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twdmusicboxmystery · 2 years

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Three/Tree/Trunk, Arm, and Red Head Symbolism via @frangipanilove

@frangipanilove:

So basically, I interpret the three/tree/trunk symbolism as different manifestations of the same symbol. It tells the story of resurrection.

I’ve come to view cuffs as variants of this. Think of an open cuff, how it forms a number three. Three is synonymous with tree which is synonymous with trunk. Thee trunks = trunks of cars = number 3 symbols.

You brought up the arm symbolism above. I have a lot to say about that, but for the sake of brevity, let’s just say that arm = weapon. When Leah cut Daryl loose, the ropes were the cuffs in the scenario, cuffs and ropes are synonymous. First the cuffs/ropes were “closed”, then Leah used her RED knife (remember it’s synonymous with arm) to free Daryl, to “open the gate”, or basically what I like to call “red controls the gates”.

Then think of the way an OPEN cuff forms a number 3. I always think of the red symbolism as something that indicates the presence of “gates” between the realms. They can be opened and closed, sometimes you benefit from the shelter of a closed trunk (like in Still). Other times, the same trunk can be a death trap (like the Beth walker in 5x10).

In Coda, we saw the arm symbolism intertwined with the red symbolism in the bloody red cast in which Beth hid her scissors (weapon, synonymous with the red Swiss Army knife Leah used to free Daryl). What we never saw was the immediate aftermath of the events at Grady, but we did see how the symbolism was applied in FM when Leah freed Daryl.

The red knife (red controls the gate) was used to free a character from imprisonment (a metaphor for the death realm). We also saw that in Fear, when Alicia took a bite in the arm, developing the fever, which should have killed her but didn’t.

The arm symbolism is tied to escaping “death”. Beth had all kinds of arm symbolism happening to her, the cast, the scissors, her suicide attempt, her bracelets, and we see how arm symbolism is used to show how it’s entirely possible to “escape” death in this universe.

In 5x10 we saw Carol give Daryl Beth’s knife. That knife represents Beth both to him and to us. And it’s a symbolical weapon that she can use to “defend” herself against “death”, if that makes sense. This again ties into what I discussed a few weeks ago, about how Morgan cut Rick loose from the ropes only after he was convinced that Rick was “cool”, meaning no fever. “It’s the fever that kills”, juxtaposed with young Alicia saying, “isn’t the fever’s supposed to kill the infection?”

See how it’s all interconnected? The scene where Leah cut Daryl loose in FM always seemed like a parallel to the scene from 1x1 with Morgan and Rick to me. Morgan cutting Rick loose represents “escaping death.” He would only do it after he was certain Rick didn’t have the fever, and it parallels Beth and Daryl stepping out of the trunk in Still. The trunk and the OPEN cuffs represent resurrection.

@wdway:

I was just thinking about the grouping of the pictures of the scene with Daryl/Leah in the tree trunk and Beth/Daryl in her prison cell open door. I did not use the prison scene initially because of the tree trunk connection with the car trunk. Now I'm re- thinking. It should have been Beth/Daryl at the open prison cell door, Beth/ Daryl in the trunk of the car and the 3rd (rule of 3) Daryl/Leah (Beth proxy) in the tree trunk.

The car trunk represents imprisonment and then Resurrection and I always want to point out that Daryl helped Beth into the trunk, but Beth freely got herself out of the trunk alone. The prison cell is the ultimate imprisonment symbol. The open door just like an open trunk Beth freely came out of to Daryl. That makes sense to why the scene took place the way it did with Daryl standing just outside her prison cell door. Lastly Daryl and Leah in the trunk of the tree, so reminiscent of prison embrace except this time Daryl is the one that left the trunk of the tree, freeing himself from the imprisonment and of Leah. Just a few wild thoughts.

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@frangipanilove:

@wdway, I would add here that the whole Carol situation from s3 offers some insight into how the three/tree/trunk symbolism is applied. Remember how Carol got lost in the tombs, and Daryl thought she was dead. He even made her an (EMPTY) grave, decorated it with a Cherokee rose and grieved over her.

When we later saw a jeep Cherokee in Coda, imo it was a subtle message to us from tptb about how Beth will survive. It was a reference to the three/tree/trunk symbolism. The Cherokee rose on Carol’s empty grave = Beth’s “grave” in a trunk. Carol survived by hiding in a cell in the tomb, Beth’s prison cell with the “3” symbolism is synonymous with trunk symbolism through precedence that was established with Carol in s3. And the Jeep Cherokee in Coda is synonymous with the resurrection part of the trunk symbolism.

And as we often see around the three/tree/trunk symbolism, the “trunk” can offer protection, like in Still and in Carols case in s3. But it can also be something that imprisons you, like we see in 5x10 with the Beth walker.

In s3, Daryl found Carol’s knife, which he took as to mean Carol was dead. He thought she was reanimated in the cell. He struggled with the fact but eventually he opened the door (synonymous to the “gate”, synonymous to opening the trunk). He expected to find Carol reanimated, but instead he found her alive. He “bridal-carried” her out of the tombs, exactly like he carried Beth out of Grady, and it’s entirely purposeful.

It ties the tree/three/trunk symbolism around Beth to this one very significant example of someone close to him that “came back” from the dead. So many elements of the three/tree/trunk symbolism around Beth was first introduced around Carol.

Remember how I’ve been talking about “redhead” symbolism? Leah’s red hair in FM? Before Carol disappeared in the tombs in s3 she was wearing a red headscarf. It was this red headscarf that sparked Daryl to start looking for her in the tombs. It was her red scarf that made him start to suspect that she was dead. Red controls the gate. And upon investigating further, he also found her knife which he interpreted as definitive proof she was dead.

In 5x10 we saw Carol give Beth’s knife to Daryl, which for the audience was “proof” that she was dead. It was pretty much the only time he heard anything about her until very recently. But, as was the case with Carol in s3, Beth wasn’t dead. Daryl still thinks she is, but I suspect he’ll learn the truth soon.

In FM, we saw the red symbolism around Leah. Her hair, her red Swiss Army knife. We saw the three/tree/trunk scene in FM, an obvious remix of the eye-contact dance from 4x1. In the trunk scene from Still, the “red” symbolism was Daryl’s rag that held the trunk shut, the red rag was the key to their survival that night.

In s3, carols red head scarf was what had Daryl initially believe that she was dead. In Still, Beth was the one who untied the red rag and emerged from the trunk, alive and well. Not only did she do it herself, but she is also literally a person who “controls the gate”. She can move in and out of the underworld. She controls the “gates”, not the other way around.

When tptb used elements on the scenes from Carol’s fake death, the eye contact dance, three/tree/trunk symbolism in FM, they knew what they were doing. It was so shamelessly done I knew there was no way it was an accident. This was supposed to remind us of Beth directly.

You initially talked about the parallels between Leah and Carol. I believe Carol’s fake death from s3 is instrumental to understanding what tptb are going for in paralleling Carol and Leah like that, at least on the symbolic level. Carol’s fake death was like a symbolical “dress rehearsal” for Beth’s fake death. We saw the tree three trunk symbolism, the knives, the redhead/“red controls the gates” symbolism …And when we saw the same symbolism pop up around Leah, it is imo a sign that we’re about to come full circle.

The redhead symbolism, the knife symbolism, the arm symbolism, the dog/Sirius/return symbolism. There was so much that was directly lifted from Beth and Daryl’s moments, like your screenshots demonstrates. None of that is an accident. I’ve talked so much about the river in FM as a symbolical borderland between the realms. It feels like what we see with Leah is something that reminds him of Beth, and maybe it’s because they’re in that liminal space between the realms, where the veil is thin and he’s “closer” to Beth.

I should stress that I don’t believe Beth’s literally in the death realm, she’s very much alive in some other part of TWDU. But as far as Daryl’s concerned, she might as well be in the death realm. And when I’ve talked about Leah as a Huldra, a creature of the underworld, I mean someone, who like Beth, is able to control the “gates” between the realms. She can move between the realms, she’s able to thrive in the liminal space between them. Carol has elements of this as well, as demonstrated by her surviving the tombs in s3.

@twdmusicboxmystery:

Love all of this! Such great insights! Aren’t my pals geniuses?

#beth greene #beth greene lives #beth is alive #beth is coming #td theory #td theories #team delusional #team defiance #beth is almost here #bethyl

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taronegertcn · 4 years

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i need some f/f plots. that’s it. that’s the post.

