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quarklynx · 1 year
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Hey mxtx fans I need some advice! I've only read svss so far, and I loved every word of it, enough that I bought and immediately read the books after reading it in its entirety for free as a web novel twice in a month (for a total of 3 full readings).
But! My desire for gay pining has not yet been slaked! I require more!
So! Do I read the untamed, heaven's official blessing, or the grand master of demonic cultivation next?
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lazycranberrydoodles · 6 months
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diversity win! your doomed greek tragedy ship is genderfluid!
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mollymauk-teafleak · 1 year
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I just wanted to drop in and say what a fan i am of your range when it comes to fandoms (i see you reblogging fanart of an 80s tom cruise movie and character from a dnd podcast in the same day and it's beautiful) but i am quite curious about the one of those two pretty boys, the one in white and the one with the eyepatch. What series are they from? Do you recommend?
Aw thank you so much! I do keep things very varied around here, I'm so glad you're enjoying it! XD
So! Those are the main characters from a Chinese gay romance novel called Heaven Official's Blessing by a writer called Mo Xiang Tong Xiu and I highly recommend it! There is a hefty amount of angst and gore and bad things happening to people but if thats something you can handle it's a very intense and fun series of books thats still being translated (Books 1 to 4 are out and 5 is coming out this month) and theres an ongoing animated adaptation too!
It's about this absolute sweetheart guy called Xie Lian who's on his third ascension to godhood, the other times ended very badly and he's not got a lot of credit with the other gods, he's been bumming around having absolutely no followers and getting by collecting g scrap and busking. But he gets asked to go on a few heavenly missions because he's real good with a sword and while he's fighting ghosts and monsters and such he bumps into the red clothed guy who introduces himself as San Lang but he's actually someone else (that would be considered a spoiler but it's good and he's got a Major crush on Xie Lian).
But yeah it's a very interesting series, I love reading something from another culture, there's a really interesting glossary at the back with who everyone is and the significance of people's names and the colours they wear and such and there's little footnotes explaining idioms. Its a very sweet romance, all characters going through crazy hardships and making something better out of their messy worlds
Also I will eventually be writing fic for it now I have free time again as of yesterday :') just taking a while
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smndragon · 3 years
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GODS AND HOW THEY AFFECT PEOPLE PT 2
PLEASE REBLOG IF YOU ENJOYED IM SO TIRED
Okay, so we established this is a possibility that they associate and gift their talents and eyes to people living. If you haven't seen that post it's on my master list/pinned post.
Gotta thank @i-would-marry-thunderhead though they didn't try they helped me find a missing piece on what I was looking for.
More thanks to @medusa12346 and @tulatodivine for helping me find the click to read more thing, I'm new so😶
It's not random. As planets rule zodiacs, it's know some gods rule them, and it's not just planets as not all mythology and religion is based on planetary stuff. For example, if Ares rules mars and Mars rules Aries. People with Aries in their chart are gifted some of the small things Ares has.
So here are the planets and what they rule along with some things the gods may gift you Greek and Roman style. If you would like other gods please ask I'm not well versed in many others it's been a while since I've researched.
Links (minor searching sorry it's late I also may have to finish readings tommorow though I do have to go somewhere so sorry): Wikipedia gods and planets ruling with this link there is also more religions and gods with planets so if you're interested look into it.
More on the planets and gods in longer versions
What zodiacs the planets rule
Let me clarify Wikipedia is not always trustworthy but my research will be short tonight.
Preferably they will be within the big 3 but there are also minor things to look into I can't remember all of a sudden I REMEMBER
Basically depending on if it's the sun, moon, or ascendant. These emotions could come out at certain times or moments
SUN:
Apollo seems to be talked about with the sun but it also looked like Helios was the main with Apollo helping out at times or more often so they'll both be here ig: like said they rule the sun and the sun rules Leo (guessed it lol ily guys) some gist given to you Leo charted people you may be gifted with the ability to partially know if something is a 'yes or no' you may get deja Vu at times as signs from Apollo. You are also of course gifted with the ability to look good in gold. Other things could be his beauty, tanned skin, gut senses, nice legs, running and etc I can't remember
From Helios you may be gifted with good sight and vision, strong feet I feel idk?, And so far strong connection to growing things (will maybe add more if found)
OKAY this is gonna be a while.
MOON:
Artemis and Selene (of course her) rule over the moon which rules over Cancer. Possible talents and gifts are animal connections, animal eyes watching over you as companions, medical knowledge, natural medicines also, Excellence in athletics Kirk archery and stuff to do with jumping.
Selene gifts you oohhh it's possible you could slide some Helios gifts here to because they're siblings apparently. I see youth, strong arms, strength (not overboard remember), elegant style in clothing, and the moons watch during the night.
To clarify, there also things to think of like planet aspects and fuck the numbers the tilt or some shit uhyy yeah that will tell how strong these abilities may be.
MERCURY: all this got deleted guys ughhh
Hermes rules mercury which is both surprising and not. Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo (who is also associated with Chiron). Possible gifts include running, determination, medium abilities (determined by what I stayed above also on strength), probably funny ass jokes. Fly, you're just gonna be fly af. Hermes was a very important god to me, he also signifies glory, domination, and success full filled to me so yeah. The ability to soother the people around you with either your voice or your touch, clear or nice voice.
VENUS: WHY ARE THERE 3 HERE?!!??!? I wanted to include the goddess Venus but we'll see😭
Aphrodite rules Venus understandably, Venus rules Taurus and Libra I believe. Possible talents and gifts are of course beauty, loved eyes, this so kind weird but musical talent, telepathy (little), birds as helpers (as in messengers to the clouds or many realms), possible skill for design.
I saw a name called cypris but I'm not sure that's true I looked into it just a bit and found someone named Cypress I don't know if they're related but I believe it's possible? Other names are Cyparissus or Kyparissos. They were liked or loved by Apollo. It's not big but what I read was interesting.
There was also a Cytherea, this was probably an alias or second name given or that of Aphrodite, knowing this there was also a place called Cyprus which leads me to believe Cypris was another alias or typo.
MARS:
As talked about before. Most of us know they rules over Mars, mars rules over Aries. Possible gifts could include determination (he may have been a little cowardly which makes sense as an Aries sun with my shyness), strength, talent in art or drawing idk why I just feel that, piano (also applies to Sagittarius ppl honestly), understanding languages also possibly? Crafty with tools and objects, tactic smart in small ways.
JUPITER:
I saw the name Dias which I wasn't sure on, Dias I believe is another alias and modern name for Zeus. Zeus rules Jupiter and Jupiter rules Sagittarius so thats also no surprise. Gifts and talents may be swimming, science, young literature and old, an eye for good things, blessings through touch (more on a topic I'll bring up later not strong here), dancing, hunting, generosity, a promise of children. I feel many people with Zeus or Ares in their chart may have been accused as witches in those centuries. (Random) that'd all I get right now
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SATURN:
It said Cronus, I knew him as chronos (hit chronological order) which may have been wrong. He can go by that cronos, or kronos. He rules Saturn and Saturn rules Capricorn which also is understandable with relations between them. Talents and gifts may include: I feel like y'all may have thought you were telekinetic when you were younger💀, I see ginger hair here also, sticky fingers (stealth), time control (as in good with keeping time on track), perception of lies (the man was fooled right? True but I feel it's still smth small), faithfulness (also crazy uh), a gift of great smell, good taste in food choices, I feel like he raised a bunch of hand holders 💕💕 idk why I just do. That's all here
URANUS:
It says Ouranos which makes me think of Ouran highschool host club for some reason, I really would like a season 2. But it's funny cause I didn't know him and he seems pretty interesting though it seems like a minor role if he's the heavens personified that's some big stuff. He rules Uranus which rules Aquarius, possible talents and gifts could be (BLINDING LIGHTS IS PLAYING THIS IS GOOD UGHH I LOVE THIS SONG) alright back to it. Talents like, singing, clairaudience, intuitiveness, a love for curiosity and knowledge, liked skin and proportions, natural attraction, believable, natural leader when younger though maybe not as grown idk.
NEPTUNE:
Of course ruled by Poseidon. Idk why I still add the planets it's the thing above🤦🏽‍♀️ I just make this harder on myself. Neptune rules Pisces. Gifts and talents could be creativity, building, imagination, pull towards earth, swimming, attraction to people also (in a way that your looks capture people as Pisces is beautifully soft), strong senses of the eyes and ears, technology, either quiet or loud voice.
PLUTO:
The official one for Greeks is Hades, there was a name before called Plouton or Ploútōn another name for Hades. Pluto rules Scorpio, also guessed. Gifts and talents may be excelling in curricular concepts like philosophy, leadership (you guys can lead double lives but you're good rulers ngl kinda manipulative at them tho), you guys could probably background check me through connections with ppl lol, people confide in you often this is good cause I feel you feel loved by this, risk takers (Hades is kinda 'out of the circle' which leads to thoughts that Scorpios like to explore and be chaotic because of this at times they're finally free on earth), down to earth or way up high one way or another no in-between, natural ideas that people can't help but fall for, the ability to be unnoticed when wanted, stealthy, quick under pressure. you guys make this world more enjoyable over all there's not much ik you guys are just amazing to me for some reason.
