That’s what alchemists do. They show that, when we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.

No title available
Cosmic Funnies
Not today Justin
todays bird
RMH
ojovivo

Love Begins
wallacepolsom
YOU ARE THE REASON

titsay
PUT YOUR BEARD IN MY MOUTH
TVSTRANGERTHINGS
sheepfilms
I'd rather be in outer space 🛸
Alisa U Zemlji Chuda

⁂

JVL

@theartofmadeline

Product Placement
styofa doing anything

seen from Malaysia
seen from Ecuador

seen from Iraq
seen from United States
seen from Türkiye
seen from United States
seen from United Kingdom

seen from United Kingdom

seen from United States

seen from Iraq

seen from United States
seen from Panama

seen from Canada

seen from Austria

seen from Malaysia

seen from United States

seen from United States
seen from Brazil
seen from Germany
seen from Malaysia
@wellwitchings
That’s what alchemists do. They show that, when we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.
post TEN characters you’d like to roleplay as, have roleplayed as, or might bring back, then tag ten people to do the same. if you can’t think of ten characters, just write down however many you can.
PLEASE REPOST INSTEAD OF REBLOGGING!
CURRENTLY PLAYING:
samar solomon — fandomless mage oc — @royalmagus — moderate activity
wendy the good little witch — harvey comics/casper canon — @wellwitchings — low activity
HAVE PLAYED:
the cheshire cat/dinah — alice’s adventures in wonderland/syfy’s alice — @xlivestogo-archive — inactive
frankie travers — charles perrault’s “diamonds and toads” — @plaguedaughter — scarce activity
daphne greengrass — harry potter — @crowninglaurel — inactive
mephistopheles — faust — @soulbeneficiary — inactive
the oracle at delphi — classical mythology — @pythiian — inactive
MIGHT COME BACK:
claire temple — netflix marvel — @ourladyclaire — scarce activity
dorothy gale — emerald city — @skydelivered — inactive
WOULD LIKE TO PLAY:
zatanna zatara — dc/vertigo
kat harvey — casper — @mindedmanors — url saved !
helena — mirrormask — @tightropedrawn — url saved !
tagged by: @sylvansmercy // @piraticalwit tagging: all of u
On mobile for @royalmagus today but I haven't forgotten about this blog! I just have more muse there.
A KEY. A DOOR. AN OPENER OF THE DOOR. there must be the three, you see. ——————- independent lady door from neil gaiman’s neverwhere ; cared for by jes.
you will meet a TALL DARK STRANGER and he will FUCK YOUR SHIT UP. we don’t know why— some kind of cosmic joke. too much of a GOOD THING will SWALLOW YOU WHOLE. now may be a good time to go on a long journey. the STARS think you need to CLEAR YOUR HEAD. the STARS think you need to RUN. ⇢
find me here lately, completely in love with my new oc
DRAGONHEART (1996) Roleplay Starters
Change pronouns and titles, adapt dialect accordingly.
Especially suitable for royalty/fairy tale/period AUs, as well as verses involving dragons, knights and/or grifters.
“Fight with your head. Not your heart.”
“Dreams die hard, and you hold them in your hands long after they've turned to dust.”
“Everyone's a critic!”
“Next time stab more flesh, less cloth.”
“Oh, you're good. Haven't had this sort of challenge in some time.”
“You have the poet's gift of exaggeration.”
“This could cleave a man's skull. Like a pudding.”
“No one ever found victory in the dirt.”
“ln a few days, it'll be just another scar.”
“Honor won't feed my belly nor shoe my horse.”
“How do l know l can trust you?”
“The wound is deep.”
“No bright souls glitter in this darkness.”
“Have you been watching over me all night?”
“Don't clutter up a clever scheme with morality.”
“And what's one more scar?”
“Here, widen your stance.”
“Marvelous! Heroics befitting the days of Arthur and the Round Table!”
“Now swear!”
“I'm tired of lurking in holes and skulking in darkness.”
“Not bad. But not good enough to live.”
“l'm gonna let you up now. And if you insist, we can pursue this fracas to its final stupidity. Or you can listen to my alternative.”
“There's nothing noble about crushing desperate men.”
“Live, and remember your oath.”
“Shall l spice it up with a poetical flourish or just the cold, hard facts?”
“Forgive a doubting fool.”
“Mind if l sit down?”
“l should have met you a long time ago.”
“Uh, you can keep your gratitude. l'll take the gold.”
“Look good, ____. l'm the last thing you'll ever see.”
“Call when you need of me.”
