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#thinking about the orange. that poem is a part of me
lensiab · 1 year
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do you ever just. love so much. i love my friends and i love reading good books and i love walking to class when it’s cold and i love feeling happy. i try to write it down whenever i can like yes. this is proof i can be happy and feel good. sometimes existence is a little miserable but i think the happy parts make up for it you know?
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lonesomedotmp3 · 1 year
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guy who didn't take their stop getting panicked and freaking out at everything and having unbearable heart palpitations and being unable to sleep pill voice guess who's feeling panicked and won't stop freaking out at everything and is having unbearable heart palpitations and can't sleep!! el oh el!
#i was like it's fine i don't even need them. dude there is a reason you went to all that effort to get them...#IDIOT!!#i know i complain on here alllll the time (follow for more complaining!) but you have no idea the extent to which i get through the day by#just not thinking about it. or thinking about it for two minutes then forcing myself to just. move on to anything else.#if i let myself spiral (like i did february) all of the time i simply would stop taking part in my life#because it's unbearable if you think about it. so i don't. but the constant pointed Not Thinking About It is exhausting#and the constant enduring is exhausting the constant Taking What I Can Get is EXHAUSTING (hence. the february breakdown)#and now nothing is BETTER it's just. child psychology voice kill yourself or get over it. and so i got over it. but that's not LIVING.#and my parent's think i'm just fine now because i'm fucking on the pill or whatever and i'm trying anxiety meds etc etc#but fundamentally the truth is the same (i'm not built to be happy and i wasn't built for this life)#and i'm just back to the trying! the trying and trying and trying and swallowing pills and practicing tai chi and#opening the windows and eating oranges and sharing poems and appreciating the little things#i'm tired of appreciating little things. i want big things!#and no i won't kill myself. if you keep living there is some chance life will become worth living at some point however low#and if you die then that chance drops to zero. so fine. whatever. i'll get over it#but this isn't good. this isn't a good life! every day i have to wake up and remember there's nothing here for me!!!!#YES every day is a renewed chance that life will become good but how can i not be burdened from every day that came before that was just#nothing?#something has to change and I'VE tried changing i'm ALWAYS changing it's always ME#a new mindset a new coping mechanism and new positive mental attitude#but that doesn't fix that fundamentally life as it is for me is Not Worth It. ok. if i have to live the rest of my life trying to rewire my#brain so it feels whatever sense of hope it can from the Tiny Little Things that aren't completely miserable and desolate like a stranger's#kindness or a nice treat from a shop or a pretty skyline. if that's all i'll ever get?#what are we doing.#in conclusion: let's create life 2 where everything is so so beautiful for everyone
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inkskinned · 3 months
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the car broke down by the denny's where you used to work and therefore could never return to. i am trying to pick out the satisfying parts of my life, one-by-one, like i am 12 and in a frog dissection. everything in my life all viscera and formaldehyde. if i can sort the good things from the bad things, i will have a nice clean pile.
i call you and make it sound like i am happy and hangin' in there! when really i am kicking a rock and i am outside without a jacket and i am so in love with you it makes the little bones in my ear shake. someone called my tinnitus an angel choir. i like that it means i carry the echo of every concert.
this isn't the right setting for love. this is a roadside, and a denny's, and i am nauseous and ashamed i never escaped the town where i grew up. the clouds here are this strange yellow, like spilled sour milk. "someone once told me that the orange coating on the teeth of a beaver is due to the particularly high rate of iron in their enamel," i tell you. "the beaver is the largest rodent native to north america."
your voice is crackly on the other end. i'm going into a garage soon, i might lose you.
what i should be doing is calling the tow truck and explaining that my brother's car (that i'm borrowing) (that i broke now, i guess) needs to be lifted by another, bigger, stronger car (which is love too, i guess).
i shouldn't say so much. i should wait, and let you ask about my mom, and ask if i ever got over that cold, or how it's going at work. i should let you lead the conversation, for once, so the love doesn't leak out of me into the gravel. i open my mouth anyway. "if you had to choose between being a beaver with very few trees or being a tree around a bunch of beavers, which would it be?"
i don't know. your voice always has this warm cast to it when you talk to me, but maybe i am just imagining that - i am a poet, though, so i imagine things sort of chronically. through the static, you sound like you're laughing. are you the beaver?
i know, like, logically, not to fall in love with a girl-that-is-your-best-friend. like, who would i even call if we broke up? you're my best friend, you're the person i'd want to speak to. so what if these last few months we keep sleeping over at each other's houses, calling each other for hours, sending each other poems. so what if you keep wrapping your fingers into mine. no best friends. that is the first rule. what you are supposed to do in that situation is leave the situation.
but my car broke down, so. where exactly am i going to go? the car is a very-old chevvy and also where i almost-but-not-quite kissed you after you'd raised one shoulder and looked up at me and said i don't know, i think i'm straight, but for the right person - i'd try anything. the music had been good and it had been raining and your thick eyelashes had made me feel god crawling up my throat like a spider. and i didn't kiss you, because i am a coward.
anyway on the chevy the whole exhaust pipe fell out, and is now scraping on the ground like one silver finger stroking the back of the highway. recently we were watching netflix in my bed and you pushed my hair back from my face like you were making the slowest, most desperate prayer, and then your boyfriend called. i remember us both jumping. i couldn't look at you in the eyes for like a week after. i kept feeling the heat of your fingerprint; computer science, you'd unlocked something dark in me.
google says the closest tow (joe's pick up) is 50 minutes away and also closed permanently. so that's not great. you live in another state and i should be calling my insurance company. i should be calling anybody else. this is not helping. i need an uber. i need to get moving. instead i say: "i need three words for a poem."
yesterday i said love you, goodnight after our 2 hour call like always and then you just, like. paused. all i could hear was your breathing. and then you'd said what a pretty three-word poem. i love you too, sweet thing. the words made my tinnitus act up again, and i must have some kind of synesthesia, because the sound travelled into my mind until it became the shape wedding rings.
orange, you say. the static is now chewing through most of your words and i only catch - borrowing the chevy -
the call dies. i have 12% battery. i never get the 3rd word, but i know you're still going to get a poem from me. actually this rest stop is kind of pretty, and so is the exhaust pipe, and so is joe's pick up, and so are the clouds. the light here is the color of a glue trap. before you worked at the denny's, we used to get milkshakes every wednesday and called it a friend date. you said you'd wanted to work there because it reminded you of me.
the sign's gone dim. the letters now spell out deny. and isn't that something.
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daycourtofficial · 1 month
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Falling in Love on the Fourth Floor - Part 9
Summary: Out of an act of desperation, you move in with a guy you kind of know who happens to have a really hot brother who lives next door.
Author’s note: anyone else excited for me to actually update?? This part’s a bit short, sorry! Gotta set some things up tbh. I’m so so so excited for part 10. Cassian has big annoying little brother energy in this. Honestly Az does not make an in person appearance in this part, but just you wait 😉
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The warm water of the shower felt incredible, your mind unwinding as the water falls down your body. Thoughts of last night swirl through your mind, remembering how Azriel’s skin felt on yours.
You start going over the previous night again, from the way his eyes wandered over your body to the grip he had on you on the way home.
You were fucked.
You were pouring shampoo into your hand, trying to decide the odds that this was all a joke to Azriel, when the door to your bedroom opened.
You usually leave the door unlocked because Cassian has to reset the router pretty regularly, but you don’t think much of it until he is swinging open the door to your bathroom, letting in a cool breeze. You stick your head out of the curtain, hiding the rest of your body.
“Cassian,” you hiss, “what are you doing?”
“I don’t like eating alone,” he tells you, shrugging as he peels an orange.
“Cassian.”
“What?” He asks, words garbled from speaking through his orange slice.
“I’m in the shower.”
“So?”
You roll your eyes, pulling a hand out to emphasize your point. “I’m naked. In the shower.”
“There’s a curtain for a reason,” his tone sounding bored of this argument.
“You got a text from Az,” he says, annoyed as he looks at your screen that he can’t view the message. You drop your conditioner at his words, the clang of it echoing in the small room as you bend down to pick it back up.
“Just leave it, I’ll check it in a minute.”
"I hope it's a poem about how beautiful you are."
You roll your eyes, despite Cassian not being able to see you.
"I bet it says how annoying you are."
Cassian's gasp fills the room, "I am not annoying."
You poke your head out of shower, "we have weekly meetings to discuss how annoying you are."
In an act of complete maturity, you follow your statement by sticking your tongue out at him. Cassian holds your phone up to your face, letting it unlock the screen for him.
He sticks his tongue back out at you, "Thanks!"
He starts scuttling out of the room, yelling behind him, "if I'm lucky, you've sent Azzy some classy nudes!"
You start sputtering, yanking the shower curtain away, grabbing your towel, and quickly wrapping it around yourself as you follow after Cassian, not even turning the shower off.
"Aww, in this text he called you cute."
"Cassian."
He starts typing a response, his fingers flying over your phone. You hear the woosh of a sent message, and you stare at him, mouth open.
"What did you send him?"
He waggles his eyebrows, then hands you back your phone.
"You'll never know."
You look down at the phone in your hands, and sure enough, Cassian had sent him a text and promptly deleted it. The sick bastard.
"Cassian."
Your roommate simply shrugs at the tenseness of your tone, "I told him how you love him and how you want his precious babies."
You grit your teeth as Cassian makes kissing noises at you, debating the legal and moral ramifications of murdering Cassian when your phone chimes in your hands.
Azriel: thanks, I like your hair too :)
You look up at Cassian, a shit-eating grin on his face.
"You told him I liked his hair?"
"Yep," he says, biting into an apple, its crunch aggrevating some deep part of your brain.
“You’re the worst,” you say, opening your door and shutting it quickly behind you.
Later that night, Rhys decides to stop by to see Cassian, wanting to watch a rugby match on Cassian’s tv. Much to Rhys’s horror, Cass does have the larger tv.
Rhys starts to come in through the door to the apartment, but he can’t get the door opened more than a few inches because of a weight blocking him.
“What are you doing?” You ask, head peaking in the six inch crack of the door.
He looks confused, then looks around. “Trying to come in to watch rugby with Cass.”
“No you’re not.”
He tries to push against the door, but you keep it firmly in place. “I’m certainly trying to.”
“You’re not coming in - it’s girl’s night.”
He looks inside, confusion on his face as he huffs, “I see Cassian over there.”
“We voted to let him stay.”
Rhys looks offended. “And why not me?”
You lower your voice, leaning in closer to him, “because Feyre doesn’t invite boys she wants to talk about.”
His smirk grows predatory, as he surveys Feyre, Mor, and Cassian inside the apartment. “And why wasn’t Az invited?”
Your face flushes with heat, “we didn’t think it was his scene.”
Rhys snorts, leaning against the door frame. Knowing Rhys, he’d stay there until he got what he wanted to hear. “Az loves gossip more than anyone. Tell me why he isn’t invited and I’ll leave you be.”
You two glare each other down, a sight which must have looked quite amusing to anyone who didn’t note the seriousness of both of your faces.
You mumble out, “we don’t invite boys we want to talk about.”
He puts a hand around his ear, “I’m so sorry, dear, what was that?”
You grit you teeth, looking upward in hopes a god or a titan or someone would smite Rhysand and his stupid smug grin on the spot.
You let out a long breath, trying to let all the anger out so you can say distinctly, “we do not invite the boys we want to talk about.”
His eyes dance with amusement, his weight dropping from the door almost causing you to fall. “Well why didn’t you just say so? Maybe we’ll have a boys night - talk about you divine feminine creatures.”
He starts strolling back down the hall, “tell Cassian he’s welcome to join us.”
You close the door on him, dead-bolting the door so he can’t come in, turning back to reclaim your spot next to Feyre on one of the couches, Mor and Cassian next to each other on the other one.