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that's all there but more to add on are things like blood line theory, if you are a natural descendant of a god (not by literal blood just chosen exactly by them) then there's a chance your abilities will be stronger and you will make a more greater imprint on the world. Not all of these were used for good. They cna be used to any advantage.
I believe asteroids also have something to do with the gods so if you would like to hear something on that please ask!
All in all this post took about 2 hours and 30 mins or close which isn't bad. Sorry if anything was missed and please share your ideas on this I love hearing them!
Coming back to say I'm surprised Hera wasn't here I was looking forward to her
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iron-sides · 3 years
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dsmp pantheon but for pjo au lets go
there is no like. ~king of the gods~ or wtv thats laaaame they are all just simply vibing
phil is like a wind god. he also is a bird king. listen hes a very powerful bird man he communes with the birds and has minor wind abilities. he has a secondary role as a god of death
-> phil doesnt really interact w mortals outside of like. because hes hanging out w techno lijkr4ed. also since techno's retired to to the camp he probably spends every other week w his wife
technoblade is a war god/the blood god this is a given. he runs the camp bc he's always been a protector of new soldiers and genuinely likes training young people. phil is there bc he follows techno around to carry the souls of those he kills to the afterlife. phil and techno are like. besties your honor, platonic life partners, whatever. him running the camp is retirement methinks
-> technoblade chooses mortal heroes that he blesses with the ability to hear the voices in battle and call upon the blood gods strength
phil's wife is the goddess of death. is she kristin, is the the samsung smart fridge, idk but shes married to phil. he comes to see her and brings her the souls of the dead as like a romantic gift, we know the deal
-> lady death has a soft spot for dead babies but shes not like. their mom? she doesnt really have kids or mortals that are "hers", shes not super interested in them. i think shes actually p cold and reserved, except to phil
drista is a trickster god, comes to earth and causes chaos until she is once again banished to the heavens- dionysus in pjo got grounded to camp half blood, drista gets grounded FROM camp half blood or whatever i end up calling the camp
-> drista picks out a mortal she likes and smacks them over the head in their early-ish childhood (before the age of ten) with her mark, thus labeling them as Hers. they may as well be a demigod at that point tbh shes technically their patron not their mom but the only difference is the dynamic lol
dristas older brother is dreamXD. i dont know anything about canon!dreamXD but im gonna make him a god of reality? bc as i understand it he comes to c!gnf in dreams or smth idk. hes probably the most powerful but idt he cares to be king of the gods- unless someone was claiming to be more powerful than him which theyre not dumb enough to do.
-> if gnf is a god, dxd never has mortal children, only blesses young adults and teens. if gnf isnt a god, dxd sometimes does blessings n sometimes has mortal children. his blessings work like how dristas do
foolish used to be a god of death before phil was, but when phil married the samsung smart fridge, he stepped down to become the god of life instead. he doesnt reign over births in any way, i think the ender dragon does that, but he like. u know. hes the totem of undying guy, ppl come to him when theyre trying to avoid death. or like, if theyre afraid someones gonna die- hes ya man
-> foolish fashions children out of clay ^^
herobrine is a god of destruction. you give up offerings to him to avoid, like, earthquakes n shit
-> herobrine curses ppl and then their kids are all herobrine descendants, inexplicably. i think there is almost definitely some kind of stigma? or smth? major downside. of being a herobrine kid bc of this.
gnf miiiight be a god of dreams or miight be the son of dreamXD i dont watch him so idk how/how much i wanna play into his and dreamXD's canon dynamic. ill have to watch some vods n talk to my datemates little sister and come back to it later
-> gnf does blessings if hes a god. his mortals have prophetic dreams :]
schlatt is a god of divine justice or punishment, he judges the dead and works w mumza to decide who gets what afterlife. i will not elaborate on why find the clip of wilbur reacting to the matpat video lij5rkefd
-> schlatt Has Kids
FUCK official minecraft lore the ender dragon is the benevolent ruler of the end in-game and here shes the god of like, birth/rebirth/life. bc her whole thing is that shes got this egg and shes protecting it.
-> the ender dragon fucks (love her so much)
lady prime is one of my favorites shes a god a wealth and of business endeavors of all kinds- genuine, scams, pyramid whatevers, if the aim is to get cash money in your pocket u should pray to her shell help u out if she likes u. very much a picker of favorites
-> lady prime Has Kids
the egg is here. its like a bad guy or smth doesnt have kids or anything but does possess ppl
@thenerdistrying pspspspsps give me ur takes
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i-bring-crack · 3 years
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I MUST LET THIS OUT FOR THE LIFE OF ME.
The Sabigiyuu mythos that is still on hold to be rewritten is like a mess of all my favorite mythologies combined but has now grown into an even BIGGER mess because at first I was like:
"Oh cool, Giyuu is just a fair maiden kidnapped by God of the underworld Sabito, that will be a cool idea to make a story of."
But it just didn't fit the bill... no it really didn't fit the bill with me doing a simple story, so I decided to give a backstory to Sabito's death.
Oh boy that was a hole I shouldn't have stepped of especially in the third chapter of the fic.
But I sweated it over bc I was still doing writing for cracks and laughs [I still am but my world building skills have taken over me.]
Mistake number two was getting more information about the hymph of Demeter, you know, the og story of hades and persephone.
I was surprised! What do you mean Hades didn't exist in mycenaean records but persephone and the hymphs did??? Eh????
Then my brain hushed over me, "Hey hey~ maybe we should expand Sabito and Giyuu's story a little more~"
So chapter 5 got rewritten, remade.
*incoming muffled groans of pain as I start to suffer from worldbuilding syndrome*
Brain did not stop there.
"Oh I think the underworld, the Waterworld, the earth and the havens are good enough for worlds."
Brain: "Eight. Make eight different worlds all connected by the a worlds tree like the Yggdrasil."
"Hm, I want to add a little angst to sabigiyuu--"
Brain: "Illiad mate, make references to the Illiad, also take a few things from the oddessy and Ishtar's journey to the underworld so we can get the reason as to why Giyuu is the water god."
"But that-"
"Do it."
"Hey we haven't explored how Sabito met Giyuu-"
Brain: "Easy, give it heaven's official kind of blessing vibe."
"But thats not a myth-"
"Apapap- I'm not done yet, that's just for their first meeting. The second focal meeting will be inspired by the epic of gilgamesh."
"...."
"So about the war."
Brain: "Yeah just a few things like the Illiad- NO WAIT! Add the Theogony...and um... Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh add the ragnarok yeeeee~~ ragnarok~~"
Brain:"Hey."
"It's almost 11 pm and I am doing the family tree for all the gods for the... fourth time what do you want?"
Brain: "Eros and Psyche's story."
"....Go on..."
Brain: "But in Obamitsu style, and adding in the Atlanta and Hippomenes story instead of the whole oracle thing."
"Mnn.. that sounds cute."
Brain: "Also do you think prometeus story would fit well for Kyojuro's origins-".
"I should have chosen the story to be DouKoto when I had the chance." *keeps adding more lore and turns the fic into a series.*
All in all the story is quite the twist and turns, and by that I mean going from the present days of Giyuu's kidnapping and exploring the underworld while contrasting both gods to their past Giyuu and Sabito's selves when they where human and demigods. Because if we are making fluff, there must be a balance of angst, it's just the law of equivalent exchange.
And then I weep as I make Sabito's origins as the God of the underworld far more tragic because Giyuu is a belovedwho I must torture. (For the time being because this has a happy ending... if you strech the meaning... of happy...)
I should just call this the 1000 year hiatus because of how long it's taking me to write it down.
And lord help me because we haven't even gotten to the OTHER main ship of the fic, AkaYuki, because their romance is developed as the story really goes on since THEY are the ones who get to know more about why Sabito just kidnapped Giyuu out of nowhere, how to get back to the underworld to bring Giyuu back, and most importantly, what where Sabito's and Giyuu's past. Meanwhile Sabito is holding back from not telling everything and Giyuu has no idea bc ~lore~
Sabito... oh God Sabito is a mess in this fic, and I mean that in the "holy Jesus you need hugs" kind of way.
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oh-no-niv · 3 years
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 Too Many Questions lol
Ahhhh thats so nice of you to tag me @cajuncherrybee :))))
Rules: Answer 30 questions and tag 20 blogs you are contractually obligated to get to know better.
Name: Nivia. You can call me Niv :)
Gender: Female
Star sign: Gemini
Height: 1m72cm
Time: 8:50 pm
Birthday: may 22nd
Favorite bands: Nirvana and Radiohead 
Favorite solo artists: Princess Nokia, Lana del Rey & Mitski
Last movie: Soul
Last show: heaven official’s blessing donghua (made me so happy)
When did i create this blog? lmao I don’t even know, maybe 2015/14
What I post: what I like? hahah feminism, depressing stuff, how I’m mentally unwell sometimes but I rlly like to post soft stuff too. as well as the shows I’m watching, books, memes etc. I’m currently loving to reblog a lot of bl, heaven official’s blessing, cherry magic, painter of the night... 