“As my friend, strike, please!”
“My sword, my service are yours.”
“Not so rebellious now.”
“You're just trying to save your scaly hide with tricks.”
“Death should be a release, not a punishment.”
“I don't know where you are. lf you're coming back, when you're coming back. You just … disappear.”
“How dare you defy me!”
“Why waste good food on bad rhetoric?”
“You've been bewitched.”
“Remember the Code!”
“You should never listen to minstrels' fancies.”
“Have you forgotten everything l taught you?”
“Today l make a new vow! l will spend the rest of my life hunting you down!”
“When you are king, remember today … and the difference between battle and butchery.”
“Die! lt's mine!”
“l give you my word.”
“There's nothing to forgive.”
“There is much gold in the world. Perhaps when you've had your fill of it, you'll no longer need me.”
“l don't want to kill you! l never did!”
“You must stay awake, ____!”
“Your song is sad!”
“Are the stars shining tonight?”
“Marvelous, we'll kill each other.”
“Haven't you noticed the pickings are rather slim these days?”
“Ah, the king's ____ … cruel and full of trickery.”
“l need your help.”
“No one is above the Code … especially the king.”
“You coward.”
“You're the sorry scrap of dead worlds and dead beliefs.”
“Never have l seen such skill!”
“lt seems we're in a bit of a stalemate, wouldn't you say?”
“You belittle your talent. Modesty as well as valor.”
“Help! Help!”
“Your honor has a price, ____?”
“Dragons are partial to maiden sacrifices, l hear.”
“l'm on a pilgrimage. Might we travel together?”
“l will not be that naive again!”
“Some are good at hunting men, some are good at hunting money. Both have value for me.”
“l told you not to come here anymore.”
“Care to double the wager?”
“Stand still. Stand still.”
“l merely chewed in self-defense, but l never swallowed.”
“Peasant scum.”
“l've always said death is a release, not a punishment.”
“Oh, don't concern yourself with my safety!”
“lf l were you, l'd quit while l was ahead.”
“Well, well, well, what a pleasant surprise.”
“A truce.”
“ls that the best you can do?”
“l've given you my final warning.”
“Only you could keep such a good brain under such a bad hat.”
“lt's honest enough work. One must earn a living.”
“l swear.”
“Now, is there somewhere you would like me to drop you off?”
“l've had enough of your mischief!”
“Ask what you will of me.”
“A little overconfident, aren't we?”
“My humble life is in debt to your exalted prowess, your dauntless courage, and your superb, swift sword.”
“And you'll kill me for sport?”
“Get out of my mouth and let's talk face-to-face.”
“Pride goeth before the fall.”
“l am a Knight of the Old Code. My word is my bond.”
“All my life l've dreamed of serving noble kings … noble ideals.”
“Why should l stick my neck out for people afraid to risk their own?”
“That's all it is, a memory. Nothing can bring it back.”
“Only expose your back to a corpse!”
“So l no longer try to change the world, _____. l just try to get by in it.”
“We're all going to die!”
“You gave me this scar. Didn't you? I ... owe ... you.”
“You know what you ask.”
“lt's not the profit. lt's the pleasure.”
“l'll pierce your heart!”
“The peasants are revolting.”
“Only a fool would join you!”
“Out of my way, peacock.”
“Oh, don't flatter yourself.”
“l won't let you suffer the same fate as me.”
“l would be honored to be named after those stars.”
“Aren't we squeamish?”
“Go on. Kill me!”
“Give me your sword, Knight.”
“You have a beautiful voice.”
“Pick on someone your own size!”
“l do long for death. But fear it.”
“Be careful!”
“Strike before it's too late!”
“You have a healer's touch, _____.”
“Let others stand with you. You'll see this time the end will be different.”
“Meat. Meat. Meat.”
“lt's a divine omen.”
“My sacrifice became my sin.”
“That's right, you don't need me. Settle it yourself.”
“A knight is sworn to valor. His heart knows only virtue. His heart knows only virtue. His blade defends the helpless. His might upholds the weak. His word speaks only truth. His wrath undoes the wicked.”
“Now l know you're completely mad.”
“Beginner's luck.”
“Steady.”
“l'll give you everything. Even power.”
“Witness the wonders of an ancient glory.”
“l'm afraid of nothing! Nothing! You understand?”
“You already know the courage in your village. They're very brave at pelting young girls with vegetables.”