“Now, I know we all gathered here to spend time together, but I showed up because I wanted someone to tell me what the hell is going on between you and Azriel.”
Mor stabs her teriyaki chicken with her fork, pointing it at you. You choke, trying not to laugh as the chicken falls off the fork back into the takeout container.
Cassian interrupts, his mouth full of rice as he says, “yeah what’s going on between you two?”
Your cheeks heat, all the attention in the room on you as you say, “nothing’s going on, Mor,” and grab a mouthful of sesame chicken with your chopsticks to prevent them from probing further.
It does not work. Instead, Feyre chimes in, “you guys were awfully close last night at karaoke.”
Mor points at Feyre with her fork, “she sat on his lap to and from Rita’s.”
Feyre gasps, sitting up, “you sat on his lap?” Then she looks at you with a mischievous glint, “could you feel him?”
She waggles her eyebrows as you throw an eggroll at her, earning you a soft hey in response.
“Feyre, watch your language around Cassian’s virginal ears.”
Mor spits out her drink, “there’s nothing virginal about what we do at night.”
She high fives Cassian, who is suspiciously quiet during this whole exchange.
“Hey,” you say to him, getting him to look up from his rice at you, “why’d you say it was good that my date was bad?”
“When’d I say that?” Cassian asks, tucking his phone under his thigh.
You roll your eyes, “literally yesterday when Az and I dropped off lunch for you.”
Mor whistles, “Az took you for a ride.”
Feyre’s eyes light up and you roll your eyes at her sing-song voice, still looking to your roommate. Cassian starts fidgeting, unsure what to do with his hands, “uh nothing he just was- kinda ugly.”
Your brows press down in a hard line, “okay, Cassian, he might not have been your cup of tea but he certainly wasn’t ugly.”
“But he wasn’t pretty like Azriel,” Mor chimes in, a smirk on her lips.
You throw your hands up, “whoa whoa whoa, I invited you guys over for chinese food and silly romcoms, why am I being ambushed about Azriel?”
“Because he likes you,” Feyre says, pouring herself a glass of rosé. You look to Feyre, trying to silently tell her you don’t want to have this conversation here with Cassian, but she keeps her eyes on her lo mein, a noodle slipping from her chopsticks.
“Az sure did enjoy you in the Barbie costume last night, babe.” Mor had an absolutely feral look to her as she starts, “I bet he had a fun night thinking about it with his hand wrapped around his- hey!”
You threw a pillow in her direction, trying desperately to get her to shut up.
“Hey, even Cassian thinks you guys would be cute, and he isn’t the most observant.”
Cassian picks the pillow up, hitting Mor with it again. “Thanks, Mor.”
“You’re welcome, baby.”
You turn to Feyre and the two of you make kissing noises at each other, then direct them at Mor and Cassian.
“Hey, we’re mature adults who just fool around. And do you know why we work so well?”
You put your head on your hand, looking up to Mor, “oh wise and beautiful Mor, please tell me why you and my roommate are so good at having sex with each other.”
Feyre snorts, but Mor responds, “because we talk to each other. We’re adults.”
“It’s different,” you say, going back to your chicken.
“How is it any different?”
“There aren’t any stakes for you two,” you say, and Feyre nods eagerly. “There aren’t any emotions - you two just have sex and you know that’s what you both want.”
Feyre nods enthusiastically, and you narrow your eyes at her, “and why aren’t we grilling you about the other boy? Hmmmm?”
Her cheeks blush, as her mouth opens and closes, trying to form words.
“Because she didn’t spend all of karaoke night whispering to him. Especially not during my performance.” Cassian ends his words with a huff, taking a swig of his beer.
“You mean our performance?” Mor ask, “we made it what it was.”
Cassian rolls his eyes, but lets it go, pulling his phone back out. “I’m going to order more Chinese - anyone want anything?”
Everyone’s responses echo, but you make out both Feyre and Mor asking for more crab rangoons.
Cassian lets out a soft, “it’ll be here in 30 minutes, let’s start this chick flick.”
Mor smacks him on the chest, “Pride and Prejudice is not a chick flick! It is cinema!”
As Mor and Feyre try to convince Cassian that he will love Kiera Knightley, your thoughts linger to the other side of the wall you shared. You wondered what they were up to tonight, what Azriel was doing, if Cassian and Rhys give him a hard time about you.
Of all the thoughts you had of them, the thought hadn’t occurred to you that Cassian would be texting Rhys updates throughout the night.
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try-set-me-on-fire · 7 months
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How about odd socks for the soft prompts?
Eddie tries to write his vows. Poem excerpts from E.E. Cummings’ [i carry your heart with me(i carry it in], Mary Oliver’s The Mango, and Pablo Neruda’s Finale. Plain text version on AO3 here and under the read more!
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Dear Buck oh its not a letter
Buck
Evan Buckley (?)
From the day we met, I
I take thee to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part except I don’t want to stop loving you when either of us die. I don’t want to part. Till the glaciers have melted and the oceans have dried up, till Mount Whitney (the tallest mountain in California, I looked it up) is eroded to a molehill, till the heat death of the universe do us part. Maybe that will be enough time
I keep thinking about that time you wore those fucking socks to work and Bobby and everyone were trying to really gently asses if you were having a breakdown because we just see AND YOU’RE GOING TO DIE on your ankle and then you laughed and pulled up your pants and it said “GET LOST IN NATURE AND YOU’RE GOING TO DIE” which like I still think is kind of a fucked up thing to put on a sock but you just did one of your beautiful sunshine grins (we weren’t even together but god I still got light headed looking at you) and were like “I thought it would be neat to remind people the importance of safety in nature” and I was kind of teasing and annoyed and laughed about it and that was like three years ago Buck and I still feel guilty about it because if you were going through some kind of crisis I don’t ever want to be annoyed and laugh about it, I want to be there for you no matter what and I hope I’ve proven that to you over the years, that I don’t just love you on easy days, I love you every single day all the time even when everything’s fucked even if I can’t write wedding vows to save my life christ this is terrible
I love your nose and your birthmark and your eyebrows and your hair and your shoulders and the bends of your elbows, and your wrists and hands, and I love your nipples and hip bones and cock and ass and knees and your shin, I love the scars on your shin, I love every scar you have because none of them killed you
How about
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
Or
But this was a rich house, and clever too.
After salmon and salads,
mangoes for everyone appeared on blue plates,
each one cut in half and scored
and shoved forward from its rind, like an orange flower,
cubist and juicy.
When I began to eat
things happened.
Or
your head on the pillow,
your hands floating
in the light, in my light,
over my earth.
It was beautiful to live
when you lived
The world is bluer and of the earth
at night, when I sleep
enormous, within your small hands.
Before the ceremony I told Shannon “It’s going to be okay” and in the moment I believed it because I had her and I was scared but she was my best friend and up there in front of her parents and mine I said the regular vows but I think that first one was what counted even if it didn’t end up being true. Maybe I’ve been telling you my vows for years. You can have my back any day. There’s no one on earth I trust with my son - with our son - more than you. Every time I tell you I love you, isn’t that a promise?
I’ve been happy before in my life, despite everything I don’t think I was an unhappy man, not always, only sometimes, but you make me happier than I thought was possible. That kind of feeling when you laugh too hard and you’re not getting enough oxygen to your brain. Isn’t that romantic, you give me hypoxia
Here’s the thing you know I’m going to get up there and just start crying immediately so I don’t know why I’m trying so hard to find words I won’t even be able to get out
No hi this is me two hours later of course this is important you’re important you knowing how much I love you is so important to me and I will stand up there blubbering at you for hours if that’s what it takes
I trust you. I love you. I am happy with you. I want to wake up beside you always, Buck I’ve never seen anything more beautiful than you next to me first thing in the morning (or night or afternoon or whenever we’ve finished sleeping), touching your warm body with your lungs breathing and your heart beating and the solidity of you feels like a miracle
I’ll buy you socks so your feet don’t get cold and I’ll bring you fruit because you like to eat sweet things and wherever I live will be your home and I’ll be by your side as long as you do me the honor of wanting me there and everything I have and am is yours and I
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katiefrog217 · 23 days
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Good Omens Fic + Poetry | Personal Recommendation Masterlist
I said I'd do it, so I'm doing it. For both myself, and so others can enjoy! I'll try to tag the original authors and link any secondaries/people who recommended me the stories!
If you feel so inclined, you may read my own (very long, very angsty) fic or it's companion piece:
Dubious Excerpts from the Chonicles of a Demon (Retired) | Post-Season 2 / Crowley comes back to the bookshop / Seriously, its a lot of angst/ Self-Contained Meta
From the Confidential Journals of A.Z Fell | Crowley found Azi's journals woops / Mostly Fluff / Ties in to previous Fic / Can be read Standalone
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To clarify: this list is going to be a collection of stuff I've personally read/been recommended. I'll try to make sure to tag everyone who owns the fics (if they have a Tumblr) and the people who recommended them to me (if at all). I'll update this list as I go, and might start sorting things into their own posts if it starts to get too long. I'm not going to be able to tag all warnings, so PLEASE HEED the A03 tags!
This list is not meant to play favorites! If I read it and enjoyed it, it will be going on this list. That means the quality may vary, but I think everyone should have a chance to have their work seen! Inevitably though, I will have my favorites, and if I ABSOLUTELY think you should read one, I'll mark in in Green. Everything else will be in Orange for visibility. Anything with NSFW Content will be marked with a (!!!).
If you would like to recommend me a fic (self-promotes welcome and encouraged!), feel free to drop a recommendation here, DM me, or send me an ask if you want to remain anonymous! If you don't see your's here, I haven't gotten to it yet!
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Poetry
@lickthecowhappy does a LOT of poetry for GO, and they have a masterlist on their own blog for their stuff, but my personal favorite is Pour Hot Water Into A Pot With Leaves
This Black Out Poem | Written by @crowleys-bentley-and-plants
Questions (Sonnet No. 2) | Written by @aziraphalesdiaries
This Two Part Poem | Written by @knifeforkspooncup
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Short n' Sweet
Literally anything written by the account @meanwhile-at-the-cottage (Seriously follow them they make my day)
Nada | Written and Recommended by @gabapunk (Pining/Season 3 where you at??)
This One-shot | Written by @bloodashre (Post season 2/ The world is ending but their love is not).