Last thing i googled: “ the affair of the diamond necklace” - I’m currently reading a biography about marie antoinette and I wanted to review this story.
Other blogs: I had other blogs... but not anymore lol
Do I get asks? nah but porn blogs message me
Why I chose my url: I make a lot of mistakes quite often, so I’m always like “oh no..... oh no nivia..nono.... whyyyyyy”
Following: 1k+ lollo 
Followers: 700+
Average hours of sleep: 7-8 hours (saaame!) 
Instruments: uhudsfsd I’ve never tried piano but I’ve tried guitar many many times and I *suck* at it
What am I wearing: an old thrift shop dress someone I worked with gave me
Dream job(s): one that I could earn enough money to travel :( 
Dream trip: Japan (same!) but also Strasbourg during Christmas 
Favorite food: Curry with rice
Nationality: Brazilian
Favorite song: Safe Travels - Lisa Hannigan
Last book I read: Marie Antoinette - S. Zweig
Top 3 fictional universes I'd like to live in: Middle-earth (Lord of The Rings), Neverland (Peter Pan) and the Avatar’s universe!
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arobandhan · 3 years
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first time
enjoyyyyy i love you @balenciagastones xx
Since meeting, Alex and Hannah had three small dates, mostly consisting of hanging out together either at the park, on a drive to Costa, and hanging at his house. The two of them had yet to make it official though they knew it was inevitable, they were hooked to each other from the first meeting and there was no sign of stopping what they had. 
But nevertheless Alex wanted to take Hannah out on a proper date, one where he can show her how serious he was about their newly found relationship. 
He had called her when he knew she was out of class, he had just gotten home from training, it finally being Friday, no weekend game ahead. 
“Hello handsome.” she answered the phone making him smile widely at the nickname 
“Hello love, how was class?” he replied
“Boring as usual, got no new work for the weekend tho which is a blessing, howd training go?” she countered
“Well that’s good at least love, training was good just a bit tiring but it's alright,” he began, “y'know i was wonderingggg..” he dragged out making her giggle on the other side of the phone, his stomach erupting with butterflies at the sound.
“You were saying..” she giggled more wanting to hear his thoughts. 
“Right i was wondering if you wanted to go on a date tonight?” he asked
“Sounds fun, handsome, I can come over and we can watch movies if you want?” she replied 
“No no i was thinking like a proper date… like we can dress up a bit and go out somewhere nice,” he can hear her breath stop, “what do you think pretty girl?” 
“You know you don't have to take me anywhere nice for a date baby, i hope you know that.” 
“No i know love i just really wanna go out somewhere nice with you and you deserve it after a long week of school,” he started and he could hear her smile, “so what do you say beautiful?” 
“Alright I’m in.” she giggled. 
“Perfect beautiful, I’ll pick you up at 8? Does that sound good?” he asked 
“I'll see you then robertson.” she laughed. 
“See you soon angel.” 
And with that the call ended, the young couple both climbed up the stairs in their respective homes to get ready for their date night.
Alex felt like a teenage girl as he looked over his appearance about a billion times before calling his sister for her opinion. 
“TAYLORRR!” he yelled hoping his older sister would hear him. Next he saw was her opening his door. 
“What do you want weirdo?” he turned to her with a plea for help.
“Does this look good for a date with Hannah tonight?” 
She walked over to him and got a closer look, pondering before walking over to his closet grabbing his black Palm Angels zip up hoodie and handing it over to him.
“Wear this over your tshirt, it’ll complete the look,” she stated, “oo and wear one of your thin chains tonight, im sure Hannah would love it.” she finished sitting on his bed as she watched her brother finish getting ready. 
“Okay, how do i look?” he asked, completely ready. 
“Perfect, is she staying over tonight?” she asked making him nod remembering the text convo he had with hannah about 10 minutes before, “Well i'm heading to Josh’s tonight… and mum and dad won't be back from their event till lateee.” 
“What Are you trying to say Tay?” he looked at her. 
“Just use protection alright, and ask for consent please, I like Hannah for you so don’t fuck it up,” she said standing up, “Alright be safe, love you byeee” and with that she was gone. 
Alex looked one last time in the mirror before texting hannah. 
I'm gonna head over in 5, see you soon pretty girl xx 
Hannah was currently on facetime with Adri showing her how the outfit the two of them picked earlier looked together, she read the text before replying. 
okay see you soon handsome xx 
“Okay Alex is leaving his to pick me up now,” she said, clicking the facetime call to see Adri’s face again, “how do we look?” 
“Damn i have good taste!” Adri sighed happily making Hannah laugh. 
“That you do now does it look alright?” 
“It looks perfect Han, just pair it with your jewelry and you’re gonna take Alex’s breath away when he sees you.” she said smiling  
“I wouldn't go that far with that.” 
“Uhhh yes you should tho, from what i know and have heard from you, you have that boy wrapped around your finger, it's only a matter of time he makes it official with you and y’know maybe have a bit more fun with you….” 
“ADS?!” 
“Whattt im just stating the inevitable, i mean you guys are going on a nice date, you're staying the night at his, and if i'm not mistaken you mentioned that you shaved every part of your body in the shower.” Adri looked at her knowingly. 
“I mean yeah i did but it doesn't mean anything is gonna happen, i just like being clean shaven.” 
“So the black panties you picked out mean nothing?” Adri pointed out and Hannah began to blush. 
“No they just match the outfit as a matter of a fact.” 
“Mhmm yeah you keep telling yourself that, just be safe tonight, i know how much you wanna jump him already.” she laughed making Hannah giggle as she looked at herself in the mirror, turning her head to stick her tongue out at her friend. 
“We’ll just have to see what happens I guess.” 
“Yes we will and you better update me.” Adri responded just as Hannah received a text from Alex. 
I’m outside princess coming to the door xx 
“Is prince charming here?” adri asked 
Then a knock was heard at the front door, Hannah's mom shouting that it was Alex waiting. 
“Indeed he is, i have to go love you lots.” 
“Love you too, use protection.” Adri finished and hung up before hannah could reply to her comment, rolling her eyes at her friend's words. 
She grabbed her overnight bag, heading down the stairs seeing Alex in the front doorway. 
“Well don't you clean up nicely.” she flirted making him chuckle nervously, he couldn’t help but be amazed at how beautiful she always looked, especially tonight, 
“Have you looked at yourself angel you look beautiful.” he said, making her quickly peck his lips smiling and blushing madly. 
“You two have fun.” her mom said as they walked out to his car, Alex had grabbed her overnight bag from her and carried it to his car, placing it in the trunk quickly.
Alex being the gentleman he is, opened the door for Hannah, closing the door once she was seated inside. Running around the front of his car he sat down inside and turned to her. 
“Ready to go?” he asked, she nodded her head smiling widely. He leaned over and gave her a proper kiss for the first time that night. “Been waiting for that all day.” he sighed contently making her giggle and grab his hand to intertwine with his. 
The car ride was filled with singing to music, banter, and lots of small flirty comments. They soon reached the restaurant and Alex brought her hand to his lips pressing a kiss on the back of it as he pulled into the parking spot. 
“Oooo look at you skilled driver.” she teased making him laugh. 
“What can i say i’m a man of many talents,” he winked, “wait there imma open the door for you.” he finished, giving her a short kiss before hopping out of the car, opening the door for her to get out, grabbing her hand to help her out not letting go as they walked towards the entrance of the cute little restaurant they came to. 
“This place is so cute baby i love it.” 
“Im glad pretty girl.” the two of them walked in and a little while later were taken to their table.  
Alex pulled out the chair for Hannah earning a small peck on the cheek from her making him smirk slightly before taking his seat across from her. 
“So far you have received a 100/10 rating baby.” she giggled making her boyfriend chuckle as they looked at the menu, ordering some soft drinks for themselves. 
The two of them had small talk, as well as joking around due to Alex starting a game about guessing what everyone in the restaurant was thinking, the two of them having to keep their laughs to a low volume so they wouldn’t get kicked out. 
When their food came they each ate their food, as well as giving the other person a bite when they asked for one, you would never think they hadn’t been a thing for very long due to how they acted. The two of them continued before they were interrupted by an older couple passing by their table. 
“Sorry to interrupt i just wanted to come over and say how cute you two look together, match made in heaven i can tell,” she smiled making the young couple melt, “he’s a handsome one pretty lady, keep him close.” she winked before bidding them goodbye. The two of them bursting out in laughter. 
“Did you hear that baby gotta keep me close cuz im handsomeeee.” he winked 
“She seemed pretty interested in you wanna have her stay over tonight?” she joked making him laugh. 
“Nahhh you know you're the only one i want in my bed tonight.” he smirked 
“Cheeky boy.” she rolled her eyes playfully. 
“Have i told you how gorgeous you look right now.” 
“No but please tell me more.” she responded, putting her chin in her hands smiling, joking around but he continued talking. 
“Well all im gonna say is i think thats my favorite dress of yours,” he winked, “let me take a picture of you i want it to be my lockscreen, say cheese.” he said pulling out his phone 
Hannah smiled slightly seeing him take the picture, you could see the light blush on her cheeks and Alex had never adored someone more, taking a sip of his drink while putting the picture as his lock screen.
