#the jasper way

[jasper-pagan-witch]

A very important thing to know about me and my craft is that I'm NOT seeking enlightenment or a "higher purpose" or any of that shit through magic. I'm here for a fun time.

#jasper post #the jasper way #personal

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jasp redraw, screenshot suggested by @abelquartz

#my art #steven universe #su jasper #su steven #there's no way to crop this....

[queenjulia11]

Spoilers for the end of ep 4 of Burrow’s End!!

Look at Thorn Vale’s face when he finally arrives at Last Bast. Look at how happy he is. He’s not just happy, he’s elated. I’ve been thinking a lot about what Jasper chose to say after hearing the story of these new stoats.

“They did it, Sweetie. They did it.”

Thorn’s whole life has been defined by a nightmare. Something incomprehensible that a select few friends understand — but only because they were there, too. The rest of his family understands that he went through something traumatic, but they all also kinda know that there’s no way they can get on the same page about it. All they can really say is “yeah, that sounds awful,” or “it’s okay, you’re safe now.” And those words don’t mean nothing, but they don’t do enough to truly describe the terror Thorn went through.

But these guys? They’ve seen the monsters, too. And they aren’t afraid of them.

For the first time in Thorn’s life, the monsters have names. And we know how big a deal names are for Thorn Vale — who wasn’t even given one when he was born. Names make you knowable. You’re not just this amorphous *thing* floating in space that no one knows how to talk about anymore. The name “Human” is something Thorn has over them now. He’s reclaimed a bit of power from the things that makes him feel the most powerless.

The humans aren’t just something to fear now, they can be defeated. It is finally possible to not only overcome the worst thing that’s ever happened to him, but to make sure his children never have to face it. Even think about it.

And the best part? He doesn’t have to lead anymore. He can rely on others — if someone dies or gets hurt, it’s not his fault. We saw how he broke in episode three, that pressure would’ve killed the poor guy if he had kept it on his shoulders. He can finally take some of the weight off. He doesn’t have to do this alone.

Look at that pure relief on his face.

This is light. This is hope. This is power. This is how it feels to be understood. And now he can share it with the people who matter the most to him.

“They did it, Sweetie. They did it.”

#burrow’s end spoilers #dimension 20 spoilers #thorn vale #jasper william cartwright #stupendous stoats #obviously he never *had* to do it alone #but as a leader it sure did feel that way #also obviously this is not gonna last #and oh boy it’s gonna break my heart when it goes wrong #jasper’s comment on adventuring party was also huge #he was doing the right thing the whole time #and got that validated #oh thorn #burrow’s end

[keepthebeanscool]

ITS TIME. this is my essay on why the chasity family are cannibals

okay so obviously this started with that one line from hatchet town “careful or your kids might end up on karens plate! she just ate!” but i like to imagine the “chasitys are cannibals” is just a running joke in hatchetfield, or maybe a rumor. most people don’t actually think they’re cannibals but it’s just something people say to get under karen’s skin because that’s fun.

but i like to imagine this rumor started with actual evidence of something. it’s not just like one day someone said “it would be funny to say this about karen lmao” it’s more like “possibly human remains were found in the chasity’s freezer but this is kind of a normal occurrence in hatchetfield so we’re just going to turn it into a joke”

ALSO. that one scene in npmd right before dirty girl and basically just every scene where the chasitys interact feels kind of off. its definitely giving the trope of “this a perfect utopia oh wait it’s actually really fucked up and dark when you think about it for a minute” like imagine in the dinner scene the “mouthful of mothers meatloaf” is fully some guys liver. and then karen chasity is like “oh i couldn’t have done it without you mark, you work so hard dragging all of these corpses into our basement!”

this also works with the “this is hatchetfield, people go missing every day” line because the chasitys are killing all of them and fucking eating them!! this can also account for why grace was so confident she’d get away with max’s murder because she’s so used to living in a cannibalistic murder family that it doesn’t cross her mind to worry. she just didn’t account for the fact that this specific murder would be more trackable because she didn’t yknow. eat maxs corpse so it was still there for the cops to find

grace’s entire personality in general is also really concerning! like, she’s fucking insane obviously! but why? she probably didn’t just pop out of the womb like that right? well, maybe it’s because she has been RAISED by crazy people. obviously her parents are very intensely christian but even the most devoted of christians don’t usually summon five eldritch demons to do their bidding. like! that is most definitely not normal! so it makes complete sense that grace’s insanity runs in the family they are cannibals they eat people

i promise i’m almost done but i would LOVE a nightmare time episode about the chasitys being cannibals i feel like that has so much crazy potential especially considering their personalities i just love the idea of a typical american christian family sitting down together for dinner and saying grace with someone’s fucking BRAIN on the plate in front of them. like that’s fucking insane.

could you IMAGINE a nmt episode of karen chasity seducing Ted and luring him into her home only for mark and grace to come bursting out of the closet wielding kitchen knives? i would kill to see that.