Hazel Storms and Gentle Ormes | Written by @ardentlake and beta read by thatskindarough (Short chapters but cute, Crown Prince Crowley)
His World In Her Hands | Written by @nik-knight to an art post by Camilleflyingrotten (I was genuinely unwell after this one| Azi got hurt and Crowley begs)
Rain In Avalon | Written by SnowFilly1 and recommended by GoodOmensDuh (Long One-shot, Arthurian Times, Intimacy eluded to but nothing explicit)
Cozy Preening | Written by @canadiankazz and recommended by GoodOmensDuh (Not much plot BUT OMG SO CUTE/ Wing preening fluff)
Lord Knows it Would be the First Time | Written and recommended by @knifeforkspooncup (Angst/ But also Fluff / I want these idiots to be ok)
This Silly Story about Unicorns | Written by @brightwanderer (seriously just read it/I cackled really hard/ Crowley can be a dummy and I love that about him)
Starmaker and Starlight | Written by NohaIjiachi and recommended by thatskindarough (Super cute/ pre-fall Aziracrow / You already know exactly how it ends / but read it anyway/ this lives rent free in my head now)
Divine Interventions (!!!) | Written by @ineffable-roh (AKA Rohese_Purrs) and recommended by Knifeforkspooncup (Norse Deities do a little matchmaking / Fluffy NSFW / Male Crowley with lady bits)
Time Folding in On Itself | Written by Chernozemm (AKA black_earth) (Post season 2 / Aziracrow get to the point/ these two really need to talk)
Impromptu Collab (!!!) | Written by MrGhostRat (Human Streamer AU / Indulgent NSFW / Plot what Plot / Please Mind the Tags)
Free | Written by @eviebane for Flawless (Small, cute, please read Flawless first for context)
A More Gentle Touch | Written by Nik-Knight for ME?? (I'm 100% Biased here / Creature Omens AU / IDC if you don't give a fuck about my au, this is cute AF please read it / Pure FLUFF / Dove Aziraphale and Snake Crowley my beloveds)
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Long Fics
This Is Who You Are | Written and Recommended by @azeutreciathewicked (Medium Length / Post Season 2 / RAPHAEL AGAIN HELLO / If you really love creative explainations for Heaven you'll LOVE this / A seriously interesting concept behind Azi and Crowley's relationship/ Snake Crowley and Bird Aziraphale my beloveds)
Instructions Not Included | Written by @brightwanderer (AKA Atalan) and recommended by DoomedLemur (Post Season 1 / Aziracrow run a detective agency for the supernatural / Hello Raphael (this time a different person) / Heavenly lore / There is some weird shit going on / WINGS)
And They Were Streamers | Written by @mrghostrat and recommended by HaeMey (Ongoing /Streamer Au / Its got art / KICKING MY FEET I LOVE THEM)
If We've Got Nothing (We've Got Us) | Written by @kedreeva, recommended by someone on Patreon (God POV / Grey Feathers / Medium Length / Old but Good)
Big Name Feelings (!!!) | Written by mrghostrat (Completed / Au/ Skippable NSFW/ Ace Crowley / I've never felt more seen and called out wtf/ I stayed up until 4 am reading it)
The Many Venomed Earth + sequel Such Rebel Blood | Written by @fremulon (AKA Curtaincall) and recommended by HaeMey (Human Au / Murder Mysteries / Crowley gets framed for a murder in the first one oh no / DETECTIVE (not really) AZI ON THE CASE / mutual pining / eventual payoff)
Mon Horrible Chéri (!!!) | Written by MrGhostRat and recommended by TheCommonMold (Completed/ Human Teachers AU / literal enemies to lovers / ONLY ONE ROOM OH NO--)
Flawless (!!!) | Written by MrGhostRat and @chernozemm (AKA black_earth) (Huamn AU /Cheating Azi / very painful / seriously there is some angst here / happy ending tho TRUST)
Not Light, No Light | Written and recommended by PolarisVega (Their first fic / Season 3 headcanons / Fun Crowley Headcanons)
Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: An Integrative Approach | Written by mouseonamoose (aka Nnm) and recommended by lickthecowhappy and GoodOmensDuh (Crowley Goes to Therapy / Old but still REALLY good / Pre-season 2 / Super long chapters but very worth)
Angel-Centered Therapy Through A Multicultural Lens: An Integrative Approach | Written by @mouseonamoose (Same as the previous, but Azi this time / Unfinished by nearly done / my poor baby Azi)
Factory Settings | Written by Anonymous (I don't remember how I found this one/ swear I must have seen it on Tumblr/ 60 chapters!! / Read carefully it can get a little confusing / Timey Whimey BS / RAPHAEL??/ Post Season 2 shenanigans with a good ending)
Telling Tall Tales (!!!) | Written by @siobhans-world (Human Aziracrow/ Azi is gay AF but lonely / Pretends to be Maggie's Bf (accidentally) / oh no hot cousin alert/ Not done but almost/ mutual pining)
Time Marches Forward | Written and Recommended by @bellisima-writes (Post Season 2 / Starts a little rocky BUT OMG? / FIRST FIC? / I dedicated my entire day to it / Adam is such a good character holy shit / I think about this fic all the time / wish a few more things were flushed out bUT THATS OK/ lots of angst/ someone save my boy Azi)
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Blog Navigation 2023
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“The nation's greatness can be judged by how it treats its weakest members.” - Gandhi
Blog Navigation List: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019
Last Updated 12/29/2023
Summary
I make these navigation posts at the end of the year to give a wrap-up and a look back on the year. I post a long-form Update every sunday to YouTube that ends up being in my Friday song release blog post. (You can find the Sunday Update YouTube playlist here.) My book “108 The Story of Discovering Earth’s Consciousness” is still fundamental in understanding my story, perspective, and the content I talk about here in the blog. I put the cosmic luve log first this time because I think it’s the most relevant. If you actually understand what I’m saying about how these celebrities are reflecting me and I think the coincidences are how Gaia is communicating using them as a vessel, you get it. The only real new treatise editions are to FarmingHumans.com where I came out with a new rendition for the “American Inequality” song release and the “Corporate Rule” album expands upon the public reaction to this in an aggressive tone.
2023 Cosmic Luve posts: (In Chronological Order)
In Last year’s blog navigation (2022), I listed all the cosmic luve entries since the very beginning. This year, I will begin where we left off and the last entry about Taylor Swift’s Folklore.
CosmicLuve.com April 2023 - Sun: In this entry, I give more of a personal update and set goals while relating it to the semantics I’ve been experiencing and previously mentioned. 
CosmicLuve.com July 2023 - The Main Thing: In this entry, I talk about how Emma Watson is the main thing and the reason for all my aspirations, so we can become friends. I talk about her posts on Instagram and relate them as a response to my poem in the Hope Sept 2022 entry. 
CosmicLuve.com August 2023 - Orange: In this entry, I talk about how it appears as if Gaia got me a taco for my birthday. I came to this conclusion after getting semantics from Selena Gomez and Connor Price. 
CosmicLuve.com September 2023 - Bam: In this entry, I introduce Janelle Monae as a cosmic luve and explain how Blue has diabolical plans against Big Carbon. 
CosmicLuve.com November 2023 - Cosmic Bros: In this entry, I induct Connor Price as the first cosmic bro after relating new semantics to the previous entry, Slender Man, Connor’s new “Thrillin” video, and new Hailee Steinfeld reflections. 
CosmicLuve.com December 2023 - Deer: In this entry I give a prophecy by identifying semantics from Gaia that come from Emma Watson being referenced by a deer, a tree, the color purple, etc.
Media and Treatise List:
Sociology:
🏚️FarmingHumans.com 2023 - This was the “American Inequality” song officially released this year and posted as the official Farming Humans 2023 edition. In this post I talk about what socialism is, how money is speech, and how corporations are legal persons and farming humans for labor and money (through consumption).
🎃Corporate Rule Album - The “Corporate rule” album expands upon the information outlined in the “American Inequality” song. The album is a response to that assault on democracy with an Immortal Technique approach. The blog post expands upon how there is a conspiracy of the corporate rich working in unison (using far-right tactics) because it serves their self-interests.
🧾NouveauEconomics.com 2022 - In this post, I talk about how the economy needs to account for what the environment does naturally and give it a monetary value. A start is how certain parts of the environment, like Lake Erie, are being granted personhood. This will be updated semi-annually and can be found at NouveauEconomics.com
🍱 The Psycho Consumption Cage 2021 - In this treatise, I talk about how it’s hard to see environmental degradation that is not added to our economics, how you should be using your buying power strategically, how apex species need economic and congressional representation, some solutions, and examples of psycho tendencies from Christmas and hip-hop.
🏳️‍🌈 Gender Equality 2021 - In this essay, I break down gender equality into six categories: LGBTQ, Phobic, Sexual, Mental, Feminist, and Economic. To properly show the subject of gender equality I reference the 6 Netflix documentaries and linked and discuss related videos from Ellen, HeForShe, TED, Jordan Peterson, The World Bank, and the UN.
🏁 Dark Racism 2021 - In this treatise, I explain the science of racism, how it’s an arbitrary distinction that is socially constructed. Black people do have it worse due to institutionalized racism and white privilege. However, I talk about how black people create their own in-group morality around the word “nigga,” and my presented solution.  
🌎👣 Earth: Sustainability, How To Save Our Planet - If you want to know how to save our planet this post is the summation. Taking from the featured WWF video, I focus on a carbon tax and the three ways to save the planet. Along the way I discuss how it relates to The Psycho Consumption Cage.
🌲Marijuana Treatise 2021 - Published on April 20th and introduced with a discussion of my personal use, in this essay, I wrote about the versatility of hemp, the immorality and failure of the war on drugs, and the medical benefits of cannabis. 
Philosophy: 
🌍108 The Story Of Discovering Earth’s Consciousness (post) - This book is fundamental to understanding me and stands as the foundation in which I build my artistry. The book is nonfiction and autobiographical and about celestial consciousness, my personal story of struggling with schizoaffective disorder, atmospheric consciousness, sustainability, and eugenics, and finishes with what the number 108 means for the origins of life on Earth.
🚸🚜 Knhoeing 2020 -  The information is broken down into celestial consciousness, atmospheric consciousness, sustainability, and eugenics. Knhoeing states the planets, stars, and atmosphere are alive, and how humans can understand that through sustainability and eugenics. Knhoeing has to do with understanding your position in the universe and expresses and addresses human purpose through a eugenics goal. To survive & thrive as a species, we must support ourselves through healthy sustainability and breed to understand higher dimensions. 
🙏Sentientism 2022 - This post contains insights into my mind and the voice in my head, Gaia. Sentientism explores the belief (whereas knhoeing is the knowledge) that Gaia is conscious and communicating. I explain how sentientism is the religion of Gaia where you worship through action and create dogma through science and philosophy. If the planet earth is conscious how would she try to communicate considering she has no mouth or ligaments? How would Gaia try to communicate? I postulate and explain how Gaia could be communicating through a kind of telepathic randonauting.
📐 Expanding on Plato’s Philosophy: Forms and the Tripartite Soul (2020) - In this treatise, I explain how Plato’s forms are stored and strived for by Gaia and how Plato’s theory about the tripartite soul is similar to my theory about the will.
♟️ Logic - This post is a short introduction to logic. I use quotes and pictures of pages from the book “How Philosophy Works.” The content includes deductive, inductive, and abductive reasoning, fallacies, and formal logic. I have also embedded a couple of CrashCourse videos.
Releases
🕸️New Release Blog at EricLeo.org - Over the last year I have been releasing at least on the 1st, 3rd, and if there is a 5th Friday of every month if not every week. Each release has its own post in my new release blog which is constantly being updated. The same posts are also here on this Tumblr blog as I post them at the same time. A list of releases is cataloged as follows:
2021
Read 108 - about my book
Vibe on the Wave - catchy intro
Eat The Mind - intellectual rap
Bump This Banger - party music
Cloud 9 - about recreational drugs
2022
Who’s Hip-Hop - my perspective in hip-hop
Black Lives Matter - support for the cause
Smoke Blunts - high intellectual bars
Flossin - dance track
Hey Emma - dance track, made for Emma’s everywhere
Champagne and Chocolate - romance track
Just Us Two - expression on evolution and companionship
Make It Hip-Hop - Homage to favorite artists
My Word - Celebrating 10 years
Gaia and Blue - Expands on “108” book
Love the Mission - the purpose of my music
Hit Me with the Download - a great tune
Talk to Me - romance track about wanting more
Cunnilingus - dating life experience track
Just Dance - dance track
Just Like You - happy expression 
We Dance - play when dancing is a protest
Come On Dawg - what my music stands for
The Villain - playing the role of the villain
Rage - subjects will put you in a rage
Bounce with This - party music inspired by Charlotte
Take Your Medication - Kayne Diss
2023
Gold Shaw Farm - about Morgan and Alyson’s farm on YouTube
Betsy - about the character from Hulu’s “Dopesick”
Bo Peep - political rap about America
Atheist Raps - self-explanatory, rebuke’s Christianity 
Blow Me Up - asking for help with exposure
Michigan Love - romance track about love in Michigan
I Got You - Letter asking for help from my fans
Breaking Bad - Eminem and Dr. Dre homage
Bleed - heartfelt plea about ending mass shootings
Going Gaga - fun romance track with Gaga Gaga-inspired hook
Funk You - response track to Olivia Rodrigo’s “good for you” and “deja vu”
What Now - 6 track EP about and inspired by other artists
Bong Hits For Jesus - about how when you smoke, you smoke with Jesus
Up Wasted - subjects and getting “fucked up wasted”
God Damn - fun and energetic track showing skill
Love You Mom - A thank you to my mother for being a good mom
American Inequality  - about how America is an oligarchy
John Wick - gets out aggression toward sex traffickers
Philosophy 101 - based off Cornel West’s Introduction to Philosophy Masterclass
Yeah We Bang - about American imperialism
Legend - about my feelings toward the music industry
We Make The Party - Party music with global warming bars 
Freaky Naughty - emulating Dr. Dre’s sound with global warming bars
With You - Cmadd feature about riding with your girl
Vulnerable - Selena Gomez response to her song with the same name.
