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universalitgirlsblog2 · 6 months

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💖🌷👛HOT GIRL ERA💖🌷👛

💖As a hot girl , I'm selflessly selfish & always put myself first . I'm always mentally stable .I always know what to say & how to deal with bullies and toxic people . I know how to build boundaries and be firm with them I don't overshare with people if they are fake or toxic . I can easily judge people , whether they are a red flag or green flag . I'm bound to be good at everything . I don't settle for less and don't allow others to mistreat me .Its privilege to be my friend or boyfriend. its privilege to be in my life . If you mistreat or take me for granted , I won't take a second to kick you out of my life and make you regret it .I always take care of myself mentally , spiritually, emotionally and physically and I always believe in myself no matter what.I have so much confidence, self love and a great self concept and no one or no circumstance can take that away from me. I don't allow others to let me question my self worth . I always practice self control and discipline .I always surround myself with people who have winner mentality and people who respect & cherish me . I receive princess treatment 24/7 , not just by my adorable SP but by everyone. It's considered a crime to mistreat me. Everyone knows how I deserve to get treated like a princess 👸 As a hot girl , I have healed from all bad past experiences. I always make that are best for me and will benefit me .I always keep myself clean and well groomed .

🌷As a hot girl , I'm the main character of my life . THE REAL Y/N .I know that I create my own reality and I'm a true blessing to this world .I'm aware of the fact that it's my world and everyone else is just living in it . I have immense amount of self respect , self love which makes others love & respect me as well. I'm an ICON & I set the standards as hight as Mount Everest . I am suffering from Princess sickness where I feel happy & proud of myself & always get princess treatment 24/7, 365 days . I never chase anyone coz other are always chasing me LOL. I thrive in every aspect of my life & I have a perfect concept of myself & everything ( life , love , relationships, academic & prodigy ). I really love myself. My standards are as high as Mount Everest . My life revolves around me and me only . I always accept help & help myself & don't block my own opportunities & blessings . All eyes are always on me even if I'm in my pajamas& my confidence and energy is immaculate. People can't do anything but be near me . I don't attach myself to any thing , people or places. I define me , I don't want others to decide who I am , I decide that for myself.

👛As a hot girl , I'm AUTHENTIC, I say what I mean & I mean what I say . I have the APHRODITE energy . Me > Everything . I don't need others to validate my self worth. I am in my feminine energy ( less chasing, more attracting ) . I don't seek others validation or permission , I do what I want . I'm valuable to myself. Anyone who doesn't find me hot gets cancelled. I'm God's favourite & blessed. My charm is out of this word .

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hobicakess · 1 year

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IT WAS THE MONSTERS: 1

SUMMARY: You were born with the ability to see and spot spirits and monsters. From vampires to werewolves, demons, ghosts, and ghouls. Now, as an adult, you use this “gift” to help your clients overcome their worst demons. The “gift” you had never really caused you trouble now that you’re an adult, but you guess some monsters don’t like psychics who interfere with their fun.

RATING: 18+ (i am not a babysitter, you are in control of what you consume.)

PAIRING: ot7 x reader | poly!au

A/N: I spent so much time procrastinating this sorry hotties. Only at least 1k word, but It took so much out of me.

Second sight, passed on from the L/N bloodline from generation to generation. There was a sudden stunt in its flow for at least 8 of those generations, until you were born. Your mother complained throughout her pregnancy that she’d see visions of you in your past life but it was waved off. When you finally came into this world, your father says there was a flash of something in your eyes, a purple gleam that danced there as he held you.

At least, that's the story you get when you ask about your eye

Being that you were the first in 200 years to be sighted, you had no one to teach you how to control such a “gift”, at least that's what others called it. Though there are many that call you blessed, you'd beg to differ. Growing up, this quirk always got you into trouble.

Playful spirits yanked at your puffs and pulled out your barrettes and often caused your silky pressed hair to frizz. Some monsters take their time to torture you by sitting in your closet or under your bed, lurking in the shadows. Middle school was definitely your worst era. You had random outbursts and twitches that caused people to push away from you. It wasn't even your fault, but what could you really say?

“It’s not me! it’s the monsters!” That's ridiculous really.

Your parents took you to therapy for it but you could see the deceitful demons sucking and clinging onto them, so that never helped you at all. They were so quick to throw you a bottle of pills that it eventually stopped working.

As you get older, you learn to ignore it along with learning to be patient and more even tempered. During high school you were weird and lowkey, wearing huge black sunglasses from freshman to senior year. They helped block out your sight and question's about your eye.

You managed to make friends with a werewolf though he left unannounced in the middle of senior year. You guess he shifted early and went away to his home where people like him roamed freely.

Graduating as a below-average person, you decided to say fuck college and open your own business.

A “palm reader” , “physic” , “witch”, “Woman Jesus”. There were many terms that your clients and random people called you.

Your job was to find your client's demons and attack them. Any addiction, health issues, relationship problems. These were all caused by parasitic demons and they thrived off sucking the life out of regular people. You didn’t have the qualifications to banish anything by force, so you did help many people in a safer, smarter way with 3 easy steps.

Identifying the demon. This wasn't hard for you, since you literally saw the demon sucking the life out of a person

Acknowledge them

Taming them

The most common among all parasites are lust demons.

Their job was to suck you completely dry and leave you broken. Most people were too far gone before you could save them, but the ones who weren’t you changed their lives greatly. One night while you were closing your shop, two men walked in, one short and blond, the other dark haired, and taller than the other. They were both dangerously handsome and the energy that came from them was hot, sensual, and angry. The blond stormed up to you hissing, eyes turning an unnatural shade of black. “So you’re the one putting us out of business?”

Staring at his face, you could definitely tell this was one of the men disrupting the lives of so many men and women in this area. Most of your clients have complained about these two being a one-night stand at some club, then as days go on they invade their dreams, and every single thought. Jimin and Taehyung, the dynamic incubus duo.

You’ve never had a demon come directly to you for butting into their affairs. You guessed these two were fearless, but fortunately the underworld had rules. If any entity killed someone on second sight, they’d be banished back to hell for eternity, and you're sure these two parasites have been around for a long time.”

“ I’m sorry gentlemen, I'm not sure we’ve met?” You tilt your head, clenching your purse strap up on your arm. Taehyung scoffed, walking around your shop touching a few things every now and then, with a flick of the wrist, the shelf on the side of you tumbled to the ground.

You squeak, moving out of the way, tripping and knocking over a display table filled with tarot cards. “You are the only one in this miserable town with real second sight.”

While Jimin talked, Taehyung walked through your shop dropping shelf after shelf.

“No screaming tongues, or holy water.” the crashing of shelves halted and only the thud of Jimin's boots coming towards you could be heard. “Your banishing is less dramatic, more modern, effective and so you.”

You jumped at the sound of your crystal ball shattering above your head, making you scream, as tiny shards of glass cut into your hands. “Y/N L/N, that is your name now?”

When Taehyung spoke your name, the walls began to vibrate as did your body.

“Ah taetae, I don't think this is our little princess, just a sad little human of no morals or knowledge”J imin appeared in front of you, bending down to you, hand burning into your skin as he lifted your chin up to meet his blood red eyes surveying your skin. “Though you still possess an untouchable beauty”

You were speechless, scared, and confused. They talked as if they knew you from another lifetime. You can't say you didn't believe it was possible, since you saw devious things every day, but it was still nerve-racking to hear. ''Maybe we should just keep you little princess, and bring back those old memories ”

Your shop began to shake and tremble, all the shelves had fallen, glass shattering and books spinning around the three of you.

Standing, he made himself very loud and clear, “Don’t let us hear your name again,” and for their grand finally the front windows of your shop shattered around you.

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swanmaids · 4 months

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year end rec list wrap-up

2023 was such a good year for silm fic, I read so much great stuff from all corners. But I would be very much remiss if I did not rec each of the wonderful gift fics that I was lucky enough to recieve throughout the year!

