all proceeds from the hunt will be donated to the Dragon Valley food bank.)

Amalie's certainly showing off her assets. What is this, Flashdance?

Demelza: Tally-ho! Don't look at my hairrrrrrr!

Gabrielle is careening dangerously close to a fall.

I'd never seen someone do this before, and I thought she'd bought it for sure--but Isadora walked away with the "Conquered the Bull" moodlet! Impressive!

Mathilde is practicing her best orange-polishing wave. I think she has the wrong idea about Ferncombe Hall's place in the peerage.

Poor Marie-Claude is not having a good time, ladies. Please think about something other than sandwiches, cutlery (are you picking out the wedding silver???), and lifetime wants. [She got the Pwned by the Bull moodlet. Poor thing.]

Vivian, however, had the time of her life.

Nobody aside from Marie-Claude and Isadora got moodlets, so hopefully we'll get a better range of scores on the second part of the challenge, which I will play and post tomorrow.

I don't feel like it's fair to have winners and losers if only two Sims got a moodlet. It's like having a test and only two people actually put any answers in, and the others just handed in a blank paper. What kind of a curve is that?

#the bachelor beaumaris

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elizabethtudorstuff · 4 months

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HOLY GOD

LOOK WHAT I FOUND IN MY GOOGLE DOCS (tw religion)

IT'S CATHOLIC WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE

(starting from 30s-300s, progresses as we move on)

Jesus Christ, Christmas Day, Theodosius, Catholicism here to stay

Jerome’s bible, Council of Trent, and Leo is the pope

Rome is sacked, Temples attacked, Emperor, religion

Old testament, New Testament, Monasteries are a-go

Pope John, Pandecks, Belisarius, what’s next

Pope Gregory, makes a chant, freeing slaves (hooray)

Then the Pope sends Augustine, England he has to clean

Turn it Catholic, then get out, CATHOLICISM, goodbye

We didn’t start the fire

It was always burning since the world’s been turning

We didn’t start the fire

No, we didn’t light it but we tried to fight it

Boniface, Lindsifarne, Holy Roman Emperors

Missionaries, Assisi, Franciscan monks

Catherine of Siena, Antipope, Joan of Arc turned into smoke

Now she’s a martyr, makes me sick, Jan Hus is a heretic

Pope Pius, no slave trade, wanna go on a crusade? (no)

Michelangelo is painting on the walls

Martin Luther, indulgences, writes the 95 Theses

Nail ‘em down, hope it works, Schism in the Catholic Church!

We didn’t start the fire

It was always burning since the world’s been turning

We didn’t start the fire

No, we didn’t light it but we tried to fight it

King Henry VIII, shocks all the nation, tries to get a divorce, now excommunication

Head of the church, so he’ll search, for another wife

Seems that he’s through and- what’s his daughter doin’

Burning people, Catholic Church steeple, heretics galore

Our Lady of Guidance, England shows defiance

Papal bulls, prisoners, Church of Manila

Missionary, in China, Philip launched an Armada

1600, the Pope has a nice cup of coffee

Shimabara rebellion, diocese is Canadian

Requiem, anti-clericalism, Joseph Haydn composin’

Pope Pius VI, imprisoned, hey

What else do I have to say!

We didn’t start the fire

It was always burning since the world’s been turning

We didn’t start the fire

No, we didn’t light it but we tried to fight it

#catholicism #we didn't start the fire #history #henry viii #WHAT IS THIS #HIDDEN FIND!

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blemgoid · 10 months

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Did you know about Saint Goranas, the little-known Catholic Saint who was a gorilla?

Though he was born near the equator in the year 471 A.D., Goranas had a special gift for spreading the love of Christ. Blessed with unparalleled strength, Goranas often performed miracles that astounded onlookers, including the raising of a man from the dead and the transformation of a raging bull into a docile lamb.

Despite his large stature, a kind heart quickly made Goranas a beloved figure in the area. Crowds anxiously sought to witness his miracles, including an incredible feat where he suspended himself on a cross of vines for three days straight in prayer and meditation.