Mitten Kingz - a song with artists representing Michigan
Soldier For Love - a message to keep going out of love
Our Love - a break-up and get back together song
My Everything - how your lover is your everything
Be My Dream - how I want Emma Watson to be my dream come true,
Reputation - A response to Taylor Swift's reputation 
Karma - about your fate in terms of civilization
Corporate Rule - 8-track album in Immortal Technique style
Earth - my hit and best representation of my music
Back to Life - Hailee Steinfeld response and homage. 
Process, People, Product - about Marcus Lemonis 3 P’s business philosophy 
All Homo - An edgy and controversial take on support for the gay community
Cosmic Luve Brownies - A response to Taylor Swift’s Lover album
Praises - a sexually charged song from artists from Kalamazoo Michigan 
Chalice Mixtape side note: “Talk to Me” (2022), “John Wick,” “Be My Dream,” “Reputation,” “Karma,” and the “All Homo” ep, were all remakes from ‘The Chalice Mixtape. “Charlotte’s Web” drops April 15 2023 and the remake for “I Love You” is in production. I will probably never remake “Listen Alice,” “Loyal,” “Problems,” or “The Profit.”
Already uploaded and scheduled to drop in 2024:
Kyle Beats Collective EP - 6 tracks made with free beats from Kyle Beats. Jan. 5th
Check it out - track from the (unofficial) party politics era/album Jan. 19th
Kato & Wysh Album - 7 tracks made with Kato and Wysh beats. Feb. 2nd
The Industry Album - 12 tracks with 14 features some with big names over Anno Domini beats. March 1st
Sun poem - spoken word track I recorded from the Cosmic Love Sept 2022 hope post. March 19
Charlotte’s Web - Emma Watson-inspired track released on her birthday. April 15th
Westside Connection Album - 7 tracks with big name features over Anno Domini beats. May 3
YOU - Song based on John Gottman’s 7 principles for making marriage work. June 7th
Can You Hear Me? - Rap song about global warming and summer heat. June 20th
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my take on the lads!!:) headcannons under cut
Moon (she/he) - tallest of these guys, around 195~cm, 200~cm counting her antennae. -she's bulky, like those old computers! can't move her neck or joints all that much. - the 'moon' on her forehead isn't painted on, but actually a rock! perhaps a moon rock... its primary colour is a reddish magenta, but it changes colour as light bounces off of it, so it can look orange at times. - she gets dented and rusted after the collapse. - her colony is pretty chill. she added the pearl to her cloak herself:)
Pebbles (he/any) - he's Not the shortest of these guys, nor is he the shortest of the local group (ui is). about 162~cm, 166~cm with the antennae? who knows! - his cloak is too big for him. he ties it up with a piece of cloth, so that he looks Cooler and such. it falls of after his collapse. his puppet gets cracked in certain parts, during the collapse, too. - the spots above his eyes are painted on. - not a headcannon. i tried to make him look childish, but still mature. pretty happy with the result:) - colony similar to above.
Suns (he/they/any) - like moon, theyre around 190~cm, but shorter than her. - the red spots on his forehead are painted on. - the pearls around his neck hold religious meanings - poems, stories, prayers, art, and mantras are burned onto them. - i dont think suns likes being a 'godlike being', like how pebbles describes himself. but, what can he do? he is a god in a way, to his citizens, and, if he tells them to stop worshiping him, they get upset. so. its easier to just let them be.
Sig (they/any) - they were orignially 175~cm, which isn't short at all, but they wanted to be taller. so they made themselves some 'boots'/'stilts'. now they're about 185~cm - the green symbol on their forehead is practically burned on. its not going anywhere. - he's a 'deviant'. likes to indulge in life's wonders. - i've come to make an announcement. sig is a bitchass motherfucker, he was a bitch to design, i can't bear to look at him any longer. let's move on
SOS (she/any) - shortest of these guys, 160~cm, 170~ with the antennae? idk - same as sig, x symbol burned on. - i dont think she intended to ascend. i dont think she was part of any grand plan. to me, she is one of the last iterators produced, one of the last straws to grasp on or smth. they didn't build her because they believed she could solve their problem, but because they could (like with many/most(?) other iterators, i think). i think she was just a normal iterator. i think, like sig, she indulged in life's pleasures. maybe she was just.. testing things one day, and she found the anwser. didn't even mean to. but she did. - i just think she's neat:)
thank you for reading!
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A soft name but she uses it like a knife: an analysis of Lila's identities
Because I think about Lila so much and because I like to analyze names and symbolism so much... I realized something about her given names. I could write an essay about her multiple identities and Kell's but maybe in the future. Tes says that names are a valuable thing and people used personal names to curse those they disliked. Her birth name is Delilah which means "delicate". When Kell first meets her, he thinks that she has a soft name but she uses it like a knife, which is an accurate description of her character.
Only the people closest to her call her Lila, which is more informal. Lila Bard is a double faced matryoshka, we could say. There is one side she shows the people closest to her, which are few, and another side she only shows Kell. He's the only one who sees the tiniest doll in the heart of it all, and even so, there are still sides to her that he doesn't know. He's also the only character she openly told that it was fine to call her Lila after their first meeting.
According to other sources, Delilah could also be the epithet for "traitor" because in the Bible, Delilah cuts Samson's hair and he loses his strength (interesting fact that when Holland and part of Kell's magic end up in the inheritor, their hair turned white - could be inspired by this? Bets are on).
Delilah is also pronounced De-lie-la and I believe she is one of the characters who lies the most in this series and her pov is not 100% trustworthy (which I see as an amusing thing bc she is harder to figure out and it's fun when her lies are unmasked!). She introduces herself with her full name to everyone, but only few people keep calling her Delilah instead of Lila (among them Holland, Nadiya, and Ren). They aren't close, hence they don't dare to use her shortened name, I guess. It's also a way to distance themselves from her or to treat her with respect.
Delilah Bard is one of the identities she has, one she couldn't choose (because her parents gave her this name). Delilah Bard is the exterior, the person on the outside. Even when the text describes her and uses Delilah and not Lila, it's to paint a picture of her from an external point of view. We can explain who she is by thinking about a matryoshka doll: Delilah Bard is the bigger doll, the one everyone sees. Inside there are different sides to her: the magician, the thief, the captain, which have different names as well (the Sarows, the Shadow Thief, casero Bard, even Stasion Elsor).
Lila is the name she seems to prefer for herself, and the name which connects her to her magical part because one of the meaning of this name also refers to the lilac tree. When Lila calls her magic, mostly fire magic, she uses a line from Blake's poem: "Tyger, tyger, burning bright,". The "tiger lily" is also a species of lily flower. Her name Lila then encompasses her magical connection to Red London because it is connected to a flower. But it's yet another interesting connection to Kell because well, the tiger lily is orange-red with black spots. The tiger lily flower is also toxic for cats and we know that Esa doesn't seem to like Lila that much and the feeling is mutual. lol
If you want me to write about more of this stuff send me asks please 🥺
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Tsurune Book 3 Chapter 2 - Rainbow-Colored (Part 1)
I don’t know if you guys can tell...but my motivation for working on this novel is kinda low. But thankfully the author has ways of pushing me by putting in some of the most insane shit that makes me question if I know how to read
Also for the Tsurune: Irodori no Issha audio dramas: it’s not that I’m too lazy to do them, it’s that I keep forgetting about them. I’ll get them all out eventually
Glossary here
Full list of translations here
Translation Notes
1. An oonusa is a wooden wand traditionally used in Shinto purification rituals, salt water is also used sometimes
2. Oshikura manju is a children’s game where children gather in a circle with their backs pressed close together and tried to push each other out
3. The words used here is チラ見えの帯 and I have no idea what this is referring to
4. Guu Choki Paa is some kind of Japanese rock-papers-scissors song
5. The Iroha poem is an ancient poem that contains each character of the Japanese syllabary exactly once
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In the morning, Minato was standing on the balcony of his room.
Raindrops beaded the railing. The transparent drops were bathed in the morning sun and glistened in orange, green, and blue. As he gazed at the sparkling water droplets glittering together like jewels, he heard his father’s voice calling him from downstairs. He hurriedly wiped the laundry pole.
Suddenly, a figure entered his field of vision. It seemed to be looking at him. He moved closer to the railing, but the figure was already gone. Thinking that it must have been his imagination, he held the empty laundry basket in his hands.
Recently, Minato had made some changes to his morning routine. He had added ritual chanting to the gods and sutra chanting after doing his run. He learned this from Saionji-sensei, and had stopped since he got target panic in his third year of middle school. Many foreign kyudo enthusiasts were inspired by Zen in the Art of Archery to start kyudo. Mindfulness was underpinned by Buddhist concepts.
The sutra Minato was reading was the Heart Sutra. It gave concrete examples of the Buddhist idea of emptiness and explained how to attain the wisdom of the Buddha. The author was unknown, but it was translated into Chinese by Xuanzang, made famous by Journey to the West. It was a very short sutra of 262 characters and was composed in the form of Kannon talking to Sariputra.
Minato, who was in fifth grade when he heard the Japanese translation, wondered what “All is empty.” When he told Saionji-sensei that he didn’t like the idea of enlightenment if it meant the absence of feelings of happiness and sadness because it wasn’t human-like, Saionji-sensei told him, “You aren’t capable of contemplation. Please study more.”
The Golden Week training camp of three days and two nights began today.
The venue was the same as last year, Yata Shrine.
The rain that lasted the night before cleared up, and red-purple mountain azaleas and white fringed irises were blooming in profusion. Because of the renovation work, the Yata no Mori kyudojo was now extremely bright with LED lightning instead of fluorescent lights.
But Minato’s spirits were heavy. Lately, Masa-san wasn’t looking him in the eye.
He would immediately look away whenever their eyes met, and he seemed somewhat distant. Minato hadn’t seen his grin in days. Was he avoiding him? Or rather, he felt like he was being ignored. Did I do something to make him hate me? He wondered if he yelled something like “Masa-san’s a dirty old geezer!” in his sleep without realizing it. Once he started worrying about it, he couldn’t stop himself from spiralling deeper and deeper. His head was spinning with delusions summoning more delusions.
Tommy-sensei was standing in front of the referee’s table.
“First of all, the selected members will do a demonstration of the competition format.”
The selected members, Kaito, Ryouhei, Seiya, Kanbayashi, and Minato, lined up at the entrance.
At last year’s training camp, they had a lot of trouble stepping together as five, but now they had grown to the point where they were able to match each other’s steps in an instant with someone they were grouped with for the first time. Kaito, walking in the lead, learnt to feel the presence of the people behind him and didn’t miss anyone. After he nocked his arrow and fixed his eyes on the target, he raised his bow towards the sky.
After everyone finished four shots, the results were announced. It was four, three, four, two, for a total of seventeen hits.
Kanbayashi sank down onto the floor after returning his bow to the rack.
“I didn’t think this when I was watching you all, but everyone’s kai is really long. Being between President Takehaya and Narumiya-senpai is really nerve-wracking.”
Seiya knelt down next to him.
“Don’t be so nervous. Just be your normal self.”
