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areyoudoingthis · 4 months

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it's been almost a week and every time I think I've processed it and I'm ready to move on I see another gifset or I remember something that happened while s2 was airing and my heart breaks all over again. I should be given a free axe and permission to chop heads

#i would love for this campaign to work because if i need anything right now it's tangible proof that people can actually change something #about the world #i love everyone who's remaining hopeful about this and anything else atm #you make me smile a few times a day and that's something

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skeletonsfortea · 2 months

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How are babies made in your world? 🤭 Monster babies that is. Some people make up their own headcannons for fun, like eggs or two soul pieces forming a monster, and I was curious if you had one too 🤭🤭

Lol

So they put their hands together, go super saiyan, and BOOM child

Ok ok

So two monsters, of the same kind, with different magical signatures, form a soul bond and each party provides a bit of magic directly from their souls. Should everything work out, the magic will combine to form a new soul, which will form a body of it's own. The starting soul will be small and weak, but with time it will grow into a mature soul/monster!

It's obviously slightly more indepth than that, but there's the simplified version!

#about the world

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askcharaandfriends · 1 year

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Trash Queen adamantly refuses to answer any asks regarding Aoandon, so I'm going to you. Did they brutally murder people after a string of ghost stories?

Aoandon. Light 100 blue lanterns and tell a scary story. At the end of each story, blow a candle out. Each story is scarier than the last. Until finally, in the dim light of the last candle, you weave a tale of pure terror and blow the last candle out. Smoke rises and darkness falls. Out of the shadows a figure born from fear dressed in a white kimono with long dark hair and pointed black teeth grins at you.

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Aoandon are not monsters in the traditional sense (Toriel, Sans, Hapsta, etc), but creatures of the void summoned by heightened human emotions[fear]. The lantern ritual blurs the lines between this world and the void, allowing them to enter if the ritual is completed. They are mainly curious. But sometimes mischievous and nasty. They like the taste of fear and creating more fear. They're in it for the thrill, not blood.

They have been known to kill, yes brutally at times. Usually to get a reaction out of others. But they generally prefer just scaring the crap out of people. Because survivors tell ghost stories. Dead people don't.

If they kill, a person's fear flares and then is over. They prefer a long slow stream of fear. Lurking in shadows. The movement in the corner of your eye. A reflection in the mirror down the hall. A grainy image in a photograph.

Those they haunt feel cold, drained and lethargic. Often complaing of mysterious illness. Prone to night terrors and really bad sleep paralysis.

Once summoned, they are hard to get rid of. They don't really die as far as anyone knows, but are repelled by sunlight, happiness and genuine laughter. If a family full of love, light, and laughter moves in to a place they lurk, they will likely leave to find a new haunt or may even return to the void. But as long as the gate is still open, they may find an opportunity to return.

[Side note: I hope I did them justice, I don't know much about them, only what I googled. Hope that's satisfactory, walter]

#aoandon #void creature #walterteigan #scary stories #about the world #lore #japanese legends

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linecrosser · 2 years

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Please assume I know nothing - are the characters you draw from something or yours? Either way I’d love to know more about them.

Yep, they are my dear OCs, I have had those three since around 2004 :D

I don't really have anything big written about them online, most is just randomly spread out in my various sketchbooks and hidden in my head. I just like to draw them in whatever situations (and, of course, whump the heck out of them. I am such a good OC-parent!).

If you would like to see more of them, the best way is to look through my tags here on tumblr. I have been more or less consistent in tagging these posts, it should all show up in at least one of them :D

The World-tag: Achaar Djaanib

or the Character-tags: Recha - Shakkau - Ku-juun

Or if you have any specific questions, I am always happy to answer them!

