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starswallowingsea · 1 year

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yes give me the tatsumi rant

god okay so like we know Tatsumi is Christian it's a pretty important part of his character that he is like in his first feature scout story he mentions that he wanted to wear his father's vestments but was scolded for it because they are something that you have to be serious about like this is the most obvious thing anyone would know by looking at Tatsumi.

HOWEVERRRRRR since a lot of Western fans only really think of Christianity as like. Southern Baptist/Mormonism/Jehovah's Witnesses/Extreme Catholicism and like yeahhhhhh those sects are not Great but that's not all there is to Christianity as a religion. I went to an Episcopal service a few weeks ago and it was very fascinating how different it was to the Southern Baptist youth group I attended as a child. But Tatsumi does not follow any sort of American Protestant denomination because he doesn't fucking live here. He's a religious minority in his own country holy fucking shit.

Anyway there is ample evidence within even what has been officially translated that Tatsumi is a chill guy. In the current gacha story Ushimairi pt. 2 we get to see his first interactions with Koga right after moving in and he's literally.

They're chill!!! They're chill and they get along just fine. Koga asks about if Tatsumi thinks dogs are dirty because of his religion right after this and Tatsumi explains that it was because of the historical context and that stray dogs had rabies which is a completely valid reason to not want to like. Interact with dogs, but it's completely fine now because most dogs aren't walking around with rabies!!!

He's also stated that he believes he's going to hell before and that he's accepted that fact but he still believes in God anyway (and he has a conflict of faith later on where he debates if he even still believes or not). He would not be a bigot he wants to accept everyone as they are that's literally why he had the fucking revolution at Reimei over his belief in equality. Goes insane.

Anyway I haven't read most Tatsumi stories I stated in my last post I do not actually care about him all that much because he doesn't appeal to me as a character but mischaracterization on this level drives me up the wall like we are not reading the same stories we are not playing the same game clearly.

#message in a bottle #zodiacs-labyrinth #enstars #ensemble stars #tatsumi kazehaya #i dont have more screenshots either bc i cant be assed but i went and grabbed the ones from the ox story rq #since i read that like. yesterday? so its still fresh in my mind #i think touch of a feather is when he talks to aira and is like. well. i dont know if i believe in god #dont quote me on the specifics i dont exactly remember but i'm like 80% sure its in that event #anyway i'm doing my capstone on the anthropology of space in religious spaces specifically megachurches #and i can tell you right now. tatsumi is nothing like the people who lead megachurches #tatsumi is closer to taking vows of poverty than buying a third yacht

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emberglowfox · 4 months

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Its the year of the dragon! How does Zarian feel about it being his year?

he approves

#2066 is when the story takes place if it wasn’t clear 👍🏻#thank u for the ask sorry this took a few days #steelheart redux #zarian #arthur steele #my art #ask #gardenergulfie #when i was a kid and first found out abt the chinese zodiac i was sooooooooo mad i wasn’t born in the year of the dragon haha

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eliounora · 1 month

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for me some of the best art is those pieces that make me uncomfortable, like when it shows the gross and nasty parts of the world or shows me how privileged I am and shakes my core and makes me think. it should always be evaluated whether a subject or theme was handled well and respectfully, but I find being potentially disturbing is an important function of art

#i'm trying to gather the courage to watch the horror film of 2023... may december #not quite there yet #nor's rambles #in my opinion a good work of fiction like this doesn't even have to be outright didactic #but if you can tell that there's some real sensationalising of the subject matter then it gets questionable #i really liked the film zodiac but i thought the scenes that showed the actual murders happening were a bit too much #when the actual scariest and most disturbing scene was the one with jake gyllenhaal in the potential killer's basement #like that actually required story-telling and skill to pull off #my favourite type of scary scene is character stuck in a small space with someone dangerous and human lurking in the shadows #like the basement scene in the silence of the lambs with clarice in the pitch black basement #EERIE!!!

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miniiieevee · 1 year

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throwing my gal fashionably late into the @kirbyoctournament since she’s been rotating in my head for quite some time ajsj

Name: Nebula Knight (she/her)

Notes on personality: an outgoing puffball who has a lot of passion into anything that is related to stars. She always has a smile on her face and whenever a challenge presents itself she doesn't hesitate to go for it and give it her all (read: “finally, a worthy opponent! our battle will be legendary!”).

