#lo and behold

[raptorrobot]

so in subnautica the picture frame item lets you display photos that you take ingame but i discovered the folder in the game files that stores those photos and you can just put whatever the fuck images you want in there and it'll appear ingame

#subnautica #discovery that made me giggle a lot #it was a moment of 'hold on surely there's a folder where these are that i can just put stupid images into' #lo and behold

[intergalactic-aesthetic]

My boyfriends job has a fictional character fighting tournament bracket and he sent me this pic

#bcs #better call saul #saul goodman #homestuck #vriska serket #homestuck vriska #hs #vriska #lmaoo #he put down saul #and mentioned somebody else put down vriska #I said wouldn’t it be funny if they got pitted against each other #lo and behold #anyway I think vriska could be Saul but not Kim

[jennicatzies]

Get jolly with it

someone who isn't great at lighting draws something with a concept very reliant on lighting

#jennicatzies art-chive #the stanley parable #stanley parable #the stanley parable ultra deluxe #tsp #tspud #tsp narrator #the narrator #tsp stanley #had this activity where we decorated our teachers like a christmas tree and it hasnt left my head since #and then i thought #I can stanarrator this. #lo and behold #crimmus narratree

[livvidaloca]

just got a new sketchbook and pencil!! decided to break both of them in with some mitsuba sketches :3

#mitsuba sousuke #tbhk #toilet bound hanako kun #tbhk mitsuba #i care him so bad #i once saw a piece of advice that said #the easiest way to rapidly improve your art is to get a blorbo #and i thought nothing of it #because i was blorboless #lo and behold #i have a blorbo now #for the first time in ages #and my art is rapidly improving #shucks #liv art

[lavenoon]

hey hey @kibbits

i warned you

#post let luce #editing tags in later but GO SLEEP #there we go tag time #dcamv #fnaf moon #my art #sleep bribery #said warning for context was 'i catch you on tumblr past bedtime n moons gonna getcha' #lo and behold #>:3c

[jigsaw-yer]

This is how this scene went, right?

#I went exploring in the gauntlet with like #NO health #so i found that fight fully ready to reload my save #lo and behold #my bard has the gift of unrelenting persuasion #this is messy but idc #my art #art #digital art #digital artwork #drawing #oc #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #baldurs gate 3 spoilers #baldurs gate 3 #baldurs gate #baldurs gate fanart #baldur's gate oc #baldurs gate shadowheart #baldurs gate shitpost #baldurs gate tav #bg3 tav #tav x gale #shadowheart #gale #tav #tavaris #my tav #bg3 art

[inexpressiblybeautiful]

#adlock #the adlock yacht #adlock meme #sherlock x irene #irene x sherlock #irenelock #sherlock holmes #irene adler #I had to do this #it's so funny #also they are the exact opposites of them which I think makes it funnier #lo and behold #Barbie and Ken #barbie movie #barbie movie 2023

[green-socks]

friendly reminder that you can probably loan movies from the library

sincerely, someone who just found everything i've been looking for. and for free!!

#i was saying all TC movies should be public access like at the library #lo and behold #there they are #can't believe i forgot about the LIBRARY #donde esta la biblioteca #smh @ myself

[ellalalala]

Thinking about the dream I had a few days ago in which my spirit watched Dottore revive my body... what was that <3

#it was gorey and weird but honestly wild #when he successfully brought me back to life he did not let me out of his sight. it was unnerving #but then the police arrested him?? and i woke up thinking “wow the justice system in sumeru is weird because how is the man still free” #anyway then i fell asleep after that and the dream continued?? i was a free woman hanging out with some friends #but i felt paranoid that dottore would come back for me #lo and behold #he did #and it was mortifying #eughhh dottore get out of my head

[tojifm]

has this been said already? Because...

#you cannot convince me otherwise #jjk #higuruma hiromi #jujutsu sorcerer #shibuya incident #adrien brody #i watched detachment yesterday and i was like holy shit he looks familiar #lo and behold #jujutsu kaisen #tojifm 04

[dailydemonspotlight]

Mizuchi - Day 22

Race: Snake

Alignment: Neutral

April 19th, 2024

Serpentine monsters are a common sight in mythology; whether it be the great Dragons of yore, the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl, the aboriginal Rainbow Serpent Yurlungur, or even the classical Ouroboros. However, Japan loves snakes in mythology. We've already covered one in Yamata-No-Orochi, but there are so many more, whether it be the adorable and hilarious Yokai Tsuchinoko, or, in the case of the demon we're covering today, the legendary water serpent, Mizuchi.

