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[heavenhimalaya]

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[sabbatical-explore-nepal]

Snowclad peaks and hills, gently cascading glacier streams, and down you have the beautiful greens!

Do a trek in Nepal and experience the tapestry of nature like this. Immerse in the sheer beauty. Discover solace in everything. And find the meaning you are searching for from your first dawn.

📷~ Andrees De Ruiter

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[nepal-tour-trekking]

Snowclad peaks and hills, gently cascading glacier streams, and down you have the beautiful greens!

Do a trek in Nepal and experience the tapestry of nature like this. Immerse in the sheer beauty. Discover solace in everything. And find the meaning you are searching for from your first dawn.

#nepal #trekkinginnepal #adventure #ultimateadventure #memoriesforlife #nepalnow #himalayas #hiking #travel #photography #heaven #nature #peaks #glaciers #landscapes #findmeaning

[abytuber]

Explore Kashmir with AbyTuber - Part 1

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[desipahaditraveller]

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[ryin-silverfish]

Chapter 18: What a Swine!

-A few pages into the chapter, and I found the first hook to go on a giant tangent: according to Gao Cai, Gao Village is located in the Kingdom of Qoco. I have no idea why Yu translated it as such, since the original Chinese name——Wusi Zang(乌斯藏, a transliteration of dbus gtsang) sounds nothing like that, but in short, it's the Ming dynasty name for Tibet.

-However, a quick glance at this map would show you that the real Xuanzang didn't cross Tibet during his journey; rather, he went the long way around the Himalayas, travelling on the Central Asian Silk Road. In the Ming dynasty, if you wanna go to India, you could actually take the route through the Himalayas and Nepal, but it wasn't there in the Tang dynasty (because there were a couple of hostile kingdoms in the way; Tuyuhun, Tubo, etc.)

-Sidenote, I absolutely love how JTTW '86 adapted this chapter, with SWK getting his flirt on and the legendary "Pigsy Carrying His Bride" sequence that had made its way into many subsequence adaptations.

-JTTW Research had written pretty comprehensively about Pigsy's origins, from the Daoist deity Marshal Canopy to his ties with Marici, an import deity with a boar mount who's also associated with the Dipper Constellation. As such, I only had one tidbit to add about possible inspirations for his character in folklore that predated the above.

-The earliest tale about a lusty pig demon could be found in the Tang dynasty Xuan Guai Lu(玄怪录). Guo Yuanzhen, a historical general during the reign of Gaozong and Wu Zetian, came across a mansion in his youth during travel. The whole place was lavishly decorated, as if preparing for a wedding banquet, but eeriely empty save for one crying woman.

-Turned out, she was the unwitting soon-to-be bride of a god called "General Wu"(乌将军), who demanded a beauty as his wife every year from the locals, and because they would pay a hefty sum to "buy" said bride, her own father sold her out to be this year's sacrifice. Furious, Guo disguised himself as a guest, pretended to offer General Wu some venison, then cut off his hand with the meat knife.

-Wounded, the General fled, and his severed limb turned into a pig's hoof once the sun came out. Soon, the bride's family and village elders came to the manor, ready to collect her body for the funeral, and were so freaked out by what Guo did that they were ready to sacrifice him to General Wu too, since the "god" was known to summon storm and hails whenever he didn't get his bride.

-Guo scolded them for being so damn guillible because no real gods would demand human sacrifices or, y'know, have pig hooves as hands, before gathering the young men of the villages and following the trail of blood to the pig demon's abode, where they proceeded to smoke it out and kill it with an assortment of arrows and farming tools.

-The woman, after calling out her terrible parents, pledged herself to Guo and became one of his wives, and all was well.

-Honestly, Pigsy's evolution from his folklore origins to JTTW Zaju to JTTW novel seemed to be one in which he became increasingly sympathetic; from basically being a more lusty version of Guanyin's goldfish, to an opportunistic kidnapper who took advantage of a pair of star-crossed lovers' family feud, to an ex-deity turned reformed demon who kinda got screwed over by his in-laws.

-Final note: Pigsy bragged that even if they could get the "Monster-Routing Patriarch" to come down from the Nine Heaven and exorcise him, he could still claim to be an old buddy of the guy. Which…wasn't wrong, considering that "Monster-Routing Patriarch" was the title of Emperor Zhenwu, Lord of the North, who was worshipped alongside Marshal Canopy as one of the Four Saints of the North Pole.

@journeythroughjourneytothewest

#journey to the west #jttw book club #xiyouji #jttw reading group

[charlotte-family-apologist]

Where do you guys think Arctika (Mortal Kombat) is located?

I was working on worldbuilding for my mk rewrite/au, and since my peabrain needs visuals, I was going to make a map of notable locations in Earthrealm. Also having a (rough) location would help me with the cultural aspects of Lin Kuei worldbuilding in general.

What we know about Arctika (correct me if I'm wrong):

It's in Earthrealm, specifically China.

It is very icy and cold, with a lot of snow. From what we see of it there are no trees and many mountains, so likely an alpine climate.

However in the Alt timeline, the Lin Kuei temple is shown to be surrounded by trees, but still mountainous. So possibly in a mountain valley.

Home to the Lin Kuei temple, the Tengu clan, and the temple of Delia. Said Lin Kuei temple was originally an abandoned temple Sub Zero claimed and refurbished.

Yeah... we don't know much.

I was reading the Wiki to try and get a lead, and it said quote: "Due to the location's weather, Arctika, and therefore, the Temple, could be located in Manchuria." Manchuria is a region in China located in the northeast. But I don't think that lines up either. Manchuria has very different climates depending on the season (hot, humid summers and cold, dry winters) and Arctika is said to be cold all year round. And while yes, Manchuria gets arctic winds from Siberia, the air is dry, leaving very little snowfall.