#1x1 rp #hoping this can resurrect my muse during spring break lmao #time to boo up my girls #hmu if youre interested?? or like and ill find you

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british-literature-legacy · 2 years

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The Sims 4: Survey of British Literature Legacy Challenge (#BritishLitLegacy)

Generation 1: Beowulf

Bodybuilder Aspiration

Military Career – Officer Branch

Traits: Active, Bro, Loves the Outdoors

You are Beowulf, hero and future king of the Geats. You pride yourself in your strength and valor in combat. Your fellow Bro friends regularly call upon you to join them at the gym – and often at the karaoke bar, where the sounds of your merrymaking anger your nemesis, Grendel.

Neighborhood brawl is your favorite holiday. You always participate in it and must fight people until you win at least one brawl.

You answer when your friends come calling. Any time someone asks you to join them (at a bar, gym, festival, etc.), you must say yes unless you are at work or about to go to work. When you’re at the bar with others, you always order a round of Barley Bales for your group.

Max the singing skill. While singing karaoke, make an enemy. If/when that enemy dies, you must make one of their family members your new enemy.

In your youth/young adult days, you gained a lot of your athletic skill from swimming. So, you must always have a pool of at least 1x1 tiles on your lot, no matter how little money you have.

As you progress through the military career, prominently display your military medals in your home.

Generation 2: The Nun’s Priest’s Tale from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

Country Caretaker Aspiration

Self-Employed as a Farmer

Traits: Self-absorbed, Animal Enthusiast, Slob

Lot trait: Simple Living

You are Chaunticleer the rooster. (Well, kind of.) A large portion of this generation is a legacy challenge with your chickens—see below. They are your primary source of income. You may also build/make/sell things for extra money, but no one in your household may have a traditional a career.

You must begin this generation with one rooster named Chaunticleer and one hen named Pertelote. Think of this requirement as a legacy challenge of the chickens’ descendants. Your goal is to always have at least one “heir” chicken that descended from the original pair.

>> If chicken incest bothers you, you may manage your coop so that you replace elder chickens with a new unrelated mate for your heir-chicken, as needed.

>> If chicken incest doesn’t upset you, you may complete this requirement simply by having your chickens maintain their numbers without ever purchasing new chickens.

Win at least one chicken and/or egg contest at the Finchwick Fair.

Befriend any foxes that frequent your lot. Rabbits are cool, but what does the fox say?

Flirt with potential suitors constantly. You must have at least six significant others before you marry or settle down with your life partner.

Generation 3: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Motivations: Mansion Baron Aspiration

Athletic Career -- Either Track

Traits: Ambitious, Self-Assured, Unflirty

You are Sir Gawain, the youngest and most honorable of King Arthur’s knights. You live your life in search of the Green Chapel, the glorious mansion where your fate awaits you. Married sims find you extremely attractive, but you steadfastly reject their advances.

Become BFFs with someone who is married. That sim’s spouse is romantically interested in you (you can cheat for this, or just flirt with them a bit initially), but whenever they ask you out or come on to you, you refuse.

Surround yourself with situations that run the risk of death. For example, keep a cow plant, piranha pond, exploding toilet, fireplace with furniture next to it, etc., on your lot.

Cheat death at least once (i.e., die and be saved). You may want to give yourself a spouse or household member with high charisma skill so that they can successfully plead; otherwise, you may choose to have a household member resurrect you, and/or add your ghost back into the household.

Green is your favorite color, and you will always live in a green-colored house. (Yes, I know the knight is the one who is *actually* green, but I thought this would be a fun addition.) Ultimately, your green house will complete the mansion baron aspiration.

If you have Realm of Magic, befriend one of the three sages to represent Morgan Le Fay.

Generation 4: Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet

Motivations: Soulmate Aspiration

Critic Career -- Food Critic Branch

Traits: High-maintenance, Jealous, Romantic

You are Romeo/Juliet. In this interpretation of the story, you meet someone in high school who will change your life forever. At first, you dislike this sim, but the relationship quickly turns into passionate love instead. Luckily, a little birdie from the future warned you not to drink any poison, which inspires you to join the Food Critic career. (Because the legacy couldn’t continue if you died at age 13.)

Meet your future spouse in high school. At first you dislike each other (you do not have to go all the way to enemies; the dislike can be minor), but then almost immediately turn that dislike into love. You must get married the day that you age up from teen to young adult.

For some inexplicable reason, you are enamored with the theatre. At home, in secret, you max the acting skill even though you never actually participate in acting/drama/etc.

Because you fear accidentally ingesting poison, you feel the need to make your own beverages. One of your hobbies is making fizzy juice in your backyard. For added challenge, make the juice from plants you grow yourself. (If you don’t have Eco Lifestyle, you may choose a different food or drink related hobby.)

You and your spouse are madly in love. Throughout the course of your marriage, your goal is to woohoo in every available woohoo spot that you have installed in your game.

>> Locations include: Observatory, sauna, hot tub, bed, tent, shower, waterfall, closet, pile of leaves, sleeping pod (Get Famous), coffin, party bush, Brindleton Bay Lighthouse, rocket ship, money vault (Get Famous), dumpster, hot spring, ice cave (Snowy Escape).

Generation 5: Milton’s Paradise Lost

Leader of the Pack Aspiration

Secret Agent Career -- Villain Branch

Traits: Evil, Outgoing, Insider

You are Lucifer-turned-Satan. Everyone sees you as evil, but in reality, you’re just slightly mischievous and very misunderstood. As a teen, you fall out of favor with your parents and are left alone in the world. In response, you find yourself constantly seeking belonging as leader of a notorious club.

Style yourself (clothing, house/décor, etc.), however you’d like to interpret Satan and/or Lucifer. Interpretations include Goth and/or punk, extremely beautiful, angelic, and/or sexy, or a good old-fashioned lots-of-the-color-red and/or hair/hat styles that resemble horns.

Move out of your family’s home as a teen. You may take money from your parents to build your own house, but after the house is set up, you must earn money to pay the bills yourself.

Create your own club and earn the “notorious club” trait. Club activities may be whatever you wish, but your goal is to recruit as many people as you can to join this club. Try to recruit friends of your parents into your club (just to make them mad).

Win a voodoo doll from the humor & hijinks festival, and use it at least once a week.

Any time you are socializing and scroll past the option to “dare someone to streak,” you must do it. For added challenge, you may add other mischief interactions to this list.

Generation 6: Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels

Archaeology Scholar Aspiration

Political Career – Politician Branch

Traits: Child of the Ocean, Kleptomaniac, Snob

You are Lemuel Gulliver, an adventurer and accidental diplomat who just won’t stop going on adventures (no matter how poorly they end). You build your life learning about other cultures and sharing your own, but deep down, part of your heart will always belong to the sea.

Live in Sulani, where you participate in island living activities: swimming, boating, playing with dolphins and/or mermaids, sun-tanning, drinking kava, etc.

Your primary goal is to complete the Archaeology Scholar aspiration. Use the Politician career to make money, but don’t prioritize reaching the top of that career.

To represent your voyage to Lilliput, you must have triplet toddlers at some point in your life. (You can cheat for this, adopt, or just add them to your household in CAS.) To escape from Lilliput scot-free, all three of the toddlers must reach level 3 in all of their skills.

To represent your voyage to Brobdingnag, you must adopt a very large dog at some point in your life. The dog must have at least two negative/difficult traits.

After accomplishing the archaeology scholar aspiration, you become a recluse. Retire and/or quit your job, and change your lot trait to “private dwelling.”

Generation 7: Lord Byron’s Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage

Writer Career -- Author Branch

Serial Romantic Aspiration

Traits: Romantic, Noncommittal, Vegetarian

You are Lord Byron—mad, bad, and dangerous to know. Although the rest of our generations are inspired by fictional plots, you live life according to Byron’s semi-autobiographical poem. You are a creative visionary, but also an unapologetic disaster bisexual who gets into trouble a bit too often.

Reach the top of the writer career, with a preference of working from home. As a writer, attain and maintain at least 3 stars of fame if you have Get Famous.

>> Earn enough reward points to purchase the Creative Visionary trait

You are a vegetarian who takes their health very seriously. Eat primarily garden salads and harvestables in order to attain the “health nut” lifestyle as soon as possible.

Live in a home that is inspired by nineteenth-century décor. If you have the Vampires pack or Décor to the Max kit, try to use those items, especially ones you don’t normally put in your builds.

