#lost in transmutation

[creekfiend]

I just read a book about like. memory and trauma and grief and family and attachments and loneliness and there's a part at the end where the main character, who has lost her dad and sister horribly, is sitting with her mother and she thinks that she can't trust her memory of what has happened to her. her mom remembers things differently than she does. sometimes her memories are one way and sometimes another. and she has this moment of realization that when her mother dies she won't have anything left to anchor the past. "no confirmation and no refutation"

and I just started crying

#the past is so big inside me and i can tell it but its not the same and i cant even really see or feel it the same way twice but it takes up #the same amount of space no matter what #i have so little left from then i have lost almost everything #who will i be when it is all gone what will that mean for me #i know i need to transmute it into something i can use to connect with other people but i dont know HOW #dysfunction junction #it sticks in everything it sticks in all the gears inside my head and i cant get it out

[nilovalentine]

party in my current save. everyone ended up with spears. im playing ragnvaldr in a way so antithetical to his character its funny. all he knows is cast loving whispers transmute water to wine and lie. legarde cant even use leg sweep because you cant do it with two handed weapons and i keep forgetting to give him a different weapon. cahara had a break down right as the crow mauler spawned and the crow mauler proceeded to very politely wait for him to calm down before chasing us. this is my best run so far.

#fear and hunger #funger #ragnvaldr #le'garde #cahara #moonless #after the low sanity cutscene with cahara the crow mauler proceeded to stare at a wall and get lost. i almost feel bad for the guy #i also managed to get black orb thru a random scroll on rag but since i didnt have transmutation and i was low on mind items its unused rn #spear gang #my posts #my art

[bugsbenefit]

just because i've seen so many people talk about the playground that's visible in one of the leaked pics it might be good to know that the person who shared these images said it's not part of the set when someone asked them about it

obviously they could just not know something but given the insider knowledge of that person i would at least wrangle in expectations and not expect the playground to be filmed on unless we get new information on it

just thought i'd say something with how many people are running with it now, just so this doesn't turn into some widely accepted thing everyone is expecting as a given fact (especially bc not many know the og source so it turns into a giant game of telephone with no op commentary)

#st5 spoilers #st s5 #i get being exited about this don't get me wrong #just making sure the context the og poster added doesn't get lost in translation here (twitter to tumblr transmutation)

[dontforget-oct3]

War is deception. Think your enemy has a weakness and it becomes his strength. Remember that.

#he did not in fact remember that #two times Ed tried to win a fight by cutting the transmutation circle and both times he lost #inch resting #fma03 #fmab #fullmetal alchemist 2003 #fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #fullmetal alchemist

[xamaxenta]

Marco has hollow bones as his devil fruit drawback as per @liferockingitout (check out their fantastic ongoing series “hurts being this beautiful”)

I want to say Ace’s draw back is total combustion and accidentally burning up himself as the fuel, he can’t go too hot or his bones and muscles overheat and he get’s all feverish and sick cuz he’s burning up from the inside

#like Magellan has an insane devil fruit but the cost is he has to shit every five minutes or die #that seems a fair enough drawback for such power #i would like to present Kizaru who phases through things unwillingly makes writing eating connecting physical attacks hard #aokiji has frozen limbs alot and is slow to wake and act #akainu bc hes a stinky ass bastard can have a burning temper constantly which isnt actually far from his usual state but #makes him an unpleasant person and no one likes him!!!! #whitebeards drawback hmm probably just micro fractures constantly #crocodile has dry skin and is constantly in a state of dehydration bc sand #buggy is god so he has no drawbacks #jozu has lost alot of feeling in his nerve endings #kaido is he has awful back pain from huge transformation and he has to SHED #kinemon has no drawbacks he is also perfect #momo has to shed like kaido #hancock has no drawbacks bc she is likewise perfect #yikes who else os a df eater #Robin has to make sure her skin is flawless #bad skin equals bad transmutation and summoning of extra limbs #mr 3 melts in sunlight and sweats wax #poor dude has mad acne #mm big mom I guess has no empathy so it doesnt matter #katakuri is also perfect

[alchemy-sys]

so…dont commit human transmutation BUT.

oxygen 65%

carbon 18%

hydrogen 10%

nitrogen 3%

calcium 1.5%

phosphorus 1%

potassium 0.35%

sulphur 0.25%

sodium 0.15%

magnesium 0.05%

and 6 other trace elements make up the human body

and are literally 4 dollars over 600 USD on amazon.