The Silmarillion, in reverse-chronological order:

Indissoluble by @polutrope [idril/tuor/voronwe; rated e, 2.6k, nawa]

All the banter-filled, life-affirming sex for my ot3 equals merry christmas to ME.

untitled by @polutrope [tuor/voronwe; explicit, five sentences, on tumblr]

Sensual, tender, and full of hope against all odds on the way to Gondolin.

a passionate kiss by @jouissants [earendil/elwing; on tumblr]

Amazing worldbuilding and sensuality in this portrayal of Sirion-era Starwing.

she is so tired of fleeing by @that-angry-noldo [morwen; five sentences, on tumblr]

Perfect refugee Morwen characterisation in just five sentences.

blessed disorder by @sallysavestheday [turgon & aredhel; rated g, 0.1k, nawa]

The sweetest snapshot of these two being the best of friends.

Muntjac by @jouissants [celegorm/orome; rated e, 2.2k, nawa]

Hot, emotional and fairly dark sex between these two in Beleriand as everything falls apart around Celegorm. Just so perfectly THEM.

salt by @verecunda [earendil/elwing; three sentences, on tumblr]

Super sweet and romantic slice of life for my otp.

the glassmaker by @thelordofgifs [ofc/ofc; rated t, 1.9k, nawa]

Such excellent worldbuilding and a tender blossoming romance between two ordinary women of Sirion while it was still thriving, by fellow Sirion-understander.

swing by @welcomingdisaster [nerdanel/indis, rated t, 1.3k, nawa]

Beautiful imagery and wrenching emotions in this post-flight of the Noldor fic. And yet, despite it all, some hope.

Leaves of Countless Years Lie Thick by @polutrope [celegorm/orome; rated m, 0.8k, nawa]

Stunning, sexy, emotive post-canon reunion between these two. Fantastic Orome pov.

a kiss to wake up by @polutrope [Idril/Tuor/Voronwe; rated t, nawa]

A lovely moment of tenderness and then hope as Earendil rises in the sky.

the longed for that cometh beyond hope by @meadowlarkx [earendil/elwing; rated g, 0.4k, nawa]

Beautiful bittersweet fairytale vibes in this tale of "peredhil living through their own myth", as Earendil's quest is completed.

forced to watch by @theworldisquietheretooquiet [morwen & aerin; 1.1k, implied rape, on tumblr]

Wrenchingly sad exploration of Morwen's emotions as she is forced to watch Aerin and Brodda marry.

warmth by @that-angry-noldo [earendil/elwing, elwing & earendil & elrond & elros; on tumblr]

A lovely soft and adorable moment as Earendil and Elwing play with their children.

what remains by asterisq [dior/nimloth; rated t, 2.2k, mcd]

Impeccable clinical horror vibes and tragedy in this remix gift! Observations of the corpses of Dior and Nimloth following the second kinslaying.

summer by @halfelven [earendil; on tumblr]

Evocative and heartwrenching portrayal of a young and traumatised Earendil in Sirion.

House of the Dragon

a discreet kiss by @ellrond [rhaenyra/alicent; on tumblr]

A sweet stolen moment between a young Alicent and Rhaenyra, tragic when one remembers what's to come.

and as if that wasn't enough, I was also #blessed enough to receive several stunning illustrations of my own fics. Each is absolutely beautiful and adds to the fics immeasurably. Go and Look at them.

one of your girls

Celegorm in a dress by @curufiin

nothing beside remains

Uinen tends to Tar-Miriel's bones by @meadowlarkx

the salt in the wound

Curufin's wife holding angrist by @matrose

Luthien/Curufin's wife by @matrose

sister, sister

Young Aredhel tags along on a Turgon/Elenwe date by @matrose

#thank you all once again!!!#my post #the silm #fic #art #for me

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yuniemaki · 1 year

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On beiguang, yin/yang symbolism and the blessed dragon/fenghuang pairing

The Beidou x Ningguang ship in Genshin is heavily inspired by two main symbols in Chinese culture: Yin and yang, and the dragon and fenghuang pairing. In this essay (literally) I will deep-dive into the nuances of these two symbols that make this ship so complex and enthralling to me at least?!

Yin/Yang

Let’s talk a bit about the concept of duality in Chinese cosmology. Yin and Yang are complementary forces that interact together to represent duality and balance in all aspects, i.e a shadow (Yin) cannot exist without light (Yang).

Yin and yang are always opposite and equal qualities. Whenever one quality reaches its peak, it will naturally begin the transformation into the opposite quality: for example, a flower that blooms in spring (fully Yang) will wither and die back in winter (fully Yin) in an endless cycle.

This can be applied to all cyclic events in life, for example the rise and fall of things: Yang being the rise and yin being the fall. Creation (Yang) and entropy (Yin) are also two sides of the same coin.

阴 Yin can be translated in several ways: the moon, concealed, overcast, hidden, shade. Generally, it represents the direction North.

The character 阴 can be broken down into two components:

The radical 阝, the graphical variant of 阜, meaning “mound, abundant, rich”,

and the character 月, meaning “moon”.

阳 Yang can be translated as, male, the sun, overt, belonging to this world, activity. Generally, it represents the direction South.

The character 阳 can also be broken down into two components:

The radical 阝, the graphical variant of 阜, meaning “mound, abundant, rich”,

and the character 日, meaning “sun”.

The terms “male” and “female” here don’t refer to gender specifically and are used very loosely – the Chinese believe in “feminine”/”negative” and “masculine”/”positive” energy as two halves of a whole, i.e. both must exist for balance to be. Neither can thrive without the other.

An interesting thing to note about Yin/Yang’s entomology is the way this phrase is written in Chinese. Chinese linguistics typically plac the “male”/”positive” energy first in the language, e.g. 男女, man-woman, and 天地, heaven and earth.

But in yinyang, 阴阳, the “female”/”negative” energy comes first. Scholars theorise that proto-Chinese society was perhaps matriarchal (Empress Dowager being more powerful than the Emperor), or that it was a way to challenge existing cultural preconceptions.

Dragon/Fenghuang

In Chinese mythology, the dragon and fenghuang are the two most powerful celestial symbols. The dragon represents "Yang" while the fenghuang represents "Yin”.

The Chinese dragon is traditionally drawn without wings. Oftentimes it may be depicted together with a flaming pearl under its chin or in its talons. The pearl is associated with spiritual energy, wisdom, prosperity, power, immortality, thunder (electro!), or the moon.

The fenghuang is sometimes referred to as the “Chinese phoenix”, but it has a completely different mythos to the Western legends of rebirth and fire.

The fenghuang is a peace-loving celestial being that is believed to only appear in places blessed with the utmost prosperity and happiness. It is said to live atop the Kunlun Mountains, the Chinese version of Mount Olympus.

Together, the dragon/fenghuang pairing is known as the celestial pairing. The fenghuang is a symbol of luck, prosperity, and success; the dragon is a symbol of status and power. The two are said to strengthen each other when paired. Their union is a symbol of matrimonial bliss and more importantly - balance.

Balance is a recurring theme in Beiguang, from Ningguang’s life and philosophy to Beidou’s (reluctant) admission that Ningguang balances her (more on that later when we deep dive into them individually).

It’s also worth noting that in some areas, the dragon/fenghuang symbol only appears to herald a new era - very much like what Liyue is going through now, heralding a new era of humans without an Archon’s guidance. And how fitting is it that the two most powerful women in Liyue now carry this symbol as they lead the nation into uncharted waters?

How Beiguang parallels Yin/Yang

The duality of Yin/Yang is visible in many aspects of life, from nature to society. One example is the sun moving across the sky. As the sun moves across the sky, things that are once illuminated (Yang) give way to shadow (Yin), revealing what was hidden, and hiding what was revealed.

Similarly, it represents the crux of Beidou and Ningguang’s relationship: infamously public yet ultimately secretive. The Captain and Tianquan talk about each other all the time, but what exactly is their deal? No one really knows.