Overhearing their conversation, Kaito glared at them.
“Kai isn’t ‘long,’ but ‘deep.’ And it’s no good shrivelling or getting too worked up, no matter who’s in front of you or behind you. Well, I can’t blame you for getting distracted if Seiya’s in front of you, though.”
Seiya stood up and got his face right up to Kaito’s nose.
“I wonder what do you mean by that, Onogi-senpai.”
“I meant it exactly as it is.”
Kanbayashi blinked his eyes rapidly and Keyaki looked fed up as they watched Kaito and Seiya’s exchange. When Nanao was about to step in between them to divert the conversation, Tommy-sensei asked them to gather again.
“Now, the theme of this camp will be ‘Steady Mind and Body.’ The way you breathe is very important.”
The first-years, excluding the competitors, gathered near the makiwara, while the rest stood in front of the targets.
Masa-san undertook demonstrating the practical skills.
“Let’s start by practicing the ‘dantian breathing technique’ again. I want you to listen with the understanding that there are various theories about dantians and I may correct this at a later date.”
“Yes, sir,” everyone answered.
“First, about dantians. It means ‘a place where energy is cultivated.’ There’s a theory that there are three dantians: upper, middle, and lower, but generally speaking, dantian refers to the lower abdomen dantian, which is three sun below the navel. That is, about ten centimeters below. It’s in the middle of the belly, not in front. Next, let me explain the ‘martial arts-style dantian breathing technique.’ The reason why I added the words martial arts is because when we say abdominal breathing or dantian breathing, people are generally taught to expand their abdomens when inhaling and contract it when exhaling.”
Ryouhei raised his hand.
“My sister had childhood asthma, and she told me she learned how to do it at the hospital. They do the same thing in yoga, too.”
“However, in kyudo, exhaling doesn’t cause the stomach to depress. In recent years, there’s a theory that has been adopted by athletes and has proven successful. That is the Stanford-style ‘IAP breathing method,’ also known as the ‘intra-abdominal pressure breathing.’ It is a breathing method that increases the pressure in the abdomen and tightens the area around the abdomen when inhaling and exhaling. Top athletes and musicians can naturally do IAP breathing.”
“Musicians do IAP breathing too?”
“I’m sure some of you have been told to project your voices from your stomachs during choir or vocal training. An easy way to understand this is that clenching your butt holes can help you produce higher-pitched sounds.”
“Ahh, ahh,” Ryouhei tried it, and he certainly did sound different. It had a resonance to it, not just a flat sound.
“For a singer, their body is an instrument. It’s the same for archers. The tsurune is the sound of the bow and string when an arrow is shot. Bow, string, and person become a musical instrument and resonate. Even among ‘tsuruoto,’ ‘tsurune’ refers to a particularly clear and beautifully lingering sound. To be alive means to breathe. There are times when everyone unconsciously does dantian breathing, but that’s when they’re laughing like ‘ha-ha-ha.’”
Seiya sighed.
“It feels like we’re listening to a monk’s sermon rather than an explanation of shooting techniques.”
“I am a priest. Yata Shrine is a shrine that has its roots in Shugendo, so there’s a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism here. Many teachings have been handed down, such as the Buddhism of Gautama Buddha, the esoteric Buddhism of En no Ozunu, and the secret teachings of Kuukai.”
“In other words, Masa-san, you’re a hybrid of a priest, monk, and old man.”
“Hahaha, you sure have a way with words, Seiya.”
The two’s smiles froze the boys there. The six girls gathered, and Hanazawa and Shiragiku put their hands on their own abdomens and Seo’s to compare the firmness.
After that, they began practicing on their own. Before they knew it, the first-year Himuro became the oomae. Minato wondered just when did he get there. He was like a stagehand, someone who was on stage but treated as though they didn’t exist.
Masa-san looked at everyone’s shooting in order starting from the front, but he skipped over Minato and went straight to the person behind him.
His eyes blinked weakly. Kanbayashi was also doing the same thing in front of the makiwara.
Minato covered his eyes to hide how much he was blinking.
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Early next morning.
Same as last year, Minato was woken up by Masa-san’s older brother Ren pulling his hair. When he turned around, he found that he was sprawled out on someone else’s futon with one elbow propped up. Ryouhei, awakened by Minato’s voice, tried to pull Ren’s arm away. Beside him, Nanao was still half-asleep.
After finishing the morning preparations, the club members gathered in the front shrine. They were attending the morning offering and worship.
Masa-san chanted the ritual prayer loudly. After reciting the words in a rite called the shubatsu, the purification was performed with the oonusa and hot salt water. (1) Minato couldn’t look at Masa-san in fear that he would avert his gaze again. He turned his eyes to the window and caught a dark shadow moving quickly.
The club members then proceeded to clean up. The second-year boys were in charge of the precincts. When Minato and Kaito finished sweeping around the pond and took a breather, they found a white tabby cat sitting under the shrubbery.
Minato slowly crouched next to the cat so as to not make eye contact. If you looked into the eyes of an animal you were meeting for the first time, it would think you were threatening them and run away. You hold out the back of you hand to have it sniff it, and if it gives you permission, you stroked its chin. His grandfather taught him this way to interact with cats when he was little.
The cat purred.
It was the sound of “I love it.”
As Minato was stroking its back, it got onto its back as though tell him to stroke its belly. Minato learned that it was a mother cat.
Kaito’s feet had become a puddle of cats in an instant. A brown tabby cat with one ear cut into a V-shape clung to him with its tail up.
“Oh, is this a Sakura cat?”
Sakura cats were stray cats that had been spayed and neutered by animal protection groups. They were also called local cats. They got their name because the V-shaped scar looked like a sakura petal.
The white tabby cat kicked him and left, perhaps because he stroked him too persistently.
Kaito’s cat puddle also disbanded. In their place, Ryouhei, Nanao, and Seiya gathered.
“Minato, you really love fluffy things,” Ryouhei said.
“I’ve always wondered this. Why aren’t humans covered with fur and feathers? We used to have them, didn’t we? Did we like clinging together?”
Hearing that, Seiya and Ryouhei sandwiched Minato between them and they ended up looking like a game of oshikura manju. (2)
“Stop it, you guys! I didn’t mean to clinging to me.”
“Really? Then what did you mean?”
Ryouhei separated from him with a puzzled look on his face. It seemed that his habit from childhood still hadn’t gone away. Not wanting to go through that again, Minato took a step away from his two childhood friends.
Kaito propped his chin on the end of the broom handle.
“Seiya, as the club president, you shouldn’t be fooling around.”
“Huh? Kaito, do you want to be squeezed too?”
“No way! I’m gonna punch you!”
Seiya covered his mouth with his hand and turned around, his shoulders shaking.
Minato expressed what was on his mind to Kaito.
“Actually, recently, I feel like someone’s been watching me. Ever since the training camp started.”
“Huh? Aren’t you just being too self-conscious?”
“It might be one of Nanao’s groupies. We have to be careful.”
Seiya smiled. The mole under his eye stood out. “I don’t think it’s either of them. It’s probably just your imagination. Come on, let’s go back and change into our hakama.”
“Yeah…I guess you’re right.”
Seiya, Ryouhei, and Nanao headed for the kyudojo.
Kaito, who was one step behind, couldn’t quite make sense of it. Seiya was so overprotective of Minato that Hanazawa, Shiragiku, and Seo teased him by saying, “Seiya Home Security, watching over you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.” But for some reason, he wasn’t concerned about this case.
Minato was walking away from the four of them. Nanao walked in place to slow down his pace and naturally ended up next to Minato.
“Minato, I really am okay. Is there something you’re worrying about too? Tell me about it if you want to.”
“…Lately, our eyes aren’t meeting.”
“Oh, oh? Is this about romance?”
“Not at all.”
“Hmm, the eyes can say as much as the mouth, and you can pretty much tell what people are looking at. For example, who’s the person you care about looking at? Who’s the person you always care about looking at, Minato?”
“Mm, I guess it’s the gods?”
“Mm, that might be outside my area of expertise.”
A bird chirped.
The two looked up and they could see the blue sky and the fleecy clouds between the budding trees. At first, they couldn’t make out where the bird song was coming from, but when they strained their eyes, they were able to spot a varied tit on the treetops.
Minato’s eyes, which reflected the fresh green, shook.
“It’s so pretty.”
“That’s right …I realized that I wasn’t so frustrated when I didn’t make it into the regular lineup. I was fine with being a substitute.”
“You really are fine with that?”
“What’s important to me isn’t winning or receiving praise from anyone, but being able to feel Kacchan’s presence.”
“——I want you to stay by my side.”
“Whoa, Minato, you can read my mind?”
“Of course not. Maybe we just happened to think the same thing?”
“Yeah. If you had that ability, you’d be at the top of the class after reading Seiya’s mind. Oh, look, there’s Masa-san.”
In the direction Nanao pointed, there was Masa-san, who had changed into his practice clothes, and Ren, who had a camera in his hand. The two of them were smiling, and Masa-san had a childish expression on his face that wasn’t normally seen.
When Nanao waved at them with a “Merha,” they also replied with “Merha,” but Minato looked away.
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The twins ripped the target papers together.
I’m so frustrated. I’m so frustrated.
They peeled off the hole-filled target papers from the target frames.
To lose to that newbie and have our places next to Shuu stolen. Ah, I can’t believe it.
They were cleaning up after practice at Kirisaki High School’s kyudo club.
In order to set a good example for the new members, the second-years were taking the initiative. After washing the target frames with water, they left the rest to the first-years and went to the azuchi. When they slammed their trowels against it, part of the azuchi crumbled, and they hurriedly scooped up the crumbled earth.
Senichi and Manji felt the same way. It was absolutely unacceptable to be disrespected by a cocky junior who had no idea what he was talking about, just when they were starting to communicate with their seniors, Kabashima and Yushima. They themselves had also done quite a lot of trouble, but they of course put that aside. They quickly swept inconvenient things under the carpet.
Shuu was silently facing the makiwara. Kuon asked him a question with a composed expression.
“Fujiwara-senpai, you promised to watch my shooting when we’re together, didn’t you?”
When someone around them remarked, “I hate to admit it, but the two of them are a perfect match in terms of looks, ability, and pedigree. Even the clothes they wear are first-rate,” the twins glared at the person who made that comment.
A few days later, Senichi and Manji sprang into action. At every possible location, they guarded Shuu by staying ahead of Kuon.
What should we do to win against him?
He’s a strong man. Men speak with their fists.
They started going to a kickboxing gym. Jumping rope, shadow boxing, hitting mitts. One-two hook and one-two uppercut, middle kick from cut, then straight right. Kyudo emphasized shooting form, but in kickboxing, even if your form was good, it was meaningless if it didn’t work on your opponent. Put your weight in it and bring your fist down!
After sweating, they took care of their hair and skin to master the art of beauty. Ayurvedic beauty treatments from India. Dripping oil on the forehead had a great detoxifying effect. Their tired skin and hair became glossy and lustrous, resulting in well-moisturized young men.
They decided to completely remake their appearances. Aiming to be fashionable men, they were stylish even down to the places that weren’t visible. They bought silk underwear and layered obis (3) at a long-established kimono shop, and wore intellectual-looking glasses. While they were at it, they put a wig and silk hat on Yushima. They had used those props for the Rokumeikan Café during the school festival.
Yushima Kaoru, dressed in his kyudo uniform and silver wig, stared at them with narrowed eyes. At this time, the kyudojo was only for second-years, but there was a stir coming from the female members.
Manji spoke. “Kaoru-senpai, the crew cut is cool and on, but have you considered growing out your hair?”
“…Hey, twins, do you see something wrong with the direction of questions here?”
Kabashima also chimed in. “I don’t care if you look nicer or got stronger, but what about kyudo practice? I hope you haven’t been slacking off.”
