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A circular book dating back to 1590 CE held by the University of Forsberg, Germany.
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DP x DC Prompt:
Summoning circles are more complicated than people give them credit for. They’re a bit like a mix between a thumb print, a name, a phone number, and a recipe; and at the same time, nothing like any of those things.
In reality, most summoning circles in spell books and ancient texts are incomplete, representing only a fraction of a particular spirit’s identity.
A complete circle will actually be a series of different summoning circles, with each concentric ring representing an aspect of the spirit’s identity and having individual requirements and/or offerings needed. Ghosts have an innate awareness of them and are able to draw and describe their requirements from any sort of inward reflection.
Ghosts will often give out incomplete circles as a means of communication and transportation. A single ring of the circle will only open the door, and each ring added makes the pull and connection to the summoner stronger. Ghosts will also sometimes use incomplete circles to mark and monitor their haunts and as a way of claiming territory.
A complete summoning circle will occasionally but inevitably change over time, as parts of the spirit’s identity change.
The circle will always be a closely guarded secret. This is because, much like giving your true name to the fae, giving out your full summoning circle will allow the summoner to not only capture you, but to command and control you.
After Danny was shown Dan’s future where he killed the world, he made Jazz memorize his complete circle and told her to use it if he ever turned evil. She thought he was being ridiculous, but learned the spell when she saw how frightened he had become of himself.
When the summoning circle of the Ghost King was added to his identity, he tried to make her memorize the new circle, only for her to flat out refuse, saying it’s not healthy for him to make these kind of contingencies. They get into a really bad fight and Danny flies off determined to find someone he can trust with his circle should he turn evil.
As he’s flying over his town he feels the slight tug on his consciousness indicating someone is trying to summon the Ghost King. He lets his awareness bleed through the summoning just enough to see that… yup it’s cultists again. At least there’s no sacrifices this time.
He’s about to shrug the summoning off like he has so many others when he suddenly sees someone fighting through the cultists. Oh! Make that several someones.
With a giddy sort of eagerness Danny watches Batman and his sidekicks cut through the crowd of religious fanatics, even taking down a couple that looked like they were using ghost-based magic. He’d always admired the Dark Knight, but seeing him fight in person is something else.
It’s as the hero is tying up the cultists and checking their injuries that a lightbulb goes off in Danny’s head, and, after a moment of steeling his determination, he lets himself be pulled through the summoning circle.
The Bats all tense up as the circle at the center of the room grows brighter, readying themselves for another fight. Danny tries to smile reassuringly as he feels his form materialize, though they likely can’t see it in the bright flash of light that accompanies it.
He frowns when he realizes the summoning had dressed him in his royal armor and cloak, the crown of fire burning above his head and ring of rage glaring from his right hand.
He tries raising his hands in an “I am not a threat,” pose, before realizing it looks exactly like the Box Ghost’s “Beware!” pose. He tucks his hands under his armpits, then awkwardly waves at the group of vigilantes.
“Hi there! Wow that was really cool- Thanks for taking care of these guys for me.”
The vigilantes once again tense up as Danny steps out of the circle towards them. Danny smiles sheepishly.
“I don’t mean to be rude, but I really need to talk to you, Batman.”
Batman steps forward, approaching Danny as he stands just outside the circle, a living shadow that looms larger than life. Still, Danny senses something soften in his gaze as he looks over the teenage Ghost King, stopping just out of reach of him. Danny gazes back at his childhood hero, hoping he’s making the right choice.
“I have a favor to ask of you.”
#Red hood doodling these intense circular designs in the corners of his favorite books not knowing what they mean#Dick: Oooooh what’s that little wing? it looks cool! Jason: (blushing but can’t figure out why) Nothing! Fuck off!#Jason’s subconscious: he called me cool! :)#Jason storming into the Batcave - ‘WHERE’S MY COPY OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE- DEMON BRAT I KNOW YOU HAVE IT!!!!’#Jason starts tagging the edges of Crime Alley#He’ll suddenly get on coms like ‘Get out of my territory Old Man!’ (How did he know we were here? He’s across town!)#dpxdc#dpxdc prompt#ghost king danny#summoning circles#summoning circle lore#danny phantom#batman#halfa jason todd#or at least some kind of undead#but I guess that’s only in the tags right now#my writing
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im sorry are we fucking crazy
this is fucking insane how why when would you say this what do you mean do you want me to kill myself is that what you mean
#i can't fucking believe i haven't read this book sooner#i love them so so much#also the. circular narrative#you have been haunting yourself from the beginning#im going insane i love circular narratives#tihylttw#this is how you lose the time war
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Was in the city centre today and decided to just treat myself.