Mizuchi is rarely seen throughout the tremendous amounts of tales that make up Japanese mythology, only mentioned in the Nihon Shoki (the oldest still-remaining text of Japan's history, dating all the way back to the Yōrō era) as well as appearing in a single Man'yōshū poem. In spite of this, Mizuchi has been the topic of many scholarly debates, eventually being bastardized through history into everyone's favorite root-chakra destroying turtle, the Kappa.

Mizuchi, however, is not originally from Japan- its name is actually a transliteration from several Chinese glyphs, particularly several glyphs describing different dragons, serpents, and monsters of Chinese mythology. Admittedly, I don't know much about Japanese, but one of the kanji used to spell the name Mizuchi implies that it's a snake, but it first-and-foremost means "Water spirit." The word, in English, can be broken down into "Spirit-of-Water," as Mi- means water, -tsu- (the way that it is pronounced) effectively means 'of,' and -chi is a suffix that describes a spirit. Due to this, Mizuchi's origin as a Chinese myth makes it very, very hard to track down much of a solid origin for it, given that it originates from what was effectively a way to match how it sounds to how it's spelled.

Now, in terms of mythology, Mizuchi was first referenced in the Nihon Shoki- as the story goes, under the reign of Emperor Nintoku, there was a fork at a river that contained a great water serpent that would be a very deadly nuisance- it attacked random passersby, spat venom at anybody who came near, broke apart caravans, and was generally just a prick. Eventually, fed up with this, a man named Agatamori approached the spirit with a challenge- he tossed three Calabashes into the water and challenged the spirit to see if it could sink them. If not? Mizuchi would face a swift death. The dragon, perturbed, obliged, yet was unsuccessful, meeting a demise by the hands of the man.

Later on, Agatamori found his way to the fellows of the mischievous snake, and in a move as genocidal as it was unwarranted, slaughtered the entire clan of Mizuchi. The lake below was filled with their blood, later becoming the noted "Pool of Agatamori." However, in spite of how apocalyptic this may seem, it turns out that there are more recollections of Mizuchi in the mix, and this tale was but one of many.

The god of the river recorded in Nintoku 11 is also commonly seen as a Mizuchi. A dam being built along Yodo River was subject to an attack from an unknown force, completely breached. Confused, the Emperor commanded a rebuild of it, only for it to be breached yet again. This happened time and time again, and eventually, the Emperor saw a solution to his problem through a prophetic dream. Bringing two men to the riverfront, he offered them up to the River God, but one refused. Likely recognizing the circumstances, the man demanded to see the divinity of the snake by trying the age-old calabash trick, tossing a set into the river and daring the god to sink them. Unsurprisingly, the Mizuchi failed, and likely grew to resent calabashes for the rest of its life.

The last example of a Mizuchi in classical Japanese mythology comes from the Man'yōshū, a collection of ancient poems that have been passed down from generation to generation. In one of them, a poem composed by Prince Sakaibe, he describes a short and intriguing tale regarding a Mizuchi. In quote, "I could ride a tiger to leap over the Old Shack, to the green pool, to take down the mizuchi dragon there, if only I had a sword capable of doing just that." The story regards a mizuchi dragon as being almost common knowledge, bringing up as many questions as it does answers- however, the way it regards it in such a casual manner may play into why Mizuchi are so scarcely mentioned.

If everyone knew about mizuchi, then they wouldn't feel the need to record it, right? The casual cadence of the poem seems to give light to the idea that mizuchi were a common sight or concept in ancient Japan, and it may have to do with their later bastardization into Kappa. In some areas, kappa are given a name incredibly similar to a mizuchi, such as "Mizushi," "Medochi," or "Mintsuchi." Past this, a common trait in Kappa stories lies in their hatred of calabashes, something which is similar to the distaste Mizuchi have for calabashes in both stories they appear in. Some historians speculate that mizuchi and kappa were in the same general 'clique' of water dwelling monsters.

God, that was a lot. Mizuchi are confusing. However, in terms of the SMT series, there's a lot less to comment on; their appearance as a water spirit in the form of a snake is faithful, and their design is as simple as it is elegant. They appear to be made of clear water, almost like a rushing river in the form of a snake. Throughout the series, Mizuchi are a common sight in the early-mid game, even appearing as a boss in Nocturne. Their specialty in ice skills, the closest thing SMT has to water skills, is almost obvious. However, overall, there's elegance in simplicity, and Mizuchi is just that.

