#i'm realising poetry is a form of writing that actually i can do

[flamingplay]

Why do you like Florence + The Machine?

Hello, lovely anon!

Woooooooooow, that's the question... Hm... From where to start even? My thoughts are really jumping up and down while trying to think about that. The main core of this answer will be shifted to Florence Welch only though among any other points... Ok, let's start with anything

I really admire the music chemistry that has been going on for many years between Isa, Flo and Rob. This is another great story of friends forming a great band. Even though the band underwent many changes past years and the latest album already didn't have Isa anymore, I still think that the current formation keeps on going strong live. I miss Isa and her huge music contribution to their albums now, ngl, but I'm happy that Florence herself keeps on exploring new fiends and is open to everything new.

Now that's the time of focusing on Flo only, sorry reader.

First of all, Florence Welch is one of the most influential figures in my life. Discovering some things about her personally made me feel much less alone with being that one little weirdo, made me realise how flaws can be beautiful not only in others but in me. I relate to the ways of delving myself into some other worlds thus dealing with the problems and if not then at least facing them. When I first discovered her lyrics I also felt like hiding myself into tons of metaphors and visions. With time I grew up actually together with her and by now I'm more straightforward, just like her lyrics. I love her artsy side, I relate to her overall aesthetic and what is funny my aesthetic shifted a bit just like hers. I used to be?/was? an art nerd and I could immediately catch a lot of the references she implied in her music videos, I love multidimensional aspect to her music videos and storytelling (a reason why I'm into Jonathan's lyrics-writing style, huh?). I did embrace my dark side, as it's what her lyrics teach. Because of Ceremonials I realised for the first time that I also contain multitudes and sides I was afraid or tabooed to discover about myself. That was in general a mind-opening experience. I am always inspired by the way she conquered her problems and stays strong. I absolutely adore her style and it's visible by the way I present myself. I basically started dealing with my awakwardly anxious feelings in public with trying to put "shields" like jewelry and doing the opposite to what I fear - being bright and noticeable. Her music is bold and powerful and that's something I aspire to be. And when it is fragile it still holds an incredible inner core: "You can still be strong and scary in a pink nightie". She's a real poet and I adore poetry since teenage years. And she's an outstanding performer. It's just her an lights and you have the most out-of-the-world witchy experience in your life. That's how much of a prominent presence the person can be.

Probably, I will wrap it up that Florence + the Machine and Florence herself are about everything I ever aspired to find in myself. And that's how I will end up this love letter lol

Hope you have a magical day, anon, and hope this answer covers up what you were curious about <3

#asked #answered #anon

[deancrowleycas]

I'm writing anon from before. Of course I still get a rush when actually posting things! I used to exclusively write privately so shifting to publishing some things in ao3 meant explicitly acknowledging that in some way obviously I do want people to like it. But, it's a bit of a psychological game. If you pour your heart and soul into something hoping people will like it and then they don't it's crushing. If you pour your heart and soul into something because you wanted it to exist, and then you put it out there in case even one or two other people think similarly, you either don't hear much (ah well, most people aren't you) or you DO hear something and it's a huge unexpected pleasure. I try to never take hits/kudos/comments for granted. I do have some expectations especially after writing for a while and knowing roughly the numbers fics in various fandoms do but it's so content dependent even then. I write things because no one else is, so, either it hits on something that's more widely applicable too, which is cool, or it doesn't, and that's not a bad thing. I write a lot of rather specific ace fanfic for example and obviously the romance side is going to appeal to a wider audience but often times I make conscious decisions to very textually stray away from popular tropes and give them my own spin not because I think that would appeal to most people but because I was sick of reading these things which almost but not quite applied to me. There is an “engagement” trade off there immediately. It's impossible to rate the worth of something like that based on the raw numbers of people who like it!

Basically, just figure out what you believe in before publishing anything and don't let yourself be convinced to stray from that once the story is out there. Of course any writer wants to get better, but that's just practise. You will not get better analysing what other people like. In terms of spelling, grammar, etc yeah sure if you want to get someone to look over and edit those things and give pointers that can be constructive, but even then... I just write what sounds good. Good poetry destroys any rules essays should be following. Your job as a fanfic writer isn't to conform to what is popular, it's to destroy three other individuals who understand exactly what you mean and in the process realise that that thing you thought you were alone in was actually something you had a community in after all.