“Well since we’re being paparazzi, look at me so i can get a pic of you too, can have matching lock screens from tonight.” she said doing the same as him, he posed still taking sip from his drink, his phone in his other hand. 
“How do i look? Handsome?” he winked
“As always.” she responded, putting the picture as her lockscreen. 
The check came and even though she insisted they split, Alex paid repeating to her that he was treating her tonight. They made their way out of the restaurant hand in hand towards the car. 
“I can’t get over how good you look in this dress.” he said pulling her in closer to his side, wrapping his arm around her waist and pressing a kiss to her temple. A blush creeped up to her cheeks making her smile from ear to ear. 
He opened the car door for her and let her in before closing it and climbing in on the other side. 
“Is anyone at your house?” she asked innocently. 
“Umm no, Taylor went to Josh’s for the night, and mum and dad are at some event for mum’s work,” he replied, “why?” 
“No nothing really was just wondering since i hadn’t seen them since last time i was over.”
“Youre so cute angel.” he chuckled 
“Well i try.” she laughed flipping her hair. 
They eventually reached his house and he climbed out first going to the trunk to grab her bag before coming to her side and opening the door for her. 
They both entered the house in silence and headed towards his room, she took off her jacket and heels as he put her bag down and then laid on the bed. She crawled on the bed and laid next to him. He immediately changed positions, moving on his side with his right arm around her waist as she laid on her back. He was slightly above her just smiling like a little boy. 
“Whatre you smiling for you cheeky boy?” she giggled. 
“Nothinggg just like seeing you in my bed.” he smirked pecking her lips. 
“Oh do you now?” she said pecking his lips again. 
“Mhmm.” he responded pecking her lips, this time she pulled him by his shirt closer and deepened the kiss. 
Their lips moving in sync, her hands going from his shirt to his hair, pulling at it as they fought for dominance with their lips. The two of them completely entranced in each other just contently kissing. 
He pulled away first breathing heavily but still so close to her face, their noses touching. 
“Be mine.” he breathed out. 
“I’m already yours baby.” she responded. 
“No i mean be mine as is in my girlfriend, i want you to be my girlfriend Hannah.” and with those words slipping from his mouth hers grew into a smile that could challenge the cheshire cat. 
She brought his lips to his for a short and passionate kiss. 
“I’d love to be your girlfriend Alex.” pulling away, the wide smile not fading from her face. 
He smiled and smashed his lips onto hers again. This time the kiss was rougher, hungrier. 
The two of them were no angels, they had teased each other to a point where they had to stop from going further, make out sessions that were ended with images engraved into their brains when they were alone in their respective rooms giving themselves what they couldn’t receive from the other person yet. 
They wanted to take it slow, not wanting to rush something that they knew was going to happen eventually. Wanting to be sure of their feelings for one another. 
They were sure as hell of them tonight. 
Hannah was the first one to make a move essentially leading towards that, placing her hands on his shoulders, sliding the zip up hoodie off his shoulders as it was eventually taken off of him. 
Alex then hovered over Hannah once he was rid of the outer garment, his hands immediately went to her hips, their lips never losing contact. The skirt of the dress riding up as his hands grabbed tighter around her hips. He pulled away from her lips, tugging her bottom lip with his teeth inciting a small moan from her mouth. His eyes went wide and her face was red from the blush that creeped up. 
“Fuck that was hot.” he said lowly. 
She smirked and leaned up smashing her lips onto his again. He leaned them both back down as they continued making out, her hands went underneath the shirt hinting at him to take it off. He did and all she can do was stare at his toned torso. He smirked connecting their lips again, his hands pushing the skirt of her dress up even more, giving him just the faintest sight of the black lace panties she was wearing underneath. She leaned them both up as she guided his hands from her hips to the back of her dress where he could feel the small zipper that held the dress closed, motioning him to take it off her. 
He pulled away from her and cupped her face. 
“Are you sure you want this angel?” he pecked her lips. 
She smiled and replied, “More than anything baby.” and with that she reconnected their lips and go right back to where they were. 
His hands went to her back, slowly unzipping the dress down, he leaned back as her hands went up to the straps of the dress pulling them down to show him that she wasn't wearing a bra underneath the dress. He moaned at the sight of her bare tits in front of him. His lips going straight to her neck as her hands went into his hair moaning at the feeling of him leaving a trail of marks on her neck. His hands pulling the dress down her legs as his lips travelled down her chest. Her dress being thrown to the floor as he was exposed to her entire body only being covered by her small balck panties. 
His stare made her a little self conscious moving her arms to cover herself but he stopped her shaking his head. 
“You're so gorgeous angel.” he said before kissing her again, pulling away to resume kissing her body. His lips finding her right breast, wrapping his lips around her nipple. His left hand massaging and groping the left one, his free hand remained tightly gripping her waist. 
She couldn’t help but roll her eyes back in pleasure at the feeling he was giving her from just his lips. He kept his eyes on her face the entire time. His jeans became tighter as he heard the noises come out of her mouth, they sounded like heaven to him. She knew how hard he was getting so she pulled him away from her breasts and brought his face to her, crashing her lips against his. 
“I need you inside of me.” she moaned in his mouth making him groan. 
Her hands went to the buttons of his jeans and unbuttoned them for him, pulling them down and hooking her fingers in the band of his boxers pulling them down as well. Their lips never parted but he pulled away to full take off his jeans and boxers. Hannah’s eyes never left his body, seeing his hands finally pull down the material that was concealing what she wanted most at the time. 
Her eyes widened as she saw it, she wasn’t gonna lie she had imagined what it looked like but she was stilled stunned by it. His hard on slapped the bottom of his stomach when it was freed, he was a little longer than average but definitely had more girth to it and Hannah had to keep herself from having her mouth watering. 
“You like what you see?” he smirked, the face his girlfriend had on not going unnoticed by him. 
“Mhmm,” she started, crawling towards him and leaning up to kiss him but kept her lips centimeters away from his, “but I’d prefer if you’d just fuck me already.” she smirked pulling away and laying back on the bed, opening her legs for him to come in between them. 
“Don’t mind if i do.” he smirked, crawling and going in between her legs like she wanted. He leaned over to grab a condom from his side drawer, opening the packet before she grabbed it from his hands and slid it on him instead of letting him do it. The feeling of her hands on his member making him throw his head back in pleasure. 
He kissed her making her lay back as he grabbed his member and ran it through her folds making her whine and rut her hips up. 
“You ready baby?” he asked, already lined up at her entrance, she nodded her head and she felt him go slip in. 
Her wetness acted as a lubricant as he slipped in so easily. He felt bigger inside of her and she let out a whine as he groaned once he bottomed out inside her. He gave her a chance to adjust before feeling her legs wrap around his waist and hearing her moan out, “you can move.” 
He began thrusting slowly inside of her, loving the feeling of her tight walls clenching against his cock. Their moans were bouncing off the walls. Her hands were pulling at his hair as he increased the speed of his thrusts. Her hands had moved to his shoulders, her nails digging into his skin making him groan, his face dropping into her neck, kissing it, hearing the noises she elicited when kissing certain parts, realizing those were her soft spots and began sucking on them to leave marks. 
“You feel so good, faster baby, please.” she moaned into his ear. He growled in her before picking up the pace. She was screaming his name in no time and it sounded like music to his ears. 
He felt her clench more and more as he kept thrusting. She began to feel the pit in her stomach form. 
“Keep clenching angel im getting closer.” he moaned out.
“I'm so close baby, you feel amazing.” 
The two of them both reaching their highs together, his hips stilled as he finished and felt her come undone. He pulled out slowly, kissing her lips gently as she laid on the bed out of breath. 
“That was,” he started. 
“Amazing.” she finished, smiling and leaning up to kiss him. 
“Indeed it was,” he smirked against her lips, “lets get you cleaned yeah?” he asked making her nod and try to get out of bed, she winced at the sore feeling between her legs making him giggle and walk over to her. 
“C'mere angel ill carry you.” and with that he picked her up and took her to the bathroom. Putting her down as she went to the toilet and he took off the condom and discarded it. 
“Wanna shower?” she asked looking innocently at him. 
“Don’t have to ask me twice,” he smirked, making her giggle. He turned the water on in the shower and pulled her close to him and inside the shower. 
The two of them clean each other, just gentle touches, some tickling and kisses. The two were enamored by each other and felt even closer than they did before. 
He couldn’t help the heart eyes he had when he was with her. He stared in awe of her when she was rinsing out the soap from her body. 
“I’m so in love with you.” he blurted it out, making herf freeze and turn around with wide eyes. 
“What did you say?” 
“I said im in love with you, and i know its early but i can’t deny it,” he got cut off by her pulling him closer to her and kissed him.” 
She pulled away smiling, “Im in love with you too… boyfriend.” she winked, making him smile. 
“That has a nice ring to it… girlfriend.” he replied making her laugh. 
The rest of the night came with, her wearing his clothes all cuddled under the covers with him, just chatting away about anything and everything. Kisses were exchanged here and there along with them calling each other ‘boyfriend’ and ‘girlfriend’ before erupting into giggles. 
Eventually it became quiet and he looked down at her cudded into his side, fast asleep. He smiled softly before kissing her forehead and turning the side lamp off. 