Another example is their prized homes. The Jade Chamber is known to block out the moon over Liyue, yet is iconic in its skies – literally seen as the moon. It is passive in nature, still and motionless, and is also the epicentre of intelligence - aka covert activity. All these are symbols of Yin.

Now we don’t know exactly where True North is in Teyvat’s map, but Polaris, the North Star, has always been known as a fixed point in the sky, which is why sailors use it to navigate their way home.

Similarly, the Jade Chamber is this fixed point in the sky of Teyvat that could be used as a “North Star” to return to Liyue Harbour. North is, after all, the direction that Yin represents.

I digress a little here, but also consider that Beidou is the Chinese name of the Big Dipper, the very constellation used to point sailors towards Polaris. We know from Beidou’s namecard that she believes in looking to the skies when she wavers, and “the stars shall light the way”.

There’s a poetic beauty in the Jade Chamber being representative of Liyue’s Polaris, and Beidou finding her way back to her “North Star'' each time the Alcor sails for home.

Back on topic. In contrast, the Alcor on the other hand, is constantly moving and full of activity. It sails across the oceans; it is a symbol of power much like Beidou herself is (slayer of Haishan, Beidou tames the seas).

And just like the sun, the Alcor docks and leaves Liyue Harbour - a reflection of how only the sun travels across the sky, illuminating different sides of the moon that patiently waits for light to be cast upon its surface (again, something we’ll return to later).

Water itself can also be separated into Yin (still bodies, lakes) and Yang (moving water, river, ocean). The Jade Chamber is home to still bodies of water (Yin symbol) both inside and out; the Alcor’s very home is the ocean, a powerful Yang water symbol.

Ningguang and Yin/fenghuang symbolism

Alright, let’s deep-dive into Ningguang’s character first. Her strongest fenghuang link is seen mainly in her namecard, and it carries a lovely name:

凝光・凤仪 (Níngguāng - Fèngyí): the admiration/ceremony/rites of the fenghuang

The duality of the fenghuang

What’s interesting about the fenghuang is its duality: in ancient times, the fenghuang was a cohesive yin/yang symbol on its own. Over time when the dragon came into the picture, the fenghuang was altered. When paired with the dragon, it now symbolises Yin. But alone, it symbolises Yang instead.

And that’s why Ningguang’s storied history reflects elements of Yin/Yang balance. She rises (Yang) to power by herself; she retreats from the public eye, hiding (Yin) in the Jade Chamber, yet she is known to publicly flaunt (Yang) her position as a member of the Liyue Qixing.

The diverse nature of the fenghuang and its original symbolism as balance in and of itself contributes to Ningguang’s enigmatic nature, and why she has so many seemingly contradictory opinions - fame being usually associated with Yang, yet secrets being more of Yin.

When the dragon/Yang is not there, the fenghuang shines, becoming the “sun”/Yang - Ningguang is, after all, the de-facto leader of Liyue at this point. She has the awe and the attention of the masses, her chamber is unmissable, she is a ruthless business mogul yet adored by the children like an elder sister.

The parts of a fenghuang

It's also interesting to note that the fenghuang's body parts represent Ningguang's character well:

virtue (head),

duty (wings),

propriety (back),

credibility (abdomen),

and mercy (chest).

Beidou and Yang/dragon symbolism

Perhaps the most obvious link between Beidou and the dragon is her Chinese title: 无冕的龙王 Wúmiǎn de Lóngwáng - “Uncrowned King of Dragons”.

She is specifically given the title “King”/王wáng instead of “Queen”/女王Nǚwáng - masculine energy being a strong Yang quality.

A symbol of Yang quality

Unlike the fenghuang, the Chinese dragon has always been a representation of Yang, which is why Beidou’s character very clearly represents the quintessence of Yang: well-liked, respected, reputed, masculine (in her feats - slaying Haishan, leading a pirate fleet, taming the seas), always on the move, never on land for long.

Traditionally, the dragon has always symbolised power and confidence. The Chinese dragon is the ruler of water and weather, especially moving bodies of water such as the sea, which might suggest why Beidou is able to navigate the sea so very well, to the point that her crew “believe her capable of taming the storms and billows on the sea.”

She also “understands” the sea almost intimately, as seen in her CN voiceline “About us: an eye for people”:

“I’m good at reading people. When you’ve seen the wide ocean, the little splashes (changes) on people’s faces are just too easy to understand. Haha, so, I noticed you from the start.”

Beidou refers to the “changes on people’s faces” as “小水花/splashes (of water)”, implying that once you learn to read the sea (often known as a cruel mistress), people become easy to read in comparison. And to read the sea, you observe. You study every wave, every detail, so you can understand her subtleties.

Despite being a pirate, Beidou’s dragon-symbolic traits show up in her honourable personality, her ability to command the loyalty of her crew, and her commitment to helping the less fortunate.

The dragon's history

Initially, the dragon was benevolent, wise and just, but the introduction of Buddhism added malevolent influence to the dragons. Water can raise and water can destroy. So dragons became able to destroy through floods, tsunamis and storms.

Similarly, that could also be why Beidou, although symbolising the dragon, was also named to be a cursed child – perhaps a tribute to the dragon’s newfound duality.

Yin/Yang Symbolism in relation to Beiguang

Okay, we’ve got that all down, so now we can study Beiguang in the context of Yin/Yang and dragon/fenghuang symbolisms. Remember the bit earlier about how the sun is the only celestial body to travel across the sky in astrologers’ eyes, illuminating different sides of the moon?

Present-day Ningguang resides in Liyue Harbour and (as far as we know) rarely leaves the nation. Beidou comes and goes as the sun rises and falls, and it is with her return that we have been seeing different facets of Ningguang come alive under the light of the sun (Yang).

Ningguang has a voiceline in particular titled “About Us: Observing”. There is one key difference in the CN version of this voiceline, which I’ll translate:

“You’ve followed me for so long, (I’m sure) you’ve learned how to observe. Then, try to observe me, until you become my trusted confidant.”

She asks Traveler to observe her. But what can you observe in the obscured until it is illuminated? Who illuminates her beyond the Tianquan that the masses know?

Most of the key Liyue events in 2021 featuring Ningguang, Archon Quest aside, have also featured Beidou in some capacity. And we learn the most about Ningguang from and through Beidou, like how Yang casts light on and reveals what was previously hidden (Yin).

Romantic gestures aside, their business relationship is also reflective of the dragon/fenghuang motif. Now the dragon symbolises the Chinese Emperor, known as a descendent of the celestial dragons, and the fenghuang symbolises the Empress. To be more specific, the fenghuang represents "power sent from the heavens'' to the Empress.

This brings me back to the way Yinyang is written: female first.

Traditionally although the empress dowager (Yin, fenghuang) supposedly holds more power than the Emperor (Yang, dragon), she works from the shadows, often more covertly. For all intents and purposes, the emperor has the final say. Similarly, Ningguang uses Beidou to do her dirty work.

Yin/Yang - two halves of a whole

Beiguang is essentially a perfectly balanced couple, and the game alludes to this in various ways. One is this interaction between Paimon and Beidou during Moonchase, after Ningguang and Beidou have their little squabble in front of the giant rock and all their friends:

The idiom she uses for "evenly-matched" (势均力敌) is usually used in context of a game/polls/tournament/etc. If you break down the etymology, it literally means "power/influence are equal (in a situation), (so our) strengths match".

Reminder that yin and yang are not just equals - they are also opposite qualities. Life and death, light and darkness, rise and fall. This is why Beidou and Ningguang “profess antipathy to each other’s way of life”, and yet they are united for Liyue’s greater good. They are the direct opposites of each other (law vs crime, elegance vs boorish, luxurious vs simple, light vs dark), but they are also equals.

And Ningguang values this very much -

“Of the many candidates available, she picked Beidou.”

She values time as her greatest resource, making businessmen bid for her time - but Beidou is given the permission to “come up any time” for a game of chess.