“Huh? We practice properly. Look at our feet. The gaps between our toes are open, and we were praised for having nice feet. Maybe we can be both archers and martial fighters.”
Senichi and Manji took off their tabi socks and showed off their bare feet. The two faced each other and began playing Guu Choki Paa (4) and feet rock-paper-scissors. Kabashima buried his head in his hands even more at their comical movements.
“You know, a fighting man has to put his life on the line. What do you think Fujiwara recommended hot and cold baths and home cooking for?”
“So we can become househusbands and mountain hermits.”
“No, you got it wrong. They are ways to recover and nourish the body, to develop the strength and steadfastness necessary for an athlete.”
“Nope, nope, no way. We’re living far away from that kind of thing.”
“Hey, Fujiwara. Say something to these disgraces of Kirisaki High School. It’s setting a bad example for the juniors if their senpais are messing around too much.”
Called to by Kabashima, Shuu put down his bow. He sat on his heels and took off his yugake. His straight back, graceful nape of his neck, and swaying bangs made all those who saw him fall into raptures.
“Isn’t it good to try different things? You never know if something’s good or bad until you try it, and you might get something out of it.”
“Fujiwara, are you aware that you actually spoil those twins too much?”
“My father told me that a well-bred person respects others. Life dwells even in the plants and roadside stones. The rock cannot be cut by those who cannot see its life. He said that this isn’t a metaphor, but him telling the truth as it is. Sen and Man put their hands after the meal. The two of them are fine just the way they are.”
“Shuu!”
Senichi and Manji rushed over and tugged on Shuu’s sleeves from both sides. As expected, he didn’t seem to like that and quickly brushed them off before returning to practice.
Kuon, who was watching the situation from afar, raised his eyebrows.
He had a dream the other day.
In it, he and Shuu were having a conversation on a wide lawn with a Western-style building behind them.
“I’m thinking of welcoming a dog into my family,” Shuu said.
“Have you decided on the breed?”
“It’s hard to decide between Japanese and Western. A black Shiba inu, a Labrador Retriever, or do I go with the classics and choose a standard poodle? It’s pleasant to imagine a furry creature snuggled up to one’s side.”
“It is wonderful.”
“That’s right. There’s a cute creature that’s always bright and energetic, and when it sees my face, it flies towards me, and even shrinks its huge body when it fails.”
And then, Shuu turned to a tall man.  “Your hand,” he said.
“Awoo,” he said and put out his hand.
“Your chin.”
“Awoo—wait, what are you doing, Shuu-kun!”
That was when he woke up. Kuon was covered in cold sweat.
What kind of dream was that?
Who is this guy who’s so familiar with my Fujiwara-senpai?
The crime of disrespect is also serious. Unforgivable, even if it’s just a dream, something like this would never happen. Fujiwara Shuu is a solitary genius. Everyone kneels before him in awe and reverence. Being the sublime Young Lord is his truth. Associating with lowly people will only degrade your status. Playing around with them is outrageous.
Dogs must be strictly disciplined.
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The training camp at the Yata no Mori Kyudojo was on its last day.
A practice match was held. A total of twenty-five mixed male and female archers, excluding five first-year students who didn’t participate in the training camp, shot four arrows in zasha in teams of five. The order was decided with “yaburi.” Himura took an arrow from each participant, held it in a bundle behind his back, and then placed them in a random order on the floor, one at a time. The order was determined by checking the arrow and the owner calling out their own name.
The entrance ceremony began. The first-years were a bit slow, with their shoulders tensed and their steps not in sync with each other, but their spirit was well-conveyed.
It was fun shooting in a different lineup than usual. Seiya was behind Seo, and Hanazawa and Shiragiku were behind Kaito, neither of them giving an inch. What made kyudo great was that it allowed men and women of all ages to compete without handicaps.
The first-years were checking that they have memorized the shooting form and Eight Stages of Shooting, so hitting was of secondary importance. Still, they were so happy that they felt like they could soar when they hit one. Everyone shouted “Yes” as if it were their own. When all the shots were finished, there were three who hit with all four arrows. It became a tie-breaking match, and in order to shorten the time, it was an izume match instead of an enkin match.
Masa-san and Minato left the kyudojo to pick up the kimonos for the nosha.
The disciple followed the master who was walking in a hurry, but there was no casual chat as usual. The two of them were in the positions of working adult and student, and keenly aware of their different speeds and strides.
Unable to stand it, Minato called out to him.
“Masa-san.”
“What is it? If there’s something you need, it can wait until after camp is over.”
“Since this year’s beginners are using the bow earlier than usual, I know that you and Tommy-sensei must keep an eye on them in order to prevent accidents. But why are you only ignoring me?”
“Wait, Minato, let’s talk about this later.”
“It’s true that no matter how many times I’m told, I forget to tense the little finger on my left hand, and I can’t even do dantian breathing, but am I such a terrible disciple that I’m given up on?”
When Minato grabbed Masa-san’s arm, he heard a quiet voice.
“I’m sorry, but please don’t look at me with those eyes.”
Minato let go of his grasping hand.
In his blurry vision, he saw Masa-san covering his face with his left hand.
“It’s not what you think. When Seiya took a survey of the club members, he found that ‘Coach Takigawa shows favouritism towards the second-year boys. Especially Narumiya-senpai.’ So, to avoid misunderstandings, I tried not to talk to you too much in front of the first-years.”
“…Huh?”
“And Minato, you were the one who didn’t react when I waved to you.”
“I thought you didn’t want to make eye contact with me.”
“It’s more like there are times when it’s troublesome.”
“What do you mean, troublesome? Tell me clearly.”
“I sometimes find myself wanting to pat your forehead uncontrollably, but I can’t let anyone else see me like that, now can I?”
“Wh-wh-what are you talking about?”
Just when Minato was at a loss for words, two figures suddenly appeared and stood in front of him.
“Making our grandson cry, you’re a failure as a coach!”
Minato couldn’t believe his eyes. He had seen these faces before.
“…Grandpa!? Grandma!?”
“We thought that this club must be an exploitative club, since they have club activities during the holidays, but it seems that we were right. Isn’t it important to spend time with your family and friends outside of club activities?”
“Grandpa! There were people who were against training during the holidays, but we were the ones who asked for it. That’s why only volunteers are participating.”
His grandfather, who was about to grab Masa-san, loosened his clenched fist. After understanding the situation, the grandparents turned to Minato.
“When we learned about your kyudo activities, we really wanted to see you face to face. Since we were against the marriage of your parents, we were too embarrassed to go see you, so we hid and watched you,” his grandfather said.
“We’re sorry for coming to see you so late. We haven’t seen you since the funeral. Your mother had been sickly ever since she was little, so we were worried about letting her live so far away. Because we were so stubborn, we never got to see our precious daughter and grandchild. We weren’t able to properly express our feelings. We can never get rid of our regrets, so this is how…” his grandmother said.
“…I’m the only one who survived… I wondered if Mom was in more pain than I was, or if she was scared, but I couldn’t breathe…”
When Minato pressed his hand against his left side, his grandmother gripped that hand and his other hand.
“What are you saying! There’s a song your mother used to sing to herself when she was a child. It goes like, When I cross that mountain, I will feel very peaceful and content. Your mother always loves your smile.”
Masa-san placed his hand on Minato’s back.
“Ui no okuyama kyou koete, asaki yume miji yohi mo sezu—that’s the ‘Iroha poem.’ (5) It talks about how when you cross the mountains, Miroku-sama will come and greet you.”
“Yes, that is also an interpretation. You seem to be a diligent person who studies hard. I’m relieved that there’s someone like you by Minato’s side. Please continue to take good care of him for a long time.”
“No, I should be thanking you.”
While still holding Minato’s hands, his grandmother exchanged a few words, then let go of them in reassurance.
“We’ll come visit again!” Minato saw his waving grandparents off.
Kaito and Seiya, who were looking for Minato and Masa-san because they were late in coming back, hid behind a tree.
“Seiya, you knew that Narumiya’s grandparents were secretly checking on him, didn’t you?”
“Oh, I knew. They visited us. That’s why I left it alone.”
“Good grief, you should have told me. If I had known, I wouldn’t have gotten worried.”
“Sorry, Kaito.”
Kaito stiffened at Seiya’s honest response.
Afterwards, the nosha was held. Nanao, who won the match, was the archer, and Minato served as the first kaizoe, and Kaito as the second. They wore peach, bamboo-green, and crimson kimonos respectively.
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"The Haunted Flesh Machine"
@plaguedghosts @iwrotesomeofitdown @notjustanyannie
Here is my slam poem. Thank you for the encouragement!
I'd like to preface this by saying it is a poem of my struggles and fears, and this should not be taken as the most mentally healthy or even correct writing.
CW: discussion of disordered eating, slight suicidal ideation, a little bit of internalized ableism
I’m losing my grip on reality. Each hour of the day slips from beneath my fingertips before I can even close my hand. 
My motor functions are so much slower these days. 
I walk through a persistent haze, going through the motions, but I am never present for them. My body acts on autopilot, but the battery is on low. 
I’m smart—I always have been—I’m an engineer for crying out loud—but I don’t think I can access that anymore. My intelligence is locked behind a firewall in my brain. 
Do you know how insane that is? Being unable to use your own mind? 
All my judgments are tinted because the brightness is turned down. I think my brain is in battery-saver mode. 
The fatigue is the worst because I can feel it all throughout my body. No amount of sleep seems to recharge me. I am perpetually tired and confused and dizzy and unaware. 
I’m sure my eating habits don’t help. I’m just putting water in my gas tank. No amount of Fanta Orange and Lucky Charms is going to make up for the entire sections of the food pyramid I am missing. I try to start my brain up, but water isn’t quite nearly as combustible, and I end up with no output. 
I want to be in control. I want my body to work. I don’t want my vision to get darker with every step I take. 
Another day, another near-emergency. My heart beats too fast, my blood pressure falls too low. Sometimes presyncope lasts for longer than it needs to. 
Sometimes I change colors like a chameleon on its deathbed. 
My code is flagging for errors, but I’m running it anyway. 
I think my computer is getting overheated. My face is hot to the touch. 
If this was the Victorian Era, my symptoms would be romanticized. There’s something poetic about wasting away. 
I fear that I’m getting weaker by the week. 
Another day, another new problem. Which diagnosis does it fit under? I’m too tired to make a spreadsheet, not that I could log it if I did. 
What month is it anyway? How many months have I been here? It seems like an eternity when I’m in pain, but time passes too quickly when I’m not. 
I haven’t taken my meds in a while. I’ve given up on them working. Neglect is also a form of control. 
I’m rotting inside. I’m rotting in my bed. I hardly leave my bed, but when was the last time I slept? 
Surely this will have no repercussions. 
I’m smart for a day, so my expectations are high, and as a result, my workload is too. I’m a workaholic on the days I’m present at all. 
That’s who they see when they look at me. They don’t see that I’m sick. They don’t connect the dots on the days I wear a little less makeup than usual. 
They don’t even bother to look. 
I’m fighting for control over my mind and my body, and they are none the wiser. 
If I were underweight, maybe they’d care a little. Maybe they’d treat me with a little more care. It’s easier to tell when something is wrong when you’re underweight. 
I could collapse in the middle of a busy street and no one would even give it a second glance. They might even walk over me, thinking I was part of the sidewalk. 
On the off chance they did see, what a shame it would be, for the one time I'm perceived, I lack bodily autonomy. 
Is it worth being noticed when you're unconscious? Is it worth it if the one time I am seen is when I have no control over whether my mouth is hanging open or my shirt is riding up? I've spent so long meticulously curating the way I look to others, just to be totally helpless when it matters. 
I can change my wallpaper but that doesn't make my phone work any better. And people don't see the wallpaper first, they see the cracks in the screen. 
Sometimes I am conscious but not responsive. I lie like a corpse, observing, but not interacting as they crowd around me. Observing as they look at me. 
