Ok here's some silly short questions that are really just fluff.
What is the archangels favorite colors? (Including V1/V2 and your self if you'd like to say!)
Whats said Charaters favorite types of music? And/or their favorite songs?
Is there any random small hobbies any of them enjoy?
the archangels' favorite colors are the ones that represent them!! gabriel's is blue, michael's is purple, raphael's is green, and uriel's is orange :] v1 loves radioactive colors, with i think its favorite being either hazard yellow or electric blue lol v2 i think is really into jewel tones, and probably would say ruby is its favorite (and my favorite color is pink/magenta!!)
they all like a wide variety of music for the most part as angels and computers both love to sing, but specifically i think of gabriel enjoying rock and classical, michael is pretty strictly choir/hymnal (though i think he could evolve into liking blues/soul), raphael likes pop and folk/traditional, and uriel vibes a lot with soundscapes, lo-fi/ambient, and jazz. since i share the headcanon that v1 is the game's "composer" it of course likes breakcore, but anything fast and heavy suits it well like industrial and noise. v2 is probably the most eclectic in its tastes, but i like the idea that it really enjoys soundtracks and the nostalgia of chillwave/dreamwave
and honestly they're all quite new to having hobbies given how they were made for nothing beyond their jobs. gabriel has starting learning to write music from v1 (angels aren't good at creating like humans are, but he's enjoying it all the same) and i KNOW it doesn't make sense in context but gabriel is canonically the patron saint of stamp collectors SO......he's got a book lol michael is probably the worst at getting hobbies being so wrapped up in his job, but he has gotten into gardening, starting with himself (soon, like gabe and v1, v2 starts assisting him in exploring some more creativity) raphael sews, knits, crochets, ALL of it!! plus i think he learns how to cook with gabriel because he's always loved trying new foods. uriel's obviously a reader and into journaling now, and i like to think he and michael take up meditating together to reduce their anxiety lol v1 enjoys collecting things like a little magpie and like i mentioned before, loves generating liminal images (largely pools) and impossible animals (forerunner to its creature creation) also. plays pikmin. is very bad at pikmin and its pikmin die a lot but that's its favorite game. finally v2 is all about curiosity, it loves learning, exploring, and building hardware (though any creating with its hands is good for it) it also really enjoys human media, like games and movies, which it introduces to gabriel and v1 (gave it pikmin), as well as mike eventually
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Today my therapist introduced me to a concept surrounding disability that she called "hLep".
Which is when you - in this case, you are a disabled person - ask someone for help ("I can't drink almond milk so can you get me some whole milk?", or "Please call Donna and ask her to pick up the car for me."), and they say yes, and then they do something that is not what you asked for but is what they think you should have asked for ("I know you said you wanted whole, but I got you skim milk because it's better for you!", "I didn't want to ruin Donna's day by asking her that, so I spent your money on an expensive towing service!") And then if you get annoyed at them for ignoring what you actually asked for - and often it has already happened repeatedly - they get angry because they "were just helping you! You should be grateful!!"
And my therapist pointed out that this is not "help", it's "hLep".
Sure, it looks like help; it kind of sounds like help too; and if it was adjusted just a little bit, it could be help. But it's not help. It's hLep.
At its best, it is patronizing and makes a person feel unvalued and un-listened-to. Always, it reinforces the false idea that disabled people can't be trusted with our own care. And at its worst, it results in disabled people losing our freedom and control over our lives, and also being unable to actually access what we need to survive.
So please, when a disabled person asks you for help on something, don't be a hLeper, be a helper! In other words: they know better than you what they need, and the best way you can honor the trust they've put in you is to believe that!
Also, I want to be very clear that the "getting angry at a disabled person's attempts to point out harmful behavior" part of this makes the whole thing WAY worse. Like it'd be one thing if my roommate bought me some passive-aggressive skim milk, but then they heard what I had to say, and they apologized and did better in the future - our relationship could bounce back from that. But it is very much another thing to have a crying shouting match with someone who is furious at you for saying something they did was ableist. Like, Christ, Jessica, remind me to never ask for your support ever again! You make me feel like if I asked you to call 911, you'd order a pizza because you know I'll feel better once I eat something!!
Edit: crediting my therapist by name with her permission - this term was coined by Nahime Aguirre Mtanous!
Edit again: I made an optional follow-up to this post after seeing the responses. Might help somebody. CW for me frankly talking about how dangerous hLep really is.
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just know that mentally and spiritually i am still booping all of you
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Ohhh, I'm rereading Mystra's entry in the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide... and this detail:
This means Gale was punished for trying to restore and preserve what he thought was a lost piece of Mystra's magic. Gale being Mystra's ex-lover put aside. He as her follower, she his goddess, was punished for attempting to do the one foundational rule of her faith.
I'm seething and so sad at the same time.
Edit: I used the word punish loosely, as in, toxic/abusive people will take any small mistake or action and twist it into something they can take advantage of. This post was also largely from the stand point of a toxic deity rather than a toxic partner, but both takes are valid here. Especially with the, “you didn’t stay compliant so now I’m giving you the silent treatment” part of it—from a god and a partner perspective.
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the party visits Hawkins for the holidays, circa December 1991.
i was lucky enough to get to participate in a secret santa gift exchange along with my friends, some of the most talented people in the stranger things fandom! my recipient was @halosketches, one of the coolest people i know. it was a pleasure to be able to work on this and i'm happy to able to share it now! happy holidays, boys 🫶
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