Have at least 3 children with 3 different sims. All of your partners adore you—and yet, you have no interest in a serious commitment to any of them.

Either never get married, or if you do, continue cheating with many partners of many genders. Earning the player trait through your aspiration will help with this.

Generation 8: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Motivations: Nerd Brain Aspiration

Engineering Career -- Mechanical Branch

Traits: Genius, Paranoid, Loner

Lot trait: Science Lair

You are Victor Frankenstein, the scientist in Mary Shelley’s novel. Many people think you’re a doctor, but you didn’t even make it through undergrad. You are so obsessed with discovering the secrets of “life itself” that all you can think about is building your Servo… until things go horribly wrong.

Meet your sole romantic partner in childhood, and remain close friends with them throughout your life. You may never live with your partner (see below), though you may have children and raise them in your own household.

Excel in high school and earn multiple scholarships to start college (attempting a robotics degree) but drop out after completing your first semester in order to build your own Servo at home.

Get engaged only to have your spouse tragically die during or immediately after your wedding—you may use a cheat for this. You will want to have children/potential new heirs before the wedding in order to make this work.

After your spouse’s tragic death, you must decide (or flip a coin): Does your Servo join your household and become your only friend, or will you blame them for your partner’s death and scorn your own creation? (Or, I mean, I guess you could freeze to death and move on to the next generation if you prefer.)

Generation 9: Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre

Master Mixologist Aspiration

Unemployed/Mixologist Career

Traits: Child of the Islands, Family Oriented, Erratic

You are Bertha Mason. (You thought I was going to say Jane Eyre, didn’t you?) You thought your spouse was great when they swept you off your feet, but it turns out this person only married you for your money. Now, you find yourself locked in the attic, plotting your escape.

Begin your young adult life in Sulani, working as a successful mixologist. You are happy on the islands where you feel at home, though you may not get married or have children at this time. Instead, you must move on to the next step before reaching the Adult life stage.

When a mysterious stranger comes around, AND/OR if the game gives you the “married for money” prompt, you get married in a rushed, whirlwind romance.

You must move away from Sulani and quit your job in order to live with your spouse, which makes you sad. In response to your sadness, your spouse locks you in their attic.

You may not leave the attic (use door locks to do this), though your spouse is allowed to come in and out. You may put appliances, a bar, etc., in the attic, but your room is not allowed to exceed a 5x5 square for living space, plus an attached 2x3 bathroom. Whenever your spouse enters your room, be mean to them and/or fight with them.

>> You have two options to escape the attic: 1) If your spouse dies on their own without cheats; 2) If at least one full room of the house catches on fire. You may build fire hazards into the home in order to accomplish this. If your home catches fire but a sim puts out the fire before it grows very big, you have not yet accomplished your task.

>> You may live your life however you wish after your escape, including a divorce if your spouse has not yet died. (Let’s give her a happy ending, OK?)

10. Virginia Woolf’s Orlando

Renaissance Sim Aspiration

3 different careers culminating in Style Influencer

Traits: Gloomy, Foodie, Art Lover

You are Orlando, the titular character of literature’s queerest time travel story. You have aristocratic tastes and enjoy relaxation, fine food and the arts, and being pampered. Each new week of your life is more and more different from the one before.

Every Sunday, start the new week by changing your clothing. (At least change whichever outfit you will wear the most that week. This is usually the “everyday” category.) Swap between masculine, feminine, and/or combinations of both freely. Gender is a social construct.

When you swap your outfits, also change at least one “like” from each of the like/dislike categories. Then, change your décor and hobbies for that week accordingly.

In this challenge, you are happily polyamorous; you can cheat to add the Player trait if you like. When you choose to settle down, both your spouse and your significant other live with you.

When you get to set trends as a Style Influencer, select historical/period pieces. The costumes from Get Famous are especially encouraged.

Frequent the spa if you have Spa Day; and/or dine at experimental restaurants and/or the hottest spot in town; and/or take at least one expensive vacation per life stage.

#the sims 4 #thesims4 #ts4 #simblr #british literature #brit lit #survey of british literature #legacy challenge #sims 4 legacy #british lit legacy #britishlitlegacy #english major #englishmajor #english #literature

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lunmelia · 3 years

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A List of All of Dean Winchester’s Injuries

Yes. I did. I did go through every single episode of Supernatural and recorded every time Dean got injured. Do not question me, I know what I did, I had no one tell me ‘no’ so I did it, and now I’m done.

Now, this list might not be the most accurate. I did not sit down and watch every single episode in full, eyes glued to the screen for every time Dean got injured. I only skimmed. Here’s a gif I made to show how I did it:

(sorry it’s bad quality it’s the first gif I’ve ever made) I skimmed through the episode and used the little preview screen to look for any time there was fast movement, blood or a spell that might require someone cutting their palm. I also kept an eye out for angel-banishing sigils. Since I only skimmed, there’s a chance I missed some injuries or even times that Dean was magically healed. So again, might not be an accurate list but I did my best. Feel free to tell me anything I missed.

Here’s a key to help you through the list: - most of this lists the actual injury, e.g. “cut on left temple” but other times it’ll list an action that may cause injruy, e.g. “thrown into wall” - “thrown into/against” means that he impacted the object, but the object did not break / he did not go through it - “thrown through” means that the object broke on impact and he ended up on the other side - “internal pain” means that someone used magic to do something to him, but I have no idea what, all I know is that he looked in pain and was mostly gripping his stomach - “handcuffed” means actual handcuffs were used, “tied around wrists” means either rope or zip-ties were used - “punched” means just punched in the face, any other area on the body will be specified - any episodes that aren’t on the list means he wasn’t injured in them

Some misc notes: - I do not include any injuries that don’t actually happen, e.g. future visions, nightmares, hallucinations or a fake reality - I might be inconsistent with the amount of times I specify what was used to knock Dean out, and not listing what was used. Sorry about that. It’s because I either just couldn’t see the object, or I was lazy that day - I don’t usually specify the size of the injury either, I usually just say “cut”, sorry. I only realised like 6 seasons in that I probably should be specifying the size, and also taking screenshots, but I couldn’t be bothered going back and fixing it, nor could I be bothered specifying the size from then on. I’m sorry, it was just going to feel weird if 6 seasons in I only then start specifying - I don’t include possessions, but I do specify when injuries happen while possessed - I include some commentary of what kind of injuries I thought should’ve happened based on the action - There will also be a list for Sam’s injuries posted later, but there will not be one for Cas. Going into this, I only wanted to know Dean and Sam’s injuries for some redesigns I want to do, I didn’t feel it was necessary for me to know Cas’ because he won’t have scars in my redesign (at least his vessel won’t). Please don’t expect me to go back and make a list for Cas, this already took up so much of my time and I don’t want to do it again.

Let’s begin, shall we?

Season 1

1x1: Pilot - jumps off a bridge 1x2: W*ndigo - wrists tied above his head - cut on left side of forehead - cut on right cheek - cut on right side of neck 1x5: Bloody Mary - infected by Bloody Mary 1x6: Skin - tied to a chair around his chest, hips, wrists and ankles 1x10: Asylum - shot in the chest with rock salt - mind almost influenced by Ellicot, manages to burn the corpse before he can, but it did cause him pain 1x11: Scarecrow - knocked out with the butt of a gun - wrists tied up above his head 1x12: Faith - electrocuted, passes out - heart attack - heart is damaged (their words not mine) - healed by a reaper - life drained from him, process is stopped before completed 1x15: The Benders - cut above right eye - knocked unconscious with a pan - punched - burn on upper left pec 1x16: Shadow - cut on edge of right eyebrow - wrists tied - four claw marks down the left side of his forehead 1x18: Something Wicked - cut on left side of hairline 1x22: Devil’s Trap - thrown into a windshield - diagonal cut across his chest

Hey! Under the cut this post is really long!! Please be sure you want to read the rest before clicking because you’ll be scrolling for a while!