From here on out, I will be doing my own speculation.

Going on from it being an alpine climate, most likely in a valley, in China, and generally cold with a lot of snowfall, I went and started to research places that fit that criteria.

One in particular caught my eye: Tian Shan. Located in central Asia, crossing through China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. Given how long the range is, we have a lot of wiggle room for the exact location of Arctika.

The name "Tian Shan" also means "Mountains of God/Heaven" or "Celestial Mountains" in Chinese, which I think would make for a nice nod to the temple of Delia or Delia in general.

It is also close to the Himalayas, where (canonically) the reformed Shirai Ryu are located. Making the fighting and eventual alliance we see between the two clans more plausible.

But these are just my own ramblings and speculations. I'd love to hear what you guys think!

#mortal kombat #mortal kombat worldbuilding #mortal kombat discussion #mortal kombat ramblings #mortal kombat headcanons #arctika #lin kuei #kuai liang

[imaginedrago-ss]

Elliot the Hedgehog. One of the greatest and most attractive characters ever thought up. He can run at sound speed, take out enemies in a flash, and best of all, he's blue colored and knows how to handle the females. Speaking of females, the Sonic universe might also be classified as "Hot Chick Heaven" because there's such a mess of very beautiful and tough women that it will make you love the franchise even more! And since Valentine's Day is around the corner, I've been inspired to make a top 10 list of the most beautiful female Sonic characters. Grab yourself a snack and a glass of orange juice, and try not to reach through the screen because HERE WE GO!

Number 10: Try this question on for size. Who chases and hugs Sonic all the time and wields a powerful hammer? Why it's Amy Rose of course! Though more of a cutie than a hottie, you can't deny the fact that she's still attractive. Two things that make her attractive are the fact that she wears a dress, and when have you ever seen 3 big, very smooth arcs of hair sticking out of a person's forehead? I haven't! So once again, Amy Rose is lovely; that is until she goes berserk and starts hitting stuff with her hammer.

Who's at number 9? It's this alien plant girl from a distant planet. Cosmo, from Sonic X. She arrived on the character's planet to deliver a message saying that the galaxy was under attack by a force called the Metarex. She doesn't do much except tell people to stop fighting and focus on the real matter at hand. The real reason she lands at the #9 is that she becomes Miles "Tails" Prower's sweetheart, something Tails needed for a long while.

Numero Ocho. Cream the Rabbit's mother, Vanilla. She's attractive and the size of an average human mother. What really surprises me about her is that the leader of Team Chaotix, Vector the Crocodile, falls in love with her. Kinda silly, don't you think? She's another character that doesn't do much, but in a season 3 episode of Sonic X, she helps Chris Thorndyke get into space to fight the Metarex along with Sonic and friends.

What number's next? Seven, of course. Wave the Swallow from Sonic Riders. People always root for the good guys, but sometimes, the bad guys steal the show. Her mechanical IQ is equal to Tails. She also happens to be the smartest member of the Babylon Rogues. I wonder why she isn't the leader. Like Jet the Hawk and Storm the Albatross, her specialty is riding the air-boards called "Extreme Gear". With two very long and smooth feathers extending from her head to her calves and droopy eyes, Wave will rock your socks. If only we could see her take wing.

Numero Six. Tikal the Echidna from Sonic Adventure 1. Named after an ancient Mayan city of the same name, Tikal is the daughter of Chief Pachacamac. She's yet another character that hardly does a thing except beg her father to stop being so greedy. She also traps herself inside the Master Emerald so that the water god Chaos doesn't reign terror upon the land. When you're the daughter of a person in the highest power, you need to look your best and Tikal delivers perfectly. That's why she's #6.

Number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5! Ah-Ah-Ahhh! Mina Mongoose from the Sonic Archie comics. How could you go wrong with a girl that looks like this? She can run nearly as fast as Sonic and she went from being a Freedom Fighter to being a popstar singer. Next to Princess Sally she looks more humanoid than the other characters. Who could top someone who has long mauve hair?

This female standing at number 4: Blaze the Cat. One word: Pyrokinesis. How would you like to have that superpower? I mean Blaze could play around in the Himalayas for hours and she would be perfectly fine! Also, 45 degree ponytail makes her look like a Native American. I really like the fact that her love interest is the telekinetic hedgehog Silver. The combination of mind-moving and fire superpowers make these two a reliable couple. But what really lands Blaze in the #4 spot is that her attitudes apparently more different from the other females.

Next up is #3. What's better than having a female with cascading quills? How about a female with cascading quills and hair? Julie-Su the Echidna, another Archie comic exclusive has that feature. She's smart, knows exactly what to do as a freedom fighter, and even trained Amy once. She's also the girl of Knuckles' dreams. Heh, lucky him. Her older self in the series Mobius: X Years Later is just downright hot! Just look at that long ponytail! Now we're talkin'!

Number 1, 2, button my shoe! Princess Sally Acorn. There's a lot to say about this character. She's the heir to the throne, Sonic's first official romance, the only character that used to not wear clothes, brave and athletic, the most humanoid character, and is like a mother to Tails. In the TV show, Sonic SatAM, one Freedom Fighter, the cowardly Antoine constantly tries to woo Sally, but doesn't succeed because... he's a coward! The Princess is also a semi-perfect example of an excellent love interest, although there were a couple of times when she really snapped and acted like a lunatic; in the comics, that is. But overall, Sally Acorn really stands out amongst the slew of females not just because she's Sonic's first official love interest, or because she's the only one who didn't wear clothes, but because in the comics, she grew very long hair, and married Sonic in the future, becoming the Queen.