“I love you my angel.” he said before falling asleep himself. 
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theircrazyfandoms · 4 years
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This week I’m fairly sure I read a lot more fic. While school and work have both kept me incredibly busy when I get free time (early in the morning or really late at night) I would relax by reading fic. As a multi-fandom person I usually read fics from multiple fandoms but this past week I went kinda crazy. 
However, Sunday I finally decided I would dive into the Sherlock fandom. Specifically johnlock. I think over a year ago I might have read a brief fic about these two but never really dived too deep into the fandom. Even though I kinda peaked at shipped them when watching the BBC show. I feel like next week I am going to have a lot more Sherlock fics. 
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STAR TREK (TOS/AOS)
🔹️ 𝘾𝘼𝙎𝙏 𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝙁𝙀𝘼𝙍 [AO3] by 𝙨0𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙧0𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙣 [AO3]
𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: James ‘Jim’ Kirk x Spock 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | Mature | 7 Chapters | 42.3K Words | PTSD
𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: Kirk saves Vulcan from Nero at high cost to himself. It falls to Spock to pick up the pieces.
𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: I haven’t read a spirk fic like this where Kirk ended up saving Vulcan. We get to see him deal with the PTSD from being tortured and how Spock begins to see the real Kirk. Definitely a must read!
🔹️ 𝙒𝙀 𝙃𝘼𝙑𝙀 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙏𝙊𝙐𝘾𝙃𝙀𝘿 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙍𝙎 [AO3] by 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙫𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 [AO3]
𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: James ‘Jim’ Kirk x Spock 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | 1 Chapter | 7K Words
𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: Sometimes they’ll also ask him why he hasn’t gone out and chased hi soulbond yet.
Jim will point to the sky and say, “The moon’s always there, babe. Don’t need to go chasin’ after her.” 
It is January, year 2063. Humanity has quietly achieved interstellar travel, and Jim Kirk’s soulbond stretches into the stars.
𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: I love soulmate au’s and the au that spirk are the first to make contact. An amazing twist! Though, we need more first contact spirk fics.
🔹️ 𝙑𝙄𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙎 𝙊𝙁 𝙒𝘼𝙍 [AO3] by 𝙏-𝙝𝙖𝙞-𝙡𝙖 (𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙡) [AO3]
𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: James ‘Jim’ Kirk x Spock 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | 1 Chapter | 12.7K Words
𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: As Vulcans settled bases on Earth, as the war began, what was a timid relationship became volatile almost in a single moment. 
Not one day passed that Spock did not think of the blue-eyes boy and the love and companionship they shared. Bonded for life to a Terran, he welcomed himself to isolation from others emotionally. As he grew, he refused to allow himself to hold out any hope that Jim was still alive, not when the Terran body count continued to rise.
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ONCE UPON A TIME
🔹️ 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙁𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀𝙎 [AO3] by 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙤𝙨 [AO3]
𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Peter Pan x Wendy Darling 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | 1 Chapter | 4.3K Words | Unhealthy Relationship
𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: The five times she wanted to leave and the one time she didn’t. 
(The five times he didn’t let her go and the one time he did.) 
𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: I’ve always been fascinating by dark!Peter and through this fic we get to see how possessive and obsessed he is with Wendy. Taking a turn on the Poriginal Peter pan. It’s definetely not a healthy relationship (even though I put them as a pairing) but we get to see how Peter deals with those he loves (if thats what you can call it).
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HEAVEN OFFICIAL’S BLESSING (TIAN GUAN CI FU)
🔹️ 𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙁𝙀𝘾𝙏𝙀𝘿 𝘽𝙔 𝙏𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙇 [AO3] by 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣 [AO3]
𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Hua Cheng/San Lang x Xie Lian 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | 1 Chapter | 8.5K Words
𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: Hua Cheng has wanted Dianxia for so long he doesn’t know how to survive knowing that Dianxia is his at long last. Worse still, Dianxia doesn’t seem to have any interest in consummating their relationship, leaving Hua Cheng in the  mdist of his greatest trial yet; keeping his lust from consuming them whole. 
But a gem cannot be polished without friction nor a man perfected without trials - and after everything, Hua Chen will not let this trial be the one that defeats him.
🔹️ 𝙎𝙐𝘼𝙉𝙅𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙂 [AO3] by 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣 [AO3]
𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Hua Cheng/San Lang x Xie Lian 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | 1 Chapter | 11K Words
𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: When Xie Lian wakes up to Hua Cheng’s female form, he doesn’t know what to do. When he finally gives into his desire to touch her, he doesn’t know what to do. When he decides that the only solution is to seek a female form of his own...
They figure out what to do together.
𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: An amazing fic where we get to not only discover San Lang’s female form but Xie Lian’s as well! Never really thought much about their female forms before this but I would enjoy reading more now!
🔹️ 𝘽𝙐𝙏 𝘼 𝙆𝘼𝙇𝙀𝙄𝘿𝙊𝙎𝘾𝙊𝙋𝙀 [AO3] by 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙘��𝙚 [AO3]
𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Hua Cheng/San Lang x Xie Lian 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | 1 Chapter | 10.9K Words
𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: Hua Cheng has always given everything he is to Xie Lian. For once, Xie Lian wants him to be selfish so Xie Lian can give something back.
𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: A beautiful fic where San Lang learns to be selfish with Xie Lian (aka the type of fic that I’ve been dying to read and was not disappointed in).
🔹️ 𝘼 𝙇𝙄𝙏𝙏𝙇𝙀 𝘽𝙄𝙏 𝙇𝙊𝙎𝙏 (𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝙔𝙊𝙐) [AO3] by 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙚 [AO3]
𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Hua Cheng/San Lang x Xie Lian 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | 1 Chapter | 4.3K Words
𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: When Xie Lian is hurt, Hua Cheng keeps his hands to himself in penance. Xie Lian, however, insists on finding a resolution. After all - only a God should punish their most beloved worshipper. 
𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: A fic I needed to read! I can definitely see this as canon because San Lang would definetely punish himself is his Dianxia got injured. Of course, we all know Xie Lian wouldn’t agree. 
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GRANDMASTER OF DEMONIC CULTIVATION (MO DAO ZU SHI)
🔹️ 𝘽𝙇𝙐𝙀 𝘽𝙐𝙍𝙉𝙎 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝘾𝘼𝙉𝘿𝙇𝙀 [AO3] by 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙚 [AO3]
𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Lan Zhan/Lan Wangji x Wei Ying/Wei Wuxian 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | 1 Chapter | 4.3K Words
𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: Wei Ying has been dwelling too much on the past so Lan Zhan roots him to the present.
🔹️ 𝘼𝙎 𝙒𝙀 𝘼𝙍𝙀 [AO3] by 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙚 [AO3]
𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Lan Zhan/Lan Wangji x Wei Ying/Wei Wuxian 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | 1 Chapter | 3.2K Words
𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: At Lotus Pier, Lan Zhan is coaxed by Wei Ying into hunting pheasants, but discovers a new silver of Wei Ying’s past instead.
🔹️ 𝙐𝙉𝘿𝙔𝙄𝙉𝙂 [AO3] by 𝙨𝙮𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙨 [AO3]
𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Lan Zhan/Lan Wangji x Wei Ying/Wei Wuxian 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | 6 Chapters | 24.5K Words
𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: Before he broke the Stygian Tiger Seal in two, he took one last look at his wrist. Everlasting, it said. Even after everything, his other half still considered their love everlasting.
Wi WuXian murmured a quiet apology to the soulmate he hd never met and then he unleashed an unholy nightmare.
𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: I’m back at it again with the soulmate aus and this is one of the best soulmate mark aus I have read. Plus, we get to see Wei Ying deal with a little bit of PTSD from his former life. (Also, I have no clue how the author managed to pick the soulmarks so well. They could not have done a better job!) 
Also, THIS is another fic I read this week which is apart continuation of this story. Wei Ying finds out about Lan Zhan’s scars.
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BBC’s SHERLOCK
🔹️ 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙉𝙀𝙏 𝙄𝙎 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙅𝙐𝙎𝙏 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙋𝙊𝙍𝙉 [AO3] by 𝙘𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙪𝙨 [AO3]
𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Sherlock Holmes x John Watson 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | 1 Chapter | 1.9K Words
𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: John is Sherlock’s internet boyfriend - from CANADA.
No one thinks he’s real.
𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: So... I kind of dived into the Sherlock fandom and loved this oneshot about johnlock meeting online. It’s especially funny because no one believes Sherlock can get a boyfriend.
🔹️ 𝙇𝙀𝙁𝙏 [AO3] by 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙨 [AO3]
𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Sherlock Holmes x John Watson 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | 9 Chapters | 45.2K Words
𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: John Watson is left-handed.
He’s tried not to let it affect his life, but as any Lefty knows, that’s almost impossible.
𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: Wow! Was not expecting this when I first clicked because of the interesting summary. It’s a knack au where everyone has some kind of knack or ability and it blends so well into the original storyline (with the added bonus of johnlock)! It quickly became an all-time fav!