#grace chasity #mark chasity #karen chasity #npmd #nerdy prudes must die #hatchetfield #this turned out WAY longer than i thought it would why am i insane #like this genuienly took like half an hour #starkid #jaspers thoughts

[laoih]

SHADOW AND BONE Season 2, Episode 1 “No Shelter But Me”

#shadow and bone #shadowandboneedit #sabedit #kaz brekker #jasper fahey #kazbrekkeredit #jasperfaheyedit #socedit #Six of Crows #the Crows #kit young #freddy carter #my gifs #I already reduced the yellow % a lot and it still looks way too yellow ._. #this scene looks pretty but the colours and lightening is not good for gif making

[mexipoopy]

b + a cus im bored😞

#ts4 #ts4: sim #sim: jasper #sim: ai #IM EXPOSING MYSELF my sim are catfishes lol sorta... #also no I SHANT post in a timely way its not my style u_u #you get all or nothing ;;;;-;;

[gravityflops]

so jasper huh

#i’m bi in the way that i’m gay all the time except for when i’m a lesbian for jasper #steven universe #jasper #rewatched steven universe because why the hell not #every time i remember an old fictional crush i’m like ‘‘nah i’ve moved past that toxic character type’’ #no #no i havent

[letmeinimafairy]

Pre dawn at the coastline. Irnimite jasper and space

#lighthouse #space #dawn #stars #space art #sea #coastline #fog #milky way #irnimite #jasper #minerals #painted stones #miniature #rock painting #painted rocks #my art

[jasperscringepit]

Hello trigun fans! I promise I can draw, I just only have time for stupid quick shitposts rn. Someone has definitely made this joke before, I just think it'd be funny.

#vash would rather die than make this decision #so would nai #but in a VERY different way #that mf wants them ALL gone #anywhore #vash my beloved #nai my behated #wolfwood my silly #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #nai saverem #millions knives #trigun #trigun stampede #trigun shitpost #jasper draws

[kittyoverlord]

ICONIC!!!

#what an amazing way to introduce yourself to the human monsters that killed your family #rashawn is doing it like nobody else #and as always the reactions were my fave #izzy flailing her arms in the background #erika's shocked face is so good #and aabria not seeing that one coming from a mile away #dimension 20 #dimension 20 spoilers #burrows end spoilers #burrow's end #rashawn scott #jasper william cartwright #izzy roland #aabria iyengar #erika ishii

[fuckmeyer]

Jasper as a character is so interesting because he ends up a Confederate because he can't actually empathise with the slaves and because he simply accepts cruelty around him, and then when he becomes a vampire he literally can't ignore others suffering because it hurts him, but even decades after he becomes a Vegetarian he still can't get a hang of it partially because he still can't see humans as *people*. Idk there's smth to be said about him becoming a vampire because of his own cruelty and then being eternally in horrific pain because of said cruelty that fucks.

Jasper's whole life is a curse & i love to see it

here we have a Confederate supposedly so empathetic that he acquired a "gift"... yet not so empathetic as to recognize he was fighting for the enslavement of an entire race. despite seeing the consequences of slavery literally every day. now, the man who spent his last human days denying the humanity in others is forced to spend his immortal life being slapped in the face with their emotions. forever. hueeueueueu-

yeah, i would call that "gift" a curse, actually.

if Twilight weren't a horror story, we might see a discussion between Jasper/Bella about how immortality forces you to confront the darker side of your nature (e.g. "there will come a day when the societal beliefs imbued unto you leaves you standing on the wrong side of history"), & Jasper's journey with finding love & humanity. OR, y'know, he could've just had ONE (1) line where he says "yeah i'm not proud of my service." simply, if Twilight weren't a horror, Jasper could see the error of his ways & change for the better.