#ask ask ask #about the world #Achaar Djaanib #OC-Talk

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riotbrrrd · 2 years

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The power of Susanna Clarke's Piranesi is that when reading it I was thinking about architectural horror but now everytime I am consuming architectural horror I am thinking about Piranesi

#it isn't even horror! but it is. doing something so poetic and important #about the world

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daeminia-archive · 2 years

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The World of Daeminia

The Cosmics and Creation

There are two Major Daemons that preside over the aspects of life and death respectively. They are the only true eternal Daemons, their magic holding up the laws of the world itself. These Daemons lack a physical form, though they can craft one at will. The Major Daemon of life and creation is known as Chaos, a primordial energy of nothingness and potential. The Major Daemon of ends and decay is known as Death. Together, they are known as the Cosmics.

This world and all of its life sprang from Chaos, for it is in its nature to dispel from itself. This magic took the form of land and sea and sky, of grass and clouds, of wind and rain and the sun and moon. It created and created until almost all of itself was spent, for Chaos is not infinite. The more Chaos creates, the more of itself it uses until someday there shall be nothing left and the world would collapse upon itself. And to remedy this, Chaos’ brother, Death, would encourage creation to wither and rot, so in its death the magic would be returned to Chaos to cycle through again. This creation and stabilizing helped give magic a finer form, and thus Daemons were made.

The Cosmics’ powers and energies are able to seep into Daeminia through deep abyssal chasms in the ground. These chasms are direct connections to the Cosmics and are looked after by Watchers. These chasms are also used as a collective burial site, as it is thought that cadavers sent through the chasms would have its energies be recycled to the Cosmics faster.

It must be understood that Chaos and Death are neither malevolent nor benevolent entities. They exist out of the very nature of it, and care not for the creations they make. The natural instinct of any animal is to survive, and thus so they do.

Magic Takes Form

All things are made of Chaos; Chaos is the energy that makes things grow and live, and it is also the energy that is fashioned into “magic.” Additionally, there is also a second rarer type of “magic” energy known as Wan, which embodies the energy of the Cosmic Daemon known as Death.

The magic in this world is general, and anyone can shape the magic in any way they wish. Some might be more inclined to shape it in a more specific way than others, creating specialties like pyromancy, etc. For example, anyone can do pyromancy, but the ones who specialize in it can do more powerful and specific things with fire (summoning a candle flame vs trapping a forest fire). Small and unspecialized use of magic can be used in day-to-day life, like for factory work, cleaning, cooking, etc.

Higher subtypes of Daemons have more innate reservoirs of magic to use compared to the lower classes. Due to the power difference, society in Daeminia is class-based and reliant on how much magic a Daemon has. Little to no magic puts you lower on the class scale while a vast reservoir of magic allows one to be seen as more aristocratic.

However, the more magic a Daemon has, the harder it is to control it. Magic can alter the Daemon’s physical form and the consciousness of their mind; without proper control of their magic, a Daemon can devolve into a monstrous blob or wisp away to nothingness, and lose their sense of self. To combat this, Daemons wear a Wan-infused item called a Key to help keep the Chaos energies in check. With the Key, Daemons are able to maintain a stable physical form and have a cap to limit their power so it would not hurt them. Even Major Daemons are subject to this, but certain classes of Minor Daemons, such as humans, do not need a Key since they possess little to no magic. Keys can be made out of any material and can be any item; usually they are fashioned into something the Daemon can wear so it can be with them at all times. Common types of Keys include masks, necklaces, charms, buttons, and various articles of clothing.

Direct exposure to open vats of Chaos and Wan energies can further distort a Daemon’s ability and form, and can turn a Minor Daemon into a Major Daemon. This is normally a thing associated with Watchers, as they are Daemons Court-picked to watch over these open vats and commune with the Cosmic Daemons.

Chaos And Wan

To get to the bare basics: Chaos is creation energy and Wan is energy associated with death and decay. Wan energy is what breaks down Daemons and objects so that the Chaos energy inside them can be recycled back into the Major Daemon Chaos. Wan, and thus Death, exists as a check-and-balance to Chaos as an energy and entity.