#yarn#books#bookblr#booklove#graphic novels#knitblr#stash enhancement#personal#my own photos#the knitting needles are a 2.5mm circular and 2.00mm DPNs
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⚠️Vote for whomever YOU DO NOT KNOW⚠️‼️
#ultimate obscure blorbo#polls#round 5#The Wizard Serth (The Map to Everywhere books)#Theta One One (Subsurface Circular)
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Round Book from 1590, Bruges,
A gift to Prince Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (1545-1617) covering five theological tracts.
Leather binding, Diameter 27 cm,
University of Forsberg in Würzburg, Germany.
#art#design#history#style#book#round book#circular#bruges#1590#leather#germany#forsberg university#renaissance#theology
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The ego boost seeing someone else think this is giving me rn
#he's sooo right like... the number of books I've read which are frighteningly circular in their discussion of sectarianism or else offer#no explanation for it. get them bardon#reading#irish history#jory.txt
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[Personal headcanon] Gallifreyan
Disclaimer: As the title says this is just how I think of and use what I consider to be the main fan created Gallifreyan font/languages. This is not me attempting impose it on everyone else as a definitive organisation just as reference for my work following this to avoid confusion.
Old High Gallifreyan: https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/666099/archaic_gallifreyan
Modern Linear Gallifreyan: https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/657463/assassin_s_gallifreyan
Timelord Circular/History coding: (Doctor's Cot) http://doctorscotgallifreyan.com/
Faction Paradox Circular/alt time coding: (Shermans) https://shermansplanet.com/gallifreyan/
#faction paradox#book of the war#timelords#doctor who#great houses#gallifreyan#assassin's gallifreyan#circular gallifreyan#Doctor's Cot#old high gallifreyan#linear gallifreyan#sherman's gallifreyan#font#alt time#history coding#bbc doctor who#dr who#whoniverse
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Round 1
On the hospital bed, her delicate body cradled between thin white pillows, Rosita dreamed.
-A Snake Falls to Earth, Darcie Little Badger
No one saw him disembark in the unanimous night, no one saw the bamboo canoe sinking into the sacred mud, but within a few days no one was unaware that the silent man came from the South and that his home was one of the infinite villages upstream, on the violent mountainside, where the Zend tongue is not contaminated with Greek and where leprosy is infrequent.
-The Circular Ruins, Jorge Luis Borges
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
-A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
#books#polls#reading#round 1#tournament poll#a tale of two cities#charles dickens#the circular ruins#jorge luis borges#a snake falls to earth#darcie little badger
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I just read a goodreads book review that made me angrier than any inconsequential thing has made me in a WHILE. I loved the book, and I'm not a good critic of novels (or anything); I'm decent at analysis to be fair, but I like a read or I don't (on a spectrum of course).
But good goddamn, this review reeked with pretension and was written like the most unbearable food or music critic's diatribes. Adult character is lost in life, makes stupid choices out of grief/running away from issues/thinking distance from community will help/doesn't act logically as a character in a horror plot? Childish and not very bright! A large bustling family coming together for a major cultural and spiritual threat and asking the same damn questions over and over again, repeating the same arguments, etc.? Tiresome and muddled! Bro is your family (bio or chosen) totally chill? Have you never at least seen (in media or in others' lives) annoying family members beating dead horses for days on end out of concern and love and lack of knowing how else to help???
Dude I dunno, it just felt like legitimate criticisms one might have if they dislike a book or parts of its structure, but then those criticisms were a molehill buried beneath a mountain of hating some super fuckin' flawed characters making wild and awful choices in a time of grief and isolation. Screaming!!!!
#this was a review about Bad Cree by Jessica Johns which i gave five stars btw#i am unreasonably pissed lmao#it was like...just. gripes for the sake of bitching and being unhappy woth a short read that didn't hit typical horror benchmarks. dumb.#it's about multiple generations of cree women in the same family and naturally had a LOT to do with the cumture#and experiences and practices and just. daily lives of cree women mixed with A Horror Plot#but i was still sooo reminded of the chaos and aggravation and love and power and hurt and again love#of when the women on my mom's side of the family congregate#and the connections and rifts and stories memories legends among us all that get passed around rather than#passed down because it all feels so circular. we all repeat ourselves endlessly lmao#like this made me yearn for my family because i saw and felt them in this cast of characters#i'm not indigenous or canadian but i still saw myself and my family in this book and it was such a unique experience#bc it was so goddamn familiar in the midst of learning about this horror plot and how it mixed with cree culture#im emotional and tired and not explaining myself well. but JESUS i cannot wait for Johns to publish her next work#ann with an ie
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girls who wake up before 7:30 & immediately reread the end of their book (love this paragraph <3):
#yeah yeah yeah yeah CRYING#this book is so random when it comes to what it wants like we get a lot out of it even tho the central plot is he’s looking for Reeve#and the fact that it circled back to that point at the very end#mmmmngngngbhh the circular nature of family how in the end you always return again and again#also lonan leaning in a phone booth?? CUTE#he’s so bare minimum now omg he’s getting the harrison effect it’s a sign of LOVE#I actually think this perfectly bridges the feeding habits conflict for Lonan like yessss
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If anyone wants to be nosy, I spent part of the afternoon reorganizing my bookshelves:
#the last two shelves are behind cabinet doors so they're less pretty & there's more stuff stowed in there#(if anyone wants to be EXTRA nosy and ask what's behind some display items i will gladly tell you)#personal#bibliophilia#(that's my general oh hey look books and shelves tag)#the mash and atla/korra boxes do not live there i just didn't feel like moving them for the photo#fun fact the domino's cup is actually full of colorful ink sample vials#the circular thing by the lego fiat is a tiny moon lamp but you can't really tell in that photo#i have more books in storage...someday i will have room for all of them in one place
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the thing abt fibre art is that time works differently when you do it. i just spent three hours (i think??) needle felting and it feels simultaneously like years since ive seen sunlight and also seconds since I started.