HOWEVER. Twilight vampires are "mentally frozen" when they turn, so Jasper is likely still a racist who does not regret his service. no matter how many times he is confronted with his cruelty, he won't change. meaning whatever life he chooses, his gift dooms him.

wow! eternal curse!

we see evidence of this frozen mental state in his decision to go vegetarian. he doesn't switch bc he feels bad about killing humans:

"I could feel everything my prey was feeling. And I lived their emotions as I killed them. [...] You've experienced the way I can manipulate the emotions around myself, Bella, but I wonder if you realize how the feelings in a room affect me." (Eclipse, Ch 13)

note the dehumanizing term "prey" & the focus on himself. he laments not that the human lives he's taking have value but that their dying moments harsh his vibe.

the irony! trapped as an empath while never possessing the ability to be an empath! CURSE CURSE C-

herein lies a bigger, juicier curse: Jasper is, himself, (hot take) enslaved in the sense that he will never know freedom, philosophically speaking, due to the choices he made in life. the series tries to paint him as a master tactician & competent leader; fanon often paints him as a free-thinking amoral black sheep. in reality, he simply obeys the commands of higher authorities & abides by their worldview regardless of how toxic it is to himself or others.

in the beginning, he had María.

he entered the Southern Vampire Wars not by his own volition but stayed because he was content not having a choice. however one feels about María, the fact of the matter is 1) as a newborn he was stronger, bigger, & faster than her & could have run away or overpowered her, 2) had the "gift" to identify emotions & could KNOW when/if she was malicious or manipulating him, & 3) could have escaped by influencing her emotions to make her disinterested in him. at any time in the 100 years they were together, he could have left. he talks about never knowing a life outside the war & discovering "options I'd never dreamed I had." ok???? run 100 miles in any direction & you would have seen a life outside of war. BOI-

instead, he took comfort in being submissive & adopting someone else's ideology. not only did it remind him of his past, but it meant he had no need to reflect on his actions or beliefs. he prefers others dictate his worldview & order him around even if it means being unhappy. he only left because he was going to be assassinated, & even then, it wasn't until someone else told him another life was possible that he "realized" another life was possible.

notably, the period where he's most free— living with Peter & Charlotte— is his rock-bottom where "the depression got worse." but, again, not because he realized the value of human life: "I was so wearied by killing [...] even mere humans."

then he meets Alice.

Alice, who has visions of being vegetarian & converts him so they can live with the Cullens. Alice, who dictates how her family should live their lives to the point where she manipulates them. Alice, who goes so far as to dress the Cullens, who orders Jasper to wait in the car while she & Bella go shopping, who Jasper refers to as "truly [...] one frightening little monster" because for all his experience she can still beat him in combat.

his eternal soulmate is authority.

despite being unhappy with his vegetarian life, as it makes him feel weak & coddled & a liability to everyone around him, he follows the lifestyle because Alice tells him to.

then there's the Volturi, another authoritative body. "We owe the Volturi for our present way of life," says acclaimed bootlicker Jasper Hale, who in the same moment shudders at the atrocities they committed, yet strangely sees no other way for a governing body to keep the peace... so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

but, since Carlisle outranks the Volturi as an authoritative figure in that he more closely aligns with Jasper's new worldview, Jasper sees no problem deposing the vampiric governing body if it means his sister-in-law of like 2 months can keep her demonic spawn. so i guess we don't really owe the Volturi that much

to his credit, we see glimmers of him questioning his leaders: 1) his decision to leave Maria, 2) his considering switching diets to defeat Victoria, & 3) going against the Volturi. but, again, these decisions are all just a result of his self-preservation & submitting to the higher authority du jour.

in the end, he has the perfect storm of conditions that would allow him to escape the prison he's created, to find freedom & to love humanity unconditionally... but he won't. Jasper's ultimate curse is that regardless of whether he realizes the enslavement of his own self, he will never leave his cage because it's cozy & easy & allows him to never think for himself.