#alchemy #fmab #transmutation #dont do this kids #not worth it #not fun at all #0/10 would not recommend #lost #my brother #so like #dont do it

[barnbridges]

saw someone argue that the ussr was good because their german ancestors were prosecuted in the gulag "rightfully"... my jewish ancestors in the ussr literally died between prison, gangs and being mass relocated but go off ig.

#i hate speaking about being ethnically jewish but neither culturally nor religiously because. it feels encroaching. #but its absolutely bizarre the way people whove never studied the ussr #act like it was Not an ethnostate that dealt in eugenics and genocide #like that everyone in the ussr was equal and there was no colonialism. #that everyone willingly accepted the good communism ways fuck off #the ussr was a slavic russian speaking russian cultural hegemony colonialist state. #entire nations lost their languages and culture to the way thst russian culture was imposed on us #they gave away our land to foreigners and “transmutated” (deported) us to the cold deserts and the tundra to die #dont speak your mouth if you have no fucking idea the amount of violence that came with being a non slav in the ussr

[kaftan]

there’s the struggle of not knowing where to take a scene and there’s the struggle of knowing exactly where to take a scene but hesitating to write it out because it’s beautiful in your head and will necessarily lose that magic on the page

#I know in my logical brain that the magic isn’t lost — just transmuted #but transmutation is frightening!

[senlinyu]

I'm excited to announce that I have signed a book deal with Del Rey at Penguin Random House in the US and Michael Joseph in the UK for my debut novel, Alchemised, a standalone dark fantasy set in a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy, in which a healer with amnesia is taken as a prisoner of war and must fight to protect her lost memories and the secrets hidden among them. It will grapple with themes of trauma and survival, legacy, and the way that love can drive one to extreme darkness, and it is, as you may be able to tell, a reimagined version of Manacled.

I know I’ve been rather quiet about my publishing journey, and a lot of that has been because I didn’t want to spark any concerns or worry that I might be abruptly taking away a story that is such a deep part of myself and that I know has meant so much to so many people. This process has unfolded very slowly and quietly because I have tried to be mindful as I could be in every step of the way. 

As most of you know, I have been a reader in fandom long before I ever began to write. Fanfiction is incredibly special to me, and I have tried to do my best not to undermine its legal protection or allow my works to do so either. During the last several years, there has been a growing issue with illegal sales of Manacled, putting both me and the incredible community that shares fanfiction freely in legal jeopardy. 

After consulting with the OTW as well as other lawyers, it has grown clear that as a transformative writer I have limited options in protecting my stories from this kind of exploitation, but I wasn’t sure what to do; I didn’t want to just take the story down, in part because I worried that might only exacerbate the issue, but I didn’t know what other options I had. Then I suddenly had this idea of alchemy, which was peculiarly appropriate; an academic world filled with unique transmutational abilities, and a necromantic war against people who had discovered the secrets of immortality, and I could see a path to reimagining the story while still holding on to as much of the original spirit of Manacled as possible. 

I began redrafting the concept privately around Christmas 2022, and then as if the universe had aligned, just as I was finishing, Caitlin Mahony and Rivka Bergman of WME reached out to me and were delightfully enthusiastic about concepts and ideas for my new alchemical world and the ways I had reimagined the story. 

I'm thrilled to be working with Emily Archbold, my visionary editor at Del Rey, along with Rebecca Hilsdon at Michael Joseph in the UK, to polish this novel for publication in Fall 2025. I feel uniquely privileged that both my publishing teams are familiar with Manacled and understand how special it is to so many people, and how important it is that this reimagining captures the same spirit while also having its own wings. 

Manacled is not going anywhere at present. It will remain online throughout 2024, at which point it will, if you’ll pardon the pun, alchemise for 2025 and be removed from AO3. 

I'm so thankful to all of you who've enjoyed my works, and I hope that I can continue to rely on your support as I take my next steps as an author.

#manacled story #alchemised

[quotespile]

I don't miss him anymore. Most of the time, anyway. I want to. I wish I could but unfortunately, it's true: time does heal. It will do so whether you like it or not, and there's nothing anyone can do about it. If you're not careful, time will take away everything that ever hurt you, everything you have ever lost, and replace it with knowledge. Time is a machine: it will convert your pain into experience. Raw data will be compiled, will be translated into a more comprehensible language. The individual events of your life will be transmuted into another substance called memory and in the mechanism something will be lost and you will never be able to reverse it, you will never again have the original moment back in its uncategorized, preprocessed state. It will force you to move on and you will not have a choice in the matter.

Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

#literature #quotes #Charles Yu #How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe #quote #books #lit

[elucubrare]

the other thing about the common narrative about the Library of Alexandria is that people talk about the "lost knowledge" and how we'd be "exploring the stars" or curing all disease if it hadn't burned down & there's something to be said, i suppose, for having more of a foundation, but if anything was lost it's literary and historical sources (even if, had they survived the rot in the library, they'd made it all the way down to us, which is not a given) - more of the three famous Athenian playwrights! complete works by historians we only currently have fragments of! more mediocre popular novels!

but none of that stuff, which i would give an eye-tooth to have, is what people talk about, because the mere fact that books of ancient science were lost allows them to become Lost Ancient Knowlege that is somehow more advanced than the works directly before them or after them, through the mystical transmutation of Potential.

#read books of ancient science are bullshit but those unread are - somehow - perfect

[barbieaemond]

And all the roses turn to black

Pairing: Aemond Targaryen x reader

Warnings: angst, implied smut, fingering

Author’s note: I have no idea what this is. It just came to me like this lol

Word count: 686

taglist: @zae5 @multyfangirl @chompchompluke

The coin twists and turns, and you with it, waiting to see if you will go to bed with regret or remorse. They have been merging for some time; it is hard to draw the boundaries between one or the other, between what is right and what is wrong.

The anarchy of your heart dictates different laws. All it takes is a fresh bouquet of roses on your bedside table to get you over the boundaries. White roses, precisely, not blue, not to be too obvious.

"I hate to break it to you, but any kind of rose is…quite plain."

“Precisely how my intentions shall be: plain.”

“They’re orders, not intentions. I shouldn’t owe you anything more than my loyalty.”

“That is loyalty.”

“The Gods may beg to differ.”

“I don’t think I care.“ he had swallowed your useless grievances with a kiss that dug into you like a claw, and you had let him cut you openly, you let him carve his law like an awl in stone, welcoming each groove, blowing your obedience into his mouth, swearing on his name again and again as you came undone beneath him.

With each rose found in your rooms, a new oath muffled on sweaty sheets and on his ruthless mouth. Ruthless in words and bites, in kisses, in the way his tongue draws arabesques on the swollen skin between your legs, in how he slips inside your drenched flesh as if slipping a ring on his finger. Just like the one he wears, proudly displaying the seal of his noble house.

The same one you had seen twirling between his fingers that morning when you were walking in the gardens with your husband. He had seen you and fucked you from that distance. You felt it.

Inside, you had bent over on the grass, in front of your husband, with the sun beating hard on your naked limbs as the Prince grabbed your hips and thrust harder, spilling another sacred oath from your throat.

“I thought of making love to you this morning.”

“Where? In the garden? With your husband watching?”

“Yes.

“And then what?”

“And then it was all I could think about.”

“‘Tis not what I asked.”

“I did not do it.”

“Good.”

“I hate someone else touching me. Including myself.” hunger clouded his eye and then you were panting, arching your back as he slipped two fingers between your wet lips. “Do you see what you did to me?” you panted next to his ear, feeling his hot cheek against yours and the low groan hissed through his teeth as he bit your jaw. “I loathe my own body when you’re not inside me.” you said, cursing his name as he slid a third finger “You turned me into a vestige.”

You spin the coin one last time and you’re out of your room. He’s sitting by the fire, unbothered as you step in front of him. The only sign that tells you he’s not transmuted into stone is the light raising of his chest.

“No roses?”

No answer. Only a glance up before returning to the flames.

“I know what happened. Lucerys is dead.”

Aemond looks up, his eye is peaceful. A malignant peace the Gods will curse him for.

“Why are you hiding in here?”

“I am not.” he says “I’m sparing my family.”

“Of what?”

“My lack of regret.” the words do not come out of his mouth, but from some haunted place where a maimed child swore revenge on and on, screamed it so much that he’d lost his voice, so he carved it into his flesh and the retribution had finally come, mangling his nephew in bits of bones swallowed by the sea.