Season 2

2x1: In My Time of Dying - in a carcrash - vertical cut on right side of forehead - cut on right ear - cut on left cheek - bruised and cut knuckles - head truama - cut on left forearm 2x2: Everybody Love a Clown - punched 2x3: Bloodlust - punched - thrown into a table 2x7: The Usual Suspects - handcuffed 2x10: Hunted - knocked unconscious by the butt of a sniper rifle - tied around his wrists and ankles 2x12: Nightshifter - choked - punched 2x14: Born Under a Bad Sign - knocked unconscious with a gun - shot in the left shoulder - thrown against a wall - punched - cut above left eye 2x15: Tall Tales - thrown around - punched 2x16: Roadkill - cut along the right side of his jaw / cheek - thrown against a wall 2x19: Folsom Prison Blues - handcuffed on wrists and ankles - punched - cut on left cheek - hit in the gut 2x20: What is and What Should Never Be - strangled - put to sleep by a Djinn - wrists tied above his head - drained of his blood 2x22: All Hell Breaks Loose, Part 2 - thrown into a gravestone - diagonal cut on the right side of his forehead

Season 3

3x1: The Magnificent Seven - hit in the face and stomach 3x2: The Kids are Alright - thrown around - punched - kneed - elbowed 3x3: Bad Day at Black Rock - stumbles and falls into a table - hit in the chin with gun 3x4: Sin City - thrown around - strangled 3x5: Bedtime Stories - strangled - thrown into a cabinet (probably has cuts since the cabinet had glass) - punched - cut on left side of his hairline 3x6: Red Sky At Morning - thrown into a gravestone 3x7: Fresh Blood - slash on inner left forearm - thrown into a wall - bit on the right side of his neck 3x8: A Very Supernatural Christmas - head banged against a wall and knocked unconscious - tied to a chair by his wrists and ankles - slash on inner left forearm - slash on inner right forearm - cut on right side of hairline - punched 3x9: Malleus Maleficarum - either hexed, sick by voodoo or a spell, they never really specify, but he vomits blood (healed by a potion) - thrown into a picture frame (likely bleeding at back of head) 3x12: Jus in Bello - handcuffed - shot in the left shoulder - punched - thrown against wall 3x13: Ghostfacers! - thrown around 3x14: Long-Distance Call - punched - cut on right eyebrow 3x15: Time is On My Side - thrown into a cabinet 3x16: No Rest for the Wicked - kneed - punched - cut above right eye - thrown onto a table - torn to shreds by a hellhound - (3 long slashes on left thigh) - (4 long slashes down chest) - (1 long slash from right shoulder to hip, back and front) - DEAD

Season 4

4x1: Lazarus Rising -(resurrected by Castiel, clean slate, no scars) - handprint burnt into his left shoulder - cut on inner left bicep - bruised and cut knuckles - bleeds out of his ears from Castiel trying to talk to him 4x2: Are You There, God? It’s Me, Dean Winchester - punched - kicked in the face - kicked in the gut - Victor’s ghost hand in his chest 4x3: In the Beginning - thrown into a wall - punched - kicked - thrown into a bookshelf 4x4: Metamorphosis - thrown against a wall - strangled - slammed into a table and knocked unconscious - cut above right eyebrow 4x5: Monster Movie - shoved into a wall - drugged - tied down in a metal contraption - punched 4x6: Yellow Fever - crashed into a shopping cart - infected by “ghost sickness” - three scratch marks on inner left forearm - punched - both inner forearms scratched up (disappears once the ghost is killed) 4x7: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester - internal pain - thrown into a wall 4x8: Wishful Thinking - super punched into some trash cans - possible broken knuckles - strangled 4x9: I Know What You Did Last Summer - shoved into a wall - punched - jumped out a window - dislocated shoulder - cut on outer right forearm - possibly some cuts along his torso - slash on outer left forearm 4x10: Heaven and Hell - punched - choked 4x11: Family Remains okay so I literally could not see a thing this episode, it was a very dark episode, but I think Dean got punched 4x12: Criss Angel is a Douche Bag - hung by his neck 4x14: Sex and Violence - infected by a siren - punched - thrown around - stabbed in the back of his right shoulder 4x15: Death Takes a Holiday - thrown into a gravestone and knocked out 4x16: On the Head of a Pin - punched - cut across nose - cut above left eye - strangled 4x17: It’s a Terrible Life - thrown into a shelf - thrown against a wall - cut on left side of hairline 4x18: The Monster at the End of This Book - hit by a car (he’s fine) 4x19: Jump The Shark - thrown through a glass door - punched 4x20: The Rupture - cut above left eyebrow - punched 4x21: When the Levee Breaks - punched - kneed - thrown face first into a mirror - thrown into a glass table - strangled 4x22: Lucifer Rising - punched Cas, hurt his knuckles

Season 5

5x1: Sympathy for the Devil - punched through wooden railing - kicked through a door - kneed - drew an angel banishing symbol so there is a cut either on his left forearm or left palm - stage 4 stomach cancer (healed) 5x2: Good God, Ya’ll! - kneed in the groin - punched 5x4: The End - knocked unconscious - handcuffed - punched 5x5: Fallen Idols - punched - knocked unconscious - tied around wrists 5x6: I Believe The Children Are Our Future - thrown into a wall - strangled 5x7: The Curious Case of Dean Winchester - aged rapidly into an old man 5x8: Changing Channels - grabbed on right bicep with super strangth - shot in the back (possibly healed by Gabriel? they don’t specify what happened) - shoved into a door 5x9: The Real Ghostbusters - thrown against a wall - strangled 5x10: Abandon All Hope - punched into a tree - cut on edge of right eyebrow 5x11: Sam, Interrupted - thrown against a wall - punched 5x12: Swap Meat - thrown into a wall - thrown into a mirror 5x13: The Song Remains The Same - strangled - thrown through a window - knocked unconscious - thrown around 5x14: My Bloody Valentine - punches Cupid - thrown into a door - cut above left eyebrow 5x15: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid - handcuffed 5x16: Dark Side of the Moon - shot in the chest - DEAD (resurrected by Joshua) 5x17: 99 Problems - bruised and cut knuckles - strangled 5x18: Point of No Return - drew an angel-banishing sigil so he must have cut himself somewhere but it isn’t visible - shoved against wall - punched - kicked into chain-link fence - cut on left cheek - handcuffed - split lip - cut on his chin 5x19: Hammer of the Gods - thrown into a shelf 5x20: The Devil You Know - cut on left side of hairline - kicked 5x21: Two Minutes to Midnight - affected by pestilence (stopped later on) - faints - fingers stepped on, possibly broken - left palm burnt 5x22: Swan Song - thrown into windshield - punched - cut on right cheek - broken nose - cut above left eyebrow - (all healed by Cas)

Season 6

6x1: Exile on Main St - stabbed in the chest with a syringe - poisoned by Djinn 6x2: Two and a Half Men - thrown around - strangled and passes out 6x3: The Third Man - there’s an angel banishing sigil that I’m assuming he drew, so there might be a cut on one of his forearms or palms 6x5: Live Free or Twihard - thrown into a dumpster - punched - forced to drink blood of vampire - passes out - cured of vampirism 6x6: You Can’t Handle The Truth - knocked unconscious - tied by his wrists 6x9: Clap Your Hands If You Believe - abducted by fairies (don’t know if he was knocked out or if something else happened) - punched - handcuffed - thrown into iron bars - cut by right eye 6x10: Caged Heart - knocked unconscious 6x11: Appointment in Samarra - DEAD (brought back by Dr. Robert and Eva) 6x13: Unforgiven - tied up with webs - strangled 6x15: The French Mistake - thrown through a window - punched - internal pain 6x16: ... And Then There Were None - infected with the khan worm - electrocuted on his left outer forearm, leaves a horizontal burn mark 6x18: Frontierland - jumps through a window 6x19: Mommy Dearest - bit on the lower left side of his neck, near the nape (healed by Cas) 6x20: The Man Who Would Be King - punched 6x21: Let It Bleed - thrown into a car - strangled - punched 6x22: The Man Who Knew Too Much - in the impala when it’s flipped over - thrown over stairs and impacts onto a metal table (that honestly should have straight up broken his back)

Season 7

7x1: Meet the New Boss - horizontal cut on right forearm - thrown into a metal table and glass jars 7x2: Hello, Cruel World - left palm cut, maybe back of hand - broken right leg 7x3: The Girl Next Door - cut on left eyebrow - cut on left ear 7x4: Defending Your Life - possibly knocked unconscious - chained to a chair 7x5: Shut Up, Dr. Phil - thrown through a glass door - punched 7x6: Slash Fiction - handcuffed - thrown into a trophy cabinet 7x7: The Mentalists - window exploded next to him (he should earn some cuts from that) - punched 7x8: Season 7, Time for a Wedding! - thrown into a column - strangled 7x9: How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters - poisoned by goo (nothing serious, he’s just unconcerned with everything for a bit) 7x11: Adventures In Babysitting - horizontal cut on his left outer forearm - strangled 7x12: Time After Time - handcuffed - punched - strangled 7x15: Repo Man - stabbed with a syringe on the right side of his neck - tied around his wrists - vertical cut on his left outer forearm 7x16: Out With the Old - kicked in the face - thrown into a glass cabinet - thrown into a table with glass on it - thrown through a glass door 7x17: The Born-Again Identity - head banged against glass - thrown into a shelf 7x20: The Girl With the Dungeons and Dragon Tattoo - somersaulted through glass 7x21: Reading is Fundamental - drew an angel-banishing sigil, so there is a cut on one of his forearms or palms 7x22: There Will Be Blood - cut on left palm - thrown around