Hello! I was already asleep when I got this I think, so that's why I am answering now xD

Thank you for your message. I agree with you on all of the points actually, so it was good to hear that. The AU or stuff I have planned most of the time exists because it's not something where I could find much on ao3 - like right now I have a werewolf!AU that's not a/b/o, and I started a little genderfluid Dean x fix-it fic because I love Dean being trans in any form and there is just not enough of that out there :D And then I have an idea for a superhero AU and pole dance fic. So yeah, that's already oddly specific stuff - so why would I expect that it is something for anyone? It kind of destroys the idea of art to just follow what is popular, and yeah, creating something that I feel passionate about and has meaning to me (and maybe three other like-minded individuals to connect with, as you mentioned) only makes sense.

I am also pretty relieved because I guess I connected kudos in my subconscious with the idea of 'how good' a fic is (stupid, yeah - I should know better, after all, I keep running around telling everyone to read fics that are not super popular and not only read fandom favorites because there are so many gems out there), not taking into account other factors like the topic, fandom, etc that come more to the front in your ask. Just thinking about kudos differently already takes pressure away from getting them lol.

And yeah, the part about poetry was also very helpful. Though it's funny that my personal problem is that I am someone who writes a lot of essays and that I struggle because I am trying to break away from that academic writing style, so that made me laugh xD But yeah, I guess I should allow myself to be more intuitive. Play around, after all this is for fun and it should feel meaningful to me. And yeah, it should be readable, but thinking about art like a set of rules it should be following is stupid and snobbish anyways and I am so over that. Okay, a little more private vent following - I did a bachelor's in cultural studies and I spent half of my bachelor's fighting (also defending fan fiction and fandom culture) against rich academics that pretended mass media wasn't art and insisted on 'high art' being the 'purest' form of art and I am SO over those weird 'qualifying factors' of art that are actually often just made to suppress people so I should stop repeating those weird as fuck ideas about judging art and maybe just fucking enjoy it. Like I should know better dammit!!! And I should let myself enjoy my hobbies! :D

#ask #writing anon #sorry anon I hope I make any sense this was an 'I just woke up' vent skjfhds #thank you for your very nice text <3

[fictional-worlds-are-exquisite]

rlly vibing w/ poetry rn

#i've always had trouble with the if you want to be a writer you need to actually write #i'm not saying i want to be a writer but it's always gone in and out of my head #anyway #i'm realising poetry is a form of writing that actually i can do #i find inspiration in the environment in the media i consume in day to day life #and i write a poem #not super regularly no but i am writing original work more often than i ever did at any other point #the whole coming up with a story plot and trying to write a whole ass book is a little much for me actually #i really never did have any success there #but a poem? i can write a poem. a page. two pages. getting my thoughts out roughly #editing it with advice i picked up on from the writing class i took last year. if i want to #no pressure. some stuff i write out and do not edit. i might come back to it later but idk #no one else is seeing it i don't need to pass any assessments with it it can be a mess of an idea #i can always come back eventually #at christmas my uncle asked if i ever planned to try and put out a book of my poetry since he read a piece my dad sent #the idea of writing a books worth of poems is also too overwhelming actually #but i can do single poems. and maybe one day i'll realise i actually have quite a lot #i suppose it's a weird dream of mine now. i feel like i'd never actually get it published but idk #dreams don't have to be realistic. it seems more achievable than trying to write a novel anyway #to be perfectly honest it's one of the first dreams i've had for myself since my depression set it during my mid teens #it's a good sign i think. i know i'm gonna have a future now. here's my first dream. i like it. i can change my mind or whatever #but it doesn't change the fact i thought ahead to the future for something i'd really like to do at one point. so. anyway. yup

[lov3nerdstuff]

Hi Kay!

I just wanted to take a moment and say how deeply moving (and overall comforting) I find your writing to be! I've gone through almost the entirety of your masterlist twice in the past month alone and have found myself returning more often to the pieces of literature/poems your reference sometimes. (Especially that one poem by Benedict Smith! I've read a few more by him because of you and they're just wonderfully lovely 💛 so I'm eternally thankful to you for including it.)

I may be wrong in assuming, but I believe you may have studied/are currently studying a degree involving literature. I hope this isn't too foreward of me but I was wandering if you have any other works of literature that you'd recommend? (I'd love to read anything you recommend from poems to plays 💛) I'm slightly embaressed to say but the works I've read are quite limited to a highschool level and since I'm currently studying Pharmacy, there are very few people who can recommend me such moving works. :)

I also feel like I should apologise for writing such a large ask, so please accept this apology as well hehe 💕🥺

Sincerely,

Bek 🌻

Hey there Bek 💚💕✨

First of all... I'm incredibly sorry for how long it took me to reply to this ask, I know you sent it weeks ago and I'm honestly just ashamed of myself for only replying now! I've been taking a bit of a Tumblr break again, or rather a break from literally everything, and I guess not having written anything in a while made me feel guilty whenever I opened Tumblr, so... All I can say for myself really is that I'm sorry you had to wait so long! Again, I never ever ignore anyone, I promise! It just sometimes takes a while for me to reply 😅🙈