#shin megami tensei #smt #megaten #persona #daily #mizuchi #this thing was a HEADACHE. #probably the hardest demon so far to research #a lot of my stuff was taken directly from wikipedia #albeit reworded #and i feel a bit bad about it #but i can't read japanese!! #and almost all the primary and secondary sources are #lo and behold #in japanese. #however i do appreciate the challenge and i love looking into weird and obscure folklore!! #its just that this guy was way too much of a doozy. #never again. jesus h jimminy cricket.

[laurasimonsdaughter]

Charlie kept a cheat sheet nowadays. It turned out Greek gods got extremely upset when you did not know who exactly they were. It was honestly a bit dramatic, but then again, not much worse than other expensive hotels with entitled regulars. She glances at the list in her phone one more time as she gets off the bus. (Odd that there was an extra bus stop here now, when she came her for her job interview she had to walk two blocks.) Some of the entries could really do with some additional details.

Aphrodite, goddess of romance and sex. (and love??) [act more impressed than you are]

Hephaistos, god of forging, crafting (?) [no small talk]

Apollo (like the rocket), god of god of music, poetry, the sun (?). Twin (?) brother of Artemis. Gets very emotional over various kinds of decorative vegetation. Not good with Helios, Hermes. [Keep away from Cassandra!!]

Zeus, god of…lightning? Heaven?? “King” of the gods. Has a suite permanently reserved for him, but is hardly ever here. Insane policy. Has something to do with the “no mortal guests allowed”. No one will tell me what. [Do not mention around Ganymedes.]

“Hi Charlie!”

Her head snapped up from her phone with immediate suspicion. It had been weeks since Cassandra ever felt the need to use her customer service voice on her. “Cas…?”

She was standing unnaturally prim behind reception desk and her smile was plastered onto her face with uncanny precision.

“Cas,” Charlie repeated warily. “What's going on...”

“The chief called in sick today,” Cassandra replied with terrified cheerfulness. “He left you in charge.”

Charlie’s stomach turned over. “He did what.”

“You already deal with all the customers all the time!” Cassandra said hastily. “And the rest of us know the drill. No one will make trouble for you, we promise!”

Charlie threw up her hands and hurried behind Cassandra's counter. “Is this about that Theseus mortal that Poseidon made a reservation for?” She had never seen the manager look so miserable as upon hearing her read out a name.

Cassandra gave her a deeply apologetic look. “He's only staying the one day and night. Please don’t leave.”

“Of course I’m not going to leave.” She groaned. “When are the new arrivals due?”

“Helios at 9:26, Theseus at 10:02 and Hestia and Demeter at 10:43,” Cassandra answered promptly. It was an absolute blessing to have her always know exactly when people would be arriving, or leaving, or putting in complicated requests.

“Alright, fine,” Charlie sighed. “I will do a quick check around then and be back here at a quarter past nine.”

“I’ll be here,” Cassandra sighed in relief.

“Honestly,” Charlie muttered, hurrying down to the kitchens. “If he thinks the previous raise covers this he’s wrong.”

In the kitchens all was under control, however, and Tantalus sent her on her way with a freshly baked bun which improved her mood greatly. She paused in the garden to cram the rest of it into her mouth before entering the stables. The gardens were beautiful, if a little unnerving. The hyacinths and daffodils had been in bloom for way too long now. And Charlie had never heard you could cultivate anemones in a fountain basin.

The stables, hidden behind a row of cypresses, were less unnerving but far more chaotic. They were monstrously big, but Charlie had by now learned they needed to be. Most of the guests had distressingly inconvenient modes of transportation. Miss Eos was alright, she usually came with just the two horses. Her brother Helios, however, came with no less than eight. (Plus a flaming chariot that took up a ridiculous amount of space.) Ares had only four horses, but they did breathe fire. (Very difficult in a barn environment with lots of hay around.) And Poseidon’s horses dripped sea foam everywhere.

The horses were nothing to Dionysus’ panthers though. Or Apollo’s swans, for that matter. Charlie was sure she didn’t know a more potentially vicious bird, and they kept trying to get into the pool, which made the nymphs uncomfortable. As far as birds were concerned, Aphrodite’s doves were a lot less intimidating, but there were an awful lot of them.