“ln giving my heart, l've taken on every poison stirring in his evil breast. Even the pain of his death must be mine.”
“You cannot blame yourself.”
“A dragon would never hurt a soul, unless they tried to hurt him first.”
“When you squeeze the nobility, it's the peasants who feel the pinch.”
“Forgive me if anything l said ... if l upset you.”
“l wanted to correct a mistake made years ago, when l saved a creature not worth saving.”
“Even then l knew his bloodthirsty nature, but l thought my heart could change him.”
“Lo, l'm immortal.”
“We're going to die!”
“Well, how many dragons do you know?”
“You tricked me, ____! No matter where you fly, no matter where you go, l will find you!”
“Through the heart, we share each other's pains and power.”
“Once you swore your sword and service were mine; to call when l had need of you, to ask what l would of you. l hold you to your vow, ____!”
“Half my heart to make you whole. lts strength to purify your weakness.”
find me here lately, completely in love with my new oc
starchillcd replied to your post “me: i’m not gonna debut my oc right away also me: I WANT THE WHOLE...”
��
voila
me: i’m not gonna debut my oc right away also me: I WANT THE WHOLE WORLD TO KNOW HOW MUCH I ADORE HER IMMEDIATELY
i’m lurking but mainly working on this one right here.
seems that i have been held in some DREAMING state; a tourist in the waking world, never quite awake. no kiss, no gentle word could wake me from this slumber, until i realized that it was you who held me under. felt it in my fists, in my feet, in the hollows of my eyelids; shaking through my skull, through my spine and down through my ribs. no more dreaming of the DEAD as if death itself was undone. no more calling like a crow for a boy, for a body in the garden. no more dreaming like a girl so in love with the wrong world.
ind. sel. priv. WARDEN SURANA. dragon age: origins. canon-divergent.
nine times out of ten i will go look up a rare song on tumblr & find that the only version available is from a post i made on a now-inactive account
only o1/16th !!
i’m sloooooowly and quietly working on a panfandom oc whose primary verse is fantasy-inspired so holler at me with ur fantasy/fairy tale muses
Racist Stereotypes About Magic
Someone asked me today whether it helps to replace the racist terms “white magic” and “black magic” with “positive magic” and “negative magic.” While that’s a lovely idea, unfortunately, it doesn’t entirely fix the underlying problem…
The notion of “good” and “bad” magic does, in fact, go beyond the terms “light” and ”dark” or “white” and “black.” If you replace the words with “positive/negative” and then refer to “death magic, graveyard dirt, curses, and animal sacrifice” as “negative” then you’re literally calling lots of Africana traditions and other practices or religions “negative.” That’s part of why they were called “dark” in the first place.
Let’s break down some of these stereotypes of “bad magic” one by one:
Ancestors are really foundational to African religions and to the magical practices and diasporic religions that developed from them. Working with ancestors is technically “death magic” since you’re working with the spirits of your family who have passed away. But really there’s nothing evil or wrong with that, it’s lovely! Gathering graveyard dirt is a way of connecting with ancestral spirits because in many African religions, the earth and one’s ancestors are interconnected. Goofer dirt/graveyard dirt is a part of that spiritual and material interconnection. These sorts of practices are often labeled “evil” and “creepy” when removed from the sophisticated and rich spirituality of their actual cultural contexts then misunderstood.
These negative stereotypes even apply to cursing and animal sacrifice. Many think “it’s a given that those things are wrong or unethical,” which comes from an uninformed Eurocentric set of assumptions. I personally don’t curse, but I am curse-positive because I support anyone’s right to choose to curse. Curses, jinxes, hexes, and crossing magic are a big part of the hoodoo tradition because it’s a tradition developed by black people during slavery, many of whom used magic for self-defense against their slave masters and oppressors. For black people, fighting this oppression with magic has been a way of regaining agency in a world of slavery, segregation, and systematic racism for centuries. When people just label “cursing” as “bad,” it completely ignores the context from which that developed and still exists for rootworkers and the magical traditions of marginalized groups all around the world as well.