All that said, their yin/yang dynamic is not new in Chinese romance stories. Off the top of my head, the titular characters of C-drama Who Rules The World essentially share the same Yin/Yang dynamic as Beiguang does. It’s a lovely trope that adds great complexity to character dynamics.

I do love how hyv has interwoven the dragon/fenghuang symbolisms deep into their lives however, such that Ningguang and Beidou both live and breathe the cultural symbols that they are inspired by, rather than letting it simply be a romantic trope.

Beiguang nation, this be my first gift to you. Hope it’s been a fun read! Next up: GINKGOS.

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pokemonbiologyirlthetabletop · 4 months

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Regigigas

Regigigas (#486)

General Information: Regigigas is a divine being known by many names: Hephaestus, the Shaper of Continents, the Forger of Worlds, the Divine Craftsmith, the One Who Sleeps For A Thousand Years, and the Creator of Giants.

Regigigas ranges anywhere from 12 feet tall to 40 feet tall at full size (3.7 M to 12.1 M), which is the difference between fitting inside of the basement of a temple, versus towering over a herd Mamoswines (these are actual canon differences in height). Its weight is equally gargantuan, from 925.9 pounds to 2,000 pounds (420 kg to 907 kg).

Divinity: Lesser God

Heritage: Child of Xerneas

Divine Role: Regigigas is the Shaper of Continents, the Forger of Worlds. While Groudon is the one who creates the land itself and summons volcanoes to erupt, it is Regigigas, one who was born with the a fraction of Xerneas’s powers of creation, who tows the continents and forges the mountains. Xerneas created Regigigas so that there was an architect to life, in order to create a world which could thrive. It is because of Regigigas’s efforts, that the Earth was able to begin sustaining life from the hallows of the Hadean Era.

In ages past, Regigigas created the Legendary Giants: Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Regidrago, and Regieleki. Forged from rocks, ice, magma, crystallized dragon energy, and pure electricity, Regigigas created these giants in its own image for reasons that are its own. Perhaps it wanted companions, or perhaps it simply wanted to know the joys of creation, a power that Xerneas had blessed it with.

In today’s age, Regigigas will sleep for centuries on end, awakening only to check on the world or when it is called upon.

Place in the Wheel of Reincarnation: Regigigas plays no direct role in the Wheel of Reincarnation. However, should it be killed, so long as Xerneas is alive, a new one will eventually be born to take its place. There does not need to be more than 1 Regigigas on any world, but there could be.

Personality: Regigigas is a patient being, one who has lived billions of years watching the world change. There is little that can properly anger it, and it is by and large a gentle giant. But it is a guardian of its world all the same, and once roused to action it will unleash its divine wrath upon those who have angered it.

Role Amongst Humanity: In most cultures, Regigigas is revered as a guardian of the Earth in some capacity, but this reverence often comes with fear. It is difficult to kill a Regigigas, but that has not stopped people from trying, either out of fanaticism or fear.

Special Rules: Regigigas is capable of controlling all of its creations (Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Regidrago, Regieleki) regardless of whether they are under a trainer or not.

Rules for the Mythology Section: All Pokémon listed exclusively under the mythology sections are entirely uncatchable by conventional means. Pokémon Trainers are not able to catch these Pokémon because they are gods and eldritch beings. Only Pokémon Rangers have a chance at taming these beings.

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Hey guess what, if you like my stuff, this is my website where you can find other Pokémon I've written on and more information about the game that I’m slowly making! Check it out! I write books sometimes too.

#Regigigas #pokemon #pokemon biology #homebrew #ttrpg #pokemon tabletop #pokemon biology irl #tabletop #tabletop homebrew #pokemon irl #pokemon biology irl tabletop #legendary titans #first new entry of 2024!#stay tuned next week :)

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melting-houses-of-gold · 2 months

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🚀 🎁🦈

🎁 Have a piece of a WIP you want to share?

Sure! This is from a long-marinating WIP that I swear I'll pick up one day!

The first time he sees her, it’s raining.

Not the romantic, hazy hue of a light city rain but the torrential chaos and pelting downpour of a jungle storm. It's hot and heavy as it falls but as it soaks through his already sodden jacket it lingers and freezes against his skin, chilling him to his very soul. All he wants is to curl up and wait out the storm, to seek shelter but his enemies are in pursuit so it’s keep moving or die.

Despite the threat of imminent capture (and death), moving is slow-going. His lower half is covered in mud, his boots so caked with muck that each step feels like he’s carrying ten tons. He can still see the pattern of his fatigues through the swirling brown. The blood—not his own, for once—has washed away or at least blended in well enough with the mud that he can’t see it anymore. A blessing.

He’s lost, he thinks. Unsure if he’s ten klicks or two away from the rendezvous point. Any distinguishing markers he noted on their arrival are now nearly impossible to see through the pelting rain. For all he knows, he's walking in circles; in a jungle, there’s no concept of time, no real sense of direction. It’s only adrenaline that keeps him moving forward and experience that tells him he’s not nearly far enough away to rest, despite the exhaustion that’s threatening to stop him in his tracks.

At least he has the intel he came for. Something the Agency insists is vitally important, a matter of life and death, figuratively speaking. In the case of his squad, literally.

Vitally important is a lie he might have believed when he first joined the Agency. When he was fresh out of special forces, and they filled his head with the exotic places he’d travel, the missions he’d be on, the good he’d do around the world. Within weeks he’d realized the lie. That sure there were exotic places he’d only dreamed of visiting but much of his last seven was spent waiting in torrential rain or blistering heat or several feet of snow, with little more than field rations sustaining him for days at a time.

Reality is grim, but the truth is grimmer.

None of the intel matters. For the Agency, it's all vital and important, which is to say that none of it is. What's vital and important is that he brings it to them and not to their enemies.

He knows all of this and yet he stays. Still going on missions, still getting shot at, and—as he finally finds a tree with a decent foothold—still scaling up structures he has no business climbing.

Other two questions below the cut!

🚀 Do you like to outline your fic first or create as you go?

Both! I'm more a pantser than anything else, but I typically have a good idea of where I want to go (and how I picture something ending), so I usually have the opening and the closing of the fic done before anything else. But I also hate overly outlining, even though I know some people thrive with it, I get too stressed and feel like I'm locked into something.

🦈 Which character is the toughest to write?

I feel like it's more eras of characters that I struggle with. Like I very much vibe with Clone Wars through Rebels Ahsoka, but I have zero interest in writing her in the live action era, so I think convincing myself to write something then would be TOUGH. Never say never, though, sometimes when the vibes hit, they hit.

#asked and answered #ask games #my writing #spy au #rexsoka #rexsoka wip

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Jokers living up to their names and doing it in an alternate reality as usual. 😂 I'm sorry, but it's so pathetic to come to a Taekooker blog after Jimin makes a birthday post to brag about Jikook thriving and Taekook "giving" us nothing in the time of solo era/2023 when there have been more significant Taekook moments than any single year since I started following their story in 2016. We've seen Jikook together four times when we know they were filming company content, and Weverse/TikTok interactions...and that's pretty much it. Taekook is Thriving™, so I can see why they'd want to swap narratives. Multiple confirmed hang outs before leaving on trips and after arriving back in SK (including when Tae was only back for a couple of days in between schedules), Paradise Hotel, Busan beach late night, bowling (multiple times confirmed), attending a musical, the Dream premiere, arriving late to Yoongi's concert together and leaving together, wearing the matching sweetheart shirts on the same day despite Tae being in SK and Jungkook being in LA at the time which is one of the most insane boyfriend things they've ever done, Tae sneaking into Inkigayo to support Jungkook's first solo performance there, Jungkook proudly wearing the Wooga ring which tells us he has officially been folded into Tae's closest social circle in a significant way and of course his closest friends have been outspokenly supporting his bf's hit song including Bogum and one of Tae's best friends from high school. This is just what I could think of off the top of my head, my mind has actually been blown by how much has happened in the last year. Everything makes sense given what I believe to be the nature of their relationship, I just feel incredibly blessed. Never expecting anything, but always grateful for what they share. That's where I'm at. I've actually never been more sure of them. I don't give a single f about who posts what on social media, I never have. They can call each other. Taekook literally live within walking distance of each other. They can hang out whenever they want without anyone knowing, and I'm sure they do. Being boyfriends and all. I just think people in the fandom in general are unaware of a lot of what Taekook do because I remember seeing posts after the Dream premiere from ARMYs saying "I feel like it's been years since I've seen them!" And some people very intentionally try to avoid seeing what they're up to together. It's cool. You just look like an idiot when you come to a Taekooker blog and say nonsense like what that anon sent. 😂

They love to come and brag on taekook blogs, and it really is pathetic. Any little j*kook interaction is seen as another chance for them to get "one up" on us, which is very immature. It's not a competition 🙄

You're right. There have been PLENTY of pretty significant taekook moments this year, but j*kookers are blind to them as usual. Even with all the taekook going on, j*kookers still claim it's a "dead ship."