Now, I'm so happy to hear that you've been enjoying my writing! 🥺🥰 Hearing that it's comforting and inspiring to you is honestly such a relief and indeed does make me happy more than I can say 💚 It's so cool that you're checking up on all the references I make aaahhh 🥺🥺🥺 I love it 😁 You're always more than welcome, love! I don't think I could stop including references to literature, culture, history and the science around it even if I tried 😅☺️

And yeah, I did study classics and newer literature as a minor for my undergrad degree 😄 But tbh I still work with literally a lot even now (I'm in grad school for media and cultural studies) even though it's technically not something I've been properly taught ☺️ I'm just a nerd who likes to learn on her own, and with media and culture you can pretty much delve into almost anything you want 😂😅🤷🏻‍♀️

Now, it's not forward at all to ask me for literature recommendations! 😁😃 I truly love recommending stuff!!! I have a few up my sleeve, even though you've probably heard of a few already, for obvious reasons: A lot of what I truly enjoyed reading was something Tom Hiddleston has worked on in one way or another! It's truly a magnificent guideline for picking new literature... Just look up the literary origins of his films/shows/plays and you will be in for quality literature most of the time! I don't think I've ever mentioned it on here, but me reading High-Rise (JG Ballard) because I heard Tom would be partaking in the film adaptation was actually what sparked my love and passion for literature!!! Yep, it's that good. Now on to the recommendations though 😁(This... got rather long):

Plays

Anything by Harold Pinter really, but for obvious reasons you'll find a lot of additionally fun stuff for Betrayal, which is lovely and truly funny if you're in on the kind of humour btw

Medea by Euripides (a classic, but I love it nonetheless... You can find translations in almost every language) ((and pls stay away from Seneca's Medea, because ugh... Euripides is far better AND the og story, as much as anyone can say that for Greek mythology)

La Bohème by Puccini (I know, this is technically an opera, but if you read the libretto it's honestly just like a play... And if you're up for it, the og story is in prose and written by Henri Murger... It's better than the opera, but oftentimes more difficult to find) ((this one is hilarious and basically explains an entire cultural subgroup in the 19th century)

Faust by Goethe (many people hate it, but I LOVE this one!!! It's also been translated into any and every language, and it's so interesting philosophically!!! It's also referenced SO freaking often literally everywhere, and the operas and ballets based on it are always my fave) ((there's technically Faust I and Faust II, but you're good to go just reading the first one)

Anything by Shakespeare, obviously... Though I do love me my Hamlet like every other literature enthusiast (Yes, I can do that one famous soliloquy in act 3 scene 1 by heart as well...)

Poetry

Again, anything Shakespeare for the win, but I LOVE the sonnets and keep a copy of them with me most of the time (Yes, I own multiple copies of the sonnets...) ((My faves are 116 and 91, but there's always so much truth to be found in there!!!))

A lot of the stuff William Blake wrote is amazing, though you have to pick carefully with him if certain religious motives aren't your thing... I love The Tyger, which is an individual poem, and the collection of works called Tyger, Tyger which does have many good ones and a few ones that are a little more on the mediocre side

Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas (I know this one by heart as well... It's beautiful, and there's a version of Hiddleston reading it on YouTube, which gives you even more goosebumps than the poem does anyway)

Invictus by William Ernest Henley (same for this one, also read by the one and only) ((I love to read this when I'm feeling down or powerless))

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot (This is another wow piece with many quotable lines and truths... I love it a lot and keep coming back to it! It's also a great example of how literary modernism tried to condense the complexity and passing of time and history into a single frame that had to be intrinsically poetical in nature... As in, this poem could've been a short story in any other period, but modernists loved to make everything a poem so here you go)

Der Zauberlehrling by Goethe (This one sucks in all English translations I’ve found, poetically speaking, but in German it’s such a fun piece! If you’ve ever seen the Disney ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ with Mickey Mouse or listened to the orchestral piece by Paul Dukas, then this poem proves very useful in truly understanding either! But again, the English translation should only be taken for informational value... The German one is also worded hilariously)

Prose

Short edited by Alan Ziegler (This is a collection of short prose forms that honestly is a must for me... I love this book to pieces and have had it for years now! It’s an international anthology, so you’ll find more and less famous authors from all around the world represented with short stories, prose poems, short essays and just curious and interesting snippets of writing! I draw a lot of inspiration from this book)

High-Rise by JG Ballard (As mentioned above, I owe this book part of my personality... I don’t think I would be the same person without having read it. It’s not necessarily full of wisdom, but if you’re interested in a different kind of portrayal of the human condition, then this is the read you need to take a look at)

The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers (This is another piece that changed my perception of literature, even though this is a more ordinary and ‘fun’-value read... It’s one of my favourite books and it’s endlessly entertaining! So if the classics are a bit heavy for you, this one is perfect for casual readers as well! Its value really does lie more in the realisation of how fun literature can be, and the freedom you have as an author... So really, I could recommend everything by Moers, his style is amazing both in the German original and in the English translation. Yes, I’ve read both.)