“Don’t spare me.” You say sitting on his lap, as at the altar of your own.

“This means war.” he says tilting his chin until he’s breathing through your lips “Your husband shall be willing to go back to the West and call his banners.”

“Indeed.”

“And where will you be?”

“Where my loyalty lies. Until all the roses turn to black.”

PART II

#liv(in la vida loca) #liv's drabbles #aemond targaryen #aemond x you #aemond x reader #aemond targaryen x reader #aemond x fem!reader #aemond targaryen imagine #aemond smut #aemond targaryen smut #ewan mitchell #aemond targaryen x you #aemond targaryen x wife reader #aemond targaryen x female reader #aemond targaryen x fem!oc

[thewritetofreespeech]

pleeease do the wedding headcanons for bg3!! can you do all the main boys (and maybe ascended astarion??) 💍

Gale

Gale does try to subtly warn you that it will be a big wedding, with the Dekarios Clan far & wide, but you hadn’t realized how big.

Cousins, uncles, aunts, friends of the family, friends of friends of the family all come to attend. To the point that you can’t have sides at the wedding as the groom’s side would swell over the other. So you choose to have no sides.

Gale’s mother is head of the clan and officiates the wedding. Utterly beguiled by you and the happiness you bring to her son. And a day she thought would never come while he was intwined with a goddess.

Tara acts as ring bearer. A title she is at first insulted about but then refuses to give up. No take backs.

They will have to transmute another wing onto the tower for all the presents. Gale blushes & stammers at other well wishes of having children right away. He’s not against it but he wants to have you to himself a little while longer.

Wyll

Given his background that I made up and also his rank in society as the eldest son of Ravengard, it was probably always an expectation of Wyll’s to get married. Family lines and all that.

Even when his life was in shambles, deep down he always believed that he would one day be free, get married, and have children with his partner.

It would be a very traditional wedding, with military aspects given his link to the Flamming Fists. This includes uniforms, sword arches, etc.

He cares very little for the formality but takes great pains to follow the traditions.

Wyll is much more interested in the reception. To dance with you who is finally all his, makes nearly ending with the world almost worth it.

Astarion

He’s surprised you want to get married and have a proper wedding. Can you just be continuing on as you are? Together because you want to be, not because you have to be. Astarion also doesn’t like…labels.

But, if it’s what you want, he supposes it wouldn’t be the end of the world. It’s just a big party at the end of the day, right? He likes parties.

It’s an intimate little affair with all your core friends come to join you. You couldn’t possibly have everyone you helped or made acquaintance with at the wedding. Astarion insists on keeping it small as you’ll never financially recover from all the ale you would need for that.

Makes his partners outfit and his own. Something matching, but not on the nose. More of a photo negative matching set. With no red. He doesn’t want to think about blood or the past today.

After it’s all said and done, Astarion can see what all the fuss might be about. To tell everyone you’re his. To tell everyone that you’ve chosen him. To have a symbol of that for all time. He’s glad you made him go through it.

Ascended!Astarion

Why? You’re already his. A piece of paper or foolish mortal ceremony is pointless when you have eternity together as Ascended and consort.

But….there are advantages to a wedding. Nobility and the merchant class of all Baldur’s Gate, not to mention powerful allies from afar, striding in like obedient lambs into his castle to pay tribute to the two of you. That is something he can get behind.

He has the grand ballroom flooded with night orchids, casablanca lilies, and any other night blooming flower he can think of. Just because they have to have the ceremony at night doesn’t mean that he’ll have your wedding be dull and dingy, devoid of color.

A costume change couple as there is an outfit for the ceremony, the reception, first dance, and departure. All custom made with the finest materials available. The kind of craftsmanship that takes 7 seamstresses 7 days & nights to finish on time. But it’s worth it.

Astarion would dance you around the ballroom. As if you were the only two in the room. Floating on air. He’s completely lost interest in his schemes and guests with you in his arms. He’ll come back to them later but they aren’t important when you’re with him.

Halsin

Never believed in marriage or weddings. Binding another person to another with words seemed unnatural to him. People are free to come & go as they please.

But, he also never considered himself a monogamist until he met you. His heart shifting from more of the bear into the wolf. Do not wolves bite and mark their mates like they might do with rings?

It would be a very small wedding. And by small he means just the two of you.

Together in a forest, under Oakfather’s gaze, using a traditional hand binding of the druids with crowns of flowers and simple garb, you make your pledge.

