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₳₮ ₮ⱧɆɆ Ɇ₦Đ by SPIRIT ▲ SHRINE
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Wara ningyô (straw doll) kept at Tono Museum.
Those effigies were once hung on ropes (michikiri) by roadsides and village entrances to ward off evil spirits bringing pestilence (疫病神 yakubyôgami). They were sometimes accessorized, like this one bearing a daishô (katana set) and a fearsome (oni?) face mask.
Waraningyô are also a staple of folk magic alike voodoo dolls, especially those related to eerie uchi no toki mairi ("Ox-hour shrine visits", ie witching hour).
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Binyah is amazing, but consider the following:
Kitsune Binah
you're so right
Binah who inhabits a small, worn shrine in a forest tucked away in the mountains. she's never had many visitors, which is fine by her, viewing humanity with apathy and distaste. all of them are fools, destroying everything before destroying themselves- the few who dared to approach her shrine for blessings soon found their lives tormented by the kitsune's sadistic whims. rumors spread, and her shrine eventually fell silent
she senses movement one day, centuries later. a single, lone human with a bucket and brush and a determined expression. you survey the moss and vines overtaking the shrine, rolling up your sleeves and getting to work. it takes a few- several- hours to clean the shrine, and even then you can't do anything about the broken posts and rotted wood, but you still toss a few coins into the box as an offering. Binah tilts her head, listening- yet, you wish for nothing, only waving goodbye as you depart- and her ears twitch. curious... what a curious human, coming in and cleaning up and causing this faint stir in her cold heart
there's a fox following you home, black and gold and faster than lightning, watching your every move
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So like, does the Otomania/Genius Inc. community exist or is everyone in hiding because they’re embarrassed about how much money they spent on diamonds to kiss the pretty characters?
Please I need people to talk to about this obsession! 😭😭😭
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having jee know lu ten personally in my au where zhao and lu ten were taught by jeong jeong and had this weird friendly rivalry toxic situationship thing going on is funny asf because later on when zhao starts showing up constantly to antagonize and harass zuko during his banishment just like how he did with lu ten minus the schmoozing jees immediately like Oh fucking brother
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Collab I did with @flamerunn3r :D
He did the lines and I coloured them, but I also went a little ham by adding all the little extra characters :) had lots of fun with this one!
-other part of the collab-
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my beautiful little studio space is all wired up and running smoothly again. i added another patchbay, rewired everything, streamlined my workflow, blah blah... still have a stack of equipment to sell, but at least i can write and record again for you cutie babies <3
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Is there a way to do the build an altar for whomever safely?
I feel a bit bad for stealing @crazycatsiren's ask on this, sorry about that Lorelei.
In general, I think if the actual intent is, "I will build a space for any spirit and literally any spirit/god may claim it," then no. I do not believe there is any safe way to complete that operation.
However, people do things like building spirit houses for nature spirits and house spirits all the time, with little regard that something eeeeevil is going to set up shop.
Because you can ward the heck out of your house for only such-and-such goodhearted spirits to arrive, but at that point, why are you setting up an altar for just any spirit to arrive? It's like cosmic plinko. You're limiting the conditions for what, the purpose of thrilling yourself with the safely curated random? Perhaps spirits should not be treated as prizes in the slot machine of fate.
I think a person who would like to experiment with building shrines for spirits and initiating spirit contact is much better off just choosing some good guys to work with. Ancestors are a crowd which are not at all difficult to get involved in your life, and on average tend to be helpful (although like any relative, their "help" may be biased). Choose a god you think is heckin' cool, why not. Build a spirit house outside and invite the local spirits to dwell there.
I think for anyone who actively wants to start building spaces for spirits and inviting them into their lives, as in, "there was no space for spirits here, but I'm making them and calling the spirits in," learning to work with spirit protections is very important.
But in general, probably the best way to safely interact with spirits for beginners is to choose safe* spirits to work with in the first place.
[*I find the spirits of domesticated edible plant species to often be very good guys]
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