Season 8

8x1: We Need to Talk About Kevin - horizontal cut on his left outer forearm - horizontal cut on his left inner forearm - honestly cannot tell what’s meant to be his injury and what’s meant to be someone else’s blood. He might have cuts on his ears, head and neck, right cheek, and nose. Maybe along his chin and jaw too - bruised and cut knuckles - strangled 8x2: What’s Up, Tiger Mommy? - cuts around his right eye - cut on his upper lip - thrown into a wall 8x3: Heartache - punched - slammed onto his back - five holes in chest from fingers 8x4: Bitten - thrown into a wall 8x5: Blood Brother - cut on his left cheek, though I’m not sure if it’s new or from the last Purgatory flashback 8x6: Southern Comfort - punched - strangled - thrown into a table - infected by a coin? I’m not completely 100% sure what happened there - thrown into glass 8x7: A Little Slice of Kevin - horizontal cut on left inner forearm - rolled down a hill - thrown into some chains 8x8: Hunteri Heroici - hard impact on floor - hit in the face with a pan 8x9: Citizen Fang - punched - handcuffed - cut above right eyebrow - thrown into some wood planks - slice on the left side of his neck 8x10: Torn and Frayed - threw himself against a door multiple times - thrown against a window - strangled 8x12: As Time Goes By - handcuffed 8x13: Everybody Hates Hitler - thrown into a car - punched 8x14: Trial and Error - possible claw marks on left side, he puts his hand there but injury isn’t visible and not treated after 8x15: Man’s Best Friend With Benefits - thrown into a bedside table and knocked unconscious - thrown into a painting and tables 8x16: Remember the Titans - tripped and tossed onto the ground - flung back against ground - thrown against column 8x17: Goodbye Stranger - thrown into a wall - either broken or twisted right arm - punched - cut on left eyebrow - cut on bottom lip - cut on left cheek - cut near centre of forehead - cut on left temple - cut on nose, nose also probably broken - (all healed by Cas) 8x19: Taxi Driver - thrown into a tree 8x23: Sacrifice - handcuffed

Season 9

9x1: I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here - head banged against boot of impala - windows exploded around him, might earn him a few cuts - strangled - cut on left side of hairline - cut on left eyebrow - cut below left eye - possible cut below lip, can’t tell if it’s meant to be a cut or if it’s just a lot of blood - either a cut on his left ear or his ears bled from the sound of angels - possibly went unconscious for a second - two cuts on right cheek - cut near his left temple 9x2: Devil May Care - punched - arm twisted - thrown through a window 9x3: I’m No Angel - thrown into a counter and hits a trashcan when he falls off 9x4: Slumber Party - punched across room - kicked in groin while possessed by a witch 9x5: Dog Dean Afternoon - punched - kneed - elbowed - tied around wrists 9x6: Heaven Can’t Wait - thrown against a wall 9x7: Bad Boys - thrown against a wall - choked - thrown into a table - handcuffed 9x8: Rock and a Hard Place - enveloped by blue flame - thrown through table and knocked unconscious 9x9: Road Trip - punched unconscious - thrown against column 9x10: Road Trip - thrown into a bookshelf 9x11: First Born - thrown onto a table x2 - kneed - punched in the chest - shoved into a shelf, counter and wall - Mark of Cain transferred over to him 9x13: The Purge - passes out 9x14: Captives - knocked unconscious - cut on left eyebrow - tied around his wrists - cut on right side of neck, under jaw 9x15: #THINMAN - tasered unconscious - handcuffed 9x18: Meta Fiction - cut up knuckles 9x19: Alex Annie Alexis Ann - knocked unconscious with a piece of wood - punched through a chair 9x21: King of the Damned - thrown into a glass frame painting 9x22: Stairway to Heaven - handcuffed - punched 9x23: Do You Believe in Miracles - vomiting / coughing up blood - thrown into a concrete wall x2 - kicked in the face - crushed wrist - cuts along hairline - cut on right eyebrow - cut on left cheek - stabbed in the centre of chest with angel blade - cuts on chin - possible split lip - cut above left eyebrow - DEAD (wakes up as a demon)

Season 10

10x2: Reichenbach - cut on left palm (heals itself) - cut on left cheek (heals itself) - handcuffed 10x3: Soul Survivor - tied around ankles (still handcuffed) - needle in right inner forearm x 4 - needle in back of neck 10x4: Paper Moon - hit on the back of head with gun - punched 10x5: Fan Fiction - thrown into a wooden set piece - backhanded a few feet 10x6: Ask Jeeves - thrown into a bedside table and lamp - hit shoulders against doors multiple times 10x7: Girls, Girls, Girls - punched - hit in the face with a gun - hit in the gut - cut on left cheek - cut on left eyebrow - cut on right side of cheek 10x8: Hibbing 911 - knocked unconscious - tied around wrists - punched 10x9: The Things We Left Behind - bottle smashed over his head - cut on left side of head - kicked in the face 10x10: The Hunter Games - bruised and cut knuckles 10x11: There’s No Place Like Home - strangled - punched - kicked - kneed - thrown - cut across nose - cut on right eyebrow - bruised and cut knuckles 10x12: About a Boy - strangled - elbowed - hit repeatedly against tiled floor and fridge 10x13: Half & Catch Fire - thrown into a brick column - thrown through a door and into a shelf - strangled 10x14: The Executioner’s Song - hit in the right side - thrown around - punched - thrown through a window - lots of small cuts around right eye - strangled - split lip 10x15: The Things They Carried - thrown onto a table and into the edge of a fireplace - tackled into a table 10x16: Paint it Black - backhanded across a room - strangled 10x17: Inside Man - hit in the back - tackled into a wood column - tackled onto a pool table - strangled - punched 10x18: Book of the Damned - tackled by someone who just jumped through a window - punched 10x19: The Werther Project - cut on right side of hairline - possibly a cut or two on or behind right ear - cut on left side of hairline - bruised and cut knuckles - tied to a chair by wrists, middle and ankles - horizontal cut on right forearm 10x20: Angel Heart - kicked - punched 10x21: Dark Dynasty - kicked in the back - strangled - thrown into a dumpster 10x22: The Prisoner - handcuffed - plastic bag over head, suffocated - tied down to a table by wrists and ankles - maybe some cuts on his head, arms and knuckles but honestly I think all the blood on him belongs to others, I don’t think he was injured at all while killing the Stynes 10x23: Brother’s Keeper - punches a mirror - cut on left palm - punched - struck by lightning that removes the Mark of Cain

Season 11

11x1: Out of the Darkness, Into the Fire - pushed to the ground 11x2: Form and Void - headbutted - thrown through a door and into a wall 11x3: The Bad Seed - thrown into a concrete wall - thrown through wood pallets - thrown into a chain-link fence - punched - cut above and below left eyebrow - split lip 11x4: Baby - punched - strangled - cut above left eye - two cuts below left eye - handcuffed - three cuts on right cheek, close to jaw - cuts worsened from the impala crashing - cut on or behind right ear - shoved against impala - bit on left side of neck - cut on right temple - cut on nose - cut below lip - (all is hinted to be healed by Cas later on) 11x5: Thin Lizzie - knocked unconscious - cut on left side of hairline - tied around wrists - hit in head by gun 11x6: Our Little World - thrown through a mirror - thrown against stone pillar - thrown against wall 11x7: Push - face smashed against bars - thrown against desk - thrown through glass door - strangled 11x8: My Imagination - tied around his wrists - cut on left cheek - cut on left ear 11x10: The Devil in the Details - vomited - kicked - strangled - cut above and below left eye 11x11: Into the Mystic - eyes and ears bleeding from Banshee’s screech - head bashed into wooden column multiple times - cut on right side of hairline 11x13: Love Hurts - target of the “Kiss of Death” curse - wrist either broken or twisted 11x14: The Vessel - head banged on table - thrown onto table and lands on floor - shoved against stone column 11x15: Beyond the Mat - thrown against a metal beam - thrown through a door and into a wall - thrown down onto concrete ground - punched - tied around wrists 11x16: Safe House - hit by something and impacts the ground - knocked unconscious - cut on left palm - punched (while possessed by Soul Eater) - elbowed (while possessed) - thrown into table (while possessed) - chair smashed over him and knocked unconscious (while possessed) 11x17: Red Meat - punched - tasered unconscious - skid marks around left eye - broken ribs - overdoses on barbiturates (resuscitated) - handcuffed - strangled 11x18: Hell’s Angel - either internal pain or choked 11x19: The Chitters - punched 11x22: We Happy Few - thrown against a metal... cage, thing (I don’t know what it’s called) 11x23: Alpha and Omega - absorbs a couple hundred thousand souls that are later extracted by God