Purified Wan is ritualistically infused into objects to make them Keys. This allows higher amounts of Chaos to be capped and controlled, disabling it from going out of proportion. The process of creating Keys is difficult and taxing; Key makers are known for having shorter life spans due to Wan manipulation. Keys must be replaced once they show signs of wear and tear magically, else if the condition worsens the Daemon will lose control.

Major and Minor Daemons

There are two main classes of Daemons: Major and Minor. An important distinction between them is how much magic they embody. Major Daemons are like mortal-gods and are at the top of the social hierarchy. Minor Daemons have less magic and power to them, and continue to diminish further down the caste system.

The caste system is presented as thus in descending order:

Major Daemons

Watchers

Minor Daemons

Belua

Siths

Humans

Major Daemons

As mentioned prior Major Daemons are essentially mortal-gods, and only a step down from the Cosmics. They have strong magic and control over certain elements, and are responsible for the existence of that element. For example, a Major Daemon of water guarantees the presence of water on Daeminia. There can be multiple Major Daemons of the same domain, though Major Daemons are few and far in between in population than Minor Daemons. As Major Daemons are mortal, they will die, and so will their domains disappear from thew world. However, a bypass has been found in that if a Major Daemon has an heir/ess then they will inherit the power upon their parent’s death.

For centuries, Daeminia has been divided and ruled by four Major Daemons representative of the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Each respective kingdom is known as a Court, and each Court experiences an eternal season represented by its respective ruler. Each Court has its own culture, fashion, specialties, and beliefs. Other Major Daemons within these regions, if any, often serve as delegated attorney generals and other government officials.

Watchers

Watchers are Psuedo-Major Daemons elected by the Court to be the conduits between the Cosmics and the rest of the world. Initially someone from the Minor Daemon caste, Watchers are often changed through both appearance and power due to over exposure of strong amounts of chaos and wan energies emitted by the open vats in the earth. These vats are known as Wells, and is the closest connection Daemons have to the Cosmics. Through these Wells, Watchers can communicate with the Cosmics and are thus responsible to relay messages between them and the sovereigns of the four courts.

A Watcher’s primary responsibility, however, is to maintain the balance between chaos and wan. Communicating with the sovereigns, the Watchers must meet a middle ground between them and the Cosmics on how to remedy imbalances. A world where there is too much wan than there is chaos incites baby booms, ceasefires, higher disease control and prevention, and more to rectify the problem. However, a world where there is much more chaos than wan will likely see mandated war and a series of destructive events until the order is given to cease.

The power and magical capabilities of Watchers are not on par with Major Demons; they do not control an aspect or element of the world around them making their abilities comparable to that of Minor Daemons, while the influence from exposure to chaos and wan making the intensity of their innate magic comparable to that of Major Daemons.

Minor Daemons

Minor Daemons make up most of Daeminia’s population and vary widely on size, shape, body type, and control. There are three subtypes in this category: Belua, Sith, and Human.

The Belua are far more beastly in appearance than the Sith, bearing little to no resemblance whatsoever to humans. Their body shapes vary greatly due to larger amounts of magic needing to be retained, and unlike the Sith, have little to no control over their magic when their Key is removed. Despite this, they have greater access to magical abilities and are much more powerful than Sith and humans. The Belua take up the upper most tier of civilian Daemon society and are often in positions of lower scale power. Typically, it is a Belua who is nominated to become a Watcher.

Daemons of the Sith category appear much more human than beastly. Due to their lower amounts of innate magic enabling them to have some control without their Keys, Siths master their abilities relatively early in their lives. Siths are the most common Daemon subtype to encounter and make up the middle and lower tiers of the social hierarchy.

Notable Sith Types:

Volans - bird folk; can have a variety of traits including feathers, fur, paws, talons, and more. Recognizable real world comparisons would be angels, harpies, and general humanoid bird monsters

Muruch - aquatic folk; they are recognized by their excessive fins, gills, and human anatomy. Some Muruch can shape-shift to look more or less like a human, though they frequently have a need to be by a body of water to hydrate. If these particular Muruch lose their item of restriction, they will be stuck in one form forever. Recognizable real world comparisons would be merfolk, sirens, selkies, the missing link, and general humanoid fish monsters.