(ref + more info under the cut)

Backstory and Lore: after teaming up with Galacta Knight to fight a threat on her native planet, she was inspired to train more and fight alongside him. She then became one of the Heroes of Yore and due to still not knowing everything about her powers, during one of their hardest fights, she completely lost control and turned into a corrupted version of herself that destroyed everything in its path.

The ancients planned on sealing her away since she was now in an irreversible state, and so they did. She had been trapped in the stars as a constellation ever since.

As time went by, her story as a warrior inspired a comic book series called "Benny's Intergalactic Adventures"

Eventually she does get freed, landing on Popstar. It's thanks to a wish made to a Galactic Nova from a Poppy Bros Jr. And their friend, who wished to meet the hero from their favorite stories, not knowing who the story was actually about.

#my art #kirby #kirby oc #kirby oc tournament #nebula knight #minidrawz #i just finished writing her story this morning and noticed this tournament still going so why not join in for fun :o #still gotta finish working on her zodiac forms ref so will probably post it alongside the one in here

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popomerrygamz · 6 months

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47. Rose Pearl.

Feel free to name him in the tags!

#Homestuck #Hiveswap #Fankid #Fantroll #Extended Zodiac Project #Fankid Encore #Sprites #Sprite edits #Sprite edit #Edits #Sprite #He pretends that he lost his leg from a shark bite but he just had regular cancer #The shark is a better story he says

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luckydicekirby · 1 month

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rpg speedruns that have step counts are so crazy that just does not seem fun to me. all rpg runs should be like ff9, where good movement will only get you so far avoiding encounters and the rest is up to god <3

#ff9 is such a charming speed run.#like two possible minor glitches and they are not that useful. game built like a steel trap for some reason #takes 9 hours trance will only ever hurt you there's a part where you have to be careful not to mash text too fast or it softlocks the game #actually my favorite rpg run is ff12 (non zodiac age) the technical skill and optimizations in that are insane.#i'm still bitter that since they got the cutscene remover working for ff10 they're never gonna do the full one in a gdq ever again #YES like 7 hours of that 10 hours are cutscenes. so WHAT. make everyone watch the full story of ff10!!!!!#and like it!!!!!!!

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feyringo · 7 months

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They make me so incredibly happy.

#wren chirps #ffxii zodiac age #the moogles eight #i go here after most story events or hunts and just watch them #whoever decided to give these moogles panda fur patterns? i love you specifically

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queen-shiba · 1 year

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I have a serious obsession and there is no saving me

#cat boys #sage lesath #leona kingscholar #Xin Guardians of the zodiac #guardians of the zodiac #twisted wonderland #twst #last legacy #otome guys #otome games #romance games #interactive stories

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tea-cat-arts · 1 year

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Forget MBTI types and Zodiac signs- who’s your favorite little chibi lad to play in Bustling Holiday Symphony?

#honkai impact #mine are Senti and Bronya #loving the new battle block theater update #god can we get whoever’s writing these events to write the main story #they’ve been delightful #reject canon. embrace whatever the fuck this AU has been #unrelated but mbti types are just zodiac signs for people pretending to be scientific. convince me otherwise

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literalite · 11 months

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keep eyes on the landslide wouldn't you pull me out?

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#hmmm....#ts4 #ts4 story #don't go where i can't follow #dgwicf #zodiac legacy challenge #gen 3 #araceli #luca #lilian #p #anyways i changed lilian's text colour to just plain gray because it was too similar to ari's #meant to be a grayish teal but whatever

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azure-cherie · 2 years

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Nakshatra's and birds through mythology and interpretation✨ :

✵𝗛𝗮𝗺𝘀𝗮/ 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮 / 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗻 🦢

Swan is the bird associated with Ashwini , Ardra , Purva Phalguni , Vishakha and Uttara Ashadha .

Swans are gracefully long-necked, heavy-bodied, big-footed birds that glide majestically when swimming and fly with slow wing beats and with necks outstretched Swans are birds of the family Anatidae within the genus Cygnus.