Season 12

12x1: Keep Calm and Carry On - arm pulled - foot pressed against throat - arm twisted - punched - knuckles punched with brass knuckles - thrown into car 12x2: Mamma Mia - handcuffed - hung by his wrists - punched with brass knuckles - cuts behind left ear - punched - (possibly healed by Cas seeing as he’s completely fine in the next shot) 12x3: The Foundry - throws himself against a door multiple times - elbowed in the face - choked - almost frozen - thrown against wall 12x5: The One You’ve Been Waiting For - tackled into a metal cabinet - punched - headbutted - thrown through a window 12x6: Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox - thrown into a table - thrown through a glass door 12x7: Rock Never Dies - thrown off a stage 12x8: LOTUS - handcuffed around wrists and ankles 12x9: First Blood - DEAD (ressurected by Billie) - cut on left palm 12x10: Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets - momentarily blinded - thrown into a wall x2 - right palm cut 12x11: Regarding Dean - blasted with a spell and knocked out - gradually loses his memory (restored by Rowena) 12x12: Stuck in the Middle (With You) - elbowed in the face - flung backwards - hit in gut with base of spear - headbutted - hit in the face with base of spear 12x16: Ladies Drink Free - shoved into a shelf 12x17: The British Invasion - flung back and hard impact on ground - thrown into big wheel 12x18: The Memory Remains - fell off railing and onto floor, knocked unconscious - cut behind right ear - wrists tied - head hit onto tiled wall 12x19: The Future - broken arm (healed by Cas) - elbowed in face 12x20: Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes - internal pain 12x21: There’s Something About Mary - kneed in the groin 12x22: Who We Are - stone dust in eyes - really bad gash in left knee - sedated (needle in left side of neck) - thrown into bookshelf - punched - injured leg kicked - elbowed in face - cut on right cheek - cut on left earlobe - injured leg hit with a piece of wood - hit with piece of wood - strangled with a piece of wood 12x23: All Along the Watchtower - previous injuries healed by Cas - hit in the face with gun - punched - kicked

Season 13

13x1: Lost and Found - thrown into a wall and knocked unconscious - cut on lower lip - cut knuckles from punching wood sign - handcuffed - punched - hit in the face with base of angel blade - punched in side - kicked into desk - headbutted 13x2: The Rising Sun - punched in the back and face - shoved into table - tackled through wood room divider - choked 13x4: The Big Empty - knocked unconscious x2 - handcuffed - hit in the face with gun - cut on left cheek 13x5: Advanced Thanatology - thrown into chain-link fence - kills himself (resurrected by Billie) 13x6: Tombstone - thrown back into trolley 13x7: War of the Worlds - punched - strangled 13x8: The Scorpion and the Frog - middle finger pricked 13x9: The Bad Place - headbutted 13x10: Wayward Sisters - hit in the face with base of spear and knocked unconscious - tied around wrists 13x12: Various & Sundry Villains - hexed with love spell - hexed to stay in one spot - thrown into wall - thrown into glass frame picture - strangled - hammer to the back of left knee 13x13: Devil’s Bargain - thrown through door and into wall - internal pain 13x14: Good Intentions - kicked by big strong man - choked 13x15: A Most Holy Man - handcuffed 13x17: The Thing - shoved into wall - strangled - knocked unconscious - tied down to a table by wrists and ankles 13x18: Bring ‘em Back Alive - shot in the right shoulder - poisoned by bullet (antidote applied by Ketch) 13x19: Funeralia - hit in neck / face not sure which one - punched - cut on left cheek - strangled - elbowed in face - punched in gut - thrown into table - headbutted - thrown around - kneed - cut on left side of forehead - right side as well - cut on nose - bruised and cut knuckles 13x20: Unfinished Business - whipped - super slapped by Loki - punched in gut - punched 13x23: Let the Good Times Roll - windows exploded near him - arm twisted and punched - strangled - cut on bottom lip - elbowed in the face - hard impact onto ground - punched in the gut and face (while Michael possessed him)

Season 14

14x3: The Scar - hit in the face with hilt and base of spear - tackled into wood column - headbutted - kicked in the face - punched - strangled 14x4: Mint Condition - headbutted - thrown into morgue drawers - strangled 14x5: Nightmare Logic - thrown across room - strangled 14x6: Optimism - tackled into bookshelf 14x9: The Spear - elbowed in face - punched in gut - kicked - strangled 14x11: Damaged Goods - hard impact against floor 14x13: Lebanon - either jumped back and hit the wall or he was thrown back by the force of the fire - elbowed in the face x2 - kicked - headbutted - thrown onto counter and hits ground - super backhanded - punched - thrown into shelf with glass cups - strangled - cut on bottom lip 14x14: Ouroboros - backhanded - face slammed into wood pillar two times and knocked unconscious - cut on right temple - not able to breathe - temporarily blind - internal pain 14x20: Moriah - thrown into bookshelf - thrown through gravestone

Season 15

15x1: Back To The Future - thrown against dumpster 15x2: Raising Hell - thrown through shelf 15x5: Proverbs 17:3 - shoved against wall - strangled - thrown back - cut on left cheek - cut on right cheek - cut on left side of torso - cut on either right side of torso or front of right thigh 15x6: Golden Time - thrown across hallway and into wall - internal pain 15x7: Last Call - knocked unconscious - tied to a chair by wrists and ankles - blood being drained from left arm - punched in side - punched - bottle smashed over head - cut on left eyebrow - hit with pool stick 15x8: Our Father, Who Aren’t in Heaven - cut on left palm (healed by Cas) - punched - kneed - thrown - strangled 15x9: The Trap - knocked unconscious - super backhanded by God 15x10: The Heroes’ Journey - kneed in the groin - headbutted - strangled 15x12: Galaxy Brain - hit on wrists and face with stick - strangled 15x14: Last Holiday - thrown back - hard impact on ground - thrown back into wall 15x16: Drag Me Away (From You) - slammed onto ground and strangled 15x18: Despair - thrown into wall x3 - elbowed in the face - thrown back - pain in heart 15x19: Inherit the Earth - headbutted - thrown into wall - thrown back across beach - internal pain - punched - kicked - broken right arm - broken right leg - two cuts beside left eye - cut on nose - cut on bottom lip - cut above left eye - (all healed by Jack) 15x20: Carry On - slammed to ground - impaled on a piece of broken rebar - DEAD (permanently)

#I'll upload Sam's list tomorrow I'm going to SLEEP #spn #supernatural #spn ref #supernatural ref #Dean Winchester #Dean Winchester ref #blood tw #blood mention #Jensen Ackles #long post

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reppyy · 11 months

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#secret invasion #screencaps #1x1 #resurrection #emilia clarke #olivia colman #samuel l jackson

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frangipanilove · 2 months

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Sirius Symbolism in TOWL (and a few words on the Apple/iPhone symbolism)

(…and also, a convoluted “Coda” reference…)

Now that TOWL is finished, I want to say a few words on how the symbolism we know and love consistently continues to be used in TWDU. TOWL was a show predominantly about Rick and Michonne, and revolved mostly around their story and their resolution. The exceptions were episodes 1x4 and 1x5, which I’ve talked about other places, (and also here and here).

The Sirius symbolism is very much still in play, we saw evidence of that already in episode 1x1 Days. I’ve talked about Sirius symbolism and how it’s synonymous with fire (because Sirius means scorching/glowing) in multiple posts over the years, for example here.