Finally, with animal sacrifice, that’s been a part of many African religions for a long time and is still a part of how many practitioners of diasporic Africana religions (including myself) make offerings to their deities. It’s not just slaughtering animals in a careless way and then disposing of their bodies as waste… At least within the Ifá tradition, I know that the animals are treated ethically with great care and appreciation. They are killed because their ashe (energy) and spirits return to Olorun to send your message and the ashe to the orishas, where they will rest in peace afterwards. They are killed in an ethical manner similar to halal/kosher slaughter (as quick and painless as possible) and deeply appreciated and blessed by all involved. Typically, they are eaten afterwards as shared communion with the orishas or put into the wilderness to return to the cycle of life and be eaten by animals. They aren’t wasted or forgotten. They are treated far better than most animals that are eaten at a dinner table every day, many of whom are horrifically butchered and taken for granted. (I’m a vegetarian btw!)
So as for replacing “white/black” terminology with “positive/negative” to refer to magical traditions and practices, I think it all depends on what you’re calling “negative” because if it’s based on popular stereotypes of what’s “bad,” it’s still going to end up perpetuating racist stereotypes.
What’s the alternative? Personally, I refer to specific practices that I would or would not do myself rather than lumping them all into one group and putting a judgment on it. In other words, I don’t talk about the notion of “bad” or “negative” magic at all. For instance, if you don’t like working with the spirits of the deceased, you could just say “personally I don’t practice that” instead of labeling it “bad” as a blanket judgment on other people’s practices without knowing the context.
My magic is my business, your magic is your business, but it’s everybody’s business to put an end to racist stereotypes in the way we conceptualize and talk about magical practices and traditions.
In which Howl’s Moving Castle is full of those Relatable Millennial Feels
Sophie
Convinced she’s fated to be a failure by pervasive societal messages
Depressed and anxious to the point that leaving the house terrifies her
Constant excuses to not talk to people
Wears one color and it is grey (like her soul)
“I’m eighteen but I’m ninety at heart”
RAGE
Has to get away from her home so she moves into a terrifying moving castle bc it’s free and at this point why not
*everything’s on fire* “This is fine”
I KNOW EXACTLY HOW THE WORLD WORKS o wait shit fuck
Feelings? What are those? I only know cleaning.
Howl
Fancy degree that he has to move to another world to use
Loves his blood family but just… can’t be around them
“Why don’t you have a real job”
Cannot handle responsibility
Is responsible for things anyway
“Howl we have no money” “I’m going to buy a skull”
Embodiment of Do It For The Aesthetic ™
also “treat yo self”
Just Can’t anymore and has a meltdown over his hair (aka everything else in his life)
“Oh no I care for all these people why”
Overcharges rich people and undercharges poor people bc the system sucks
Last night on earth? Time to get wasted.
“I don’t care” he says caringly, while caring deeply.
Michael
Anxious bab
What is happening why this plz help
Stresses out over his homework only to find out the papers had gotten mixed up and he was doing the wrong thing
“I guess this now” :/
Better at adulting than the actual adults
Loves his gf so much and is so openly happy about it
A bit useless in a crisis
Tries so hard, gets so far
Found family is the best family
Calcifer
“I’m being exploited!”
Complains about everything
Bored. Just. So bored. Give him attention.
Used to be literal star but things went wrong and now he’s living in a fireplace
Eats everything and anything.
“Guys I have arms be impressed by my arms”
Creates a castle for the Aesthetic that also looks like it’s about to fall apart and frightens people.
Oops he cares about these assholes now time to ride or die for them