Luckily Marsyas seemed completely unbothered this morning. He answered Charlie’s questions with his usual good humour and assured her he had room for Helios’ chariot and horses all prepared and fireproofed. So there was nothing to delay her and she returned to the lobby only a little after nine.

When she entered from the direction of the pool area – it had been restored very well since Poseidon’s last visit – a hooded figure was stood at the counter and Cassandra looked unusually nonplussed.

“I trust you have a reservation?” she said, uncertainty leaking through her polite smile. “Which divinity booked for you?”

“No one.” The guest’s voice was soft, almost hesitant, but Charlie heard every word. “I have no reservation. I came because...because I am called upon.” She said it as if it was a new thing. New and wondrous, but beyond doubt. “I am expected.”

“I...um…” Cassandra began, but by then Charlie had crossed the lobby and as she turned to the counter she suddenly caught sight of the guest’s face.

She halted, her professionalism flagging in a moment of startled recognition. Her mouth moved before she could stop herself. “You’re Medusa!”

The guest turned, looking without meeting Charlie’s gaze, but Cassandra gaped at her. “You know who she is? You didn’t know Aphrodite, but her you know?”

“Of course I do,” Charlie answered, looking at the halo of snakes framing Medusa’s head within the confines of her hood. It was an unmistakable image. And the story, the name, it just stuck in the mind. At least the main parts. Defiance and strength and survival…

Medusa met her gaze, slowly, as if she expected something bad to happen that Charlie was not aware of. Charlie looked back at her with as open an expression as she could. Sometimes the customers service smile didn’t cut it. The snakes looked curious, and Medusa herself looked at her, it seemed to Charlie, as if she was as bewildered as Cassandra to be standing here, checking into Hotel Olympus as the gods did whenever they came to witness the voices who worshipped them.

“Cassandra, I believe madam wanted a room?”

“Yes, but, she isn’t- I mean she didn’t used to be—”

Charlie took care never to interrupt Cassandra, who was so used to not being listened to. This time she made an exception. “The green suite, I think, Cassandra, if you would. For our divine guest.”

“...yes, right away.” Cassandra regained her composure and turned around to select the key.

“Welcome to Hotel Olympus,” Charlie said with a bow of her head. “I hope you will enjoy your stay.”

Medusa smiled.

-

[Hotel Olympus on Tumblr | Hotel Olympus on AO3]

#lo and behold #my wips are never dead just resting #hotel olympus #laura drabbles #ace representation

[solsunflora]

I don't watch/read dungeon meshi but that Falin lady IS NOT chubby. She has very round features and curves but she is not fat at all

#sol speaks #saw a post calling her their “chubby wife” and i got so excited i wanted to see what she looked like! #lo and behold #average body type

[box-box-blorbos]

This is what happened to Yuki last lap :(

Lockup and then down the escape road, unsalvageable lap.

If he had gotten to set a time before this he might’ve been fine and definitely would’ve been higher, though. I didn’t see a lot of the top cars even doing a last lap. GRRRRRRRR

#yuki tsunoda #singapore gp 2023 #Ricky when I catch you Ricky #universe hates to see him winning #I knew a final clean lap with all the shit that had gone down before would’ve been so difficult #lo and behold

[mariatesstruther]

OKAY BUT

THIS TESS WITH THIS MARIA LIKE??? SORRY MILLERS, MOVE THE FUCK OVER. I SAID MOVE

#I LOVE THEM THEYRE SO PRETTY #LOOK AT RUTINA LIKE #OH MY FUCKING GOD #maria miller #tess SERVopoulos #tlou #maria x tess #not even sorry #i live in my own reality where they got together and founded jackson together #they ended up just being friends because they got older and wanted different things #but they’re still each others 1 partners in terms of being besties #and running things #tommy and joel come later all broken and battered and beat up #with two teenage girls in tow #lo and behold #the miller family is born #i need to STOP #AND GET OFF THIS MF APP #tlou hcs #tlou hbo #maria miller headcanons #tlou headcanons #tlou tess #the last of us #maria #tess #joel and maria best friend agenda #because she tries to set him up with tess and he tries to set tommy up w her

[edgepunk]

this ain't hate but watching the Bee Gee Three fandom going from "see? this is what happens when you give your devs enough time to develop such a high quality product and don't do crunch" to "there actually was crunch and the devs and writers didn't in fact have enough time to develop all the characters" is wild

#t #ngl the fandom did leave a bad taste in my mouth when they were attacking devs from other studios #who said that they shouldn't expect the same amount of quality due to their piss poor working conditions #lo and behold