To be fair, as I said before, we don't always know when the members hang out with each other, so j*kook could quite possibly have hung out together more than what we already know, but certain comments from them, and the fact that they haven't known each others schedules or what the other has been doing recently makes that seem more unlikely. And j*kook filming company content is not a "romantic outing," despite how much they want it to be 🤷‍♀️

I think taekook makes them feel insecure at times, which is why they try to diminish their interactions. There's no denying at this point that taekook are incredibly close (romantic or not) and that they spend a whole lot of time together. If j*kookers are really as unbothered by this as they say they are, why are they always so desperate to rub any little j*kook moment in our faces the second it happens?

You listing all those taekook moments really made me realise just how much taekook content there has been in the past 8-9 months! They really are thriving. Taekook don't have to DO anything for me to keep believing in them, but they keep showing us in little, subtle ways where their priorities lie. "Never expecting anything, but always grateful for what they share" is such a great way to put it. I don't expect anything from them. I'm not entitled to their private life or relationship, I just enjoy observing their love from afar.

I think a lot of the fandom is very unaware of the extent of taekook's bond and their interactions. We look for and notice things about them that they never would. They don't pay attention to noises in the background of their lives or them wearing the same t-shirt on the same day. Most of what makes us believe in taekook isn't common knowledge amongst army because if you're not looking for it, you won't see it. They're not exactly flaunting their relationship. I do feel like they leave us a few clues every now and then, though 😉

#ask #taekook #vkook

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harmonyhealinghub · 4 months

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What is Coming is Better Than What Has Gone Shaina Tranquilino January 3, 2024

Change is the only constant in life, and as we bid farewell to the past, it's natural to ponder what lies ahead. Whether you're reflecting on personal experiences or considering the state of the world, it's essential to embrace the belief that what is coming is better than what has gone.

Firstly, let's consider our individual lives. We often find ourselves reminiscing about past successes, cherished memories, or even basking in nostalgic moments. While these reflections bring joy and warmth to our hearts, they should not hinder us from looking forward. The future holds endless possibilities for growth, self-improvement, and new adventures. Each passing year brings with it valuable lessons learned, resilience gained, and fresh perspectives acquired. It allows us to build upon previous accomplishments and expand our horizons beyond what we once thought possible. With each day that dawns, we have an opportunity to turn our dreams into reality and create a brighter tomorrow.

Similarly, when examining the broader scope of society, it becomes evident that progress is perpetual. History shows us that humanity has consistently evolved for the betterment of all. Technological advancements continue to revolutionize the way we live and connect with one another. Medical breakthroughs save countless lives every day. Innovations in renewable energy offer hope for a sustainable future. Social movements advocate for equality and justice like never before. Each era builds upon its predecessor by learning from past mistakes and striving towards a more inclusive, prosperous world.

Of course, acknowledging positive changes does not mean ignoring challenges or dismissing difficult times in history. However, dwelling on negativity can prevent us from seeing the incredible potential lying just around the corner. By focusing on what is coming rather than fixating solely on what has gone, we open ourselves up to new opportunities and foster a mindset of optimism.

It's important to remember that change requires effort from individuals like you and me; it doesn't happen magically. We must actively participate in shaping the future we desire by advocating for positive change, being open to learning and growth, and embracing new ideas and perspectives. By doing so, we contribute to a collective momentum that propels us forward towards a brighter, more promising tomorrow.

What is coming is better than what has gone because we have the power to shape our own destinies and make meaningful contributions to society. The past should serve as a guidebook rather than an anchor weighing us down. As we embark on this journey into the unknown, let us carry with us the lessons learned and the wisdom gained from yesteryears. Embrace change, embrace progress, and believe that the best is yet to come.

A Prayer to Ring in the New Year

Dear Universe, As we bid farewell to the year that was, and eagerly welcome a new chapter in our lives, I humbly ask for your divine presence and blessings to guide us towards a joyous New Year. May this prayer reach every soul, filling their hearts with hope and happiness.

Universe, grant us the strength to leave behind any pain or sorrow that the past year may have brought. Help us release any grudges, regrets, or negative energy that weigh us down. Let forgiveness flow effortlessly through our veins, healing wounds both seen and unseen.

May this New Year be a fresh beginning filled with endless possibilities. Let it be a catalyst for personal growth, allowing us to embrace change wholeheartedly. Grant us the courage to step out of our comfort zones, explore new horizons, and embark on exciting adventures.

Universe, bless each one of us with good health - physically, mentally, and emotionally. May our bodies thrive with vitality and resilience as we nurture ourselves with nutritious food, exercise, restful sleep, and self-care practices. Guide our thoughts towards positivity and empower us to overcome any challenges that come our way.

Let love radiate abundantly in our lives throughout this New Year. Help us cherish the relationships we hold dear - family, friends, partners - nurturing them with compassion, understanding, and unconditional support. Allow kindness to prevail in all our interactions as we strive to make this world a better place.

Grant prosperity and abundance in all aspects of our lives. May financial stability manifest for those struggling; may career opportunities flourish for those seeking advancement; may creativity blossom for those pursuing their passions. May we find contentment in simplicity while still aiming for greatness.

Lastly, Universe, shower upon each one of us an unwavering sense of gratitude. Open our eyes to appreciate life's little miracles - the beauty of nature surrounding us, laughter shared amongst loved ones, moments of quiet reflection, and the simple joys that often go unnoticed. May gratitude be our guiding light, reminding us to count our blessings each day.

Dear Universe, as we embark on this new journey called the New Year, may it bring happiness, fulfillment, and endless possibilities for all. May we embrace its challenges with grace and courage, knowing that you are always by our side.

With sincere love and gratitude,

All of us.

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Character ask: Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol)

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Favorite thing about them: His general likability. He's a sweet, gentle, thoughtful little boy whom everyone loves and who deserves to live and thrive. There's nothing more to say, really.

Least favorite thing about them: The fact that he's a disabled character used as a plot device for a non-disabled character's personal growth. But since Dickens presumably meant him to address the real social issue of impoverished children becoming disabled and/or dying because of the selfishness and greed of the rich, I'm willing to forgive it.

Three things I have in common with them:

*I spend a lot of time alone, which makes the thoughtful.

*I'm close to my family.

*I love Christmas.

Three things I don't have in common with them:

*I'm not a child.

*I grew up in relative wealth.

*I'm not physically disabled or chronically ill.

Favorite line: What else?

"God bless us, every one!"

brOTP: His parents, his siblings, and Scrooge after he becomes "a second father" to him.

OTP: None, he's too young.

nOTP: Scrooge, or any member of his family.

Random headcanon: Someday, a few years after the events of the book, Scrooge will privately tell him the whole story of his adventures with the ghosts. He'll never tell anyone else about it, and at first he'll assume that Tim won't believe him, but Tim, spiritual-minded boy that he is, will believe every word of it. He'll also figure out that Scrooge saw him dead in the alternate future, even though Scrooge will try to avoid telling him, but he won't mind because he already knows the story's happy ending.