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consider: aziraphale putting a flower crown on crowley and like- arranging his hair so it falls perfectly that night he spent hours reading flower books so that he could choose the prettiest flowers to put on his demon boyfriend's head
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my god. oh my god. i love this. fuck yes. flower crown crowley. upgrade to this: its the night of their wedding. so instead of a veil crowley gets a FLOWER CROWN.yes he is the bride. anathema helped him pick out the dress and its just lovely. its got long sleeves and it’s white like a traditional wedding dress. aziraphales in black. they wanted to wear eachothers colours for this and their wings are out the whole ceremony. crowleys in heels. this is off the rails quite a lot but FUCK IT THAT DOESNT MATTER. its wedding time bitches. oh yeah no one really “officiates” the wedding, the papers are done before hand. they just wanted a party but are they going to bring in a priest? no. fuck that. anathema is where the priest normally is because they dont actually know more than four humans! like who the fuck else was going to do it, shadwell???? no! oh yeah and the them (excluding pepper) are the flower boys and pepper gets to be the ring bearer, because who trusts an 11 year old boy with two blessed/cursed rings? oh yeah ring time bitch. aziraphales ring is a black snake with yellow eyes thats cursed to tighten every time crowleys scared/hurt/in trouble, and crowleys is a set of wings, blessed to tighten whenever aziraphale is scared/hurt/in trouble. and the fact that theyre blessed/cursed just makes it better because theyre immune to blessings/curses/holy water/hell fire respectively, while those who are actually a threat to them arent. its like a tiny reminder of “hey. come closer and you’re probably going to die. fuck off gabriel.” when they kiss at the whatever the fuck its called (altar?? podium??? stand???????? help.) they put their wings in the way. aziraphale ends up with a feather in his hair but thats ok. the reception is fucking incredible, they end up just all going to crowleys flat bc its sure as hell big enough and what would they even rent out?? theres nothing *in* tadfield. and its not like they want to miracle everyone somewhere, they dont want to attract the attention of heaven OR hell. especially not during their wedding, while crowleys in a long fuck off dress that he probably wont be able to run in very well. ANYWAYS. when they get to crowleys flat theres just. so much liquor. and punch for the kiddos. the thems parents dont exactly approve of the fact that theres literally a barrels worth of vodka while theres children but ok i guess. its not like the kids are going to drink any or the adults are going to do more than a shot or two before the kids leave. the kids do end up leaving at like 7, and most of the party time was just old stories that humans dont have anymore, odd stories of shenanigans they got up to in rome (not anything dirty, hell most of the stories theyre not even together in. theres about 30 minutes of aziraphale just talking about what he did while crowley was hibernating for a century.) after the them are gone everyone just goes fuckin BONKERS. everyone who was at armageddon was invited because they all definitely kept in touch, but thats it. again, these two are the top hermits in all of history. they just fucked around most of history not bothering much with befriending humans. crowley did pay more attention in the human relations part of things but does he ever talk to them again after a temptation? no. no he does not. so theres only like 6 adults. and god are they all hammered. all but madame tracy are light weights. the humans anyways, these two have been heavy drinkers for millennia. aziraphale and crowley drank at least 10x what a human could possibly drink before getting alcohol poisoning and dying. that does not mean they have a tolerance at all. they just get really funny between the 3rd drink and whenever they decide to stop. and cuddly. crowley doesnt stop touching aziraphale the whole time. not even in a sexual way at all hes just like. sitting in his lap. or being carried. or playing with ziras wing bc GOD ARE HIS FEATHERS SOFT. zira doesnt take care of them well though so crowley ends up just silently sitting behind zira and putting all the feathers where they should be an all that while zira goes off about cake or something. anathema finds this adorable. probably because she cant stop laughing her ass off at everything. [newt brought weed brownies. anathema ate like 4. the new husbands arent gonna let her die or end up in the hospital though. shell bee fine.] I FORGOT TO TALK ABOUT THE CAKE. its really cheesy. it does have white icing like a traditional wedding cake, but the inside is pink. like its just pink from food colouring. its just a vanilla cake dyed pink. now you may be thinking, whos idea was it to make the cake PINK? crowleys. crowley wanted a pink cake. no one but aziraphale knows this. aziraphale finds it really really cute. everyone else thinks it was aziraphales doing but NOPE. its also got lil angel and demon cake toppers but its not of them, no. theyre store bought. crowley thought it would be funny and aziraphale went with it. (he secretly also found it funny, but also found it inappropriate to laugh at it.) theres no professional photographer, aziraphale didnt really want to involve more humans in this than their friends, and its not like most of their memories together have been documented at all. photos have only been around like 200ish years, thats nothing in the face of 6 millennia. this does not however, stop anathema and newt from taking a million pictures on their phones. at least they have the sense to not take pictures when crowley starts crying. though its not like thye could get a good picture of that anyways, wings are really easy to hide behind when theyre that big. oh shit i really went off the rails on this one but thats ok. ive a feeling no one really minds. oh yeah the actual fuckin wedding is in crowleys greenhouse. its impossibly big. and logically should not fit in the flat at all. that one was somewhat hard to explain to beelzebub, but its not like they really care that much. they were just curious as to what the FUCK one demon could do with a greenhouse of all things. they did not get an answer. just a flower pot to the face and a run away demon. beelz wasnt even all that mad just suprised like the audacity of that mother fucker. anyways. the (altar?? podium?? WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THING CALLED I STILL HAVENT FIGURED IT OUT AND ITS BEEN 5 MINUTES) was literally grown. its like a flower bush (more like two) that were grown in an arc. crowley did not clear much space for this at all, just the isle and enough chairs for everyone. not that he moved plants for those. just put chairs on top of short plants. the thems parents were really really fuckin confused as to “what the hell?? how did they do this. what.” but stayed because no one else seemed to be bothered much by it, the kids were like ‘same shit as always’ and the grooms seemed happy about this. it was a hassle to actually get to the chairs without stepping on the plants though. and didrie (is that how its spelled??? adams mom.) swears she saw some of the plants trembling when the petals were thrown. she also swears that the bride has snake eyes?? crowley doesnt wear his sunglasses the whole time so all the lights are a bit dimmed, not quite to the point that the humans cant see but if they were any lower it might have been a bit of a problem. especially with all of the mother fucking VINES. why are there vines all over the place crowley?? he does not have an answer. he may have gone over board a few years ago and just. leaves them there. theyre not hurting anybody. SPEAKING OF CROWLEYS SNAKE FEATURES! crowley ends up stammering and hissing through his vows. aziraphale finds this adorable. look at my hissy idiot. i love him. thats all that goes through ziras head. eventually he just lifts his wing so no one can see and kisses him because they both know crowley isnt goign to be able to say it in the next ten minutes. oh yeah their vows are done in latin. because what else would they do it in? also they bless/curse one another in their vows. because it cant hurt them, and its like the rings from earlier. no one with intent to harm them can touch them now without being burned by the blessing/curse. anyone. it can bee beelzebub or gabriel or some human, theyre getting burned. zira lets crowley finish the curse before kissing him obviously. all humans but anathema are confused by this, anathema learned latin as a teenager to better be able to understand occult books. she regrets the fact that she can understand them because theyre being very very lovey dovey and she thinks they did it in latin so no one would be able to understand them. so she just stands there and ends up with her face red as a tomato by the time they’re done. newt is kinda concerned and very confused because “what just happened??? i know that was vows. i think.”
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eludum-a · 7 years
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500 follower follow forever!
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it happened. god knows why so many of you are here, but apparently you like what i do, so... well, thank you! to everyone! but this is a very informal follow forever meant specifically for people i speak to regularly/people i consider my friends/people i feel i owe something to. i haven’t done anything like this since the 100 follower mark, so please bear with me. 
i felt like i needed to do this because, in the wise words of taako the wizard, “it doesn’t always have to be goof goof dildo. i’m traveling around with the boner squad and i never get to say... what i’m feeling! i have emotions!”
if you’re not here, please don’t feel like i don’t appreciate you! i only have the energy for so much love here in my body. if you’ve been inactive/are on hiatus, i might have missed you, and if we haven’t really talked a lot ooc, same thing applies.
(i have been working on this on and off for weeks. im so tired pls just let me be finished with it)
anyway, call outs below the cut!
@unsuspicious: cou, you send me so many baffling and strange images at all hours of the day. i had to lead up with this because where do you even get all those. anyway, you’re definitely the person i talk to the most every day, and it’s weird as shit to think that the last thing in tumblr messenger was me sending you the link to the discord channel. you’re a fantastic roleplayer when you actually roleplay and you’re fun to have around!
@hismalice: raz you are one of my favorite people on this god forsaken hell site and don’t ever forget that. if you need a reminder you can come back here and look at this and see this seal of approval, and also the mental image of me saying “no, fuck you” to your negative thoughts and then punching them in the face heaven slaying dragon fist style. if you ever wanna talk you know where to find me and it’s also ok if you don’t want to!! i’ll still be here regardless.