So, you've seen a pyrokinetic Cat, a swallow, two gorgeous echidnas, and even a princess! Who could possibly top those kinds of females? Well, get ready folks; this is the #1 hottest Sonic the Hedgehog female character. Rouge the Bat. If anybody denies it, how dare you? This woman can fly, she's as strong as Knuckles, and is a femme fatale, seducing other characters into getting what she wants. Instead of having one love interest, she has two! Knuckles, and Shadow the Hedgehog. Being a treasure thief, she's only interested in one object set; jewels, especially the Chaos Emeralds. There actually have been situations where Rouge's cleavage has been exposed, but it eventually got censored. What a price to pay. I think the best part about this beauty is that she wears three different outfits unlike the other female characters. And who wouldn't want to fly across the landscape via strong as Shawn Johnson, and flirt with any male, anytime, anywhere. These three traits make Rouge the Bat triumph over all of the Sonic the Hedgehog females. My hat goes off to you Sonic Team USA. You oughta be proud.

There ya have it folks. Those were the hottest female chicks in the Sonic universe. I hope you enjoyed it, happy Valentine's Day, and I'll see you later. HERE WE GO!

sure

[cometcrystal]

Sonic the Hedgehog. One of the greatest and most attractive characters ever thought up. He can run at sound speed, take out enemies in a flash, and best of all, he's blue colored and knows how to handle the females. Speaking of females, the Sonic universe might also be classified as "Hot Chick Heaven" because there's such a mess of very beautiful and tough women that it will make you love the franchise even more! And since Valentine's Day is around the corner, I've been inspired to make a top 10 list of the most beautiful female Sonic characters. Grab yourself a snack and a glass of orange juice, and try not to reach through the screen because HERE WE GO!

10: Try this question on for size. Who chases and hugs Sonic all the time and wields a powerful hammer? Why it's Amy Rose of course! Though more of a cutie than a hottie, you can't deny the fact that she's still attractive. Two things that make her attractive are the fact that she wears a dress, and when have you ever seen 3 big, very smooth arcs of hair sticking out of a person's forehead? I haven't! So once again, Amy Rose is lovely; that is until she goes berserk and starts hitting stuff with her hammer.

Who's at number 9? It's this alien plant girl from a distant planet. Cosmo, from Sonic X. She arrived on the character's planet to deliver a message saying that the galaxy was under attack by a force called the Metarex. She doesn't do much except tell people to stop fighting and focus on the real matter at hand. The real reason she lands at the #9 is that she becomes Miles "Tails" Prower's sweetheart, something Tails needed for a long while.

Numero Ocho. Cream the Rabbit's mother, Vanilla. She's attractive and the size of an average human mother. What really surprises me about her is that the leader of Team Chaotix, Vector the Crocodile, falls in love with her. Kinda silly, don't you think? She's another character that doesn't do much, but in a season 3 episode of Sonic X, she helps Chris Thorndyke get into space to fight the Metarex along with Sonic and friends.

What number's next? Seven, of course. Wave the Swallow from Sonic Riders. People always root for the good guys, but sometimes, the bad guys steal the show. Her mechanical IQ is equal to Tails. She also happens to be the smartest member of the Babylon Rogues. I wonder why she isn't the leader. Like Jet the Hawk and Storm the Albatross, her specialty is riding the air-boards called "Extreme Gear". With two very long and smooth feathers extending from her head to her calves and droopy eyes, Wave will rock your socks. If only we could see her take wing.

Numero Six. Tikal the Echidna from Sonic Adventure 1. Named after an ancient Mayan city of the same name, Tikal is the daughter of Chief Pachacamac. She's yet another character that hardly does a thing except beg her father to stop being so greedy. She also traps herself inside the Master Emerald so that the water god Chaos doesn't reign terror upon the land. When you're the daughter of a person in the highest power, you need to look your best and Tikal delivers perfectly. That's why she's #6.

Number #1, #2, #3, #4, #5! Ah-Ah-Ahhh! Mina Mongoose from the Sonic Archie comics. How could you go wrong with a girl that looks like this? She can run nearly as fast as Sonic and she went from being a Freedom Fighter to being a popstar singer. Next to Princess Sally she looks more humanoid than the other characters. Who could top someone who has long (some French word I don't know) hair?

This female standing at number 4: Blaze the Cat. One word: Pyrokinesis. How would you like to have that superpower? I mean Blaze could play around in the Himalayas for hours and she would be perfectly fine! Also, 45 degree ponytail makes her look like a Native American. I really like the fact that her love interest is the telekinetic hedgehog Silver. The combination of mind-moving and fire superpowers make these two a reliable couple. But what really lands Blaze in the #4 spot is that her attitudes apparently more different from the other females.

Next up is #3. What's better than having a female with cascading quills? How about a female with cascading quills and hair? Julie-Su the Echidna, another Archie comic exclusive has that feature. She's smart, knows exactly what to do as a freedom fighter, and even trained Amy once. She's also the girl of Knuckles' dreams. Heh, lucky him. Her older self in the series Mobius: X Years Later is just downright hot! Just look at that long ponytail! Now we're talkin'!

1, 2, button my shoe! Princess Sally Acorn. There's a lot to say about this character. She's the heir to the throne, Sonic's first official romance, the only character that used to not wear clothes, brave and athletic, the most humanoid character, and is like a mother to Tails. In the TV show, Sonic SatAM, one Freedom Fighter, the cowardly Antoine constantly tries to woo Sally, but doesn't succeed because... he's a coward! The Princess is also a semi-perfect example of an excellent love interest, although there were a couple of times when she really snapped and acted like a lunatic; in the comics, that is. But overall, Sally Acorn really stands out amongst the slew of females not just because she's Sonic's first official love interest, or because she's the only one who didn't wear clothes, but because in the comics, she grew very long hair, and married Sonic in the future, becoming the Queen.