They could not provide the help I need. 
They only see me when I'm outside my body—a freakshow display of my vulnerability. 
Maybe if I hit my head next time, I'll reboot. I could use a factory reset. 
I often think of what it would be like to have a better brain. I think mine is haunted. 
Do you have to be dead to be a spirit? 
My head is possessed by a ghost that lurks in my nerves tissue and flesh. I hear it wail whenever I move, mourning a loss I cannot understand. 
A restless spirit leads to a restless night, and each night I can't sleep I blame the ghost. 
I wish sleep could fix me. I'm so tired all the time. 
The ghost must be what powers my perpetual motion machine. Inertia isn’t enough. I keep going and going until eventually I explode. 
I don’t think I’ll make it to my 40’s. 
My body will break itself down until it can digest me, and I’ll eat myself like an ouroboros. 
I don’t want to die, I just want to rest. 
If I sleep for a good year, maybe I’ll feel human again. I would like to feel human again. 
I dream that one day I will collapse, and people will rush me to the hospital. There, the doctors will find out exactly what is wrong with me, and that it can be treated by taking a pill. And then, I get better. 
My face will look a little softer, my eyes a little less heavy. I’ll walk everywhere I go, and I’ll stand up in the mornings. 
Maybe food will be less of a battle when I’m healthy. 
Maybe I’ll burn in the atmosphere before I crash down to earth. 
Right now, my collision course is set toward hospitals, tubes, and wires. I’ll only have to sign away my autonomy when I check-in. 
Is there early prevention for a trojan virus? 
Did I ever have a chance? Fated to keep running on empty until there’s nothing left to run. 
I have no salvation, I am just a machine. 
There is no happy ending for me.
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marauderswolf22 · 6 months
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for @wolfstarmicrofic prompt blanket. the quote at the beggining is one of two todd' poems in dead poets society, it's not mine! And the other quote if you see it is sirius' words to harry on grimound place. words: 575 enjoy <3
Poetry
“Truth is like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold. You push at it, stretch it, it will never be enough. You kick at it, beat at it, it will never cover any of us. From the moment we enter crying to the moment you leave dying.”
Sirius didn't look like the type of person who carries books of poetry or deep discussions in a bag. Although it was easy to guess that he was often moved by beautiful words by looking at him inside. Right now, he was analyazing the readen words anxiously. Trying to understand, he didn't even know what.
-"Can I scroll to the next page?" - Remus asked. They both knew that this way of reading together was problematic. One will finish earlier, one will go get tea and so on. But they both wanted to read the same books, and one of them didn't have enough discipline to do it on his own.
Sirius's eyes began to wander around the rain-beaten windows. They were already slightly burning from staring at the paper for so long.
-"Hey, is something bothering you? If you're bored, we can stop" -Remus pressed Sirius closer to his chest. This way, his heartbeat warmed his body pleasantly.
-"No, I'ts alright, I'm just thinking" - A few moments passed, interrupted by a thunderous storm.
One of the things Sirius loved was that Remus gave him space, big and free. But at the same time, he was in it with him, he wanted to get to know him, but slowly, and only those nooks and crannies that Sirius would let him.
-"Remus, what if my truth is that my name, stars, and blood say that I am irreversibly created-" -Cold waves shook his voice like a small boat. Remus grabbed his hand, lightly kissing his knuckles. He knew what was coming but he wanted to let it finish. -"created to be dark inside" -There was a drop of inquiry in his voice. As if this was the last chance to find out the answer.
The side lamp warmed half of his face with orange light. The light looked like smeared oil paints, dancing across the flawless features. After clenched eyebrows and squinted eyes.
-"Padfoot, I know you've seen too much darkness. Me too. I know you'd say I'm the best person in the world, but I'd say the same about you." - The intensity of the intimacy made even the sky glow with dramatic light.
-"How many times could you have done something bad? How many times could you have come to a meeting of Death Eaters or gone to the dark arts section in the library? Even if someone labeled you evil years ago, you chose good, Sirius. Because it is so unimaginable for you to be like them, acting righteously is so natural that you don't see that what you're doing is right. It doesn't even cross your mind to do even a thing like them."- By now Remus was whispering to the top of Sirius' head. A light sob into his sweater showed hearing his words.
-"We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who you are."
At that moment, Sirius promised himself that he would remember these words until his death. So it was as he prommised.
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As a recent lottiecrabie enthusiast and longtime feral consumer of a certain M Healy related writings, I saw something about a tutor!au. Here are my dreadful, frankly illegal thoughts. Do whatever you will with them, Lady Lottie. Your works kill me in the sweetest, sexiest way and resuscitate me harshly back to life.
1. You're a maths student , year two in the university. He's the newly joined English TA that's been developing a bit of a reputation for his longwinded rants in class and his unconventional assignments.
2. Like what the fuck is "Write about being an influencer in a dystopian world where you have to sell a graffiti eraser for VR devices after artists are actively vandalising the metaverse"
3. Anyway, hallway whispers about how attractive he is find their way to you but you're wholly unconvinced because pfft, really now, this is a cliche. One drunken evening at the local bar and you're jostling shoulders, he's ordering a long island iced tea just because and eyeing your whiskey on the rocks. He's really as pretentious as you thought he was - a dark mop of curly hair, crisp linen shirt and this dense, buttery jacket scented with menthol, marijuana and bergamot. He has a delicious rasp, holding court with his little circle of friends about how fullstops have come to mean something completely different when people text each other in the present day. There's not much you think of it - except one night after you break things off for good with your boyfriend who asks if you've come five minutes. into sex.
4. That night, you find yourself wondering if his neatly filed nails would leave red crescent commas on your skin, if your moans would be the em dashes between his consecutive thrusts. You imagine him seeing you at work, chalkboards filled with a haze of numbers and letters, you're arguing about why pure math PhDs and English PhDs are really two sides of the same coin, languages to explore the textures of the world.
5. You realise you're irrevocably fucked.
The annual debate between your college and the rival one is announced and you want to take part, as you always do, except this time it's a whole series of complex themes that require you to be assisted by someone else. Guess who you're assigned as your mentor.
6. You can't think straight, but you want to impress him so much. He's pretty much unfazed - logically unfolding his stances like an origami blossom. His mind entices and frustrates you : how can you possibly read Shakespeare today and a bunch of e-girl tweets the next and use both of these in your speeches?! Good lord. The longer you resist the urges, the worse they become. He dances in circles around you. Sleepless nights. Scattered sheets and unfinished drafts. Smoke breaks across the campus. Joints rolled with thin paper you bum from the art department, you sit blowing plumes at each other one orange afternoon. He reveals himself in delicate slices - a flash of a tattoo on his taut abdomen, soft voiced calls to his mother, Heroin by Velvet Underground playing from his tinny earphones.
7. He's dissatisfied - there's some verve and rawness that's missing from your stage presence. you're not emoting enough. He jokingly wonders what the cause might be - the lack of sleep, or the lack of sleeping together? Wait, you haven't had sex in months? There it is.
8. He says that sex sells. In order to convince the audience, you need to have seduce them with your mind.
Prove it, you say.
9. He finds May I Feel by e.e cummings and decides to walk around you as you take turns to recite it. By the fifth line, you've had enough. His knees are behind to yours, his skin branding into your stockings. He places his fucking mouth close, so close to your ear - warm enough to entice you with the possibility of a kiss, but instead he takes it away just as swiftly.
10. "let's go said he
not too far said she
what's too far said he
where you are said she" (side note - I recommend listening to the Tom Hiddleston version of the poem!)
You laugh, because it's so bitterly on the nose. He wonders aloud if he's really too far - too far away from you, that is.
His first kiss is like a wine tasting. He sips and nibbles your lips, sweetly parting it with his inquiring tongue. His fingers snake across your body, a low laugh caught in his throat when his hands brush your guilty nipples. Dilated pupils, and filthy promises. His kisses are poisonous, intoxicating.
11. Rutting mindlessly over his desk. Panting, whining in back seat of your car. Wet kisses in a darkened theatre. Hand jobs in the library, leaving the both of you a shivering mess. He is relentless, rendering you feverish for more. He refuses to have sex until he's satisfied his desire to explore you enough.
12. You try to take matters into your own hands and dress in a tiny skirt, with the smallest scrap of lace covering your soaking cunt. You end up over his lap, his handprints still warm on your back.
13. He worships you. He spits in your mouth. He ties your hands to the bedframe. He calls you sweetheart, baby, my darling. He doesn't stop edging you. He makes you read poems and eats you out, with the threat of stopping if you stutter even a little. He makes you think, he makes you dream, he makes you laugh.
14. You don't care about the debate anymore.
oh my god this was so lovely!! love when u guys leave me blurbs like this to read i feel like I’m the one getting bedtime stories for change. you have such a vivid and imagery way of writing it’s so beautiful. the prose is so delicate and effective; i can so clearly Feel and See the moment. i especially love ‘his first kiss is like a wine tasting’ and ‘you sit blowing plumes at each other one orange afternoon’. get on tumblr mama start writing there’ll be a spot opening up soon✊
although this is a lot more professor!matty than tutor!au🕺 (the tutor!au staples are weird loser virgin nerd with cool popular bitchy experienced girl) you actually kinda knocked it out of the park for professor like yeah that guy is making her read poetry while eating her out. yes ofc they’re making out on his desk. well yeah he’s debating you and only getting you more worked up for him
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silvercity-yir · 7 months
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Some TMNT07 miscellaneous HEADCANONS THAT I LIKE TO THINK OF
This ends up a bit long. Also, english is not my mothertounge language so, there may be errors of grammars here and there.
Anyway, Some of prev hc of 07!turtles are here. Some of them may be ooc so just look away from this post. I just think that they deserve to be goofy
Leo
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While he is the ghost of the jungle, he has his own fair share encounter of ghosts as well. Many of them caused him to get a fever the next morning.
One of the 'encounters' is him accidentally called out for it, other times is chase it, other time is that he picked an unusual stench(he should've ignored it) and questions it. Although he redeems himself from jabbing the supernatural encounter by meditating at night for 3 weeks.
When he tells his 'ghost story' to his brothers and splinter, he has a smug face that annoys Donnie and Raph(with affection) but when Splinter ask him 'Ah, my son, do you experience any after effect the next morning'
Beloved eldest brother cannot - No, he must never lie to his father - Never -
Leo: ...I got a fever the next morning...and it's hard to sleep even if I'm really exhausted...
Donnie: Smug ghost
Raph: Ironic fearless
Mikey: ghost of the jungle being ghosted
Splinter: Even a ghost must learn to recognise its own pride
Leo: Alright, alright, I'm sorry, sorry, I thought it was just dumb local kids pranks that's why I respond. Also, If it were you 3, I'll have you all set up as a sacrifice(bait) for the ghost if we are in a haunted situation
Raph, Mikey and Donnie: Love to see you try, Ghost 👻
He is fond of sharp stuff since he takes good care of swords and other sharp object mechanical parts and etc. For example, he sharp pencil until it's really sharp, every night he make sure that his blades are clean from remains stuck on it.
For that he is in charge of their metal weapon such as fixing broken swords, sometimes Raph sai, he even makes chain but he enjoys keeping them from rusting rather making it.
Also due to his fondness of sharp stuff, he bought kitchen knives straight from the shop, it cause Donatello to transform into mamatello
Donnie: LEONARDO!
Leo: *from his room*oh no, it's mamatello.
He occasionally forgets the name of certain technology products so he refers to them as it and may have forgotten some of their form
Leo: Is the tv really this big? Did it get bigger?
Raph: No it aint, you just shrunk, bro. Remote.
Leo: ..Wha..Oh*picks up the remote* this black thing plastic thing is it?
Raph: I say man 🤦
Silly time aside, Leo is the one who often does solo night patrol when other are busy or asleep.