He would want to consummate your marriage immediately. Right there under your marriage tree; if you let him. He could be persuaded to at least wait until you’re back at your home, but it better be a short walk. Otherwise he makes no promises.

#;ask and ye shall receive (request answers) #baldur's gate #baldurs gate #bg3 #bg3 headcanons #headcanons #baldur's gate headcanons #baldur's gate hc #baldur's gate halsin #halsin #bg3 halsin #bg3 wyll #wyll ravengard #baldurs gate wyll #ascended astarion #astarion #bg3 astarion #baldur's gate astarion #gale #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #bg3 gale

[mouse-of-dimitrescu]

𝟷𝟸 𝙳𝙰𝚈𝚂 𝙾𝙵 𝚂𝙼𝚄𝚃𝚃𝙸𝙽𝙴𝚂𝚂 🎄 #𝟾 𝙰𝚕𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝙳𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚞 𝚇 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛

Shimmering ( nudity, no smut )

WARNINGS: Nudity, bath, no sex. Just...kind of fluffy, Christmas time and mentions of the mutation. And Lycans.

:･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧

Ever since you got lost on a hike and fell captive to The Village, Mother Miranda had kept you under her wing ( quite literally ) — you worked as her employed research assistant. While Mother Miranda aimed to find a suitable vessel for her daughter and eventually get her " true child " back, you had another goal in wanting to bring about the next stage in biological evolution.

Despite your different goals, you worked well together and you learnt a lot from Mother Miranda's experiments. Mother Miranda had to leave The Village for important research at the end of the year which caused you to find company in one of the four lords: Alcina Dimitrescu.

You had grown quite close to the four lords because of your employment with Mother Miranda. Alcina let you stay at Castle Dimitrescu for a few days during the period when Mother Miranda was away. You walked with your luggage up to the front entrance and knocked a few times. The doors immediately opened ajdba swarm of flies halted your vision. You entered the dark halls with a small smiled seeing Bela, Daniela and Cassandra transmute back into their "human" forms.

" They're finally here. Mother had been speaking about you." Bela said excitedly, grazing her sickle lightly across your neck.

" Where did Mother Miranda go?" Cassandra asked.

" I can't really disclose infor—"

" Business with The Connections—" Daniela began to conclude but was interrupted by that all-too-familiar strong melodic voice.

" Thank you, daughters. You may leave the assistant alone now." Alcina entered the room. The three robed women bowed and changed back into their fly forms, fleeing out of the room.

You looked up at Alcina and lightly chuckled. " They really are full of energy." You noted, picking up your bag again and fiddling with the handle as you stood in front of Alcina.

" Indeed they are. Sometimes it's difficult to take control. How are you, draga?" Alcina leant down and took your bag from you. You didn't have time to object so you merely smiled at her actions.

" I'm alright. Mother Miranda is away from The Village at the moment, trying to seek out a new vessel for Eva. You know the story." You waved your hand dismissively. " Anyway, how have you been? The castle is unusually quiet for this time of year." You noted, gazing around.

Alcina gave you a small smile. " I have to employ new maids in my castle, the others have been bled dry. In the meantime, I have been working on the vineyard. Perhaps you could help me with it one of these days?" Alcina began walking as she spoke. You followed her, half jogging to keep up.

" Yeah I'll help." You nodded, walking briskly and jogging again. You caught the small smile playing on Alcina's lips as she led you upstairs. You arrived in a passageway with five doors, she took you inside a room and smiled.

" Draga, this is where you'll be sleeping. My room is just down the hall if you need anything. I'll leave you to unpack." Alcina left your room before you got the chance to thank her. You sat on the bed for a few moments, admiring the room.

The sheets were white and soft. A fireplace stood ready to be heated. The wallpaper was crimson — patterned with cream coloured roses. It all blended in with the dark wooden ornaments and furniture. You smiled to yourself as you began to unpack your bags, placing your clothes and other items away. You didn't wish to intrude on Alcina or her daughter's so you remained in your bedroom, engrossed in a book, previously taken from Mither Miranda's library.

The evening came around and you began to get rather hungry. You failed to realise the time. It was beginning to grow dark outside and the squeels of Lycans on the premises sent a small chill down your spine. You decided to shut the book and head out of your room. You walked through the passageway and headed downstairs where you found Alcina in the library, seeming to be working on some important documents. Without making your presence known, you sat down on a nearby sofa, enjoying the warmth of the fireplace in front of you.

