◆ victory star.

[ independent stargazer from path to nowhere blog, by chou. ] from the day i became aware of my power, to the day i was condemned as a heretic, till now, i have never felt alone. 

[ragingsands]

Alright, so.

I'm gonna be out with it.

I don't have a writing muse at the moment, nor do I feel motivated to stick around and it's not because of anyone, but rather, I don't feel a sense of connection with Tumblr in general anymore. I still love Stargazer and Anarkia very much and I've been wrestling with this thought, so I hope that gives any indication that I'd like to stick around.

What I decided to do is put everything on hold. Anarkia, this blog, ragingsands, is going to be on a full hiatus.

If I still feel this way after Eid (which is late April), there's a chance I might just deactivate and move Anarkia to my multimuse.

If it helps to understand a bit more why I made this decision, my life has seen a bit more development in recent weeks and I foresee myself spending more time with my family for at least until June-July (unwillingly, due to religious and family reasons) which is a source of stress for me.

In the meantime, please find me at @lastgenesis or my personal blog. Feel free to dm here or my multimuse if you want my Twitter!

Love you, and take care.

[ragingsands]

*taps the mic*

if you like and praise anarkia's new skin, please understand how fetishising and orientalist it is and i hate it

i hate it with every fiber of my being

they wrote her so good with her folklore being so obscurely arabic and then put her in an "egyptian goddess" costume and basically perceiving arab culture as monolith

big aisno L

*drops mic so everyone hears the feedback*

[ragingsands]

memeposting for once but anarkia mood-

[derangedrhythms]

Halina Poświatowska, from ‘Indeed I love’, tr. Maya Peretz

[palominojacoby]

Shir haShirim (Song of Songs)

[nemfrog]

The Sun and the Earth, above, at the Northern Spring equinox. View of the seasons (in) addition to the signs of the zodiac. 1851. Detail.

[rpmemes-galore]

i’m so WEAK™ for hurt/comfort threads and i need 84049612 of them

[lily-musings]

I have returned to you                     but I have not brought with me                                                     the blueness of my soul                                                     nor the greenness of reproach                                                     nor the blackness of dawn                                                     nor the whiteness of drowsiness                     therefore,                                                     have I not returned to you?

[derangedrhythms]

Darkness is serious. 

Euripides, from ‘Bakkhai’, tr. Anne Carson

[primulaceas]

Mary Oliver, “What Was Once the Largest Shopping Center in Northern Ohio Was Built Where There Had Been a Pond I Used to Visit Every Summer Afternoon.” Why I Wake Early

[tinyghosts]

“Grief will keep you reaching back / for what is not there”

— Adrianne Kalfopoulou, “Poem in Pieces, a Log,” A History of Too Much (via catmint1)

[rockinrpmemes]

Handy dandy chart to tell the difference if you don’t know:

CHARACTER BEING NORMAL:

Playful flirting.

Flirting that goes “nowhere,” since the muse uses their prowess to trap and trick.

Their muse saying they want/like your muse.

Their muse complimenting and coming onto your muse.

Getting rejected from advances, and BOTH muses reacting IC.

Muses that use terms of endearment like: “honey”, “baby”, “sweetie”, “kitten”, “darling”…

A sexual or flirtatious muse being sexual or flirtatious with everyone/your muse.

Any N.SFW character being N.SFW.

Communication. IE: Their mun tells you in PMs they’re 100% ok with your muse not returning feelings/attraction, and asking you to tell them when to stop.

CHARACTER ( MUN ) FORCING A SHIP:

Nonstop romantic/sexualized attention from their muse even when you told their mun: “NO.”

Telling the mun that their muse is dating/is family of their muse when you don’t even know each other, let alone never asking permission.

Hardcore Fanon or Canon shippers that believe because THEY ship “the thing,” you better too, or else no one will rp with you, so you give in ( even if you don’t ship it ) just to have rps.

Spreading foul rumors and lies about the mun who won’t ship with you in order to ruin their reputation and cancel them in the rpc because: “if I can’t have them, no one will.” 

Muns that project through their muse onto you as if it’s your responsibility to satisfy their weird personal fantasies, or else.

Sending creepy, sexual anons even though the mun never answers them, and has tried blocking you.

WHAT GETS CONFUSING:

When a muse flirts back, and acts as if they want the romantic advances of the other muse—then suddenly the mun posts passive-aggressive ooc posts on their dash about being uncomfortable with X and Z, shaming you publicly.

Dropping a ship out of nowhere, then coming back later because the mun is bored and wants the ship after all, but then drops it all over again.

Muns that don’t communicate in general; you can’t accuse people of forcing anything unless you post in your rules, or tell your partner you don’t approve of the interaction. NO ONE here is a mind-reader! 

It’s your own responsibility to set clear, verbal boundaries.

[ragingsands]

Ramadan got hands. Starting to think I might have to put an official pause on writing orz.

[derangedrhythms]

[...] the calamitous advance of the sun.

Cormac McCarthy, from 'Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West'

[rpdepartment]

                                come forth and ᴋɪʟʟ ᴍᴇ                          bow down and ᴡᴏʀsʜɪᴘ ᴍᴇ take your time, 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢

[ragingsands]

updated anarkia's rules & profile link to a google doc on my pinned!

[loisnclark]

𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐞 !

    do   you   want   a   certain   kind   of   ship   with   my   muse  ?   check   out   the   key   below   &   send   me   a   symbol   to   tell   me   what   kind   of   ship   you   want   !     note  :    my   muse   =   blog   owner’s   muse     /     your   muse   =   sender’s   muses

romantic relationships !

💘  friends to lovers ❣️  enemies to lovers 💜  love at first sight 💙  slow burn 💚  skinny love 💔  exes to lovers again 🖤  on again , off again

familial relationships !

🌼  older sibling 🌺  younger sibling 👭  twins 🌻  friends like siblings 🍃  cousins 🌵  parental

friend relationships !

☀️   best friends 🌦   enemies to friends 🌈   friends since childhood  ⛅️  friends of circumstance  ☁️  school friends  🌩  friends from traumatic experiences

enemy relationships !

🔪   friends to enemies 💣   stole something from my muse 🔦   stole something from your muse 🗡   bullied my muse 🔫   bullied your muse ⚔️   family feud 🛠   fueds between mutual friends ❌   guilty by association