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (This is comedic gold, stylistic gold and generally a bloody perfect book. Also a ‘fun’-value read, but it also does a magnificent job at showing you what you can do with literature, and how well-developed characters are supposed to be written)

The Penguin Book of the Undead (Penguin Classics) edited by Scott G. Bruce (This book is basically an education on fifteen hundred years of supernatural encounters and how culture wrote, used and perceived them. You get introductory texts for different periods and social groups, explaining how and why ghost stories were written and used, followed by passages of the prime source texts (eg. ancient necromancy shown on The Odyssey). Really, this book is just for cultural history nerds)

The Earthquake in Chile by Kleist (This isn’t necessarily one of my faves, but it has helped me understand what studying literature and culture can do for you. In case anyone remembers my insistence in Wicked Game that you gotta know what a pomegranate symbolises... this novella is such an instance where this knowledge would prove useful. Generally, it gives many opportunities to think about privilege and circumstance)

The Symposium by Plato (You’ll probably not want to read the entire collection of speeches tbh... But the concepts introduced mainly here and in some of Plato’s other work are well worth looking into! For example, the ‘double being’ introduces a concept that in modern fiction is called soulmates... Just sayin’)

#literature #lit rec #recommendation #literature recommendation

[creatingnikki]

Hi, I’m Anne-Marie :)

I just wanted to say, since you’ve probably noticed my slowly going through your whole tumblr over the past couple of days, that you are a beautiful person. I seriously admire your authenticity, heart and incredible, intuitive writing. I think we are very similar in the way that we think and it is very comforting to read your thoughts because of that. Makes me feel less alone. I really appreciate that.

I think if we knew each other in real life, we would be really good friends. At least I hope, because you seem like a seriously cool person with an insane well of wisdom and I know we would have some really interesting conversations :)

Anyways, you don’t need to respond to this, I simply wanted to express my love for your page and your existence from a fellow INFJ (and writer and K-Pop lover) to another. Keep writing.

P.S. Don’t mind me if I’m still going through your tumblr for the next week or so 😅

P.P.S. I just realised I can attach a song which is fantastic because music is my life😂! I hope this song brings you comfort, especially if you haven’t listened to Regina Spektor before (her lyrics are genuine poetry). I think you might relate to it.

P.P.P.S. Just in case you’ve never heard this song, I think you would love it and I would be so upset if such a special person like you never knew it because it’s pretty much made for you:

(If you love it, listen to all 9 enneagram songs Sleeping At Last has made - they might probably make you a cry, but a good release of emotion I should hope! :))

Hey Anne-Marie,

Yes, of course, I've seen you read and show love to my writing over the last few days. It was so fun to sort of see the trend of the kind of stuff you liked. Thank you 💙

You know I was feeling so disconnected from tumblr lately and wondering where is all the warmth and love I felt before in such abundance? And your beautiful, beautiful ask has made my heart so full.

The things you said about me and my writing, it means so much. That's because whenever I think of why I write or why I want to write, it always boils down to the reason I fell in love with reading. Words of others have provided me the kind of comfort, solace, acceptance, and peace that no relationship of any form in my life has ever come close.

In fact when I had to prepare a speech for my final Korean class at SNU (hello fellow k-culture stan) I wrote about writing. And I said I want to write books that leave people with a sense of warmth and books that make people less lonely. So to know that you felt some of that after reading my words makes me see why I'm on the right path.

Also, I absolutely love the sky picture :') You know how to speak to my heart! And the song recs, look forward to trying them. I actually love a song/cover by Sleeping at Last called 'Touch' it always makes me cry!

Do you perhaps have a writer blr on here? I'd like to go through your stuff :D

Love xx

[demonicheadcanons]

can you do a HC of 18th century Obey Me brothers?? I'm super into historical drama at the moment and would love to see classical Obey Me AU

AN: Thanks for sending this in!! I’m not very good with history, so please forgive any mistakes as I have pretty much just skimmed a few different websites trying to find whatever info I could pick up ;u; This isn’t a traditional headcanon set, but rather an overall ‘18th century Devildom’ headcanon. I hope that’s alright!!