Alcina soon turned her head and to her delighted surprise, she saw you seated nearby. She put the pen down and got up, striding towards you and sitting down at your side.

" Good evening, draga. You've been awfully quiet today." She noted.

" Yeah, I got stuck in a book." You let out a little laugh. Alcina smiled in amusement and looked into the fireplace. You both watched the flames frolic aimlessly.

That evening, Alcina and you spoke of Christmas and the way it used to be for her before the mutation. She spoke of how she kept a tree in a spare room with her old decorations. You both decided that you would put up a Christmas tree together the next day.

Alcina kept to her word and you both busied yourselves with the Christmas tree and other decorations. Alcina shuffled through an old box and found a golden star decoration which made her smile lightly. She towered next to the Christmas tree and easily placed the star on top.

" I think we did a good job, yes?" She asked, gazing over at you and looking back at the Christmas tree with the same admiration.

" I think so." You nodded and smiled. You put the left over decorations away back in the box and you tidied up a bit. Akcina smiled, pickung up her wine and taking a sip before sitting down.

You placed the boxes to the side and took a seat next to Alcina, leaning your head on her shoulder. Alcina was taken by surprise but said nothing of your sweet gesture. In that moment, she had the urge to wrap her arm around you. She initially tried to resist the temptation but when she looked down at your calm state. The older woman slithered her arm around you, pulling you closer to her.

" It's cold. Isn't it, draga?" She asked, almost rhetorically.

" Don't you get cold?" You tilted your head up to look at Alcina and she softly smiled down at you.

" Only when I'm angry."

You and Alcina stayed like that for a few moments, dwelling in the reminiscent warm light — all while picturing different lives that could have been, but never will be. You kissed Alcina's hand and let out a small sigh, realising that your evening with Alcina was almost over. ." It's getting late. I'm going to get ready for bed. Thank you for this, Alcina. It was truly a day to remember." You gave Alcina a warm smile and gently hugged her, standing up and carrying your book.

You felt Alcina's hands grab gently on your waist, pulling her back to her. Only this time, you were sitting on her lap. Your breath hitched as she touched a small hint of your flesh and you smiled slightly.

" What are you doing?" You tilted your head.

" Draga, our evening doesn't have to be over so soon." Alcina combed your hair with her fingers, looking affectionately at you.

" What do you mean?" You asked. Alcina smiled back at you and took your hand gently, bringing it up to her mouth and kissing it.

" Keep me warm tonight? I've had a lovely day with you and I wish for it to venture into the night." Alcina made eye contact with you. The once stern and confident eyes now flickered with wavering golden hope.

" I'd like that?" You whispered and let out a small giggle.

Alcina held you against her chest as you sat in her lap. She played with your hair and kissed the top of your head. You smiled and traced the seam lines on her dress, admiring the black roses that sat just below her shoulder. After a few moments, Alcina got up with you cradled in her arms and she walked upstairs, you held onto your book, finding comfort.

Leading you inside her chambers, Alcina shut the door gently and placed you down on her bed.

" Can I prepare a bath for you?" She asked, taking the book from your hands and placing it on her vanity.

" Bath with me?" You suddenly asked, making alsina stop in her tracks and turn to you with a small but growing smile. She walked over to you and picked you up again so you were eye level with her.

" I thought you'd never ask." Alcina kissed your cheek, her red lipstick staining your skin. She walked with you into the bathroom and sat you on the bathroom counter, preparing everything. You hugged your knees and watched her, occasionally averting your eyes to admire the golds and shimmering yellows. As the bathwater ran, Alcina fetched your towels.

After closing the door, the tall woman began to remove her jewelry. You gulped and hopped off the counter, a bit anxious to show yourself to Alcina but excited nevertheless. You turned your back to her and removed your jumper, then unbuttoning your shirt, removing that too. Once you were finally stripped, you turned to see Alcina already climbing in the big bath. The water moving with her body as she aatbdown, letting her back recline against the tub walls. You looked to her nervously and she smiled at you, holding out her hand. You took her outstretched hand and she helped you in, guiding you to sit between her legs with your back to her chest.

" You're really beautiful." You whispered, still holding Alcina's hand and tracing lines on her palm. Alcina smiled and kissed your head.