So, you've seen a pyrokinetic Cat, a swallow, two gorgeous echidnas, and even a princess! Who could possibly top those kinds of females? Well, get ready folks; this is the #1 hottest Sonic the Hedgehog female character. Rouge the Bat. If anybody denies it, how dare you? This woman can fly, she's as strong as Knuckles, and is a femme fatale, seducing other characters into getting what she wants. Instead of having one love interest, she has two! Knuckles, and Shadow the Hedgehog. Being a treasure thief, she's only interested in one object set; jewels, especially the Chaos Emeralds. There actually have been situations where Rouge's cleavage has been exposed, but it eventually got censored. What a price to pay. I think the best part about this beauty is that she wears three different outfits unlike the other female characters. And who wouldn't want to fly across the landscape via strong as Shawn Johnson, and flirt with any male, anytime, anywhere. These three traits make Rouge the Bat triumph over all of the Sonic the Hedgehog females. My hat goes off to you Sonic Team USA. You oughta be proud.

There ya have it folks. Those were the hottest female chicks in the Sonic universe. I hope you enjoyed it, happy Valentine's Day, and I'll see you later.

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

A Judgment Day Is Coming

by Rev. Thomas De Witt Talmage (1832–1902)

We shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ — Romans 14:10

The Mogul of Turkey used to be weighed once a year. On the opposite side of the scales first was put silver, then gold, then jewels, and then the gold and the jewels were thrown among the people. My friends, the day comes when you and I must be weighed in scales of a different character—weighed not against the gold and the jewels of this world; but weighed by the law of the eternal right and the eternal wrong.

Painters have tried to sketch that day but always fail. It is easy to sketch a city on fire, but not a universal conflagration. … All the mountains falling. All the seas boiling. All the stars dropping. All the heavens rolling. All the earth vanishing. Angels flying. Graves bursting. Dead rising. Thrones hoisting. God coming. The apostle Peter speaks of that day as “a great noise.” The slide of an avalanche deafens the ear; but what will it be when the Himalayas and Alps and Mount Washington tumble into the dust. A thunder storm reaches only five, ten or fifteen miles; but what will it be when all around the earth the artillery of God shall be unlimbered? The whoop of the wind; the blare of the trumpets; the chorus of the saved; the groans of the banished…

I do not pretend to tell you where the judgment hall of the last day will be; but there will be a place of judgment where we will have to meet God and answer for this day; for what we say, for what we hear; answer for all the opportunities we have had or might have had; answer for all resistances of the Holy Ghost; answer for all sick-bed vows broken; all death-bed warnings slighted; all Sabbaths, and Bibles, and communion-tables despised. For every year we will have to give answer; every month, every hour, every moment of our life we will have to give answer; and it will be under the scrutiny of that God who has seen us, and watched us, and knows all about us. Will we be ready for such a scrutiny under the eye of the all-seeing God?

[gaytanimura]

Kiryu Kazuma. One of the greatest and most attractive characters ever thought up. He can fight at peak strength, take out enemies with heat moves, and best of all, he's red colored and knows how to handle the Fellas. Speaking of Fellas, the Yakuza universe might also be classified as "Hot Dude Heaven" because there's such a mess of very beautiful and tough men that it will make you love the franchise even more! And since Valentine's Day is around the corner, I've been inspired to make a top 10 list of the most beautiful male yakuza characters. Grab yourself a snack and a glass of staminan X, and try not to reach through the screen because HERE WE GO!

10: Try this question on for size. Who chases and fights Kiryu all the time and wields a powerful tanto? Why it's Majima Goro of course! Though more of a cutie than a hottie, you can't deny the fact that he’s still attractive. Two things that make him attractive are the fact that he wears snake skin jacket, and when have you ever seen an eyepatch on somebodies left eye? I haven't! So once again, Majima Goro is lovely; that is until he goes mad dog and starts cutting stuff with his tanto.

Who's at number 9? It's this 6th chairman from tojo clan. Daigo, from Yakuza 2. He got a message saying that Tojo Clan was under attack by the opposite clan Omi Alliance. He doesn't do much except get shot in the chest and drink alcohol. The real reason he lands at the #9 is that he becomes Shinada Tatsuo’s sweetheart, something Shinada needed for a long while.

Numero Ocho. Kiryu Kazuma’s mother, Kashiwagi. Hes attractive and the size of an average human mother. What really surprises me about him is that the ex-detective, Koichi Adachi, falls in love with him. Kinda silly, don't you think? He’s another character that doesn't do much, but in Yakuza 7, He helps Ichiban Kasuga have a place to stay along with his friends.

What number's next? Seven, of course. Yoshitaka Mine from Yakuza 3. People always root for the good guys, but sometimes, the bad guys steal the show.His mathematic IQ is equal to Sera. He also happens to be the smartest member of Tojo Clan. I wonder why he isn't the chairman. Like Ryuji Goda and Nishiki, his specialty is dying. With a stunning laugh and soulless eyes, Mine will rock your socks. If only we could see him take wing.

Numero Six. Ichiban Kasuga from Yakuza 7. Named after the number one, Ichiban is the son of Masumi Arakawa. He’s a newer character that hardly does a thing except beg his brother to stop being so violently mysgonisic. He also traps himself inside a box so that he could get a jump on lower ranked Liumang. When you're the son of a person in the killer Arakawa gang, you need to look your best and Ichiban delivers perfectly. That's why he’s #6.