#soup speaks#also i got a blister on my thumb from stabbing it too many times#i literally got finger protectors for needle felting yesterday and i forgot to use them#also i went to a craft fair yesterday#it was awesome#i got some rainbow yarn for the socks im going to make#i got some cool interchangeable circular needles#i got a little capsule thing for my needlefelting needles#and i got a book making kit!! ive started it and its so cool and a lot of fun#also there were like bins full of loose beads and you can buy a bag to fill with the beads and it was probably one of the best experiences#of my life
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“She let herself feel the pain and the anguish rather than bury them for another day. It was okay to feel sorrow, anger. It was okay for her to weep, in sadness, in relief.”
- Rebecca Ross, from Ruthless Vows
#words#quotes#Rebecca Ross#on grief#ruthless vows#letters of enchantment#books#grief is a circular staircase#the great wound
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Hi Olivie, I was curious as to whether or not we know who Parisa was referring to in the scene where she says:
“She focused in on his mind and saw… six people. No, five. Five people, without faces. Extraordinary magic. Ah, yes, he was definitely a medeian, and so were they, it seemed. He felt a kinship with one of the five. One of them was a prize; something the man, Atlas, had recently won. He felt a bit smug over it. Two of them were a set, they came together. They didn’t like being shoved in like twins in a too-small womb but too bad, that’s what they were. One was a vacancy, a question, the edge of a narrow cliff. Another was… the answer, like an echo, though she couldn’t quite see why. She tried to see their faces clearly but couldn’t; they warped in and out of view, beckoning her closer.”
Ive been trying to figure it out for ages, I get that the set is Libby and Nico but i’m drawing a blank on the rest.
ahaha well cut to me giggling a bit because this is from the self-pub version and has been changed slightly but anyway, something to ruminate on during book 3!
#the atlas six#I do genuinely hope that the atlas complex sort of rewrites your thoughts on the events of book 1#it's meant to be kind of circular that way#but anyway yes you're free to interpret
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does anybody remember when I accurately predicted how game of thrones tv show would end bc I had a basic understanding of how the Tudor dynasty ended. lol.
#like genuinely the parallels in the book aren’t even slick#<-although again let’s hope the book series doesn’t end same as the show LOL#Robert = Henry viii#Joffrey and tommen as Edward vi (boy prince who dies young)#dare I say stannis = Mary I bc religious extremism#Cersei as lady Jane grey probably#or if you want the whole ‘named someone their successor in their will and got killed very quickly’ you could say that she’s Ned#although then succession order would be wrong#that does leave us without an Elizabeth though. renly is my Elizabeth I though 😞#and THEN you get James I coming down from#Scotland to sort out everyone’s mess 🥴#<- and that’s why I guessed a stark. and an unimportant one at that who hadn’t been involved in the fighting I argued. it’s funny that I was#except he was gay and everyone hated him and he set in motion what led to the civil war so 🤷♀️#anyway as a girlie with a history degree nothing in those books is insanely#shocking to ME personally. although it’s interesting to see how my opinions have shifted in the last 4 years#early modern U.K. isn’t even rly my era and I still know this sndjdkfkf#also I know#in theory everyone says the books are based on war of the roses but imho robs rebellion works better in that sense than anything else#so then I use the Tudors as my framing for what goes on during the timeline#but again it’s all circular bc you have the war of the roses and not too much later you get the English civil war so#anyway dynasties I actually studied at uni are like. the Carolingians and Capetians and Hohenstaufen’s / Holy Roman Empire#and then tang song and Sui . which all give me a lot of perspective on how these processes work#election based succession no look at Holy Roman Empire#‘best amongst brothers’ succession yes look at dynastic China#my conclusion here is that renly was correct rip 🫡#<- although I would be remiss to not highlight that several Chinese dynasties did practise primogeniture. but many of the most successful#ones didn’t#like I still can’t believe so many fans still think renly was insane like blood tanistry literally was such a thing historically that it#even has a silly sounding name. it was widely practised#him wanting to call an older brother is also what dany did and no one shits on her for that 🥴
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