Mythology:

In Hindu tradition, swans, are noted for characteristics of discipline, stamina, grace, and beauty ,"The white swan," he clarifies " is mythologically represented as the vehicle or mount of Brahma the Creator. The sacred hansa, said to have the power of extracting only milk from a mixture of milk and water, is thus a symbol of spiritual discrimination. Symbolic for a spiritually advanced being who is capable of controlling the breath energy in such a way that he only absorbs pure vibrations from all the different energies the world contains.

The Hamsa is credited with the power of separating Soma from water (as later milk from water) in the Yajur Veda (Kataka, Maitrayani, Vajasneyi Samhitas and Taitriya Brahmana).The soma plant when crushed exudes the juice with a hissing sound. This is compared to the hissing of a swan when disturbed on the water (RV 1-65-5).

Hum indicates expiration or exhalation of breath while so indicates inspiration or inhalation of breath. Thus the word, Ham-so which eventually becomes Hamsa, is the embodiment of breadth which gives us life. Hamsa, the bird, is the physical manifestation of that thought; it symbolizes pran or the life-force whose movement into and out of the body generates life .When saints who are well versed in the Yogic techniques breathe in and out it sounds ‘Ham…… Sa…… ‘Ham…… Sa….’ leading to Soham+ He is I. , relating to the connection to the divine, in a way , the universe is within one itself . Great saints are called Parama hamsa. It means Supreme Swan.

Swans are believed to have laid cosmic eggs, from which the Gods were created. One of the earliest myths involves Brahma, the Hindu creator god, is said to have emerged from the cosmic egg laid by Hamsa, the swan-goose. When the egg hatches, the yolk and the white become Heaven and Earth. This is very similar to the myths of ancient Egypt, and the Great Cackler, a celestial goose. This goose, or an ibis-formed Thoth, god of the moon and of wisdom, lays a cosmic egg containing Re/Ra, the solar god whose heat creates the world.

Brahma the creator god and saraswati are mythologically shown with swan as their vahan or carrier animal. Varuna avoided Ravana by transforming himself to a swan and later gave a boon to the bird for his help and made him permanently white! Since Brahma has it as his Vahana the bird is also called Surapriya (Friend of the Devas). Lord Vishnu is also portrayed as riding swans in Hindu folklores.

Saraswati (Sanskrit: सरस्वती, IAST: Sarasvatī) is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech, wisdom, and learning. She is one of the Tridevi, along with the goddesses Lakshmi and Parvati. Saraswati. Mother goddess; goddess of knowledge, music, arts, speech, wisdom, learning and the Saraswati River . Saraswati does not adorn herself with flowers or jewels. She wears a white sari, thus rejecting the cosmetic pleasures of life. She is not associated with any fertility symbol or any emblem of power. She rides a swan, symbol of discernment and detachment. goddess Saraswati endows human beings with the powers of speech, wisdom, and learning. She has four hands representing four aspects of human personality in learning: mind, intellect, alertness, and ego.

Hamsa is associated with Holy Ganges and holy Lake Manasa Sarovar. It is one of the purest birds. Hamsa Gayatri confers the power of discretion on the person who recites it. Like that Hamsa separates the good things from the bad things, Water birds separate good water from the bad water. It has got a sieve like structure (lamellae) in its mouth which separates water from mud. Probably this is what lead to the belief that Swans can separate milk from water and drink only milk. This myth may be correspondent to the steam distillation method,. Milk is composed of many components like lactic acid, water, calcium and vitamins which are dissolved in water. Providing the controlled form of heating will evaporate the water, leaving the solutes suspended behind. What is possible is to concentrate the milk by evaporating a part of the water contained in milk. Bringing milk to a boil and allowing it to evaporate will remove water and make the milk more concentrated. This is how condensed milk is prepared. If you take this to an extreme, you will end up with “powdered milk”, which is a solid, which also shows the transformation attached to the natives .

Swans were seen to be maidens called Valkyries who swooped down to earth searching for the souls of brave dead warriors. In early mythologies, Valkyries were blood-soaked raven-goddesses who were seen in the battleground pecking on corpses. But later, they were romanticized as swan-maidens, who chose the bravest of warriors and took them to the abode of the gods, Valhalla. Romans associate swans with Apollo, the God of music, prophecy, and poetry. Also, some Irish poets used to wear swan feather cloaks. In Shamanism, the Shamans believed that the swans were the souls of traveling shamans. What’s more, female Shamans are called ‘swan’ in a few Native American languages. There is an Irish story – the tale of children of Lir, which features the storyline where children are transformed into swans. China, swans are often associated with fairies – pure souled mystical creatures who love to play a few tricks at times. In Japan, swans are symbolized as protectors, as mentioned in the legend where a swan from heaven descended in order to protect a young boy.