But it was his final act of faith that earned him sainthood. While on a mission to spread the gospel in a remote region of the Congo, Goranas refused to abandon a sickly orphan. Knowing he could ensure the child’s safety only by sacrificing his own life, he chose to take the boy into his arms and hurl himself from a steep cliff, shielding the young boy from an untimely death.

In appreciation of the gorilla’s selfless act of faith, Pope Gregory IX canonized him as a saint. Today, Saint Goranas is still remembered throughout the Catholic Church as a symbol of courage and Strength.

#christblr #christianity #catholicism #sainthood

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emblematicemblazer · 4 months

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World building and theories of Engage

Griss

Griss's name is derived from the Old French word for grey, ‘gris'. I believe that the botanical reference for his name is the pinot gris grape vine. The grape vine is an important symbol in many religions and mythologies, I shall start with the Bible where the grapes and grapevine can represent abundance, as well as the blood shed by Jesus Christ for our sins. The shedding of blood and the suffering of The Passion by Jesus Christ link suffering to bring a sacred passage. Griss endures pain and sheds blood in devotion to the Fell Dragon. The symbolism of the grapevine as abundance is echoed by the connection to fertility deities such as Hathor and Dionysus.

I believe that Dionysus’s thiasus represents many of Griss's qualities; lusty, devotional, excessive and intoxication. In Greek mythology, Dionysus fell In love/lust with a satyr named Ampelos and pursued him violently and lustfully. Ampelos died when he was tossed from a wild bull and fired to death. The blood of Ampelos was used to create the first grapevine.

Dionysus's thiasus included unsavoury individuals, depicted as inebriated revellers, such as maenads, satyrs, silenus and centaurs. Satyrs loved excess of wine, music, dancing and women and would often try to seduce it rape nymphs and mortals. Images of satyrs depict them pleasuring themselves or engaging in bestiality. The Silenus ruled over daimons and were associated with joyful drunkenness and drunken dances. The centaurs who followed Dionysus were as wild as untamed horses and were associated with rape and fighting. All of Dionysus's companions engaged in ribaldry.

The female followers of Dionysus were known as the maenads. They were often depicted in a state of ecstatic frenzy due to dancing and intoxication. In their ritualistic frenzy they would carry a thyrsus wrapped in ivy, vine leaves or both. The state Griss joined The Four Hounds is not dissimilar to the ecstatic frenzy and drunkenness of Dionysus's thiasus. In the B support conversation between Gregory and Mauvier we learn that Griss was ‘almost incapable of ordinary conversation. A complete pariah.’ Griss displays lusty behaviour when openly drools over pain, an example is in Chapter 20 - The Kingless Castle when Marni and Mauvier are punished for losing two rings and In the same chapter engages in ribaldry with Alear where he lustily dares the Dragon to ‘tear him limb from limb from limb.’

Upon his cloak are symbols of eyes. The symbol of eyes are associated with worshippers of The Fell Dragon. Visit Zelkov's page for more about the meaning of the eye.

The black and grey colours of his attire represent his name. A character called grey should be dressed in similar tones. Black is also a colour associated with darkness and villains. The spikes and belts are edgy features designed to create an intimidating look. They are also a nod to his sadistic nature. The fuschia flames also feature on Mauvier's attire and I believe they represent the Fell Dragon. In his early teachings, Buddha taught that there fires of the mind burn the mind and the world. These fires are raga (lust), dvesha (anger) and moha (delusion). There are also symbols of diamonds, In Buddhism the diamond is indestructible, clear, yet reflects every colour and symbolises the nature of the mind. His garments also depict the naga, particularly on his face and the front part of his skirt. Due to the shedding of their skin, nagas represent the cycle of birth, mortality, death, rebirth, mortality, death. Snakes also symbolise the Buddha and other powerful deities.

#fire emblem engage #fe engage #fe griss

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