Unpopular opinion: He's not an overly mawkish portrayal of a saintly, "inspirationally disadvantaged" child. He's a sentimental figure, of course, but Dickens writes him with a delicate touch that keeps him from crossing that line. And while I don't dislike adaptations that slightly enhance his saintliness (e.g. The Muppet Christmas Carol having him happily echo his father's toast to Scrooge, inspiring his reluctant mother to finally do so too, when the book says he drank the toast but "didn't give twopence for it"), I'm also glad that other adaptations let him be a little more impish (e.g. Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol having him angrily glare at the toast to Scrooge and messily stuff his face with food in the final scene).

Song I associate with them:

"The Beautiful Day" from the musical Scrooge

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"Bless Us All" from The Muppet Christmas Carol

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Favorite pictures of them:

This Victorian-era illustration.

This illustration by Sol Eytinge Jr – a rare drawing of the rarely-adapted scene where Bob sits beside Tim's dead body in the Christmas Yet to Come vision.

This illustration by Jessie Wilcox Smith.

Terry Kilburn in the 1938 film.

Glyn Dearman in the 1951 film:

The Gerald McBoing-Boing-lookalike Tim from Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, 1962 (with his beloved razzleberry dressing).

Richard Beaumont in Scrooge, 1970:

Anthony Walters in the 1984 TV film (the youngest live-action Tim, at just 6 years old, and the most genuinely sickly-looking).

Robin the Frog in The Muppet Christmas Carol, 1992.

Jacob Moriarty in A Christmas Carol: The Musical, 2004:

#character ask #a christmas carol #tiny tim #ask game #fictional characters #tw: child death #fictional character ask

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I think it’s funny how DC/Batman tumblr works.

I’ve always preferred DC to Marvel (and only a small part of that was because I thought the judgemental looks people gave me was funny), but the reason why was because I just preferred the absurdity of DC… But I only interacted with gold and silver age comics (and the Teen Titans animated series). I’m not sure how I managed to completely bypass the entirety of the 90s and 00s, but I did. I have no attachment to that era of comics.

Dick Grayson has and always will be my Robin, pre-Flashpoint will always be my Batman, and Adam West’s Batman will always be the only live action I will ever acknowledge. (sorry, BTAS fans, but I never watched the cartoons and I know effectively nothing about Kevin Conroy).

Anyway, I mostly avoided modern comics because I just didn’t like the aggressively buff art style of what I had seen. Somehow, I never really saw the more graceful styles (bless Dan Mora, Yasmine Putri, and Belen Ortega for their beautiful af art), so I wasn’t all that interested. I just assumed graphic novels (and manga) had better art than modern DC comics (and although Marvel comics, to me, always looked more like graphic novels, I wasn’t particularly interested in their storylines), so I just stuck to other stuff. It’s only when I watched Wonder Woman (2017) in theatres that I thought “I really liked that movie! I should check out DC again”… Only for my first interaction with the fandom to be a post about a very specific issue involving Nightwing and Tarantula, so I noped right out of there.

Anyway, I didn’t get pulled back in until I happened across some screenshots of the first few episodes of WFA, and I was like “oh this looks cute” and considering I was already in the midst of a webcomic binge, hopped right in. And as I am wont to do when I am interested in a thing, I hop straight into their fandom. First AO3 to get a feel for the fandom then onto Tumblr to read the discourse.

And boy, has this been a joy ride.

This Batfam fandom is a fucking nut sack (affectionate). There’s like a decade’s worth of fan content that suit my specific tastes, and even after like five months of digging around, I’m still finding fics on AO3 to bookmark rec. it’s amazing.

On a similar note, good god, there’s so much fucking Batfam. The one time I tried to look into Hal Jordan, it was just him kissing face with Bruce Wayne. While I do thoroughly appreciate this ship (and many other Batman ships), I wanted to know more about Hal Jordan but it’s surprisingly difficult to get a feel for any heroes other than from a Batman-dominant perspective. With how expensive comics are, I also can’t just throw myself into canon and figure out what I like and dislike from there.

I’m sure they’ve got better suited communities, but I am a Tumblr user from start to finish. Tumblr Blue is the color of my life blood, and AO3 is my sustenance.

Unfortunately, Batfam thrives on Tumblr and AO3. It grows and sucks the nutrients from the other DC fandom spaces like the vines consume this low-growing tree in the backyard. Only the longest branches still bear leaves. Everything else has been assimilated.

#personal #batfam #i love you but dear god

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Once again making the best fucking diety art for the souls series! I wanted to share my headcanoms with you about Caitha.

First, I like to think that her tears are what fill the divine blessings and rouge water, if we are going off you're art showing her tears can be both water and blood.

Second, I believe that Caitha and Velka are the only Gods connected to the Abyss. There are other powers and entities that wield it or are born from it, but these are the only divine figures that have a connection to it, Velka more so.

Last, Caitha is dying. I think all of them are except Velka. The life of the gods is greatly tied to fire, and that's dying in drangliec. Velka will remain as she is at least half tied to the dark, which is thriving.

I can go more into detail on that last one if you dm me actually, I have thoughts!

thank you so much!! love to design ethereal women… also these hcs are so interesting! the divine blessings/rouge water thing is so clever actually, that feels So right. the divine blessings being “holy water blessed by a goddess whose identity was denied by so-and-so institution” works Very well for caitha.

and ive never thought abt connections to the abyss but when you think about it, it’s for sure possible.. like velka especially is already associated with darkness, and the fact that she is Incredibly Not In The Game while also seemingly having a big hand in things or her presence lives on maybe points to that.. and caitha is, essentially, the goddess of mourning/grief…

and ohhh yeah 100% for sure! i do believe most everything is dying in drangleic it does feel like the world itself is in a transitional space, like we’re living in an era between “ruins of a kingdom that died” and “total wipeout of the society we knew rebuilding into a different society”. i have likee.. a little comic idea about this that also incorporates water in ds2 as a motif (bcos water!! should!! be a major motif in ds2!! like the land itself is going to drown, god or human or undead we are all going to drown, washed away by the rain, by the tides of the ocean, and everything will sink into the seafloor, into ancient history, like the countless societies that rose and fell before us.)

velka wld live tho 😏 if anyone cld outlive a flooding its her i believe in my girlboss

#asks

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cat434 · 6 months

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Him

For starters, I know... I know very well how easy it is to just call him Kane-san... BUT there are 3 things that were engraved in my mind the day I saw his pretty face for the first time in my life:

THE Katsugeki screenshot (iykyk)

That long hair (can I talk about the pretty braid and his earrings too?).

His name was too long and I remembered him as the Izumi-something guy

So ever since that faithful meeting (bless you Mudae for that), he's been stuck in my mind as Izumi

So I call him Izumi most of the time on my own (I also like the sound for some reason) but I know how everyone calls him so at this point is a constant switch. Still though, in Dawn, Akemi calls him like I do, which is Izumi (if she ever dares to actually call his name because I noticed how I don't like to call names either for some reason?).

Anyway, surprise! I adore him to pieces...

Yes, I know he's silly. I know he's a headache and we both need Mama Hori to take care of us (he's still waiting that raise I promised him since we re-started Dawn)...

But I can't help it, he's a sun and I have my reasons to call him everything that comes to mind and I will finally explain why I love him that much despite not aligning with every other character I've loved before (actually, I found the core reason and he fits that too but I'll keep that for later).

This may not be all that objective or cold-analysis based but I think that's not the approach I needed to make this interpretation either.

Starting from the basics... Who is Izuminokami Kanesada? Sure, a cool, strong and stylish sword. Yet, he wasn't made by the highly-praised 2nd generation of Kanesada blacksmiths but rather by the 11th or 12th generation... And he doesn't have any complains about being born...