In 1x1 Days, Rick is flying the helicopter with Okafor, then decides to tell a story from his childhood. One night, at seven years old, he wakes in the middle of the night because he’s thirsty. He goes to get a drink of water, then discovers the farm is on fire, and his father is badly burnt. His father tells him not to worry, the fire will help promote next year’s harvest. His father says it may look like the end of the world, but in reality it’s the beginning of something new, something better.

That’s the essence of the Sirius symbolism. It means rebirth, resurrection and…

...reunion!

Because immediately after Rick tells his story, the helicopter is hit, and goes down in flames:

And what happens next is basically what the Sirius symbolism is all about…

…reunion with loved ones:

Remember that the Sirius symbolism was introduced into TWDU as far back as in TWD 1x1 Days Gone Bye. “Seriously” were among the first words spoken, chronologically speaking, in a flashback from before the outbreak, from before Rick’s car accident that landed him in a coma, the coma we saw him wake up/resurrect from in 1x1 Days Gone Bye (read more here).

(the word "serious" in TWDU is used as code for Sirius due to phonetical similarities)

And if anyone still wonders what this whole Sirius thing is all about, Rick actually articulated it eloquently in 1x6:

...sometimes things have to burn to come back.

This comment, from 1x6 The Ones Who Live, was in reference to his story from 1x1 Days, in which he told the story about the fire, then crashed, then immediately reunited with Michonne. This time, in 1x6, is was foreshadowing his return/resurrection/reunion with Judith and RJ.

And on that note, I want to touch on the Apple symbolism some, because it’s tied right into the Sirius symbolism. Remember we first saw the Apple iPhone in 10x13 What We Become, when Michonne found his boots and a Apple iPhone in an old abandoned boat, marked with the numbers 762, on Virgil’s island. This was the first “proof of life” from Rick, and it was what convinced her he could still be alive. It was what prompted her to go out searching for him.

In the coda of the TWD series finale, 11x24 Rest In Peace, the symbolism around the boots and the Apple iPhone was partially fulfilled when we saw how the boots and the iPhone ended up in the boat marked with 762. We saw Rick Grimes, clearly alive, trying to escape the CRM, leaving his backpack with the boots and phone on the boat, before he was recaptured.

Apple symbolism was always closely tied to Richonne, but we did also see it around Daryl in TWDDD a whole lot, which is promising. Read more here.

And, we eventually saw the apple symbolism completely fulfilled in the last few scenes, when Rick and Michonne, after having neutralized the CRM, returned to Judith and RJ in a CRM helicopter. We first see Michonne holding the Apple iPhone, the one first seen in 10x13...

...then, the reunion happens...

Rick Grimes, The Brave Man, is "resurrected", "reborn" and reunited with his family.

And we do know it’s tied to the Sirius and "fire" symbolism because watch this scene from TOWL 1x3 Bye:

“…sometimes things have to burn to bring things back…”

Rick, upon deciding he no longer can remain hopeful of ever getting back to his loved ones, burns the iPhones, thinking he has to let go. But as we know, the symbolism isn't about letting go, it's about rebirth, resurrection and reunion...

Sometimes things have to burn in order to came back...

Once he burns the Apple iPhones, he (or rather, TPTB) activates the Sirius symbolism, and a "reunion" is subsequently lined up in his near future.

That's Sirius symbolism. And it was fulfilled in an episode called The Ones Who Live...

This is some A+ foreshadowing by using Sirius symbolismon the part of TPTB. And this is the type of symbolism we see around Beth constantly! She's among "The Ones Who Live".

Finally, a few words on the coda.

Which coda, you ask?

Well there wasn’t really one, I’m just trying to be cute with word plays. There was, however, a small nod to Cotton Tail, the rabbit from TWD 4x15 Us, an episode in which Daryl almost killed Len Claimer because he indirectly offended Beth, or so to speak. Read more on that here. Long story short, the rabbit from 4x15 Us 100% represented Beth, and in particular, the part that Daryl got, “the ass end”, represented 5x8 Coda, because “the ass end” of “Cotton Tail” is a reference to the Latin word “Coda”, which literally translates to “tail”. Len specifically described Daryl as someone who had lost himself "a piece of tail". This was directly after he had lost Beth. Beth is the piece of tail. Beth is Cotton Tail.

We didn’t get a coda per se in TOWL 1x6, but in a roundabout way, I’d say we still got one:

Cotton Tail!

Sure, maybe that makes me delusional, but then again, I am TD, so why not? I embrace it!

#bethyl #team delusional #daryl dixon #beth greene #team defiance #the walking dead #twd towl #twd #daryl x beth #beth x daryl

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maraudingwritings · 4 years

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so i might’ve resurrected my 1x1 blog and i’m looking for plots and partners so hmu if interested in brainstorming c:

#1x1 #1x1 rp #hush now

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mikrokcmos · 4 years

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hiii ik i've resurrected unexpectedly buuuut, i’ve been wanting to get back into rping !! if anyone wants to discord krp/1x1 pls like this so i can hit you up for your user <3 it’s easier for me to rp on there so we can plot with our muses and kick it off afterwards.

#um weeee..i promise im dedicated #indie krp #krp #krp lit #discord krp

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snarky-sims-witch · 5 years

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StrangerVille Survival Challenge

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This challenge is loosely inspired by Pinstar's Apocalypse Challenge; however, my challenge is more focused on the StrangerVille story and designed to make use of much of StrangerVille's content, so I think it's different enough from Pinstar's challenge to stand on its own.

If you repost, edit, or write another version of this challenge based on mine, please credit both Pinstar and myself and link back to both our challenges. Thank you!

Story

The Mother has utterly destroyed StrangerVille. There is nothing left but abandoned buildings and a town overrun with toxic plants. Most of the inhabitants have fled in terror, but the few who remain are infected... and highly contagious, but your Sim knows they can't be the only survivor who is still healthy. Others are out there somewhere. Your Sim must find a way to live in this dangerous new world and look for other survivors.

Objective

Start with nothing but an empty plot of land and a desire to survive. Build a fully self-sustainable fallout shelter and gather up a colony of fellow survivors who will help you grow your base. The challenge ends when you have a colony of 8 Sims and have built a finished, self-sustainable shelter that can accommodate your entire colony. Each member of the colony must be assigned a role and be masters of their role's skills.

Getting Started

Reach Act 3 of the StrangerVille Mystery story any way you want with a random, disposable Sim. I highly recommend downloading TwistedMexi's All Cheats Unlocked mod and using the command narrative.start_narrative narrative_strangetown_act3 in the cheat console to just set the story to Act 3 immediately. If you don't want to use mods, then just get to Act 3 using as many cheats as you like with this random Sim. The only purpose of this is to enable the crazy weather for the challenge.

Make a young adult Sim in CAS. This Sim can have any appearance, gender customisations, traits, aspiration, voice, and walk style you want. You may use any CC you like on them that doesn't affect gameplay in any way.

You may use the in-game personality quiz to determine your Sim’s starting skills and traits, but you must quit any career it assigns you as soon as you start playing and you must still remove all your starting funds.

If Cats & Dogs is installed, you may give your Sim one pet. Only one. The pet can be a cat or a dog of any breed/mix, and have any appearance and traits you want.

Move your household into any bulldozed, empty lot in StrangerVille.

Open the cheat console with CTRL + SHIFT + C and type in testingcheats true, followed by money 0. Then type in testingcheats false.

Overall Rules

No mods that give you an unfair advantage in the challenge. Mods that make any aspect of the game easier for your Sim or help your Sim in any way in the challenge are not allowed.

No cheats of any kind except for bb.moveobjects on for creative building purposes. Any cheats the challenge specifically instructs you to use are okay, but only when the challenge specifies it. For example, you can use the money cheat only to take away all your Sim's money at the beginning of the challenge. You can't use the money cheat again after that.

Lifespans must be set to Normal with Auto-Aging On for all Sims. Sims must be allowed to age naturally. No early birthdays. No prolonging life/preventing death/resurrecting dead Sims.

No careers! No rabbithole careers. No active careers. No work from home careers. No custom careers. No careers of any kind. Period. The epidemic in StrangerVille has caused the job market to collapse. Sims must make money by selling items they've crafted, harvested, or collected.

No member of your household can leave StrangerVille. All roads going in and out are blocked off and the bizarre weather has made travel too dangerous. Sims may travel to other lots in StrangerVille but cannot use any forbidden luxuries on those lots (toilets, showers, etc). Assume all appliances and tech are broken on these lots.