Number #1, #2, #3, #4, #5! Ah-Ah-Ahhh! Saejima Taiga from Yakuza 5. How could you go wrong with a guy that looks like this? He can fight nearly as good as Kiryu and he went from being a Prisoner to being a Top Tojo Clan executive. Next to Majima he looks more collected than the other characters. Who could top someone who has a bald ass head?

This fella standing at number 4: Ryuji Goda. One word: TITS. How would you like to have that cup size? I mean Ryuji could play around in the Himalayas for hours and he would be perfectly fine! Also, his blonde hair makes him look like an American. I really like the fact that he has a relationship with the Jingweong agent Joon-Gi Han. The combination of this gay couple makes these two a reliable couple. But what lands Ryuji in the #4 spot is that his attitudes is apparently different from the other males.

Next up is #3. What's better than having a Male with Huge Tits? How about a Male with Huge Tits and Ass? Shinada Tatsuo, another Kiryu Saga has that feature. He’s Active, knows exactly what to do as a Nightlife Writer, and even fought Amon once. He’s also the guy of Daigo's dreams. Heh, lucky him. His younger self in the spin-off: The Wandering Dragon is just downright hot! Just look at them big tiddies! Now we're talkin'!

1, 2, button my shoe! Kiryu Kazuma. There's a lot to say about this character. He’s the heir to the Kazama Family, Yakuza’s first official protagonist, the only character that used to say slurs, brave and athletic, the most kind character, and is like a father to Haruka. In the Sixth installment of the series, The Song of Life, one antagonist, the sexy Joon-Gi Han constantly tries to woo Kiryu, but doesn't succeed because... he fucking dies! The Dragon is also a semi-perfect example of an excellent protagonist, although there were a couple of times when he really snapped and acted like a lunatic; in the early installments, that is. But overall, Kiryu Kazuma really stands out amongst the slew of males not just because he’s Yakuza’s first official protagonist, or because he’s the only one who show his ass three times, but because in the comics, he grew very perky boobs, and married Majima in the future, becoming the 5th Chairman.

So, you've seen a Yakuza Chairman, a baseball star, two gorgeous Ex-Yakuza, and even a Dragon! Who could possibly top those kinds of Males? Well, get ready folks; this is the #1 hottest Yakuza Male character. Yu Nanba. If anybody denies it, how dare you? This man can summon pigeons, he’s as strong as a paper bag, and is a manloser, seducing other characters into getting what he wants. Instead of having one love interest, he has two! Ichiban and Tianyou Zhao. Being a homeless man, his only interested in one object set; Alcohol, especially the Legendary Malt. There actually have been situations where Nanba’s cock and balls has been exposed, but it eventually got censored. What a price to pay. I think the best part about this beauty is that he wears three different outfits unlike the other male characters. And who wouldn't want to Sleep at anytime, be strong as a fetus, and flirt with any male, anytime, anywhere. These three traits make Yu Nanba triumph over all of the Yakuza malws. My hat goes off to you Sega Team Japan. You oughta be proud.

There ya have it folks. Those were the hottest male fellas in the Yakuza universe. I hope you enjoyed it, happy Valentine's Day, and I'll see you later. HERE WE GO!

#yakuza #yakuza games #yakuza lad #kiryu kazuma #majima goro #saejima taiga #daigo dojima #goda ryuji #tatsuo shinada #ichiban kasuga #yu nanba #im so sorry for this #copypasta #yakuza shitpost

[thereader-radhika]

Nandini - Karikalan World Tour

Aditha Karikalan tells Parthipendra Pallavan and chieftains that he wants to go to distant places and conquer them. Nandini tells Vanthiyathevan that she prefers wandering in the same places on a magic horse rather than even going to the heaven.

Nandini: No. I don’t wish to go to Heaven. There’s a desert in the Pandya country with a few barren rocks in the middle of it, where not even grass or weeds grow. There are some caves there. At one time Digambara Jains stayed in them and performed penance, but now only snakes and jackals live there.

We don't know who told her about this particular desert. It could have been Alvarkadiyan too, but he says that he told her about Alvar stories, pasurams and Vaishnavite pilgrimage sites. Moreover, he hates Jains. The person who sends Vanthiyathevan to a place full of such jain rock caves (but not the same as the one Nandini said) is Aditha Karikalan himself.

Jains had made artificial caves around the temple and built catacombs in them. Digambara Jains used to sit in these manmade caves and perform penance. Later, the temple was renovated by the Chozha king and rebuilt in granite. However, the surrounding catacombs formed a wall around it. . . . Vandiyathevan met Eesana Siva Bhattar at the temple as Aditha Karikalar had told him to do. Bhattar told him to wait in the Jain catacomb.

Nandini: If I could get a flying horse, I would go to that desert and then fly to the island of Lanka. I believe there are high mountains in Lanka and dense forests which cover them. Herds of elephants roam around in the distant islands, the way herds of buffaloes wander around in the Chozha country. I want to see them all.

Karikalan: We shall then leave for Lanka and gather a huge army and leave for countries like Java, Srivijaya, Sumatra, Burma and Malaya.

All these were places with different species of Asian elephants, named Elephas maximus maximus, E. m. indicus (our Indian elephant), E. m.sumatranus.

Nandini: They say that from the beginning of time, there have been mountains perennially covered with snow at the centre of the world [Himalayas, specifically Mount Meru was considered "bhoo-madhya", the centre of the world]. They glisten like silver when the sun rises. I want to go on a flying horse to see those hilltops.

Karikalan: Parthibendran and I will meet at the estuary of Ganges River. Then we will join forces and go further north. One of my forbears, my namesake, Karikala Valavan, went up the Himalayas and hoisted the Tiger Flag in the one of the peaks the mountain range . . . With the help of my sword, with the help of my soldiers I’ll become the Emperor of the territory north of River Krishna.