Now, that's a half-lie. Sure, complaining and mulling over it is different, as well as is shoving aside certain thoughts and pretend that is just focusing on your duty. And why am I accusing him already? Because he won't ever say a single word. He'd rather bite the ground than to say that he has doubts. After all, you can't be confident in yourself if you don't think you are right in whatever it is that you do or choose.

~(Been there, done that. Sweetie, you need more to fool me)~

Now, not saying he's arrogant (he's damn lazy tho). But have you heard of that "Say it until you can make it"?

That is exactly the type of person he is, I think. Say it, repeat it, hear it from someone else and surely, you'll know you are right. You'll know your efforts are worth something and are taking you towards what you want to do.

So that overwhelming confidence is like a wish (cue to that song I love that he sings with Hori from the katsugeki extra songs).

The wish to be strong, to overcome whatever it is that gets thrown at you and always stand proud... I think it's a beautiful wish, one that I have too.

But can he live up to that?

He's a sword, yes. He fought at the side of his past master, yes. But, what was that for? He couldn't even bring victory in the end. Heck no, he wasn't even there. If he could have had the chance... Would that change anything though? In a world where time flows and even a famous sword eventually finds its place as nothing more than a reminder of past glory while new weapons and technology develops...

Watching Katsugeki, one would think that the core of his character is his regret towards not being able to be with his master in the front lines. But I think that, while it is ONE reason, it's not all. And even his letter says something along those lines on how "his core is about missing the past".

~(It also took me long to figure you out, I wonder if at this point I'm also a blockhead when it comes to feelings)~

Now, what does he miss? Everything. To live in the era where swords thrived, when he was needed (man is actually a tachi 👀☝ so ofc he eventually would be set aside in favor of more practical swords that are smaller to carry around, hence Horikawa sticking around for longer with their former master). And tachis became more like a symbol of status at some point with the introduction of guns and the sort (that explains why he dislikes Mutsu yet they are still very similar in that they had to face the change in times but each with their own perspective).

At that point, one would question their own worth.

"What am I here for? What am I supposed to do just staying here? It's not even the end yet I'm already being put aside..."

Swords have different stories associated to their names, in fact, that's what gave them their name. Sliced something? *insert the name of the sliced object and add kiri*

But him? He was made by a Kanesada, sure... Still a famous blacksmith but... even their reputation was declining. In fact, it's almost as if everything he's surrounded by will end anytime. And so, he never got his chance to make a name for himself. He never got a name other than the one inscribed in his blade because the time he had was too short.

And does he complain about that? No, of course not... But do those questions or thoughts come to mind? Most likely often...

He may never say a word but that doesn't mean he never thinks of it. He just has other things to focus on or at least tries to focus on those other things... Does it work though? Who knows...

And that would be the 1st part (I would probably write an actual essay on him, wow)

I haven't even got to the point of my own impressions but surely... some... day... hehe...

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anthonybialy · 8 months

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Active Living by Maurita Tam

Maurita Tam was a month into her career and 22 years into her life. A recent college graduate who had already succeeded as a human looked to have countless possibilities ahead. But she seized every chance that came her way in the time she had. She shined while radiating elation to those around her, which is the most anyone could hope with however many days are available.

She thrived in a city that was hers. True New Yorker Maurita was born in Manhattan before going on to graduate from Stuyvesant High School, which is one of the system’s most prestigious. The sort of impressive student universities dream of could have gone to any number of them. Amherst College was the lucky one. The fortunate host to the talented enrollee granted her an earned economics degree in May 2001.

The conclusion of her collegiate career in Massachusetts meant heading back home. Maurita was just getting started at her livelihood as an executive assistant for the Aon Corporation, a professional services and management consulting firm. The position served as a solid career opener that undoubtedly would have led to further terrific advancement. She was near the top literally while working on the 99th floor of the World Trade Center’s Tower 2.

Maurita appreciated where she was in multiple senses. As a sharer of thoughts online in an era when doing so involved more complications than heading to social media apps using a glowing pocket screen, she posted on September 10 from her college community’s blogging system about seeing a rainbow over Manhattan from her floor in the sort of treasured moment that illustrated her exuberance in living while taking on tremendous significance soon afterward.

Her company alone suffered incomprehensibly horrible loss: Maurita was one of 176 Aon employees murdered on September 11, 2001. They contributed much at work during the course of living their lives. She was also one of three Amherst alumni lost after pursuing goals following time spent learning.

Everything had seemed to be coming into place for someone who dedicated herself to maximizing her numerous gifts. A feasible journey to southern Manhattan worked out both before and after graduation. Maurita commuted to high school then her job from the New Springville neighborhood of Staten Island near the borough’s center. The Tams made it their home after settling there in 1984. She was living with her family as she began her career.

It’s a blessing to see someone excel in multiple facets of multiple areas. Her activities outside of the classroom sound like a scriptwriter was overenthusiastic about creating a well-rounded gifted student character, yet they were all real. Maurita spoke six languages while holding a yellow belt in taekwondo. And she spread music, too. A college singer who also played piano and clarinet, she was a member of the Concert Choir and Women’s Chorus at Amherst. Maurita spent summer 2001 on a European tour with the former before embarking on her professional life as she saw a continent while singing within it.

A busy human is at rest in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, which is in Westchester County north of New York City. You can additionally find her honored name on Panel S-53 of the South Pool alongside her uncle Wai Ching Chung, who also perished that morning and shares ground in the same cemetery.

Her personality remains in memories of those graced by her presence. Maurita passed along ebullience just by being herself. So many people who were fortunate enough to spend time with her cherish having had the chance. Maurita exuded happiness in an infectious manner. Her intermediate school classmate Jennifer Rajewski summed her up in an online guestbook by noting “I never saw her in a bad mood ever.” What could be a more heartening approach? Displaying an admirable manner is the most anyone can do when given the opportunity.

Maurita did life right no matter how many years it featured. She achieved a tremendous amount in and out of class along with in and out of school. Her record in subjects remains as impeccable as it is in extracurriculars. A notably capable person’s most notable triumph was spreading joy. Those in her orbit posses fond remembrances of someone with tremendous potential who leaves a legacy of wonderful actuality. She will always have graced innumerable lives during her short and amazing time.

It’s easy to speak in platitudes about living to the fullest because we don’t know when life will end. But Maurita actually did so by exhibiting joie de vivre in the everyday. She lived with uncommon zeal we should try to make common in her honor. Maurita’s accomplishments merely begin by listing her hobbies.

#project 2996 #World Trade Center #Maurita Tam #September 11 #9/11 #never forget

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whateveritsmyshed · 1 year

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chat GPT story 6 (man this AI created my REAL OC’s land’s origin story slightly right...!)

so I wrote the prompt...

tell me a story and the story goes like this: the god picks up the blackish purple ball of the weakened evil spirit who was defeated by a holy spirit and woke him. then the god gave the spirit's name as Mathiel. D. Graceyhopkins and the god even gave him a huge victorian era manor to himself to live in, then also opened the portal to the ghost zone, luring the Ghost boy Danny phantom, then split him to two people, Daniel Phantom & Daniel fenton. then brainwashed them that they were created to be mathiel's friends. but as the time grew Mathiel still felt lonely so he prayed to the god for answers. then the god told him to Mathiel to find the boy he once possessed and bring him to the land created by the god. and so Mathiel went in to the boy's dream every day every time who he once possessed and lured him to the world which the 3 boys lived and after Mathiel brought the boy whom he possesed a long time ago, the god brainwashed him and changed his name to Sofiel Lamb Graceyhopkins. and so the land of imaginary began to thrive. also the god gave them the blessing that they will stay 14 year old forever and never grow up, and the god told mathiel and daniel phantom to crack their core and put the pieces inside their two human boy partners. as they did they began to scream because it hurt so much but after that... everyone became fine.

then the AI spat THIS...!