@cantalazarus: god bless the hinatatas, may they grow strong and powerful this year. amen. on a more real note: this is my official notice that i really appreciate you just... in general, as a person, even if im an asshole who has trouble with, like, Feelings and shit. so there’s that. same as with raz above, you obviously know where to find me whenever you wanna talk. and take as long as you need to recharge your batteries!! no rush
@mxssias: ALEX MY MAN... BOY... GUY! DUDE, PAL, WHATEVER. your naegi is LIT. i love the good good egg boy so much and you do him justice!! you don’t just focus on the lighter aspects of his character, but you recognize his various struggles as well! you’re also just a fun person to talk to and i’d love to do more naenami in the future of COURSE
@ayatsurii the sparkliest of cats! yo, sparkle, thank u for turning me on to pekonami because it’s so good and pure, and thank you also for trying to keep things from burning down in the chat when we get too rowdy (even if you’re not successful... we can’t be tamed). i look forward to future pekonami interactions!
@snappshot: sarah is wonderful at everything she does, sorry i dont make the rules. you’ve been around this blog for what feels like forever now?? first as mahiru (and your mahiru rly captured my heart) but also sayaka and kaede and your persona muses are equally wonderful! idk what i’d have done if you weren’t there to reassure me i was doing a good job. god bless sarah
@anemoia-avenoir / @ongakuvoices: rrrrrrrrIO! you’re lovely and you should know it. i know we don’t really talk much ooc but you definitely deserved a spot in here! your passion for your muses is incredible! your love for them shows in the details of your writing, and i know it can be frustrating sometimes to feel like you’re not good enough (believe me... i have been there many times), but believe me... you’re gonna do amazing things, i just know it.
@malchancevilain YOU STILL OWE ME 15 DOLLARS AND I AIM TO COLLECT, GREG GRIMALDIS. NO MATTER WHERE IN THE MULTIVERSE YOU ARE. ahem. we share a lot of common interests, watchy, and i really do love your luckgami, like, a lot. i love how different his background is without changing who he is fundamentally as a person, aka a snob
@shpionaz: *insert obligatory ‘like a boss’ joke here* ok now that we’ve gotten that over with,,, im so grateful i got a chance to play out the oumanami brotp interactions with you because that was on my wishlist almost as soon as i found out about their sprite similarities and we didn’t even have to try, it just happened. you’re first ouma in my heart forever and i can’t wait to do some things with your oc too!!
@gambogeish: it’s kind of ironic how i didn’t finish twewy until we became friends, when it was first gifted to me by my boyfriend... it’s probably just the difference in maturity/gaming ability from then to now, but ANYWAY: i am so glad to have met you. you’re one of the first people in the community i’ve really connected with, and you’re an awesome person who i’d love to roleplay with regardless of muse. i’ve got a virtual high five right here waiting for you. o/
@pseudxcode syd, god bless your chihiro, honestly. he’s such a sweet little guy and i love his interactions with chiaki! of course i’ve always been a fan of these two together (even when she’s NOT an AI created by him), because their talents complement each other so well! they’re good for each other. i’d love to see more chiaki & chihiro action, especially if it involves chiaki encouraging him and reassuring him that he’s not as weak as he thinks he is.
@kibcu / @krclowa we only recently started talking but you’re such a welcome addition to thotchat, liz! take that as you will. this one’s probably gonna be a bit short but im looking forward to platonic naenami interactions and ur sonia too! aunty nanami’s gonna babysit the hell out of those naegi kids (aka give them all smartphones and sit back and relax)
@synthxsizxr GOOD IDOL, BEST SISTER, AKI LOVES HER HARU even if she really doesnt understand the idol lifestyle like, at all. chi, you yourself are very sweet and kind, it’s wonderful having you here in this community! i hope you’re having a lot of fun with your talentswap chiaki and i hope 
@relixum / @lxckyclovers: i hope you two don’t mind that i put you together here. i know you’ve been busy with school lately (good luck with that, by the way!!) but i didn’t want you to think i forgot about you! you guys make a mom/dad/parental unit so proud. you’re wonderful writers and i hope you find happiness wherever you go. *bob belcher voice* you’re my family and i love you but you’re terrible, you’re all terrible.
@tcndcrloins levi you’re the other constant presence in thotchat and you’re such a fun person to have around. you’re so welcoming and comfortable in a sense that i never feel like i’m bothering you, and thats a pretty incredibly accomplishment considering how often i convince myself im annoying. get those drafts done, i believe in you!!
@delinqueon avery, you were probably the first person within the community i talked to one on one, and thank god you approached me because at that point i never would have had the courage to speak up! your leon is such a delight to interact with and so are your other characters. one day you’ll get me back for making you read the bee movie script out loud for fifteen minutes.... one day
@betraycd last but not least, first i have to thank fin for my current editing software that i still have yet to figure out even 10% of ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) but i’ll get there! fin, i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: i absolutely adore your souda, all of the time and effort you’ve put into his characterization and how you don’t ignore the uglier parts of his personality. he’s a lovely flawed boy and you really do him justice!
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like any community with more than a few people, there have been ups and downs in the path few months. i wanted to add here as a general shout out that i have never felt so welcome and loved in a community that i originally would have thought would be more disjointed than what you might find on a forum. like, i’ve changed a lot thanks to you guys! i’ve been able to get over some of the hurdles of my social anxiety (i didnt jump over them so much as drag myself across the ground and painfully crawl over them) and i just... i feel good? i feel like people like me? there are still times where my anxiety insists i’m nothing but a useless burden, but i actually... feel like people enjoy having me around? holy shit!
i made some really cool new friends and got to know a different kind of roleplay community. im overall incredibly grateful for this wild and weird journey i’ve been on, and the journey certainly isn’t over by any means! i hope to keep seeing you guys around!
these words really arent even enough to express my gratitude. i havent been to some really dark places, but there for a while i felt like i was almost completely alone. i simply wasn’t connecting with other people like i wanted to. about 3-4 years ago i lost contact with (long story) my roleplay partners of 4 years and it wasn’t an easy thing to recover from, but i’m here now and it’s just... really good! incredible, even!
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cessorjournals-blog · 7 years
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The Shabbat Chronicles: Volume 16 (4/24/2017)
Bless Many years ago, when our biggles were littles and there were but three, I read a book about giving blessings and set about to apply it. The idea was that we would line the kids up in a "train" and as each one knelt before us, we would speak a blessing over them. That was the idea. The result was a pile of wiggling, giggling fleshy frames. We tried several times before realizing that we would need to find a way to bless our bundles in the midst of moving moments everyday. Or when they were sleeping, lol. As this Passover season utterly ran me through, my heart returned to the beauty of bless, in the final earthly act of a man turned Savior. He led them, His disciples out, away from every doubt and distraction. He had risen from His grave and now needed to call them from theirs. To resurrect, He blessed. "Lifting up his hands, He blessed them. While He blessed them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven." He wasn't dissuaded by the weakness they had each displayed, for He knew what they needed. Strength. A firmness and fortitude only He could give. For blessing conveys the proposal of a weakness, our weakness, being compensated for. Reimbursed and recouped. But sometimes, more than we want it to be true, we won't bow for the bless until we see how close we are to the curse. Two short days before Passover, Yeshua said to them: "Tonight, you will all lose faith in me, as the Tanakh says 'I will strike the shepherd dead, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.' Matthew 26:31 (CJB) My. Heart. Can't. Stand. It. You will all lose faith. You won't believe me anymore. You will wage war against my will instead of walking in it. Clinging to curse instead of bending for bless. It wasn't long until they fulfilled His word. At the home of a leper who had not yet overcome the stench and stigma. A woman. What she carried was named, though she was not. Yet. An alabaster jar in her hands. A prophecy upon her heart. She split it and spilt it. All over Jesus. And the disciples scattered. Everything they had believed now a curse they wanted to be rid of. And they slung them all like daggers, towards His very heart. "How could you? Why don't you? You won't. You can't." Feeding on a daily dose of conclusions instead of feasting on daily bread. Jesus welcomed the unleash of extravagance to Him and for Simon. One man's time had come. Another's would pass. The shamed now shameless. And the disciples said, "Why this waste? This perfume could have been sold and given to the poor." But it wasn't perfume. It was praise. Praise can never be sold, but always offered. And the disciples cursed what they weren't capable of. They couldn't yet praise. Extravagance eluded them. "How could you give Simon what he needed and not us what we wanted" they cried. And one left, bound for betrayal. His answer filled the room, fragrant with spice. For this wasn't just for one. It was for all. It's always for all. It always will be. Soon, a shudder and shake will crack me wide and you will receive the extravagance of never covering yourselves. For if you try to find cloak and cape, you won't be able to pour out to others that which they need. They stood in the bouquet of bless. Jesus did what He will always do. He took hold of the loose thread of the sweater. They twisted and turned, away, until that which they had clothed themselves with lay in a formless heap at their feet. At His. Then he shaped every strand into a robe. For when they were ready. To wear Him. We are not such different disciples. How often do we curse that which we aren't capable of? Our incapability incapacitates when we cling to the curse instead of breaking for the blessing. Year ago, I was on a golf course which was a favorite place of mine. This particular day was the regional tournament my high school team had advanced to. I was designated the low medalist because of my score at our district meet. At district, I played the game of my life. Regionals, Not so much. If the hole had been the Grand Canyon, I couldn't have gotten the ball in it. Near the last few holes, I had pummeled the ball so many times (each one taking it farther from the hole) that I'm sure the shell was gone and the pulp inside was running through the grass. The last two holes were near the clubhouse. I know not how long this particular official had watched me. I also know not if he yelled out to me in order to stop his pain or mine. I just heard the shout when it came. "Just take a ten honey." Take a ten in golf