It is occurring to me as I write that this probably isn’t what you want at all because this ask says ‘historical drama’. Sorry ;u; I kind of just ran with whatever came to my head.

I make some references to things that happen later on in the game, around Lesson 15/16. I don’t mention anything outright, but there are definitely hints at some spoilers, so please don’t read this if you haven’t gotten that far ^^

Obey Me - 18th Century AU

The brothers are less put-together than they are in the actual game, with a few hundred years less development under their belt. It shouldn’t make much of a difference as they’re all at least a few thousand years old, but because of some issues between the brothers that have been dragged into the Human Realm, the Devildom is a disaster.

Issues like... Satan and Beelzebub have been having an ongoing argument, contributing to the many wars and famines across the globe. In his free time, Satan has been travelling to the human realm and assisting global leaders from the sidelines, to relieve stress and to cause chaos for his own amusement. Beelzebub’s anger causes food to spoil easily in the Human Realm. Belphegor watches it all from the sidelines, enjoying watching the Human Realm crumble under the demons’ grasps. He doesn’t like seeing Beel upset, and encourages him to take it out on the humans. Beel himself is reluctant to do so, and most of the damage he does is accidental. He feels guilty for it, but is confused because it seems to make Belphie a lot happier than he has been.

Diavolo decides to put a stop to it, and settles on an exchange program of sorts. He puts it into action immediately, banning the brothers from travelling to the human realm and pulling a few humans into the Devildom. The first exchange goes... poorly. There isn’t any way for the news to really spread in the Human Realm, so the disappearance of a few humans is easily covered up. The next time, the MC is pulled into the Devildom and put into the care of Mammon, who is less hostile than his other brothers.

Mammon believes he can personally benefit from a stronger bond between humans and demons - he’s already in contact with witches, and it would help him gain their trust. At the same time, he’s also willing to follow Lucifer’s lead irregardless of how reluctant he may seem. Because of this, he puts effort into actually protecting his human this time; last time, things hadn’t gone well, and he really hadn’t enjoyed the cleanup. He hadn’t been attached to the humans then, and now that he feels a pull to the MC he’s going to be by their side constantly so they don’t meet the same fate.

Asmo loves the clothing, and is one of the first to bond with the MC. The secrecy of it all! What do you really look like? Why do you insist on covering up so much? He treats the MC like a forbidden treat, but genuinely loves the outfits they wear and, with a few adaptations, starts trying to get similar clothing trending in the Devildom, with some genuine success. His forward and suggestive nature is somewhere between disturbing and almost refreshing - its nice to be around someone so open once you get used to it.

Levi is the same as ever, but without all of his technology. The Devildom is still more advanced than the Human Realm, but I can see him with a typewriter writing out poetry and such. Perhaps he and Satan are closer during this time, Levi not being quite so much of a shut-in, and the two read and write together at times. Levi also helps contribute when Satan travels to the human realm to cause chaos - he doesn’t really care all that much, but its fun to lead any navy, even if its a pathetic human navy, and it helps him to de-stress and gives him some inspiration for his writing.

This changes when the MC arrives. He meets them on that first day when Mammon runs away, and they still go through with the pact plan. He’s a little less awkward, but still talks down to the human until they break their seemingly quiet and controlled nature and snap at him. It creates an interest for him, because he’s never seen humans up so close when he’s not fighting them, and he’d only paid attention to the fictional humans in his books. He ends up watching the MC and spending time with them when Mammon isn’t, one of the more controlled brothers who doesn’t really feel like hurting them because there isn’t some big game to play on a watery battlefield.

Lucifer is... busy. RAD isn’t what it is yet in the game - its tough trying to wrangle the demons in and to get them to adapt and better themselves. He’s determined to help Lord Diavolo however he can, but between getting everything set up and dealing with his brothers’ outbursts, he’s rarely able to see the MC.

When he does, he’s a bit of a mess, jumping between being proud and acting like a nobleman, to teasing them because before they’ve adapted to Asmo’s nature, their reactions to everything are entertaining. He’ll flirt and be downright inappropriate at times to get a reaction out of them, using it to help him stay calm amidst all the chaos. Because he usually ends up feeling calm or excited around them, he takes a liking to them quickly enough and ends up quite defensive.

He has quieter moments with them, too, if they know how to play the pianoforte. He invites them to play duets together, and likes to listen to them sing or work their way through the sheet music he has laying about. One day they quietly make their way through an old, old song he last heard hundreds of years ago, and he stands silently in the doorway before walking off to spend some time with his brothers, the memories of easier times fresh in his head.