Necrieflings - undead folk; though not truly undead, Necrieflings have only been recently accepted as a race of Daemons. Necrieflings are often pitied by others, mainly due in part to the fact that most of their energy and magic is used to rebuild their bodies with parts or fluids they’ve scavenged. Incredibly intelligent with an inside look of biological magic use, they are masterful bio-artificers. Recognizable real world comparisons would be zombies, vampires, succubi, and other humanoid creatures with similar themes.

Humans are the lowest tier of Daemons. They possess little to no natural magic, and in comparison to other Daemons live extremely short lifespans. Where humans lack magic, however, they make up for through their tendency towards renovation. Humans have been known to be very adaptive and are primarily responsible for changes in the world via architecture, government, the arts, etc. Despite this, humans are considered to have little value in the social order and are often the most neglected in all four Courts in spite of their large population number.

The Uprising

Due to rights and luxuries being rewarded to some classes over others, there is an intense social chasm between the upper and lower classes. Siths and Humans have formed the Virtues, the name attributed to the rebels dedicated in overthrowing the current caste system and each of the four sovereigns who lead it. They are willing to destroy the foundations of the world if it means building a better future. Not all Humans and Siths think similarly, as the Virtues’ goals seem dangerous and wildly unpredictable. In any case, the privileged Belua and Major Daemons are not so keen on giving up their positions or power no matter what it takes.

Though it seems there are allies in unlikely places, and enemies that stand in plain sight...

#Daeminia #Court of Kings #lore #about the world

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elsarunia · 2 years

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Teile deinem Herzen mit, dass die Angst zu Leiden schlimmer ist als das Leiden selbst. Und kein Herz hat jemals gelitten, wenn es auf der Suche nach seinem Traum war.

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered while searching for its dream.

Powiedz swojemu sercu, że strach przed cierpieniem jest gorszy niż samo cierpienie. I żadne serce nigdy nie cierpiało, gdy szukało swojego marzenia.

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writtensounds · 2 years

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if I believed in god I'd be even more mad

You think love is to let happen

So lessons are learned, or something

All life is precious except in the hands of

One who can create for infinity

There's always new life, he thinks,

It's an experiment, it's a challenge, it's

Entertainment

For gods who stopped selling TVs 7 billion years ago. They've had all the drama they could possibly have between them

Are you bored by how predictable we are

Do you like watching us burn our own tail

Some of us don't want it to end, that's how we know

So keenly that

It could

And the truth is a pain to face-

Did you give it to us, or did you burn some brains for fun, until you couldn't say oops, you went too far to rein it in. Too fun to watch.

I hate what you've done with what you are. You're not a time traveler, you're the cause of this horror.

Let this end for you now,

You're useless.

Love is nothing you have ever known,

Or by now, you'd have salvaged it all.

I know cause I would.

But I'm not you. I am without power but

I would not sharpen my blade, to take my revenge

I would charge, with only rage in my hands, and it would be enough, to make you fall, to make you crawl until you die, and everything is ours again.

#writing #spilled ink #spilled words #Poetry #Angry poetry #God #@ god #climate change #About the world #spilled thoughts

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mysteriouseggsbenedict · 1 month

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I love Matilda because it's a story about a child who sees injustice around her and gets mad about it and questions why things aren't fair, and instead of the ending being that she learns how the world works and that life isn't fair, she catapults one of the adults who abused her out of a building with her mind

#matilda #my beloved #never stop getting mad about the things you see that are wrong in the world

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max1461 · 10 months

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Disgust has absolutely no ethical weight. If you are basing your ethical positions on the emotion of disgust you should stop, it is entirely unjustified and leads to a huge amount of harm.

#I've spent a lot of time thinking about the various difficult technical ways in which the world is bad but at some point #you also have to tell people “just stop doing bad stuff on purpose”#because they in fact do this

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