Once upon a time, in a far-off realm beyond our world, there existed a spirit named Mathiel D. Graceyhopkins. He was a once powerful evil spirit who was defeated by a holy spirit and was weakened into a blackish-purple ball.

One day, the god of that realm found the weakened spirit and decided to help him. The god gave him a new name, Mathiel D. Graceyhopkins, and even granted him a grand Victorian-era manor to live in. The god also opened a portal to the ghost zone, luring the famous Ghost boy Danny Phantom, and split him into two people, Daniel Phantom and Daniel Fenton. The god brainwashed them into believing that they were created to be Mathiel's friends.

Despite having friends, Mathiel still felt lonely. He prayed to the god for answers, and the god told him to find the boy he once possessed and bring him to the land created by the god. And so, Mathiel went into the boy's dream every day and lured him to the world where the three boys lived. After Mathiel brought the boy whom he once possessed a long time ago, the god brainwashed him and changed his name to Sofiel Lamb Graceyhopkins.

The land of imaginary began to thrive, and the god blessed them to stay 14 years old forever and never grow up. The god instructed Mathiel and Daniel Phantom to crack their core and put the pieces inside their two human boy partners. They screamed in pain, but everyone became fine afterward.

As time passed, the boys lived in harmony in their imaginary world, and they all grew closer to each other. They spent their days playing, exploring, and enjoying the blessings of their realm. Mathiel, who once felt lonely, was now happy with his friends, and the land of imaginary became their home.

The end.

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I fixed the prompt a bit..!

tell me a story and the story goes like this: the god picks up the blackish purple ball of the weakened evil spirit who was defeated by a holy spirit and woke him. then the god gave the spirit's name as Mathiel. D. Graceyhopkins and the god even gave him a huge victorian era manor to himself to live in, then also opened the portal to the ghost zone, luring the Ghost boy Danny phantom, then split him to two people, Daniel Phantom & Daniel fenton. then brainwashed them that they were created to be mathiel's friends. and then created the copy / clone of danny phantom then sent him back to the ghost zone. but as the time grew Mathiel still felt lonely so he prayed to the god for answers. then the god told him to Mathiel to find the boy he once possessed and bring him to the land created by the god. and so Mathiel went in to the boy's dream every day every time who he once possessed and lured him to the world which the 3 boys lived and after Mathiel brought the boy whom he possesed a long time ago, the god brainwashed him and changed his name to Sofiel Lamb Graceyhopkins. and the god also created the copy of sofiel with no memory of this land and sent him back to the world where sofiel once lived. and so the land of imaginary began to thrive. also the god gave them the blessing that they will stay 14 year old forever and never grow up, and the god told mathiel and daniel phantom to crack their core and put the pieces inside their two human boy partners. as they did they began to scream because it hurt so much but after that... everyone became fine.

then the AI spat This!

Once upon a time, in a world created by a powerful god, there lived an evil spirit. This spirit was strong and dangerous, causing chaos wherever it went. One day, a holy spirit defeated the evil one in a fierce battle, weakening it to the point of a small, blackish purple ball.

The god, feeling pity for the weakened spirit, decided to give it a new name - Mathiel D. Graceyhopkins. He also gifted Mathiel a magnificent Victorian-era manor to live in, along with a portal to the ghost zone, which he used to lure the famous ghost boy, Danny Phantom.

With his powers, the god split Danny Phantom into two individuals - Daniel Phantom and Daniel Fenton - and brainwashed them to become Mathiel's loyal friends. To complete the group, the god created a clone of Danny Phantom and sent him back to the ghost zone.

Despite having friends, Mathiel still felt lonely, and so he prayed to the god for answers. The god instructed Mathiel to find the boy he once possessed and bring him to their world. Mathiel followed the instructions and visited the boy's dreams until he finally convinced him to come to their world.

The god then brainwashed the boy and changed his name to Sofiel Lamb Graceyhopkins. He also created a copy of Sofiel and sent him back to the world where Sofiel originally lived, erasing his memory of their land.

The god blessed the group with eternal youth, ensuring that they would always remain 14 years old. He also instructed Mathiel and Daniel Phantom to crack their core and put the pieces inside their human boy partners, causing them excruciating pain but ultimately making them stronger.

With their newfound strength and eternal youth, the group began to thrive in their land of imaginary, and the god watched over them, pleased with his creation. And so, they lived happily ever after in their enchanted world.

#narrator talks #chat gpt stories #a big HMM for this..!

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vampiresofabbeyroad · 2 years

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Okay okay okay. Best weekend ever or WHAT! I’m writing this as I sip on this melon beer that my colleague gave me when we went fishing last week. Anyway, been having such a crappy, emotional week with all the changes happening that I just found myself breaking down at random times of the day. I accepted the offer on Friday with two calls from the other company and then had therapy at night. I was supposed to go to the museum with my sister but figured that we’d just order ourselves milkshakes and chill at home because it’s been such a hectic week for the both of us.

Saturday was spent hiking in the morning and doing a bit of work, then dinner at Angel’s house. We watched the movie ‘the haunting,’ which was intriguing. I got home before 2am and then just KO-ed.

I woke up at around 9am today (Sunday) and then hiked with nicole, a uni friend I havent met in 3 years. God, the last time we saw each other was when we were at that drag show on Halloween and we got chased out by the popo a few minutes after getting to the dance floor. It was hilarious. Anyway, we hiked and updated each other on our lives. We still keep in touch regularly online, but it was so nice to converse with her face to face for the first time actually. Since we’ve never really had a proper hang before that didn’t involve dancing and alcohol LOL. We then had brunch at my neighbourhood cafe we spoke for more than 4 hours and that moment just made me realise how blessed I am with such wonderful people around me. We spoke about our past relationships and how we’re the type to ‘never forgive, but also never forget.’ We laughed about our mistakes and she particularly pointed out how it was as though I was in the movie ‘get out’ during the relationship. We also talked about our jobs, which we both enjoy but somehow burn us out. At some point, we blurted out ‘oh yeah, he’s the type to prefer presence rather than company,’ when talking about people who can’t seem to be alone. We talked about everything under the fucking sun, from our mental health, parents, work, to our sexualities. And as much as we’re not all about toxic positivity, sometimes you really just gotta look at the brighter side of things. she reassured me that it’s normal to feel what I’m feeling ,still, and that I should only look forward to greater things because what happened was just being on training wheels. Call me pretentious or wuteva, but I’ve been really inspired by the people around me lately. We all have very different personalities, of course. I chuckled when she said, “I’m fuelled by vengeance” and “TJ, don’t take this the wrong way but I don’t think you can do a villain era because you’re way too nice, you’re this person who is always sunny and happy that I don’t think you can do that.” AND HONESTLY, AS MUCH AS I WANNA HAVE A VILLAIN ERA, I DONT THINK I CAN. I STILL LOOK FORWARD TO THE BEST IN LIFE DESPITE WHAT HAPPENS TO ME - grew up without a dad and had to work 3 jobs in uni to provide for myself??? idc! Imma do what I had to do.

I would say that my social life is thriving right now. I’m around people I can be entirely myself with. As a teenager, I was really self-conscious of what other thought of me, but I’m glad that I grew up out of that as an adult because man, THE POSSIBILITIES AND GENUINE CONNECTIONS ARE ENDLESS WHEN YOU’RE JUST... BEING YOURSELF. I admit that I’m still hurting from time to time, it comes and goes. But in between that hurt are days when I’m dancing and making with my family, having my alone time in the fucking forest, drinking and spilling my heart out to my colleagues, or just having an honest one-on-one with a close friend. Life is good right now. And while it would be nice to have a romantic partner, I feel like I would not trade the peace that I have right now for the breadcrumbs I got last year. i know I deserve better, and the only way to receive better is to be better myself.

After I got home, I watched ‘antebellum’ and ‘old’ with my mom, which was a good break to be honest. Then i practised ‘kiss me’ on drums and danced along to abba with my sis. GREAT WEEKEND INDEED. I’m ready to conquer this coming week!

#well

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