Satan is also a mess but for different reasons. He’s suddenly lost his main output, and now there’s a human here that he’s not supposed to mess with? He might be a little manipulative at first, but one day he walks into the library and the MC is curled up reading one of the many books, or has discovered some of his writings and is smiling to themself as they read it before carefully and gently setting it back where it was. He changes after that, becomes quieter and tends to watch them a lot when the two are in the same room together. Were all humans like this when they weren’t fighting with each other? When they didn’t immediately rise to his words? It’s not that he feels guilty for the things he’s done, because he doesn’t feel he has done much other than offer advice to people already wanting to fight and conquer. But a soft spot develops for the quieter moments in human lives, where they create - through embroidery, drawing, painting, singing, etc. He finds a new output through them.

Beel tends to avoid the human, not wanting them to realise that he’s potentially been a catalyst for some of their struggles in the Human Realm. However, he begins to feel left out as his brothers are all one-by-one getting attached and spending more and more time with the human. They remind him of something, some old memories he’d long since pushed down, and now he isn’t sure whether he wants to remember or forget about them. They become easier, softer, to hold onto with this human around, and so he stays by their side whenever he can. They seem almost enchanted by him too, Beel being different from how most humans present themselves at the time. A common curiosity is what holds the two together, really.

Belphegor stays the same as he is in game. When the two eventually do bond, its because of Beel, and because all of his brothers are already so attached to the MC. He wanders around silently for the first few days he’s able to, watching them read with Satan or sneak into Levi’s room to write letters together, listening to them laugh with Mammon and Beel, and play piano with Lucifer - it’d been so long since he’d heard that song, since he’d heard Lucifer sing like that. Its hard not to get attached, and he realises that there’s no ill will in their heart at all despite everything the demons had done. One day he’s in the planetarium, laying on the floor with his eyes closed, taking a break from watching the stars. The MC walks in and freezes when they see him there, and they lay a blanket over him before leaving, and it settles everything into place for him. He could trust them.

Diavolo throws a lot of balls / parties for everyone to get acquainted, and because he heard it was common in the Human Realm. He has the MC and other humans help to teach the brothers some dances, and in return the brothers and himself teach them dances common in the Devildom. This sparks a jealousy between the brothers, who have all in one way or another, started to become attached to the MC. It becomes a silent battle of who can ask them to dance first, who gets to spend the most time with them, and so on.

Diavolo himself joins in if only to see the brothers reactions, and to see how well his plans have all worked out. The human seems content, seems to feel safe, and they smile calmly up at him and he feels guilty because he himself has accidentally caused harm to their kind before. How can they look up at him as if they’re safe in his arms, how can they laugh as the two dance together, practicing and developing a new dance that combines human and demon tradition together to form something new, to begin a new era? He relaxes over time, especially with Barbatos’ guidance and input. The plans are working and the MC is happy, and he feels like both are equal accomplishments.

Barbatos himself is happy to watch it all from the sidelines. He trusts that Diavolo will lead things where they need to go, and if anything happens, he knows he himself is capable of taking care of it. He finds himself curious about the human, who has settled into a life so different from what it had been. He doesn’t get too involved, but regularly brings them treats and, if he passes them at RAD, asks about how they’re doing. He mainly keeps Diavolo updated on anything he notices.

The angels aren’t brought into the picture yet, but a second exchange program is held shortly after that involves the Celestial Realm as well, and both Simeon and Luke quickly grow attached to the MC. They’ve helped so much with settling the Devildom and helping peace grow between the realms. Luke clings to them and asks about how they can cope around so many demons, and enjoys participating when they bake or draw or paint. Simeon’s interest is quieter, and he mostly enjoys watching how they interact with Lucifer, and seeing what traditions they have kept from the human world. Like Satan and Levi, he finds them to be an inspiration, and asks if he can write a story based on them.

#obey me headcanons #obey me #obey me shall we date #obey me lucifer #obey me mammon #obey me leviathan #obey me satan #obey me asmodeus #obey me beelzebub #obey me belphegor #obey me diavolo #obey me barbatos #obey me simeon #obey me luke #my headcanons #my writings #ask #request #anonymous #long post #i didnt read over this oops i hope its okay ;u;

[peaamlipoetrydoctor]

Day 25 - Blind Justice

It's Day 25* and today's optional prompt is to write an Aisling poem.

Apparently this is an Irish form, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries, which involves the poet describing an encounter with the Spirit of a local area, personified as female either as a 'maiden' archetype, so young and lovely or as a 'crone' archetype, old and withered. Since I'm much closer to the latter than the former, I've gone for the crone in this one.