terms was mercy. It meant to write a ten for that hole even if you had hit the ball twenty times. In other words, take a knee. Bend for bless. I'm pretty sure the number of curses I spoke at least equaled the number of times I hit the ball that day. Myself for being inadequate. I probably threw my coach in for believing in me enough to put me in the category he did. And I may have tossed my teammates in as they received medals and I just had the medallion made from my curses. He knows. He doesn't disqualify, He bends. Eleven beloveds cursed. One betrayed. One broke His heart, but eleven kept it beating. That helps me so much. To know I keep His heart beating. Jesus told the disciples they would be scattered, not shattered. And every word He said to them, culminated in a blessing. One that empowered them to be able to do what was not in their natural capabilities. And He does the same for us. All day, every day. "You can't do it? Bend for the bless." He aches when we don't. When we won't. For He longs to declare Pappa's favor over us. And to power the prosperity of the blessing. He melts when we let Him motivate us along the course of the blessing so we see the fullness of it. So we become the fullness and take it wherever we go. The disciples were scattered. Stems that once leaned hard right and left, now strong and stout. All that they believed about Him (and them) hung upon them like the feathery seeds of a dandelion. Spirit hovered blowing each seed across the earth. Each sinking into soil, thrusting roots and sprouting fruit. They weren't capable of that type of strew and spread. Without blessing they couldn't unroll and unfurl in such a way. And neither can we. Chronicles: Let Pappa reveal someone he has for you to bless. To speak truth and life to or for. Journal all He says, them let him guide you in how to release it to them. Tabletop: Prepare a time of blessing for those at your table this week. As part of your preparation, take a risk and bless with the Hebrew model as a guide. A Hebrew blessing has five portions. Touch. By touching as you bless, you are communicating that the person is received where they are, how they are. In America, though we are home of the brave, land of the free, touch seems cause us to feign frailty instead of finding our fierce. Its funny though. Studies have found that sports teams that swat, slap, pat and poke each other are more victorious than teams that don't. So, when we touch each other - we are actually encouraging each other to victory!! Spoken words. Speaking to a person why we believe in them and what we believe for them unleashes a portion of power! Word pictures. As each Hebrew letter has a pictograph that walks alongside it, so can our blessings. Read the blessings of the tribes sometime. Each tribe had its own path and received the blessing that would help them remain upon it no matter what plan the enemy had! Example - Joseph. It was said he was a fruitful vine, near a spring whose branches climbed over walls. Though much came against him, the declaration of his blessing was that he would always overcome. Imagine what is to come. As we bless, its so crucial to share that what is to come has saved a place for us. This speaks to all we can't see yet. I was thinking of Issac and his blessing up Jacob. He was so near blindness, he couldn't see even who he was blessing. Yet he connected to the Lord and spoke of the what was to come. He didn't need to see to do that, he needed to know the One who sees! Commit. We are pretty familiar with prophetic words. They are awesome for sure. Yet, as we bless each other, it truly matters that we are committed to seeing that blessing come to fulness. Thats part of community, of family. So as part of blessing, we yield ourselves to remind each other, encourage each other, participate with each other towards the blessing.
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hopeheartfilia · 4 years
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How is there not a TGCF Dancer AU where Xie Lian used to dance ballet at some point, and now he dances literally anything, but enters a tango competition with Hua Cheng.
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automatismoateo · 7 years
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My mom has started saying "may the force be with you" instead of "god bless you." via /r/atheism
Submitted March 06, 2017 at 08:27AM by Sarsoar (Via reddit http://ift.tt/2mrOS1W) My mom has started saying "may the force be with you" instead of "god bless you."
I was boarding a plane and called her before leaving. She ended with that and I told her I loved her and that was it. This is the 3rd time she has done it and she started doing it after the star wars reddit gifts exchange. She may have said it after we watched rogue one together, but she definitely started actually doing it after that letter in the gifts exchange.
I was moving for a new job and so didnt have a stable address. I put my parents address for redditgifts and then when it arrived I asked her to open the package for me, because anticipation... You know. It was a rocking gift but the letter was a sweet little blurb that ended "may the force be with you." And little did I know that the letter would be the best gift of them all. And with little intention from my nerdy secret santa. I still really loved the socks though dude.
My mom knows Im a geek and knows how much I love all things star wars. Now, we have also always had disagreements with religion. She wanted me to believe in something. Even if its some cosmic uniting force that doesnt go by the name "god" or ascribe to some religion. My father and her aren't religious, well, he's catholic and shes, some other christian. But they havent gone to church in years, they gave up on religion a while ago. As in, they gave up on institutionalized religion with the hypocrisy and dressing up and all that.
They still have a personal god and still pray and meditate and still believe there is something greater than us pulling the strings or atleast watching over us.
I don't.
I haven't since at least middle school. And we have had arguments that lead nowhere dozens of times. But I think this letter sparked something in her. Among other things.
It also came with my sister's wedding a few days ago. Her priest cancelled on them a few weeks ago and I decided to jump in since they had no one to marry them. I was considering becoming a notary since I live in a state that allows them to marry people. But that seemed like it could take too long and I instead became an ordained clergy member of an online church.
Now, my grandma loved it because she thinks I have found the light, that I am now a man of god and I am now eligible into heaven. My soul is not eternally damned and all the other lovely stuff her and all the other radically, or at least mildly, crazy people have told me. And she needs that so I won't take it away from her.
My mom understands the farce, understands that my "church" is a humanist one and not what my grandma thinks. My mom realized its pretty secular as far as churches go.
So thats all side details. The point is, I have been preparing the ceremony for a while and there was this tug of war between me, the officiant that writes the script, and the family that was expected to be there. They were catholics and some other stuff too. There were some weird customs that I was intended to mantain.
But I made it my own, checking with my sister to make sure it still respected her beliefs. I let them hold bibles while saying their vows, but everything else was pretty secular. I did not mention god in my speech. I only mentioned religion once in the closing while mentioning that religion on that day did "not matter because the young couple was part of the religion of love and commitment today." I told them that no priest or rabbi or public official was the one that could marry them, their faith in each other and their commitment to their life together was what made that decision.
Also, if you know of the hispanic tradition of the arras you know that it is a backwards thing. Sometimes the rings themselves count as arras, sometimes there are coins that take the place. In old times these were gold or silver valuable coins that a rich "padrino de las arras" would gift to the male, and in the ceremony he would hand them to the bride as a symbol that he would provide the finances in the house. Implying she needed to cook, clean, tend to the young and the house. We arent in the 50s and we aren't back in south america anymore. And I was not going to start my sisters wedding like that, that symbolism is not what I ever wanted for her.
I instead made the padrino hand them each 6 arras, (12, one per month that money needs to be provided in the year) and they equally dropped them into the container while I explained that marriages are 50/50 even in finances. That they each take and give equally. And then I dropped in the 13th arra, which always signified charity and the gift to the needy. With the officiant providing it I said it was symbolic of the excess they may have to spare and how they needed to not only look inward into the house with it, but to look outward together at the community when the time called for it.
My grandma would have hated it if she understood english and saw how I butchered her holy traditions. But everyone that saw it happen loved what I did because they knew what I believed and kind of accepted at this point that its what I believe. And the white people at the wedding that never heard about it before also adored it once I explained the "traditional" ceremony.
My mom especially saw all these changes not just on the day, but drafts and ideas of the speech as the first little slivers of tradition were chopped to floor to form something I thought would respect my sister's beliefs, my own, and her husband's all at once.
There were other ceremonies performed while I married them that I made my own as well in the most respectful way I could.
And it happened over some time and my mom accepted it. I don't know, something just clicked a decade after she realized I didnt believe what she believed and it has to do with my ceremony and that star wars card.
This is a long rambling message but I wanted to tell someone that would understand. Afterwards one of my cousins told me that he loved how I made it my own. It was the most religious thing that I have ever done, and it was as secular as I would have liked and my sister still loved it. Their vows were not backed by god, but by a promise between two individuals that loved each other, their faith was not in something divine, but in each other and their trust to each other. That all made it more meaningful and more real. It always has.
The farce is not that an athiest became ordained to marry two people, the farce would have been if I kept lying as I did as a child and mentioned god and pretended that he would bless the marriage and whatever other thing I don't believe but that I knew would make my family happy.
With how she reacted to my speech and how she has been acting after the star wars card, I feel that she finally respects me. It took over a decade, and it took me moving out of the house. It took me surpassing half her age. But at least it happened.
The night before the marriage my mom gave me a quote from the bible and told me to say it the next day. I respectfully told her that I wasn't going to open a bible during that ceremony and that I wouldn't be quoting things I didnt believe.
Instead I quoted Sagan.
"Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars."
He meant other things that also applied when I used the same quote on my graduation card a few years back. But they have their own stars to explore in their next coming forever. And I told them they can set sail as high as they wish to take the marriage. With that I told them that "today two dreams become one" and told them to kiss.
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