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Anoia, goddess of lost causes.
Restyle of my post from last year here. Happy Glorious 25th of May!
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Anoia, goddess of lost causes.
Restyle of my post from last year here. Happy Glorious 25th of May!
Calle de l'Alba, Vallbona d'Anoia, Barcelona, Catalonia.
So I have some potentially big news, at least in my world: After over a year of desperately longing for something I thought impossible, I am now on the waiting list for a ticket to the Discworld Convention!!!!!*
This happened about this time yesterday, and I still haven’t fully absorbed this information. I have yet to think one complete coherent thought, because my thoughts keep being interrupted by new ones. Last night I was too excited to sleep, and, as you might expect, the lack of sleep isn’t helping matters. And while I’m thrilled by this, I’m also kind of in a state of “oh no, there’s so much to figure out and do and so little time!”, including several sewing projects, especially my scaled up to adult size reproduction of an 18th century pocket in the collections of the V&A, because if I’m going to Birmingham for the convention, I’ll have to go to the V&A.** I’m afraid of getting my hopes up, but 🤞.
Rattle your drawers for me!
*Yes, five exclamation points is a sure sign of an insane mind, but in my defense, reread the part before the five exclamation points. **This project has reached a surprising and ungodly extent of procrastination.
Prelims
Fandom: Discworld
The four with the most votes will move to the next round
Bilious, the Oh God of Hangovers
Azrael
The Auditors of Reality
Offler the Crocodile God
The Lady
Anoia
Death of Rats
God of Evoloution
Nuggan
The Great God Om
Characters' info under the cut
Rattle your drawers - it's poll time!
I pray to Anoia (it works)
I pray to Anoia (it doesn't work)
I don't pray to Anoia
what the FUCK is everyone talking about
(Note: in the Discworld series, Anoia is the goddess of Things Which Are Stuck In Drawers.)
Me, struggling to open a kitchen drawer with something stuck in it: Ugh. ... Anoia, could you please unstick this for me --
(it comes loose)
Me: Ah, yes, thank you.
Me:
Me: Praise be unto Anoia!
I tried to rearrange things to close a drawer several times and when a new and different utensil jammed it, I yelled “Anoia!” like she was a regular part of my belief system.
Anoia is an actual Goddess, and not a Patron Saint, but I really wanted to draw her.
Anoia is the Goddess of Things That Get Stuck in Drawers, a minor goddess on the Discworld (by Terry Pratchett - and if you don't know who he is, you should read his books! You can start with Small Gods -it is a standalone in the Discworld world. Or Guards! Guards! is another good choice).
When someone rattles a drawer and cries "How can it close on the damned thing but not open with it? Who bought this? Do we ever use it?", even though the person might be genuinely irritated or even exasperated, it is as praise unto Anoia. Faithful Anoians (worshippers of Anoia) purposefully rattle their drawers and complain every day. Anoia also finds objects that roll under other objects and things stuck in sofa cushions, and is considering handling stuck zippers. She eats corkscrews. Her name is clearly derived from "annoy".
Anoia she was formerly the volcano goddess Lela. She mentions that she has not been in her current position long, but what constitutes a long time to a god is unclear.
Anoia is the Goddess of Things That Get Stuck in Drawers, a minor goddess on the Discworld. When someone rattles a drawer and cries "How can
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