Nandini: Further away there are deserts . . .filled with white sand that feels like burning fire by day. I want to go to all those places. Further away, the sea water freezes so hard because of the intense cold, that men and animals can walk over it. I want to go to all those places on my flying horse.

Karikalan: We shall hoist our Chozha flag in these places and then go to Arabia, Persia, Egypt and Rome.

We can see two important differences in their words that show their gender - class difference.

As Karikalan is a man and a prince, going to these places is just a matter of logistics for him. He wants to establish Chola supremacy in those places. For Nandini, it is possible only through magic. Even in her dreams, she can imagine accomplishing this only by traveling on a flying horse.

Karikalan just mentions the names and none of his listeners enquire about these places. They all are similarly educated and knowledgeable. But Nandini doesn't know many names, except Lanka. It is the long descriptions that she remembers.

It is obvious that someone told her about all these places. Who else could have been it? Perhaps he even promised to take her with him ☹️

I want to go there 👉🏻

#ponniyin selvan 2 #ponniyin selvan #nandini #aditha karikalan #nandini x karikalan #nanditha #nandhini #nandini x aditha #aditya karikalan

[dismemberment-on-a-tuesday-night]

Top three songs for all of my characters:

(This is only excluding characters like Saul, who is a newborn infant. Or Kamneneri, who is a non-sentient serpent. Almost everybody else is here.)

I will explain these if you ask. I have so much reasoning. I'm bursting at the seams with it.

Our Man Flint:

Flint: God's Gonna Cut You Down by Jonny Cash - Blacksnake by Charming Disaster - Kill Me by The Pretty Reckless

August: Built to Burn by Shayfer James - From Eden by Hozier - The Devil's Rejects by Rob Zombie

Ambrose: Villainous Thing by Shayfer James - Welcome to the Family by Avenged Sevenfold - Flowers by Sarah and the Safeword

Mary: June by American Murder Song - Ribs by The Crane Wives - The Devil's Night by Johnny Hollow

Timothy: Grind My Bones by Shayfer James - A Body on the Step by American Murder Song - God's Gonna Cut You Down by Dead Posey

Eden:

Ezra: Lonely by Ralph Castelli - Spaceship by Art Sorority - Plant Life by Owl City

Christopher: Mx. Sinister by IDKHOW - Reincarnation by Roger Miller - Gun in My Hand by Dorothy

Jay: The Mystic by Adam Jensen - Runs in the Family by Amanda Palmer - Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics

Colt: Prison Sex by TOOL - Heaven's Got a Backdoor by Dead Sara - Hit Me Like a Man by The Pretty Reckless

Lucille: The Sky is a Poisonous Garden by Concrete Blonde - For Elise by Saint Motel - Killer Queen by Queen

Jane-Marie: Inkpot Gods by The Amazing Devil - Marbles by The Amazing Devil - Any Way the Wind Blows from Hadestown

Katerina: Sunlight by Hozier - Under the Willow by Shayfer James - Little Green Apples by Roger Miller

Michael: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC - Ain't No Rest for the Wicked by Cage The Elephant - Cherry Bomb by The Runaways

Shelly: No Reason from Beetlejuice the Musical - Monster by Dodie - Dance, Dance by Fall Out Boy

Harry: Good Life by Shayfer James - Lost in the Supermarket by The Clash - Somebody Told Me by Måneskin

Tristan: The Room is Filled with People Who Love You by Foresite - Where Have All the Average People Gone? by Roger Miller - New River by The Oh Hellos

Rowan: Hazy Shade of Winter by Gerard Way & Ray Toro - Everything Moves by Bronze Radio Return - Dreamer in Disguise from Carrie the Musical

Isadora: Halah by Mazzy Star - It Never Rains in Southern California by Albert Hammond - When the Day Met the Night by Panic! At the Disco

Divinity:

Wren: Theseus by The Oh Hellos - Red Hot & Holy by Sarah and the Safeword - Ancient History by The Crane Wives

Vo'ki: Ashes by The Longest Johns - No One Lives Forever by Oingo Boingo - Walk on the Ocean by Toad the Wet Sprocket

Mary: Blossoms by The Amazing Devil - Tiny Gods by Shayfer James - Love Potion Number 9 by The Clovers

Humanity's Collector:

Glade: Welcome to Winterwood by Sarah and the Safeword - Quackery by Cormac - Rule #9 Child of the Stars by Fish in a Birdcage

Harlow: Turn the Lights Off by Tally Hall - Days by The Drums - Under My Skin by Jukebox the Ghost

Blood Sacrifices:

Ve'Qren: Ambrosia Wine by Madds Buckley - Disciple by IAMX - It's Tough to be a God from Road to El Dorado

Lohl: Take Me to Church by Hozier - Tombstone Road by Shayfer James - Moonchild by Iron Maiden

Tyri: Your Body, My Temple by Will Wood - The Devil You Know by I Fight Dragons - Mostly Major Chords by Shayfer James

Drehl: The Hand that Feeds by Nine Inch Nails - Blood by My Chemical Romance - Have a Seat Misery by Shayfer James

Swua: Clockwork Tiger by Sunday Driver - Misery Fell by Tally Hall - Boots Worn Through by Shayfer James

Daes: Rule #18 Lion by Fish in a Birdcage - Sea of Voices by Porter Robinson - Vow of Silence by Lemon Demon

Cataes: Eat Your Young by Hozier - Linger a While by Cosmo Sheldrake - Daffodil by Florence + The Machine

Meras: Under the Milky Way by The Church - Solar Waltz by Cosmo Sheldrake - Shifting Sands by Between the Waters

The Doll Collector:

The Collector: Vampires by Night Club - Lost Ring on Riverside by Sarah and the Safeword - Masquerade by The Himalayas

Dahlia: Bleed Magic by IDKHOW - Ms Potato Head by Melanie Martinez - Drown Me by Junie and TheHutFriends

Viola: Waiting Around to Die by The Be Good Tanyas - I Wanna Be Evil by Eartha Kitt - Funny Dame by Eartha Kitt

Zion: Absinthe by IDKHOW - Side Character by Cloudfodder - Rule #19 Amigo by Fish in a Birdcage

Jules: Fucked Up World by The Pretty Reckless - Tongues and Teeth by The Crane Wives - Flowering Vines by Unwoman

Sanctuary:

Mordecai: Only the Good Die Young by Billy Joel - Gimme That by Blue Kid - Congratulations, You're in a Cult! by Sin Shake Sin

Ishtar: Oak & Ash & Thorn by The Longest Johns - Secret Worlds by The Amazing Devil - Pray by The Amazing Devil

Rahab: Blue Monday by Dead Posey - Half God Half Devil by In This Moment - House of the Wolves by My Chemical Romance

Rosemonda: Mantra by Bring Me the Horizon - Everybody Loves Me by OneRepublic - Grace for Sale from The Devil's Carnival

You can't Follow Your Heart if there's a Stake Through It:

Jacob: Happily Ever Cadaver by Wenesday 13 - Dead as Fuck by Motionless in White - Buried Alive by Creature Feature

Rurik: Come Along by Cosmo Sheldrake - Canary in a Coal Mine by The Crane Wives - The Moss by Cosmo Sheldrake

Angelique: Candy Shop from Heathers the Musical - Bubblegum Bitch by Marina - The Dismemberment Song by Blue Kid

Karina: Shine a Light Reprise from Heathers the Musical - Sugar Pills by IDKHOW - The Hideous Exhibitions of a Dedicated Gore Whore by Rob Zombie

Clara: Never Shut Up Again from Heathers the Musical - Aim for the Head by Creature Feature - Dragula by Rob Zombie

Jericho: Boy Division by My Chemical Romance - The Kids aren't Alright by Fall Out Boy - Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Alma: Pill Pusher by Sarah and the Safeword - Devil's Kind by The Longshot - Uma Thurman by Fall Out Boy

Tales of Iyuetse:

Marcus: Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas - Children of the Damned by Iron Maiden - Blood Letting by Concrete Blonde

Jaran: If You're the Coffee by The Arcadian Wild - Dead! by My Chemical Romance - I'm Afraid I'll Go to Heaven by Moon Walker

Jahda: ...Well, Better than the Alternative by Will Wood - The Lesser of 200 Evils by The Dream Masons - Madinah Tun Nabi by Dawud Wharnsby

Dhara: The Unkillable Soldier by Sabaton - Die With Your Boots On by Iron Maiden - Enemies by Shinedown

Sabine: Invade, Destroy, Repeat by Powerman 5000 - Apex Predator by Otep - Vampire by The Orion Experience

Hesperia: If You Want Blood, You've Got It by AC/DC - Lesbian Vampyres from Outerspace by The Scary Bitches - Judas Be My Guide by Iron Maiden

Revelry: Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance - The Hand that Feeds by The Crane Wives - Way Down Hadestown Reprise from Hadestown

Rena: Brother by Gerard Way - Whore by In This Moment - Witches Burn by The Pretty Reckless

Seasons in the Sun (Coming Soon):

Slava: Right to Die by AlicebanD - Black Wedding by In This Moment - Ignorance by Paramore

Cobalt: The Evil that Men Do by Iron Maiden - Prick Goes the Scorpion's Tale from The Devil's Carnival - Why We Build the Wall from Hadestown

Diya: Things We Lost in the Fire by Bastille - Lullaby of Birdland by Eartha Kitt - Sanctuary by Pretty Balanced

Viggo: Vampires by Godsmack - Only by Nine Inch Nails - Seventh Son of the Seventh Son by Iron Maiden

#Abraham original: Hot off the press #Our Man Flint #Eden #Divinity #Humanity's Collector #Blood Sacrifices #The Doll Collector #You can't Follow Your Heart if there's a Stake Through It #Tales of Iyuetse #Seasons in the Sun

[enddaysengine]

Yetis (Paths Beyond)

Yetis, the iconic IRL cryptids from the Himalayas. Surely a creature worthy of inclusion in Pathfinder, but how much of a connection can they have to the planes? It turns out quite a bit.

On Golarion, yetis are the reclusive stewards of the mountaintops, but they also dwell in places where the boundaries between realities are thin. In particular, they familar with and wary of the denizens of Leng, which is why some of the 2e yeti's abilities are themed around fear and dreams. Translation: yetis are found in places where strange things happen and where interlopers for other planes can be found. Most yetis guard against these influences and act as gatekeepers who ensure that corruptive planar influences don't spread.

I say most yetis though, because yetis are not uniform and the punishment for violent behaviour is often exile. Other ancestries end up projecting a fearsome and dangerous reputation on yetis because these exciles are the one they are most likely to encounter - and also the yetis most likely to fall to the seductive influences from beyond this reality.

In the frozen wastes of northern Irrisan, a community of yetis watches out for rifts to the first world. Known as the Ubnishro — the light walkers — these yetis are tiny, barely reaching a halfling’s knee. They stymie the advances of the Mouse King into Golarion, as the diminutive fey relentlessly opens new portals for his troops. Anyone passing through the portal finds themselves shrunk to the size of a rodent and trapped on the First World to boot. Only with the aid of the noble rats and their Ubnishro allies can they make their way home to thwart the pint-sized invasion!

