This is my personal blog, where I infrequently post about stuff and things. I am transgender, and a witch, and I will talk about those things probably more than anything else.
I'm trying to be more open about my witchcraft. Coming out of the Broom Closet, as it were. I'd like to share some photos of parts of my journey so far, and share a little bit about what witchcraft is to me.
More pics and discussion below the cut.
Last Yule, that is the one in 2023, I was given a black book and white gel pens. I decided to use it as my Grimoire. I intended it to be a journal and workbook for witchcraft, as I was mildly interested in the topic. For the first half of the year, I did a little bit with it, but not all that much. The book sat on my regular bookshelf until around July, 2024, when I put up a shelf that would become my altar.
This simple shelf would become my altar, more pics of which are seen below. Since July, I have filled out most of this black book, which has officially become my Grimoire, and is only a few pages away from being filled up.
It contains my interpretations of my favorite tarot spreads.
It contains records of my various spells that I have cast since starting my journey, a few of which are spell jars.
And one of which was a brand new spell I created, which I cast under the Beaver Moon. See the first image in this post, and this one:
All the while, I have been collecting spell components, reagents, fun trinkets, charms, gems, crystals, and books. Now, my altar looks like this:
That spray bottle there is moon water. I use it to spritz my terrariums throughout the house, and various other moon water needs.
I am super proud of the witchy progress I have made this year, and want to show everyone what I have accomplished. I now consider myself to be an Eclectic Witch, and I try to practice a little witchcraft every day, and am most of the time successful.
To all the Tumblr witches, let me know what you think of all of this! I'd love to discuss my journey, and will answer any questions you'd like to ask. Ask me anything!!!
A special thanks to all of those that gave advice to me throughout the year, and to all of those that post informative stuff about witchcraft on their own blogs. I have used info from a lot of various tumblr posts. Thank you so much!
the crystal braves arc is imo so frustratingly full of untapped narrative potential. what does it say about the scions that they, despite being a progressive-minded organization that eschews noninterventionist tradition and policy to accomplish its goals, are still subject to the pitfalls of sharlayan cultural self-perception wherein they believe themselves to be the ideal arbiters of peace? what does it say that this teenage boy is essentially uplifted and treated as the second coming of his grandfather to the point of their organization’s adult leader deferring to his authority to an incredibly irresponsible degree? why are subsequent references to the conclusion of this arc almost entirely to do with said teenage boy’s hubris and nothing to do with the environmental and cultural circumstances that not only tolerated but actively encouraged the development of this mindset? anybody else remember how the age of majority in sharlayan is 16
unfortunately i dont think its queerbaiting if the creator is just so terminally heterosexual that they never remotely considered the same gender relationship their show is centered around could be read as romantic. it is deeply painful however.
By definition you can't accidentally queerbait. Queerbaiting is specifically using a same sex pair from the show to market the show to queer audiences with no intention of ever following through on a romantic relationship.
There is officially licensed Destiel merch signed off on by Kripke. Teen Wolf had a commercial with the actors for Derek and Stiles draped over each other talking about being "on a ship." Both shows actively used scenes between them as marketing while actively mocking fans for wanting them together. Sherlock has multiple characters refer to Johnlock as a couple, including characters we're supposed to believe are never wrong about human behavior and pushed those scenes in marketing. Then they acted insulted when fans saw them as a couple.
That's queerbaiting.
Done on accident it would just be queer subtext. Done because they had no other choice due to censorship is queer coding.
The specific meaning of the word is really starting to get lost and it's a pretty important one to keep accurate. It describes a very specific phenomenon that was done repeatedly and maliciously for decades and is meant to examine that specifically.
Doing it on accident sucks, but it isn't a tactic of capitalism intentionally intended to suppress queer representation while making money from queer fans.
Guy: Yeah I’m, I’m just gonna put this out into the world: I need you to drive, like you got in your car on purpose. Drive like you’ve got somewhere to be, because I do, and I’m behind you! I don’t know how I always get stuck behind the person that’s like. *impression* “That cloud kinda looks like.....looks like a rabbit!” “I do believe....that meadow is full of daffodils!”
*cracking up* Okay, here’s the problem, is I was mad at that guy, and now that I’m doing an impression of him I kinda think he’s adorable and I like him. I like him now. It’s a very unique way to defuse my own road rage. I don’t know what kind of mental illness I have, but it’s fun.
I've been thinking about this video non-stop for months, but do you know what just occurred to me? This is actually a great example of mindfulness, expression, and self-modulation.
Instead of bottling it or lashing out, he took the time to stop in a quiet place to process an upsetting event. He validated his anger, and stated he felt his needs were going unmet. He then humanized the person who upset him, and considered their intentions. He then found perspective on the event and his own emotions. This then genuinely calmed him down.
Those are all therapy skills being used in real time! Which, like, I don't think people talk about enough. Part of the human experience is getting angry about stupid things. Feelings can't be permanently bottled or unleashed full force on the spot. You need to process it, and take the time to see the bigger picture.
PLD: Man fuck this Roegadyn, biggest asshole in all of Ul'dah.
WAR: Man fuck this unyielding rage, I got a partner to protect.
DRK: Man fuck Ishgard, biggest assholes in all of Coerthas.
GNB: Man fuck the Garleans, especially that Sephiroth wannabe...biggest asshole in all of Garlemald now that Asahi is dead.
MNK: Man fuck Gridania, biggest assholes in all of the Shroud.
DRG: Man fuck Ishgard, biggest assholes in all of Dravania
NIN: Man I'd fuck this Crow guy, but he's a loveable asshole.
SAM: Man fuck the Sekiseigumi, biggest assholes in all of Kugane.
RPR: Man Emet-Selch really just trolled this guy leading to generational trauma. Biggest asshole in Elpis.
WHM: Man FUCK the Padjal, biggest assholes literally anywhere.
SCH: Lets help this guy fuck this tonberry.
AST: Man fuck Sharlayan and Ishgard, biggest assholes ever.
SGE: No, seriously, FUCK. SHARLAYAN.
BRD: No, serously, FUCK. GRIDANIA.
MCH: No, seriously, FUCK. ISHGARD.
DNC: Man, fuck cringe, embrace it, expel it and look cute doing it.
BLM: Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, YOU'RE COOL! AND FUCK YOU I'M OUT!
SMN: Man fuck Allag, ruining everything for everyone.
RDM: Would you care to fuck this catman?
BLU: FUCK THIS IM OU--*BOOM*
Pretty sure thats been everyones reaction to moogles in Final Fantasy XIV ever. Here's a moogle. They're small. They're cute. They're furry. And they piss off everyone in a 50 malm radius
There were some things that didn't fit on the first sketch page (and I had *a lot* of people asking for the extras) so I wanted to try and get some of these out before I moved on to other headcanons about teens/adults.
I also kinda wanna toss up some for other races too :eyes:
I wanted to take a break from Miqo'te -because I have enough ideas for like 5 pages hfdjfs - and play around with Viera a little! As always these are just general HCs I think are fun, so I hope you'll like them too ✨