" You're beautiful too." Alcina rested her head back, shutting her eyes. She let her hands trail over you, feeling your soft flesh without having murderous intent. Everything was sincere. Water droplets trickled onto you as she drew invisible lines over your arms and legs with her fingertips. You looked up at Alcina from your position and rolled over to face her properly. You caressed her cheek and gently planted a kiss on her lips which was well accepted. She held you softly and kissed you back, enjoying the moment.

No words were said. No words needed to exist. The evening belonged to you and your lover — it was yours as the moon is the earth's ghost — a small light like the shadow of fire, an end to a glorious day.

:･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚝, 𝚒𝚖 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢

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[plutosfallenangel]

Random Astrology Observations | natal + transit ⚔️🥀🪐

(*from personal experience+knowledge, please don't copy+paste as these are my own words*)

-As an 8H stellium I'm always around to hear other people's grievances and bad news.. even if I don't know them that well, I just happen to be there at the right place and time. I also noticed this with any pluto dominant. They can really help transmute some of the sudden pain, it's like they are there to filter out some of it. There is a sense of stability people can come to them for that doesn't necessarily exist within themselves, but they can provide it. Like a safety raft in a stormy sea, they'll always have a line to throw someone because they know what it's like. They know what it's like to need a safe space. Hopefully, the same people accepting the line they throw are the same people who would offer one back

-Mars in Aquarius is masterminded chaos

-Natal Vesta conjunct NN makes it easy for one to make strong commitments to what they need to learn/expand on in this lifetime

-If you don't have the greatest relationship with your mother or a mother figure, a transit Chiron conjunct natal moon can allow you to heal wounds with them, but only after you crack open the wound.. fully exposing its weak spot, accepting it for every bruise and batter.. embracing it.. and then allowing the healing to begin

-I've also noticed transit Chiron conjunct natal moon brings forth very extreme wounds that have been deeply rooted in our subconscious body.

-Having natal Ceres in the 2nd house indicates gift-giving as a love language.

-Ive been noticing a trend of 6H transits for finding long-term partners.. esp Juno transit 6H.. not taking away from the 7H transit, but adding to the story, the 6H is where we find our routine.. which I think is kind of cute to make it official with someone during a 6H transit, like, "I want to spend every day with you" or "I want to make sure you're in my day to day routine"... cute 🫶

-Whichever sign your solar return ASC is in should be the area of the body you pay attention to the most that year, as there could be potential health problems. (Ex: cancer=chest/breast, capricorn= teeth/bones, pisces= feet)

-Moon aspecting mars typically makes one very protective of siblings, similar to an Aries moon but depending on the sign these planets fall in they could act on this differently (ex: capricorn= making sure their siblings don't go without anything, helping out when they can financially, and protecting their image)

-At the end of the day, some virgos really do have the messiest spaces. However, I would like to clarify that not all Virgos are like this... I've noticed it's mainly virgo suns/mars but not mercury/venus... I know more virgo placements than any other sign so I can attest that you either get an extremely clean, chore list completed Virgo... or a coupon loving, clothes stacked up on the chair virgo... no in-between (no hate they just have other priorities than the stereotypical virgo, these people are always driven to their priorities)

-I'm close friends with several Pisces Mercury's and they all have such a specific style of music they listen to. I noticed most of them listen to dream/pop sounding music, and that's not even a joke about Pisces and dreams.. the music sounds ethereal and if it's not pop, then there's lots happening in the music. Something like house music, I find that Pisces Mercury's are the most likely to listen to it. If you're a Pisces mercury, let me know what you listen to! (Personally I love their music taste, you can get lost in the songs) Pisces venus is also like this, listening to deep-sounding music, something like a beautiful melody, but personally I don't know many pieces venuses!