The cell phone is forbidden. Autonomous phone interactions can be cancelled without penalty, but you cannot use the phone for any reason. Cell towers have been knocked out, leaving phones out of service.

You may purchase in-game rewards with satisfaction points you earned properly without cheats, but Potions of Youth are off-limits. You are limited to one Money Tree. You may not exploit the glitch to get more Money Tree Seeds.

Shelter

With harmful airborne spores everywhere, its only a matter of time before your Sim breathes in so much of it that they, too, succumb to this terrible illness. It's not safe to be outdoors for long periods of time and infected Sims roam the streets at night. The weather has knocked out power lines and the water tower, severely limiting your Sim's access to electricity and indoor plumbing.

As soon as you are on your empty lot with $0, time starts ticking. You have exactly 24 hours to build an underground shelter that is protected from the elements, otherwise you fail the challenge. If you started a new save file, this should be exactly 8:00AM the following morning.

Your shelter must be entirely underground and protected from the harsh StrangerVille weather (so a door separating your shelter from the outside). The shelter does not need to have anything in it. It does not need wall coverings or flooring. It doesn't even need to be more than a 1x1 square. As long as your Sim has somewhere they can stand that is completely underground and protected from the elements, you've passed the first 24 hours. (HINT: Fishing in Shady Acres can be both profitable and an easy source of food early on in the challenge).

After the first 24 hours, all Sims in your household have a strict 9pm curfew. All Sims must be inside the shelter and remain in the shelter from 9pm to 7am every night for their own safety.

You can only have one item that uses electricity in each room of your shelter. Lights must be candles, oil lamps, or the DIY wall light that came with StrangerVille.

Your shelter is lacking in indoor plumbing. You may only have three “plumbing” items in your entire shelter. You are limited to:

Rustic basin sinks

WooHoo bushes (GT or JA – not subject to the plumbing item limit)

Portable camping shower (OR)

DIY shower (SV)

The homemade toilet and bath craftable on the workbench

Food

The Mother's infection doesn't seem to have affected the water or the fish in the town, but nothing grown on land outdoors is safe to eat. It's all been contaminated by airborne spores. The epidemic has caused all the local shops to shut down, making grocery shopping a thing of the past. Your Sim has no choice but to find a way to grow their own produce underground.

Sims may not eat anything they do not have all the ingredients for.

Sims may not eat any meals that do not require any ingredients. All meals must require at least one ingredient. The only exception to this is the birthday cake. Sims may cook and eat birthday cakes, but only for the purpose of celebrating a birthday. A Sim must age up using the cake.

Your Sim may not grow anything above ground, not even if it's indoors. All food must be grown underground in the shelter to protect them from contamination. (HINT: You need medium wall height to be able to grow trees underground)

Sims may catch and eat fish that they've caught.

Sims may not purchase, plant, grow, harvest, touch, eat, or carry bizarre fruit. No bizarre fruit may ever come into contact with your Sims or be brought into the shelter. No Sim may ever interact with a bizarre plant. If any Sim in your household comes into contact with a bizarre plant or bizarre fruit, they must be killed off or kicked out immediately.

Grow Your Colony

Once your Sim has established a proper shelter and a way to safely grow their own produce, it's time to start thinking bigger. Surely your Sim can't be the only healthy person left in StrangerVille. There must be others like them out there somewhere, hiding, struggling to survive. Wouldn't it be nice to band together and form a colony of survivalists? If they could just find them in the sea of infected Sims wandering around...

No Sim in your household may interact with an infected/possessed Sim. If a Sim in your household autonomously interacts with an infected/possessed Sim, they must be immediately killed off or kicked out of the household in order to protect the rest of the colony. This applies to all Sims regardless of age or relation to any other Sims in the household.

If your starting Sim interacts with an infected/possessed Sim, they must also leave the colony. The role of Leader then gets passed to another Sim in the colony. This is the only exception to the rule about not changing roles in the next section. If your starting Sim is the only Sim in the colony, you fail the challenge.

Your Sim cannot add the first new member of the colony until the shelter functions like a proper “home.” It must have:

A method of bathing and using the bathroom inside the shelter

A method of cooking and storing food inside the shelter

Enough seating for at least two Sims

At least one garden planter

At least one fun item

Two beds. If your Sim and the new colony member have a suitably high relationship, you may have one double bed, instead.

You cannot add a new colony member to the household until there is a bed for them inside the shelter.

New colony members may be added to the shelter either by inviting existing Sims to move into the household or by having natural-born children within the household.

You cannot invite a Sim to join your colony until your Sim is Good Friends with them.

No new colony member can bring any money with them when they move in. Use the money cheat to remove any funds they bring with them.

Colony Roles

In order for your colony to thrive, you're going to need some organization and structure. As the leader of your colony, you'll be assigning each new member of your colony a vital role. That Sim will dedicate their lives to fulfilling their assigned role for the benefit of the colony. There are lots of things to be done to keep the colony running smoothly and lots of Sims needed to perform those tasks. If everyone works together, the colony will stay strong in the face of this terrible tragedy.

When a new Sim joins the colony, assign them a role from the list below. That Sim must master the skill linked to their role. You cannot change a Sim's role after it's been assigned so think carefully. If a Sim masters a skill for a different role, it won't count towards the challenge. The Sim must master the skill that matches their role.

Sims aren't restricted to only performing duties within their role, but try your best to keep everyone as focused on their role as possible. It helps build their skill faster.

While toddlers and children cannot officially take on a role and perform their role’s duties, they must be prepped to accept their assigned role when they become teens. They must master the toddler and child skill on the list linked to their future role. A toddler or child who does not master their role’s skill before they age up is a challenge fail.

If you started with a pet in the household and therefore cannot fulfill all 8 roles, the pet automatically takes the role of Spy. The pet does not need to do anything special to fulfill this role. If the pet dies before the end of the challenge, you must add a Sim to the colony to become your Spy.

Role List

Leader

Your starting Sim. As the leader of a colony, your Sim is responsible for rallying everyone together and keeping morale high.

Adult Skill: Charisma Child Skill: N/A Toddler Skill: N/A

Farmer

This Sim is responsible for growing and harvesting fresh produce in the underground greenhouse to help keep everyone fed.

Adult Skill: Gardening Child Skill: Mental Toddler Skill: Thinking

Hunter

The colony needs a source of protein to keep fit and strong. This Sim’s duty is to bring back freshly caught fish to the colony to be prepared, cooked, and eaten.

Adult Skill: Fishing Child Skill: Mental Toddler Skill: Thinking

Carpenter

This Sim’s duties involve building and repairing things around the shelter and keeping all the nuts and gears in tip top shape.

Adult Skill: Handiness Child Skill: Motor Toddler Skill: Movement

Chef

This Sim is responsible for cooking all the fresh produce and fish that the farmer and hunter provides in order to feed the colony.

Adult Skill: Cooking Child Skill: Creativity Toddler Skill: Imagination

Soldier

It’s the soldier’s job to protect the colony from threats and invasions. They must always be on their guard to defend against infected Sims and government agents with unsavoury motives.

Adult Skill: Fitness Child Skill: Motor Toddler Skill: Movement

Scientist

This Sim manages any tech that the shelter has and comes up with ideas for new inventions that can help the colony.

Adult Skill: Logic Child Skill: Mental Toddler Skill: Thinking

Spy

The spy handles covert operations and collects sensitive information to help protect the colony. They listen in on conversations and collect valuable evidence.

Adult Skill: Mischief Child Skill: Social Toddler Skill: Communication

Completing The Challenge

When you have built up a large colony living in harmony in a fully self-sustainable bunker that can accommodate everyone living there, you’ll know your work is done. Rest easy knowing you and your colony will be safe in StrangerVille for many years to come.

To complete the challenge, the following objectives must be met:

You must have a colony of 8 Sims (or 7 Sims and 1 pet)

Each colony member must be teens or older and have the skills linked to their role mastered (including toddler and child skills, if applicable)

Your shelter must have a bed for each member of the colony

Your shelter must have an underground greenhouse with at least three large planter boxes

Your shelter must have indoor bathroom facilities that comply with the challenge’s plumbing limitations

Your shelter must have a listening station for your Spy and Scientist

Your shelter must have a B64 Training Bot for your Soldier

Your shelter must have a means of cooking and storing produce and fish indoors

The perimeter of your lot must be closed off with tall fencing and a gate that is kept locked to everyone but your household

Your shelter must have at least three items purchased from the Curio Shop (excluding bizarre fruit)

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