Symbolism:

🦢Dying swan’s song is considered by some Christians to be a reminder of Jesus on the cross and is associated with the spirit of Jesus.

🦢 symbolizes is feminine intuition. Swan spirit animals also guide you to follow your instincts.

🦢Their long necks resemble the ability to peek into the future and know beforehand what lies ahead.

🦢Undeniably that they symbolize grace and elegance.

🦢Swans’ big soft white wings are considered to be angelic. So, these birds are believed to have a spiritual meaning of an angel.

🦢Swan spirit animal enhances your creativity and fluidity. But at the same time, you’ll feel the unexplained urge to do everything perfectly even if the situation or work doesn’t demand it.

🦢A baby swan is called a cygnet and the word is very similar to Cygnus (Latin word for swan), which is a constellation. The star constellation is based on Queen Leda, who is ravished by Zeus, who visits her in the form of a swan. The union gives rise to Pollux and his half-brother Castor, which form the Gemini constellation. To have swan as a spirit animal means you are blessed by the celestial beings.

🦢 A woman’s gait is compared to the gait of a swan in Tamil (Aka.279) and Sanskrit literature.

🦢Swan transforms from small, ugly, and clumsy, into large, beautiful, and graceful. This swan power animal is all about transformation. It is also about being your ‘inner mate.’

🦢Only when you form a ‘close loving bond’ with yourself can you bond with others. The swan is regal, refined, loving, and a pure and royal emblem. Water, which is where all swans live, symbolizes emotions. That is why; swans are an emblem of sensitivity and love.

Interpretation through the Nakshatras :

❤︎ Ashwini :

Ashwini is denoted by the element of earth , with the Tri murthi association of Brahma i.e. to create , this represents the earthy desires to fulfill the life force by engaging into various activities A long neck allows a Swan to forage both on land and underwater. A swan with a short neck would need to get closer to land to forage in water and won't see as far out for predators as other swans, this represents the go getter mindset of the Ashwini natives and their urge to create the life they desire through their hard work .Swans are far stronger, and far more aggressive, than most people realize , they bite when provoked , the native can be kind and loving but will take the required action , if you offend them.

❤︎Ardra:

Ardra is denoted by the element of water, with the tri murthi association of shiva which represents dissolving / transformations. Represented as the star of sorrow, they undergo many transformations in their life, which can make them quite unstable . This can be denoted with the black swan, which is a symbolism of the protective power of romance, the joy and freedom felt in helping others as well as equality. It also stands for your deep inner mysteries that are desperate for a creative expression to be set free. It can also be associated with the swan song (Ancient Greek: κύκνειον ᾆσμα; Latin: carmen cygni) is a metaphorical phrase for a final gesture, effort, or performance given just before death or retirement. The phrase refers to an ancient belief that swans sing a beautiful song just before their death since they have been silent (or alternatively not so musical) for most of their lifetime. Swans learn a variety of sounds throughout their life time. Their sounds are more distinguishing during courting rituals and not correlated with death a swan only sings once, immediately before its death. Ardra natives thus have a life full of learning from experiences and fighting their way, struggling to finally become a beautiful song, an embodiment of wisdom and intuition. Swan song may not always mean the native will gain at the end of their life, it rather suggests the fruits after a harsh transformation period.

❤︎Purva Phalguni :

Purva Phalguni is denoted by the element of water, with tri murti association of Vishnu i.e preservation / maintenance, which represents beauty and abundance that stays for a long time. Swans are considered to be symbols of beauty, intuition, grace and luxury and are believed to have spiritual meaning of an angel, which clearly manifests in this Venusian nakshatra . Swans are known for their powerful pair-bonding and are held up as an example of monogamy, they’re not perfectly monogamous, nor do they always mate for life. It wouldn’t be very conducive to the survival of the species if all swans that lost their mate never bred again; after all, swans are eaten by a lot of different animals. A purva phalguni native is sensual and makes a great lover, they radiate , generiosity , prosperity, charisma , energy and creativity .