-My favorite part of Scorpio/8H placements is seeing how mad people can get at them or about them. It comes when they finally reach their glow-up at the end of a rebirth.. but, what most don't realize is this glow-up has been earned with blood, sweat, tears and who knows what else (old friends + connections can feel resentful if you outgrow them with your many changes, those that matter the most will adapt to such transformation)

-Having a natal NN in the 4H means you will most likely take on the traditions within your family. I've done readings for elderly clients that stated they were the ones to take over hosting, celebrations, family meals, family recipes and so on. Either they were the eldest, the one who stayed close to home, or the one who genuinely adapts to taking on such a role in the family (after their jobs kick them butt a few times that is)

-I've also seen elderly clients absolutely OWN their Saturn placement. The stories they have to go along with it are even crazier. It really gives us a perception of how accumulated time affects us, and after many tough battles what it leaves us standing with in victory. I had one client whose Saturn was in leo.. she had trouble entertaining the spotlight at first, someone who was extremely introverted, and felt shame around expressing herself, but over time she learned that life isn't all it's cracked up to be without a little fun sometimes. metaphorically speaking I feel that she had learned after many years of missing out that sitting in the corner made her stand out more than dancing in the middle of the floor

-Retrograde planets in our natal chart show us key information about past lives as these planetary energies carry over unfinished business and expression. (Ex: mercury rx in the natal chart can indicate having to solve the same problems from your past that you weren't able to skillfully solve... however, this is only one way that merc rx can manifest. Communication issues or past life karma with siblings can also be indicated) look to which plant is rx in your chart if any, and look at it's expression. Which sign it is in, which house and which planets aspect it, this can provide many clues on what needs to be repeated. Most often you will find this planet expresses itself internally. Those with prominent rx in their natal chart do a LOT of self-reflection.

-NN transit 1st house makes one look deeper into their roots. Finding out more details about who they are from those before them. I'm having this transit right now and can attest, at the beginning, I had a strange yet strong urge to scour the internet family trees for hours on end. Now I can date my family origins back to the 1600s! And I'm almost wrapping up the NN conjunct ASC!

-Transit Pluto conjunct natal mars can increase the risk of injury if not careful. Avoid things that put you at risk while this transit takes place

-Transit Pluto conjunct natal venus implies a transformative love, but it comes with a cost. $karma$. This is a transit few get to experience in their lifetime, so when it happens for an individual they will be magnetic, allowing relationships to come in with intensity and shape them. Imo they can attract many potential options of partners but will always end up choosing the most karmic or tougher relationship subconsciously while this transit is happening. Towards the end they will experience either a deep release or strong unbreakable bond with someone / a creative project.

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[wildstar25]

I was thinking about WOL outfits and what not, so here's a question:

And to elaborate on the difference between option 1 and option 2, a brief explanation of my interpretations under the cut:

Illusion magic only masks the true appearance of an item, bending the light aether around the item to make it look different to the naked eye. No physical properties of the armour changes. It maintains its original dimensions and weight. If your WOL was wearing full plate armour then glamoured it to something more revealing, if someone tried to stab an exposed area, their knife would stop on impact of the concealed armour.

Transformation magic will fully alter the physical appearance of the armour into the applied glamour. It will take on the shape and structure of the WOL's desired form, but the properties of the materials used will be maintained. The high grade metal of the armour will be altered to a state where it was like a woven thread. The item would provide the same degree of protection as the original where it physically exists in its glamoured state. If your WOL glamoured their plate armour into a the street wear top, their actual abdomen could be pierced by weapon. Because this is magic you could fudge the physics if you so choose or say there's a secondary spell involved; but I'd imagine that if the transformation was completely lossless, your glamoured item will weight the same amount as the un-glamoured version. (Otherwise it would be more like a transmutation which is a lossy conversion and not reversible. The WOL turned their new savage tier BIS armour into a hempen camise and lost 95% of the material in the process. When they dispel the glamour they have that hempen camise's amount of the original armour piece.)

That's my take on the two options! I don't know if either of them really contradict any canon in-game explanations to the glamour system tbh. It's been so long since I picked up the intro quest and the only time I remember glamours being used as a plot device it was in the ARR Hildebrand quest line (I think the very end or within the coliseum arc, either way I'm not doing all that just to check and see that it says nothing of note)

#ffxiv #ffxiv poll #wolqotd #For Arsay her glams are what shes actually wearing! #Tataru will either be the one crafting the outfit for Arsay making sure its made out of strong materials #or she will modify what Arsay brings to her fortifying it and making it adventure-ready #Arsay has simply gotten very good at not getting stabbed in the gut #She needs to be fast on her feet and nimble at all times so she has to stick to lightweight gear of durable woven cloths and treated leathe #She also uses glamours on her skin and for that case its illusion magic #She's covering up her many arcane geometry tattoos and a whole lot of scars from battle #If you were to run your hand over her skin you'd feel the scar tissue easily