This is a reworking of a poem which (in its original form) is included in my upcoming pamphlet series [Poetry & Climate Crisis #4, A Year of Walking]. The original was written based from walk-journal notes made during the middle of pandemic lockdowns in 2020 and including notes made after the news of the killing of George Floyd.

Sadly, the media remains chock full of opportunities for rage and grief at the state of the world (still struggling with disease, still war-torn, still profoundly systemically unjust). I live in London not too far from the Old Bailey so justice/injustice immediately occurred to me (though when I actually checked images of the statue of justice on the domed roof of that building, I realised that she's NOT depicted "blind" after all!). Still, that's the angle I've taken in the poem, anyway.

I give you -

Blind Justice

A seemingly untroubled day,

and I plunge onto the local loop

to swoosh the office out of my limbs.

Late spring, but at 5pm already

the weight of warm air

pushes down on me like August.

I hover near the cut-through

to the old canal towpath,

waiting for the way to clear

but the old woman on the path

slows, heavy with small-talk

(I assume). Catches my eye.

She says –

I used to think Blind Justice kind.

I did not choose to know it was

injustice that she failed to see.

Sighs and moves stiffly away.

She’s right. It does not look broken,

this war-torn world. Viewed in this

quiet place – I do not see bloodshed.

This dusty sunshine spring breeze

is not obviously roiling, poisoned

with contagion or lung-burning gas.

I can convince myself the world is

fine – and fair. But all the while,

around us, leaves hang like tears.

*Showing my age but a little voice in my head insists on adding, "in the Big Bruther Hoose"

#napowrimo #poetry #poetic #free verse #climate justice #racial justice

[milf-harrington]

hii i promise I wanted to reply to your answers to the two ask thingies i replied to but tbh other than saying that i'm now actively keeping an eye out for the poetry cave ™, that i didn't actually follow your main and only your vibes gave me gender envy, BUT NOW that I HAVE SEEN I'm respectfully envying your gender wholeheartedly 👀, also my memory is shit so I don't remember what the music asks were about and wow this whole ask here is a mess.

I am once again on my balcony but this time it's more of what I like to call "nausea day", which means that I feel not really here or good at any capacity. Soooo i wanted to share an idea I had because I'm trying to clear my thoughts and because I'm still not sure if it's good enough to add to my WIP pile.

okay. so. Longshot.

He moves to a new city to pursue med school after graduating. He searches for months before finally finding a place, and it's all very rushed, and he moves in on the first day of the Semester, having maybe texted twice with his roommate before actually doing so.

Surprisingly it all goes as well as it can, considering that moving is always stressful and that the place is kinda old and disgusting.

He actually gets on pretty well with his roommate, a girl that introduced herself as smellerbee. (Bonding over their awful family or lack thereof, over their love of nature, and other things)

As months of online lectures go by, smellerbee invites a lot of people over,( and gets laid a couple of times), all the while having Longshot in the room next door, slowly discovering that yeah... Maybe he's a bit aspec (spoiler he very much is an aro king)

And we just follow Longshot, how he copes, how he kinda looses his sense of self, how being far away from the only few friends he had pushes him out of his comfort zone, how he struggles with his dreams vs. the amount of work he has to put into them, the humiliation and competitive nature of the peeps in his semester, how smellerbee- always the extrovert- tries to make him more social and introduces him to the freedom fighters and the gaang, how he sees smellerbee's love life evolving and documents about it, and about the other relationships slowly forming in her friend group.(all the while questioning if it's normal to not feel like that and having a hard time navigating these thoughts)

and one day he just realises : he talks now. A lot.

he talks a lot with them all, and when did he become the friend people go to for advice ? Actually when did he become a friend to this group of wonderfully unique individuals?

did he really get adopted by a bunch of extroverts, get involved in their drama, get the title of group dad, when he never felt secure around more than 2 people before ?

he then has an oh moment and yeah-

there's more to it, zukka getting together and almost causing the group to split up, yue realising she doesn't have a lot of time to live anymore, katara facing the struggles of always having been the best at everything and now being overwhelmed and doing less good, toph kicking ableist ass, jet finally realising that he has awful coping mechanisms and fighting his addiction, haru-longshot bonding times, pianjeong the only good and understanding Profs, trans smellerbee and a whole lot more.(everything from Longshot's pov)

yeah so I hope that wasn't too annoying to read, I know that my thoughts are all over the place, but I'm getting more and more attached to this found family au, it's pretty personal :) and yeah, hopefully i'll get to write it ?