AAAANYWAY Jasper's life sucks & he's trapped in an eternal prison of his own making. lol

#twilight #twilight renaissance #the twilight saga #jasper hale #twilight meta #twilight headcanon #you're right there really is something to be said about jasper the shitfuck confederate ending up in this situation!!! #like it would be tragic if it wasn't so comedic and if he didn't display a modicum of self-awareness!!!! #you make a great point about how he accepts cruelty his whole life and even when he's unable to ignore it he just is forced to accept it fo #ever #the absolute *chefs kiss* curse. smeyer coudlnt have written a better curse if she tried #in fact i do believe ALL the cullen gifts are actually curses in their own way #and it's so delicious to think about it that way #god i just love thinking about twilight as a horror #you're right riote- It Fucks #thanks for sending this my way! #cheers~

[jasper-pagan-witch]

So, because of the past two weeks of the 2024 grimoire challenge, I sat down and made a list of every elemental paradigm I work with in my craft. Or what could be construed as an elemental paradigm, since not all of them are elements.

Primary/classical: air, earth, fire, water

Secondary: darkness, light, lightning/electricity, ice

Chaos magic: octarine/pure, black/death, blue/wealth, green/love, yellow/ego, purple/silver/sex, orange/thinking, red/war

Dungeons and Dragons: abjuration, conjuration, divination, enchantment, evocation, illusion, necromancy, transmutation

The Elder Scrolls: alchemy, alteration, conjuration, destruction, enchanting, illusion, mysticism, restoration

Flight Rising: arcane, earth, fire, ice, light, lightning, nature, plague, shadow, water, wind

Golden Sun: Mercury/water, Venus/earth, Mars/fire, Jupiter/wind

Magic The Gathering: white, blue, black, red, green, colorless, phyrexian

Pokemon: bug, dark, dragon, electric, fairy, fighting, fire, flying, ghost, grass, ground, ice, normal, poison, psychic, rock, steel, water

It's...a lot to balance and think about. Which is why I typically only work in one or two paradigms at a time.

#jasper post #elemental #personal #the jasper way #pop culture #dungeons and dragons #the elder scrolls #flight rising #golden sun #magic the gathering #pokemon

[shadow-yato]

Jasper's friendship with Jackson and Holt is a really cute image

They could also provide some tips for Jasper, as they are used to werewolves.

The thought was so cute I couldn’t help but draw it myself!

Holt and Jasper bonding over being monsters, telling him wacky stories of his own werewolf friends and giving some tips

Jasper enthusiastically sharing his cryptozoology research with someone who cares, with Jackson knowing a little too much for just some human

#jasper kaylock #monster high #my art #jackson jekyll #holt hyde #tgs x mh au #the glass scientists #asks #with the tags out of the way #ty for the ask anon! #sorry for belated reply I really wanted to pair the drawings with the asks

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

“y'all want toxic ships in media but you couldn't even handle c//a!!”

hate to break it to you but you're not thinking of the same people.

c//a antis aren't the ones who want toxic relationships in media. most of us want to see healthy relationships that are built on mutual trust and understanding.

and let's just say, even if we do want to see toxic ships in media, we want to see them as they are. not romanticized, not sexualized, not framed as anything but a toxic relationship.

#like yeah it's good to explore these themes in media #but you have to do it tactfully #i really liked malachite (jasper x lapis) from su because they were a toxic relationship #(and also because of the fusion character design holy fuck) #ofc there were still some issues with it bc while they were BOTH toxic to each other„ jasper was heavily villanized #while lapis was victimized #but the show does make it clear that they are extremely harmful for each other and should just part ways #“what we had wasn't healthy” #while i wish they had addressed lapis's actions as well #i still overall like how they handled that plot point #spop critical #spop salt #spop #spop criticism #spop discourse #she ra #anti catra #anti spop #anti catradora #anti c//a #antic//a #anticatra #anticatradora #anti stans

[chungleallthewaydown]

#ignorance is bliss #in the best possible way #erika ishii #jasper william cartwright #izzy roland #brennan lee mulligan #aabria iyengar #dimension 20 #burrow’s end #dropout tv

[laoih]

SHADOW AND BONE Season 2, Episode 1 “No Shelter But Me”

#shadow and bone #shadowandboneedit #sabedit #kaz brekker #jasper fahey #kazbrekkeredit #jasperfaheyedit #socedit #Six of Crows #the Crows #kit young #freddy carter #my gifs #I mean we know Kaz is very loyal #but just in case Jesper is still worried #he gives him the second best reassurance #'no worry Jes - telling others that you're grisha isn't benefiting busienss in any way'