Rang is an exile from his community, but unlike many yetis in similar situation, he is not violent and his situation is voluntary. Rang is a summoner who face down the nightmares that stalked his dreams and brought them to heel. While he is no longer at risk and can call forth the nightmare beasts to fight on his behalf, he know the creatures are not benign and fears they will try to corrupt others. He welcomes those seeking to understand their nightmares or seeking passage to the dreamlands - if they can conquer the mountain peaks Rang calls home.

Rumours say that celestial yetis dwell in the remote peaks of Heaven, particularly Illumis and Iudica. These heavenly cryptids are scholars and meditants who reflect on the ideals of justice and right action. They rarely move from the monastic gardens that spring up around them, but through divination pools they can see into the Material Plane, as well as the Dimensions of Dream and Time. Sometimes mortals cand find their way to these gardens, crossing through thin spots between realities high in the peaks of the mortal realms.

#yeti #monster #rpg #plothooks #worldbuilding #Pathfinder #Planescape #Paths Beyond

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

Title: Mountain of Thieves

Author: Cormyris H. Heaney

Rating: 1/5 stars

Hm. Very strange. And kind of upsetting?

Let's start by saying that I don't tend to find "literary fiction" to be the most emotionally intense category of fiction. And in particular, "fiction by people who have never actually experienced any of the things being depicted" tends to bore me. (Not that people don't feel "real pain" while reading these works -- the question is whether their feeling "reality" is in any way a feeling of their own experience.)

But I had some high hopes for Cormyris Heaney. I like Heaney's nonfiction well enough -- especially his meditations on landscape and travel and "the sublime," which have a certain kind of transcendental power. I was especially fond of a short little piece he wrote on the "Heaven Lake" in the Himalayas, which is a natural phenomenon that people of all kinds of religious backgrounds find compelling. (That is, I like Heaney's writing a lot, but I don't think it was ever going to be for me "that literary stuff.")

At this point I realized that while I liked Heaney's nonfiction, I just didn't care about him as a writer, because his fiction was nothing like the kind of fiction I'm into. And I felt like, why even bother giving a second look?

But there's that second look you have to do, or else the whole thing is just the same feeling, over and over, forever and ever. It is, ultimately, the responsibility of the writer, to make you care. So, there you go! And that one thing done, then you have to try and do something else with the rest of your life.

Well, the more I read Mountain of Thieves, the more I realized how little of it there was. This novel was like a set of puzzles -- its "characters" were actually very inscrutable, and the story was all about how they met each other, and what a mystery it would have been to "follow their story back to its origins," etc. etc. If you could write something like that for any sort of other novel, no matter how low-budget, it would have been worth keeping around for comparison. But this was just not the sort of story that could have been written about any of the people mentioned.

There were a few passages that were so weird, so upsetting, I was sort of stunned into silence, not sure what to do with them. For instance:

At the end of the novel I was thinking "this has been a deeply unpleasant experience, and I'm glad it's over." It was like reading an alternate-reality version of The Last Interview.

When we look away from our real world, the things around us seem to have taken on some kind of illusory and unreal quality. Everything is distorted -- especially the people in the world around us. We see them as strange, as unfamiliar, even if their behavior and personalities are not. And we see their personalities as strange, as unfamiliar, even though they are very familiar to us -- as long as we are not, while reading, thinking about anything beyond the words we are reading.

In real life, our thoughts take many forms -- but at the same time, none of those forms are really "real." We only know what they are, when we let the words of others go beyond themselves, and we let ourselves feel what they feel -- and what they were for. When we do this, we realize the full power and meaning of their personality, just as we realize the full power and meaning of ours. And when we do that, we start to wonder: "is my personality any less strange to me?"

I do not know whether you are reading these words, but perhaps it is they that you ought to be reading. This is what I know. I can remember having read them. If you know me, it is impossible for me to be able to read anything else. (...) I know there is pain. I know there is evil. I am only writing what I know.

In the world you live in, this is not possible.

In the world you are living in, this is true.

If you find this troubling, it may be the time, in life, that you are living in. But perhaps it is only the time.

These are just a few examples. There are many others -- the novel is filled with these strange juxtapositions, in which a sort of alienness is implied, an unreal quality -- that we might call "the literary version of the Unreality Effect."

What is so disturbing to me is the way in which everything is like this. In real life, the world's events and people and everything are never "the same" twice. In real life, things change all the time, and you cannot predict them and cannot keep track of them. In real life, these are true in a very deep sense, as is the case in this book. But in real life, we are not the characters. We have the responsibility and the freedom to look back, to notice that what happened was "different" from what happened to "us," in some ways and not in other ways, even when our actions or our perceptions seemed "identical." And this is true whether we are actually living in a world, or just reading about it.

In the same way, what happens in Mountain of Thieves is a world that is different from, but just as real as, the one we live in. One is a world without an end, one is a world without an explanation, one is a world that cannot be read or even "understood."

In fact, it is a world without understanding at all, or without comprehension. It is like a dream, except that nothing in it is actually dreamlike in the ordinary sense -- it is like a dream, but not like dreams, not in any way that a human being could ever possibly be, even in a dream. At one point one of the characters is told by her teacher that he has never had a dream in his life, even though all of us do have them, and he is astonished by the suggestion. At another point, one of the characters feels herself being "stared down" by a character in some sort of strange and alien world, and this "world" feels to her like a human world, like the world she feels she is "from."

There are two versions of this story, of course, but it is all the same story. The two versions are what each one of the characters is "trying to see," if the reader can imagine such a thing. But each character can never "see the story of the other," and the reader, too, can never see what either character can "see."

This is not just a moral or "religious" story, although it has much of that quality too. The central theme is, in a sense, the impossibility of the moral/religious story. In the moral