feel free to ignore or tell me what you think (and now I'm kinda scared someone will steal a few ideas here but hey :) )

sorry for flooding your asks again, sending you a lot of hearties

–💐

hello dearest anon, i am exhausted rn and lack the brain power to fully convey how much i love that idea and how interesting and detailed it seems already but,,, im love so much and am exited that you shared it with me

never apologise for flooding my asks, i love reading them <3

#💐 anon #asks #i genuinely love the fic idea so much pls feel free to share it if you ever do write it #also 'respectfully envying your gender' made me laugh

[elaz-ivero]

Poetry Update | Pandemonium Palate|

It's been a while. This year I have an upcoming poetry class and I've decided to rework my relationship to poetry, in the past, my poems tended to be dark irregular poems taking on an Aesop's fable appearance with ideas and concepts expressed through intangible metaphors now I'm developing my skills in 🌟 self poetry🌟 writing about my own feelings something which I've tended toward avoiding and being very cautious of.

Here's the poetry I've been writing:

1.

A Widows Guide to Ghosthunting is a poem I wrote and submitted in a matter of two days, usually, I like to sleep on a poem, let it exist for a moment before sending it off this one was different, it seemed to convey that strange semi-intelligence a lot of published poems have. It's about ghosts, liminal spaces and family. It's 353 words long and considered a prose poem with 29 lines.

It's a little bit emotional and a tad bit deep and I've realised that whenever I write personal prose I almost always mention the scar I have across my chest, an inherited ailment. I find my poems tend to explore, family, familiarity, inheritance and the burden of genetics, it's interesting how many feelings come forward when you're just trying to convey something indescribable. Overall I love how this poem progresses and look forward to submitting it.

2.

I write the best poems when I come up with the title first; Red-Haired Taniwha explores an elementary European immigrant and his exploration into a great lake where a taniwha resides, a metaphysical representation of culture, the taniwha is an incredible being in Maori mythology they take the form of deceptive currents or dangerous waves. The taniwha, Tama is deceptive and cunning and speaks of chosen and found history.

Red-Haired Taniwha is in a rough draft and sits around 402 words and breaks into two poems. Hopefully, I can figure out what I actually want to do with it and clarify what I wanted to say so I can edit it and prep it for submission.

-E

#poetry #poems #poem #writing #writeblr #camp nano april 2021 #poetrycollection #pandemoniumpallatte #amwriting

[themori-witch]

Hi there! You seem really lovely, so I hope you don't mind if I ask you a question. How did you begin practicing? I'm asking more on the Gaelic paganism side of things rather than witchcraft, because I'm realising my religion more and more everyday now. I'd love if you could give some religious advice to someone in need x Thanks a bunch!

Hello! Aw, thank you so much for being so kind💕

Oh! Okay, so in all honesty this story is quite banal because I've known for a long time that I believe in something but until a few years ago, that's all it was. Something. My faith was an enigma to me, which often complicated the situation. 

I didn't know much about Gaelic paganism, until my Nanna told me some stories. She actually told me about Óengus, giver of dreams, first. We were sat in the living room talking about her native country when it all came about. As we talked, a feelig of... recognition, sort of grew in my gut and (as melodramatic as it sounds), I felt like something had clicked. She couldn't tell me much else however, so it was up to me after that.

It was only when I started practising witchcraft that I was able to understand my beliefs on a deeper level. I used pendulums, dream magick and tarot cards to try and understand if the Gods I felt in my heart were indeed my Gods. Thankfully, they are.

Okay. So I actually keep my magick and my religion separate; I don't involve any deities in any of my witchcraft. Some have told me that is bad practise but the Gods have yet to smite me and so I will continue as I am. I started out by researching. Sounds stupidly simple, but it is

Very important.

Actually a good way to honour your Gods.

I looked up the entire Gaelic pantheon, took notes on the Gods themselves, their associated myths, festivals/holidays; associations in life (and not in life); things that please and displease them, etc,.

To me, finding out about your deities is the gateway to practising. How can you honour them, or invoke them or maintain a good relationship with them if you know next to nothing about them? You can't, really. Plus, one of the best ways to piss off your deities is to half-ass your worshipping. 

Once you've got some information, you can set up alters, craft gifts or meals to appease them, write poetry or songs or prayers to contact them, etc., you just need to know what they like/do/want. For example, Lugh (as in the festival of Lunasa/Lammas/Lughnasadh), loves craftmanship that takes skill, so make something and stick it on an altar in his name; let him watch you practise and improve your skills for him. He'll love it.

TL;DR Get to know your deities! Once you do, worshipping and forming bonds with them is easy as pie.