❤︎Vishakha :

Vishakha is denoted by the element of fire, with tri murthi association of Brahma i.e creation, which symbolizes holy fire and the power and energy to achieve .A hamsa is not limited by platform and boundaries. It is one of the rare creatures which can live on the land, live on the water as well as fly on the sky. The Hamsa is limitless and is not restricted to one medium alone, which represents the boundless nature of vishakha natives. Mother swans are extremely protective of their babies and are fiercely aggressive when someone tries to harm her cygnets; Vishakhas are very fiery, jovial and are the life of the party. They also exhibit the spiritual and religious spirit of swans.

❤︎Uttara Ashadha :

Uttara Ashadha is denoted by the element of Air, with tri murthi association of shiva which represents dissolving / transformations. These birds are very discplined and follow their day like a clock. They will wake up at the exact time every day, throughout their lives. Then they will follow the same routine throughout the day. They seldom break their routine unless of course their exists a pressing reason. These birds are very predictable in their timings, behaviors and day to day operations. The native is very hardworking and patient, they also possess leadership qualities .The native also becomes a humanitarian.

Representation in media:

1st picture : Natalie Portman , 2nd picture : Grace Kelly

𑁍Black swan starring Natalie Portman , she has moon in Purva Phalguni, mercury in Ardra ,Venus in Ardra and Lilith in vishakha , she overall portrayed the role of transformation in the movie with absolute perfection , denoting the turmoils and the ending with the swan song which was her last performance.

𑁍The swan starring Grace Kelly ,she has sun in Vishakha ,mars in Vishakha and descendent in Ashwini . In the movie she portrays the graceful , romantic , sensual and pure sides of the natives , mostly adorned with white attire .

The mythology and symbolism in this post is researched from Google , and the interpretations are done by me , you can have your own theories.

Thank you for reading 🥺💗

Have a great day/ night ✨.

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prettyboysdontlookatexplosions · 10 days

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the thing is as i may have mentioned before i'm usually not that animated by reading stuff as gay if it's just like............ nice. you know? like if it's just like two guys or two women who like each other a lot and are very affectionate towards each other, i mean depending on the context i may enjoy that as a ship, but it's not interesting to me as subtext, which is a different impulse. to find it an enriching reading of the actual text, as opposed merely a fun bonus to be silly about on the internet, the fact that these people are gay but no one's saying it like that has to be something that adds color to the portrait of what is wrong with them. so like: rayanne graff's entire Deal falls into a certain beautiful and compelling clarity if you consider she is gay and wants to fuck angela but can't and maybe can't even articulate that to herself. citizen kane, i'm not really ready to talk about this one still but iykyk. in zodiac - i mean, the actual and ultimate peak of this in the history of cinema? perhaps??? (no offense to heat @power-chords it's just that heat takes place over like a week while zodiac spans years like literally these men are being destroyed over the course of decades........). like in zodiac it's not just that robert downey jr. acts opposite every scene jake gyllenhaal so flirtatiously it's literally crazy, like sometimes when i'm lying awake at night wondering if zodiac was gay on purpose or by accident i think it has to be by accident because if rdj was doing that to be gay on purpose it's arguably borderline homophobic, it's that homophobia-induced self-repression makes jake gyllenhaal go so fucking insane he literally (maybe) solves the zodiac killings (which in itself is like i mean the whole Thing of the movie is a lack of closure so reading that thread as gay thematically reinforces what's going on in the rest of the plot which is that your entire life can be ruined forever by this thing you'll never actually be able to put into words or understand completely.......). anyway. all that is a long way of saying this is one of many reasons that succession was the greatest show of all time always and forever hallelujah amen.

#succession #it's a show where like even if no one is gay all the gay subtext still matters. you know?#like it was literally gay of ken to kill that waiter even if he wasn't being gay when he killed that waiter #i mean really that's all because it's a show that's like deeply engaged with cultural constructions of Manhood #which is so attached to heterosexuality you can't interrogate it without getting kind of gay #(this is also for the record the thing going on with citizen kane)#this is also all why the gayness of social network does not interest me the way zodiac does #well. also because zodiac is no offense 1 billionty thousand zillion times better As A Fucking Movie #but it's like... yeah mark and eduardo are exes. sure #but the story is the same whether they're friend exes or sex exes. u kno?

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