In the comics of prequel movie, he has killed people, sometimes he wants too far as in broken arms, legs and bloody head and face for the thugs, he doesn't kill them just cause some serious concussion.
He and Raph both can be absorbed in the thrills of battle, only Leo tends to go overboard sometimes upon returning from central america.
Leo reads a lot about the stars, minerals and plants after the movie, he still reads strategy books like Sun Tzu art of war.
I hc that he can write poems, and haiku after his training. fight me
He is fluent in japanese, he picked up on some spanish but he is able to read it well, just not speaking in spanish.
Raph
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I hc that he comes clean with everyone about him being nightwatcher after the whole winter thing. He even bowed apologetically to everyone in the dojo
Don and splinter had their suspicious but Don interrogates him how he snuck in and out of the lair.
Mikey on the other hand felt like an idiot for not recognizing his own brother based on the news and rumors that seem so related to one of them. He was shocked for 3 days.
After 3 days, Raph offers Mikey a ride on his bike donning night watchers helmet and a red motorcycle suit for Raph and Mikey an orange one suit and helmet. He wants to make up for his abscence despite being at home. They both had but Raph won't allow Mikey to ride on his bike unless if it's emergency
He paint his nightwatcher bike in red.
Ever since he bacame Nighwatcher, he became a vehicle expert it's mostly on his bike to take care of but he learns other vehicles in order to sabotage a gangs dirty job.
He is also super stealthy, won't see him coming.
Him being Nightwatcher has also made him to remember all the routes in the city, every road and every rooftop.
The others sometimes would tease about him being Nightwatcher. As a friendly sibling joke
Leo: Hey Raph, do you think you have a fanclub for Nightprince? Any admirers?
Raph: No, and if it did I'll run away from them. And it's Nightwatcher.
Donnie: But you're not nightwatcher anymore, you're Raphael, a grumpy sleepy snappy turtle.
Mikey: Haha, grumpy sleepy snappy turtle. Still, no jetpacks?
Raph: Obviously no, that's an offense to all our stealth training. I only have my bike and that's enough.
Donnie: Ah, yes of course your true love
The 3 of them are chased by Raph
It is Raph that started to call Donnie, Mamatello, To him Donnie became 'bossy' but still cares and worry for the well being of others in Leo's abscence and it still stays with him even after his return.
He also has convinced Leo to 'join' him because sometimes he feels like Donnie would became an Aunty-tello after his day job, and that is worse esppecially when he's mad.
Leo: What's in it for me?
Raph: He can sop bugging us about both of us not havin a job. I'll think of a day job that works for all 4 of us.
Leo: I do miss our geeky dorky brother being a geeky dorky brother. I'm proud that he's grown up but he's so...(irritated grumble) I'm in
Raph: Alright, we'll start by giving father extra cakes in silent
Leo: Wha...0_0
Leo went along with him anyway.
But Leo and Raph had a great time bonding and spendy their mundane free time
Raph may not look like it but he really is thinking of a job for all 4 of them
Raph just miss the old days because he actually miss the time they spend togeher.
When they go out on patrol, He is the most shocked towards Leo's violent impulse that he froze and is hesitant to intervene.
Luckily he was able to snap Leo out of it
Raph himself is too a battle maniac as mikey calls him and Leo but as nightwatcher he exercise some restraints.
Donnie akamamatello
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Since he works from home, he sometimes cleans up the lair except for Raph's room because he sleeps all day with the door locked(or so he thought)
Since he works from home, makes him the 'leader' of the lair.
His job had him mentally drained because he's dealing with karens and boneheads every day, it drives him insane.
Poor harwoking turtle became sleep deprived, and if he does sleep, he dreams about a working his job without encountering any karens it's so peaceful until he wakes up
I like to hc that deep down he despise both Raph and Leo for just leaving him and Mikey by themselves to take care of the lair.
He can take care of the technological needs of the lair but it's difficult when he and Mikey are the ones that handle it when their father's health need to taken care of
He vents out all his frustration by training with his bo staff in the dojo
Donnie dosen't mind being called mamatello(who else has been managing the lair, splinter is getting old dude) He is proud of it too, because he discovered that there is something he can manage but if one of them calls him while their on a battle or etc. There's hell to pay.
I like to think that when he and Mikey have saved enough money for months they buy medical equipments and technologies, They sill have enough for grocery.
Sometimes he call on his brothers conducts a checkup but really he wants to test their equipment, he is so excited to use such fancy equipment bare with him
Example, Donnie: Raph, Mikey, Leo! X-ray come on all of us! I already test it on dad, It's all of you guys turns now.
Leo: He sounds...happy..
Mikey: Don's just happy we get to buy a new medical tech beside I won't be alone for the checkup.
Raph: Well, better than scolding us for some unfinished chores
Leo: Or buying kitchen knives.
Raph: Nah, I think you deserve that. Wtf, man?
Donnie: Hurry up!
In their nights of keeping the city safe as a brothers together, it's up to he 3 of them to exercise restraint on Leo, making sure that he dosen't accidently kill a thug.
Donnie is little afraid and worried of his eldest brother violent but he will do what he can to keep it in check with Raph and Mikey too.
Mikey
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When he decide to quit being cowabunga Carl, he and Donnie come up with a plan to let Raph and Leo experience the horror of birthday parties for 2 weeks after that he works for 1 week before quitting completely.
It's mosly to compensate their absence and boy he enjoys it listening to their reactions from his headset.
Surprised at Raph's ability to adapt with the kids with a monotonous voice and Leo scolding the kids behind the parents back when he had the chance(it's rare don't worry), Both of them a one poin accidently knocked out a kid in the process.
Mikey: How's your job, fearless?
Leo: One of them were holding markers like their gonna stab me. They look like Chucky. It's annoying.
Mikey: *wheezing* Chucky. You're so mean
Mikey: Having fun, Raphie?
Raph: I didn't mean to knock that kid out, they're having fun.
Mikey: Dude, why
Raph: I didn't mean it
Since the 2 weeks of their shift, the kids stop slamming Mikey so hard due to Leo's shift, he scold some of the kids for slamming him when the adults are not seen somewhere.
He thanks Leo for that but that alone dosen't make up for his abscence.
I hc that he was frustrated when Leo stopped writing letters to them, when he didn't come home when his training period has ended.
Mikey opens up his frustration to Donnie and Splinter who empathise him, Raph at the time brushes him off by saying that he wants to stay in his room.
He has so much to tell him, he wants to lean on to Leo after his day job(back when he can enjoy it) like the youngest brother he is.
Yet, he wants to be angry at Leo but he distracts himself by focusing on his job Cowabunga Carl and be a goofball when he's back at the lair to rest before he continues the job the next day.
Having Leo to tell him about his journey is one way
Sometimes he handled the lairs technical issues by himself thanks to his observations on Donnie doing it while he explained to him. In return, he dragged Raph or Leo or both of them with him.
He has a diary in which he writes the name of the parent who scolded their kid for slamming him, he is very grateful to them, they are angels.
In their patrol when they are beating up bad guys and Leo would lose himself in the thrill of battle, Mikey was the first turtle to immediately stop restraint him from killing and Leo immediately snaps to reality.
Mikey: Yo, you nearly killed that punk! Sure their bastards acting all tough and harming folks but we don't kill them, we stop them! It's what we do, remember? Let the police and court, I guess to them.
Leo: ...Yeah...You're right, Mikey, Thanks, little bro.
Mikey: Your welcome, It's my job. come on let's give this to the police
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devotionsposts · 2 years
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Hestia offerings/ ways of worshiping her 🧡🔥
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Hestia’s energy is very different from any deity i’ve worked with, there’s not a lot of information about her so i though i’d share things i’ve learned from working with her!
offerings
CANDLES!! Hestia is goddess of the hearth and home, anything with fire, or symbols of fire she absolutely loves :)
in addition to cooking in her honor, i always will offer her a part of my meal before i take my first bite!
light a candle or fire for her while you’re eating, doing house work, or just reading! again she loves candles :)
pictures of pets or family members!
She absolutely loves when i do crafts in her honor! painting is my favorite :)
i love reading poems about her, or just reading poems to her, i’ll write them too sometimes and offer them to her!
share family story’s
keys! zeus in trusted her with the keys to Olympus, she also is in charge of the hearth for Olympus.
Crystals
AMETHYST!!! it’s a nice calming crystal put also a protective crystal, it seemed to be her favorite! ( fun fact i got a nose piercing with an amethyst stud to honor her everyday 💜 )
carnelian
goldstone
garnet
quartz
Colors
orange
red
gold
while
lavender
maroon
Devotional acts
cooking in her honor! when i first started working with her i walked into my kitchen one morning and there was a perfectly brand new cupcake pan, i asked my parents and they both said they didn’t buy it, in fact they had no clue where it even came from! then and there i knew it was hestia trying to get me to bake and cook more! even if you cook something super simple, she’ll still be so happy you’re doing it in her honor!
donate or volunteer with/to the homeless
food drives
donate to your local women’s shelter/ volunteer
taking care of yourself is also a great way to honor hestia or any deity really, they love to see us make sure that our needs are met and that we’re living the best life we can
making your room your safe space! She’s all about comfort, having a place where you can relax and feel comfortable!
host a house party with your closest friends and family
bonfire nights!!!
watch your favorite movies in her honor
Lessons i’ve learned
it’s okay to miss home
crying is sometimes needed to help you find what you’re searching for
just because it’s a house or place to live doesn’t mean it’s home.
set boundaries in your comfort space and in life
That’s all for now!! i probably will be updating this the more and more i work with her, but if you have any questions or want to know more my asks are open! ( i think )
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aleprouswitch · 8 months
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I was 13 years old and in the 8th grade when 09/11 happened. That morning I was in my homeroom class and one of my classmates was celebrating her 13th birthday that day. Everything was about her birthday until my teacher turned on the TV. At first, I had no idea what I was looking at - I thought it was a scene from an action movie. My teacher then stated that an airplane had hit one of the twin towers in New York City. None of us really knew what to think.
The second plane hit while we were changing classes. When I got to my social studies class, our teacher had her TV on and told us what had just happened, and that's when the towers crumbled. Even the goofiest of class clowns knew that something horrible was happening. I remember our teacher saying to us in a very stern voice, "this is your history lesson for today".
A short time later, I saw the head principal running down the hallway screaming and crying. A third plane had just hit the Pentagon and her daughter worked in the Pentagon, therefore she thought her daughter was dead. Thankfully, we later found out that her daughter survived and was unharmed. The rest of the school day was a just a giant blur - the only other thing I remember is getting a letter to take home to my mom explaining that the school wouldn't be closing.
In the weeks that followed, faculty and staff of our middle school made us do these overly patriotic acts like writing poems about America and attending assemblies wearing flag pins. Even at age 13, I was rebellious and quite a bit of a skeptic. I didn't feel patriotic at all. Part of me felt like the attacks were a reaction to how we had been bombing and controlling other countries for decades. My school had already been forcing us to recite the Pledge of Allegiance every morning since I started attending. I was forced to do even more now.
Being a "bright kid" and a straight-A student did not stop me from being subversive. I was young and angry and I rebelled in subtle ways. Years went by and I turned into a Marxist and then softened up a bit into a Socialist. Part of me still feels the way I did back when I was 13, that this country has never been that great and that the 9/11 attacks were partially a "fuck around and find out" situation. Of course, It's horrible that so many people died and acts of terrorism are undeniably wrong, but the United States as a country has done so many evil things around the world that something eventually was going to come back and bite us.
Freedom of thought is being more and more threatened in this country every day. We have continued to slide down the Democracy Index with a classification of "flawed democracy", and part of me worries how much longer we'll keep sliding before we wind up in some kind of hackneyed authoritarian rule. What happened on January 6, 2021 is proof enough that bigots and fascists in this country are willing to help their Orange Idol attempt a coup. I'm fearful of what next year's election cycle is going to bring.
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